QueenZone discussion #1448683
Brian May question & answer session Queen convention 2001
| strangefrontier 17.02.2016 05:27 |
I've just uploaded this to my Youtube page. Some interesting stuff from Brian. link |
| The Fairy King 17.02.2016 05:50 |
Someone asked him a question about GH3 and he totally confused me untill he mentioned Track 13....he was talking about Made In Heaven. Didn't he understand the question? |
| master marathon runner 17.02.2016 08:09 |
/ \ I guess he "never read the post " - guffaw!! |
| brians wig 17.02.2016 08:16 |
That's really interesting.....and not a Badger in sight! ;-) This is the kind of stuff that Jacky once told me she was hoping to share on the QFC website at one point, but I guess that hasn't happened yet :( |
| The Fairy King 17.02.2016 08:41 |
brians wig wrote: That's really interesting.....and not a Badger in sight! ;-) This is the kind of stuff that Jacky once told me she was hoping to share on the QFC website at one point, but I guess that hasn't happened yet :(Yeah, wish we could get more of these. :) |
| Mr.QueenFan 17.02.2016 08:53 |
Thank you for another great share. This is fantastic stuff that i'm watching for the first time. Fifteen years ago, and Brian is still around and touring. Great!
The Fairy King wrote: Someone asked him a question about GH3 and he totally confused me untill he mentioned Track 13....he was talking about Made In Heaven. Didn't he understand the question?You know, in a way i think it was the person who asked the question that mistaken GHIII for "Made in Heaven", so maybe Brian gave the right answer!? :-) I mean, making GHIII without Freddie was a no-brainer - you just have to pick up the songs. On the other hand MIH was a bit tricky to complete without Freddie. |
| The Real Wizard 17.02.2016 09:52 |
Thanks for posting ! Wow, Brian says how his guitar didn't work for WWRY at the beginning of the show in Las Vegas 1977. This stuff is gold. I truly hope this man writes his memoirs. There are a million stories he can tell. He just needs to be interviewed by the right person to get it all out of him. |
| Sebastian 17.02.2016 10:22 |
The Real Wizard wrote: I truly hope this man writes his memoirs.Unfortunately, to write accurate *memoirs* a better *memory* comes in handy, or at least someone (qualified and/or sensible) to verify facts, otherwise we'll wind up with a book claiming 'My Fairy King' was on 'Queen II', the never played 'It's a Hard Life' or 'It's Late' live in the 20th century, 'Love of My Life' was on either 'Sheer Heart Attack' or 'A Day at the Races', etc. The Real Wizard wrote: There are a million stories he can tell.But a sizeable portion of that million would probably be inaccurate. The vast majority would probably be spot on anyway, but it'd be tricky to tell which ones. |
| master marathon runner 17.02.2016 10:54 |
ELO's spaceship "which they nicked off us" , well they must have spruced it up a bit cos it was a damned sight more impressive than the crown. I witnessed both within weeks of each other in June '78 at Wembley empire pool. The crown was a tad non-descript compared to the superb spaceship. |
| Oscar J 17.02.2016 13:39 |
But a sizeable portion of that million would probably be inaccurate. The vast majority would probably be spot on anyway, but it'd be tricky to tell which ones.So? Newsflash: most of us don't do lists and statistics on Queen stuff all the time. You'd be most welcome not to buy said memoirs if you feel the accuracy wouldn't meet your standards. |
| Supersonic_Man89 17.02.2016 14:18 |
Brian's mind does seem odd sometimes "Would it be possible to do blah blah blah" "No, i don't think it would be popular" They said possible Brian? That might seem a bit nitpicky, but it was straight after the GHIII gaff...he just seems to get in a muddle fairly easily. |
| Sebastian 17.02.2016 14:59 |
Oscar J wrote:So? Newsflash: most of us are free to post whatever we like on a QZ forum. You'd be most welcome not to read any of my posts if you feel my comments wouldn't meet your standards.But a sizeable portion of that million would probably be inaccurate. The vast majority would probably be spot on anyway, but it'd be tricky to tell which ones.So? Newsflash: most of us don't do lists and statistics on Queen stuff all the time. You'd be most welcome not to buy said memoirs if you feel the accuracy wouldn't meet your standards. |
| Oscar J 17.02.2016 17:45 |
Oh, but I can't tell whether the post is good or not unless I read it though, can I? About one in five of your posts are quite worthwhile to read to me, it's just that the four others are usually things you have written dozens of times before. Like those inaccurate statements made by Brian that you just seem to love to bring up whenever an opportunity presents itself. Furthermore, it's not like facts he'd write in proposed memoirs would have the same accuracy as statements he's made half an hour into an interview in a godforsaken studio somewhere. He would have access to his discography and thousands of other peoples articles on the different subjects. |
| Ozz 17.02.2016 19:39 |
- They ask him about a possible studio version of Hangman, and he says he doesn't think they ever recorder it. (25') - He would like to do "music to eat by"... because he hates the kind of music they put in restaurants (31') - They ask him if he would put out his solo videos ... (we're still waiting) (34') - He says he feels like a victim when he's interviewed on TV... (That explains a lot what i'ven seen in some of his interviews) - He thinks he screwed up in the solo in Saturday Night Live... I like how authentic and modest he sounds. The old days... He's a bit grouchy and defensive these days. |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 17.02.2016 20:09 |
C'mon, kids... ;) |
| Sebastian 18.02.2016 03:45 |
Oscar J wrote: About one in five of your posts are quite worthwhile to read to me,.Very low odds then. You'd save yourself a lot of time by ignoring them all. Oscar J wrote: Like those inaccurate statements made by Brian that you just seem to love to bring up whenever an opportunity presents itself.It's not about love, hate or any other feeling. It's about how their connexion to the topic. If it's about someone writing memoirs, then, in my opinion, it's worth discussing whether that person's memory's accurate enough for memoirs. Oscar J wrote: Furthermore, it's not like facts he'd write in proposed memoirs would have the same accuracy as statements he's made half an hour into an interview in a godforsaken studio somewhere. He would have access to his discography and thousands of other peoples articles on the different subjects.If so, I'd gladly buy it and read it. Hopefully that'll be the case. |
| Togg 18.02.2016 05:54 |
So most interesting sound bite I heard was that he wrote a theme for a James Bond film that was rejected.... I wonder if he recorded more than a demo/ I wonder what happened to it? did it go on to become something else? or will we never hear it?..... |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 18.02.2016 06:23 |
Thanks a lot for posting!!! Cheers, Ogre- |
| The Real Wizard 19.02.2016 16:56 |
Sebastian wrote:Gotta admit, folks - that's seriously funny.Oscar J wrote: About one in five of your posts are quite worthwhile to read to me,.Very low odds then. You'd save yourself a lot of time by ignoring them all. Well played. |
| Oscar J 19.02.2016 18:37 |
Sigh... well I'm glad that our conversation at least had some comical value to someone. :) With that said, I don't mind skimming through a few rubbish posts to strike gold every now and then. Hell, people buy lottery tickets with much lower odds than that, right? |
| Sebastian 20.02.2016 03:52 |
Oscar J wrote: Hell, people buy lottery tickets with much lower odds than that, right?Actually, people are statistically more likely to have a sizeable amount of money for retirement if they save five quid a week (or five dollars a week, or five euro a week, etc) for twenty years. Playing lotto's fine as a hobby which might one day make you a millionaire, but it's not by any means a wise investment. If you read my posts expecting me to stop mentioning memory lapses (including my own), the fact Fred's favourite singer was not Paul Rodgers, the fact John Deacon hated 'Hot Space', etc., then you're certainly barking up the wrong tree. You'd be better off ignoring all of my posts and simply spending those seconds (or minutes, or hours) sleeping, or writing (you could've finished a nice novel by now), or mastering a sport, an instrument, a foreign language, walking your dog (or your crocodile, rhino, or whatever your pet is ... or your kid if you've got no pets ... or your imaginary friend if you're religious), etc. |
| AlbaNo1 20.02.2016 04:35 |
Im pretty sure I read in a Queen bio that was written in the 70s, which I picked up at a book fair in early 1990s, that Freddie used to go into the Marquee to see Free perform and was a fan of Paul Rodgers voice. I may be muddled on the source, but I definitely read it somewhere, long before the Q+PR association. |
| JomaDuckSoup 20.02.2016 05:12 |
Togg wrote: So most interesting sound bite I heard was that he wrote a theme for a James Bond film that was rejected.... I wonder if he recorded more than a demo/ I wonder what happened to it? did it go on to become something else? or will we never hear it?.....Oh yes! I never heard of that before |
| The Real Wizard 20.02.2016 11:34 |
AlbaNo1 wrote: Im pretty sure I read in a Queen bio that was written in the 70s, which I picked up at a book fair in early 1990s, that Freddie used to go into the Marquee to see Free perform and was a fan of Paul Rodgers voice. I may be muddled on the source, but I definitely read it somewhere, long before the Q+PR association.For sure, I have too. But he wasn't his favourite. Mercury stated many times that his favourite singers were Aretha Franklin and Montserrat Caballe. |
| The Real Wizard 20.02.2016 11:35 |
Sebastian wrote: or your imaginary friend if you're religiousHa, zing ! You threw in the kitchen sink with that post. |
| Oscar J 20.02.2016 14:50 |
Sebastian wrote: If you read my posts expecting me to stop mentioning memory lapses (including my own), the fact Fred's favourite singer was not Paul Rodgers, the fact John Deacon hated 'Hot Space', etc., then you're certainly barking up the wrong tree.Can't blame me for trying. :) Sebastian wrote: You'd be better off ignoring all of my posts and simply spending those seconds (or minutes, or hours) sleeping, or writing (you could've finished a nice novel by now), or mastering a sport, an instrument, a foreign language, walking your dog (or your crocodile, rhino, or whatever your pet is ... or your kid if you've got no pets ... or your imaginary friend if you're religious), etc.Ha ... and you're suggesting *I* have too much time on my hands? I am a quite fast reader, and there are certainly no novels going to be written should I stop skimming through your posts. Especially as they tend to be so similar. But hey, some signs of imagination in this latest one, good on ya. |
| Sebastian 20.02.2016 19:15 |
The Real Wizard wrote: But he wasn't his favourite. Mercury stated many times that his favourite singers were Aretha Franklin and Montserrat Caballe.And Robert Plant and George Michael and ... and ... he mentioned a few, which is logical because loads of people have a number of favourite singers. Fred admiring Paul is absolutely believable, logical, probable and very likely to have been true; Freddie idolising Paul and considering him his favourite singer... not at all. |