>>> Sebastian may I ask you something? Are you a journalist?:)
No, I'm not. One doesn't have to be a journalist to be annoyed by Brian's attitude towards journalists. Is Brian a badger? Because only badgers can be annoyed by badgers being killed...
>>> It's pointless to discuss with Sebastian.
Not quite. It's a matter of opinion.
>>> He is usually right
There are many, many, many instances of me not being right.
>>> a) convince you he is right, or b) write and overexplain/overanalyze around you in circles until you no longer care.
I have never convinced anybody of anything, nor I plan to. Regarding the alleged Chewbacca defence, it's a matter of opinion anyway...
>>> Give it a minute or two before he disects this post into a long refutal. Rule of thumb: it's usually one paragraph for each sentence in the original post :).
Yes, so?
>>> I'm worse! I tend to over-do simple posts (like the "best" versions of a song)!
The world would be so bloody boring if we were all alike.
Gregsynth · Member since
Agreed. If we were all the same, then the world would be boring!
Queenman!! · Member since
Zebonka12 wrote: He dislikes Youtube for the same reason he dislikes putting Queen rarities out there. He's precious about his artistic output and likes to maintain control over what people hear. I don't see the big deal. ===================
Thats's what I wanted to explain in my comment. Maybe precious is the word I was looking for. I just wanted to say he his human just like the rest of us. Some time ago I read a comment on his Soapbox about Brian facial expressions during the bending of strings. I seen Brian quite a few times live and also when he makes a small mistake, he clearly showes his dislike. So maybe a control freak suites Brian better.
GT · Member since
Well said justys, I agree totally.
lifetimefanofqueen · Member since
Sebastian wrote: > now thats confuseing, he dosent like youtube yet he puts a video on called "bollocks to the economy" oh i dont know, im realy confused now (as always)
Ever heard of something called hypocrisy? Brian also claims to hate the press, yet gives journalists backstage passes; he also suggests only people who've written musicals should be entitled to criticise WWRY, yet he doesn't own any newspaper and still trashes tabloids; he also claims not to live in the past, but still hides behind the Queen name (which he didn't invent and initially disliked, BTW); he also defends Queen as an album band and (correctly) points out how great Queen II is despite its poor sales (compared to other releases), yet keeps issuing the same old shite over and over again. And so on.
> could be because Brian is a perfectionist
No, he's not - he's always been a supporter of 'feelings over perfection', which is demonstrated in the fact some backing tracks of his songs have some mistakes (e.g. Prophet's Song, Fat Bots, Sleeping on the Sidewalk, Brighton Rock), yet he kept them as he preferred a great performance with some mistakes over a flawless one with zero emotion.
===================================================================== maby he lets the press backstage because he "trusts" them to write somethn good on an interview of the show? idk, we all make mistakes, maby he changed his mind on some of them? idk, when i was young i HATED facebook, now im in love with it, oh i dont know, what goes on in his mind is to him and him alone and sometimes when in fear it can come out sounding different, oh i dont know, nevermind, this is just confuseing, im a lost lamb
Wiley · Member since
Well, people are complex. We think, feel, make decisions based on whatever we consider important at the time, are bound to make mistakes, try to learn from them, etc. I usually have conflicting views on several matters and I express them according to what I think/feel or who I might be talking to at the time. Perhaps I'm an agnostic?
Maybe everybody should have their principles and ideas written down on an Internet Website, have people read them and then force ourselves to live according to what we wrote at the time.
Brian is a human being but he is also a public figure and an 'idol' on millions of other people's eyes. Therefore, he is subject to extra scrutiny (nobody would care about what most of us write on our Soapboxes).
So, he doesn't like American Idol but then appears in the show to push some CD sales in the U.S.? Keep in mind that the only reason we found out he didn't like talent shows/youtube/reporters/The Sun is because he shared it with us.
On the other hand, I haven't read his Soapbox in a LONG time. It's not what it used to be... and I just don't feel like getting my pitchfork and torch everytime he says something 'controversial'. :P
flash00. · Member since
Wonder how quick all celebs would moan if the fame suddenly stopped and nobody was interested in buying cd's or putting there video clips on youtube in my opinion it all goes with the job, had it not been for youtube some of us would never hear any rare stuff as i genuine believe Brian and Roger will never release such raw/rare material, lets just hope Bri was just having an off day lol.
