if queen came before the beatles (which, in the beatles period a kinda doubt...due to freddie's nationality i guess...) the discussion here would have been different.
i know i can find myself better in queen than in the beatles, but i like beethoven too...
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what a downright stupid post
...and i make no apologies for it
"the beatles suck"
are you serious? one of queen's biggest influences suck?
you're just returning to your pre-grown-up posts of last month aren't you
...and i make no apologies for it
"the beatles suck"
are you serious? one of queen's biggest influences suck?
you're just returning to your pre-grown-up posts of last month aren't you
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but admit it, some beatles song are pretty trippy and funny to listen to when high/drunk. hell! even when sober they are funny, but in a cool way. Whereas queen i can just listen to whenever the fuck i want, and i always know i'll love it.
"my baby does, my baby does me good"
"you're a cool cat, tapping on the toe with a new hat"
"But he wouldn't shake my hand boy, He disappointed me So I got my handgun And I blew him away"
"Told my girl I'll have to forget her
Rather buy me a new carburettor"
"When I was you and you were me and we were very young
Together took us nearly there, the rest may not be sung"
....i rest my case
but admit it, some beatles song are pretty trippy and funny to listen to when high/drunk. hell! even when sober they are funny, but in a cool way. Whereas queen i can just listen to whenever the fuck i want, and i always know i'll love it.
"my baby does, my baby does me good"
"you're a cool cat, tapping on the toe with a new hat"
"But he wouldn't shake my hand boy, He disappointed me So I got my handgun And I blew him away"
"Told my girl I'll have to forget her
Rather buy me a new carburettor"
"When I was you and you were me and we were very young
Together took us nearly there, the rest may not be sung"
....i rest my case
Beatles were the biggest band ever in terms of fame, sales, wirld wide respect and influence. In terms of catchy music writing I consider both bands to be equally talented. Queen with a richer influencial background (including the Beatles) could write and record more interesting and more "modern" songs. Queen in the sixties provided that they work with the same crew (Abbey Road, George Martin, etc...) probably could not produce much more intereting song-repertoire than the Beatles. On the other hand the Beatles in the seventies probably could not have produced more succesfull and more progressive songs than Queen. As solo artists they surely could not (they didnt want).
"you have to ask yourself "Would those bands even exist (or if they would, would they be any good?) if it hadn't been for the Beatles?" I doubt it."
"Queen would not have existed without The Beatles"
I dont like quotes like these. IMO the "competiotion" bands of the Beatles are heavily underrated in terms of influence whenever they credit the whole musical change of the sixties exclusively to the Beatles, as the quotes often suggest. I tend to consider the Beatles as being the kathalysator of the evolution. I think they are responsible for ca. 5-10 percent of the big change in music of their time, and thinking so still I may overrate them. (5-10 percent is still a HUGE contribution!). That x percent is usually "The Beatles changed the face of music forever", which is actually true, but also misleading.
I think that progressive music would have born without the Beatles as well, maybe with a delay of one year. The majority of their innovations (both technical and musical) were in the air in those days, but that's something very underdiscussed.
"It's fairly obvious that Freddies voice was better than that of Paul and John"
Freddies voice was stronger, more colorful in terms of expressive "special effects", but not "better" IMO.
"Didn't The Beatles also help build the 8/16-track recording?"
Beatles did not innovate the 8-16 track recording. Before the 4-track Sgt Pepper there were albums recorded on 8 track machine.
"Queen really picked up the baton were the Beetles ended."
IMO this is a very false observation. (Queen I. vs Abbey Road?)
"you have to ask yourself "Would those bands even exist (or if they would, would they be any good?) if it hadn't been for the Beatles?" I doubt it."
"Queen would not have existed without The Beatles"
I dont like quotes like these. IMO the "competiotion" bands of the Beatles are heavily underrated in terms of influence whenever they credit the whole musical change of the sixties exclusively to the Beatles, as the quotes often suggest. I tend to consider the Beatles as being the kathalysator of the evolution. I think they are responsible for ca. 5-10 percent of the big change in music of their time, and thinking so still I may overrate them. (5-10 percent is still a HUGE contribution!). That x percent is usually "The Beatles changed the face of music forever", which is actually true, but also misleading.
I think that progressive music would have born without the Beatles as well, maybe with a delay of one year. The majority of their innovations (both technical and musical) were in the air in those days, but that's something very underdiscussed.
"It's fairly obvious that Freddies voice was better than that of Paul and John"
Freddies voice was stronger, more colorful in terms of expressive "special effects", but not "better" IMO.
"Didn't The Beatles also help build the 8/16-track recording?"
Beatles did not innovate the 8-16 track recording. Before the 4-track Sgt Pepper there were albums recorded on 8 track machine.
"Queen really picked up the baton were the Beetles ended."
IMO this is a very false observation. (Queen I. vs Abbey Road?)
I love both of these bands. Sir GH is very close to the answer, I think. They are very good in there own way. They don't even play the same style of music. queen don't have a rhytm guitar. Beatles don't have a brian may. Paul and johnare excellent in singing harmonies together. But freddie is...
Who is the greater composer? Mozart or Beethoven? Well, I don't know. I just know I like Mozart better. Then, again, which is the greatest band? Queen, Beatles or Led Zeppelin? I don't know, either. I just know I love Queen the best. It's just a matter of opinion.
Mozart is the best composer ever, beethoven the second one.
Queen is the best, then the beatles...
Led Zeppelin... A great band, but not as good as the other two bands.
damn it
Queen are the best!
the Beatles suck
Althought The Beatles have influenced Queen a lot, I have to agree totally MexQueen. :-)
If you say that The Beatles suck, let me tell you my dear, that you are a complete ignorant.