Music Banter - Meatloaf vs Queen

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Originally Posted by captaincaptain (Post 1041984)

Queen have been nobodies since Freddie Mercury died.

Well, to be fair, they had a good run until 1991. Queen-with-Paul-Rodgers is a different band altogether, as far as I'm concerned.

just got Sheer Heart Attack

terif so far - that Brian May is an insane fella

No contest IMO. Most of the albums from both bands are over-produced though Bat Out Off Hell is just over the top, pompous, a ridiculous rock opera. Though I'm a big fan of Todd Rundgren this album is unbearable to listen to for me. Queen lost me with Jazz. A Night At The Opera is a classic though being over-produced it's a landmark album. Sometimes over production works and sometimes it doesn't. Two prime examples.

Just got A Night at the Opera.

Fab, the pomposity really works for me.

Personally, I was brought up on Queen, so a lot of their songs resonate with me to an extent that they would be a band that I comeback to again and again. Ashamedly, I've only really listened to the Greatest Hits Compilations that were released, but it is on my list of things to do to get around to their actual albums!

Well I like both Queen and Meatloaf but to be honest there wasn't a lot of variation in the sound of Meatloaf's sound. The majority of his material is melodramatic hard rock, with the occasional heavy ballad. It sounds alright but really he never strays off this formula.

Queen on the other had that melodramatic hard rock style as well, but they also incorporated elements of glam, prog, disco, synthpop to their music. Whilst it didn't always work, especially with their 80's material, it at least showed a bit more diversity.

Neither one are all that special really... but I would go with Queen.

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan (Post 1037822)

I don't know if it was some kinda fad in the 70's but Meatloaf album BooH was written if it was a musical, maybe he got the idea from The Who, or maybe it was Andrew Lloyd Weber, who knows, but it was produce by Todd Rundgren who produce a quite few famous bands during the 70's & 80s.

Queen had an amazing sound with the vocal harmonies and the overdubbing, so even without synthesizers that were all rage during the 70's the vocals alone gave there songs an other-worldly sound, where most other bands relied on the synthesizer for their otherworldly sound, just think of Pink Floyd and their otherworldliness. Queen are even recognized by The Vocal Group Hall of Fame Foundation, a pretty impressive accolade imo. Besides their vocal capabilities their musicianships was top notch too. Brian May created his own unique sound, with the Red Special (he made himself with this father) Vox AC30s, an echo unit thingamajig and harmonic overdrive and another thing He didn't do the typical blues guitar solo as most blues-rock guitarist would do like EC of Jimmy Page (I mean at the the time everyone was doing it at the time and it was a little overdone or old hat) but Brian had his own unique style. They were a great band that had major hits that were anthems for their time, one of the more important bands from the 70's era.

Meatloaf was a one tricky pony with the BooH sequels, and didn't explore different musical styles like Queen and didn't consistently release albums with hits on them like Queen. So with "Meatloaf vs Queen" I would have to pick Queen.

Nice 2004 thread bump. haha

Meatloaf vs Queen

The first thing that comes to my mind is, Meatloaf vs Pat Benatar, and Queen vs Styx. (It's far from perfect choices?), but it seems to be a more fair and equal level of talent when comparing bands.
Meatloaf has acquired a few classic's of his own to claim through the years
But the band QUEEN are Icons. What can you say about a band that has a front man like Eddie Mercury. With an innovative band, like the band members of Queen? You have to have a band that equals Queens (frontman) aspect 1st. And the band chosen needs to equal band members at the same level of talent as well. Popularity would hold merit, (I guess). But not necessarily.

I would vote for none of the above there.

Queen I liked when I was 16 when I had a more limited knowledge of music and it was all I knew. But now I find little interest in Queen. Freddy Mercury was a good frontman and he knew how to work an audience into a frenzy.. and for that I commend him. But beyond that I found him to be a lackluster performer, his music fails to engage me and I find any emotion he has is overshadowed by his over dramatic approach to his vocals and is sucked out in the process of trying to be a performer over an artist. Queen to me work better as a theatrical performance group than a group of musicians... They are entertainers more than musicians. Not on the level of say KISS who were no more than a marketing ploy and a case of substance over art, an image more than anything, or say Prince who is the epitome of over indulgance and wankery in every aspect.. but not that different either. Queen to me is a band that gets way to much attention and acclaim for what they did.

Meat Loaf fits into the same mold to me, good performer, lackluster artist, his music may of been something good in it's time, but it has not aged well.