Well put. FWIW I am a fan of both Pink Floyd and Queen, just don't ask me to choose between the two (although I tend to play more PF than Queen). Having said that I also like Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran...
Interesting. My understanding was that because of the issue of song-writing royalties, in the early days they tried to be "fair" and each member would get, say, two songs on an 8-song album, and because of that each member would tend to be rather possessive of the song during recording, often...
I've always thought this was what made Queen really stand out. Many groups do have better musicians (much as I am a May fan, he's not better than, say, Clapton or Hendrix), but I am hard pressed to think of any group where ALL the members were such talented songwriters, whether individually (as...