I get the distinct impression here that not many people like Brian.

Lol seems a lot of people speak in a condescending way about his "senility" and his website and his recent actions.

Its quite funny in a way.

We won't be here if we don't like Brian and Freddie and Roger and John.

It's the other Brian May we're not too fond of. His soundtracks are rather bland.

Brian is actually my fave member of the band and always has been. However, the Dappy/Adam Lambert/Lady Gaga stuff and his incessant tree hugging political views have really pissed me off. Just ROCK Bri, turn it to eleveb and shred! Dump Lambert, patch thing up with PR and more Collaborations with the Foos/Darkness/Lepps/Van Halen/Muse not these other shit acts.

might have something to do with hypocrisy, double standards and (in my case) shitting all over the legacy of a band i grew up with from 1974

Freddie
Roger
Brian
John

I don't know Brian so can't say whether I like him or not.

BUT, I take huge issue with some of the decisions he's made musically since Freddie's death and, frankly, he appears to have gone completley bonkers and tainted the legacy of the vehicle that has elevated him to where he is.

might have something to do with hypocrisy, double standards and (in my case) shitting all over the legacy of a band i grew up with from 1974


I could not agree with you more here Brenski! Just my feelings, put down by you.....thanks.

Tom

I love Brian too, I follow his website fairly regularly and many of his guitar solos on Queen songs I find to be amazing. He's a great, insightful person with some nice ideas and a generally humble attitude. However, like other people have said, I wish he and Roger would have done more to give Queen a legacy, like not releasing several hundred Greatest Hits albums with the same tracks over and over again. Other than that, I like him.

In the end, it seems that everything was better in the '70s.

Micrówave wrote:
It's the other Brian May we're not too fond of. His soundtracks are rather bland.

Heh

I don't really get why people call him a hypocrite... like what he said about the reality T.V. music shows like the voice. I didn't see him say anything bad about contestants on the show, so how is hypocritical if he's working with one?...

I don't see him trying to replace Freddie either, he's obviously trying to get someone who would be popular with the younger crowd, I'm not keen on it but i don't think it's wrong.

He shits me as much as any number of people I'm really fond of, famous or otherwise.

Why the fuck we have to be living in fucking La-La Land and ultra supportive of people no matter how often they do something stupid is a mystery to me.

It's a never ending cycle of our privileges that you people like to get stuck in. It works like this. Brian is allowed to do a thing. We're allowed to hate that thing or like it. He's allowed to pay attention to what we say or disregard it. AND SO ON, AND SO ON.

I for one, as a huuuuuge Brian fan, respect him too much to simply nod and say 'that's awesome Brian' every time he does something I think is crap. And, it's not as if he'd care anyway. So it's a great arrangement. We both get to have our fun, and no one is hurt.

NEXT PLEASE.

waunakonor wrote:
I love Brian too, I follow his website fairly regularly and many of his guitar solos on Queen songs I find to be amazing. He's a great, insightful person with some nice ideas and a generally humble attitude. However, like other people have said, I wish he and Roger would have done more to give Queen a legacy, like not releasing several hundred Greatest Hits albums with the same tracks over and over again. Other than that, I like him.
In the end, it seems that everything was better in the '70s.

Micrówave wrote:
It's the other Brian May we're not too fond of. His soundtracks are rather bland.

Heh

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Could not say that better.... He seems to post more Badger and Fox news and saving Queen issues to the very end.

somewhere there's a badger or fox website appeal demanding that all badgers/foxes get behind the cause and support the protection of the "lesser spotted grey-mop-head-haired, hippy clog-wearing endangered guitarist"

It's jealousy.

I really like Brian May. The man has made my life better so many times. His music is such a big chunk of my life. His compositions, his guitar playing, his interpretations, his arrangements and, yes, his vocals are a real good reason to keep going.

I mean it. I sing Brian May song lullabies for my kids, for Docs sake! (heh)

As for the points you guys make, I understand where you come from. Some commercial decisions are not what we fans would have wanted, but, hey, they're his commercial decisions! And of course when I hear some of his collaborations I have to struggle a little bit more to find the magic within, but it never failed to be there somehow, and to make me smile, at least.

Long live Brian, keep on rocking, Doc. it makes life much easier for this big fan of yours.

Cheers,

Ogre-