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Celeb News: Brian May of Queen blogs and praises Katy Perry
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Brian May of Queen blogs and praises Katy Perry
http://www.brianmay.com/brian/brians...ssbjun09a.html
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Thirdly ... I went to see KATY PERRY. Well, it was a must, wasn't it She's gorgeous, she made one of the wittiest records of the last decade (well, two or three of them actually.... including "I Kissed a Girl", and "You're So Gay ... and You Don't Even Like Boys!) - and she sings one of our songs, for Heaven's sake ... and brilliantly well (I had copped it on Youtube). Well, that's all I knew when I walked in to my 'local' theatre, the Shepherd's Bush Empire ...
You never really know, until you see the act, live. So many big groups and singers today put on a show which is almost totally mimed, and unreal. I hate to disillusion anybody, but what you are watching these days,in so many cases, is a bunch of people jumping about and pretending to sing, while a bunch of musicians play along to a backing track (and often they are not even in the mix). It's depressing. So many singers (it's so tempting to name names, but I won't) - even singers who win awards (in fact, especially singers who win awards!), it seems - manage to make records which sell in cart-loads, because they have a clever production and marketing team around them, and then, when you see them ... they quite obviously have almost no talent - no voice, no stagecraft, no ability to really entertain.
Well, I walked in - and there was Katy Perry and a hot young band tearing it up, to an audience who responded to every note, and seldom sat down. No clicks, no backing tracks, no mime show, no dance (except some wonderful spontaneous 'dance moves' she cooked up as part of her conversational patter) ... no huge production ... no pretence. Just a really great young singer and artist, pouring her heart out. Katy Perry is the real thing. A Rock Star. Every time I use that word, I wonder if I know what it really is that distinguishes a Rock Star from a Pop Star. Well, whatever it is KP is a great example. If it's definable, it's to do with intent, and honesty, I think. The intent of a Rock Star is to express what is inside, bursting to get out, and share it with anyone who cares to listen. It's not about 'wanting to be famous' ... or 'wanting to make loads of money' ... it's about walking that dangerous line between art for its own sake and art for an audience ... it's a subject I return to often (recently in my introductory piece to our book on the work of T.R. Williams ... the great 1850s stereo photographer .. who will become hugely famous when the book is published!!!! - I hope!).
Katy Perry is quite evidently her own boss. Nobody is telling her where to stand, or how to move .. or what she should sing about. She writes highly original songs, she plays great guitar, and sings beautifully, effortlessly accurately and from the heart. But the best thing of all is her command of mood. This also made me think of Freddie. Katy sings and talks lightly, full of cheeky humour, but, at the drop of a hat ... before you realise it's happened ... she has changed gear and is singing a serious song with a natural honesty and emotion ... and you are in her grip. She's a true entertainer. I'm so happy I went. Yes, I DID go back and say hi ... and we did both feel excited enough to immortalise the moment ... I think this is a great picture (above) .. and solely because Katy seized the moment, with humour and openness, like she does so often in her stage work, to make something special. I was initially reluctant to make the picture public ... yes, I used to publish things like this on the Soapbox ... I thought these days it might seem like the visual equivalent of name-dropping. But I'm proud that we had this moment. Katy, you're great.
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A lil bit old but I'm sure it hasn't been posted.
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Looks like she's getting it from behind on the 2nd pic 
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Did she suck his **** too?
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Originally posted by DRjuss06
Did she suck his **** too?
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Was that really necessary?
Anyway, first Stevie now Brian May. Rock Legends love her. 
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Originally posted by Allie
Anyway, first Stevie now Brian May. Rock Legends love her. |
And they say she's not getting praise from legends. @BadBitch get in
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Is she booty popping on Brian May right now??? 
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You did not. 
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Y'all can avoid the real topic as long as you want,but the praise won't disappear.
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Some be deleting their posts cause they know the irony is too much. 
Anyway, that's nice.
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1 She writes highly original songs, 2 she plays great guitar, 3 and sings beautifully blowjob much
1 Peacock is a clear example.
2 Plays great guitar?
3 And let's not discuss the last part.
This man has lost every penny of credibility he had. I mean, at least Lady Gaga has some real talent. Sure, she wrote stuff like lovegame, I like it rough. But she also wrote Speechless, and Born this way, which is all in all great. Katy Perry has failed in providing a good record.
Steven Tyler with Nicole whatsherlastname
Slash with Paulina Rubio & Fergie
Alice Cooper with Ke$ha
This is getting ridiculous.
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Originally posted by charlecito-05
1 She writes highly original songs, 2 she plays great guitar, 3 and sings beautifully blowjob much
1 Peacock is a clear example.
2 Plays great guitar?
3 And let's not discuss the last part.
This man has lost every penny of credibility he had. I mean, at least Lady Gaga has some real talent. Sure, she wrote stuff like lovegame, I like it rough. But she also wrote Speechless, and Born this way, which is all in all great. Katy Perry has failed in providing a good record.
Steven Tyler with Nicole whatsherlastname
Slash with Paulina Rubio & Fergie
Alice Cooper with Ke$ha
This is getting ridiculous.
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Do you have a sense of humor? Peacock is supposed to be a silly song. She can write dumb silly songs like Peacock but she can also write beautiful songs like Thinking of You. She's played the guitar since she was like 14 and Brian May's opinion >>> yours. This thread isn't about Ke$ha, Fergie or Gaga. Bye.
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^ Keep in mind this was all said/done in 2009!!!
Sammi, what made you post this now? lol
I just tweeted a quote on Twitter from this yesterday!! 
I love it!
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Originally posted by DRjuss06
Did she suck his **** too?
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Effortlessly booked, I'm almost crying 
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The OP should specifically note that this is from 2009. The context matters.
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Originally posted by Sammi
And they say she's not getting praise from legends. @BadBitch get in |
Yet none of them wanna get on a track with her besides one. This is cute for her tho.
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Originally posted by Stephen
The OP should specifically note that this is from 2009. The context matters.
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Is it really from 2009?
That means she was still in the OOTB days. Her music was still more rock-pop back then. I wonder what he thinks of her now.
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Originally posted by MusicTalker
Is it really from 2009?
That means she was still in the OOTB days. Her music was still more rock-pop back then. I wonder what he thinks of her now.
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That's my point. I'd be interested too actually, especially given recent collaborations 
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