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- Me_Wise_Magic
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Re: Brian May Calls Out Singing Competitions/Reality Shows
He makes a strong case! 
- metallex78
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Re: Brian May Calls Out Singing Competitions/Reality Shows
Yeah, I saw that. Brian May joins Dave Grohl in the anti-reality singing show thing.
I think they're all a load of shit too.
- Son of a Gun
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Re: Brian May Calls Out Singing Competitions/Reality Shows
I have utmost respect to Brian but his case sounds bit hypocritical to me if he hates these lame ass singing competitions so much, then why did he hire that American Idol fag to " replace " Freddie.
Re: Brian May Calls Out Singing Competitions/Reality Shows
I have utmost respect to Brian but his case sounds bit hypocritical to me if he hates these lame ass singing competions so much, then why did he hire that American Idol fag to " replace " Freddie.
Not sure we have to use that term, but I agree with your overall point. Also, didn't Brian May appear on American Idol last year? Seems hypocritical. Like when Slash spoke ill of the show yet he guest mentored on it. You can't have it both ways.
Re: Brian May Calls Out Singing Competitions/Reality Shows
Son of a Gun wrote:I have utmost respect to Brian but his case sounds bit hypocritical to me if he hates these lame ass singing competions so much, then why did he hire that American Idol fag to " replace " Freddie.
Not sure we have to use that term, but I agree with your overall point. Also, didn't Brian May appear on American Idol last year? Seems hypocritical. Like when Slash spoke ill of the show yet he guest mentored on it. You can't have it both ways.
Seems unfair. As a gay man he should be allowed to refer to himself whatever way he likes.
I think they picked Lambert for his vocal chops so fair enough.
Re: Brian May Calls Out Singing Competitions/Reality Shows
As a gay man he should be allowed to refer to himself whatever way he likes.
I'd say that's anyone's personal right, to refer to themselves as they please. What if, for example, a homosexual person would refer to all the straights as 'queer' as they dubiously copulate with the opposing sex, whereas the person himself is the epitome of straight in his own existence? Wouldn't the rest of us seem more or less deviant to him?
A Canadian in a room full of Americans can be viewed as 'not-American' by others, but to himself, he still comes out as 'Canadian' more than 'not-American'. There's two sides in everything.
- elevendayempire
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Re: Brian May Calls Out Singing Competitions/Reality Shows
I saw Lambert singing with Queen last year – he was fucking phenomenal. One of the best gigs I've ever been to.
And yeah, I think that slating music audition shows makes May a hypocrite – given that Lambert got his big break from one of those very shows. As others have pointed out, they're now part of the culture to the extent that they're just another way for talented people to get their big break. And if he thinks that the music industry wasn't manipulative and exploitative before the advent of those shows, he really needs to take off those rose-tinted glasses.
Re: Brian May Calls Out Singing Competitions/Reality Shows
Riad wrote:As a gay man he should be allowed to refer to himself whatever way he likes.
I'd say that's anyone's personal right, to refer to themselves as they please. What if, for example, a homosexual person would refer to all the straights as 'queer' as they dubiously copulate with the opposing sex, whereas the person himself is the epitome of straight in his own existence? Wouldn't the rest of us seem more or less deviant to him?
A Canadian in a room full of Americans can be viewed as 'not-American' by others, but to himself, he still comes out as 'Canadian' more than 'not-American'. There's two sides in everything.
Up to a point. Someone can call themselves whatever they like. That doesn't mean everyone else has to accept it or play along.
I saw Lambert singing with Queen last year – he was fucking phenomenal. One of the best gigs I've ever been to.
And yeah, I think that slating music audition shows makes May a hypocrite – given that Lambert got his big break from one of those very shows. As others have pointed out, they're now part of the culture to the extent that they're just another way for talented people to get their big break. And if he thinks that the music industry wasn't manipulative and exploitative before the advent of those shows, he really needs to take off those rose-tinted glasses.
Yeah I agree on both counts actually. He can be a bit of a hippy at times, can't he?
Re: Brian May Calls Out Singing Competitions/Reality Shows
As a diehard Queen fan, I completely agree that in this case Brian has become a hypocrite. Queen used the shit out of Idol when they were riding high for exposure and to make money.
Now that they are clownish and in a long overdue decline, suddenly he changes his tune. Slash did the same thing.
