moonchildhippy
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Posted: Jan. 09 2009, 10:14 |
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Quote (Ugo @ Jan. 09 2009, 12:55) | @ Marky: sorry, but I agree with Sir Mustapha here about Queen being absolutely not prog. They never were, they still aren't - especially now that they're aiming almost towards a 'softened' sort of metal. Genesis are most definitely prog - you can see and hear it in everything they do, even in their poppiest stuff.
@ Inkanta: I'm not very familiar with new prog bands - the three I quoted above are the only ones I really know, and they're all very, very, very good IMHO. And the best thing about them is that they have nothing at all to do with the Seventies.
@ ommadawn,ah!ooh!: I'm not a big fan of live music or of concerts in general - I'm more fond of studio-recorded music, and a gig (any gig) manages to hold my interest as long as it has a strong visual element and it is strongly associated with the music (I don't like visuals for their own sake). I think Genesis are still pretty good from this point of view: I have their When in Rome 2007 DVD and it's excellent. |
Are Queen Prog, well yes and no, but Queen could carry off both Glam and Prog at the same time, all the idea of Freddie Mercury. Liten to "Doing Alright" and "Father To Son" "The Prophet's Song" I would say that they are pure prog, or at least have strong Prog Rock elements. I know that Queen could play various styles of music, Crazy Little Thing Called Love- Rockabilly, FIght From The Inside/Sheer Heart Attack -Punk, Another One Bites The Dust- Disco/Soul as was many of the tracks off the Hot Space album. Also classical/operatic style vocals as in Bohemian Rhapsody, also the Spanish giutar section of Innuendo, as played by Steve Howe and Somebody To Love, Jazz-Bring Back That Leroy Brown, and also Metal - Hammer To Fall, Dead On Time, Stone Cold Crazy.
Incidentally SHA (the song) was written back in the very early days of Queen and so predates Punk by some 4 years or more.
Are Queen Prog, yes but maybe not in some senses put are in others, it's virtually impossible to categorise Queen into anything other than Queen. Maybe roots of Punk started in the late 60's with bands such as The Edgar Broughton Band and The Pink Fairies, well they had the attitude. I think it's a pity that Prog appeared to get too big for it's own boots, with elaborate stage shows, and that is the memory many people have of prog, but ELP wrote some beautiful short songs with meaning.
I think maybe Punk Glam and Prog have more in common than people would admit. If I remember Dave Vanian and Rat Scabies of The Damned are prog fans. If Grunge is a development of Punk I remember Kurt Cobain siting King Crimson's "Red" as one of his favourite albums.
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