my best snaps of Brian during Queen's Birmingham 12/06/22 show
So I got into queen because of borhap, right? Three years ago I was sad that the ‘39 scene was cut because I wanted to see Ben hardy shirtless. Nowadays I’m sad it was cut because it meant the official bohemian rhapsody music book doesn’t include sheet music for ‘39 😔
Growth 😂
That’s a shame about the sheet music for ‘39 not being in the songbook…though I’m sure you can find it online (maybe even for free if you dig a little)!
there's a website called queensongs.info, which is a great resource for tabs/chords/sheet music for queen (and related projects) songs. it might not always be 100% accurate as a lot of the content is fan transcribed rather than official but I've always found it very useful.
^ this link will lead you to tabs, chords and sheet music for '39 (and all the other anato songs). I haven't personally tried reading the sheet music for '39 because I play from tabs/chords (and can't read sheet music too well anyways) but I hope it's good enough to be usable lol
Queen At Ridge Farm Studio
(MANDATORY CREDIT Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Brian May of Queen, portrait at Ridge Farm Studio during the recording of their album ‘A Night At The Opera’, Surrey, United Kingdom, 14th July 1975. (Photo by Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images) (x)
💥 originals by Watal Asanuma, Ridge Farm 1975
Queen at Ridge Farm Studios by Watal Asanuma, july 1975.
Catch up tag
Rules: tag 9 people you’d like to know better/catch up with.
Thank you @regan-wickworre for the tag.
Last Song: Guren no Yumiya - Linked Horizon
Last Movie: Howl’s Moving Castle
Currently Reading: Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
Currently Watching: Attack on Titan season 4
Currently Craving: A hot chocolate and some good company (anyone up for raving about their WIPs?)
@chazzawrites, @writingonesdreams, @tae-mv, @perditism, @starryeve88, @writingbyjillian, @seven-days-was-all-she-wrote, @sleepyowlwrites, @peepos-prose, passing this on to you, hope you’re all doing well :)
Hi @strawberrypaul 🍓sorry if I’m late 😭 here we go:
Last song: Sinan Capudan Pascià - Fabrizio De Andrè💖
Last movie: Snatch (dir. Guy Ritchie)
Currently reading: stuff about the Ottoman empire and the Mediterranean, cuz I’m starting to work on my thesis babyyy
Currently watching: me raising from the dead, spreading my wings and starting to glow again, after some dark dark times
Currently craving: Some dick. As always.
Thank youuuuu
Idk who to tag, maybe @quirkysubject, @mercurymaemeddows (if you’re still here 🥺) @scorpiogemini and @daisygroupie ?
Ok I’m so sorry this is so late! 🙁 but thank you for the tag @crimson-migraine 💕
Last song: Haim - Gasoline
Last movie: Stat Trek: Wrath of Khan 🖖
Currently reading: I haven’t actually started it but the next book I’ve ready to read is How to be alone by Chidera Eggerue!
Currently watching: New Girl
Currently craving: An end to lockdown/covid ☹
And if you’d like to, I’m tagging: @natromanxoff @ohladymoon @queenmylovely @illfoandillfie @cherries-n-rocknroll @stesichoreanpalinode 💕
Aw thank you for tagging me @scorpiogemini
Last song: The Small Faces: Call It Something Nice
Last Movie: in a cinema Portrait Of A Lady On Fire. On the small screen: Stan & Ollie
Currently reading: Naomi Miller: Imperfect Alchemist
Currently watching: Wandavision
Currently craving: foreign travel broadens the mind
Tagging if you would like (but you know no obligation) @ylly22 @a-froger-epic @onegoldenglance @bluewillowmom @emmaandorlando @mrs-ianto-jones @funnydressesweirdhairanddance @iluvcheescake and one for anyone else who would like
Ooh, a tag game! Thanks for the tag @stesichoreanpalinode
Last song: The Staves: Nothing’s Gonna Happen
Last movie: in an actual cinema - I want to say ‘Rocketman’ (it’s been so long), on Netflix - News of the World
Currently reading: Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
Currently watching: old episodes of Mock the Week
Currently craving: just seeing people and going places without it being a massive to-do
If you want to do this: @tenderbri @astrophysicist-guitar-god @ylly22 @thediablerieswaltz @plainxte @rushingheadlong and anyone who feels like it!
Thank you for the tag, @funnydressesweirdhairanddance!
Last Song: I’m not going to cheat and play something specifically so I can write it here…or am I? I am (truly) currently listening to ‘39, and Brian May is plaintively serenading me with his soft, sweet voice. Oh, Dr. Brian Harold May, my astrophysicist-rock guitar god boyfriend. *Le swoon*
Last Movie: The Red Shoes, last night! I love it, I’ve seen it a million times.
Currently Reading: Queen, by George Tremlett, and Queen in Cornwall, by Rupert White. I need to stop this picking up-and-putting down nonsense and finish them both, already.
Currently Watching: The Expanse, just finished Season 5, I believe. It’s so good! I’m also watching The Twelve Kingdoms, but it periodically gets on my nerves and I have to stop for a bit. Also thinking of rewatching this last season of The Mandalorian. Baby Yoda (Grogu, I know)!!! He’s so cute.
Currently Craving: I’m having coffee and it’s still pretty early (9:37 a.m – well it was when I started this….), so I’m not craving anything yet. Of course now I’ll start thinking about it… My last craving was for hamburgers. Mmmmm, hamburgers with all the fixings (except pickles). Yum! Before that it was California rolls. Sadly, I ordered them from our grocery store and…well, let’s just say I won’t do that again. ::cries:: Mmmm, California rolls… Before that it was garlic chicken. Yummmmm…
AND! I am craving new lipsticks like, I can’t even tell you. My 130+ piece collection is currently in my office at work, the place I haven’t been since lockdown began a year ago. I only recently started zoom meetings (I previously called in), and that’s been feeding my need for lip color. I just ordered six or so lipsticks online and I can’t wait till they arrive! Trying a couple of new colors, too, so I’m excited. Mmmmmm, new lips…
Okay, this is the hideous part about tag games, and where I usually completely fail. I am committed to doing better. So let’s see… Hmm, a couple of people I would have tagged already have been, so… @hammer-2-fall, @jackolynsparrow, @ohmybribri, @melisa-may-taylor72, @iwilltrytobereasonable. And this is where I throw it out to anyone I should have tagged and didn’t…assume I’ve tagged you and join in. :-)
thanks for the tag @astrophysicist-guitar-god!!
last song: Record Ender by Frank Iero and the Future Violents (literally listening to it rn)
last movie: I'm not 100% sure because I don't really watch films as often as I watch tv series (films are long and my attention span is shit :D) but I think the last film I watched was Set the Thames on Fire
currently reading: nothing, I'm not even keeping up with the required reading for my course lmao. the only thing I'm capable of reading these days is fanfiction
currently watching: WandaVision! marvel was my first fandom back when I joined tumblr and I still watch pretty much everything they make
currently craving: watermelon! did my weekly shopping at tesco's earlier and they didn't have any watermelon fingers ://
not tagging anyone because I think all of my mutuals have done this already but if you haven't & would like to, feel free to say I tagged you
Total Guitar Issue 341 - Red Special poster
Star Fleet from Brian May (& Friends)’s little passion project, called Star Fleet Project, where he worked together with artists such as Eddie van Halen, Alan Gratzer, Phil Chen and Fred Mandel. For this specific track, Roger Taylor does some backing vocals.
This side-project of Brian is so rarely talked about, so please have a listen ! And if you like Brian’s more blues-esque stuff, I recommend looking into the other two tracks on this album: Let Me Out and Blues Breaker.
“I could have put away these tapes in a bottom drawer and kept them as a private record of one of the best experiences of my life. But the few people I’ve played them for have urged me to ‘publish’…I haven’t messed one scrap with the tracking done on the day. The rest is simply mixed ‘naked’.” - Brian May
super off topic but since I have a decent following on here I figure chances are higher that someone will actually be able to help
basically, I was planning on taking german classes this year (which my uni offers for free). due to covid, however, the uni’s not opening any of the language classes, as they’re cutting down on in-person extracurriculars.
so I thought I’d ask if anyone on here knows of good online courses for german. I’m aware of rosetta stone but no one I know has tried it, so if anyone has feedback on that, I’d love to hear it. or if you know of any other courses, please let me know (can be paid/subscription based ones as long as they’re not too expensive).
side note: I’m looking for intermediate(?) courses rather than complete beginners’ as I’ve done 6 years of german in high-school
super off topic but since I have a decent following on here I figure chances are higher that someone will actually be able to help
basically, I was planning on taking german classes this year (which my uni offers for free). due to covid, however, the uni’s not opening any of the language classes, as they’re cutting down on in-person extracurriculars.
so I thought I’d ask if anyone on here knows of good online courses for german. I'm aware of rosetta stone but no one I know has tried it, so if anyone has feedback on that, I'd love to hear it. or if you know of any other courses, please let me know (can be paid/subscription based ones as long as they're not too expensive).
side note: I'm looking for intermediate(?) courses rather than complete beginners’ as I've done 6 years of german in high-school