As so many of you are inquiring about Brian May....
After he posted so many kind words about us on his blog last week upon hearing our new Queen cover, our manager reached out and invited him to see us at Download...
He ended up coming out and watched our entire show from the stage and said that he LOVED it!
He is one of the most generous and kindest musicians of *that* level that I've ever met...what a sweet guy.
Yes, I gave him the Special Edition of BC&SL (it's in his hands in the picture) and he hugged it with excitement when I did....
And oh yeah....he was freaking out about all of the background vocals on Flick Of The Wrist and was blown away that I did them all myself!
(so take THAT all you MP vox haters on the other DT boards! If Brian May liked em - who was in a band with perhaps the greatest rock vocalist of ALL TIME - then that's all I need!)
- Another Day
- Pull me under
- Wait for sleep
- Lifting shadows of a dream
- space-dye-vest
- hollow years
- take away my pain
- through her eyes
- one last time
- goodnight kiss
- solitary shell
- I walk besides you
- the ministry of lost souls
That you don't know them doesn't mean they do not exist.
Dream Theater has written catchy tunes, but it's not their main interest.
From Brian's Soapbox, just to add to the discussion...
I was also, by one of those strange alignments of the planets, able to see the band who have just delivered what my mate Rog called (totally unprompted last week) "The best Queen cover job ever". Yes, the redoubtable Dream Theatre.
Can't wait to hear from people accusing Brian of fabricating...
"But I was also, by one of those strange alignments of the planets, able to see the band who have just delivered
what my mate Rog called (totally unprompted last week) "The best Queen cover job ever". Yes, the redoubtable Dream Theatre. IT was a revelation. Their scope is way beyond covering Ancient Rock Bands, of course ... and actually way beyond Rock, I'd say. They are what would have been called, about 30 years ago - truly 'progressive, with more than a touch of fusion'. But their musicianship is way beyond even that. The whole band are virtuosos ... I'm kind of ashamed I never discovered them before. Their set was completely without any hint of 'playing to the Gallery'. They took their time mapping out their songs, which I can only say succulently drip with the best kind of complexity. Wonderful playing. I will be back for more. So will about 80,000 Classic Rock fans who gave them a great reception in the old "Monsters of Rock" fields - what we all used to know as the Donnington Castle gig.
I do agree with Rog on that one. While I prefer the original Lily of the Valley (my favourite song by Lord Teeth), DT's Tenement Funster and Flick of the Wrist kick the crap out of the originals, especially regarding drums, bass, guitars and low-range harmonies; high ones... not so much.
Just purchased it and it's wonderful. Reverent, with original flourishes. Fantastic musicians, and a cover like this shines a light on how diverse early Queen writing was, and with no disrespect to the DT vocals as they're great, Queen's harmonies and size of the harmonies were pretty much unparalleled in rock history.
I do agree with Rog on that one. While I prefer the original Lily of the Valley (my favourite song by Lord Teeth), DT's Tenement Funster and Flick of the Wrist kick the crap out of the originals, especially regarding drums, bass, guitars and low-range harmonies; high ones... not so much.
This comes from a man who thinks back to the light is better than every Queen album, lol.
I do agree with Rog on that one. While I prefer the original Lily of the Valley (my favourite song by Lord Teeth), DT's Tenement Funster and Flick of the Wrist kick the crap out of the originals, especially regarding drums, bass, guitars and low-range harmonies; high ones... not so much.
This comes from a man who thinks back to the light is better than every Queen album, lol.
Yes, so? Does that invalidate my comment?
Please God Mike, forgive me for having a different opinion... and you know what? I also think The Dark is better than the 'Races' overture ... OH NO! Will I get death penalty for that or is it just life imprisonment? I've also gotta be careful next time I write Steve Vai plays better than Dr Wig - my salary could be taken by the IRS (International Retarded Society).
Btw, I meant absolutely no offence to people who think Queen did better albums than Brian, the overture tops TheDark or May's better than Vai. The whole IRS comment's for those who seem to be insanely obsessed with me and what I write here, to the point of bringing my comments up months or years afterwards. Why do you care anyway?
