Question about Queen
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Topic: Question about Queen
Posted By: Arnold Layne
Subject: Question about Queen
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 18:31
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sorry if the prog or not question has been asked too much but I have gotten mixed answers from other polls. I just want to see what the majority of people think about Queen. personly I dont like them and don't know why there here which is why I did this poll ------------- HELP! |
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 18:35
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I actually think that Queen are a fantastic band, one of me favourites, but not prog. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 18:55
One thing more we agree on, Snowy ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 18:56
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not prog and good ------------- 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 31 2005 at 02:34
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I cannot vote in you poll, because it lacks the option "Partially prog and good". IMO their first three albums have a lot of progressive songs (Queen I, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack), and Queen II can be called a Prog album. As a band, they don't belong here. But Queen II must be here.
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Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: August 31 2005 at 02:51
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Great band, borderline prog (art rock is a fuzzy subsection).
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 31 2005 at 08:01
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Is there no end to discussions about whether Queen are prog or not? Aaaagh. |
Posted By: Politician
Date Posted: August 31 2005 at 11:51
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A good pop/rock band, who used a lot of progressive moves on their first
few albums. Then again, so did many heavy-ish rock bands in the early seventies. Definitely not prog, in my view. |
Posted By: Arnold Layne
Date Posted: August 31 2005 at 18:14
just because a band has progressive albums or songs does not make that band progressive. you've got to have an opinion as to how many albums or songs it takes to be able to be called progressive or not ------------- HELP! |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 31 2005 at 18:14
Well, which Queen songs do you know? ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 31 2005 at 18:19
Well, one complete album is a good start, and this rule seems to be the one used by the admins ... but there are exceptions to every rule ... ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: Arnold Layne
Date Posted: August 31 2005 at 18:23
a good majority of there work because a friend has a uncle who is a big fan and ive listened most of his collection which includes the highest rated ones from this site
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: September 01 2005 at 19:09
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not at all prog and good ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: September 01 2005 at 22:03
not prog and good and i love them. ------------- "Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day" |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 20:44
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kind of prog and awesome |
Posted By: Okocha
Date Posted: May 05 2008 at 08:23
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Not prog and bad |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: May 05 2008 at 16:52
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I'll keep this short and sweet:
1) Queen are the best rock band ever.
2) Their early albums (from Queen to A Day at the Races) fit my personal idea of Art-Rock, so I see no inconvinient in having them here.
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: May 05 2008 at 16:55
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Not all particularly prog, though they have their moments. Don't care if they are or aren't included here. Mostly unexceptional (not bad, just not my thing, too many guitars and feeble harmonies), though they have their moments (Bohemian Rhapsody, Killer Queen, Who Wants To Live Forever, Innuendo are all great) |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: May 05 2008 at 17:15
| Not 100 % Prog, and very very good up to and including the year 1978. After that they got less interesting, though still pretty good. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: May 05 2008 at 17:57
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They are 'Prog Related'
I think the categorisation on this site is spot on with regard to Queen. They are not all out prog, but have made some albums/songs which have fused genres and styles and have elements of experimentation. Whether you like them or not, I'm surprised you needed to ask... 
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Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: May 06 2008 at 02:15
| Prog-esque and AMAZINNGGGGGGGGGGGGG |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: May 06 2008 at 03:12
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I'd like to request a Facepalm emoticon... ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: steve j
Date Posted: May 06 2008 at 13:39
| Not prog - but very influential. Love their music. |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: May 06 2008 at 16:00
Hot Space ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: May 06 2008 at 16:30
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NOT Prog ANd Reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly!! BAD ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: cookieacquired
Date Posted: May 06 2008 at 16:32
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not Prog, and OKAY they're decent but really not enough in either direction for me to have more of an opinion ------------- 
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: May 07 2008 at 03:27
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the early 70s albums where Prog and good. The 80s albums where not prog and bad. ------------- 
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Posted By: keiser willhelm
Date Posted: May 07 2008 at 03:34
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prog related. ie not prog but having some progressive tendencies that put them on the fringe of art rock/ prog rock do they rock? oh so hard. love 'em. freddie mercury just might be the greatest front man of all time. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/KeiserWillhelm" rel="nofollow - What im listening to |
Posted By: boo boo
Date Posted: May 07 2008 at 11:10
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I'd say a lot of their stuff up until News of The World had prog elements, and if its not prog its still progressive, which is not the same thing, of course. And I love queen, every member knew how to write a good song, and they were excellent musicians with a unique sound.
My favorite albums from them are Sheer Heart Attack and Night at the Opera.
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: May 07 2008 at 11:14
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Even though they had some pretty proggie moments I wouldnt say they where a prog band at all
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Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: May 07 2008 at 11:16
| Not prog at all except for all of two songs, and decent, but neither good nor bad. |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: May 07 2008 at 11:18
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that's generous. I've always seen their work as "Killer Queen" followed by a desolate failmine ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: boo boo
Date Posted: May 07 2008 at 12:34
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I'm not really certain about where Queen really stands genre wise, I find the classification of prog to be very fuzzy and broad. Queen certainly have songs that sound prog, The Prophets Song comes to mind.
But either way, they're such a unique and diverse band, I think prog would actually be too much of a limiting term for them, and they have a mass appeal that no other prog band has (save Pink Floyd, if you consider them prog)... More than anything they're just another band to pigeonhole into the art rock (or crossover prog or whatever you call it now) or prog related category along with Led Zeppelin and whatever.
I'd say they're good where they're at, listed as prog related on the archives, Steve Howe played on Inuendo afterall. But then again Howe has also played for Lou Reed.
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Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: May 07 2008 at 20:52
| You could put the option "Queen II and bad" |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: May 07 2008 at 21:12
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Subjectively, you don't want to know my opinion..
Being somehow objective, they're good, but not prog. My true opinion is they su**, but that's just a personal matter, as I said, they have good rock stuff, but really before getting to them, that IMO they're 2nd category of hard rock, I highly prefer Deep Purple and kings of the genre, before the queens of it
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Posted By: Draconis
Date Posted: May 08 2008 at 00:33
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"Prophet's Song" off "A Day at the Races" is quite simply one of the best prog tracks ever recorded. That's enough for me. Are the majority of their songs prog? Probably not. But most of the material they put out after "Jazz" was inferior and the first four albums were definitely more prog than not, in my book. |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: May 08 2008 at 19:50
I would if gone for partially prog and partially good,i'm not so big on there later eighties stuff. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: May 08 2008 at 20:30
| I went with not prog and good. I like their earlier works. Like most bands they ran out of material and just made music for either commitments or money. I miss the days of their first 4 albums. Good band live. I caught their tour for Queen II. Good show, good music. |
Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 12:50
But you are being objective by saying they suck , so there is no big deal.I know that the band has many fanboys that wont accept it.I once was banned from a forum becouse I said they suck.
The question is : What do they suck?
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Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 17:25
| They are good. Generally non-prog with the exception of their best albums, which can be considered prog, but generally, thay aren't prog, so option 3 for me. |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 17:32
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Difficult to categorize. But no one can deny they are a great band. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: daSilva
Date Posted: May 10 2008 at 03:44
| I guess they play the odd prog note every now and then but they're not a prog band. They make good music, though. |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: May 10 2008 at 08:26
| Prog related and good, sometimes even brilliant. |
Posted By: AustinPrince14
Date Posted: May 10 2008 at 15:15
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Hey Prog Archive! I am looking for a Queen song, not sure what it is or what any of the lyrics are. I heard it very faintly as I was passing by a store. It is a very quiet, piano driven song, at least toward the end when I heard it. It has quiet lead vocals by Freddie Mercury accented in a call-and-response-style by the rest of the band in the signature Queen backup vocals. It isn't on "A night at the opera" and I hope from this information given I could get some help in naming this song. Any help is appreciated, Austin ------------- Give him an internet applause by tapping your fingers lightly on the keyboard. -Ninja Pirate Thilo Savage |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: May 11 2008 at 12:01
| They have some prog songs like the aforementioned "Prophet's Song", but to me they are more arena rock and with the worst qualities of that appellation - the grandstanding, the pompousness, the seeming disdain for their audience, not to mention that they produced some of the worst hits ever, like "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites the Dust" |
Posted By: manray
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 19:12
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in my opinion They cant be classed as not prog! Jazz and classical influences coming out the ears, extened compositions And they used certain studio techniques before any others! Progressive and AMAZING |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: May 13 2008 at 07:07
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^Indeed, many of their compositions leave most so-called Prog bands crying in the dust. The entireity of QII, for example.
Then there's Hot Space, admittedly... ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: May 13 2008 at 08:50
Hot Space is a great record, well only if you like it, but I like it,
of course it's not progressive.
Or is it  ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: May 13 2008 at 15:10
Progressive disco?
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Posted By: boo boo
Date Posted: May 13 2008 at 16:30
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One thing that irks me is that this is a prog forum, and yet we have people using the word "pompous" as a negative connotation. |
Posted By: Relayer09
Date Posted: May 13 2008 at 18:24
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Queen is a great band. Queen II could be considered prog as an album but Queen's prog moments are too few to put the band in the prog catagory. They even had some prog moments on later albums, Dragon Attack comes to mind but still not enough of them to be prog. ------------- If you lose your temper, you've lost the arguement. -Proverb |
Posted By: Avantgardehead
Date Posted: May 14 2008 at 15:26
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Definitely prog-related. But man did they have a steep drop-off after A Night at the Opera...
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: May 15 2008 at 02:32
I fail to see how three albums worth is too few prog moments, when some bands in the archives haven't even released that many albums!
Surely one album of great prog (QII) is enough? ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |