I read somewhere that brian may cited aerosmith as one of his favourite bands and joe perry/brad whitford as one of his favourite guitarists.
One of the reason for this was that they got big at around the same time and had many things in common.
Steven Tyler is also one of those singers that usually is high up on lists of the greatest showmen in rock.
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I read somewhere that brian may cited aerosmith as one of his favourite bands and joe perry/brad whitford as one of his favourite guitarists.
Brian has many favourite bands and guitarists. In fact every musician is one of his "heroes" as long as he doesn't critisize Queen and one of his "ultimate heroes" if he praises Queen.
And Aerosmith has had only ONE number one hit (I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing), and none of the members of the band wrote the song.
Well then, who did write it?
Biggest parallel....both opened for Mott the Hoople in 1974 at various concerts. Harrisburg PA being one of them.
I should know, I was there (though quite knackered)
I should know, I was there (though quite knackered)
He'd love the Darkness then.
He'd love the Darkness then.
And he does.
Being a native Dallas, Texan, I was a fan of both bands, but Queen was and still is my all time favorite rock band. Disputing an earlier post, I don't think Aerosmith was less intelligent, I just think that they were afraid to break out of the hard rock image of the time. (One of the reasons I think Rob Halford of Judas Priest didn't come out then)
Whereas Queen, especially Freddie, didn't give a crap about image and instead worried about what sounded good. Queen had songs that covered just about everything in the pop/rock/r&b realm. What other bands could you listen to a song like "Dragon Attack" and then be followed by "Another One Bites the Dust". Or a song like "Put Out the Fire" followed by "Dancer".
A big problem in the U.S in the late 1970's, especially here in the south, is that anything that anything that smacked of being gay was automatically a thing to be shunned. A lot of "macho" folks were shocked by Freddies ballet tights on stage and his change to a more gay look when "The Game" album came out. I used to get hell from my friends because I favored Queen over Aerosmith, Ted Nugent and the like.
This was exasperated more when the album "Hot Space" was released and they appeared to go toward a more dance/funk/disco direction. This shocked a lot of fans here because in 1982 those forms of music had pretty much disappeared from the radio, only to be revived when Michael Jackson stormed the charts the following year.
Queen then released "The Works" in 1984 which seemed to be an attempt to get back to a more rock sound, but then they really freaked out the U.S. rock audience when they released the wonderful video of "I Want to Break Free" where they all dressed in drag (wasn't Roger sexy!). More than anything else, this was "proof" of the bands gay tendencies to many of their older fans and they never completly recovered from that.
There is no band like Queen now. What other vocalist puts so much effort into their vocal arrangements? What other guitarist ochestrates their songs with 20+ overdubs? I don't know any and if there are please let me know.
Queen fan since 1973.
Whereas Queen, especially Freddie, didn't give a crap about image and instead worried about what sounded good. Queen had songs that covered just about everything in the pop/rock/r&b realm. What other bands could you listen to a song like "Dragon Attack" and then be followed by "Another One Bites the Dust". Or a song like "Put Out the Fire" followed by "Dancer".
A big problem in the U.S in the late 1970's, especially here in the south, is that anything that anything that smacked of being gay was automatically a thing to be shunned. A lot of "macho" folks were shocked by Freddies ballet tights on stage and his change to a more gay look when "The Game" album came out. I used to get hell from my friends because I favored Queen over Aerosmith, Ted Nugent and the like.
This was exasperated more when the album "Hot Space" was released and they appeared to go toward a more dance/funk/disco direction. This shocked a lot of fans here because in 1982 those forms of music had pretty much disappeared from the radio, only to be revived when Michael Jackson stormed the charts the following year.
Queen then released "The Works" in 1984 which seemed to be an attempt to get back to a more rock sound, but then they really freaked out the U.S. rock audience when they released the wonderful video of "I Want to Break Free" where they all dressed in drag (wasn't Roger sexy!). More than anything else, this was "proof" of the bands gay tendencies to many of their older fans and they never completly recovered from that.
There is no band like Queen now. What other vocalist puts so much effort into their vocal arrangements? What other guitarist ochestrates their songs with 20+ overdubs? I don't know any and if there are please let me know.
Queen fan since 1973.