Beatlesque Queen

In reading music reviews, I often times see a certain song, or a certain group, being referred to as "Beatlesque". In got me wonderin' which Queen songs could be described as such. The logical first candidate is Need Your Loving Tonight, with its "oooh I need your loving" refrain (very reminiscent of Eight Days a Week)
But what other songs are comparable to the Beatles' sound?

I could see Who Needs You fitting in with the "anything goes" attitude of The White Album.

Let me be the first to comment that the Beatles' little ditties couldn't possibly compare with Queen's stunning masterpieces.

That aside, 'Lazing On a Sunday Afternoon' sounds a bit like a shit song by that overrated bunch of Liverpudlian tossers that you mentioned, though I'm buggered if I can remember what it was called. Something rubbish, I expect.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Flashman wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Let me be the first to comment that the Beatles' little ditties couldn't possibly compare with Queen's stunning masterpieces.
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I agree 100%. The Beatles' songs are no better than the Britney/Aguilera/boyband songs of today.

Well, on occasion I've been told that bits of "Rocky Racoon" and "Spread Your Wings" bare similarites. However since both of the songs are unbearable bullcrap, that lyrically make 4th grade poetry contest winners shine in comparison... well you get my point. (as if I was trying to make one)

Double post. Oh PS. You have to have the musical taste of a guy who likes Modern'fuckin'Talking (for the love of God!) to compare Beatles to Britney and such.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]pma wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Double post. Oh PS. You have to have the musical taste of a guy who likes Modern'fuckin'Talking (for the love of God!) to compare Beatles to Britney and such.
[/QUOTE]That is quite scary... Despite what some people think, The Beatles WERE a good band. Sure, They weren't the best band ever, But you have to think... Without the Beatles, There's a good chance that a lot of our favorite bands wouldn't have come to be (or they'd be REALLY different). I don't see Britney Spears inspiring any young musicians into making anything ANY different than the crap she's peddling. Comparing her, and others like her, to an actual BAND like the Beatles is just plain asinine.

Well, "Life is Real" is obviously very much in the Beatles style (Lennon in particular). That was deliberate, of course.

In my opinion, that song showed the true brilliance of Freddie's writing ability - how he could write a song so in the style of someone and yet have it retain so much of his own, original style as well. One of the most underrated Queen songs, in my opinion.

I SO agree with you Farlander! A brilliant song indeed!

Bohemian Rhapsody and A Day In The Life are quite alike. I used to think that The Beatles were bad too. That was before I understood music.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]pma wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Double post. Oh PS. You have to have the musical taste of a guy who likes Modern'fuckin'Talking (for the love of God!) to compare Beatles to Britney and such.
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My point was that most The Beatles songs (at least their hits) are simple pop songs that have no complicity. I didn't say there's anything wrong with it. Personally, I enjoy simple songs with a nice melody (which is a factor that is absent from most rock songs). That's also why I like Queen of the 80s much much more than the Queen from the 70s.

What comes to Fucking Talking, they never tried to be a band respected by the critics and other people who think that they understand music. I really prefer Dieter Bohlen's catchy, simple and in some songs touching melodies to all that shit that McCartney, Lennon & Co. have written (yes, I have listened to a lot of their songs just to find out what is so good about them).

I went a lot out of topic there. Sorry!
Just one last thing: All you people who critisize dance music, listen to Mr. Bad Guy. There's your hero singing Modern Talking-styled songs. And what about Queen's last big hit You Don't Fool Me...

Sorry, must say one more thing.

I understand perfectly what The Beatles did to pop music and I'm aware of the fact that the Queen members were fond of them. My point is just that their songs weren't more special than the pop/dance songs of today (that rock fans seem to hate). The only difference was that they made songs like that before anyone else had done it.

Something I have never really understood is this:

Queen liked noice like Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin (they have a few good songs too), but their own songs were so good and different from that crap. Foo Fighers like Queen, but all they do is make a lot of noice wihout any melody.

A Human Body is also kinda Beatlesque...

Back to the topic:

Long Away

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Whisperer wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Sorry, must say one more thing.

I understand perfectly what The Beatles did to pop music and I'm aware of the fact that the Queen members were fond of them. My point is just that their songs weren't more special than the pop/dance songs of today (that rock fans seem to hate). The only difference was that they made songs like that before anyone else had done it.

Something I have never really understood is this:

Queen liked noice like Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin (they have a few good songs too), but their own songs were so good and different from that crap. Foo Fighers like Queen, but all they do is make a lot of noice wihout any melody. [/QUOTE]

The Beatles were special indeed, simply because they were the 'First Kids on the Block'. It'd never been done before, they changed music completely. It was all new, not only the music but also the sound technique, etc. And they surely didn't only write 'poppy' music, they wrote all sorts of songs. From soft songs like Black Bird, to loud songs like Helter Skelter.

By the way, being influenced by a band doesn't mean you copy them. It could also mean you just want to go out and buy a guitar and start a band. There's the influence the Beatles had on young people in the sixties. Perhaps Queen would never have existed if it hadn't been for the Beatles...

I never liked the Beatles but many of their songs were clever and with better drummer, guitar player and singer they could sound fabulous. I saw McCartney yesterday and I absolutely loved the gig. Of course they can't be compared to Queen but they're legends and certainly far ahead of most "modern" bands.