Brian's Basement

His main house is in Surrey, where his recording studio is, however they need a home close to London, Anita does a lot of work in the West End and that means having a home that's easy to get to.
They have now said they are selling up and leaving so I think after 7 years of it and moving already once to avoid it they've finally given up.
In his original post he accidentally left his email and address on there, I sent Jen a message and she quickly removed it... I think he really is truly fed up with it, and I can't really blame him, whenever we have had building work close to our home its been a royal pain, and that's only been for about a year at a time!

I've been thinking about putting in a basement but the guy in the apartment beneath me isn't too keen.


badda boom tish!

I understand Brian's argument but like others have stated I don't sympathize people cannot relate to a millionaire rock star with several homes, especially in this day and age job losses, food banks and people struggling to keep a roof over there heads or those who don't even have a home, I'm sure he also has a penthouse flat as well. Roger has the right idea .

If he likes his silence he should move to a home with no neighbours its a no brainer, its common knowledge that Brian has always been a whinger even back in the Queen days but he's even worse now, who remembers him whining about another neighbour using his leaf-blower, nightmare neighbours from hell lol.

I bet if the basement neighbour was an A-list celebrity Brian wouldn't say a thing or maybe he would but he's always been a celebrity arse kisser even more so if they happen to mention they like Queen. This sounds a bit harsh but ask those who have all lost there jobs in the steel industry and many are facing losing there homes. Brian you do amazing work for animal welfare etc life is too short to be moaning.

^Too right.

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[b]flash00. wrote: [/b] I understand Brian's argument but like others have stated I don't sympathize people cannot relate to a millionaire rock star with several homes, especially in this day and age job losses, food banks and people struggling to keep a roof over there heads or those who don't even have a home, I'm sure he also has a penthouse flat as well. Roger has the right idea .

If he likes his silence he should move to a home with no neighbours its a no brainer, its common knowledge that Brian has always been a whinger even back in the Queen days but he's even worse now, who remembers him whining about another neighbour using his leaf-blower, nightmare neighbours from hell lol.

I bet if the basement neighbour was an A-list celebrity Brian wouldn't say a thing or maybe he would but he's always been a celebrity arse kisser even more so if they happen to mention they like Queen. This sounds a bit harsh but ask those who have all lost there jobs in the steel industry and many are facing losing there homes. Brian you do amazing work for animal welfare etc life is too short to be moaning.[/QUOTE]

I dont really understand what is income has to do with anything here? this situation is more about people respecting others and allowing a community to live together without creating the need for people to be forced out of there homes, It seems people have an issue with Brian having money in his bank account, and that apparently trumps his ability to have a say on anything...  wtf? His neighbours are Simon Cowell and Charles Dunstan so fairly A list I guess, As well as his own rights, he is standing up for two old ladies in their 80's who are surrounded on 4 sides by building work and can't go in there garden anymore as a result, now after 7 years of it I'd say he has a right to shout, wouldnt you? what his income got to do with it other than jealously?

Sure there are lots of terrible things going on in the world other than this? but what do any of us do about anything that doesnt effect us personally in some way? do you help homeless people in your city? do you give them handouts? a meal? did you write to the government about the Steel loses? or does the fact that you have an income mean you have no right? maybe you earn above £26k the national average wage UK, does that mean you have no right to complain about anything below that?

Income has absolutely nothing to do with this, the only people that seem to bring it up, then follow it up with the fact that he can go move anywhere else becuase of his vast fortune... so can anybody that has a house? or rents one, we all have a choice where we live even homeless people have the choice to find help, go to hostels, very few have no choice but to live on the street in the UK for more than 1-2 days there are places to go to get help, but often they choose to live there for other reasons.

Just because someone has done well, worked hard and earnt the money to buy a big house doesnt mean they then have no voice, we are all entitled to speak out on issues that are unfair or affect our lives.

And I'd say more than most out there Brian gets involved in issues that he can really help out on due to his fame, not many others actually do that, they stay behind there big walls and swimming pools.

If his fortune irritates people so much dont buy his records... you're just feeding the monster

Agree with Togg. I think most people would be 'whining' if they were in Brian's shoes regardless of their income.

I'd never live in Kensington no matter what my income was

[QUOTE] [b]Togg wrote:[/b]

I dont really understand what is income has to do with anything here? this situation is more about people respecting others and allowing a community to live together without creating the need for people to be forced out of there homes, It seems people have an issue with Brian having money in his bank account, and that apparently trumps his ability to have a say on anything...  wtf? His neighbours are Simon Cowell and Charles Dunstan so fairly A list I guess, As well as his own rights, he is standing up for two old ladies in their 80's who are surrounded on 4 sides by building work and can't go in there garden anymore as a result, now after 7 years of it I'd say he has a right to shout, wouldnt you? what
his income got to do with it other than jealously?

Sure there are lots of terrible things going on in the world other than this? but what do any of us do
about anything that doesnt effect us personally in some way? do you help homeless people in your city? do you give them handouts? a meal? did you write to the government about the Steel loses? or does the fact that you have an income mean you
have no right? maybe you earn above £26k the national average wage UK, does that mean you have no right to complain about anything below that?

Income has absolutely nothing to do with this, the only people that seem to bring it up, then follow it
up with the fact that he can go move anywhere else becuase of his vast fortune... so can anybody that has a house? or rents one, we all have a choice where we live even homeless people have the choice to find help, go to hostels, very few have no choice but to live on the street in the UK for more than 1-2 days there are places to go to get help, but often they choose to live there for other reasons.

Just because someone has done well, worked hard and earnt the money to buy a big house
mean they then have no voice, we are all entitled to speak out on issues that are unfair or affect our lives.

And I'd say more than most out there Brian gets involved in issues that he can really help out on due
to his fame, not many others actually do that, they stay behind there big walls and swimming pools.

If his fortune irritates people so much dont buy his records... you're just feeding the monster[/QUOTE]


This ^^^^^^

You are way over thinking this.

People are just tired of Brian moaning.

Whether it's about The Voice, Donald Trump, Sacha Baron Cohen or badgers there are too many snippets of whinging emerging.He is mis using his status in the UK.

Nah... I disagree there. Misusing his status would be if he, for instance, ripped people off via his celebrity, or used his money to prompt a politician to shut down a hospital to get him a recording studio paid for by people's taxes. *That* is misuse of fame/status/position. Or, for instance, if he sold fake recordings.

All he's doing is complaining about what annoys him. Some can agree, some can disagree, but he's not harming anyone.

I'd say your examples are abuse rather than misuse

Yeah, you're right, I went too far :D

I stand corrected.

Sorry but how can it be misuse? there's no charter, actually he is using his staus perfectly, people will listen to him, would they listen to the two old ladies next door? they suffer from the issue more than he does, but they get no air time. If being a public figure means you can't speak on anything other than your chosen profession someone had better tell every celeb pretty damn quick. Because folk like Jamie Oliver, Mark Ruffalo, George Clooney, Roger Moore, Bill Gates, etc are all activists in chosen areas they passionately believe in.
Being an activist because you have a public persona and air time, isnt misuse, in his case he is bringing to the publics attention a subject that affects us all, local planning is a major issue to anyone that owns a property, votes in an election or has any modicom of a view on the world we all live in.
Just because he's not talking about Queen all day every day people get so fed up, but guess what, the title of his platform is 'Soap Box'... Google that

^^^^ agreed but isn't the dislike of BM's involvement just the result of people (fans) confusing BM in his professional life with BM the person who has many interests outside of the confinement of rock stardom.

Fans of most stars would find a very different person, in many ways, if they really knew the celebrity on a personal level.

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