| Jamaleni 14.05.2008 04:34 |
For a few days now I had a serious doubt about writing this post but after I read this thread (link I just have to do it.... Some time ago I informed Mr. May (through QFC, offcourse) that there is an TV show on Croatian Television which use his music without crediting him for it. I get a quick response from Jacky that Brian is verry interested in that information and that HE asked me if I could record that show and send him a copy of it. Even though I didn't watch that series (I heard music when my parents watch it), offcourse that I do it. I spend my time to go and buy a new videotape, to catch the show and record it and finaly to go to post office and send the tape. I didn't ask anything for that, but I was expecting a simple thank you e-mail from Mr. May (through QFC offcourse), but didn't get even that. And before anybody ask me, I don't care about money that I spend, even though nobody offer me to pay my expenses. When a 2008 tour was announced I tought, well maybe I could ask Mr. May if he could take some 10 minutes of his time on a day when we would be on a same place to meet me so that I could get a photo with him, and get an autograph. So I send an e-mail to Jacky and get a quick response with a polite fuck you..... I'm sure that my case isn't exception... I really think that Queen should look at other bands in a way to how to behave to their fans. Let's just take Iron Maiden for example. On this year's tour when they were somewhere in South America there was few thousands of fans outside of a hotel, and they were seriously thinking about go out and spend some time with their fans. They don't do that only because security didn't allow them /this fact is from Rod Smalwood's tour diary which he do for all their tours). Now, I really start to wonder, did Mr. May really was informed about my information, or was I ask for sending a tape by Jacky (or somebody else from fan club), because I simply can't believe that Mr. May wouldn't find a 10 minutes for a fan which spend his time for him... |
| Serry... 14.05.2008 04:47 |
"I simply can't believe that Mr. May wouldn't find a 10 minutes for a fan which spend his time for him..." Why you can't? And if it's not top secret what exactly was in that 'polite fuck you'? |
| Jamaleni 14.05.2008 05:06 |
Serry... wrote: "I simply can't believe that Mr. May wouldn't find a 10 minutes for a fan which spend his time for him..." Why you can't? And if it's not top secret what exactly was in that 'polite fuck you'?That was meant as a sarcasam.... It's not top secret, it was, quote: "I am afraid I cannot arrange this, I don't even know at this time if they are doing any meet and greets on this tour, and if they DO it will be offered to all fans in a competition or something, that would be only fair!! Jacky" Endquote. |
| Benn 14.05.2008 05:35 |
My question is, why did you try to help Queen out by alerting them to the fact that someone was using their music on a TV show? If you've ever read anything on Brian's Soapbox, you'll see that he is an incredibly private person and is less likely to arrange a private meeting with someone he doesn't know than he is to simply walk along the street. Remember that, where musicians are concerned, they all have, in the back of their minds, the spectre of what happened to John Lennon lurking. Brian has been more open than most about his reasons for not appeasing everyone and all credit to him for that. My view is that, because Brian has been so well-known for his politeness over the years towards fans, fans have then gone and exploited it. For example, where autographs were treasured as personal items in the past, the advent of Ebay has turned them in to ways for people to make money out of someone famous and Brian, rightly, feels aggrieved that he spends so much of his time freely signing items only for them to appear on Ebay to make someone a few quid. Remember also that Brian is surrounded by sycophants and people that constantly tell him how wonderful he is - this is only his fault to the extent that he isn't able any longer to see through the shit that is spun to him. He's an artist and likes to have his ego feathered constantly and people that won't or don't are frozen out of the picture; for this, read fans that are ale to objectively criticise his (or the band's) work and actions. As an example of this, I questioned Brian through the Soapbox, as to why Jailhouse Rock was inserted in the wrong place on the "Montreal" release - time and again I received responses to my chase mails to say that Brian had moved on and that the release was "no longer on his radar". A polite critical enquiry flatly ignored. But, needless to say, I certainly wasn't surprised. Where Jacky is concerned, she's living life in a very nice comfort zone. The fan club has become redundant since Freddie died and is a complete and utter waste of space. Why on earth people continue to subscribe to a club that offers little or nothing in return is completely beyond me. All of the information in the magazines is redundant by the time they eventually arrive because of the speed of access to information through the internet. The merchandise they offer is nothing better that you will find on any market stall. The FC Convention is now a pointless exercise given that the guest speakers answer the same questions that they did in previous years and the videos that are shown are just recycled time and time again. If you want to go to a fancy dress party with other Queen fans, organise it yourself at a much cheaper cost - you can find a Queen tribute band on at a pub near you virtually any weekend of the year. I've no idea how long you've been a Queen fan for, but my experience over 25 years is that the "organisation" is simply there to take - all te people that work for the organisation seem to have no understanding of the level to which some of their fans truly cared about the band and it's members. Don't get sucked in by the old stories of Queen being the band that children, their parents and grandparents all love. Queen is a huge cash cow that gets milked dry about twice a year, when the same old shit comes to market for those of us stupid enough to buy it all again dutifully hand over our hard-earned. Personally, I've moved on from Queen to a great extent - there's a morbid curiosity towards the band and it's work. Where as before I'd rush out an hoover up anything that was released, I now wait and see what the general reaction is before I do anything. But then who cares? You don't and nor should you. Nor should QPL or Brian really, should they? |
| Jamaleni 14.05.2008 06:16 |
Benn wrote: My question is, why did you try to help Queen out by alerting them to the fact that someone was using their music on a TV show?Well, I may write many reasons, but to be fair it was because I really don't like the person who was credited as the autor of the music. I am (or should I say WAS) huge Queen/Brian/Roger/Freddie/john fan, but I probably wouldn't care about that if that wasn't a case. If you've ever read anything on Brian's Soapbox, you'll see that he is an incredibly private person and is less likely to arrange a private meeting with someone he doesn't know than he is to simply walk along the street.Actually, from his soapbox I made a perception of him as a somebody who cares about his fans. that was the main reason for trying to arrange a meet and greet. For example, where autographs were treasured as personal items in the past, the advent of Ebay has turned them in to ways for people to make money out of someone famousI can understand that, but I can't aunderstand why would somebody go through so many organizational problems, to earn few bucks, or Euros. As an example of this, I questioned Brian through the Soapbox, as to why Jailhouse Rock was inserted in the wrong place on the "Montreal" release - time and again I received responses to my chase mails to say that Brian had moved on and that the release was "no longer on his radar". A polite critical enquiry flatly ignored. But, needless to say, I certainly wasn't surprised.In other words, my case is one of many... Where Jacky is concerned, she's living life in a very nice comfort zone. The fan club has become redundant since Freddie died and is a complete and utter waste of space. Why on earth people continue to subscribe to a club that offers little or nothing in return is completely beyond me. All of the information in the magazines is redundant by the time they eventually arrive because of the speed of access to information through the internet. The merchandise they offer is nothing better that you will find on any market stall. The FC Convention is now a pointless exercise given that the guest speakers answer the same questions that they did in previous years and the videos that are shown are just recycled time and time again. If you want to go to a fancy dress party with other Queen fans, organise it yourself at a much cheaper cost - you can find a Queen tribute band on at a pub near you virtually any weekend of the year.That's the main point why I'm not in a FC. When I was kid, I couldn't afford it, and now when I can, I simply don't care for FC membership (allthough I am in Iron Maiden FC ;o) ). I've no idea how long you've been a Queen fan for, but my experience over 25 years is that the "organisation" is simply there to take - all te people that work for the organisation seem to have no understanding of the level to which some of their fans truly cared about the band and it's members. Don't get sucked in by the old stories of Queen being the band that children, their parents and grandparents all love. Queen is a huge cash cow that gets milked dry about twice a year, when the same old shit comes to market for those of us stupid enough to buy it all again dutifully hand over our hard-earned. Personally, I've moved on from Queen to a great extent - there's a morbid curiosity towards the band and it's work. Where as before I'd rush out an hoover up anything that was released, I now wait and see what the general reaction is before I do anything.I'm Queen fan for allmost 20 years, and I still wait for them to release something new, even if this is another live recording, but I understand your point. even I buy most of new releases just to fullfill my collection. Ome thing that I certainly WON'T buy (even if they finally release it) would be box set if it would include regular albums |
| queenside 14.05.2008 08:53 |
i'm also from croatia and i'd like to know which tv show uses queen music? |
| escuderodelareina 14.05.2008 09:41 |
regarding this, we can not pretend that the musicians have always time to meet their fans. although, it must be acknowledged that without them there would not, because they are the ones who buy his records. on the other hand, I can say in favor of brian, which in my country, argentina, a few years ago (1998) for a program called "surprise and a half", where dreams are fulfilled to the participants,one guy was surprised by brian and this led to his camerin by where he gave several posters and records, in addition to carry on behind the scene where he was able to enjoy all that show (at that time was on tour promoting "another world") with this, I want to show that brian, sometimes have time for their fans .... |
| Micrówave 14.05.2008 11:36 |
Jamaleni wrote: Actually, from his soapbox I made a perception of him as a somebody who cares about his fans. that was the main reason for trying to arrange a meet and greet.Or you could move to some place that Brian is more likely to visit... At least Brian's not as pretentious as Tose Proeski. Try getting an autograph from that guy. |
| Adam Baboolal 14.05.2008 11:40 |
It's always fascinating when these people come out of the woodwork. They expect the to have time with people like Brian. Maybe, just maybe, they don't have it. And in this case, I really don't see why he should even entertain the idea. And then Brian gets blamed for not paying attention. *Sigh* Adam. |
| Pim Derks 14.05.2008 12:17 |
How naïve can people be... Anyway - I agree about Brian's Soapbox. He almost doesn't respond to the interesting stuff - only to the stuff which most people don't really care about. Sure, it's great he has a hobby like stereo-photography and the whole astrology thing - but I love the man because of his music. So when I read he appears on a new version of a track of another of my favorite musicians (Dennis Wilson) and NO-ONE has even reported this on any of the Queen sites - I mail Brian and hope we can get some information about how they got involved, what the Beach Boys meant/mean to him etc. But no... |
| Jamaleni 14.05.2008 12:41 |
Micrówave wrote:Actually I was asking to meet him in Wienna.....Jamaleni wrote: Actually, from his soapbox I made a perception of him as a somebody who cares about his fans. that was the main reason for trying to arrange a meet and greet.Or you could move to some place that Brian is more likely to visit... At least Brian's not as pretentious as Tose Proeski. Try getting an autograph from that guy. I'm not even going to bother to answer that about Tose... |
| Jamaleni 14.05.2008 12:48 |
@ Adam Baboolal & Pim Derks Actually it doesn't matter that he doesn't have or does have time. My point was that complete QPL/QFC/Queen treat us fans simply as a milking cow. They don't give a sh** about us, all that matters is them and they wishes. As I wrote in opening post, I wouldn't even write this thread if there wasn't ansver of GB to somebody in other thread.... Anyway, I neither want, neither need, and most off all, don't want anybody's simphaty. I just wanted to share with you my experience with somebody I admired a lot, once.... And as I could see on this forum, there are many other people who share my opinion about Queen and especially about QPL. |
| Fireplace 14.05.2008 12:55 |
Try something like this, Brian is very sensitive to the way a request is put: Dear Brian, After watching the musical twice last night, I decided to write you this letter. The musical was extremely good and, ehm, very musical. Actually both show were great. I can't wait until you and the hugely talented Ben Elton churn out a few sequels, I would say that with about 20 Queen studio albums out we would be covered until well into the next century. Did I mention how much I liked the musical? As for my question, I was wondering if you have any plans to produce a new musical? Perhaps with Roger and Ben Elton? If I may be so bold, I would like to suggest a few themes such as the burdens of public smoking and animal rights in the Kensington area. Should you need any form of reassurance, me and a few friends are prepared to preorder tickets about 10 - 15 years in advance. Would that help? Please keep us posted about general developments regarding the musical. Needless to say I would also be very interested in specific musical developments regarding the musical. a musical greeting from your fellow musical-lover, Fireplace. PS Did you know Freddie and I share the same favourite singer? I simply ADORE Britney Spears!!! PPS: Why is John Deacon missing from the Queen + Freddie's Favourites line-up? Didn't he like the musical? PPPS: What is that first line Freddie yells in Let Me Entertain You? Ah, I thought so. PPPPS: I have made some 300 stereo photographs of the three shows I watched yesterday. Would you be interested? They came out great, mostly because the musical is so good. |
| Serry... 14.05.2008 13:22 |
Just add a tiny bit about stereo photos, Fireplace. And word 'twice' doesn't work that good, 'thrice' will get more chances on reply. |
| Fireplace 14.05.2008 14:10 |
Serry... wrote: Just add a tiny bit about stereo photos, Fireplace. And word 'twice' doesn't work that good, 'thrice' will get more chances on reply.Point gratefully taken Serry, thanks. See the edited post. |
| write your letters in the sand 14.05.2008 14:43 |
Fireplace wrote: Try something like this, Brian is very sensitive to the way a request is put: Dear Brian, After watching the musical twice last night, I decided to write you this letter. The musical was extremely good and, ehm, very musical. Actually both show were great. I can't wait until you and the hugely talented Ben Elton churn out a few sequels, I would say that with about 20 Queen studio albums out we would be covered until well into the next century. Did I mention how much I liked the musical? As for my question, I was wondering if you have any plans to produce a new musical? Perhaps with Roger and Ben Elton? If I may be so bold, I would like to suggest a few themes such as the burdens of public smoking and animal rights in the Kensington area. Should you need any form of reassurance, me and a few friends are prepared to preorder tickets about 10 - 15 years in advance. Would that help? Please keep us posted about general developments regarding the musical. Needless to say I would also be very interested in specific musical developments regarding the musical. a musical greeting from your fellow musical-lover, Fireplace. PS Did you know Freddie and I share the same favourite singer? I simply ADORE Britney Spears!!! PPS: Why is John Deacon missing from the Queen + Freddie's Favourites line-up? Didn't he like the musical? PPPS: What is that first line Freddie yells in Let Me Entertain You? Ah, I thought so. PPPPS: I have made some 300 stereo photographs of the three shows I watched yesterday. Would you be interested? They came out great, mostly because the musical is so good.FP: HA! You owe me a new keyboard as mine has just been sprayed with Diet Pepsi. |
| Fireplace 14.05.2008 15:00 |
write your letters in the sand wrote:What brand and type? I do have a few spares laying around. They came free with the tickets for the musical!Fireplace wrote: Try something like this, Brian is very sensitive to the way a request is put: Dear Brian, After watching the musical twice last night, I decided to write you this letter. The musical was extremely good and, ehm, very musical. Actually both show were great. I can't wait until you and the hugely talented Ben Elton churn out a few sequels, I would say that with about 20 Queen studio albums out we would be covered until well into the next century. Did I mention how much I liked the musical? As for my question, I was wondering if you have any plans to produce a new musical? Perhaps with Roger and Ben Elton? If I may be so bold, I would like to suggest a few themes such as the burdens of public smoking and animal rights in the Kensington area. Should you need any form of reassurance, me and a few friends are prepared to preorder tickets about 10 - 15 years in advance. Would that help? Please keep us posted about general developments regarding the musical. Needless to say I would also be very interested in specific musical developments regarding the musical. a musical greeting from your fellow musical-lover, Fireplace. PS Did you know Freddie and I share the same favourite singer? I simply ADORE Britney Spears!!! PPS: Why is John Deacon missing from the Queen + Freddie's Favourites line-up? Didn't he like the musical? PPPS: What is that first line Freddie yells in Let Me Entertain You? Ah, I thought so. PPPPS: I have made some 300 stereo photographs of the three shows I watched yesterday. Would you be interested? They came out great, mostly because the musical is so good.FP: HA! You owe me a new keyboard as mine has just been sprayed with Diet Pepsi. Seriously, I'm interested. |
| Micrówave 14.05.2008 16:28 |
Jamaleni wrote: Actually I was asking to meet him in Wienna.....Well, then be sure to have a Wienna Sausage!!! |
| drwinston 14.05.2008 18:21 |
Fireplace wrote: Try something like this, Brian is very sensitive to the way a request is put: Dear Brian, After watching the musical twice last night, I decided to write you this letter. The musical was extremely good and, ehm, very musical. Actually both show were great. I can't wait until you and the hugely talented Ben Elton churn out a few sequels, I would say that with about 20 Queen studio albums out we would be covered until well into the next century. Did I mention how much I liked the musical? As for my question, I was wondering if you have any plans to produce a new musical? Perhaps with Roger and Ben Elton? If I may be so bold, I would like to suggest a few themes such as the burdens of public smoking and animal rights in the Kensington area. Should you need any form of reassurance, me and a few friends are prepared to preorder tickets about 10 - 15 years in advance. Would that help? Please keep us posted about general developments regarding the musical. Needless to say I would also be very interested in specific musical developments regarding the musical. a musical greeting from your fellow musical-lover, Fireplace. PS Did you know Freddie and I share the same favourite singer? I simply ADORE Britney Spears!!! PPS: Why is John Deacon missing from the Queen + Freddie's Favourites line-up? Didn't he like the musical? PPPS: What is that first line Freddie yells in Let Me Entertain You? Ah, I thought so. PPPPS: I have made some 300 stereo photographs of the three shows I watched yesterday. Would you be interested? They came out great, mostly because the musical is so good.LOL! Thanks for the laugh, mate. |
| write your letters in the sand 14.05.2008 18:29 |
Logitech. I'm sure it was an oversight but it appears that you neglected to also inquire about developmental developments regarding the musical . . . |
| Fireplace 14.05.2008 19:31 |
write your letters in the sand wrote: Logitech. I'm sure it was an oversight but it appears that you neglected to also inquire about developmental developments regarding the musical . . .Hah, linguistic error on my part. I thought you actually meant a synthesizer keyboard, hence the inquiry. Freddie's favourite synth was a Rogers by the way. About the developmental developments, over the years I have developed the opinion that such matters develop by themselves. Thanks for pointing this out to me though. |
| Fireplace 14.05.2008 19:38 |
drwinston wrote:You're welcome! There is a bit of acid there as well though. I could handle the transition from (h)art-rock to stadium-rock singalongs with some effort, but going from stadium-rock to the musical equivalent of page three journalism is just a bridge too far for me. I'm afraid I will never meet Brian now...Fireplace wrote: Try something like this, Brian is very sensitive to the way a request is put: Dear Brian, After watching the musical twice last night, I decided to write you this letter. The musical was extremely good and, ehm, very musical. Actually both show were great. I can't wait until you and the hugely talented Ben Elton churn out a few sequels, I would say that with about 20 Queen studio albums out we would be covered until well into the next century. Did I mention how much I liked the musical? As for my question, I was wondering if you have any plans to produce a new musical? Perhaps with Roger and Ben Elton? If I may be so bold, I would like to suggest a few themes such as the burdens of public smoking and animal rights in the Kensington area. Should you need any form of reassurance, me and a few friends are prepared to preorder tickets about 10 - 15 years in advance. Would that help? Please keep us posted about general developments regarding the musical. Needless to say I would also be very interested in specific musical developments regarding the musical. a musical greeting from your fellow musical-lover, Fireplace. PS Did you know Freddie and I share the same favourite singer? I simply ADORE Britney Spears!!! PPS: Why is John Deacon missing from the Queen + Freddie's Favourites line-up? Didn't he like the musical? PPPS: What is that first line Freddie yells in Let Me Entertain You? Ah, I thought so. PPPPS: I have made some 300 stereo photographs of the three shows I watched yesterday. Would you be interested? They came out great, mostly because the musical is so good.LOL! Thanks for the laugh, mate. |
| Holly2003 15.05.2008 03:08 |
I think the topic-starter hasn't grasped the fact that BM's priorities are different to his. If he responded to every request like this he would have no life whatsoever. And as someone who has interviewed one successful science fiction writer, I can guarantee you sometimes artists have indeed "moved on" and really don't want to talk about old stuff, only what's new and relevant to them. How many time do you think BM has been asked "what's Bor Rap about then" by some oik? What would your attitude be if in the same boat? |
| john bodega 15.05.2008 04:37 |
Wah wah fucking wah. |
| john bodega 15.05.2008 04:38 |
Jamaleni wrote: I am afraid I cannot arrange this, I don't even know at this time if they are doing any meet and greets on this tour, and if they DO it will be offered to all fans in a competition or something, that would be only fair!!OH MY GOD HOW DARE THEY That's the RUDEST e-mail I have ever read! Fucking incredible, the gall that these people have to treat YOU like this. You know, it's really indicative of the decline in common decency in this day and age. What is the fucking world COMING to? |
| P-Staker 16.05.2008 04:01 |
Fuck, this place is crawling with Croats! I'm one, too, and I've no idea what TV show the original poster is talking about :) As to the original post - unlike Iron Maiden whom the original post mentions, Brian actually met and partied with his fans on previous tours (as I read in his biography 'Queen and I' - see if you can find it, it's a good read.) But you gotta realize this guy's touring with 2.5 hours of demanding set at 61 and cannot accommodate thousands of fans who expect 10 minutes of his time in exchange for a token of loyalty. And copyright breaches aren't Brian's business anyway; his label employs lawyers to deal with that. Brian was most likely not aware of your letters, and QFC were being assholes telling you otherwise... |
| write your letters in the sand 16.05.2008 13:32 |
Zebonka12 wrote: Wah wah fucking wah.Best comment EVER! |
| Paulos 16.05.2008 14:07 |
This guy is scary. why would Brian want a one on one meeting with him? just what exactly does he owe you. When i was reading this i was thinking back to the song Put Out The Fire. The fact that Brian wrote this gives you an idea that he and other rock stars are a little weary to say the least about having private meetings with fans that have a chip on their shoulder. Read the following lyrics and tell me can you blame Brian for not wanting to meet you... They called him a hero In the land of the free But he wouldn't shake my hand boy He disappointed me So I got my handgun And I blew him away That critter was a bad guy I had to make him pay |
| Donna13 17.05.2008 10:00 |
Yeah, I would assume that Jackie wrote to Brian's assistant, not Brian, about such a routine administrative-type matter. (But I'm just guessing here.) Assistants speak for their bosses all the time, so when Jackie said "Brian was interested" it might have really meant "Brian's assistant said it was a good idea to go ahead and send them that tape." It was nice to try to help him, but you shouldn't expect special treatment or notice because of it. A thank you note from someone on the staff would have been nice, but not receiving one is no big deal, and it is certainly not worth repeating here. |