She is reacting emotionally to a comment made by Brian about Freddie (who she is clearly a bigger fan of) and you are emotionally commenting about the comment
as you are clearly a bigger fan of Brian and Roger who don't see anything wrong with Brian's comment.
Funny, how it never bothers people who are fans of Brian and Roger when someone puts Freddie down in favor of a reality show singer in a queen forum!
I have seen people constantly feeling the need to put him down by saying Freddie never hit high notes, never nailed the bridge so on and so forth!
Freddie never for once claimed he was the greatest singer anytime and never promised that he would sing exactly like the studio version all the time! He was first and foremost a musician
and tried to give his best to the best of his abilities and did a pretty good job as a front man!
Brian has made numerous flubs too (I have heard the bootlegs!). Would you like if some one put Brian down for that saying he missed notes this many times, not consistent, not creative
enough in live,and compare him to reality show guitarist, instead of looking at him for originality and talent to come up with such compositions)
Some one mentioned the other day that when Brian was not comfortable when he missed a note and made a mistake, Frank Zappa told him that it wasn´t a mistake, because according to Zappa he wrote the song, it was his music, so he could play it as he wished. is that not applicable for original composers or singers of songs who could have come up additional embellishments, style, tone of delivery etc.during the sessions?
I know when Roger sang 'kind of magic ' or Brian sang tie your mother down/hammer to fall' they could not always hit the notes either. Yes. they are singers too as they released multiple solo albums and also sang many songs in queen albums. Would you like someone have a dig at them saying Brian and Roger can't hit high notes, Adam could do more than they did ?
They are after all Brian and Roger of great band 'Queen' they could do what they want, right ?
But with Freddie it is not Ok. Is it because he is dead and he is game for anything ? Just want to put these questions to everyone.
I would like to ask everyone, Hypothetically If the roles were reversed today, if Brian is not with us(God Bless him! I wish him a long life!)
1. Would you all Maylor fans be OK
a. if there was a movie made which show Brian as brilliant guitarist but sensitive insecure soul, who always want to get his way and who can be ruthless when he wants to, and show everyone else as saints or slightly less saintly in the same way Roger was shown, berate Brian's solo album in the movie, show him as weak, easily bruised, arrogant about his Phd etc etc..
Would you defend the movie saying it is a movie and not a documentary ? would you be ok, if Freddie or Roger or John, constantly go on press and try to defend the movie and
say 'Brian would approve it ?
would you all be glad and generous like you talk now, that a movie was made about Brian because of which Queen are popular than any time in their career!)
(Yes. No one wants to see gay sex on screen but Elton's movie did it and is anyone feeling Elton is less worthy now ?)
b. If the remaining members continue to tour like Brian and Roger do with a guitarist they pick up from a reality show.
Would you be Ok if Freddie or Roger or John say 'he is a god', 'one in a billion', 'XXXX can play like Brian and can do more', or wear something that Brian wore as Adam is doing with a crown (in every tour for godsake whereas Freddie felt the need to do it only in his last tour after the universally praised performance at liveaid)
Would you calmly say, they are in a marketing mode and ignore it, that too if these comments came right after the horrible movie made about Brian.
P.S (I truly believe, none of the above two would have happened, even with all the lure of Hollywood, had the roles been reversed!. If Brian wanted to praise Adam to the hilt, he could have put it in a better way,can't he? ,instead of saying 'Adam can do more than Freddie'. was that really necessary? For God's sake, he has a Phd!)
Ask yourself honestly these questions and have some perspective where these emotional outbursts are coming from.
Freddie has been dead for close to 28 years. He has been
generous and loyal enough to leave all his musical legacy to the band! He has nothing to do with anything that has happened since then.He just wanted to be known for the music
he created and be left in peace!
All of the things since then have been created by the powers that be in the so called 'Queen Machine', good or bad which he was in no way responsible for! be it, Roger and Brian
going on a TV show and defending him after his death, Tribute concert, building a statue, movie etc etc. It should always been about the band and not individuals. Who is responsible
for all the things that happened after Freddie died? definitely not Freddie!
Someone said Freddie is being treated as a god and saint. Roger and Brian are being treated no different either! There are enough Maylor acolytes being blind as a bat about everything they do,and feel superior enough to constantly berate anyone who does the same for Freddie, as Fangirls/Fanboys!
I believe queen is collectively bigger than the sum of their parts and Brian and Roger are brilliant musicians in their own right as well as John!
Roger often mentions they would have loved to have collaborated with David Bowie more and it is a shame it did not happen. Roger talked about wanting to do a heavy metal album during hot space interview instead of disco album. yes first 5 years they were grieving. But after that they could have as well made a heavy metal/grunge/Alternative Rock album, whatever they could not do when Freddie was around, with Roger as a vocalist! They were still relatively young (come on they are touring still!). No one prevented them for collaborating with Bowie either in the last 25 years at least till 2006 when Bowie was still touring! Freddie is not there to prevent them or push them in a different direction. He is not the be all and end all of queen, right? So many possibilities.
Of late, the hyperbole, gas lighting, selective retention(funny how whenever Brian talks about under pressure session with Bowie, he never mentions story behind 'I go crazy' which came out of that session) are getting to be a bit too much!
According to whoever, Freddie may apprrove everything but there is a higher power for everyone and I am a firm believer in what goes around will come around!
But I also must admit, the powers that be in the so called 'queen machine' will be smarter now though. They know what can be done to a person's legacy long after they are gone!.
They would have tightened all the NDAs by now. LOL!
I would sincerely like to tell Brian(specifically) and Roger to stop spouting any more of these shit stirring comments which are clearly dividing the fans and just stick to music as
I bloody well want to remember them only for their music as it should be! Adam has been touring with them for close to 6 or 7 years. If he is really great, he does not need any more
praise or hyping up. As someone famously said 'Talent will out'. Queen Machine (includes Brian and Roger) should know by now that not all are fans of Q+.
All these recent happenings make me wonder, if they really care about the fans of original Queen. Only time will tell.
Request - please do not bring all the past comments made by trolls(on both sides!) to this discussion and use that as defense mechanism and divert the topic's content.
P.S- I am a long time queen fan and have been following this forum for a while! I felt the need to express something I felt about. strongly today.
Peace to all!
TruthSeeker