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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
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Well, you cant say they didnt have progressive elements, they had tons, weither they were inspired by other progressive rock bands is unclear, but they shared many elements associated with prog, such as classical influences, themes derived from opera and theater, unique vocal harmonys, complex instrumental exchanges, long epics and fusion of many different styles.
But there are things that set them apart from Prog as well, they are so unique that its not clear to anyone what genre they are, they are "Queen" basicly, but that dosent make them not prog, most prog bands are different from each other and share unique characteristics, Queen were prog when they wanted to be, like on
The Prophets Song,
The March Of The Black Queen,
In The Laps Of The Gods Revisted,
My Fairly King,
Teo Torriate and
Bohemian Rhapsody...And then they had pop songs like
We Will Rock You,
Another One Bites The Dust,
Crazy Little Thing Called Love,
Radio Ga-Ga and
I Want To Break Free which are about as far from prog as you could imagine, Queen were whatever the hell they wanted to be at the moment.