Passive shot at Real Wizard?

Or coincidence? From Brian's site, check out the name of the inquirer?


"Dear Queen Friend

May I ask please, do you know of any website where every known Queen concert setlist is listed?

I’m aware of Queenconcertrs.com of course, and though it’s a great site it doesn’t actually list the songs played for every concert. It only offers a ‘Typical Setlist’ for each tour.

I found this site today… http://www.setlist.fm/stats/queen-43d6e37f.html and although it’s very good and has some useful lists/summaries, it does not offer what it hints at offering, rather frustratingly.

I’m not expecting to find a site that offers 720 full Queen concert setlist, but I thought there must be one that offers 400-500.

I want and need to compare the details to what I have in my vastly revised Queen Live book text.

Any ideas please?

Many thanks."

Greg B

Sounds plausible... Like someone who can't be bothered to do further research. although its unlikely that anything further will come from clippings (*few writers would ever document an entire set list) , IMHO its likely a suggestion at a newly revised book and or website. Self promotion.

If its Grinds Blokes, then u all should be accustomed to his enmity. Maybe he had a few to drink

He's the archivist, and he's unashamedly and publicly surfing the internet 22 years after publishing his first book and still looking for the answers?

There are so many things wrong with this post, I don't even know where to begin. A decade ago I may have cared more to the point of bothering to deconstruct this.

I don't feel slagged in the least. That's definitely not the word for it.

As far as I recall, setlist.fm was mentioned MULTIPLE times on this board. So, claiming that he had discovered that site TODAY is a bit odd.

Too much Monopoly maybe ?

Greg is again busy to search this?

Maybe again an incomplete book with not all the concerts?

I can't find the post on Brian's site?
Can you post a link?

Here you go:
http://brianmay.com/queen/queennews/queennewsapr17b.html#19

Definitely a troll attempt from Greg... but definitely also a troll fail by failing to type the web address correctly. Although that could just be a petty attempt to stop people clicking through?

However, more likely just a typical example of his shocking proof reading and attention to detail across most of his Queen related work.

I think it's the passive shot that irks me. Don't mention the Real Wizard's site at all, just say "I'm looking for help." That's petty beyond belief, almost like a plea for help, but I have to take a shot at someone who has commented on my work while doing so.

Setlist.fm is not a very reliable source in the first place... I suppose that only a handful of concerts from the 70's were edited on that website by the people who actually attended those gigs.

That letter doesn't seem to be written by GB... when you compare it with others he posted even here, then you can see that he writes letters more professionally.

As for the request itself... It's good that he's admitting that he doesn't know everything but he isn't offering anything in exchange for help.

^^^

Seems you are suggesting GB did not write the letter, but it's good that he admitted he doesn't know everything but bad that he isn't offering anything for people helping. That would mean that you think that GB is behind the letter but had someone compose it for him, not sure that makes a whole lot of sense.

Well, him asking this question in april 2017 after being the official archivist for about 20 years is just pure and utter incompetence!
He should know every single website about Queen by now... In the end there's just a handful that matter!!!
I thought that this 3th edition - with the help from GT - would be a great one but now...

People at QPL are clueless. The potential for great product is there but there's no vision. They simply don't know their own history and every time somebody points this out that person gets a rant.

They start a series, abandon it... Do something else, go back, ...

And there's not 1 booklet without mistakes.
I reread the Barcelona liner notes by Rhys Thomas. Very good text but ... indeed, at least 1 mistake.

I'm so very sad about this state of affairs. I really adore this band and would like to see their stuff (audio music and write ups of their history) presented in the best possible way.

Amusing.

Just imagine QPL with some of the users on here - we'd get much better releases!

[QUOTE] [b]Gregsynth wrote:[/b]

Amusing.

Just imagine QPL with some of the users on here - we'd get much better releases![/QUOTE]

I think we can all agree on who should write the queen live book ( see the title of this topic!!)

I've always said and i stick to that, the fans could provide better releases and better info than the people over at the Queen HQ's. No offense but the fans really know the story and the history about the band. Just imagine what would happen if the fans were asked to create a Queen boxset. It would be the best release in decades.