OK! What is the deal with this song? The Styx performed it...but how come people say that Queen wrote the song? does this song have any relation to Queen? I hardly doubt it. I have seen several people saying it is a Queen song, and so have some music review sites!!!! WTF IS GOING ON?
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I've never heard that rumour before...
Mmmmm, good question...it does sound like a song that Roger would write...lol
The reason people think that Mr. Roboto was performed by Queen and not Styx is because they hear similarities in styles in the music by both bands. However, Dennis DeYoung's singing voice isn't raspy like Freddie Mercury's singing voice was. People just have the tendency to assume that a different band composed or recorded a song without reading the facts and realizing that it wasn't what they assumed.
Oh, thank you Queen_Rox...I, actually, do not see any similarities in the composition, or voice, at all...I dunno
No problem...just listen to "Mr. Roboto" by Styx (if you own their 1983 album "Kilroy Was Here" or a Styx complilation) and then listen to "Radio Ga Ga" by Queen and maybe you find the comparison and contrasts in their music.
^ I will do just that. Thank you. :)
No problem:D
I like the thought of Freddie singing Mr. Roboto.
And For the Longest Time by Billy Joel.
And For the Longest Time by Billy Joel.
I think Styx is a good band, im starting to get into them a bit...their song writing and sound is closer to Queen than any other band I've heard...although its not the same of course!
Styx, I think are very good. Their style is a little similar to Queen, I must say! Although, I admit, completely different.
I own many Styx vinyls(including Kilroy Was Here) and I dont really feel as if they are close to Queens style, I feel as if Queen's influences(the Who, Led Zep) are closer. I also feel as if the album 2112 by RUSH could have been a Queen vinyl!(No reason in paticular.)
Wow, It's been a LONG time since I've seen someone post this topic...
Yeah it used to come up all the time and I still don't understand it. I'm a fairly big fan of STYX as well as Queen, but beyond that coincidence.. I've never seen or heard anything remotely similar between the two bands at all. I honestly don't get this..
I suppose the Roger thing fits, slightly.. but even then, as a Roger song I think it would sound quite different.
There is one thing the bands have in common though.. both now have only two original members. The STYX situation is quite sad really. Dennis is alive and well and there will never be a real STYX without him. Queen on the other hand have every right to call themselves Queen as Freddie & John weren't thrown out the way Dennis was.
I fucking hate Tommy Shaw. What a prick.
I suppose the Roger thing fits, slightly.. but even then, as a Roger song I think it would sound quite different.
There is one thing the bands have in common though.. both now have only two original members. The STYX situation is quite sad really. Dennis is alive and well and there will never be a real STYX without him. Queen on the other hand have every right to call themselves Queen as Freddie & John weren't thrown out the way Dennis was.
I fucking hate Tommy Shaw. What a prick.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Mikahl wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Yeah it used to come up all the time and I still don't understand it. I'm a fairly big fan of STYX as well as Queen, but beyond that coincidence.. I've never seen or heard anything remotely similar between the two bands at all. I honestly don't get this..
I suppose the Roger thing fits, slightly.. but even then, as a Roger song I think it would sound quite different.
There is one thing the bands have in common though.. both now have only two original members. The STYX situation is quite sad really. Dennis is alive and well and there will never be a real STYX without him. Queen on the other hand have every right to call themselves Queen as Freddie & John weren't thrown out the way Dennis was.
I fucking hate Tommy Shaw. What a prick.[/QUOTE]
Damn, why did he throw them out?
I suppose the Roger thing fits, slightly.. but even then, as a Roger song I think it would sound quite different.
There is one thing the bands have in common though.. both now have only two original members. The STYX situation is quite sad really. Dennis is alive and well and there will never be a real STYX without him. Queen on the other hand have every right to call themselves Queen as Freddie & John weren't thrown out the way Dennis was.
I fucking hate Tommy Shaw. What a prick.[/QUOTE]
Damn, why did he throw them out?