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Topic: Top 10 of "Really Progressive" Queen
Posted: November 05 2007 at 22:15

1- The prophet´s song

2- Ogre battle

3- The march of the black queen

4- Bohemian rhapsody

5- Innuendo

6- Was it all worth it

7- The hero

8- Princess of the universe

9- Brighton rock

10- The millionaire waltz

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Posted: November 06 2007 at 01:21

haha ... we can get finicky about that sort of thing ... but back on topic ... I agree with most ... the first five in particular The prophet´s song, ogre battle, The march of the black queen, Bohemian rhapsody and Innuendo, Also agree with Millionaire Waltz.

I would have to add My Fairy King from the first album. That's the most glaring omission. Also, White Queen has a proggy vibe but perhaps it isn't that proggy musically.

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Posted: November 06 2007 at 05:54

you are talking about one of my fave bands here.. and i always thought that they should be under the Art/Eclectic Rock genre but anyway..

my fave Queen tracks - regardless their progginess are:
1.Doing Alright
2.Father To Son
3.Tie Your Mother Down
4.You Take My Breath Away
5.Killer Queen
6.Let Me Live
7.Innuendo
8.Show Must Go On
9.We Are The Champions
10.I Want It All
11.Under Pressure
12.Bohemian Rhapsody
13.White Man
14.Fat Bottomed Girls
15.Bicycle Race
16.Somebody To Love
17.Spread Your Wings
18.Save Me

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Posted: November 06 2007 at 08:40

in no particular order:

1. brighton rock
2. you take my breath away
3. the millionaire waltz
4. tenement funster/flick of the wrist/lily of the valey
5. the march of the black queen
6. great king rat
7. machines (back to humans)
8. innuendo
9. chinese torture
10. the kiss

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Posted: November 06 2007 at 09:15

I will go with just two proggies I am thinking right now...

Mustapha (excellent crazy song, System of a Down must have been influenced)
Bohemian Rhapsody (the ultimate masterpiece)

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Posted: November 06 2007 at 09:29

1. Prophet's Song

2. Procession/Father to Son

3. March of the Black Queen

4. Bohemian Rhapsody

5. Ogre Battle

6. Innuendo

7. Machines

8. Liar

9. Who Wants to Live Forever

10. The Show Must Go On

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Posted: November 07 2007 at 08:34

"The Prophet's Song" has to be the proggiest piece those guys put together. "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Ogre Battle", "Mustapha" (if just for the joke it was) are pretty well, too. I wouldn't consider "Who Wants To Live Forever" or "The Show Must Go On" Prog.

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Posted: November 11 2007 at 07:11

aapatsos wrote:

Bohemian Rhapsody (the ultimate masterpiece)

Agreed. In like manner with Kashmir for Zeppelin, BR is the best song that Queen has ever done - IMHO...

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Posted: November 11 2007 at 07:30

Queen have always struck me as Vocal-Prog rather than Musical Prog, (they really needed to drag out those synths much earlier

), so in addition to those already mentioned, I'll add:

In The Lap Of The Gods

She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos)

In The Lap of the Gods... revisited

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Posted: November 11 2007 at 10:02

darqdean wrote:

Queen have always struck me as Vocal-Prog rather than Musical Prog, (they really needed to drag out those synths much earlier

)

Agreed. And they should've stop using them in the 80's...

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Posted: November 11 2007 at 11:25

Guzzman wrote:

"The Prophet's Song" has to be the proggiest piece those guys put together. "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Ogre Battle", "Mustapha" (if just for the joke it was) are pretty well, too. I wouldn't consider "Who Wants To Live Forever" or "The Show Must Go On" Prog.

Not those two, but Princes of the Universe and Innuendo. Big%20smile

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Posted: November 11 2007 at 14:59

The Prophet's Song

Procession/Father To Son

The Millionaire's Waltz

Innuendo

Bohemian Rhapsody

Ogre Battle

March Of The Black Queen

White Queen (As It Began)

The Miracle (something of a return to prog-tinged fare- vastly overlooked, IMHO)

You Take My Breath Away (perhaps more of a ballad, but the sheer effectiveness of the overdubbing here is amazing, IMHO)

I've always been of the opinion that synthesisers did not really add to Queen's oeuvre at all. If anything, I think it made them a bit lazy. I think most of their 80s albums in particular have the stench of complacency (lots of good to great pop/rock singles but I don't like a lot of the album tracks in their 80s period). I missed the creativity of their 1973-6 period where they'd use studio/production techniques instead of heavy synthesiser use.

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Posted: November 12 2007 at 04:43

i go with ''tenement funster / flick of the wrist / lilly of the valley '' great 3 songs combination in a queen style

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Posted: November 14 2007 at 16:08

Queen's my favorite band, but I would hardly call them progressive outside of a few songs and the Queen II album (which is only barely prog-related in itself) They're only prog if you want to call artsy hard rock progressive....

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Posted: November 16 2007 at 00:49

SilverEclipse wrote:

Queen's my favorite band, but I would hardly call them progressive outside of a few songs and the Queen II album (which is only barely prog-related in itself) They're only prog if you want to call artsy hard rock progressive....

...and who would ever do such a thing?

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Posted: November 19 2007 at 10:39

Tapfret wrote:

...and who would ever do such a thing?

true, bad way to put it. Queen's very "pop" though.

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Posted: January 04 2008 at 14:16

Although I don't consider Queen a progressive rock band, there are some progressive tracks which are missing in your previous lists posted in this forum. These tracks are:
- It's Late (Excellent track) Tongue

- Somebody To Love
- Death On Two Legs
- Don't Stop Me Now
- Rock It (Prime Jive)
- Hammer To Fall

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Posted: January 05 2008 at 01:09

I would class them as artful pop. Which the roots of that are the Beach Boys Pet Sounds and much of the Beatles from Rubber Soul to Abbey Road with some exceptions.

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Posted: February 11 2008 at 01:57

Queen has been my favorite band since 1990...hands down, I will always love them. As far as awesome prog songs...there aren't that many really...Queen was never really a prog band. If I had to pick 10 it would look like this:

1. The March Of The Black Queen
2. The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke
3. The Prophet's Song
4. My Fairy King
5. White Queen (As It Began)
6. Innuendo
7. Was It All Worth It (just because of the middle section and because it's one of my personal favs)
8. Bohemian Rhapsody
9. The Millionaire Waltz
10. Machines (or back To Humans)

A few of these a re a stretch for prog...but they are just awesome songs regardless.

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Posted: February 11 2008 at 07:16

What about the 20 minute untitled 'wake' type piece at the end of 'Made In Heaven'. It brings tears to my eyes. It builds but never gets there. There are hints of something that was but is no more. Anyone else find this beautiful?

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