Brian May Goes Mental
February 6th 2007 16:46
You may have already seen this at Drowned in Sound, but if not you're in for a treat. Maybe a chuckle. Maybe get some tea and a bourbon first. A writer for the completely perfect DiS, Gareth Dobson, has come under personal fire from Mr. Brian May with regards to his review of Mika's debut album. Review is here, Brian May's malarkey is here, and this is what Mr. May had to say:
"Good God ! Another nasty piece of work in Drowned In Sound. What is it about journalism which attracts the filthiest scum of the Earth ? What decent person could write something so despicably and nonsensically insulting as calling someone a 'diseased Leo Sayer"? I don't even want to get into the rest of this manifestly stupid article. This young guy Mika is just starting out, and has, by his own talent and hard work, already caused a splash. Why do these pitiful writers feel the need to try to vilify him, and bring him down? By all means criticise the music, if you really think you know better than he does. But these personal insults tell us nothing about anyone, except the diseased, jealous brain of the writer. I wonder what YOU look like, Gareth Dobson, you fabulous intellectual giant, you. You'd better be good looking, writing garbage like this. Even if you were, you would still be worthy of nothing but our contempt. Take my advice. Get a proper job. Make something of your own that gives pleasure to people; have the courage to put YOUR creativity on the line - and see what treatment YOU get from the 'critics' of the world. Meanwhile ... shame on you.
Cheers
Brian"
"The filthiest scum of the Earth", eh Brian? It's not nice to hurl insults around, now is it? Two wrongs don't make a right and all that... And what a polite finish! Cheers to you, Brian!
"Good God ! Another nasty piece of work in Drowned In Sound. What is it about journalism which attracts the filthiest scum of the Earth ? What decent person could write something so despicably and nonsensically insulting as calling someone a 'diseased Leo Sayer"? I don't even want to get into the rest of this manifestly stupid article. This young guy Mika is just starting out, and has, by his own talent and hard work, already caused a splash. Why do these pitiful writers feel the need to try to vilify him, and bring him down? By all means criticise the music, if you really think you know better than he does. But these personal insults tell us nothing about anyone, except the diseased, jealous brain of the writer. I wonder what YOU look like, Gareth Dobson, you fabulous intellectual giant, you. You'd better be good looking, writing garbage like this. Even if you were, you would still be worthy of nothing but our contempt. Take my advice. Get a proper job. Make something of your own that gives pleasure to people; have the courage to put YOUR creativity on the line - and see what treatment YOU get from the 'critics' of the world. Meanwhile ... shame on you.
Cheers
Brian"
"The filthiest scum of the Earth", eh Brian? It's not nice to hurl insults around, now is it? Two wrongs don't make a right and all that... And what a polite finish! Cheers to you, Brian!
Mmm, tasteful!
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Comment by Jimbo
"Too bloody right
I don't know what else to say apart from Mika sucks and his music sucks."
It gets a little hard to read DiS when the comments basically follow that pattern, as does some of the writing, sadly.
Comment by DanielR
any schizophrenia is just because they have so many different writers covering the same bands. several times i've given hellish reviews to bands that got praised by someone else. it's more honest than Q or the NME telling their writers which bands they're allowed to slag off.
Comment by Anonymous
I think Brian is a great guy & it's great to know he suports my fave 'new' singer Mika It is great someone like Brian will leap to Mika's defence whenever someone attacks him
go Brian!!!
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