Final Four - Led Zeppelin vs Queen

May 2024 ยท 3 minute read
I doubt it.

QUEEN is the greatest band in the history of rock.

Come on, HBP. Zeppelin is awesome, but any one of your points about them, I could turn around and say the same thing for Queen, maybe three-fold.

I have no shame in saying that, because they back it up with every single song they've ever made.


Queen x3.

Robert Plant has a vocal range that's amazing


And yet Mercury's is better, smoother, less whiney, and he actually has a greater range and a far greater ability to hold and bend notes than Plant does. And I LOVE Robert Plant. He's just not in Mercury's league.

Jimmy Page rocks the hell out of the guitar


And yet he's not as technically or creatively sound as Brian May, who is without a doubt one of the 5 or 6 greatest rock guitarists who has ever lived. His commitment to rock and blues guitar work enabled Queen to churn out such a variety of music it's sick.

John Bonham plays drums like a master


Roger Taylor is his equal, and I admit I'm stretching it. Bonham is amazing, Taylor is just as good. No better.

with John Paul Jones' solid bass work


John Deacon is one of the most underrated bassists in history, and also contributed to the songwriting efforts of the band, whereas Jones did not.

These guys deserve to win the whole tournament.


...if not for Queen being in the tournament.

In my opinion, they have like 1 good song, and 3 okay songs.


Keep Yourself Alive, Seven Seas of Rhye, Killer Queen, Now I'm Here, Bohemian Rhapsody, You're My Best Friend, Somebody to Love, Tie Your Mother Down, We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions, Spread Your Wings, Sheer Heart Attack, Fat Bottom Girls, Bicycle Race, Don't Stop Me Now, Love of My Life, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Who Wants to Live Forever, Princes of the Universe, A Kind of Magic, Save Me, Play the Game, Another One Bites the Dust, Flash Gordon, Under Pressure, Body Language, Radio Ga Ga, I Want to Break Free, Hammer to Fall, One Vision, Friends Will Be Friends, I Want it All, One Year of Love, The Miracle, Innuendo, I'm Going Slightly Mad, Headlong, The Show Must Go On. All of those songs, and some I didn't list, charted in the US, UK, or both.

18 #1 Albums. 20 #1 Singles. More weeks spent on the UK charts than any other artist in history (including The Beatles, Zeppelin, etc), 200 million worldwide album sales.

It's not close. Zeppelin is an AWESOME band who deserved to win their region, but they are not in Queen's league. Queen is the greatest band in rock history, and should have a finals show down with Metallica for the title.

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