Queen's influences

The Real Wizard 21 January 2005 12:32 · Member since August 2002

We all know that The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Jimi Hendrix are obviously in this group, but are there any others we can think of? Here are a couple I've thought of lately, now that I've gotten into these two great bands:

Bad Company - listen to I Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, and then listen to Queen's Feelings.

Yes - compare the chord progression and style of I've Seen All Good People (Your Move) to Queen's Doing All Right. In the same vein as ISAGP, Doing All Right has a light part at the beginning, and a completely contrasting, heavier part later on. Queen played many shows with Yes in the early days, and it seems that Yes must have influenced Queen's early material, especially in terms of vocal harmonies.

Any thoughts or additions?

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brENsKi 21 January 2005 12:47 · Member since June 2003

the middle-section of GET DOWN MAKE LOVE is definitely led zep's midddle to WHOLE LOTTA LOVE

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Gunpowder Gelatine 21 January 2005 14:08 · Member since July 2004

<B><font color=#ff7f00>Brenski</B> wrote:
the middle-section of GET DOWN MAKE LOVE is definitely led zep's midddle to WHOLE LOTTA LOVE

I agree, whenever I hear Get Down Make Love it reminds me of Whole Lotta Love.

And In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited's fadeout seems reminiscent of Hey Jude by The Beatles.

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Unknown 21 January 2005 18:46

Gunpowder Gelatine wrote:

And In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited's fadeout seems reminiscent of Hey Jude by The Beatles.

I agree. ITLOTG Revisited always makes me think of Hey Jude with the "Wo wo la la la wo Wo wo la la"'s

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newcastle 86! 16483 21 January 2005 20:13 · Member since January 2005

that song is an anthem! its so good i read somewhere that cream were also an influence but hey i reckon most of the late 60s prog rock was a definate influence

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Iam the one 21 January 2005 20:19 · Member since December 2002

Black sabbath of course.

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Sebastian 21 January 2005 21:18 · Member since July 2001

The Who, the Bee Gees, Pink Floyd, Genesis... but their biggest influence, imho, was Queen.

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Awesome-O _4000 21 January 2005 21:24 · Member since September 2004

Iam the one wrote:
Black sabbath of course.

Gag, I'm not a big fan of Black Sabbath...

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foxxy_moron 21 January 2005 21:43 · Member since September 2004

Awesome-O _4000 wrote:
Iam the one wrote:
Black sabbath of course.

Gag, I'm not a big fan of Black Sabbath...

I like Tony Iommi. He's cool.

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Unknown 22 January 2005 01:31

Somehow, I always thought that Don't Stop Me Now was influenced by Elton John, akin to Saturday Night's Allright For Fighting.

Don't forget Aretha Franklin, please.

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Benja 22 January 2005 01:59 · Member since August 2004

I think in the 60's and 70's the bands used to influence between them, i'n not saying copy, just influence, it was the best era of music.

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Serry... 22 January 2005 18:15 · Member since October 2004

Smile, Wreckage, Ibex...

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newcastle 86! 16483 22 January 2005 18:32 · Member since January 2005

yeah queen used to do saturday night in there set its a pure rocker great lyrics... so ....un elton john me thinks

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mike hunt 22 January 2005 19:23 · Member since October 2004

liza minelli.