queen /beatles parallels

ok...i've been here before i know...but i'm doing it again...some of the obvious (for me) stuff...that clearly "inspired" queen

1. rubber soul / jazz
the classic - fill it up with 3-minute pop hits type formula - every song a winner - nothing to long to lose the listener's attention, and most of the songs are fairly instant, if occasionally having a short shelf-life
2. a day in the life / bo rhap
listen to the song structure....i think this is Freddie's inspiration for Bo Rhap...definitely. the timings, the track length, the elements of the song, the changes of tempo
3. her majesty / gstq
both bands take their (arguably) biggest album and end it with a "short sharp version of their own national anthem" - brilliant
4. come together / get down make love
this is so obvious as to be a little more than just inpsiration (imo)...
5. abbey rd medley /side black
freddie saw that macca made the idea work well and added some bells and whistles
6. drummer gets a lead vox
the beatles usually gave ringo one vocal lead per album...queen coincidentally, did the same
7. sdrawkcab tracks
"Rain" started it in '66...queen did it in '74

any more observations?

The fact that Freddie was a fan for me is enough :).

Someone made mention of Hot Space and Let It Be being similar.

As in the cover, not the album. *Paul gets funk-aaaay*

I always thought that "Spread Your Wings" was inspired by "Rocky Raccoon"

British

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=FF0033 face=symbol>Freddie wrote: [/QUOTENAME]British[/QUOTE]

Christ...

Yes, and there were four of each. Oh, and they were all male. And neither of them ever played jazz.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=FF0033 face=symbol>Freddie wrote: [/QUOTENAME]British[/QUOTE]

Christ...

Yes, and there were four of each. Oh, and they were all male. And neither of them ever played jazz.[/QUOTE]

No shit.

The Beatles (except for Ringo) and Queen (except for Brian) hate wearing watches

Let's see...

The interesting one died young.

Paul is still al..oh, yeah. Got yer.

Need Your Loving Tonight sounds extremely Beatles-y.

Both released a posthumous new album/single in 1995

Beatles - Free As A Bird
Queen - Heaven For Everyone...

I think it even was around the same time.

Tee-hee, I have Free as a Bird on vinyl. Yay.

both john lennon and freddie mercury died in their 40's.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color="indigo"><b>friedchicken \m/ wrote: [/QUOTENAME]both john lennon and freddie mercury died in their 40's.[/QUOTE]

And were both bi-sexual.

Ooooooooh, controversialllllllll.

Did they, didn't they?