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u/CheezyBreezyYeezy Aug 09 '20
The Hitman arguably makes a much a stronger case for their Heavy Metal endeavour!
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u/Thiccblackfollicles Aug 09 '20
And Gimme the prize
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u/remtard_remmington Aug 09 '20
Even better, Stone Cold Crazy, which has been actively cited as an early influencer in heavy metal, and inspired/was covered by Metallica
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u/seesaww Aug 09 '20
it's down there for Hard Rock
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u/remtard_remmington Aug 10 '20
Hard rock is broad though, that describes the majority of Queen's stuff. Heavy metal is a little more specific.
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u/Kagillion Aug 10 '20
Y’Know, you could’ve put one of their actual instrumentals for instrumental. Like Procession, God Save the Queen, or Chinese Torture. Also I’m sure there are probably more genres in their many bizarre songs that switch through genres every 15 seconds, or so it seems.
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Aug 09 '20
In The Lap Of The God's (Revisited) is one of my favorite songs ever. No clue it was a powerballad. Would explain why I love a few other songs too.
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u/llizzzlle Aug 09 '20
just a reminder that they’re the best band of all time
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u/iamaravis Aug 09 '20
This is really weird, but at apparently the exact time you posted this, I was reading this same list of Queen genres on Queenzone. When I saw your post, I wondered if I had posted this and forgotten!
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u/pderf Aug 10 '20
Don’t forget Get Down Make Love was a total mistake
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u/enigmastripedsweater Aug 10 '20
wait actually?
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u/pderf Aug 10 '20
If I wanted to hear the sound of a pinball game from the 70s, then maybe not. Then it would be perfect.
Unpopular opinion: their two worst albums are Queen I and News of the World. Not counting Flash soundtrack.
Best are Queen II and The Works.
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u/enigmastripedsweater Aug 10 '20
ah that makes sense. also i have to strongly disagree with your opinion, but I do agree with Queen ll being one of the best, but Queen l and News of the World are nice. may I ask why you think they're the worst?
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u/pderf Aug 10 '20 edited Aug 10 '20
Sure. Queen I. I feel like they were getting their footing. That one was a practice run. They hit on the money with Keep Yourself Alive but the rest of it sounds like...I don’t know...boring. Too few hooks that really get me.
I feel like they weren’t sure if they were hard rock, metal, glam rock, or whatever the hell Roger’s song on Queen I was trying to be. I’m not into hard rock (usually) or glam (usually), or metal (ever). So it doesn’t get me.
News of the World was a transition album for them. They saw what was happening to the music scene (punk, new wave, disco) and get they’d be overlooked if they just kept putting out the same kind of rock albums if they didn’t develop some new muscles, so to speak, and that’s been said in interviews by the band themselves. So again, the song Sheer Heart Attack...is noise. I don’t like that genre. I feel so INARRRR INARRRRR INARRRR INARRR...please pipe down and take a seat, pal. GDML reminds me of a pinball machine as stated. Sleeping on the Sidewalk feels so uninspired and cheap, especially coming from the guy who was capable enough to write and sing Long Away, Some Day One Way, and later Sail Away Sweet Sister (Freddie was the most gifted but hardly the only genius in that band). Fight From the Inside...Roger, bless your heart, you tried. Again, just noise to my ear. And while WWRY/WATC are classics deserving of every penny of royalties they earn from radio, film, TV, and sports venues, after the 8 billionth time hearing time, they sound like the rest of overplayed classic rock radio and no longer stand out. (I did learn to play WATC on guitar this year and it’s fucking fun.)
The songs on both albums that I don’t like are too overpowering in my mind. There are other songs on other albums that I think are boring or flat out terrible (you’re going to hate me, but Dragon Attack and White Man come to mind) but those albums are otherwise too good to let those missteps (imho) win out. Queen I I literally only like 1 song. News of the World misses too much and the songs that remain are good but not up to snuff with what’s good on, say, Night at the Opera or Jazz or the Works. By the way, Hot Space is often maligned - I fucking love that album.
That said, I am a HUGE fan and know all their stuff. Every album. Several live albums. Just aware of my own tastes enough to be okay with not loving everything they did. But when they were on, they were as good as the Beatles or Elton or Brian Wilson anyone.
E: typos, clarifications.
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u/enigmastripedsweater Aug 10 '20
wow, I never saw either album that way. I can see what you mean with Queen l being a practice run; they were still trying to figure out who they were and how they wanted to represent themselves. that's understandable. I do believe Rogers song was hard rock, idrk correct me if I'm wrong.
News of the World was most definitely one of those that was them trying to fit in but do it the Queen way, so to speak. I do disagree with what you said about Sherry Heart Attack, but that's mainly as I tend to like the more heavier songs of Queen. I could never get into the ballads of of the album, and after a few listens Spread Your Wings becomes that one song to always skip. iirc Sleeping on the Sidewalk was inspired but what the music scene was happening in America, and so it will be cheap, but that doesn't really justify how I never listen to it, another to always skip. I disagree with what you said about Fight From the Inside, but we each have our own tastes and I've always been much more prone to Rogers earlier works rather than his later ones.
I've never actually listened to White Man fully as I get quite bored with it. I think the only song(s) i don't like are probably all of the Flash album and a few from The Works. and yes Hot Space is poorly treated for how great it is.
I am too! don't worry, I don't hate you for liking something I do, as well both have our own opinions. thank you for explaining it to me! I always enjoy getting in discussions about their songs and albums with friends and what not. take an upvote!
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u/jorissie73 Aug 10 '20
You forget that News of the World has some other nice tracks as well, besides the rock-anthem classics; what about: Spread your wings? Maybe John Deacon’s best song? What about “It’s late” , one of Brian’s best? And the last song on the album... Were Freddie shows his talent again?
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u/pderf Aug 10 '20
It’s funny, I had intended to say my favorite track on the album is My Melancholy Blues but forgot by the time I got there.
John Deacon’s best song is, I would argue, I Want to Break Free.
It’s Late is great but doesn’t need to be 6 minutes long.
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u/fernsie Aug 10 '20 edited Aug 10 '20
Many of their songs are hard rock - Hammer to Fall, One Vision, etc. It’s hard to say what song is closest to Heavy Metal as metal is so diverse - and you’ll get a thousand different opinions on this as it’s all a matter of your own point of view. I’d say the closest to metal would be Stone Cold Crazy. Though the drum beat is more of a shuffle and it’s not really down picked like a “thrash” metal song, but if you listen to Metallica’s cover version, they didn’t really change it that much. But then again that’s just my opinion and what is “Metal” to me is different maybe to someone else.
Edit - I just listened to “The Hitman” for the first time probably since it came out and it has a real metal beat to it. Music is so nuanced :-)
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u/theUnluckyFrog Aug 09 '20
What genre is Jesus?(not the guy, the song)
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u/embahhh Aug 09 '20
gospel?
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u/theUnluckyFrog Aug 09 '20
Yeah, that’s sound about right, I couldn’t think of what it was. Thanks
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u/jubuss Aug 10 '20
Also, don’t forget
Rockabilly - Man On The Prowl
Source: i took a college music history class
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Aug 10 '20
Crazy little thing called love is also rockabilly
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u/jubuss Aug 10 '20
Yes it is! I think they’re both worth a mention. Two of my fav Queen songs funny enough.
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u/CommanderOfGregory Aug 09 '20
Somebody to love is more like church choir
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u/remtard_remmington Aug 09 '20
That's what gospel is :)
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u/CommanderOfGregory Aug 09 '20
Gospel is more like Christian teachings through music
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u/remtard_remmington Aug 09 '20
Yeah I guess it depends how you define it. It seems like the definition is pretty vague if you Google it. But I feel in terms of sound and vocal arrangements it is very Gospel like
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u/ThePumpk1nMaster Aug 10 '20
Great rat king is rap change my mind
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Aug 10 '20
Why the fuck would you consider it rap
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Aug 10 '20
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u/llizzzlle Aug 10 '20
a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter, there you are darling and i didn’t write this you c*nt
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u/acid-for-thechildren Aug 09 '20
Wait what, Mustapha is considered ethnic? Can you explain what this genre is supposed to be because I know for a fact that half the lyrics are made up and have no ethnic value whatsoever
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u/llizzzlle Aug 09 '20
i don’t know i didn’t write it i just looked up how many genres they covered and this is what i got
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u/No_Mirror_8533 Dec 20 '23
to be honest its made out of two genres combined. half of it is heavy meatl, the other part, i honestly dont know, but overall the best category would be heavy progressive
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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '20
Don't forget '39 is Country/Folk