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"You can't resist slamming journalists you don't even know, yet complain if they say something bad about the musical or any of your mates or your hair or whatever."
I have two questions for you, Sebastian:
1. Did you invert the sequence in the above sentence on purpose? If so, is that considered an advanced or tricky composition skill?
2. Do you want Brian to change his personality so that the "original Brian" would then become the "new Brian" (without the complaining part of his personality intact)? Would this be like a remix or a re-do?
I have two questions for you, Sebastian:
1. Did you invert the sequence in the above sentence on purpose? If so, is that considered an advanced or tricky composition skill?
2. Do you want Brian to change his personality so that the "original Brian" would then become the "new Brian" (without the complaining part of his personality intact)? Would this be like a remix or a re-do?
This is a bit sad in my opinion.
Dr. Mop?
That's mature. Ha-ha. Way to invalidate a fairly thoughtful e-mail.
Anyway; wouldn't the person sifting through Brian's email have to actually show this to him, in order to get a response out of him? They'll probably just go..... 'meh, he'll hate this', and delete the thing.
I think.
That's mature. Ha-ha. Way to invalidate a fairly thoughtful e-mail.
Anyway; wouldn't the person sifting through Brian's email have to actually show this to him, in order to get a response out of him? They'll probably just go..... 'meh, he'll hate this', and delete the thing.
I think.
Stirring the pot a bit, eh Sebastian?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Zebonka12 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Dr. Mop?
That's mature. Ha-ha. Way to invalidate a fairly thoughtful e-mail.
Anyway; wouldn't the person sifting through Brian's email have to actually show this to him, in order to get a response out of him? They'll probably just go..... 'meh, he'll hate this', and delete the thing.
I think.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that would be Jen. Indeed the majority of letters that get posted seem to be ass-kissing :-P Who knows..
That's mature. Ha-ha. Way to invalidate a fairly thoughtful e-mail.
Anyway; wouldn't the person sifting through Brian's email have to actually show this to him, in order to get a response out of him? They'll probably just go..... 'meh, he'll hate this', and delete the thing.
I think.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that would be Jen. Indeed the majority of letters that get posted seem to be ass-kissing :-P Who knows..
Oh it's the old formula. Just say you're a non-English speaker who wishes Q+PR would visit their country, and say you loved the WWRY Musical, and you'll get your questions answered alright.
Ha-ha.
Ha-ha.
> Did you invert the sequence in the above sentence on purpose?
Not quite, I didn't actually think of it ... interesting observation!
> Do you want Brian to change his personality so that the "original Brian" would then become the "new Brian" (without the complaining part of his personality intact)? Would this be like a remix or a re-do?
Actually I want him to realise he's being too whiney about the whole thing. I admire him as musician, and often I find his comments rather interesting, but when it comes to some of his points (defending 'WWRY' because it sells well, getting all grumpy about reviews or comments...), I think I could write to him and tell him how ridiculous he's becoming. If he wants to believe me, fine; if he doesn't, at least I tried. And if he insults me in his soapbox, that'd be nice promotion for me ;)
> This is a bit sad in my opinion
As a matter of fact it is.
> Anyway; wouldn't the person sifting through Brian's email have to actually show this to him, in order to get a response out of him? They'll probably just go..... 'meh, he'll hate this', and delete the thing.
Very true. But we can expect a miracle to occur.
> Stirring the pot a bit, eh Sebastian?
Indeed - I thought it was time to do it anyway. As a fat grumpy wazzock myself, I sort of understand his situation a bit ;)
Not quite, I didn't actually think of it ... interesting observation!
> Do you want Brian to change his personality so that the "original Brian" would then become the "new Brian" (without the complaining part of his personality intact)? Would this be like a remix or a re-do?
Actually I want him to realise he's being too whiney about the whole thing. I admire him as musician, and often I find his comments rather interesting, but when it comes to some of his points (defending 'WWRY' because it sells well, getting all grumpy about reviews or comments...), I think I could write to him and tell him how ridiculous he's becoming. If he wants to believe me, fine; if he doesn't, at least I tried. And if he insults me in his soapbox, that'd be nice promotion for me ;)
> This is a bit sad in my opinion
As a matter of fact it is.
> Anyway; wouldn't the person sifting through Brian's email have to actually show this to him, in order to get a response out of him? They'll probably just go..... 'meh, he'll hate this', and delete the thing.
Very true. But we can expect a miracle to occur.
> Stirring the pot a bit, eh Sebastian?
Indeed - I thought it was time to do it anyway. As a fat grumpy wazzock myself, I sort of understand his situation a bit ;)
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But I don't get it, why do you care if someone who's music you love is grumpy in real life. You don't have to read his soapbox, and even if you want to read it for his musical entries, you can only read those.
I also don't like his rants against the press etc. So I just don't read them. Also the topics on which I agree with Brian (like banning smoking in public) I don't like reading.
I think it's a bit childish of you to you slag off Brian because he slags off the press and so on. If you don't like it don't read it.
Try to spend your time with stuff that matters, your excellent website for example. If Brian thinks he's contributing to his view of a better world let him do it. But I seriously doubt you contribute to a better world by being grumpy at Brian because he puts on his own website what he thinks.
Just my 2 eurocents
I also don't like his rants against the press etc. So I just don't read them. Also the topics on which I agree with Brian (like banning smoking in public) I don't like reading.
I think it's a bit childish of you to you slag off Brian because he slags off the press and so on. If you don't like it don't read it.
Try to spend your time with stuff that matters, your excellent website for example. If Brian thinks he's contributing to his view of a better world let him do it. But I seriously doubt you contribute to a better world by being grumpy at Brian because he puts on his own website what he thinks.
Just my 2 eurocents
Don't call him Dr. Mop! He might call you a poo head!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: [/QUOTENAME]But I don't get it, why do you care if someone who's music you love is grumpy in real life. You don't have to read his soapbox, and even if you want to read it for his musical entries, you can only read those.
I also don't like his rants against the press etc. So I just don't read them. Also the topics on which I agree with Brian (like banning smoking in public) I don't like reading.
I think it's a bit childish of you to you slag off Brian because he slags off the press and so on. If you don't like it don't read it.
Try to spend your time with stuff that matters, your excellent website for example. If Brian thinks he's contributing to his view of a better world let him do it. But I seriously doubt you contribute to a better world by being grumpy at Brian because he puts on his own website what he thinks.
Just my 2 eurocents[/QUOTE]
True, but then we'd get on an endless chain there... some sort of "I won't read his soapbox, but why can he read the press?".
Perhaps Dr Wig "thinks he's contributing to his view of a better world" through that needless series of insults towards journalists. If so, I'm also hoping I may "contribute to my view of a better world" by telling him that he's being hypocritical in the way he's doing so.
Does he want to prove them wrong? Then he can do what he does best: music, or lyrics, or astronomy books... he's very skilful at many things so he may concentrate on that instead of slamming the press.
Journalists are people too, and just as many musicias are pants, but some are excellent, many reporters are pillocks, but some are dedicated professionals who deserve respect as well.
So my mail was "just my 2 pence" ;)
I also don't like his rants against the press etc. So I just don't read them. Also the topics on which I agree with Brian (like banning smoking in public) I don't like reading.
I think it's a bit childish of you to you slag off Brian because he slags off the press and so on. If you don't like it don't read it.
Try to spend your time with stuff that matters, your excellent website for example. If Brian thinks he's contributing to his view of a better world let him do it. But I seriously doubt you contribute to a better world by being grumpy at Brian because he puts on his own website what he thinks.
Just my 2 eurocents[/QUOTE]
True, but then we'd get on an endless chain there... some sort of "I won't read his soapbox, but why can he read the press?".
Perhaps Dr Wig "thinks he's contributing to his view of a better world" through that needless series of insults towards journalists. If so, I'm also hoping I may "contribute to my view of a better world" by telling him that he's being hypocritical in the way he's doing so.
Does he want to prove them wrong? Then he can do what he does best: music, or lyrics, or astronomy books... he's very skilful at many things so he may concentrate on that instead of slamming the press.
Journalists are people too, and just as many musicias are pants, but some are excellent, many reporters are pillocks, but some are dedicated professionals who deserve respect as well.
So my mail was "just my 2 pence" ;)
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Bijou In Queens Crown wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Sebastian wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I post it here in case he doesn't reply. Or if he does, you saw it first on Queenzone (that looks like a commercial, doesn't it?).
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12th February 2007
Hi Brian
You've showed a nice example of double standards, haven't you? You can't resist slamming journalists you don't even know, yet complain if they say something bad about the musical or any of your mates or your hair or whatever.
So you say 'We Will Rock You' is great because it's successful ... yeah, sure ... you know Queen is a brand name, and a very good one (like Coca-Cola), and everything under its label will sell well.
It's interesting that now you're comparing success with quality. According to that, 'Queen II' is total pants, 'Hips Don't Lie' is a better song than 'Innuendo', and Vanilla Ice's album 'To The Extreme' is much much much better than 'A Night At The Opera' ... come on!
The musical is selling well because your loyal fans would pay to see you and Roger belching. I don't mean that the musical's bad or that nobody likes it in its own way, but to pretend that its longevity is entirely due to its "depth" is ridiculous.
I like some of your comments on the soapbox, like the beautiful obituaries you wrote for Maurice Gibb, Michael Kamen and Syd Barrett ... they all show you're a very good writer and a nice bloke all in all. And I agree with your comments on ecology and against smoking, but whenever anyone touches your musical you become as narrow-minded as the "wankers" you offend (or even more).
Dr May, if only people who write musicals can criticise musicals, then you should belt up about the press until the day you own a bloody newspaper. Being a music critic is NOT that easy, and it's not as simple as being a frustrated musician. I agree that there are many idiots out there, but some are actually people whose work must be respected, just as much as yours is.
And 'We Will Rock You' is conquering the world, you say? Sure, that's because it's had to be closed in several places after just some months ... face it, Dr May, not everybody HAS to love your product. And if you try to re-write history, then you're being just as unfair as those "nasty, grubby, spotty, unusually ignorant 15 year old creep" people.
So you think you can stone them ... quite funny, because sadly you're setting yourself up and looking like a sad whiney grumpy ol' tart. Why don't you use your superb creativity and your enviable vocabulary to write some poetic lyrics like 'White Queen' or 'All Dead' instead of insulting people you DON'T know and cowardly hiding behind stereotyped offences ... "spotty" ... "15 year old"? that's just as lame as attacking somebody because of being black or skint...
Cheers Bri
Seb
PS: The word 'blog' exists from 1994, which is long before you started ranting on the soapbox. If you accuse the press of getting facts wrong, you ought to practise what you preach...
PS': How can you expect people not to make jokes about your mop-top, if you call them names in the first place?
PS'': You're about to turn 60 in some months... don't you think it's time to grow up?[/QUOTE]
I bet you'd never say that to his face. Probably because he'd have you before you can get one worthless sentance out.[/QUOTE]
I Wouldn't be complaining is Bri-man came after me :P
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12th February 2007
Hi Brian
You've showed a nice example of double standards, haven't you? You can't resist slamming journalists you don't even know, yet complain if they say something bad about the musical or any of your mates or your hair or whatever.
So you say 'We Will Rock You' is great because it's successful ... yeah, sure ... you know Queen is a brand name, and a very good one (like Coca-Cola), and everything under its label will sell well.
It's interesting that now you're comparing success with quality. According to that, 'Queen II' is total pants, 'Hips Don't Lie' is a better song than 'Innuendo', and Vanilla Ice's album 'To The Extreme' is much much much better than 'A Night At The Opera' ... come on!
The musical is selling well because your loyal fans would pay to see you and Roger belching. I don't mean that the musical's bad or that nobody likes it in its own way, but to pretend that its longevity is entirely due to its "depth" is ridiculous.
I like some of your comments on the soapbox, like the beautiful obituaries you wrote for Maurice Gibb, Michael Kamen and Syd Barrett ... they all show you're a very good writer and a nice bloke all in all. And I agree with your comments on ecology and against smoking, but whenever anyone touches your musical you become as narrow-minded as the "wankers" you offend (or even more).
Dr May, if only people who write musicals can criticise musicals, then you should belt up about the press until the day you own a bloody newspaper. Being a music critic is NOT that easy, and it's not as simple as being a frustrated musician. I agree that there are many idiots out there, but some are actually people whose work must be respected, just as much as yours is.
And 'We Will Rock You' is conquering the world, you say? Sure, that's because it's had to be closed in several places after just some months ... face it, Dr May, not everybody HAS to love your product. And if you try to re-write history, then you're being just as unfair as those "nasty, grubby, spotty, unusually ignorant 15 year old creep" people.
So you think you can stone them ... quite funny, because sadly you're setting yourself up and looking like a sad whiney grumpy ol' tart. Why don't you use your superb creativity and your enviable vocabulary to write some poetic lyrics like 'White Queen' or 'All Dead' instead of insulting people you DON'T know and cowardly hiding behind stereotyped offences ... "spotty" ... "15 year old"? that's just as lame as attacking somebody because of being black or skint...
Cheers Bri
Seb
PS: The word 'blog' exists from 1994, which is long before you started ranting on the soapbox. If you accuse the press of getting facts wrong, you ought to practise what you preach...
PS': How can you expect people not to make jokes about your mop-top, if you call them names in the first place?
PS'': You're about to turn 60 in some months... don't you think it's time to grow up?[/QUOTE]
I bet you'd never say that to his face. Probably because he'd have you before you can get one worthless sentance out.[/QUOTE]
I Wouldn't be complaining is Bri-man came after me :P
good or bad
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=Mercury>Larry Lurex's Girl wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I Wouldn't be complaining is Bri-man came after me :P
good or bad[/QUOTE]
Oh, man! Groupies! Yuck!
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good or bad[/QUOTE]
Oh, man! Groupies! Yuck!
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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Sebastian wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: [/QUOTENAME]But I don't get it, why do you care if someone who's music you love is grumpy in real life. You don't have to read his soapbox, and even if you want to read it for his musical entries, you can only read those.
I also don't like his rants against the press etc. So I just don't read them. Also the topics on which I agree with Brian (like banning smoking in public) I don't like reading.
I think it's a bit childish of you to you slag off Brian because he slags off the press and so on. If you don't like it don't read it.
Try to spend your time with stuff that matters, your excellent website for example. If Brian thinks he's contributing to his view of a better world let him do it. But I seriously doubt you contribute to a better world by being grumpy at Brian because he puts on his own website what he thinks.
Just my 2 eurocents[/QUOTE]
True, but then we'd get on an endless chain there... some sort of "I won't read his soapbox, but why can he read the press?".
Perhaps Dr Wig "thinks he's contributing to his view of a better world" through that needless series of insults towards journalists. If so, I'm also hoping I may "contribute to my view of a better world" by telling him that he's being hypocritical in the way he's doing so.
Does he want to prove them wrong? Then he can do what he does best: music, or lyrics, or astronomy books... he's very skilful at many things so he may concentrate on that instead of slamming the press.
Journalists are people too, and just as many musicias are pants, but some are excellent, many reporters are pillocks, but some are dedicated professionals who deserve respect as well.
So my mail was "just my 2 pence" ;)[/QUOTE]
If you put it this way, then I agree with you. But in my opinion your e-mail is pretty harsh, and childish. If you would've said it like you did in the previous post I would totally agree with you.
I also don't like his rants against the press etc. So I just don't read them. Also the topics on which I agree with Brian (like banning smoking in public) I don't like reading.
I think it's a bit childish of you to you slag off Brian because he slags off the press and so on. If you don't like it don't read it.
Try to spend your time with stuff that matters, your excellent website for example. If Brian thinks he's contributing to his view of a better world let him do it. But I seriously doubt you contribute to a better world by being grumpy at Brian because he puts on his own website what he thinks.
Just my 2 eurocents[/QUOTE]
True, but then we'd get on an endless chain there... some sort of "I won't read his soapbox, but why can he read the press?".
Perhaps Dr Wig "thinks he's contributing to his view of a better world" through that needless series of insults towards journalists. If so, I'm also hoping I may "contribute to my view of a better world" by telling him that he's being hypocritical in the way he's doing so.
Does he want to prove them wrong? Then he can do what he does best: music, or lyrics, or astronomy books... he's very skilful at many things so he may concentrate on that instead of slamming the press.
Journalists are people too, and just as many musicias are pants, but some are excellent, many reporters are pillocks, but some are dedicated professionals who deserve respect as well.
So my mail was "just my 2 pence" ;)[/QUOTE]
If you put it this way, then I agree with you. But in my opinion your e-mail is pretty harsh, and childish. If you would've said it like you did in the previous post I would totally agree with you.