would john be happy if roger and brian called it a day?

Maylor keep banging on about "we are going to do this or that and we have johns approval" obviously we all know what the situation is between them but what do you think johns reaction would be if they decided to put a lid on the whole queen thing? Relief? Sad? Happy?. I guess as long as he is getting his money but surly he would benefit financially from maylor keeping queen in the forefront of peoples minds?

You seriously get the impression that they are a real pain in johns ass though and he would love them to put the whole thing to rest. He realy was a no fred no queen man wasn't he!

I know this site has become a Brian bashing site, but Let's stop making s hero out of John. He won't even turn up for an award or do interviews. Yet he makes sure the accountants hear from him.

I don't think John will care either way. He's in a different place right now, away from all the pressures & stress of showbiz.

The money!!! I would think, John will not be short of a bob or two, so he'll be set for the rest of his life, so again, Whatever Roger & Brian decide to do with the Queen legacy, will have no effect at where John is at the moment, he's quite content.

I hope John is happy and healthy. He never really wanted to be in the spotlights I guess. It all sort of happened to him.

However, I would have loved to hear his side of the story in the "days of our lives" docu. But I guess he is enjoying life without the publicity, he can go shopping or have dinner anywhere without getting recognized. Reappearing on TV would be a bad thing from that point of view.

I have mixed feelings about John. So maybe he quit at the right moment, but he also turned his back tot the fans. It's been 17 years since he left Queen in '97 and there hasn't even been an interview since that day. So many stories to tell, but nothing....

[QUOTE] [b]the dude 1366 wrote:[/b]I know this site has become a Brian bashing site, but Let's stop making s hero out of John. He won't even turn up for an award or do interviews. Yet he makes sure the accountants hear from him. [/QUOTE]
what kind of statement is that^^^ ???

of course he will. AS WOULD YOU TOO...don't tell me that if you hadn't created something that gave you earnings for life, that you'd refuse it on principle that you had retired from work.

people work all their lives and pay into pension schemes for their old age . John's work with queen provided for his old age (it WAS his pension scheme). and he's entitled to it now - without criticism or sarky comment.

As regards the OP's post - they've done nothing under the queen umbrella since 95 that's impressed me at all. I do wait to hear each new project - but the wait invariably ends with the same abject disappointment. So for me, i'd not miss it if they closed the door on "new" queen projects. I don't think John cares either way. He's happy, retired and comfortable

To be honest all earnings from QP could cease immediately to John and he would still be set up for life. Isn't he worth (at least) £85 million? I think Brian and Roger are worth slightly more from songwriting royalties, etc but its still a pretty fair whack. I saw something recently where it showed what the top West End shows were making per week - I think one of the newer ones was currently the top grossing on about £600,000 per week but WWRY was only slightly behind (after 12 years running) making half a million a week! Now i'm sure all members of QP will see a nice little amount from just that and then when you add in royalties from music sales, etc - iTunes regularly has Queen songs, albums charting well in countries all over the world - I can imagine songwriting royalties just for 'Another One Bites The Dust' on an annual basis would make anyone of us a very nice income alone.

Personally who knows what John really thinks? I doubt he is that bothered either way. It would be nice though if he could have attended even just one awards type show over the years.

We can't demand it of John but most people would be happy to be interviewed about their career - as long as it weren't controversial. And, apart from playing Sun City, John's isn't controversial.

But then we're told how shy he is said to be.

[QUOTE] [b]EDWOOD wrote:[/b]
Personally who knows what John really thinks? I doubt he is that bothered either way. It would be nice though if he could have attended even just one awards type show over the years.[/QUOTE]
again...why would it be nice?
he retired from Queen. when HE was in the band - he regularly did interviews/award shows etc etc - he more than did his part. He's NOT in the band these days - so he doesn't attend

I didn't intend for this to turn into one of those "I wish john would do this or that".
Think what you like about him but the guy just wanted to retire and we godda respect that! 
I just wanted to know how he would feel if bri &rog called it a day! And basicly stopped encouraging people to increase his pension.

The fact that nothing worthwhile or decent has happened with the Queen brand since John jumped ship speaks volumes. To suggest John approves what they do with the brand is clearly stretching the truth, more like he's washed his hands with Brian and Roger/QPL. He dismissed the collaboration with Robbie Williams and that was in 2001 - Brians dragged the Queen brand into far worse areas since. Maybe John would have stuck around if Brian and Roger had shown interesting in being a creative entity again instead of capitalising on past works. Maybe Brian is just impossible to deal with for any amount of time!

[QUOTE] [b]crazy duck wrote:[/b]
I just wanted to know how he would feel if bri &rog called it a day! And basicly stopped encouraging people to increase his pension.[/QUOTE]


You'd need to stalk him like those weird Argentinian fans to find that out!

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[b]Negative Creep wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]crazy duck wrote:[/b]
I just wanted to know how he would feel if bri &rog called it a day! And basicly stopped encouraging people to increase his pension.[/QUOTE]

You'd need to stalk him like those weird Argentinian fans to find that out![/QUOTE]

Sorry meant to say, ijust wanted to know how YOU think he would feel if they called it a day:-)

I think that John never came to terms with Freddies death ,but i suppose most of us on Queenzone feel the same.I just hope John is not turning into a Howard Hughes character and has not started pissing into milk bottles ! He has certainly made a stack of money for one or two songs on each album, zero on the first two.

[QUOTE] [b]philip storey wrote:[/b]

He has certainly made a stack of money for one or two songs on each album, zero on the first two.[/QUOTE]

Actually, he makes money on royalties off the portion of the album he gets credit to. In addition to that he also gets royalties off global airplay of the songs he gets credit to. Given that he wrote Another One Bites The Dust, he probably makes quite hefty bag of cash on a weekly basis.

I think John doesn't actually care what Brian and Roger do. He probably weighs the good and the bad evenly. In his point of view, he probably feels Brian and Roger have tarnished the Queen legacy by teaming up with other singers & setting up a musical. On the other hand, he continues to profit every time they do, in some way or the other.

In my point of view, in the long run, a lot of these additional activities will not cast a negative, nor a positive, light on the legacy of the band. Elton John is a pretty good example of how this works... how many bad albums does he have? More than good. WAY more than good. Artistically, he shouldn't have any more credibility, but he'll always sell tickets, and no one will ever think any less of him. I use Elton John because we're all Queen fans and we've all made up our minds on whether Brian and Roger's continued contributions are relevant vs. irrelevant.

Bottom line, the more they do, the more Queen fans they'll amass over time, the more records will be in those households which will get passed on from generation to generation. No harm in that, I say.

And regardless, of what John thinks, he doesn't owe anyone an explanation. He made his contribution when it mattered. Everything else is just gravy,

[QUOTE] [b]Ivo-1976 wrote:[/b]

he also turned his back tot the fans.
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What does he owe the fans? Where does this sense of entitlement come from?

He doesn't have an obligation to do anything other than what makes him happy, and it looks like he's doing precisely that. He chose to retire. He's earned it. He worked very hard for 25 years.