"I've always had a blind spot to the music of Queen," Marr told Metro. "It was all-pervasive when I was growing up in the late '70s and it seems like everyone reveres it. I'm sure they're nice fellas but it never did anything for me at all. Perhaps it's because it's very choral and written on piano. I just couldn't click with it. I like Brian May, I just don't like Queen." Continuing, Marr revealed that he is even less keen on today's chart-friendly R&B hits, saying: "I can't stand what passes itself off as R&B – it strikes me as completely aspiring to materialism and sentimentality." Marr proceeded to outline what he does like in a band, explaining: "I like short, sharp, snappy songs with glamorous, sexy guitars and lyrics that sound like poetry that moves at the speed of light – that's what rock or pop music should be about and it should come alive on the stage. Bands you can see and come away knowing they've put a lot into it. A lot of bands I saw when I was younger gave me that feeling of really wanting to be there. You feel like you're having a unique experience with the band and they're having a unique experience with you."NME...
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