BRIAN GIVES A WHINGING FAN A PIECE OF HIS MIND

I liked the way Brian handled it. Play with fire - get scorched.

WELL DONE BRIAN! (of course you are not reading this, it's queenzone after all, but in case you do: i repeat myself: WELL DONE!)

I liked the performance, the shoes, the jacket, JJ, the Freddie tribute. All. WELL DONE!

[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]
Regardless of the views expressed about music and costumes, Brian really has made an ass out of himself again here. He has chosen this letter to make a grand statement that he doesn't only respond to gushing praise on his Soapbox. So what does he then do? He belittles the fan and tells him - and presumably anyone else not totally 100% in agreement with Brian's views -- not to write to his Soapbox again! He is seriously deranged. [/QUOTE]
Exactly.[/QUOTE]


You both should get a life.

Brian has, and uses, the bully pulpit that he despises in so many others.

I thought the Olympics performance was great and I thought Brian sounded amazing and looked good in his jacket etc the fan did come across like he was just bitching but!! I'm a big believer in free speech good or bad take it on the chin like a man,

I thought the "don't bother writing again" sounded slightly childish to be honest.

Being an animal lover and support Brian's save-me campaign etc I will only start fully respecting the man when he stops turning a blind eye to the royal family hunting (off topic yes but speaks volumes about a person).

[QUOTE] [b]people on streets wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]
Regardless of the views expressed about music and costumes, Brian really has made an ass out of himself again here. He has chosen this letter to make a grand statement that he doesn't only respond to gushing praise on his Soapbox. So what does he then do? He belittles the fan and tells him - and presumably anyone else not totally 100% in agreement with Brian's views -- not to write to his Soapbox again! He is seriously deranged. [/QUOTE]
Exactly.[/QUOTE]
You both should get a life

time membership to the Stepford Nation Fan Club and Lettuce Bar. You get a badge, a badgER, two Brian May Wizard Cloak coloring books and the I'll Have Your Guts for Garters Die You Wrong Headed Murderous Pimply Pubescent Carnivore WWRY Remix featuring Jesse J. If you pay 10 quid extra, once a year you can show up at the Dominion Theatre and Brian will kick you in the crotch.[/QUOTE]

Alrighty then!

Brian is definitely defensive about criticism. Maybe it was too much crticism by those music mags in the old days. I remember a while ago Brian had a go on his Soap Box at this bloke who wrote an article critising the song Don't Stop Me Now, because its lyrics weren't consistent with science principles.

It was clearly a joke and not a criticism of the song at all. But Brian, for some reason, didn't see it that way. I then wrote to his Soapbox to basically say "Bri, what are you doing?" but never heard anything back. I have subsequently tried to find that criticism of the guy that wrote that article, but haven;t been able to find it. Maybe its my lousy search skills. Or maybe somebody showed Bri my email and he decided to take his response down. Not sure.

Re Queen's Olympic performance, I'm one of the 99.9% who haven't seen all of Bri and Rog's performance, but I like the idea that Brian did a guitar solo at such a big event in this consumer age, Especially an old favourite like Brighton Rock. I mean it was hardly the place to do something new, like George Michael did with his new single, although come to think of it, I'm not sure how many people would have known Brighton Rock either.

I didn't actually mind the little bit of Jessie J that I saw on the news or on a very poor quality YouTube video. But I sort of wonder why Queen didn't use Kerry Ellis or Paul Rodgers to do the singing.

And now that I think about it, that's the second Olympics that Freddie has missed out performing at because of his illness and premature death. I think that gives us some idea of how much he and the rest of us lost as a result of his early death.

He didn't need to publish it, or reply, so from that point of view it gets a 'good on him' from me. I half agree with the poster but it's really unnecessary to address Brian directly with it.

Also 'page, blackmore, gilmour, iommi, lifeson' have done very little to get a new generation involved in who they are. I'm not a massive fan of Queen being dragged into the NOW (I'd rather keep them as personal happy pure memories) but if they've decided to remain contempory with these duets and guest appearances that's fine. After all, they have done this throughout the history of the band.

[QUOTE] [b]people on streets wrote:[/b]You both should get a life. [/QUOTE]

I do have a life, and I love it by the way. I can't speak for Holly, but I'm sure he's also got a life. Why are you so rude with us? Because we don't worship Brian? If so, then you're even more pathetic.

[QUOTE] [b]dysan wrote:[/b]
Also 'page, blackmore, gilmour, iommi, lifeson' have done very little to get a new generation involved in who they are. I'm not a massive fan of Queen being dragged into the NOW (I'd rather keep them as personal happy pure memories) but if they've decided to remain contempory with these duets and guest appearances that's fine. After all, they have done this throughout the history of the band.[/QUOTE]
that's my point exactly. Brian's contemporaries don't need to do anything other than they want...

think about it.
page - since zep split - 7 albums and 3 soundtracks
blackmore - after rainbow split in the 90s he's released 10 blackmore's night albums in 13 years!
gilmour - one solo album and one live album, but coutless colaborations - none of them what you might call "attention seeking NOW sh*t"
iommi - he's done the sabbs/heaven and hell thing and certainly nothing "now" in the way of collaboration
lifeson - one solo album some side projects - but certainly no "getting down with the kids"

brian may - seems that since Freddie died the quality control went out the window. almost all of the queen+ collabs (note i said almost) are desperate "stay in the public eye so do it with some shit talentless current c*nt"

and therein lies the problem - you can't have credibility AND sell your legacy to any sh*t band that'll cover/collaborate/remix/mashup your hit...esp when most of the f*cking time it's we will f*cking rock you

Back in the 80's Queen chose to collaborate with Michael Kamen, David Bowie, Steve Howe (1989, technically, IIRC), Sidney Sax and the National Philharmonic Orchestra, instead of going with people like Boy George, Kylie Minogue, Paul Young, Bangles or the New Kids on the Block (probably more recognisable for the man in the street, but not as good musically).

Now, Brian+Roger could try to work with the likes of David Gilmour, Lang Lang or Jeff Lyne, but instead choose people like Britney Spears, Jessie J, 5ive, Pink, Robbie Williams and an AI loser, most of the time.

Good point brENski and Sebastian.
I would much rather have a Starfleet type collaboration than a Milli Vanilli one. But I wonder how much obligation to Freddie or his memory that Brian and Roger feel to keep him in the public eye, so that he is never forgotten by the mainstream.

On that criterion, they might have done rather well since Freddie left us.

strange really that freddie's only colaboration was soemthing more credible than seeking acclaim from the masses...rather like those guitarists i mentioned
whereas brian appears to be driven by public fame...and is behaving like singers tend to behave when they leave bands.
if brian was really that into "keeping the queen name in the public eye" - how about a reworkings album of classic queen tracks with some real stars?

you could stick some current bands like killers, metallica, foos, slash and king s of leon in with say some of the old guard...at least it'd be respectful...which is lightyears better an idea than all this mcfliveblobbywilliams crap...

perhaps i'm being cynical, but something like this would never happen - as most of queen's classic singles were written by freddie, and Brian's not likely to do something that gives most of the writers royalties away

I personally think Jessie J and Dappy hare more worthy of collaboration than Def Leppard and Bad News. And that's saying something.

Thing is, Bad News was a joke. It was funny.

Every other shit collaboration you might care to mention has been done with a straight face. Queen+Anything is like wanking - it's less special the more often you do it.

*cough*

I'm with Brian on the fuckin' Soapbox post though. Alright, he's a 40+ year veteran and should have a thicker skin, but this message was fuckin' stupid. All this nonsense about what the guys were wearing - honestly, I wish Brian had fuckin' been harder on him. You don't write to a fashion blog to give them automobile advice, and you don't write to a premier fucking axeman to tell him his fashion sense is a bit on the nose.

Who gives a fuck if Roger looked like a pimp? He IS pimp.