Doesn't "if", in this case, allow for the use of the subjunctive mood, regardless of whether the subject of the sentence is singular or plural?
For instance: "If Queen (it or they, regardless, is/are still not my band - so it's a hypothetical clause) WERE (using the subjunctive) my band...". Could one say, just like, let's suppose, the ghost below:
Threatening ghost: "Yara, you prick, this sentence is downright absurd and wrong, grammatically speaking!" ? Or is the ghost being too radical?
To which I'd answer:
"But couldn't I opt for..."
Threatening ghost: "NO! You couldn't".
[and the ghost laughs madly and the sound of it echoes all around me]
And then I'd humbly rest my case.
The whole thread should be copied/paste and send to QPL in the form of a open letter... the people has spoken.
GB your post is a joke.. a bad one.
Greg,
I'll have some of what you're smoking please.
You entire post makes no sense at all, and right now i'm terrified that you have anything to do with the Queen Anthology.
Consider this benchmark : as it concerns the greatest band in history, it might be interesting
In 3 years (1992-1995), the three surviving Beatles put together an Anthology that was made of a 12-hour film and 3 double-albums featuring two new global hits reworked from original vocals by deceased singer John Lennon. And later, in 2000, a gigantic book. It was an amazing release, and that didn't stop the Threetles, chiefly Paul of course, to be ENORMOUSLY creative and sucessful in the years to follow
Between Anthology and now, Paul has released five albums of original material that all went gold while touring sold out arenas and stadiums during the entire time
So your point that the Anthology must come after the surviving members of Queen are no longer a creative force is just dumb
And even so, as it has been stated before in this thread, Queen (as in John, Brian & Roger) has not been a creative force since 1995 and Made In Heaven. And they have not been a force at all except for the QPR tours which have been both musically and businesswise reasonably successful
So instead of vomiting your BS on queenmoaners (why not insult us ? we are only your employer's dedicated fanbase), start working on the boxsets right now and convince the band and QP to release it SOON
Sincerely
Mike Hunt - well put, the negatives aimed at Brian is over the top, I personally could not give a damn if the anthology ever gets released, I am thankful for the amazing body of work that this great band have released to date, I am also one of the minority - 1974, my appreciation of the band is still as great today as it was back then. I bought the FM box set when it came out, I have listened to it twice, I found the novelty of outtakes - unreleased tracks etc soon wore off, as Brian has said they have been proven right over their choice of material to release - although I have to disagree on this point re- Hot Space. Like most of us old timers we long for the good old heavy rock day concerts to be released, if they do - great, if not I have plenty of unofficial stuff thanks to you great guys and girls on this site. Please remember that queens music brought us all together here.
Sadly, this is all so a-typical of Greggy Boy. He crawls out from where he's been wanking for months and decides that he'd better chivvy up some "debate". All of a sudded we receive a diatribe from him with regard to how great Queen still is and how terribly bad we all are for wanting things.
We all fall for it and I'm as gullible for it as anyone else and then he disappears for another of his marathon wanking sessions, chuckling away to himself as he is so privilleged to have been in a position to hear what everyone else wants to hear.
Still, with a bit of luck we'll get a copule of additional posts from him to marrily laugh at before he goes and then life can return to normal here on QZ where there is absolutely nothing in the way of interesting new product to discuss.
Que cera.....
Well said that man there. We should have a new poll - how much of a wanker is the Queen 'Archivist'
a) massive
b) fucking enormous
c) on a scale of epic proportions.
I dare him to take a print out of this whole thread to the next meeting with whoever the hell pays his wages. Can you imagine his evaluation! Well Greg, you have stirred up big debate on the messageboard... but thats not actually your job. You keep promising things that dont happen.... You're fired.
Are you sure that his boss is less-wanker than him???... think it...
xD
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[/b]... I don't think there's an alternate take of She Makes Me with alternate lyrics about strap-on sex ("She Takes Me")
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That would explain the heavy breathing/panting at the end of the song, tough.
:P
Queen II is so distant (in time and musical terms) from today, that it's simply STUPID to think that by releasing some demos & outtakes, Queen or Brian or Roger will be giving away anything relevant for whatever they are doing now.
Hate to bash Queen Archivist, but I sense he gets a thrill from coming on here, stirring it up, then disappearing to a room where he can admire the goodies Queen has assembled that we'll never see. Queen used to stand for something in the beginning, they were out there musically and live, but then they became safe music product pushers (albeit always well played and sung) whose goal was to sell units, creativity be damned. I've posted here enough to know Greg's patterns, so every time he does this I post a question for him to answer, such as the one above asking if he'll take the tone of this thread about how QP is (mis)handling the catalogue back to his masters. He never answers questions like this, then again, Brian has become the master of being disingenuous regarding the catalogue "I want people to get into the albums like ANATO", (then stop re-re-releasing Greatest Hits versions!!!) so I guess the employee apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
PEACE!
[running with a white flag over the Queen's meadows]
I was almost saying that we're all a family. No, it's more than that: WE'RE ALL A SINGLE BEING, the white dove soaring through tender skies...
Now, take that: [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVXMTNKIEak]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVXMTNKIEak[/url]
Yeah. Hold your fire, Brian!, keep it burning bright!
Let the Absolute Greatest II come.
Keep it burning bright.
Wait ... what the hell !!!!
how could they dare while still being active ???
bloody bastards ..... don´t have a clue about music business ..
http://www.mypicx.com/02052010/Boxsets/
It's a pity, that the greatest band in history had, has and possibly will have the worst management in music business ever :( I came to this conclusion after 17 years of being a die-hard fan of Queen...
It should be so simple tom make something we like....
boxset with 6 cd's...
4 each containing the best work of each member, one of a selection of stripped versions of some of the greatest songs.
(not greatest hits!!) and one with reworked queen multitracks by the best producers alive...
f.e. freddie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6J_h8p5ogY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56QJaEbb3_4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrdJrAL2miQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-mSfZuylKE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78D6PZh4_Ds&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIipgvNmbj4&feature=related
for John
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBvmg9gbMHU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQJtPzemoqc&feature=related
for brian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POsOP3TF-XY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhTRoOWR8ag
for roger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdDNFJpil50&feature=PlayList&p=11230F03E05544B6&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=16
Make use of all the multitracks and show the world how good the band is and was.. and how great they are/were individually..
Greg, your salary worth every penny! Why on Queen conventions unreleased stuff was played?
Why in 2006 in Queenonline was annunce that the unreleased songs - boxset e.t.c. will postponed till 2009?
If the songs have so much mistakes they can re-work them. They did it on Made in Heaven (you don;t fool me was a success). But if the fans don't ask and be like sheeps Queen productions will never listen
Brian is thinking the unreleased stuff of Freddie with Micheal...
[b]It makes me wonder why Greg choose to speak now... it seems that Brian and Roger are planning to focus on other things like Adam Lambert (Q+ = most stupid idea), WWRY musical and solo career.
[/b]Also their contract expires in 2010, so fans don't wait.... Queen will sell one of the same.
Queen sales is 98% new fans ... hahahahahahahaha, teens are buyuers but not so many on Queen and other 70s artists.
Queen sales is based in 30+ 50, teens download....go to the musical and concerts. That's why record companies invest in tours, movies and musicals.
Sorry Greg, you are totally sold out!!!
