Brian is FURIOUS!

instead of getting all bent out of shape or deciding for yourself what B's true intent was- why not wait until there is a clarification since its been asked for???

seems people are damning B for the very thing they themselves are doing-- assuming ..... what if your wrong???? what if you have read more into it then was intended??? (hell that happens here all the time in chat or postings where intent taken the wrong way-- or due to language barriers misunderstood(an example only) )

what if the parasites comment-- is aimed solely at people or even fans with no intention of buying or supporting 46664- and instead are downloading it for their own financial gain buy selling bootlegs and copies???

that money if this is the case couldve gone to the charity--which was the whole point of the concert- to rasie awareness and money to help fight AIDS in Africa--

then again i am sure there are those who will still feel they deserve to have it or it is 'owed' to them for some reason or they have the right to take it or go around requested avenues to get it... seems the acceptable norm these days

I REALLY have to agree with the eagle here! Well said!

I seem to remember that one of the guys emphasized in a previous interview that the 46664 project mainly was concerned of creating AWARENESS - and not so much about collecting money. It was about 'giving minutes of your TIME'. Thus the free broadcast offer to television stations, etc. - So, I agree totally with Your Valentine's brilliant post on page 1...and I feel very badly about a rock star who only seem to count his 'true fans' among those who BUY as much as possible...Fans come together in a love for the music and the image and ideology the band stands for. If they didn't, the rock stars wouldn't be able to use their celebrity icon images to create AWARENESS about anything at all. Being a Queen fan is for me to be rooted in an emotional, creative joyous feeling...there is enough commercialism.

Eagle, I should think that Brian is long enough at the internet to have to know that a less general note should make him way more respected than this emotional lines

If he is indeed meaning to say what is in your arguements, hw should have said that in the posting, instead of creating so much dust

Calm down, Brian, we still love you

i think its people creating the dust ringman-- not Brian--

after his one post he hasnt said anything else.... but you look on the mailing lists-to bulletin boards--seems everyone else is doing all the talking-the second guessing--the Brian damning...

Brian still has my respect, he's simply exaggerating the matter

on another note since mentioned earlier from the 46664.com site--

The 46664 concert, which aims to raise awareness of the global HIV/Aids pandemic, as well as funds for South Africa, was inspired by the vision and leadership of former president Nelson Mandela,


looks like AWARENESS and FUNDS to me ......

Me, personally, I think he and others will use it as a nice excuse explaining why they didn't make enough money for the benefit...personally...I think it's absolute bullcrap..there were lots of people who donated..and anyway...this charity won't help because the governments are all screwed up...you can have all the money in the world...but everything will still be messed up...I don't see how Live Aid helped...I know it's for Freddie and all the others...but...money doesn't take problems away or make them better. we wouldn't be having 46664 if Live Aid had made a significant difference..anyway..I think Brian has been a little strange ever since he recorded We will rock you with Britney Spears...don't you?..anyway..that's my opinion..hate it..like it...share it..do whatever you want with it...but I will never call you a parasite for doing so...I am a little angry at Brian too...but I don't even know how to download music...but parasite was the wrong choice of words...

I illegally downloaded the concert songs, but I legally downloaded the 2 songs from 46664. Unfortunately, my computer thinks the website is out of order when I "Click2Pay". Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

If parasites are willing to buy Live at Wembley, The FM tribute, GVH 1 and GVH 2 after already previouly buying the material at least once before, surely the parasite will buy 46664 when it comes out? Surely the masters of recycling understand this all too well. However, I feel embarrassed, as I will probably buy the 46664 DVD despite Brian's lack of respect toward his loyal fans.

For those who remember waiting for NEW Queen releases here in the States....AOR FM stations playing the whole album on a late Friday night before the album hit the stands a week or two later. Anyone listen to and record those broadcasts? Play them for friends? Then make a mad dash to the record store to purchase the vinyl when it was finally available?

I even bought Flash after this !!! ;-)

And then another vinyl. Then the EMI CD. Then the HR CD.
(We are in control of your thought processes. Do not change the channel.)

Still purchased GH 3 on vinyl and CD in spite of the Rah mix and Wyclef 'songs?' (and the others which I already owned) which I knew were on it before purchasing. Same with 'Rocks'.

So I totally agree with comments previously made in regards to 'recycled' goods.

I taped some of Live Aid when it was originally broadcast, so I could listen to the Queen and Zeppelin performances until a better sounding vinyl set became available.

oh, uh, that never happened, did it?

Damn....I didn't consider those actions parasitic then. Sorry I had to work when the 46664 concert originally aired on the web. Sorry that nMTV didn't show the whole concert. Sorry they shrunk it down to 70 minutes. I'm glad some people made it available for me to see in its entirety, so that I can watch it next week. I'll still buy the damn DVD of the 46664 concert when it comes out. But I'll feel more Stepford-ish than enthusiastic.

We've done our share of charity work. Our percentage of income that went to charities in 2001 (Breakthru 2001, Susan G Kamen, WTC, Big Brothers, Goodwill, and a few others), most likely was double that of certain celebrities.

I've worked in a hospital the last two years in a nonmedical capacity. I come into contact with HIV+ individuals on a daily basis. So I understand Brian's 'frustrations' with everything surrounding this disease.

Parasite???? I don' think so, Tim.

Same goes for those who made the concert available. One individual has only donated countless hours at the cons over here, at his expense, to help out the organizers and attendees. Hardly a leech.

Just off the cuff, here's an ideee-er: how about a package that contains Houston 77, a Jazz/Live Killers, Milton Keynes and Knebworth concerts, with the profits going to 46664 or Mercury Trust? I've seen Montreal and the Japan concerts, so I don't need to hear any comments regarding 'perfection' in order to be released.

These are MY opinions, though WE were offended by someone's remarks. I hope for a retraction in the coming days.

Joe, wife, and faithful dog Freddie+

if it was Brians' goal to get a discussion, then he succeeded

As for the money raising, I did support in many ways the aids foundations and will contnue that as much as is in my possibilities

As for downloading.. I listen now to the songs, and am so reminded again and again that the dvd will be around somewhere, some day

As for damming Brian, I think he could have said the things a bit more tactful

My part in the discussions is based on that I do not think that it is a big deal, the downloads now, because all who realy care shall for sure donate for aids and order the legal stuff as soon as it is available
And I have no intention to attack Brian more then telling him, hey.. careful with your fans!

What Brian has done is fanatastic and I'll even praise Jim Beach for getting the thing off the ground. But I have paid for all the Queen songs and the Paul McCartney one but its shit quality. I have downloaded them from another source which was free and its far better. Brian slagging off his loyal fans is pathetic and I think its time his soapbox was closed, if its not the Daily Mail and smoking he slags off us!

I used to think that the soapbox was a good way for Brian to talk to is fans and wasn't Brian May.com a fan-page anyway created by Frank and Jen (correct me if I'm wrong) offering mp3's of Brian? Brian is basically talking out of his arse and is either too ignorant of bootlegs, which I doubt, or drunk.

At least Roger has kept his enigma. God I'm mad now calling us parasites he wants to look at the dodgy stuff we've paid for over the years Champions of the World, Rare Live. Why, why, why can't they release stuff that we want for example Houston, Earls Court? His attack on Michael Alldred was the worst thing Brian has said but this, and the aftermath of the concert was embarrasing to read and not something you would expect from our "hero".

However, I do still think that Brian is one of four of the best music-makers of the last 30 years and I still love him but this soapbox is too embarrasing, too close to the man.

Maybe Brian used the wrong words but that happens when you're angry.
Despite of this, I have to agree with Brian. Downloading stuff from the internet destroys everything: music industry, film industry and charity. It IS the truth. Things lose their value cos everyone can get them for free.

Although I hate that I must say that I sometimes download stuff, too. But I do it for one simple reason: lack of money.
Music is a big part of my life, Queen my favourite band of all since I was 9 years old. We all know that a good Queen collection could fill a whole room and costs A LOT of $$$!
I could probably fill a drawer with my "collection". I am a student with a weekend job. I almost have nothing left at the end of the month. If I didn't dowload stuff from the internet I'd know half of the Queen stuff that I know now. Does that mean that I'm their enemie? Or that I don't support them? Or that I am not a loyal fan? Just because I can't afford BUYING everything that my very favourite band brings out? I treat my small Queen collection like a piece of gold and as soon as I have some money left I go out and buy something that I've wanted to buy for ages but this happens maybe 3 or 4 times a year. Especially new and rare stuff is very expensive.
I really don't like downloading and if I had enough money I swear I wouldn't download one single song but for now and probably for the next 2 years I don't think I will be able to put as much money into music and charity as I'd like to do.
But I admire Brian as a musician and as a person and I think he is right.

PS: And I do support AIDS. I give away €10 a month for the German AIDS foundation. And I won't stop doing this just to have €10 more at the end of the month!

fans download for mp3s and videos while waiting for the dvd, and when it's out everyone of us will buy it!
What about the Pavarotti show? Nobody is talking anymore about that release, for me it's very unlikely it will see the light of day... don't tell me you've not downloaded mp3s/videos from that show, and it was a charity show too...