Brian ....loves it to much??!

Does anyone else get the feeling that Brian is really enjoying life in Queen at the moment and for the past few years, not just because he's up and touring again, but because he is pretty much the frontman of the band and gets most of the credit. Lets face it, with freddie around there was only one frontman, but now it seems like brian is keen to get as much of the spotlight as possible and become the new freddie of the band. Fair enough i suppose, he did write a hell of a lot of their good songs but i dunno, to me he seems like a bit of a tool these days. Did i read somewhere that he said Bohemian Rhapsody wasn't a pivotal point in their career as a band?!! Maybe i didnt, i swear i heard it somewhere, although i could be pulling that out of no-where. He seems to enjoy getting as much credit as possible, thats all im trying to say. Even when freddie was around he seemed like a tool. Remember folks...merely an opinion!

Brenski and me were near the banning from QZ for having such opinion, you know... Let's not start it all again - find topic 'queen and paul rodgers' in General forum, there's a lot of thoughts about it.

I think he just really loves what he does. He is not ready to put Queen to bed. He knows how many fans are out there. I dont think he is glad to take over as the frontman, he always had good things to say about Freddie and missed him terribly.

yeah good points barn and tia. Wasn't intending to stir people up. Was just interested to see what other people thought. I guess Brian was always a very vocal one, obviously especially when compared to john. just for the record i wasnt meaning to bag the whole queen and paul rodgers thing either. It does seem on here that people are very keen to latch on to anyone who even hints at saying a bad thing about it. Shall go and do a search for the brian topic now.

What I always liked about Freddie was is that he let the music and his stage performance do the talking.

Freddie had a passive aggressive attitude that I read as "You wanna talk shit about me?? go for it....watch this... who puts on a live show like me??"

Freddie new he was an awesome front man.

The 3 others may have wrote great songs, and been great performers as well.... but for me, Freddie is the creative genius behind the band Queen.

Hold on there! Let's not get carried away and keep beating that all too dead horse again, IMHO Brian May has every damn right to be proud as does Roger Taylor and John Deacon. They created Queen with the unreplaceable Freddie Mercury.

However, you can take offensive to his opinions (of which he has many! LOL) or his stealing the spotlight (again he's an entertainer, duh!) that is your choice, but Brian is a very unusual rock star no matter how you slice it, he actually cares what his fans and Queen fans think...how many rock stars give a sh*t what any of their fans think or respect thier opinions...not too many and another thing (geez I can't believe I'm saying this again) but he makes himself available to connect with them...pretty unusual and rare...BTW Thanks, Brian!


Kriz ;o)

Well said, Krizzy!!

Well, I don't know why he's happy. Maybe being the frontman does that. Well it doesn't matter to me.. I'm glad that he's enjoying his life as much as he does now :) He desirves that.

I really think, that Brian is enjoying being "the main tool" in Queen nowadays. The more credits he gets - much more satisfied he gets! Guys, its so obvious!! Look, he is alreaday not that shy Brian that used to be in 71-91 period. He did change greatly within the past decade. I know a lot of fans who do not approve of his actions, comments or opinions at present. Sometimes he says really strange things, that contradict to what we used to know... Especially the fact, that Freddie was a fan of Paul Rodgers... What a bullshit! Nobody knew it untill 2004. Everything is done for commercial purposes mainly...
And his comments concerning Bo Rha was not such a big deal for them... Are we so stupid?

Any thoughts from somebody else?

I didn't really understand your post, Antiden. First I thought you are a supporter of Brian coming to the spotlight. Then everything just commercial in your opinion.

antiden wrote:

Any thoughts from somebody else?

This has been discussed already, but here it goes:

1) Paul Rodgers- Brian May has always introduced Paul Rodgers as one of the best blue singers ever. See the video "Guitar Legends" in spain from 1992, where he says that Rodgers has influenced probably every great rock singer...

2) Bohemian Rhapsody- I never heard Brian say a bad thing about this song. Post the interview so i can read that, and see the context in wich he says that (if he really says that).

What he says is that Killer Queen (Freddie composition) was the turning point of their
career and he`s right. This means that whithout Killer Queen they`d probably never got the support (money, studio facilities) from their label to do "A Night at the Opera" in the way they wanted to do. Of course, in the end, Bo Rhap is their most important song or is it We will Rock You, or We are the champions?- You know what i mean, Killer Queen is the beguining...


3) Brian May- I still think he`s shy, but this time he can`t hide behind Freddie so he has to go to the spotlight, and if he feels confortable it`s because he feels that his fans are suporting him and the band. Don`t forget that Roger Taylor is enjoying the spotlight too. I mean, i never saw a drumer as charismatic as Roger who has such a relation with his audience!

This is probably the reason why John Deacon don`t want to tour. He doesn`t want to change his attitude. He knows that if he tours he have to guive interviews, promote the concerts, etc, and probably this would be too violent for him. It´s violent for Brian too, but he made a conscient decision to do so, and he`s getting used to it. Can you imagine the consequences to the Queen music if all of them decided to be away from the music business?

We should be thankfull to Brian for taking care of the Queen cathalog, and personally supervise the new re-mixes DVD, etc. Beacause one thing is true, even though we don`t allways agree about the release product (extras, etc), at least we know that the sound is the best they could achive, because Brian is taking care of that, and he wouldn`t allow otherwise!

And as someone stated before, this has been already discussed, and i don`t understant why suddenly we are trying to analyse everything Brian does, and turning it against him! It sounds as if Brian has become a very diferent person from what he used to be (and in his case, a worst person)!

I just hope he doesn`t read Queenzone at all, because since they started the tour this site can be described as everything, but certainly not a Queen fan site.

Take care

Brian didn't say anything bad about Bo Rhap, but to be honest that "Bohemian Rhapsody wasn't a pivotal point in their career as a band" - yes, he said it. Though he means something other, not bad about BR actually. This quote is out of context.

(I hope no-one would ask to ban me for this reply.....)

They'd be a fool if they did.

merc wrote:

Does anyone else get the feeling that Brian is really enjoying life in Queen at the moment and for the past few years, not just because he's up and touring again, but because he is pretty much the frontman of the band and gets most of the credit.

No, I don't get that feeling at all. Though Brian really is enjoying, but not because of the things you mentioned, dammit, he's enjoying cause he's doing what he loves the most, and that's playing the freakin guitar and touring again. The man's doing what he likes to do, no wonder he's happy about it...

And btw, all credits he gets are more than deserved, he didn't have to fight for credits even when Freddie was alive, and he sure as hell doesn't have to do that now. We all know Freddie was an awsome frontman, but we also know Brian's guitar playing is (besides Freddies vocals) the most important and the most recognisable thing that makes Queen's sound so unique and special, so much different from the others. So, no, I don't think he's enjoying today more than he did before, when Queen were still complete.