I hope they deliver big time on the second album. the world needs a new good rock band!!!
but for god's sake - don't suggest hawkins is a better singer than robert plant!
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I hope they deliver big time on the second album. the world needs a new good rock band!!!
but for god's sake - don't suggest hawkins is a better singer than robert plant!
Believe me... when bands have to come up with a new album, they have to bring some kind of originality. With the Darkness that's a NO.
Certainly the world needs a good rock band, but The Darkness are nothing but a joke, so you can cross them from the list.
I don't mind The Darkness as a band per se, I just wish the lead singer would quit it with the high-pitched ad-libs -- he sounds completely ridiculous!
"Certainly the world needs a good rock band"
And I present you with... Velvet Revolver. :-D
And I present you with... Velvet Revolver. :-D
I actually like everything about The Darkness...except the God-damned frontman!
Man, did I almost lose competence to see that he was even COMPARED to Robert Plant...
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_vocalists.html
By the way, whoever offered this link:
I love this site, it has always been my favorite for the greatest of just about anything. A lot of it is quite accurate too, in my opinion.
Man, did I almost lose competence to see that he was even COMPARED to Robert Plant...
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_vocalists.html
By the way, whoever offered this link:
I love this site, it has always been my favorite for the greatest of just about anything. A lot of it is quite accurate too, in my opinion.
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_newguitar.html
THE BEST list of the Greatest Guitarists I have ever seen.
THE BEST list of the Greatest Guitarists I have ever seen.
EVERYBANDILIKEROCKSANDEVERYBANDYOULIKESUCKS!
EVERYBANDILIKEROCKSANDEVERYBANDYOULIKESUCKS!
What happens if I like a band that you like? Do they negate and make it an 'Okay' band?
Dear F-ing god, you people must be shitting me. There are 3 things I want you all to know...
a) I love Queen (Freddie Mercury)
b) I love The Darkness (Justin Hawkins)
c) I love Led Zeppelin (Robert Plant)
...do I think either is vocally better the others? No. They are each independantly unique and commendable for their contributions to music. Argue that till you turn blue. They each have their own qualities, strong points, etc. Justin can't sing things Plant could. Plant can't sing things Freddie could.... so what? 'andrew' darling, stop shitting on The Darkness, they are not the 'new Queen' but at least are in the same vein. I admire them for bringing back that glam magic and the prog sound, but they are in no way ripping Queen off by doing so. If they flew onto the music scene with an album full of Queen covers, then maybe, but THEY ARE THEIR OWN BAND. You may be against The Darkness... go right ahead, but don't bring others into it by saying that the three aformentioned frontmen don't all deserve props for all they've done. They each created their own legions of fans with their own style and interpretations of what music is... I think that says alot of all three of them. And personally, the most sensible post in this forum so far goes to Gunpowder Gelatine, when they wrote:
** "I don't know why everybody's so offended by The Darkness. Just because they were influenced by Queen doesn't mean they're ripping them off. They drew their influence from a lot of older rock bands; Thin Lizzy, AC/DC, Aerosmith, and yes, Queen. I've always thought it was great that they were fans of my favorite band; I think it shows that they have good music taste. " **
I have to say Queen is my favorite of the three... I am biased ;-) as you may be too. And as for who the poll to see who the members would like to see Queen perform with, 'andrew'... it IS a POLL, and my friends, THE PEOPLE have spoken- like it or not.
a) I love Queen (Freddie Mercury)
b) I love The Darkness (Justin Hawkins)
c) I love Led Zeppelin (Robert Plant)
...do I think either is vocally better the others? No. They are each independantly unique and commendable for their contributions to music. Argue that till you turn blue. They each have their own qualities, strong points, etc. Justin can't sing things Plant could. Plant can't sing things Freddie could.... so what? 'andrew' darling, stop shitting on The Darkness, they are not the 'new Queen' but at least are in the same vein. I admire them for bringing back that glam magic and the prog sound, but they are in no way ripping Queen off by doing so. If they flew onto the music scene with an album full of Queen covers, then maybe, but THEY ARE THEIR OWN BAND. You may be against The Darkness... go right ahead, but don't bring others into it by saying that the three aformentioned frontmen don't all deserve props for all they've done. They each created their own legions of fans with their own style and interpretations of what music is... I think that says alot of all three of them. And personally, the most sensible post in this forum so far goes to Gunpowder Gelatine, when they wrote:
** "I don't know why everybody's so offended by The Darkness. Just because they were influenced by Queen doesn't mean they're ripping them off. They drew their influence from a lot of older rock bands; Thin Lizzy, AC/DC, Aerosmith, and yes, Queen. I've always thought it was great that they were fans of my favorite band; I think it shows that they have good music taste. " **
I have to say Queen is my favorite of the three... I am biased ;-) as you may be too. And as for who the poll to see who the members would like to see Queen perform with, 'andrew'... it IS a POLL, and my friends, THE PEOPLE have spoken- like it or not.
The drakness are betet tahn Q9ueen!!
fact!! :P
fact!! :P
I give my contribution to this topic.I saw Darkness at Indipendent Day Festival in Bologna,Italy,near my home town on 5th September.A very good way to celebrate Freddie Birthday!In fact,during the concert the audience led them to play an impromptu and for his major part played on guitar by Justin Hawkins version of We Will Rock You.By the way,he is a fab singer,maybe unidimensional with his falsetto but it's his trademark.They were very happy of this and finally praised Queen.Not to mention their stage presence and costumes taken straight back to the Queen of the 70'S.They are a very funny and enterteining combo,full of energy,freshness and carisma.They appeared to me more american that british,searching to be more similar to band like Aerosmith or,to say,Van halen.I prefere by far bands from the UK or that sound like they come from Great Britain but it's a matter of taste.Their major merit to me is that they brought back to rock the happy side of the story,the will to live and to be over the top.They blew away the definitively the Grunge scene from Seattle,that sometimes good but always depressing and self-indulging way to make Rock and Roll!American rockers sometimes take them too serious in making music and lyrics.They rediscovered the truly roots of our beloved music.
They are developing their own personality but I can say that they rapresent just one face,the happy and easy listening one,of a wonderful,full of meanings,never ending and unique diamond called Queen...
They are developing their own personality but I can say that they rapresent just one face,the happy and easy listening one,of a wonderful,full of meanings,never ending and unique diamond called Queen...
The darkness do suck. I have no problem with them following queen but they lack one major factor-variety. Listen to their ONE album , all the songs roll into one and sound very similar. Queen didnt suffer from this beacause of 4 songwriters. The darkness do, their next album will show if their music evolves enough to be called brilliant.
Queen didnt suffer from this beacause of 4 songwriters. The darkness do, their next album will show if their music evolves enough to be called brilliant.
Agreed. We shall wait for the second album... it'll make or break.
A Defence of Contest of Genres...
Of course the style of Darkness is very different from the style of Queen, they almost cannot be compared, especially if you are thinking about the 70's.
Queen had a great creativity, a great ability to compose and a unique feeling while performing which I think no other band will have, you know, the way Freddie stressed the words he was singing, the way Brian touched the strings with his sixpence and the way he stressed the notes he was playing...
The Darkness have a different style of composing and a different feeling while performing. I don't think they like to be compared with Queen, nor I think they are exploiting the "Queen pop fans", that is far from their goals.
I have Led Zepplin I, II, III and IV and Permission To Land by The Darkness and I have listened to these five albums a lot of times. I saw Robert Plant live once at the Montreux Jazz Festival (July 2001), but unfortunately they covered other bands' songs on that occasion, and I saw The Darkness live once in Turin (July 2004).
Justin Hawkins is far from being Freddie, his voice will never be fit to sing Love Of My Life as Freddie sang it on A Night At The Opera (a masterpiece of singing!!!) or any other Queen ballad. But I think it's perfect for the genre which The Darkness are intentioned to follow.
Of course Robert Plant is a great singer, he is a master of passages from chest voice to falsetto. But seen in the contest of their specific genres, which are different, I think Robert and Justin are almost on the same level.
Of course the style of Darkness is very different from the style of Queen, they almost cannot be compared, especially if you are thinking about the 70's.
Queen had a great creativity, a great ability to compose and a unique feeling while performing which I think no other band will have, you know, the way Freddie stressed the words he was singing, the way Brian touched the strings with his sixpence and the way he stressed the notes he was playing...
The Darkness have a different style of composing and a different feeling while performing. I don't think they like to be compared with Queen, nor I think they are exploiting the "Queen pop fans", that is far from their goals.
I have Led Zepplin I, II, III and IV and Permission To Land by The Darkness and I have listened to these five albums a lot of times. I saw Robert Plant live once at the Montreux Jazz Festival (July 2001), but unfortunately they covered other bands' songs on that occasion, and I saw The Darkness live once in Turin (July 2004).
Justin Hawkins is far from being Freddie, his voice will never be fit to sing Love Of My Life as Freddie sang it on A Night At The Opera (a masterpiece of singing!!!) or any other Queen ballad. But I think it's perfect for the genre which The Darkness are intentioned to follow.
Of course Robert Plant is a great singer, he is a master of passages from chest voice to falsetto. But seen in the contest of their specific genres, which are different, I think Robert and Justin are almost on the same level.