(or "Ist Freddie Mercury der neu Mick Jagger?") :)
Queen often cite The Beatles as an influence, less so the Rolling Stones. However, I wonder if the Stones' album their Satanic Majesties Request was an influence. In the song On with The Show (interesting name), Mick Jagger affects a Noel Coward voice effect very similar to the one Fred uses on Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon. Also, the psychedelic song 2000 Light years From Home has a science fiction motif and theme of loneliness that are reminiscent of Brian's song 39. Of course, the whole Stones album was also a homage to The Beatles so it's a bit of a circle of influence.
miraclesteinway · Member since
Probably, I mean every band and musician is influenced in some way by the music they hear, whether its conscious or not. I guess you'd have to ask Queen.
Holly2003 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]miraclesteinway wrote:[/b]
Probably, I mean every band and musician is influenced in some way by the music they hear, whether its conscious or not. I guess you'd have to ask Queen. [/QUOTE]
I've checked every room in my house but can't find the remaining members of Queen anywhere. I also shouted out the back door into the garden but sadly no reply came. Maybe then we could just discuss this among Queenzoners ...
Sebastian · Member since
I think it's quite likely. The effect on LOASA could've been just an idea to fit the song, not necessarily inspired by someone else having done it in the past. But there could've also been a direct link to it... impossible to know, so it just leaves room for discussion amongst QZers indeed.
The Stones were an integral part of the collective background of influences they had, so probably.
Saint Jiub · Member since
Freddie said that the Stones were a minor influence on Queen, but not as much as an influence as Bad Company.
musicland munich · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]
(or "Ist Freddie Mercury der neu Mick Jagger?") :)
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Are you referring to the Article " Ist Freddie Mercury der zweite Mick Jagger " musikexpress/ Germany March 1975 ?
Sebastian · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Panchgani wrote:[/b]
Freddie said that the Stones were a minor influence on Queen, but not as much as an influence as Bad Company.[/QUOTE]
Or American Idol losers.
Bo Alex · Member since
No, it wasn't.
Holly2003 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Bo Alex wrote:[/b]
No, it wasn't.
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Good point. You've won me over.
Mr.QueenFan · Member since
I don´t think that in this case - "Lazing on ASA" the inspiration came from the Stones. Maybe at best it showed Roy Baker what was possible in the studio in terms of production, but i´m not sure the voice effect is the same.
For me, the Stones track was a pastiche from the Beatles "For the benefit of mr kite", and the sound of Jagger´s voice is to reproduce those sounds we sometimes hear from circus music samples.
In Queen´s case the sound of Freddie´s voice was recreated by putting the headfones near the microphone while the original Freddie track was running and then re-recorded the track like that. But in this specific case it was to give the feeling of an old recording - the way voices sounded in the 10´s 20´s.
This is an example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3ZspdOFlj0
I don´t think Queen were musically influenced by the Stones, or at least to an extent we can call influence - because as someone pointed out, we are influenced by everything we see and hear, but for the benefit of the discussion i´m only talking about "conscious" influence.
