If you could invite three people to a dinner party, who would they be?
FREDDIE MERCURY, because I grew up listening to QUEEN and I feel like he lived such a crazy life and would be a lot of fun
Anybody know of any other artists to add to the list?
If you could invite three people to a dinner party, who would they be?
FREDDIE MERCURY, because I grew up listening to QUEEN and I feel like he lived such a crazy life and would be a lot of fun
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Kes wrote:Copied this off a google search. It pretty much sums it up, I think.
More recently Queen have been recognised as having made significant contributions to such genres as arena rock, hard rock, heavy metal, pop rock and progressive rock, amongst others. Hence the band has been cited as an influence by many other musicians. Moreover, like their music, the collection of bands and artists that have claimed to be influenced by Queen is diverse and spans different generations, countries and genres.
Some of the musicians that have cited the band as an influence include: Anthrax, Ben Folds Five, Blind Guardian, Kurt Cobain, Def Leppard, Extreme, The Killers, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Guns N' Roses, Helloween, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Kansas, Manic Street Preachers, Marianas Trench, Marilyn Manson, Metallica, My Chemical Romance (Flash and Under Pressure covers), Mika, Muse, Radiohead, The Smashing Pumpkins, Styx, Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert and Dream Theater.
Queen have also been cited as a major influence on the "neo-classical metal" genre by Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen. Metallica recorded a cover version of "Stone Cold Crazy", which first appeared on the "Rubaiyat — Elektra's 40th Anniversary" album in 1990, and won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1991. In the early '70s, Queen helped spur the heavy metal genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence; the New Wave of British Heavy Metal followed in a similar vein, fusing the music with a punk rock sensibility and an increasing emphasis on speed.
Thanks to J, who posted the answer on yahoo's ask pages.
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Kes wrote:That might have something to do with one of the band members getting shot dead on American soil, by an American, not something that would have been likely in his own country, but still, as with everything else, you pays your money, you takes your choice.
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mab wrote:Sorry, don't intend to be rude as such, but what the f*** relevance does this have to anything?
Why do certain Queen fans get so excited when a semi-irrelevant American pop star (or whoever) says they found Freddie entertaining and that they really quite liked A Kind Of Magic when they were a toddler?!
Who f***ing CARES?!
I actually find the list of artists who Queen have supposedly ''influenced'' or ''inspired'' quite embarrassing as there's barely a genuinely credible artist among them. Sorry, folks, but Foo Fighters do NOT amount to much. The Nirvana connection aside, they've got nothing that special about them and I doubt they'll be much remembered in 50 years.
mab wrote:I actually find the list of artists who Queen have supposedly ''influenced'' or ''inspired'' quite embarrassing as there's barely a genuinely credible artist among them. Sorry, folks, but Foo Fighters do NOT amount to much. The Nirvana connection aside, they've got nothing that special about them and I doubt they'll be much remembered in 50 years, if at all.
Radiohead? I'd like to read a quote where they SPECIFICALLY reference Queen. The Killers? Likewise.
Most of the artists Queen supposedly influenced are complete shite. Sorry, but anyone who thinks Lady Gaga amounts to anything is deluded.
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M&M wrote:Just stumbled across this….not entirely on topic but seemed close enough without starting a new thread. It's a journalist's notes about Green Day's concert in Chicago.
Green Day chose excellent pre-show PA music, including Prince’s “Kiss,” Devo’s “Whip It,” the Clash’s “Tommy Gun,” and Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades.” Just before the band took the stage, Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” played out, and in a weirdly moving few minutes, most everybody in the arena sang along at the top of their lungs. It almost upstaged Green Day’s actual entrance a few moments later. Who else but Freddie Mercury could rule in absentia like that?
source: http://music-mix.ew.com/2013/03/29/green-day-tour-chicago/
Back on the original poster's comments about American influence: I think Freddie continues to be very influential in America among recording artists. What's even more fun is how artists of such diverse genres cite him as an influence such as the ones previously noted and others like: Billie Jo Armstrong, Cee Lo Green, Harry Connick, Jr., Kimberly Perry (award winning American country artist), Chris Cornell, the guys from fun, etc. Charisma with an exceptional ability to connect with audiences is mentioned even more than his vocal talent or musicianship in a lot of the interviews I've read.
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