"Mustapha is a unique song because it has a Eastern riff to it as does Jealousy which has an almost hypnotic quality to it, a Indian sounding record with a riff like a sitar playing. Absolutely unique and beautiful and ahead of its time since Sting has used Middle Eastern and Indian riffs in his music just recently, ie., Desert Rose. Also, this was before Peter Gabriel song with Yassour D'Noir i.e., In Your Eyes.
Freddie Mercury was ahead of his time, in many things, especially his music"
- Jesus, talk about hyperbole. So because somebody did something similar to Freddie 20 years after he did it, that makes him ahead of his time? Was he ahead of his time because Robbie Williams has recently been using the half microphone-stand?
What about the fact that numerous other bands, such as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Miles Davis had incorporated Indian and Middle Eastern riffs and elements way before Jazz?
Just because some people did things that Fred had done after him, it doesn't follow that therefore nobody had done those things before him.
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WTF? Arrogant aren't we! Yes LED ZEP use Eastern rhythms before Queen but let Robert Plant sing Mustapha if he did it the way he sang Innuendo COVER YOUR EARS! PU!
I was making a point that Queen was one of the pioneers of blending rhythms, calm down, chill, have a pint a two.
Geez!
I was making a point that Queen was one of the pioneers of blending rhythms, calm down, chill, have a pint a two.
Geez!
I can't say I'm terribly fond of Jazz, but I attribute that to the fact that I've only heard a zillionth of the album. Out of the 13 songs I've heard 6 so I can't even call myself half a Jazz fan. So take that, David Bovine.