The rash of artists whose social media accounts continue to get hacked is on the rise and Brian May is one of them and he’s not pleased.
He’s voiced his displeasure in a video posted on Instagram, saying, “I spend my life trying to earn an honest living I suppose and trying to do some good in the world and bring some joy to people. But this guy just wants to spend his days making my life a misery. So I don’t really get it; I think it is kind of sad…
“It has done a lot of damage to me, it also makes me feel really, I guess, violated. It’s a very uncomfortable feeling.”
Before the days of hacking, there was something else that didn’t please May — fans singing along to songs in concert.
He tells Total Guitar magazine, “We thought, ‘People, just listen. We’re working really hard, so bloody well listen!’ But they were unstoppable…
“[One] particular night, they sang every word to every song, which was rather novel in those days. I mean, I went to a [Led] Zeppelin concert and I don’t remember people singing along to ‘Communication Breakdown’ or whatever they were playing. When Zeppelin played, they listened. They banged their heads, and they listened. And I thought about our concerts: why don’t you buggers listen instead of singing?”
He then admits to having a change of heart in the late ’70s after performing “We Will Rock You” at Bingley Hall in the Midlands, England.
“We came off stage and we all looked at each other in amazement, because all that singing from the audience was so extreme. And I said to Freddie, ‘Maybe, instead of fighting this, we should be encouraging it. Maybe we should be harnessing this kind of energy which seems to be happening.’
“And we all agreed that this was something really interesting that we should experiment.”
Note to Brian, it’s better than people talking during your concert.
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