[新聞] QUEEN Guitarist Not Feeling Snubbed …
QUEEN Guitarist Not Feeling Snubbed By AXL ROSE - Dec. 17, 2008
QUEEN guitarist Brian May has responded to GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose
explanation for why May's contribution to the new GN'R album, "Chinese
Democracy", didn't make it to the CD's final cut. In 1999, May recorded a
guitar solo for new GN'R track "Catcher N' The Rye", which appears on
"Chinese Democracy", but his efforts were subsequently removed from the final
album version of the song.
Rose explained the decision to keep Brian's track off the album by saying,
"There's a few reasons, and none of them all that big and definitely not in
spite or to slight anyone. First off, obviously I knew people liked the song,
but the Brian appreciation really only showed up in force publicly after we
had moved on in GUNS. In fact, not many seemed to care and most comments were
aimed at why Slash, in their opinions, should be here. Brian's solo itself is
a personal fave of mine and I really couldn't understand, as he's such a rock
legend, why it wasn't openly appreciated more at the time. In actuality, all
that feel and emotion referred to now had a lot to do with Sean [Beavan, one
of the producers who worked on 'Chinese Democracy'] and I and the parts I
chose out of Brian's different runs, versions, practice runs, etc., to make
sure we had those elements in one version. It's entirely constructed from
edits based around one specific note Brian hit in a throwaway take. And
though Brian seems to have warmed a bit to it, at least publicly, he was
unfortunately none too pleased at the time with our handiwork. I remember
looking at Brian standing to my left and him staring at the big studio
speakers a bit aghast saying, 'But that's not what I played.' Sean Beavan and
I were not in any way tring to mess with Brian, we just did what we do and
then try and do our best to stand up for our decisions."
Writing on his official web site, BrianMay.com, May responded to Rose's
comments with the following: "It's very simple really ... Axl is making his
record, and he can do whatever he wants! After all these years, I'm still a
huge fan.
"It was such a long time ago, it tends to recede into the mists of time, for
me ... I certainly don't remember anything about disapproving of any
'comping' Sean Beavan had done — I remember it, I had actually comped it up
with him myself. Of course, soon afterwards, Sean was taken off the project,
although I have to say I thought the tracks were overall sounding bloody good
at that time! I'm not sure if we know where the version that was 'leaked' to
the public came from. I have my own rough mixes, which I took away at the
time for the purposes of working on the stuff further if necessary, but
nobody but me has ever heard those. I kept them totally private, because
that's the professional way to be. I actually played on three tracks.
"The scenario was very different from what folklore seems to be embroidering
it into. So maybe I ought to say something...
"What happened, the way I remember it, was this. I had been on tour with
GN'R, and had a very good relationship with them ... they were much kinder to
me than they needed to be, as a support artist to them as they toured the USA
and Europe. We had some great times. People will recall that GN'R also
guested at our Freddie [Mercury] tribute concert, at the good old Wembley
Stadium, as it was then. They did an amazing job on Dylan's 'Knocking on
Heaven's Door', and they donated all the proceeds of their live recording to
the newly-founded Mercury Phoenix Trust — that's a nice answer to anyone who
accuses GN'R of being anti-gay.
"Well, some time later, once I was back home, Axl phoned me up, out of the
blue, and told me he felt he was losing his way over guitars on the tracks on
the album, and asked me if I would come over for a couple of days to L.A. and
have look. The idea was not that I become part of the band! It was more about
me coming in as a friend, giving what I could to the project, as an objective
outside opinion, and doing a bit of guitar playing as well. I said I'd be
very happy to do that. His people booked me on plane, and I arrived a couple
of days later. It was fun. Axl came down to the studio from his house, where
he was also working in parallel on other stuff in his home studio, and, with
Sean, played about 20 tracks to me ... pretty much almost the whole album as
it stood at that time. That's a lot of listening time! But it was all
fascinating. My comments were mainly appreciations, and reassurances, and I
liked most of the guitar that was already on there, but I remember having
strong 'producorial' feelings about making sure Axl's great vocals didn't get
swamped in too much guitar ornamentation.
"Then I played some guitar ... working with Sean. Over the next couple of
days I went in and spent most of day there, trying things out on various
tracks. Axl actually stayed away from that time on, getting Sean to take up
rough mixes of what we'd been doing each night, and sending back appreciative
comments. Then I went home!"
You can read more of May's comments on BrianMay.com.
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