QueenZone discussion #540408
QUEEN and AEROSMITH... A PARALLEL
| Rafael Macedo 20.05.2005 00:42 |
welll... i im a huge fan of both bands and i've always noticed parallel or similarities between them... they both started in 1970... they released they first albums in 1973: queen s/t aerosmith s/t in they first years they released a lot of albums... they worked really hard... they also shared some shows in the early years... in 1975... both bands released two really important records... a night at the opera... toys in the attic... by the end of the 70s both released live albums... and in the early 80s they did greatest hits albums... both with the same name... in 1982 both bands made their lesssuccesful records... "hot space" and "rock in a hard place" |
| Rafael Macedo 20.05.2005 00:47 |
in the 80s they went for very distant ways... queen was one the most important and succesful bands in the 80s while aerosmith was in the 90s while queen was in their long recess after freddies death... i think aerosmith is as special to U.S. HARD ROCK... as QUEEN is to england... |
| elpapi 21.05.2005 14:02 |
I'm also a grat fan of both bands. I have a lot of bootlegs from both bands too... Another difference between aerosmith and queen, was that Joe Perry and Brad Whitford left the band in 1979 and 1981 respectively, and both of them met again with aerosmith in 1984... unlike queen, which had the same members since 1971... |
| Serry... 21.05.2005 14:19 |
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| doremi 21.05.2005 14:28 |
Steve Tyler really wears costumes very similar to Freddie's 1970's Zandra Rhodes stff too, jumpsuits, long chiffon scarves, makeup...and Steve still looks great wearing that stuff too. Steve also is a pretty good live performer, he does alot of acrobatics on stage, and he plays a MEAN blues harmonica. I Like their older 70's songs..."Train Keep A Rollin", "Big Ten Inch", "Dream On". |
| flash00. 21.05.2005 16:21 |
freddie hated steve tyler so i dont think he'd be too happy about the comparisons:) i personaly cant see any, did anyone see TFI friday a few years ago and aerosmith were being interviewd and when asked who the greatest bands were in the world he said beatles,stones,aerosmith,who, i cant remember who he said 5th were but not a squeek about queen.... now we all know queen are the greatest:) no disrespect to the aerosmith fans/posters but shit i hate that fellas voice it goes straight thru me lollll p.s brian may is a aerosmith fan but not mr mercury |
| doremi 21.05.2005 17:17 |
flash00. wrote: freddie hated steve tyler so i dont think he'd be too happy about the comparisons:) i personaly cant see any, did anyone see TFI friday a few years ago and aerosmith were being interviewd and when asked who the greatest bands were in the world he said beatles,stones,aerosmith,who, i cant remember who he said 5th were but not a squeek about queen.... now we all know queen are the greatest:) no disrespect to the aerosmith fans/posters but shit i hate that fellas voice it goes straight thru me lollll p.s brian may is a aerosmith fan but not mr mercuryThat's cuz there is NO comparison. Steve Tyler is like a good cheesburger, just ok. Freddie is a legend, like pheasant under crystal glass! First class! Legend and Icon! |
| flash00. 21.05.2005 19:08 |
yea... thats my girl:)) what a great comparison arlene :) oh yea that freddie interview you were posting about from 84 i think, well i d/l it and its excellent quality its better/clearer than those on the freddie box set:) |
| QueenZeppelin 22.05.2005 00:46 |
Perhaps the biggest difference is their popularity. Aerosmith failed to really make a dent in Europe outside of the die-hard rockers until 1989, when their first album charted. None of their 70's albums ever made the British charts, I don't even think they went Gold or Platinum (could be wrong about that one though). Whereas Queen were VERY popular in Europe during the 70's and became enormous during the 80's. However, in America it's a different story. Aerosmith's 70's albums drew almost double the sales Queen usually did. Queen's Greatest Hits sold 7 million copies; Aerosmith's sold 20 million. Overall, Aerosmith have sold 67 million albums in the United States while Queen have sold 30 million. It's worth noting that overall though, Queen seem to be more in the U.S.'s national consciousness. A great deal of my friends like Queen but none of them listen to Aerosmith. I think that perhaps Queen's legacy has held up in the U.S. a lot better than Aerosmith's has. And with the advent of online sharing programs and downloads, album sales have become practically irrelevant when judging a band's present-day notoriety and impact |
| Scott_Mercury 22.05.2005 08:41 |
Comparison?? What?? This is like comparing your finest champange with homemade beer. |
| flash00. 22.05.2005 10:14 |
Scott_Mercury wrote: Comparison?? What?? This is like comparing your finest champange with homemade beer.lol..yup you got that rite:))) my god queen are frigging huge!! i see absolutley no comparisons between the two, but the aerosmith fans etc are cool:) |
| Slightly Dazed 22.05.2005 19:39 |
Steven Tyler was a good frontman, but Freddie was great! I cant see any similarities really, apart from some of the stage outfits. |
| peanut_pie 28.05.2005 03:46 |
Funny that this topic should arise. I was thinking along the same lines -- There is a definite similarity between Aerosmith's career and Queen's. Both groups hit their respective pinnacles in 1975-76ish: Aerosmith puts out 'Toys in the Attic' Queen puts out 'Night At the Opera' Aerosmith put out 'Rocks' Queen put out 'A Day At the Races' But even going through every album up until say 1982, they were running like two horses neck to neck. Aerosmith's "Rock in a Hard Place" is great BTW --just have a bottle of aspirin ready cause you'll need it -- Joe and Brad-less but still really rockin. This may be a mean thing to say, but I think in a way Aerosmith sort of lacked the intelligence to allow their sound to evolve. As Queen continuously, and successfully, was able to test the waters in every genre and transition very smoothly from British choir boys into World Beat Euro-Pop kings, Aerosmith digressed into making Hard Rock pop records with juvenille lyrics which continuously get worse with every release. |
| flash00. 28.05.2005 13:05 |
anyone ever see the video footage of aerosmith when they went flat broke they lost everything well they were all huddled in some banger old car pulling up to a really run down motel and all tried to rush in quick but someone was following them i tell ya they honestly looked like tramps!! they were on rock bottom i'm sure it just b4 there comback with walk this way mid 80's this was all going on while freddie was sipping champagne on private jets etc.. aerosmith have never reached the heights queen have in terms of stardom and so on. i would of loved to have seen that arguement with freddie and s-tyler brian said it looked like they were close to fisty cuffs lol |
| bex 29.05.2005 12:40 |
Can anyone say why Freddie hated Steve Tyler. According to the last post there was an argument between them but when was it, what was it about, etc? Personally I like both bands and frontmen and they don't seem like complete polar opposites, unlike Freddie and Sid Vicious say? Any information? |
| kingogre 29.05.2005 18:06 |
I read somewhere that brian may cited aerosmith as one of his favourite bands and joe perry/brad whitford as one of his favourite guitarists. One of the reason for this was that they got big at around the same time and had many things in common. Steven Tyler is also one of those singers that usually is high up on lists of the greatest showmen in rock. |
| Hank H. 30.05.2005 13:24 |
kingogre wrote: I read somewhere that brian may cited aerosmith as one of his favourite bands and joe perry/brad whitford as one of his favourite guitarists.Brian has many favourite bands and guitarists. In fact every musician is one of his "heroes" as long as he doesn't critisize Queen and one of his "ultimate heroes" if he praises Queen. |
| RainMustFall2 31.05.2005 06:59 |
deeperanddeeperinside wrote: And Aerosmith has had only ONE number one hit (I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing), and none of the members of the band wrote the song.Well then, who did write it? |
| *goodco* 31.05.2005 10:42 |
Biggest parallel....both opened for Mott the Hoople in 1974 at various concerts. Harrisburg PA being one of them. I should know, I was there (though quite knackered) |
| john bodega 31.05.2005 12:24 |
He'd love the Darkness then. |
| QueenZeppelin 31.05.2005 18:42 |
Zebonka12 wrote: He'd love the Darkness then.And he does. |
| reeddr 31.05.2005 20:20 |
Being a native Dallas, Texan, I was a fan of both bands, but Queen was and still is my all time favorite rock band. Disputing an earlier post, I don't think Aerosmith was less intelligent, I just think that they were afraid to break out of the hard rock image of the time. (One of the reasons I think Rob Halford of Judas Priest didn't come out then) Whereas Queen, especially Freddie, didn't give a crap about image and instead worried about what sounded good. Queen had songs that covered just about everything in the pop/rock/r&b realm. What other bands could you listen to a song like "Dragon Attack" and then be followed by "Another One Bites the Dust". Or a song like "Put Out the Fire" followed by "Dancer". A big problem in the U.S in the late 1970's, especially here in the south, is that anything that anything that smacked of being gay was automatically a thing to be shunned. A lot of "macho" folks were shocked by Freddies ballet tights on stage and his change to a more gay look when "The Game" album came out. I used to get hell from my friends because I favored Queen over Aerosmith, Ted Nugent and the like. This was exasperated more when the album "Hot Space" was released and they appeared to go toward a more dance/funk/disco direction. This shocked a lot of fans here because in 1982 those forms of music had pretty much disappeared from the radio, only to be revived when Michael Jackson stormed the charts the following year. Queen then released "The Works" in 1984 which seemed to be an attempt to get back to a more rock sound, but then they really freaked out the U.S. rock audience when they released the wonderful video of "I Want to Break Free" where they all dressed in drag (wasn't Roger sexy!). More than anything else, this was "proof" of the bands gay tendencies to many of their older fans and they never completly recovered from that. There is no band like Queen now. What other vocalist puts so much effort into their vocal arrangements? What other guitarist ochestrates their songs with 20+ overdubs? I don't know any and if there are please let me know. Queen fan since 1973. |