| TRS-Romania 24.05.2006 06:36 |
**Tue 23 May 06** QUEEN NUMBER 1 SINGLES - HELP PLEASE Dear Queen Experts & Friends Can you all help me please with one question - which i need for the QUEEN SINGLES collection thing we're working on. Could you tell me which QUEEN song or songs went to NUMBER 1 in your particular country. JUST No 1 please. For example, LOVE OF MY LIFE was number 1 in Brazil, we think, but we need to be sure. If you can be CERTAIN of which song/s were No 1 somewhere in the world, please tell me URGENTLY. I have no idea at all which Queen tracks were ever No 1 in Portugal, for example, or Spain or Turkey or Canada. was WWRY a No 1 in France??? i think so, but not sure. Was Radio Ga Ga or Somebody To Love ever No 1 ANYWHERE???? Please help. Many thanks Greg Brooks (Queen Archivist) E-mail HERE COULD YOU ALSO PASS THIS EMAIL ON TO OTHER FANS/CONTACTS/EXPERTS YOU KNOW AROUND THE WORLD, PLEASE. PLEASE DO NOT SEND DETAILS YOU ARE NOT CERTAIN OF. ============================================= note: Greg is asking to write your answers at brianmay.com@clara.co.uk personal note: in my humble opinion it comes across as a partial joke... to ask us the fans to send him the information and the question "Was Radio Ga Ga a nr 1 hit ANYWHERE" made me laugh even more But since we support our dear mr Brooks, I hereby would like to ask you all to send him a nice e-mail to express our feelings towards his bright mind! Stefan PS I gues this information is needed for prepairing the new Queen CD "Queen Number One hits" ... haha |
| Rompez 24.05.2006 06:51 |
Ok I’ll be glad to help. Flick Of The Wrist, March Of The Black Queen, Millionaire Waltz and Action This Day reached no 1 in USSR. Take care. ;) Let's entangle this bastard Greg to death! Seriously. |
| willem-jan 8923 24.05.2006 06:59 |
My fairy king made it to #1 in my personal list of best songs on Queen 1. Hope it counts. |
| dave76 24.05.2006 06:59 |
Queen had 6 #1 singles in the Netherlands: january 1976: Bohemian Rhapsody (3 weeks) January 1977: Somebody To Love (3 weeks) December 1979: Crazy Little Thing Called Love (3 weeks) December 1981: Under Pressure (1 week) February 1984: Radio Ga Ga (1 week) April 1984: I Want To Break Free (2 weeks) |
| john bodega 24.05.2006 07:23 |
Sorry Greg, but that information is: PROPERTY OF QUEEN PRODUCTIONS. |
| TRS-Romania 24.05.2006 07:24 |
Rompez wrote: Ok I’ll be glad to help. Flick Of The Wrist, March Of The Black Queen, Millionaire Waltz and Action This Day reached no 1 in USSR. Take care. ;) Let's entangle this bastard Greg to death! Seriously.Rompez, what an excellent idea! Couldnt we bombard him with e-mails? Let's do that! |
| TRS-Romania 24.05.2006 07:25 |
again the appropriate email address to send your comments to: brianmay.com@clara.co.uk PS put in the subject something like "Greg Brooks is ...." (fill it in yourself) |
| FriedChicken 24.05.2006 07:54 |
Let him do his own work, lazy ass |
| TRS-Romania 24.05.2006 08:28 |
you are right! , but what i suggested is to bombard Greg Brooks with emails to say how stupid he really is |
| Crazy LittleThing 24.05.2006 09:42 |
TRS-Romania wrote: again the appropriate email address to send your comments to: brianmay.com@clara.co.uk PS put in the subject something like "Greg Brooks is ...." (fill it in yourself)Hey Guys--that would be bombarding Jen at brianmay.com with emails, and wouldn't have the desired effect. Jen's a nice lady and a friend to all Queen fans. Please don't bombard her with email. Thanks! |
| rocks. 24.05.2006 09:53 |
My GOD, you think a Queen ARCHIVEST would have kept record of this type of thing. And great, yet ANOTHER compilation! They better slide some new shit in there. |
| Serry... 24.05.2006 10:15 |
I can send him links... That's my job in Queen world... |
| Jjeroen 24.05.2006 10:30 |
WhatMustHeThink wrote: My GOD, you think a Queen ARCHIVEST would have kept record of this type of thing. And great, yet ANOTHER compilation! They better slide some new shit in there.Good to see more and more people find out what a total nitwit he is for the job. |
| magicmatze 24.05.2006 10:40 |
no single reached number one in germany :-( |
| Lisser 24.05.2006 11:08 |
FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: Let him do his own work, lazy assAmen!! What kind of Queen Archivist doesn't know what singles went to #1 when and where??? All that amazing stuff he's got access to and he isn't "sure" of which single went #1 and where? Wow. He's got the audacity to come on QZ, the best Queen site for accurate information on concerts, interviews, etc. and be a complete dickhead but then wants help? Unbelieveable. |
| rocks. 24.05.2006 11:10 |
jeroen wrote:My god, I would SOOO have done a better job than this guy :P (k, maybe I wouldnt have) Hire somebody who keeps proper records!!...just frustrated at the fact that I WANT MY B-SIDES! Damn.WhatMustHeThink wrote: My GOD, you think a Queen ARCHIVEST would have kept record of this type of thing. And great, yet ANOTHER compilation! They better slide some new shit in there.Good to see more and more people find out what a total nitwit he is for the job. |
| Munchsack 24.05.2006 11:16 |
Bo Rhap was number 1 in the UK (twice). As far as I know, the only others were Under Pressure and Innuendo. |
| The Real Wizard 24.05.2006 11:40 |
Lisser wrote:These were worth quoting and taking up more webspace.FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: Let him do his own work, lazy assAmen!! What kind of Queen Archivist doesn't know what singles went to #1 when and where??? All that amazing stuff he's got access to and he isn't "sure" of which single went #1 and where? Wow. He's got the audacity to come on QZ, the best Queen site for accurate information on concerts, interviews, etc. and be a complete dickhead but then wants help? Unbelieveable. ah yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah , let's get it ON |
| Erin 24.05.2006 12:07 |
Lisser wrote:That's precisely what I was thinking.FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: Let him do his own work, lazy assAmen!! What kind of Queen Archivist doesn't know what singles went to #1 when and where??? All that amazing stuff he's got access to and he isn't "sure" of which single went #1 and where? |
| TheGame 24.05.2006 12:35 |
Doesn't QP pay Greg or what? I just wonder, cous i find his request very XXXXX ( use your fantasy, cous the word is not a positive one). |
| radio_what's_new 24.05.2006 13:02 |
I think Greg Brooks doesn't deserve the title: archivist. A good archivist digs in archives. Every country who has a singles-chart has a company who release this chart. For instance. US has the billboard company. The Netherlands has megacharts. which is the company behind the officall top 40 and top 50. Why can't Greg Brooks contact every company and request all the information of Queen directly at its source?? I think a archivist who take his job serious will do this kind of investigation. I hope he reads this and decides to do his work more secure and accurate. |
| Levente 24.05.2006 13:16 |
yeah & I think records that go to charts are released by - what you call them... ah yeah, they are called record companies, yes, and it should do no harm to Greg's investigation to contact some of them, probably EMI, and that few other who have had contracts with Queen, and ask about a product they fucking released. IMHO. |
| S@turn 24.05.2006 13:55 |
I think it is a perfect idea to let queen fans decide what the number one songs of the past were. They are far more reliable then the official sources, I should say *sarcsm mode out And knowing Queenprods a bit, I should not be surprised as some of the elite should filter out anyway some songs, even if they were number 1 hits *realism mode out As it comes to Email-bombs, I should not like to do things to others that I dont want to be done to myself as well *moralknight mode out |
| Suigi 24.05.2006 14:03 |
Dear god, even WIKIPEDIA has this information! link EDIT: I would like to apologize for Canada giving Body Language a #1, and likely a spot on the compilation album. |
| brENsKi 24.05.2006 14:03 |
number 1 hit: - location: body language - ann summers shops back chat - the tourettes association flash gordon - the cosmos innuendo - (carry on) up the khyber radio ga ga - chris moyle's gob i want to break free - hmp parkhurst i'm going slightly mad - broadmoor |
| masterstroke_84 24.05.2006 14:04 |
Radio was N° 1 in 19 countrys... according to a book I have... I dont know if is real.. QUEEN RULES |
| Danne 24.05.2006 14:35 |
Hmm... I wonder if Wikipedia has all the facts... I'm quite certain that 'You Don't Fool Me' was number 1 in Turkey. |
| YourValentine 24.05.2006 14:46 |
If Flick Of The Wrist, March Of The Black Queen, Millionaire Waltz and Action This Day should appear on the Singles Box, we owe that to Mr. Rompez:) |
| rocks. 24.05.2006 15:11 |
Suigi wrote: Dear god, even WIKIPEDIA has this information! link EDIT: I would like to apologize for Canada giving Body Language a #1, and likely a spot on the compilation album.Hahahaha!! Dear god, did it really go to no. 1 here! Good lord... |
| TRS-Romania 24.05.2006 16:33 |
YourValentine wrote: If Flick Of The Wrist, March Of The Black Queen, Millionaire Waltz and Action This Day should appear on the Singles Box, we owe that to Mr. Rompez:)LOL!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway , regarding the email addres of JEN (of Brian May.com) this was approved (and requested by Greg Brooks himself) ...therefore an email bombardment with the subject "GREG BROOKS IS A *****" would be suficient I gues (without insulting or harming the work that our sweet Jen is doing for Brian) So people, again, DO write your comments to Jen, since she will forward it to Greg Brooks (the lame ass is too cowardless to give out his own email adress or to stupid to open a Yahoo or Hotmail account!) JUST MY HUMBLE OPINION! (but do bombard him with emails about how stupid he is, and surely...he just proofed it himself!) Choose one of the following addresses (DO NOT forget to mention the subject "for Greg Brooks" brianmay.com@clara.co.uk brianmay.com@clara.co.uk brianmay.com@clara.co.uk brianmay.com@clara.co.uk brianmay.com@clara.co.uk brianmay.com@clara.co.uk brianmay.com@clara.co.uk Stefan |
| TRS-Romania 24.05.2006 16:40 |
by the way did anybody sent Greg an email with some comments on his request???? |
| rocks. 24.05.2006 16:48 |
What would the point be, really? To piss some people off? Best to leave it alone and let the bugger figure his own information. |
| Suigi 24.05.2006 17:01 |
I'm tempted to write: Greg, I can help a bit. Body Language went to #1 in Canada, believe it or not. Now give us the box set. Or at least "Face It Alone." Please? Gabe |
| rocks. 24.05.2006 17:27 |
I wouldnt if I were you, might come back to bite you in the ass! :D |
| TruePar 24.05.2006 18:32 |
I have some access to Canadian Queen charts that are official (I have scanned copies from music charts). It's not sorted and takes a long time to look through, but according to this: Body Language - #3 - July 1982 So it wasn't #1, but there are a few more charts to look over for 1982, so it may have climbed higher, but I doubt it. |
| TruePar 24.05.2006 18:46 |
PS - Looked like Radio Ga Ga peaked at #11, so that's where they probably think #1. Still searching. |
| Deacons 1st Choice 24.05.2006 20:24 |
( reads above post) ( laughs outloud ) ( ponders past experience) Hehe heh....yeah, exactly mate. |
| TruePar 24.05.2006 23:24 |
If anyone cares, here is the Canadian chart positions, researched, compiled and cross-referenced by me!: Killer Queen -- #15 Bohemian Rhapsody 1975 -- #1 (May 8 1976) Bohemian Rhapsody 1992 -- #18 Bohemian Rhapsody (adult contemporary, 1992) -- #36 You’re My Best Friend -- #2 Somebody To Love 1976 -- #5 Somebody To Love /w George Michael 1992 -- #13 Somebody To Love /w George Michael (adult contemporary, 1992) -- #11 Tie Your Mother Down -- #68 It’s Late -- #73 We Are The Champions -- #3 Fat Bottomed Girls -- #17 Crazy Little Thing Called Love -- #1 (March 1 1980) Another One Bites The Dust -- #1 (November 1980) Another One Bites The Dust (wyclef jean, dance charts) -- #22 Play The Game -- #19 Save Me -- #32 Need Your Lovin’ Tonight -- #36 Flash’s Theme -- #19 Under Pressure -- #3 Body Language -- #3 Calling All Girls -- #33 Radio Ga Ga -- #11 I Want To Break Free -- #26 One Vision -- #76 A Kind Of Magic -- #64 I Want It All -- #36 Breakthru -- #80 Headlong -- #25 Too Much Love Will Kill You -- #19 Too Much Love Will Kill You (adult contemporary) -- #25 I Was Born To Love You -- #78 I emailed this info to our dear friend. |
| Oberon 25.05.2006 07:39 |
Surely most countries hold records if their chart positions throughout the years? I could understand some help for obscure countries that might not keep proper records, but surely there must be organisations who would have the definitive information. And as suggested, EMI would be a good place to start? Presumably the resulting product would be released via EMI (in Europe if not everywhere except US) Mr Brooks is a strange individual really. |
| TRS-Romania 25.05.2006 08:03 |
for instance on Casper's site (link he discusses the chart succes of Queen albums and adds the following to it: "Thanks To: Jim Beach, Gerry Stickells, Paul Prenter, Julie Nash, Sara Juszkiewicz, Roseanne Nemes, Melanie Martin, Peter Chant, Neal Levin, Lisa Abrhams, Jacky Gunn, Andy Evans, Rose Mann, Steve Whysall, Peter Jones and Ben's guitar." and also Casper has added his sources for obtaining album chart positions for at: 1 Albumdossier 1969-2002 2 IFPI Germany 3 link 4 IFPI Austria 5 Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) 6 link 7 EMI South Africa So mr Brooks should start with EMI or Queen Productions instead of questioning if Radio Ga Ga was a nr 1 anywhere in the world (am I correct that it is stated in the cd book of Greatest Hits II ? I don't have the CD with me at the moment) ... Probably mr Brooks does not own his own copy to read part of the single chart details from the source itself |
| Jjeroen 25.05.2006 08:28 |
TRS-Romania wrote: Probably mr Brooks does not own his own copy to read part of the single chart details from the source itselfThe guy cannot write - assumably he's not able the read either. |
| Voice of Reason 2018 25.05.2006 10:06 |
And doesn't Hits 2 say that Slightly Mad was a no. 1 in Hong Kong? Forgive me if I'm wrong. The email from Greg is surreal - are we sure it isn't a practical joke? |
| Bobby_brown 25.05.2006 10:21 |
I really think we should try to help. This is probably information for the Box booklet, and if we can help him to make a good job, then i think we should! First of all, there´s no site in the WORLD that has the Portugal charts, but i have that information as accurately as possible (until 1986). To put simply, there are countries that don´t guive a shit about charts because music it´s not very important in economy (at least in the past), so it´s possible that a lot of seventies charts are missing from the latin countries. Your sources could only be magazines, if you´re lucky! In the end we can add acurate information, and try to make this product even better and worth buiyng only for the information itself. If you can´t add any relevant information, then don't mail him, because in the end it´s the Queen product that will suffer from this kind of behaviour. When Queen people ask for help, this is not the attitude to have, and i really don´t care if it´s Greg or Brian asking. Let´s try to have a more positive attitude, because as far as i know he played to you guys at the convention some demos and rare stuff, and if he talks over the songs it´s because he knows his audience and knows that somwhere there is allways someone recording even if he asks the people not to. That´s why the songs are shared later (or not). Take care |
| Mr Faron Hyte 25.05.2006 12:54 |
Bobby_brown has a good attitude and is almost certainly right. Still, its hard to resist the urge to treat Greg Brooks with the same shitty, condescending and unhelpful attitude that he's exhibited toward the Queen fan community. What goes around, comes around. |
| Bobby_brown 25.05.2006 14:50 |
Mr Faron Hyte wrote: Bobby_brown has a good attitude and is almost certainly right. Still, its hard to resist the urge to treat Greg Brooks with the same shitty, condescending and unhelpful attitude that he's exhibited toward the Queen fan community. What goes around, comes around.Yes, but honestly i think this is not the best time for the fans to fight back, because for the first time we are going to have access to some dificult-to-find information. And we can be superior to bad behaviour if instead of fighting back we cooporate. Maybe he learn something too! Take care |
| TRS-Romania 25.05.2006 16:46 |
Mr Faron Hyte wrote: Bobby_brown has a good attitude and is almost certainly right. Still, its hard to resist the urge to treat Greg Brooks with the same shitty, condescending and unhelpful attitude that he's exhibited toward the Queen fan community. What goes around, comes around.exactly "what goes around come around" either Greg Brooks does not have: 1) internet access 2) connections with EMI worldwide (or Queen's other record companies abroad) 3) He is lazy 4) Does somebody really think it's for the "box" set.... no, Greg is prepairing for the "Queen number 1 hits" CD Stefan |
| Queen Archivist 25.05.2006 17:46 |
Hey... TRS-Romania, You are clearly an idiot. But more than that you are a cowardly idiot. I would like to invite you to meet me somewhere, of your choosing, so that you can say whatever you feel is due, to my face. That's fair, isn't it. That's what grown ups do. I am sure that anything you have said about me on this site, you stand by, and would happily say to me in person. Yes? If, on the other hand, you decline my serious invitation, everyone on this site will be aware in no uncertain terms that you are a cowardly little nobody, too frighten to meet me and tell me your grievenaces to my face - like A MAN. Now then... are you man enough, you spineless wonder! I'd like us to have a jolly good.... conversation. Who are you? Where are you? Have you got a back bone and a real identity? You don't see me hiding from you and using a bogus silly identity, do you? You know exactly who I am, so now you should do the same. Stop hiding like a crab under a rock. I might be any number of the things I'm accused of on this site, but I'm not a cowardly shit like you!!!! And you'll STILL be that tomorrow when you wake up, unless you put your courage where your big mouth is!!! I'm looking forward to chatting with you... unless you are 11 years old, which, come to think of it, might be the case. It would explain a lot! GB |
| Queen Archivist 25.05.2006 18:00 |
I just looked at your extraordinarily dull profile Mr TRS-Romania, and I see that you've been a Queen fan since... wait for it... 1991. Queen had made its last album with Freddie by then, Queen had stopped touring 5 whole years earlier, and you had come to Queen an entire 20 years too late. And you obviously never the band EVER, not one single concert! So, I'm thinking that what you know about Queen could be written on both the brain cells you own. And you have the audacity to question me! You are having a laugh! Don't they have irony in your neck of the woods, then? This is classic irony. Could somebody please explain it to him. 1991 indeed... Good grief! You are 11 years old after all. |
| Suigi 25.05.2006 18:18 |
Queen Archivist wrote: I just looked at your extraordinarily dull profile Mr TRS-Romania, and I see that you've been a Queen fan since... wait for it... 1991. Queen had made its last album with Freddie by then, Queen had stopped touring 5 whole years earlier, and you had come to Queen an entire 20 years too late. And you obviously never the band EVER, not one single concert!Greg, please don't give us nascent Queen fans such grief. I've been a Q-Fan since '97, but then again, I did get to see Q+PR in Toronto in March (BEST THREE HOURS OF MY LIFE). And I take back my snarky comment previously. |
| YourValentine 25.05.2006 18:31 |
Dear Queen Archivist, first of all - on this board only fatty has the right to invite other users to a pub brawl. secondly - I heard that fans who are too young to have seen Freddie on a stage are still welcome customers of Queen products, so do not try to alienate a big part of the fan base - it's not in the interest of the people who pay for your work thirdly - last time you appeared on this board you claimed that the users had no sense of humour and did not understand your "jokes" i.e. insults. I am surprised you do not see the humour in this thread :) |
| rocks. 25.05.2006 19:27 |
Queen Archivist wrote: I just looked at your extraordinarily dull profile Mr TRS-Romania, and I see that you've been a Queen fan since... wait for it... 1991.Heyheyhey! Thats not nice to young fans! Who actually werent alive while (original, 4 membered) Queen were going strong!! (AKA me...) Have fun with the box-set. |
| Erin 25.05.2006 20:13 |
YourValentine wrote: secondly - I heard that fans who are too young to have seen Freddie on a stage are still welcome customers of Queen products, so do not try to alienate a big part of the fan base - it's not in the interest of the people who pay for your workI guess since I didn't get into Queen until '91, I'm not a real fan and don't know shit. Damn shame I couldn't have flown over to Europe at age NINE to see Freddie in '86..:-S |
| Mr Faron Hyte 25.05.2006 21:29 |
Queen Archivist wrote: Hey... TRS-Romania, You are clearly an idiot. But more than that you are a cowardly idiot. I would like to invite you to meet me somewhere, of your choosing, so that you can say whatever you feel is due, to my face. That's fair, isn't it. That's what grown ups do. I am sure that anything you have said about me on this site, you stand by, and would happily say to me in person. Yes? If, on the other hand, you decline my serious invitation, everyone on this site will be aware in no uncertain terms that you are a cowardly little nobody, too frighten to meet me and tell me your grievenaces to my face - like A MAN. Now then... are you man enough, you spineless wonder! I'd like us to have a jolly good.... conversation. Who are you? Where are you? Have you got a back bone and a real identity? You don't see me hiding from you and using a bogus silly identity, do you? You know exactly who I am, so now you should do the same. Stop hiding like a crab under a rock. I might be any number of the things I'm accused of on this site, but I'm not a cowardly shit like you!!!! And you'll STILL be that tomorrow when you wake up, unless you put your courage where your big mouth is!!! I'm looking forward to chatting with you... unless you are 11 years old, which, come to think of it, might be the case. It would explain a lot! GBThis is precisely what I'm talking about. This borders on the abusive. What a tacky, tasteless, classless little man, and one obviously in desperate need of anger management therapy. Please go away. |
| rocks. 25.05.2006 21:33 |
Erin wrote:And I could have gone back in time!! :D :DYourValentine wrote: secondly - I heard that fans who are too young to have seen Freddie on a stage are still welcome customers of Queen products, so do not try to alienate a big part of the fan base - it's not in the interest of the people who pay for your workI guess since I didn't get into Queen until '91, I'm not a real fan and don't know shit. Damn shame I couldn't have flown over to Europe at age NINE to see Freddie in '86..:-S |
| Saint Jiub 25.05.2006 21:41 |
Greg Brooks is one piece of work. He is either too lazy or too incompetent to do reasonably accurate research. So, he compensates by asking others to do his work for him ... and then conveniently forgets to give credit where credit is due. His arrogent ways and anti-customer attitude certainly are not helpful either. |
| rocks. 25.05.2006 21:45 |
Hmm...all you people, burning (HAHA) Greg Brooks...you just know your going to be buying that box-set anyway. That said, carry on, its very entertaining for us on-lookers. |
| Queen Archivist 25.05.2006 22:03 |
Some of you people keep harping on and on about me not crediting people when they give me, or us, or my colleagues, help... but if you bothered to read the credits on the last five or six products you will see clearly people like Gary Taylor, Jim Stevenson, Andreas Voigts, Frank Palstra, Jim Jenkins, etc, ARE INDEED credited. Also... in the revised edition of my Queen Live book, there are in excess of 30 Queen fans credited and thanked - and they each received a complimentary book. In the brand new edition, about to be ppressed, there is a FURTHER 12 credits - for people who kindly sent me changes, and pointed out errors. So... It's some of YOU people that don't know what you're talking about. Not me. I'm just trying to do the best job I can, while most of you that pick pointless holes all day and night do NOTHING AT ALL creative. If you think my Queen Live book is crap, fair enough, but go write a better one, do something yourself. Do something other than picking holes in work that you could not and did not do yourself when you had the opportunity. Some of you out there just will not face these plain and unambiguous facts... like... several Queen fans ARE credited. You are 100% WRONG to claim otherwise. These facts are there to see in black and white. go see for yourself. And then have the backbone to come back on line here - those of you that suggested it - and appologise to me. That's reasonable and fair, If you are wrong, be big enough to stand up and say so. But you won't. You know it and I know it. GB |
| Queen Archivist 25.05.2006 22:38 |
Hey there Mr Faron Hyte (I like the name)... Regarding your comments about my own comments, aimed at wots his name TRS-thingy... you say - 'This is precisely what I'm talking about. This borders on the abusive. What a tacky, tasteless, classless little man, and one obviously in desperate need of anger management therapy. Please go away.' But unfortunately, you are quite wrong. My words were not tacky, they were accurate. They were far from tasteless, they were right on the money - anyone can telll that... even TRS. And of course they were rather amusing. I bet you had a little snigger to yourself really, but then felt guilty because this faceless person is a mate of yours. Come on, confess that you saw much truth in my candour, and that it made you smile from ear to ear before you jumped so indignantly to his defense. But, i think you might be right about classless. I don't like to think of myself in any one particular class level. All of that is so quaintly English and 1930's. Class, classless, it's all a thing of the distant past pal! 'Little man'... I am 5' 9", exactly the same as Freddie Mercury. Come on Faron Hyte, admit it, TRS is a bit of plank, to say the very very least. you know I am right really. Stop being so dull. He's a chum of yours, isn't he!!! He is. We can all sense it. GB |
| ibanez122 25.05.2006 22:57 |
Queen Archivist wrote: I just looked at your extraordinarily dull profile Mr TRS-Romania, and I see that you've been a Queen fan since... wait for it... 1991. Queen had made its last album with Freddie by then, Queen had stopped touring 5 whole years earlier, and you had come to Queen an entire 20 years too late. And you obviously never the band EVER, not one single concert! So, I'm thinking that what you know about Queen could be written on both the brain cells you own. And you have the audacity to question me! You are having a laugh! Don't they have irony in your neck of the woods, then? This is classic irony. Could somebody please explain it to him. 1991 indeed... Good grief! You are 11 years old after all.Not to be rude, but dont you understand that there are alot of fans that we're not old enough/not born when queen were still touring? You respons ewas a little out of line and could be implied to alot of fans on here/anywhere. |
| Erin 25.05.2006 23:20 |
ibanez122 wrote: Not to be rude, but dont you understand that there are alot of fans that we're not old enough/not born when queen were still touring? You respons ewas a little out of line and could be implied to alot of fans on here/anywhere.So, I guess if you aren't say..40 or older, you don't have the right to call yourself a fan. I better start selling my Queen stuff on ebay. |
| ibanez122 26.05.2006 00:30 |
Erin wrote:LOL, no kiddin! Thats how he makes it sound. If you wernt a fan in the beginning - you're not one at allibanez122 wrote: Not to be rude, but dont you understand that there are alot of fans that we're not old enough/not born when queen were still touring? You respons ewas a little out of line and could be implied to alot of fans on here/anywhere.So, I guess if you aren't say..40 or older, you don't have the right to call yourself a fan. I better start selling my Queen stuff on ebay. |
| TRS-Romania 26.05.2006 01:01 |
I had not read the responses from Greg Brooks until now. I will be more than happy to send you my phonenumber so we can have a little chat about it (as you have requested) Stefan PS I think if mr May would read your posts he would not be pleased since indirectly you are speaking on their behalf (that's my humble opinion) |
| Hank H. 26.05.2006 05:40 |
YourValentine wrote: Dear Queen Archivist, first of all - on this board only fatty has the right to invite other users to a pub brawl.LMAO. Being busy 14 hours a day sifting emails, Mr Brooks doesn't have the time to take his medication. And these are the results. Isn't Brian against animal testing? |
| Queen Archivist 26.05.2006 06:24 |
To Stepan - aka TRS-Romania. It's very simple. Before I wrote a single word anywhere on this QZ site, yesterday, certain people, including you, had taken it upon themselves, again, to have a personal pop at me. NOT a professional one, but a PERSONAL one. Some people on this site always say personal things about me, instead of addressing JUST the good or bad work I do. Why? I don't know or care. I just know that sometimes I will react to the odd one and see if the anonymous person has a backbone. More often than not, they don't, and they just carry on the slating under the guise of a third party with no proper name. That is always so irritating when people are cowardly, I'm sure that everyone agrees with that whether they admit to it or not. At least I come out and say it. But truth hurts some people! "How dare GB come on here and ask us Queen fans for help." "He is lazy" "How can he have the audacity to..." "I feel sorry for his poor wife and kids" etc etc. Now, i feel if you guys, some of you, have a personal go at me, i am permitted to get irritated if i wish, and have a go back. BUT then you all start saying, "He should be sacked" / "Does Brian May know he talks to people like this? etc" You lot dish out the nasty things, but cannot take it back. By all means say what you like about the work I do, or which I'm too lazy to do, but no one other than a handful of idiots is interested in personal comments which have no relevance at all to Queen or Queen music. Stephan, what I said to you yesterday, about talking to my face, in person, still stands. If you feel that you want to have a personal attack on me, DON'T do it on this site, or email, or over the phone, as you suggested, MEET WITH me and lets talk about your issues like adults. Someone on QZ yesterday said I'm looking for a 'pub brawl'. I'm not. All i ask is that you, and anyone else has the courage of your convictions to say things to my face, please, rather than insult me but hide behind a bogus indentity on this or any other site. You said "I'm not going to reply to GB's comments" yesterday, immediately after what I wrote... but then you went on to post replies about it!!! Make your mind up. It's not a big deal. We have freedom of speech in this country still, and I am allowed to express my opinion, without being sacked. One QZ-er said last night, or this morning, "I'm a company director and if any of my employess wrote what GB did, they'd be sacked." well, wouldn't you hate to work in a place like that - where the directors did not permit open conversation, and sacked anyone who they deemed had spoken out of turn. That attitude is pre-historic. You would not last 5 minutes within Queen like that - if you were scared to express an opinion. We are permitted to express our ideas and Brian or Roger or Jim have never once considered sacking me for my passionate opinion. They are modern thinking people with a healthy outlook. Thank God! Some QZ-ers seem to be living in the 14th century when it comes to people being allowed to speak freely. Fortunately, i work for and with people that keep open minds and endorse the human right of free speech - no matter how many QZ-ers dislike it. Brian May expresses his thoughts on BM.com... do you all rally for HIM to be sacked if he says something unpopular or calls Seal Cullers or selfish restaurant smokers "arse-holes"? No, you just don't like it when i single out certain people and have a go back at them. Come on, move into the 21st century for goodness sake. "Sack him! Sack him! "He spoke out of turn!" "We don't like his tone or his vocabularly." "Burn him!" "Burn him!" "Burn him!" "Burn him!" "It's Queen related herocy!" People like that used to insist people were burnt at the stake... because they held an opini |
| Ian R 26.05.2006 06:44 |
Greg, One question - have you been big enough to apologise to YourValentine for your totally unprovoked and unwarranted attack on her a couple of years ago, on this very forum? It was that sort of behaviour that disgruntled many people around here; the majority of which are reasonable, decent and knowledge. Act with a little humility, and people will start to respect you more. Regards, Ian Regan. |
| stateside fan 26.05.2006 07:10 |
everyone calm down.we are dealing with a person who is a company stooge,not a real archivist.he was hired to do the job of being another in a long line of lackeys of QP.Can you take anyone serious who has listened to "the master tapes" and still says no overdubs on live killers?of course not.He is on par with Jacky and wacky from the fan club-nothing more. |
| deleted user 26.05.2006 07:18 |
Queen had one (sadly) number one hit in Sweden: Radio Ga Ga (10 weeks, 1984) and one Freddie Mercury number one hit: Living On My Own (22 weeks, 1993) So yes, Radio Ga Ga has been a number one hit. |
| Serry... 26.05.2006 09:32 |
Well, since my offer about links wasn't heard... Queen have never reached any chart positions in the USSR charts. Hope it helps and I hope to see my name in the credits! |
| rocks. 26.05.2006 16:19 |
Greg Brooks, if that is actually you (cant blame me, this is the internet, I could give mself an account and pretend to be anybody), why not do like the band members and stay away from the boards? Seems to work wonders for the band...you're just causing yourself unneccesary grief. For somebody working "14 hours a day" for us, you seem to be wasting a whole lot of time on some peoples opinions, who in the great scheme of things, shouldnt mean jack shit to you. |
| S@turn 26.05.2006 16:53 |
Seems some people need to polish their ego in their responses in this topic As far as I can see (to resume the discussion) Stefan opened up something intresting, and Mr Brooks (if it is him) stepped in Stefan gave Mr Brooks (if it is him) the chance to contact him privately, Mr Brooks (if it is him) publicly invited stefan, so I think that it now is time that the two privately come to a deal and then -both- give their reflections here I think it is in the advantage of all queen fans if something constructive comes out of this Personal attacks or so-called funny comments are of course easy, I tend to join that as well, but I guess that the intention of both Stefan and Mr Brooks (if it is him) were not to boost egos here or show what nice language English is I like to see what comes out of this discussion and it is pretty hard to filter the discussion the way it goes now By the way, no matter about our conflicts, I must say Stefan that I like your way of writing and opening up discussions! |
| TRS-Romania 26.05.2006 17:21 |
thanks Saturn for your support. I did not intend to insult mr Brooks, just to mention some issues . And even if he was insulted I outlined that we the fans are paying QP and indirectly Greg Brook's wages. Read my message regarding "misconduct" in the other thread about Greg Brooks. If I am paying Queen Productions money for their products, I am considered as their "client". Anyone subsequently working for them (apart from the respectful owners) should realize that the way of mr Brook's communication skills, it can be said that he has less capabilities of having decent conversation ... But that is just my humble opinion... What I wonder is that some people can understand this, and some don't seem to understand that if Greg is paid by his employer, and his employer makes money because of us (Queen fans) than in a normal business situation (and according to English Labour Law), could be sacked pretty easily... Anyway , read my comments in the "Greg Brooks response" thread, to see my point Stefan |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 26.05.2006 17:33 |
Munchsack <h6>The Paranoid QueenZoner wrote: Bo Rhap was number 1 in the UK (twice). As far as I know, the only others were Under Pressure and Innuendo.And We Will Rock You with 5ive! * runs and hides * :) Cheers, Ogre- |
| rocks. 26.05.2006 17:35 |
Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira wrote:EWWW! 5ive!!! ICK!Munchsack <h6>The Paranoid QueenZoner wrote: Bo Rhap was number 1 in the UK (twice). As far as I know, the only others were Under Pressure and Innuendo.And We Will Rock You with 5ive! * runs and hides * :) Cheers, Ogre- |
| JeroenG 26.05.2006 18:17 |
Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira wrote:Wasn't the Five Live EP number one in the UK too?Munchsack <h6>The Paranoid QueenZoner wrote: Bo Rhap was number 1 in the UK (twice). As far as I know, the only others were Under Pressure and Innuendo.And We Will Rock You with 5ive! * runs and hides * :) Cheers, Ogre- |
| Queen Archivist 27.05.2006 22:31 |
To Ian R, Reference your comment... .................... Act with a little humility, and people will start to respect you more. .................... Do you honestly think, judging from what I have written on this site this past 48-72 hours, that I care a jot if certain people here 'start to respect me' or not? Do you think I worry about that? Given how much work I have, and how many emails I have here to read - about intriguing Queen things such as some Canadian guy having just unearthed rare Queen 8mm concert footage, for example, how much time do you imagine I spend getting upset that Ian R, TRS, Poppy and Co, might not "respect" me very much? Do you think I ponder such things Ian? I think you must do, to have written that. Is it not obvious, still, that I don't? Have you read any of my stuff? I don't blame you if you haven't. You might have a life too, like me. Good on ya, if that's the case. I only care that the nice people who write to me - from this site and others - continue to correspond. I have Queen friends going back 31 years... long long before most QZ-ers were born. I have met up with, and receive email from, many people on this site... whom I know by their first names (which is so much more grown up than bogus names, so that no one knows who they are REALLY talking with, or who the faceless coward is, insulting them). Those people, with whom I enjoy mutual respect, are the people I think anything about - because they have things to say and offer which are useful and interesting. I like spending my time on pro-active things, not negative things or people with small minds, such as SOME of the people on QZ... who have proven just how dull they are. QZ has a disproportionate volume of people looking for someone to have a go at, to insult, rather than doing anything worthy. All sites have them, of course, but QZ has FAR more than the rest. Perhaps if the age limit was 18 or 20 or something, that would make it more appealing to more people. It does get very much like a playground at times... as one of you guys pointed out to me tonight in a private email. "Playground" is exactly right. I couldn't have put it better myself. Don't get arsey... I'm saying that it TOO OFTEN gets that way here. NOT all the time. Don't be so touchy. You know there's a lot of truth in this, you just can't openly say it... for FEAR of your fellow QZ-ers turning oon you. Good grief!!! and hence the private emails to me from some of you. Ian, you suggest that I... 'Act with a little humility, and people will start to respect you more.' BUT many of the idiots on here, as you have seen yourself, do not warrant it. They really don't. You know that yourself, if you're totally honest about it. you can read, you've seen the calibre of cetain QZ-ers. Other QZ-ers actually say and think exactly the same as me, to their fellow QZ-ers, So I'm not alone in this. I meet in excess of 7-800 people over the 3-day QFC conventions in Wales and Holland, and I have some great chats, and laughs, and I have made some brilliant friends. THEY are the people I respect, and whom respect me. So obviously that's where I spend time. I find out things I didn't know before. I can't recall that ever happening here. John Stuart writes some very good stuff on QZ - or he used to anyway... And even he gets slated and insulted by some QZ-ers. Why does he bother? Maybe he doesn't anymore. It's a very strange situation you have here guys! I will come back to this site in a year or so, like last time, and see if anything has changed... i won't hold my breath. It ain't gonna change, let's face it. I have seen how some of YOU treat EACH OTHER, and how you insult each other on here, let alone me. It is all over the place. It's like QZ-ers popping at other QZ-ers, with yet more QZ-ers trying to calm them down. It's like internet site civil war, and inhouse squabbles. So often here there's no respect or humilit |
| ibanez122 27.05.2006 22:34 |
"Many of you don't even attend QFC conventions to hear and see Queen rarities that cannot be seen/heard anywhere else in the world, so just how COMMITTED are you, really??" What an asshole. I love Queen just as much as ther next person on here, but im not gonna spend 500+ dollars buying a planeticket to go to a convention overseas. You cant use bullshit reasoning like that. |
| Queen Archivist 27.05.2006 22:48 |
Ian R... i forgot to say... Greg, One question - have you been big enough to apologise to YourValentine for your totally unprovoked and unwarranted attack on her a couple of years ago, on this very forum? NO. It was that sort of behaviour that disgruntled many people around here; the majority of which are reasonable, decent and knowledge. OH NO! WAS IT. REALLY? SAY IT ISN'T SO! I think you meant knowledgeABLE, by the way, but I got your gist Ian my old mucker (as they say in London taaaan). Disgruntled is a very good word. I like it. Good night and god bless you all, and other such pleasantries. May each of you sleep like little kittens... snug as bugs in lovely fluffy rugs, and all that jazz. Speshly you wee youngens on QZ. You see, I'm a really diamond bloke underneath my sarcasm. You would ALL love me if you got to know me. You'd want to sit with me and have wonderful times. You'd find that I'm an extremely and monumentally decent and extraordinarilly funny chap and you'd want to buy me lovely things. You would! Now then... i must away now until 2007. Have fabulous chats QueenZoners, and may all your threads be... errr.... very interesting indeed. Respect to every last one of you... especially Poppy, because I suspect she's really quite a nice person underneath her hate and detesting of me. She didn't mean that you know. I caught her at a bad time. Maybe I will be SACKED by this time next year, and I can come on QZ and be one of you... one of the boys. We can all attack the next Archivist together, aye! Would you like that? Bye for now GB xxxxxxxxxxxx |
| John S Stuart 27.05.2006 22:56 |
Queen Archivist Posted: 5/27/2006 10:48:06 PM :Ian R... i forgot to say... John S Stuart Posted: 5/27/2006 10:56:13 PM Dam: Missed you by 8 minutes. You MUST have seen my thread too. How about answering my reply Greg? |
| Queen Archivist 27.05.2006 23:14 |
To John Stuart.. .......................... John S Stuart Posted: 5/27/2006 10:56:13 PM Dam: Missed you by 8 minutes. You MUST have seen my thread too. How about answering my reply Greg? .......................... What was that JSS? What do you want me to answer? GB |
| Lester Burnham 27.05.2006 23:16 |
Greg, you ignorant little fuck, Poppy was not the one who said she detested you - it was radio_what's_new. How many times does it need to be pointed out to you before it seeps through your skull and finally clicks? |
| M a t i a s M a y 27.05.2006 23:21 |
Greg Brooks ate my balls |
| M a t i a s M a y 28.05.2006 01:05 |
Alex Solan wrote:yeah, he wanted to suck my cock, but I did not let him.<font color=red><b><i>M a t i a s M a y wrote: Greg Brooks ate my ballsDid he ask for more? |
| The Real Wizard 28.05.2006 03:18 |
Brian May must be aware of Greg's behaviour by now. I seriously wonder what he thinks about Queen's archivist publically behaving like this. Little of what Greg has said here in the last few days has been even remotely rational. I therefore question his level of mental sanity and anger if these are genuine emotions of his being shown here. And in the off chance that it's someone inpersonating Greg, then let me be the first to say bravo. I ask you the question I posed above. |
| M a t i a s M a y 28.05.2006 03:30 |
Brian will slap Greg's anus |
| TRS-Romania 28.05.2006 05:50 |
Matias, ... I might have said some negative things about greg (one of them was that he was "lazy") ... but let's not use the same words and expression that mr Brooks is using, since that gives him a point that we are "lost for decent words" as well ... Just my humble opinion Stefan |
| Freya is quietly judging you. 28.05.2006 08:22 |
Queen Archivist wrote: especially Poppy, because I suspect she's really quite a nice person underneath her hate and detesting of me. She didn't mean that you know. I caught her at a bad time.*Edit* I'm actually not going to bother.. |
| Pim Derks 28.05.2006 09:08 |
"Many of you don't even attend QFC conventions to hear and see Queen rarities that cannot be seen/heard anywhere else in the world, so just how COMMITTED are you, really??" I've been to the DQFC convention for the last couple of years. Last year I saw you looking extremely bored and uninterested, having no idea what the tracklist of the cd you brough with you was (and thus allowing the audience to hear the soundguy actually skipping through numbers because you didn't have a clue which track came next). As has been said before - you only read what you want to read. Constructive replies by TRS, JSS, P_G and many others you don't (want to) read. |
| Saint Jiub 28.05.2006 10:54 |
Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote: Brian May must be aware of Greg's behaviour by now. I seriously wonder what he thinks about Queen's archivist publically behaving like this. Little of what Greg has said here in the last few days has been even remotely rational. I therefore question his level of mental sanity and anger if these are genuine emotions of his being shown here. And in the off chance that it's someone inpersonating Greg, then let me be the first to say bravo. I ask you the question I posed above.Brian probably agrees with GB as he too has attacked fans. I recall Brian ripping Michael Allred for created a poll concerning the aspect ratio of Queen videos. Brian also threatened Dark with litigation for making a midi. Brian labelling all fans as leeches. There is probably more, but I cannot recall it ... |
| TRS-Romania 28.05.2006 15:40 |
my point is still: WE (as fans) are paying the money to the creators (legally being Queen Productions and other subsidaries). Therefore anybody employed or hired or connected to QP should be very careful with responding in public with the terms that have been used in the past few days by mostly mr GB) My point stays, but mr GB has not responded to this for the moment! |
| Serry... 29.05.2006 10:22 |
Rip Van Winkle wrote: There is probably more, but I cannot recall it ...About parasites... |
| Saint Jiub 29.05.2006 12:00 |
oops my faulty memory -- it was parasites, nott leeches. oh well same idea. |
| PieterMC 29.05.2006 13:17 |
Queen Archivist wrote: You will cite all kinds of excuses - SOME of you, NOT ALL, about why you don't or cannot get to conventions. If you really loved Queen music you'd go all out to hear and see those wonderful rarities. NO excuses. Nothing would stand in your way.Many people simply don't have the money to attend the conventions. I know I don't. Thats not an excuse. It's just a fact. I cannot afford to fly 3000 miles to listen to some rare tracks overdubbed with "Property of Queen Productions" every 15 seconds. That would simply be crazy. To suggest that somebody who does not attend the conventions does not really love Queen music is simply absurd. |
| TRS-Romania 29.05.2006 16:52 |
PieterMC , ... you are completely right! |
| breakthru1989 29.05.2006 18:07 |
radio ga ga went NR.1 IN 19 different coyuntry’s. somebody to love in holland. 3 weeks at nr1 and total 13 weeks in the TOP 40 of 1976 and right into 1977 |
| The Real Wizard 30.05.2006 01:58 |
Serry... wrote:As I did back in 2003, I completely stand up for Brian with this comment. Within days of the first 46664 concert for AIDS, the songs from the concert were posted online for free download. Brian was incredibly upset. Look at it from his perspective:Rip Van Winkle wrote: There is probably more, but I cannot recall it ...About parasites... This concert was meant to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS, something which Brian has devoted much of his life to since 1991. The songs were officially available to download, for a price, and people were sharing the songs for free. That is why he called the file-sharers "parasites". Until you lose your best friend to AIDS and spend over ten years of your life (and a large percentage of your money) on AIDS awareness, then you really can't understand how deeply this hurt Brian. And neither will I. But I can sure as hell sympathize. |
| YourValentine 30.05.2006 04:01 |
But the disagreement was not about the 46664 concert which was on TV, btw. The disagreement was about the studio versions of "The Call" and "Invincible Hope" which were broadcasted by Capital Radio over the internet. These two tracks were never available for download via the 46664 website. You can be sure that not many fans would have endorsed the sharing of the 46664 downloads - it was about the studio tracks. |
| The Real Wizard 31.05.2006 00:01 |
YourValentine wrote: But the disagreement was not about the 46664 concert which was on TV, btw. The disagreement was about the studio versions of "The Call" and "Invincible Hope" which were broadcasted by Capital Radio over the internet. These two tracks were never available for download via the 46664 website. You can be sure that not many fans would have endorsed the sharing of the 46664 downloads - it was about the studio tracks.Ohhhhhhh, right! I remember that now. But there always was a plan to offically release the tracks, so then I guess that's why Brian was upset about the tracks being shared for free, even in poor quality. |
| Mr Faron Hyte 31.05.2006 10:08 |
A plan which has still to be executed, three years and counting ... |
| Fenderek 08.06.2006 11:51 |
One positive thing. He learned how top use caps lock in the alst 2-3 years! |