# Great Artists No One Tried To Emulate?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 13, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-artists-no-one-tried-to-emulate/844819 "2019-12-13T17:55:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-artists-no-one-tried-to-emulate/844819/81 "2019-12-22T16:17:29Z")

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Was there ever another band like Squeeze?

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**Author:** ![HyacinthBucket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hyacinthbucket/32/3063_2.png) [@HyacinthBucket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HyacinthBucket)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-artists-no-one-tried-to-emulate/844819/82 "2019-12-23T22:40:31Z")

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> [@str8cashhomie](#):
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> Les Claypool
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> Freddy Mercury
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> Aesop Rock (probably a lot of other rappers with unique cadences as well)
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> Norah Jones
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> George Jones

Freddie Mercury was the first name that came to mind for me too. Lambert and the rest of the group say he isn’t trying to copy Freddie, and I don’t think that’s even possible. The only one who ever came close, and put his heart and soul into it, was George Michael in the tribute concert. Both of them gone much too soon.

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