Members Cirrus Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 Meanwhile, the punks loved Syd. Because he's cool and Waters Floyd isn't. Something I always found a bit strange given how anti-establishment Waters' music was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snowcow Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 [video=youtube;Sbr7N_-rSz0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbr7N_-rSz0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jisatsu Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 I think Brian may had one of the best guitar tones of all time. {censored} if I could get close to his sound I'd be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hugbot Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 I'm not a Queen fan but I actually thought Brian May outperformed most of the other 'legends'! I thought freddie mercury outperformed most of the acts despite being dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 I don't think you understand what subtlety is...or AC/DC for that matter. Sarcasm. How does it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members english_bob Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 I don't think you have to like Queen to appreciate what's so good about Brian May- he's a skilled songwriter, a capable singer (although not in Freddie's league because {censored}, who is?) and a technically adept, highly melodic guitarist with arguably *the* most recognisable guitar sound out there. He was a pioneer of what could be achieved in recorded rock music and a formative influence on more guitarists than just about anybody else who arrived on the scene between Hendrix and Van Halen.Not everybody has the same tolerance for camp and bombast and tongue-in-cheek humour so I can understand why you wouldn't like Queen's music, but FWIW I'd rather hear music that somebody thinks is great and somebody else hates than music everybody everywhere thinks is kinda OK, which is what most mainstream bands do these days. I think you have concede with a few objective listens to one or two of Queen's best known tunes and a little context for the band that there is something of merit there. Even if it's not the particular musical skill you particularly admire, you have to concede that it takes a great deal of talent to keep churning out worldwide hit records for 20 years.A few of my favourite Brian May bits:Stone Cold Crazy - thrash metal in 1975?Killer Queen- those orchestrated solos that intertwine and harmonise and bring to mind big band jazz arrangements'39- proudly the one and only song in the rock canon about relativistic space travel Don't Stop Me Now- Brian doesn't play a note throughout the whole song until the solo (what classic rock lead guitarist does that?), but it's a belter. Utterly uncomplicated but completely expressive of the hedonistic theme of the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cirrus Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 I'd rather hear music that somebody thinks is great and somebody else hates than music everybody everywhere thinks is kinda OK, which is what most mainstream bands do these days.Agreed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 IM THE INVISIBLE MAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members samzadgan Posted August 13, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 I think you have concede with a few objective listens to one or two of Queen's best known tunes and a little context for the band that there is something of merit there. That was exactly my point, those top hits are the only things i had heard, and based on those songs, I made my assumption.I was looking for others to give me some of his other work that would give me a better idea of his music. so far, some have posted some tracks that i had never heard before...i am starting to dig it...i will check out the ones you posted too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cirrus Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 Brian May wrote this, and sings the first half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zetor Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 :rawk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neilrocks25 Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 I am hugely into punk, but you have got to love queen they were amazing. Even the punks liked them... Pink floyd on the other hand... Brian mats tone fits the band so well. His use of delay works so well. And even typing this makes me want an AC30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 even if you don't dig his chops, gotta dmit he had great tone to me, he always stood out as a guitar player, he played diffently and persisted to create a unique signature style and sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members renula Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 BTW, who the {censored} is Jessie J? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members english_bob Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 BTW, who the {censored} is Jessie J? You don't need to concern yourself with that. She's some girl who sings inoffensive pop songs. I think she came off the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members renula Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 Well, she seemed to be be very important to the uk internet community or to whoever organized the closing ceremony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members english_bob Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 Well, she seemed to be be very important to the uk internet community or to whoever organized the closing ceremony. Meh. She's had one album and a couple of successful-ish singles, and was one of the judges on The Voice, which is yet another reality TV singing show. She's the flavour of the month. She can sing alright, but her music is very average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members renula Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 I am of course joking. Never knew who she was until yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GREC Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 In '73 when most bands were stoned outta their minds (slowhands), Queen had the raw energy of punk -a few years ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JRBain Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 You have to be joking. Nobody - NOBODY - made music like they did. Complex vocal harmonies, incredible guitar orchestration, downright proto-metal riffs and sappy tongue-in-cheek pop often times in the same song - 'Killer Queen' is a perfect example. The same band that wrote 'Ogre Battle' wrote 'You're My Best Friend' a year later. I can't think of another band outside of The Beatles that had the audacity and chops to pull off what they did - they came out with a fully realized and incredibly unique sound, and they did it consistently for longer than The Beatles did. And if you ever were lucky enough to see them live (I was) they could pull it all off there too. This. This is one of my favourite ever heavy guitar sounds, and the original version isn't even particularly heavy. But it's just a homemade guitar with 3 SCs into some AC-30s with a treble booster and phaser. No 'high gain' amps in sight. Freddie also gives a good many subsequent heavy metal vocalists a run for their money, and that's only based on what I can hear from a low-quality recording. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZp7EToMm8A But Brian is truly ridiculous. Nobody else sounded like that or approached the guitar like that before, and nobody really has since. Even in pure chops terms he's one to be reckoned with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Axe_34 Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 I LOVE classic rock but I never dug Queen. And I hate May's guitar, his tone and his hair. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members big_cat Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 Something I always found a bit strange given how anti-establishment Waters' music was! punk is fashion and queen is rad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reaganomics! Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 Sarcasm. How does it work? on the internet it doesn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheFigurehead Posted August 13, 2012 Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 I can't think of another guitar player capable of imagining, let alone arranging and playing this (skip to 1:25, if you must): [video=youtube;POsOP3TF-XY] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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