This guy who supposedly owns the rights to 'The Cross- Live At Geneva' emailed me requesting to take down the video that I put up on YouTube, which was fine, it's nothing special and it didn't have a lot of hits, but I just had to share his emails he sent, as his mental retardation is something that shouldn't just be enjoyed by myself. I simply copied and pasted what was in the 6 or 7 emails in which we 'communicated'.
This is a "best of" compilation of the emails he sent me, and what I said in response. He is from France, but he attempts to speak in English to me, and thinks he does it flawlessly.
EMAIL 1- "dear dave fuller, i'm GLAD Production,the producer of the film the cross mad bad live in geneva,i be interested by your way to make the full film in youtube,its like a black and white decision, but i would tell you i have to discuss with jim beach for officialy distribut in high definition, maybe this year i would it. In the fact i'm not sure its a good deal to make your full bootleg in you tube, I ever would keep this film secret before we have a accord with roger taylor."
my response- "Hello, I will take the film off of youtube if you want me to, but there really is no reason to release it, there is really no money to be made from it. I recieved it in a trade with another fan.
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EMAIL 2-
"hello david, i reiceive your email,thanks to you, on the way i think its important to take off the film of youtube,for few reason , one you can't with my rights inform the public of this film existe and more put full film acces, even on a official news paper, second i make 6 years for pay this production, 3 i have to talk actuelly with jim beach and rogertaylor for a distribution this year in hight definition maybe,in the way i have many difficulty with this film and i decide to make a collector.And a collector its a collector, not a bootleg. well maybe i could told you all the story of this film one day.hum i little drink its 7pm for me .well.We gone make this , actuelly we take off the film and maybe you could explain i told to you because we gone distribute in limited edition for the fans,in professionel quality soon.
well i' tired and litteldrink i make this friendly, one think its better to cut off the film now in youtube, we gone see after if i give you an autorisation.tell me what you think about.kind regards.guillaume."
my response- it's off from youtube, but most Queen/The Cross fans do know of it's existence though, and many have obtained a bootleg copy, as have I.
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EMAIL 3- "hello david, for the fan its a bootleg, you can said i try to distribute the original in hd this year, in the fact of its a bootleg, we don't know maybe from EMI, they make one of the 2 bootleg existing, I stop it in 99 or 2000, even in russia , yours its the Mad Fab And marvellous i think, its a copy i give of a wrong fuck friend fan for a service at the time but i stop it."
my response- "It's difficult for me to read your letter, with the poor English, I don't want to put up any Geneva footage if I can't put up the entire concert. To be honest, there isn't really any way for you to make money off of this concert, because it has been available online for free for years. I don't understand why you didn't release this in 1990 rather than 2008."
*By now you'd think this cunt would realize it's a simple bootleg, and there is nothing special about it.-- BUT he emails me some more.....
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EMAIL 4- "What ? my poor english? i diden't make any faults in englishish!
For the concert i send you an email for autorized you to make 2 song in you tube, Foxy lady and Liar.Hey man you diden't can put all the show. Poor english, shit yours in not better like me.
do you think is better to make two song in you tube if i gone officialy distribute, or not."
my response- "Yes, no offense, but your English is bad, my English is very good. I have taken years of p
Forget it.
This same idiot mailed me to say that HE wrote "Too Much Love Would Kill You", and that Brian ripped him-off.
He then stated that he was the lawful owner of the 'Bell-boy tape', and that I should send him the master.
Now, as most people know, side one of this tape has never surfaced, but it clearly demonstrates the trio of May, Lamers and Musker working jointly through this.
He then e-mailed back to say this tape was evidence which needed to be produced in court to show his case.
I humoured him by replying, 'if that was indeed the case he could subpoena me'.
I never heard from him again.
David,
I just bought the rights from that guy for a six pack of Hamms beer. He's very happy with the deal and would like you to put up as much of that concert as you've got.
FYI, when I received the cassette tape from this guy, all that was on it was a really bad version of Too Much Love Will Kill You.
I don't know if this guy is for real, but either way the emails are hilarious. I don't want to have a problem with YouTube with copyright problems. there is a "three strikes" rule on YouTube and I still have all my 'strikes' available, and I don't want to use them with Youtube pulling my videos. Its a highly available concert and I've got a lot of Cross stuff on there, so it's no big deal to me. His email was gladproduct@----- so I assume he really does have some association with Glad productions.
Thats really interesting John, I wonder what this guy is really all about. Must be a deranged fan looking for attention.
Best line of the whole exchange: "What ? my poor english? i diden't make any faults in englishish!"
Thanks for sharing this David. It's hilarious! I suspect Roger is bored again and is having some fun with you . . . and his "englishish".
Uh-uh, serious tuff lol!
I felt down the chair when I read "t'est fier comme un paon"...my God, this guy is very arrogant and sometimes funny...
What a waste of time!
Hold on...he is trying to speak to you in your language rather than go through a lawyer and you take the piss? Answer him in your best french smart arse.
I just wanted to inform him on his shitty English and tell him he is 18 years too late on properly releasing the concert. I did that and I'm satisfied.