Good Ole Brooksy

Queen Archivist wrote:

cmsdrums wrote: "No there isn't a studio version of Hangman"....you missed off "in the official archives".

Is this the same as "no, there isn't a live version of The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke"?

GB: Read my previous posts this week and even you with your tiny volume of grey matter may grasp the reasons for why NO-ONE, including me, knew that Fairy Feller was on the Rainbow tapes, until we played them for the first time in 40 years. We are not clairvoyant.

You are such an annoying twat. Sorry to use that word, but you truly are.  I bet you hear this a lot, from very many people in your life!

The issue Greg is that I believe you had previously said 'it didn't exist' or 'it wasn't played live' rather than (if you simply hadn't catalogued all the tapes yet) saying "we don't know of a live version existing" or similar. You seem to deal very much in 'black & white', which doesn't really help you when you give a categoric answer based on incomplete knowledge which often later comes back to haunt you.

I don't believe I've ever been quite so personally aggressive and childish in any of my comments, though admittedly (and justifiably) have questioned the quality of the QPL team output, including yours, at times...equally I have been vey vocal in my stupider and aopreciation of some products (Rainbow leaps to mind) too. I work for an organisation many thousands of times bigger than QPL, and you will have personally benefitted from my employer, so your personal and petty insults really don't work on me I'm afraid. And if you're going to call me a twat, don't then say 'sorry' for doing so, as that's rather spineless and pointless! Shame.

Nitroboy wrote: "Allow me to ask this simple question:
Why did they autotune Freddie's vocals?"

Such a simple question, yet no answer. I guess it's easier to write torrents of abuse instead of answering an awkward question.

So much going on here.... One thing I did pick up on, is the fact Mr Brooks stated 'our archives'......
Did this man contribute to the recordings??
Has he been credited??
Reading his replies to folk on here, I've come to the conclusion that the bloke is indeed a fucking prick. I do hope his employers are reading his bullshit

- scottmax: Interesting. Biggus Dickus goes around with a Hitler avatar - that's OK. Mooghead constantly trolls - also OK. There's a cult of personality around Fanthology and John S. Stuart and a war against David R. Fuller - also OK. People abusing Greg - also OK. But Greg responding in tone - WRONG, Queen should fire him, and he should ____ off. Really the same standard for everyone, what to say.

Battler wrote: - scottmax: Interesting. Biggus Dickus goes around with a Hitler avatar - that's OK. Mooghead constantly trolls - also OK. There's a cult of personality around Fanthology and John S. Stuart and a war against David R. Fuller - also OK. People abusing Greg - also OK. But Greg responding in tone - WRONG, Queen should fire him, and he should ____ off. Really the same standard for everyone, what to say.

Minor correction. It's not Hitler but Putler.

Jeez, this is getting very boring can we not drop the pointless Greg bashing for a decade or so?

Best bit of info so far, Biggus Dickus's profile pic is actually Putler... never spotted that before... cool, and funny too

Biggus Dickus wrote:

Nitroboy wrote: "Allow me to ask this simple question:
Why did they autotune Freddie's vocals?"

Such a simple question, yet no answer. I guess it's easier to write torrents of abuse instead of answering an awkward question.

I genuinely want to know this too, Greg, without any ill will towards you. As you've said, you heard the Rainbow recordings in preparation for the release. Was Freddie's voice really in such a bad state on the March concert that it required so much Pro Tools 'fixing'? (e.g. the bridge in Fairy Feller, where the most egregious autotuning on the release can be found)

Battler wrote:

- scottmax: Interesting. Biggus Dickus goes around with a Hitler avatar - that's OK. Mooghead constantly trolls - also OK. There's a cult of personality around Fanthology and John S. Stuart and a war against David R. Fuller - also OK. People abusing Greg - also OK. But Greg responding in tone - WRONG, Queen should fire him, and he should ____ off. Really the same standard for everyone, what to say.

I think Mr Brooks loads the gun, only to turn it on himself!!
He doesn't help himself one bit really.
The sole purpose of his recent posts was to ask for fans to help him do his job, and berate JSS.
People then obviously ask questions, only to be belittled by him. The guy is way too defensive. No one is asking him to give us any kind of 'exclusive' as to what's in the vaults, or anything like that, but he attacks without hesitation, maybe it stems from a lack o intelligence....?
And as for the nickname thing....wow!!

Nothing has changed in all these years :-)

tomchristie22 wrote:

Biggus Dickus wrote:

Nitroboy wrote: "Allow me to ask this simple question:
Why did they autotune Freddie's vocals?"

Such a simple question, yet no answer. I guess it's easier to write torrents of abuse instead of answering an awkward question.

I genuinely want to know this too, Greg, without any ill will towards you. As you've said, you heard the Rainbow recordings in preparation for the release. Was Freddie's voice really in such a bad state on the March concert that it required so much Pro Tools 'fixing'? (e.g. the bridge in Fairy Feller, where the most egregious autotuning on the release can be found)

What other reason could there be? Why use a fire extinguisher if no fire

AlbaNo1 wrote:

tomchristie22 wrote:

Biggus Dickus wrote:

Nitroboy wrote: "Allow me to ask this simple question:
Why did they autotune Freddie's vocals?"

Such a simple question, yet no answer. I guess it's easier to write torrents of abuse instead of answering an awkward question.

I genuinely want to know this too, Greg, without any ill will towards you. As you've said, you heard the Rainbow recordings in preparation for the release. Was Freddie's voice really in such a bad state on the March concert that it required so much Pro Tools 'fixing'? (e.g. the bridge in Fairy Feller, where the most egregious autotuning on the release can be found)

What other reason could there be? Why use a fire extinguisher if no fire

In this case, the fire extinguisher was filled with alcohol.
Seriously. Hearing Freddie crack is always better than hearing autotune so ridiculous it would make Cher's 'Believe' sound normal.

>> Minor correction. It's not Hitler but Putler. << Then you are a Russophobe. No better. >> Best bit of info so far, Biggus Dickus's profile pic is actually Putler... never spotted that before... cool, and funny too << Russophobia is not funny. But then again, Russophobia has always been endemic here at QueenZone.

Rick wrote:

Nothing has changed in all these years :-)

^^^^^^so this

>> I think Mr Brooks loads the gun, only to turn it on himself!!
He doesn't help himself one bit really.
The sole purpose of his recent posts was to ask for fans to help him do his job, and berate JSS.
People then obviously ask questions, only to be belittled by him. The guy is way too defensive. No one is asking him to give us any kind of 'exclusive' as to what's in the vaults, or anything like that, but he attacks without hesitation, maybe it stems from a lack o intelligence....?
And as for the nickname thing....wow!! <<
Well, it seems Mr. Stuart has been lying to this community for decades.
In any case, I seriously think Mr. Brooks might have Asperger's as well as OCD (I have OCD and I am similarly prone to such outbursts) which might explain his behavior.

Battler wrote: >> Minor correction. It's not Hitler but Putler. <<
Then you are a Russophobe. No better.

>> Best bit of info so far, Biggus Dickus's profile pic is actually Putler... never spotted that before... cool, and funny too <<
Russophobia is not funny. But then again, Russophobia has always been endemic here at QueenZone.

It is funny. See? I'm lolling.