Queen Archivist 02.06.2006 21:27 |
GREG BROOKS - QUEEN ARCHIVIST (the real GB, before someone again, rather tediously, says "if it IS really you Greg." Yes, it honestly is. I just wrote another diatribe as a reply to John Stuart's PERSONAL APPEAL to me... and at the end of it I made my own genuine challenge to you all. I would like to reiterate that part of the thread here. Sorry for the CAPITAL letters... it made it easier to read in that particular thread. Here goes. Here is my challenge. ....I'M WORKING IN PRIVATE WITH HUGELY KNOWLEDGABLE FANS/EXPERTS LIKE FRANK PALSTRA, GARY TAYLOR, JIM JENKINS, PAUL BIRD, ANDREAS VOIGTS, RINUS WALSTIJN, ERNST. ETC. SERIOUSLY... I'M ALRIGHT JACK! I'M GETTING THE JOB DONE, WITH FRIENDS FROM THE QUEEN COMMUNITY, AS YOU'LL SEE WHEN 'QUEEN SINGLES' EMERGES... AND, MIRACULOUSLY, THAT WAS DONE WITH NO QZ HELP!!!! IF QZ EXPERTS WANT TO APPROACH ME PRIVATELY - INCLUDING YOU JSS, THEN FINE. IF I DEAL DIRECT WITH PEOPLE (IN FACT I DO KNOW A FEW QZ-ERS PRIVATELY) I GET THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS, WITH NO NASTINESS AND JUVENILE SILLINESS FROM CERTAIN 'PERSONS'. IT'S LIKE A FILTER PROCESS. TRULY, I GET WHAT I NEED PRIVATELY FROM PEOPLE I KNOW WELL AND TRUST. SEVERAL QZ-ERS CONTACT ME ON THE QUIET, AND WE COMMUNICATE. I HONESTLY FEEL THAT I HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE GREATEST AND MOST ACKNOWLEDGED AUTHORITIES ON QUEEN THAT EXIST ON THIS PLANET. I have 70-80 experts in my Queen email address book. IF ANY OF YOU KNOW OTHERWISE THEN CERTAINLY TELL ME, BECAUSE I WILL PERSONALLY CALL UP THAT PERSON/S AND SEE IF WE ARE MISSING OUT... GENUINELY. THAT IS MY 'APPEAL' TO QZ. John Stuart stated - Who knows, even you may be surprised by the depth of talent which lurks between these anonymous pages. WELL... WE WILL SOON SEE, WON'T WE. COME ON, TRUE EXPERTS THAT REALLY HAVE A GOOD DETAILED KNOWLEDGE, MAKE YOURSELVES KNOWN. I AM ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS HAPPY TO FIND TRUE EXPERTS AND CREATIVE THINKERS TO MAKE QUEEN PRODUCT EVEN BETTER. ARE YOU? I WILL REPORT BACK IN A MONTH, OR LESS, AND TELL YOU JOHN IF YOU ARE CORRECT ABOUT YOUR FELLOW QZ-ERS. LET US SEE IF, AMONG ALL THOSE WHO WILL REPLY TO THIS WITH VENOM AND RESENTMENT, THERE ARE ANY REAL AUTHORITIES ON ASPECTS OF QUEEN THAT WE HAVE OVERLOOKED. BEST REGARDS GB |
ok.computer 02.06.2006 21:37 |
May I be the first to reply to this and say...without venom, or malice...would you PLEASE get back to your work and hurry up with those box sets... Honestly... |
rocks. 02.06.2006 21:52 |
And how exactly do you expect us to "make ourselves known" e-mail you with a report on little known Queen facts or something? I dunno. Im not trying to come off as rude, just asking... Anyhoo...And as for the "if this is really GB" comments, can you blame us, this IS the internet for christs sake. |
john bodega 03.06.2006 00:00 |
1). Your caps is broken Greg. 2). You're a little bitch if you let QZ get to you so badly. I can't believe you honestly! You're probably the most unprofessional sod that Queen has ever been associated if you can't just bite your tongue and think 'well Queenzone is a sorry waste of time'. Grow the fuck up! |
DeeEmm 03.06.2006 01:29 |
Greg. stfu. Thanks. |
Saint Jiub 03.06.2006 01:54 |
The only reason GB has posted again is because he was no longer the center of attention of Queenzone. I think GB greatly enjoys the insults on Queenzone as it lets him appear like he is some sort of martyr |
Winter Land Man 03.06.2006 02:25 |
Queen Archivist wrote: GREG BROOKS - QUEEN ARCHIVIST (the real GB, before someone again, rather tediously, says "if it IS really you Greg." Yes, it honestly is. I just wrote another diatribe as a reply to John Stuart's PERSONAL APPEAL to me... and at the end of it I made my own genuine challenge to you all. I would like to reiterate that part of the thread here. Sorry for the CAPITAL letters... it made it easier to read in that particular thread. Here goes. Here is my challenge. ....I'M WORKING IN PRIVATE WITH HUGELY KNOWLEDGABLE FANS/EXPERTS LIKE FRANK PALSTRA, GARY TAYLOR, JIM JENKINS, PAUL BIRD, ANDREAS VOIGTS, RINUS WALSTIJN, ERNST. ETC. SERIOUSLY... I'M ALRIGHT JACK! I'M GETTING THE JOB DONE, WITH FRIENDS FROM THE QUEEN COMMUNITY, AS YOU'LL SEE WHEN 'QUEEN SINGLES' EMERGES... AND, MIRACULOUSLY, THAT WAS DONE WITH NO QZ HELP!!!! IF QZ EXPERTS WANT TO APPROACH ME PRIVATELY - INCLUDING YOU JSS, THEN FINE. IF I DEAL DIRECT WITH PEOPLE (IN FACT I DO KNOW A FEW QZ-ERS PRIVATELY) I GET THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS, WITH NO NASTINESS AND JUVENILE SILLINESS FROM CERTAIN 'PERSONS'. IT'S LIKE A FILTER PROCESS. TRULY, I GET WHAT I NEED PRIVATELY FROM PEOPLE I KNOW WELL AND TRUST. SEVERAL QZ-ERS CONTACT ME ON THE QUIET, AND WE COMMUNICATE. I HONESTLY FEEL THAT I HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE GREATEST AND MOST ACKNOWLEDGED AUTHORITIES ON QUEEN THAT EXIST ON THIS PLANET. I have 70-80 experts in my Queen email address book. IF ANY OF YOU KNOW OTHERWISE THEN CERTAINLY TELL ME, BECAUSE I WILL PERSONALLY CALL UP THAT PERSON/S AND SEE IF WE ARE MISSING OUT... GENUINELY. THAT IS MY 'APPEAL' TO QZ. John Stuart stated - Who knows, even you may be surprised by the depth of talent which lurks between these anonymous pages. WELL... WE WILL SOON SEE, WON'T WE. COME ON, TRUE EXPERTS THAT REALLY HAVE A GOOD DETAILED KNOWLEDGE, MAKE YOURSELVES KNOWN. I AM ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS HAPPY TO FIND TRUE EXPERTS AND CREATIVE THINKERS TO MAKE QUEEN PRODUCT EVEN BETTER. ARE YOU? I WILL REPORT BACK IN A MONTH, OR LESS, AND TELL YOU JOHN IF YOU ARE CORRECT ABOUT YOUR FELLOW QZ-ERS. LET US SEE IF, AMONG ALL THOSE WHO WILL REPLY TO THIS WITH VENOM AND RESENTMENT, THERE ARE ANY REAL AUTHORITIES ON ASPECTS OF QUEEN THAT WE HAVE OVERLOOKED. BEST REGARDS GBHas Birney helped you out lately? I don't mind if you come here Greg, I know who you are. But if you keep making tons of posts, Freddie is gonna have to take his belt off on you, and you better hope he isn't wearing two of them like in 'I Want To Break Free' |
bitesthedust 03.06.2006 05:38 |
Just a suggestion for Mr Brooks....have you tried visiting Wikipedia for #1 single information? I don't know how reliable it is - but I'd imagine you're looking for hits outside of the United Kingdom & United States of America, yes? From Wikipedia : Number one singles Year Single Countries 1975 Bohemian Rhapsody #1: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, UK (3x platinum) 1976 Somebody to Love #1: Netherlands 1977 We Are the Champions / We Will Rock You #1: France 1979 Love of My Life (live) #1: Argentina 1979 Crazy Little Thing Called Love #1: Australia, Canada, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, US (platinum) 1980 Another One Bites the Dust #1: Argentina, Canada, Guatemala, Spain, US (sold over 4.5 million copies; 4x platinum). (Queen's best selling single ever) 1980 Flash #1: Austria 1981 Under Pressure (with David Bowie) #1: Argentina, Canada, Netherlands, UK (silver) 1982 Las Palabras de Amor #1: Poland 1984 Radio Ga Ga #1: Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden 1984 I Want to Break Free #1: Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, South Africa 1991 Innuendo #1: UK (gold) 1991 Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are the Days of Our Lives #1: Ireland, UK (platinum) 1993 Five Live (EP with George Michael and Lisa Stansfield) #1: Ireland, Spain, UK 1995 Heaven for Everyone #1: Argentina, Poland 2000 We Will Rock You (with 5ive) #1: UK link I posted this here, Greg....perhaps you should look around a bit more. |
The Fairy King 03.06.2006 07:27 |
i contributed to that page! xD I rule. |
Sebastian 03.06.2006 08:23 |
I might be an expert (although I've got so much to learn) in some Queen fields, but I'd rather die than work on a QP product. |
rocks. 03.06.2006 08:42 |
Sebastian wrote: I might be an expert (although I've got so much to learn) in some Queen fields, but I'd rather die than work on a QP product.BURN!! Ok, GB, you said you'd check back in a month or so, may I ask why? People, aka people who are telling you to leave, calling you a bitch, telling you to grow the fuck up, to shut the fuck up, etc..obviously dont want you to, and the people who do can e-mail you... |
Freya is quietly judging you. 03.06.2006 08:50 |
May I just point out, as much as I 'detest' Greg Brooks (which I don't, but he thinks I do) You lot are being bloody useless. By posting these replies you're proving him right - we are a bunch of useless wankers, or whatever he's calling us. |
bitesthedust 03.06.2006 08:57 |
Well, he claims to return. So he can then read my earlier reply, can't he? |
radio_what's_new 03.06.2006 10:48 |
Queen Archivist wrote: GREG BROOKS - QUEEN ARCHIVIST (the real GB, before someone again, rather tediously, says "if it IS really you Greg." Yes, it honestly is. I just wrote another diatribe as a reply to John Stuart's PERSONAL APPEAL to me... and at the end of it I made my own genuine challenge to you all. I would like to reiterate that part of the thread here. Sorry for the CAPITAL letters... it made it easier to read in that particular thread. Here goes. Here is my challenge. ....I'M WORKING IN PRIVATE WITH HUGELY KNOWLEDGABLE FANS/EXPERTS LIKE FRANK PALSTRA, GARY TAYLOR, JIM JENKINS, PAUL BIRD, ANDREAS VOIGTS, RINUS WALSTIJN, ERNST. ETC. SERIOUSLY... I'M ALRIGHT JACK! I'M GETTING THE JOB DONE, WITH FRIENDS FROM THE QUEEN COMMUNITY, AS YOU'LL SEE WHEN 'QUEEN SINGLES' EMERGES... AND, MIRACULOUSLY, THAT WAS DONE WITH NO QZ HELP!!!! IF QZ EXPERTS WANT TO APPROACH ME PRIVATELY - INCLUDING YOU JSS, THEN FINE. IF I DEAL DIRECT WITH PEOPLE (IN FACT I DO KNOW A FEW QZ-ERS PRIVATELY) I GET THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS, WITH NO NASTINESS AND JUVENILE SILLINESS FROM CERTAIN 'PERSONS'. IT'S LIKE A FILTER PROCESS. TRULY, I GET WHAT I NEED PRIVATELY FROM PEOPLE I KNOW WELL AND TRUST. SEVERAL QZ-ERS CONTACT ME ON THE QUIET, AND WE COMMUNICATE. I HONESTLY FEEL THAT I HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE GREATEST AND MOST ACKNOWLEDGED AUTHORITIES ON QUEEN THAT EXIST ON THIS PLANET. I have 70-80 experts in my Queen email address book. IF ANY OF YOU KNOW OTHERWISE THEN CERTAINLY TELL ME, BECAUSE I WILL PERSONALLY CALL UP THAT PERSON/S AND SEE IF WE ARE MISSING OUT... GENUINELY. THAT IS MY 'APPEAL' TO QZ. John Stuart stated - Who knows, even you may be surprised by the depth of talent which lurks between these anonymous pages. WELL... WE WILL SOON SEE, WON'T WE. COME ON, TRUE EXPERTS THAT REALLY HAVE A GOOD DETAILED KNOWLEDGE, MAKE YOURSELVES KNOWN. I AM ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS HAPPY TO FIND TRUE EXPERTS AND CREATIVE THINKERS TO MAKE QUEEN PRODUCT EVEN BETTER. ARE YOU? I WILL REPORT BACK IN A MONTH, OR LESS, AND TELL YOU JOHN IF YOU ARE CORRECT ABOUT YOUR FELLOW QZ-ERS. LET US SEE IF, AMONG ALL THOSE WHO WILL REPLY TO THIS WITH VENOM AND RESENTMENT, THERE ARE ANY REAL AUTHORITIES ON ASPECTS OF QUEEN THAT WE HAVE OVERLOOKED. BEST REGARDS GBPeople of Queenzone... this is a totall normal and good message from Greg Brooks...Why don't we do what he asks? Thanks Greg for your post, I really mean it |
Rick 03.06.2006 11:17 |
I can help regarding Queen recordings, audio/video. I may have some interesting information :-). |
pma 03.06.2006 12:10 |
WHY DOES THIS ALL REMIND ME OF ONE AUDIOGALAXY TROLL! YOU FILTHY CUMGUZZLING LADYBOY! Seriously, the similarities are there. |
kdj2hot 03.06.2006 12:32 |
I don't think that guy is Greg Brooks. You're all being hoodwinked, bamboozled and played for a fool. I don't see why GB is so vilianized, he organized the Queen tapes and probably saved some real gems from being ravaged by time. As long as no relics are destroyed under his watch who are you to question his work. |
brENsKi 03.06.2006 12:47 |
<font color=lime>KillerKing840 wrote: If people have nothing useful to say, what's the point in replying? Give GB a break, for fuck's sake. He's "challenging" the so-called "experts". If you think you're an expert and you're interested, contact him. If not, then why can't you just click on the little "X" on the corner of your screen?i think people won't "leave him alone" because he started the insults. most of the "experts" in QZ are more than willing to help. the vast majority of these are very nice people. however, like most nice people - we are all ok until riled. GB has flounced in here (on many occasions - some several months ago) and been (at best) impolite with those he's asking help from. 1. he's working for QP (contracted) and therefore is portraying Queen in a very poor professional light 2. what the f*** are Queen upto? employing somebody in an expert capacity who doesn't know how to find information that most could find easily by using google? 3. who does the think he is? some of the people he has insulted/attacked are genuine people who have done nothing to deserve this. these people have always been a source of help and information to all at QZ in the past. Let's face a fact or two here - if you write a book and make a mistake or two - that's forgiveable. But to make at least one mistake every two pages - in a work of non-fiction is just plain ignorant. His apparent laziness has meant that many new queen fans have bought his book (at £8) and are now assuming everything they read in there is accurate - very sad. He's also refuted comments about certain obvious erros in his book. Finally, when he has shot every last insulting bolt he can, he then has the temerity to "challenge the experts"...this is plain bizarre...is this so HE can claim the credit for his next project actually being accurate, while spitting in the face of the people he so clearly despises? |
Suigi 03.06.2006 13:56 |
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Penetration_Guru 03.06.2006 15:56 |
<font color=0099FF>Poppy wrote: May I just point out, as much as I 'detest' Greg Brooks (which I don't, but he thinks I do) You lot are being bloody useless. By posting these replies you're proving him right - we are a bunch of useless wankers, or whatever he's calling us.Hear hear. Which he knew would happen. We're a self-fulfilling prophecy, a cliche and we're too stupid to see it. |
ANAGRAMER 03.06.2006 15:57 |
Greg, there's no need to SHOUT People don't want to read endless caps mate Compose yourself! |
Asterik 03.06.2006 16:03 |
I'm sorry but this is a disgrace. Here we have Greg Brooks, contracted by Queen productions who has to go on a website and ask fans for information on single positions because he hasn't a clue, I have only just entered this and I can barely believe what I am reading. It is an utter farce and sums up the whole shambles that is Queen productions. I am sick of endless, pointless compilations, I am sick of waiting for Greatest Hits 3 even if fred will look ill on most of it, I am sick of waiting for an early concert, I am sick of reveiving rip-offs like A Night At The Opera 30th Anniversary when Springsteen fans got a whole concert for Born To Run. And now this lack of professionlaism. It;s unbelievable. Sort it out! |
Asterik 03.06.2006 16:17 |
And what is it for anyway? Another pointless singles collection. |
marcio17@queenzone.com 03.06.2006 18:35 |
Well, Here in Perú, Bohemian Rhapsody went number 1, around 2002 in Radio Zeta Rock & Pop(which is the best Rock and Pop oriented one, as its name suggests). As the one who ahd more airplay over the years. But it was like some radio from Holland, only the seventies´ music could have an entry. (The fact is that we do not have a country wide or unified chart, so the most prestigious music critical elements do their charts). I hope this is worthy for you. IT´s difficult to have a selling chart here, because people mostly buy pirate cd´s or bootlegs(not me). |
The Real Wizard 03.06.2006 21:57 |
Considering the standards for tact and respect Greg has set for himself here, this seems to be as genuine and friendly an appeal he'll ever offer to the people of QZ. I must admit, I'm curious to see what will happen with this one. For those of us who don't have Greg's email address, how shall they contact him privately as he suggests? Unless we know this, his inbox is going to be pretty bare. I'm not sure how he'd feel if someone else posted his email address here. |
Deacons 1st Choice 03.06.2006 22:04 |
You don't have to... It's now up on QOL...in a sticky no less! |
Xcess 04.06.2006 19:11 |
Queen Archivist wrote: COME ON, TRUE EXPERTS THAT REALLY HAVE A GOOD DETAILED KNOWLEDGE, MAKE YOURSELVES KNOWN.I don't believe this. I come back here after almost a year, and THIS is the first thing I see!? Shit... you people got it all wrong. Being a true QUEEN fan is not about the level of "detailed knowledge" that we have, but instead it's about the level of understanding in our minds and love in our hearts that we have for QUEEN. |
That guy who digs energy domes 04.06.2006 22:57 |
Mr Brooks, Id like to help, my email is in my profile. |
Smitty 05.06.2006 21:55 |
Mr. Brooks. I have some info. Queen ALWAYS played Keep Yourself Alive BEFORE Liar. Bumblebee Tuna! |
Togg 06.06.2006 04:31 |
I am afraid I can't really call myself an expert, but I guess over the years I have built up a pretty sound knowledge of Queens work, particularly about recording and instruments used etc. However, dates and chart positions is not really an area that interests me. As you don't seem to have a submitted your email address I suggest you post anything you are unclear on or need help with and see what flok know about it. Other than that I don't see how people here can help you. |
TRS-Romania 30.09.2006 17:36 |
Greg Brooks has a problem which is: Dissocial-Narcistic-Paranoid- Antisocial Personality Disorder Personality disorder, usually coming to attention because of a gross disparity between behaviour and the prevailing social norms, and characterized by - very low tolerance to frustration and a low threshold for discharge of aggression - callous unconcern for the feelings of others - gross and persistent attitude of irresponsi- bility and disregard for social norms, rules and obligations - persistently bears grudges, i.e., is unforgiving of insults, injuries, or slights - perceives attacks on his or her character and is quick to react angrily or to counterattack - displays rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions - shows self-dramatization, theatricality, and exaggerated _expression of emotion - shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes - markedly dysharmonious attitudes and behaviour, involving usually several areas of functioning, e.g. affectivity, arousal, impulse control, ways of perceiving and thinking, and style of relating to others |