I've been pondering on the meaning of C-Lebrity; more specifically, is it a...
... oh dear. I forgot my manners. A guy from Zagreb, Croatia (I know... but *someone* has to live there, right?), a Queen fan since the tender age of six when I first mom playing Bohemian Rhapsody (thanks mom!) and an altogether agreeable addition to this splendid forum. Favorite Queen album: Hot Space, favorite color: blue; favorite dish: egg and mayonnaise sandwich; greatest achievement: spelling 'mayonnaise' right on the first try. Pleased to meet you.
Anyway, I've been pondering on the meaning of C-Lebrity; more specifically, is it a gently mocking story of three aged rockers scraping what little past glory they can in a world where music has moved on... or does it mean Roger is very, very pissed off at celebrity gossip in Sugar?
Oh yeah, my second question is: why doesn't Brian play the harp? He'd be fucking amazing on it.
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you cant be seriously thinking they are mocking themselves? its about the talentless idol celebrities and such i think
Nice to meet you, P-Staker.
In my opinion, the meaning behind C-lebrity is, well, for lack of a better term, meaningful. The point I believe they're trying to make is that today the celebrity world is far to shallow. People are only interested in getting those few moments of fame on television (ex. American Idol, Canadian Idol). It really is just spitting on today's popular artists. And rightfully so. I'm sick and tired of those garbage talent shows, and the crap we have to listen to nowadays.
Oh, and about Brian's harp: that would be awesome if he broke out with a harp solo. Perhaps instead of using a guitar during Love of my Life, he could use a harp! How crazy would that be?
In my opinion, the meaning behind C-lebrity is, well, for lack of a better term, meaningful. The point I believe they're trying to make is that today the celebrity world is far to shallow. People are only interested in getting those few moments of fame on television (ex. American Idol, Canadian Idol). It really is just spitting on today's popular artists. And rightfully so. I'm sick and tired of those garbage talent shows, and the crap we have to listen to nowadays.
Oh, and about Brian's harp: that would be awesome if he broke out with a harp solo. Perhaps instead of using a guitar during Love of my Life, he could use a harp! How crazy would that be?
He is not able to play on it.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Serry... wrote: [/QUOTENAME]He is not able to play on it.[/QUOTE]
Yes, he hasn't used it since 1975 probably. But I'm sure he has the ability to reteach himself. It's a crazy fantasy, no more, no less.
Yes, he hasn't used it since 1975 probably. But I'm sure he has the ability to reteach himself. It's a crazy fantasy, no more, no less.
In 1975, Brian and harp, it was similar to the trick you can make now with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V combination on your keyboard. It wasn't proper playing.
Have you got any reliable sources,Serry? I'm rather curious.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]P-Staker wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
Oh yeah, my second question is: why doesn't Brian play the harp? He'd be fucking amazing on it.[/QUOTE]
you ever tried making a harp out of a fireplace?
Oh yeah, my second question is: why doesn't Brian play the harp? He'd be fucking amazing on it.[/QUOTE]
you ever tried making a harp out of a fireplace?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Steve wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Have you got any reliable sources,Serry? I'm rather curious.[/QUOTE]The man himself - on his Soapbox, a couple of interviews and the ANATO documentary IIRC...
c-lebrity=big brother,im a celeb get me out,the apprentice etc etc.it's a piss take.think jane goody lol.
I actually like the idea of C-Lebrity being a gently self-mocking song along the lines of Let Me Entertain You. Roger will probably prove me wrong in his next interview.
And that's a shame. It's hypocritical, after doing a commercial with Britney, appearing on American Idol and playing with a bunch of schmucks worse than the Croatian government.
But worse yet, it's petty. It's like Randy Coutur telling first graders in Aikido class that they suck. Technically true, but heroic it ain't.
I wish I could hate the song. If only the harmonies weren't so bloody amazing...
And that's a shame. It's hypocritical, after doing a commercial with Britney, appearing on American Idol and playing with a bunch of schmucks worse than the Croatian government.
But worse yet, it's petty. It's like Randy Coutur telling first graders in Aikido class that they suck. Technically true, but heroic it ain't.
I wish I could hate the song. If only the harmonies weren't so bloody amazing...
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]P-Staker wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I actually like the idea of C-Lebrity being a gently self-mocking song along the lines of Let Me Entertain You. Roger will probably prove me wrong in his next interview.
And that's a shame. It's hypocritical, after doing a commercial with Britney, appearing on American Idol and playing with a bunch of schmucks worse than the Croatian government.
But worse yet, it's petty. It's like Randy Coutur telling first graders in Aikido class that they suck. Technically true, but heroic it ain't.
I wish I could hate the song. If only the harmonies weren't so bloody amazing...[/QUOTE]
roger and brian think britney and the people at american idol suck but did it just to keep the queen name alive as if they needed that haha
And that's a shame. It's hypocritical, after doing a commercial with Britney, appearing on American Idol and playing with a bunch of schmucks worse than the Croatian government.
But worse yet, it's petty. It's like Randy Coutur telling first graders in Aikido class that they suck. Technically true, but heroic it ain't.
I wish I could hate the song. If only the harmonies weren't so bloody amazing...[/QUOTE]
roger and brian think britney and the people at american idol suck but did it just to keep the queen name alive as if they needed that haha
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]P-Staker wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I actually like the idea of C-Lebrity being a gently self-mocking song along the lines of Let Me Entertain You. Roger will probably prove me wrong in his next interview.
And that's a shame. It's hypocritical, after doing a commercial with Britney, appearing on American Idol and playing with a bunch of schmucks worse than the Croatian government.
But worse yet, it's petty. It's like Randy Coutur telling first graders in Aikido class that they suck. Technically true, but heroic it ain't.
I wish I could hate the song. If only the harmonies weren't so bloody amazing...[/QUOTE]
wow you must be very easily impressed if you think those harmonies are amazing, we have harmonies waaaaaay better than that on my page
And that's a shame. It's hypocritical, after doing a commercial with Britney, appearing on American Idol and playing with a bunch of schmucks worse than the Croatian government.
But worse yet, it's petty. It's like Randy Coutur telling first graders in Aikido class that they suck. Technically true, but heroic it ain't.
I wish I could hate the song. If only the harmonies weren't so bloody amazing...[/QUOTE]
wow you must be very easily impressed if you think those harmonies are amazing, we have harmonies waaaaaay better than that on my page
My personal interpretation, partly based on the slight misspelling of Celebrity as "C-lebrity" can be one or a combination of the following, including what I feel is implied in the lyrics:
-The "C-" could refer to C-list (lower than B-list or perhaps "B-movies") "celebrities"
-It could also be implying that the subject is more or less an attention whore, so to speak. Because they want you to "see that (they're/he is/she is, "I'm" a C-lebrity/celebrity), just because they think by participating or working on, say, a movie, music album, etc. etc., basically anything to do with the entertainment industry.
-With the last point in mind, the "C-" spelling could also be a pun on "see", also as in "see, I'm a celebrity"
I could delve more into it, but this is what comes to mind first and foremost.
I won't doubt though that this will confuse a lot of people not very fluent in the English language, because of many of our puns, hidden meanings and innuendos, etc., which for the most part are extremely hard to translate effectively, if at all.
And every so often there are new terms and memes that originate online all the time, at such a rather admittingly faster pace these days than even 10 years ago ("pwned", anyone?). And it is so hard to come up with equivalent terms and whatever for foreign people.
-The "C-" could refer to C-list (lower than B-list or perhaps "B-movies") "celebrities"
-It could also be implying that the subject is more or less an attention whore, so to speak. Because they want you to "see that (they're/he is/she is, "I'm" a C-lebrity/celebrity), just because they think by participating or working on, say, a movie, music album, etc. etc., basically anything to do with the entertainment industry.
-With the last point in mind, the "C-" spelling could also be a pun on "see", also as in "see, I'm a celebrity"
I could delve more into it, but this is what comes to mind first and foremost.
I won't doubt though that this will confuse a lot of people not very fluent in the English language, because of many of our puns, hidden meanings and innuendos, etc., which for the most part are extremely hard to translate effectively, if at all.
And every so often there are new terms and memes that originate online all the time, at such a rather admittingly faster pace these days than even 10 years ago ("pwned", anyone?). And it is so hard to come up with equivalent terms and whatever for foreign people.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Treasure Moment wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]P-Staker wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I actually like the idea of C-Lebrity being a gently self-mocking song along the lines of Let Me Entertain You. Roger will probably prove me wrong in his next interview.
And that's a shame. It's hypocritical, after doing a commercial with Britney, appearing on American Idol and playing with a bunch of schmucks worse than the Croatian government.
But worse yet, it's petty. It's like Randy Coutur telling first graders in Aikido class that they suck. Technically true, but heroic it ain't.
I wish I could hate the song. If only the harmonies weren't so bloody amazing...[/QUOTE]
wow you must be very easily impressed if you think those harmonies are amazing, we have harmonies waaaaaay better than that on my page[/QUOTE]
Haha.
I find it amusing how much you try to promote your music as "good product".
I think you will have competition from myself and my band in a few months. We've started re-recording our tracks after fiddling with demos and ideas between November last year and February this year. We've even looked into our older demos in my digital archive, that were from before I was even part of the band other than by association with some of the members from high school, and found there are some songs we are looking to bring back even. I already recorded, I think, two or three of those 'old' songs for drums earlier this week out of 5 songs so far.
We are still waiting on a Mapex Saturn kit to come in before we record some other songs. I've been using the custom kit I use at the moment for a few songs I felt would work better for those songs, but I will likely record some drum tracks on both kits to see which one comes across better in sound and mix.
Will write more about that later this spring :)
And that's a shame. It's hypocritical, after doing a commercial with Britney, appearing on American Idol and playing with a bunch of schmucks worse than the Croatian government.
But worse yet, it's petty. It's like Randy Coutur telling first graders in Aikido class that they suck. Technically true, but heroic it ain't.
I wish I could hate the song. If only the harmonies weren't so bloody amazing...[/QUOTE]
wow you must be very easily impressed if you think those harmonies are amazing, we have harmonies waaaaaay better than that on my page[/QUOTE]
Haha.
I find it amusing how much you try to promote your music as "good product".
I think you will have competition from myself and my band in a few months. We've started re-recording our tracks after fiddling with demos and ideas between November last year and February this year. We've even looked into our older demos in my digital archive, that were from before I was even part of the band other than by association with some of the members from high school, and found there are some songs we are looking to bring back even. I already recorded, I think, two or three of those 'old' songs for drums earlier this week out of 5 songs so far.
We are still waiting on a Mapex Saturn kit to come in before we record some other songs. I've been using the custom kit I use at the moment for a few songs I felt would work better for those songs, but I will likely record some drum tracks on both kits to see which one comes across better in sound and mix.
Will write more about that later this spring :)