Queen has always been a band that drew from a wide range of influences – including their fellow rock ‘n’ roll greats.
Guitarist Brian May recently revealed that the 1974 song “Now I’m Here” was directly inspired by the Led Zeppelin classic “Black Dog”.
In an interview with Total Guitar, May said everyone in Queen admired Led Zeppelin: “Those guys were not far ahead of us in age. But the first time we heard Zeppelin, we thought, ‘Oh, my God, this is where we’re trying to get to, and they’re already there!'”
“I owe a lot to Jimmy Page, of course – the master of the riff, and the master of getting lost deliberately in time signatures,” May continued. “I think that song was inspired, definitely, by the spirit of Zeppelin.”
Music wasn’t the only thing May admired about Led Zeppelin, saying, “The way they handled their image, the integrity, the way they built their stage show – so many things. I suppose between Zeppelin and The Beatles and The Who, you would see where we came from. That was the kind of platform that we bounced off.”
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