QueenZone discussion #1121576

gooddrills wrote: Everyone needs to calm down a little. I actually quite like his posts, and considering the unecessary and rather small minded abuse he seems to attract I think he retains a pretty good sense of humour. GB: YES, EXACTLY RIGHT, GOODDRILLS. IT IS ALL ABOUT SENSE OF HUMOUR WHEN YOU BOIL IT ALL DOWN. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. PRECISELY. YOU EITHER HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOUR, AND SEE THRU WIND-UP MERCHANTS, LIKE ME (WHO ONLY GIVE BACK AS GOOD AS THEY GET), OR YOU DON'T. I REALLY PITY THOSE WHO DON'T. HOW SAD, NOT TO SEE WHAT MOST OTHER PEOPLE CAN EASILY SEE. I OFTEN HAVE A PROVOCATIVE WIND-UP DIG AT ZEBONKA, BUT MOST OF THE TIME HE SEES THRU IT, KNOWS IT'S A JOKE. GOOD FOR HIM. I SEE HE HAS RESPONDED HERE... I'LL GET TO IT. GOOD GOD... IF MY RANTS AND SILLINESS ARE NOT OBVIOUSLY AND BLATANTLY RECOGNISABLE AS FUN, ALBEIT IT WARPED FUN, TO SO MANY PEOPLE... THEN HOW SAD ARE THEY????? PEOPLE HAVE NASTY SPITEFUL POPS AT ME, AND I GIVE IT BACK. NO MORE OR LESS. IT'S WATER OFF A DUCKS BACK TO ME.... BUT EVIDENTLY SO VERY VERY PERSONAL TO THEM. THEY SHOULD NOT DISH IT OUT IF THEY CANNOT TAKE IT BACK. FAIR ENOUGH, AYE. And please remember, he started getting a lot of abuse because "he wont release stuff!!!" a long time before he started having a bit of fun with his posts. YES. WELL SAID. IT WAS THE QZ-ERS THAT FIRST STARTED ATTACKING ME AND BEING NASTY, VINDICTIVE, PERSONAL, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. I STARTED OUT TELLING YOU GUYS ALL KINDS OF INTERESTING DETAILS AT THE BEGINNING... WHICH MANY OF YOU WERE VERY THANKFUL FOR AND PLEASED WITH. IT WAS ONLY WHEN CERTAIN ARSEHOLES STARTED THREATENING NASTY THINGS TO ME AND MY NON-EXISTENT WIFE, THAT I STARTED GIVING SOME OF IT BACK.... AND LOW AND BEHOLD, THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT, COULD NOT TAKE IT, HAD A BIG SENSE OF HUMOUR FAILURE - WHILE I RETAIN MINE TO THIS DAY. Lets not lose the ability to have a good old fashioned laugh, even if it is sometimes at ourselves. WELL SAID CHUM. YOU HAVE HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD AGAIN. TELL THE OTHERS WHO HAVE REPLIED HERE, WILL YOU. THEY HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOUR AT ALL. LOOK AT THEIR COMMENTS. TALK ABOUT PATRONISING AND ANAL!!!!!!! If Greg isn't like other people from the Queen camp so what, anything wrong with being an individual? YES INDEED. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? I'm just as excited and frustrated about the archive releases as anybody else in this forum, but they come out when they come out and we all just have to be patient. I'm sure it will be well worth it. YES IT WILL. JUST DON'T KEEP SHOOTING THE MESSENGER. IT'S NOT MY DECISION WHAT QUEEN RELEASE, OR NOT. I'M JUST THE ARCHIVIST, AS I HAVE SAID A LOT OF TIMES. On a personal note to Greg, I'm sooooooooo f##king jealous of your job you jammy bastard. I would like to offer you 2 of the finest women from my humble village in exchange for a job swap? And my prized cow! MMMMMMMM! TEMPTING. LET'S MEET UP. DO YOU HAVE ANY GOATS? Have a good weekend people, be happy I SECOND THAT. A GOOD POSTING. THANKS.

Zebonka12 wrote: He's a dick; big deal. I personally applaud him for being such a shameless attention seeker, it's entertaining.

regmarha wrote: Having just read through all recent topics and posts here by Greg Brooks, I think he appears to be the most uncool person in the Queen camp for decades. Paul Prenter surely was a big problem in his time, but that was very long ago.
GB: HELLO HUNGARIAN PERSON REGMARHA.
YOU HAVE MADE A VALID POINT OR TWO, AND VERY WELL, AND WITH PERFECT ENGLISH. I CONGRATULATE YOU ON THAT... FOR MY HUNGARIAN IS NON-EXISTENT. TYPICAL LAZY ENGLISHMAN, YES!
I TRULY HOPE THAT MY REPLIES TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HERE ON YOUR THREAD WILL GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF MY POINT OF VIEW.
YOU SEE... I DID START OFF BY BEING NICE AND AMENABLE AND AS OPEN AS I COULD BE. BUT BECAUSE I SIMPLY CANNOT SAY MANY THINGS THAT I SEE, HEAR, WORK ON, KNOW ABOUT... SUDDENLY PEOPLE GOT PISSED OFF WITH ME, FRUSTRATED, AND THEN PERSONAL AND NASTY.
I DIDN'T SIT BACK AND TAKE IT. I GAVE AS GOOD AS I GOT... LIKE I STILL DO. THEY WERE PERSONAL AND OFFENSIVE TO ME, FIRST, AND I MERELY FOLLOWED THEIR LEAD.
I COULD HAVE RISEN ABOVE IT, YES. MY RESPECTED COLLEAGUE SUGGESTED I SHOULD... BUT I WASN'T BIG ENOUGH TO DO THAT ALL THE TIME. SOMETIMES I HIT BACK, AND I ENJOYED IT. THAT'S HONEST.
One thing I always liked about Queen members is their sense of humour, and their totally natural ability to play the character of a larger than life rock star. This attitude has continued in the communication of the loyal, caring and funny professionals around them, like Peter Hince, Chris Taylor, Peter Freestone to name but a few. They were 'the Royal Family', I think that's how Freddie referred to those working with them. Whenever they talked about the band in interviews, letters, it was always with respect, whenever they used the bosses names / stories in public it was always with delicate care. Never ever did they use their status to harm Queen's reputation as a group that cares about their fans.
I'M NOT REALLY IN THAT LEAGUE. I'M NOT A ROADIE OR MANAGER OR PERSONAL STAFF. I DO NOT REPRESENT THE OPINIONS, IDEAS, FEELINGS, POINTS OF VIEW OR THOUGHTS OF THE BAND. I JUST LOOK AFTER THE TAPES. IT'S A JOB. QPL PAYS ME FOR A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, NOT FOR MY VIEWS OR THOUGHTS.
I FEEL PERFECTLY JUSTIFIED TO SPEAK MY MIND, JUST LIKE YOU ARE. LONG MAY IT BE THAT WAY.
SOME PEOPLE JUDGE ME, THEY LABEL ME THIS, OR THAT, AND THE OTHER. THEY ARE WRONG 99.9% OF THE TIME, REGMARHA, BECAUSE THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ME. THEY FURTHER KNOW NOTHING ABOUT MY JOB AND WHAT IT ENTAILS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. STILL, THEY THINK THEY KNOW ENOUGH TO PASS NEGATIVE (MOSTLY) COMMENT. IT'S LIFE. I DEAL WITH IT. BUT NEVER DO I LET IT GET UNDER MY SKIN. I CANNOT DO THAT, IT'S NOT SENSIBLE.
Do you remember Chris Taylor's stories at the fan club magazines? They were revealing, funny, and always very intelligent and brilliantly written. Brian's current tech guy, Pete Malandrone has contributed dozens of intelligent, extremely funny, cool, modern comments on all types of topics at brianmay.com. Whatever Pete's professional skills or persona might be in real life, over the net, in written words, he comes across as a 'real member of the Royal Family', the kind of employee you easily associate with such 'high guality' persons as Brian, Roger, John and Freddie Mercury.
CHRIS TAYLOR, GREAT GUY. GREAT STORIES, YES. THE REAL DEAL. AGAIN I SAY... I AM ONLY THE TAPES GUY. GET ME?... JUST THE ARCHIVIST. THE TWO THINGS ARE NOT COMPARABLE.
I think Greg's book about Queen live shows is a great piece, while the Mercury Box is an amazing achievment.
THANK YOU
I never been to a Queen Convention, still I can appreciate the fact that he takes some rarities out of the vaults and playes them to the people from time to time (some of whom records and uploads the bits so that guys like myself can hear them). This is to say that I certainly value all his professional work as much as I can. The same way I value the work of Queen's set designers, security guys, bus drivers, accountants, riggers, Pro Tool engineers and all the others who help them create what I enjoy so much. And while I have high appreciations of long due Queen rarity releases, box sets etc, I think Greg Brooks's a 'hired gun' (and a very good at that), while the actual release decisions are made by someone else at Q Prod or EMI. So there's no more use in asking him to release anything, than emailing Pete Malandrone with requests regarding the set lists and backline equipment of the next Q+PR tour.
REGMARHA.... PETE MAKES COMMENTS ON THIS SITE UNDER ANOTHER NAME TOO. THEY ARE FAR FROM INTELLIGENT SOMETIMES. THEY ARE SILLY, FUN, JOKEY THINGS.... OFTEN INSULTING AS WELL. YOU HAVE TO REALISE THE BALANCE HERE.
PETE AND I WORK TOGETHER SOMETIMES. WE GET ALONG WELL. WE JUST HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON HOW TO CONDUCT OUR 'PRESENCE' HERE ON QZ. THERE'S NO WRONG OR RIGHT, IT SEEMS TO ME - JUST PERSONAL PREFERENCE.

Queen Archivist wrote: YES IT WILL. JUST DON'T KEEP SHOOTING THE MESSENGER. IT'S NOT MY DECISION WHAT QUEEN RELEASE, OR NOT. I'M JUST THE ARCHIVIST, AS I HAVE SAID A LOT OF TIMES.