Ep079: The Queen Archive w Greg Brooks Pt 1
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2017
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Greg Brooks has a dream job; managing the Queen archive and helping guide the legacy of one of the world's most beloved rock bands. Today we interview him on The Vinyl Guide and hear how he landed the role, items in the archive, handwritten memos and personal items he's unexpectedly found and more. This is part 1 of a 2 part series.
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 0:00.0 | To quote the London Daily Mirror, most rock groups can boast of one or two clever blokes. |
| 0:04.6 | In Queen, they're all clever. |
| 0:06.6 | Queen is one of England's new and most exciting rock groups. |
| 0:09.4 | Can you tell us what Queen is all about? |
| 0:11.3 | It's basically a rock and roll band with lots of harmonies, lots of everything. |
| 0:17.4 | Can you safely stay in one place? Can you stay in one bag today and be safe? |
| 0:21.6 | No, no. We're not, that's one of the things that I think people can't put us into is one category. |
| 0:27.6 | We've got so many sort of, there's a lot of ingredients that make up Queen and you can't put your finger on it really. |
| 0:34.6 | It's one of the most difficult questions to start off with, really. |
| 0:38.3 | You know, I read about Queen, I read about that you like to do albums, but then when you're |
| 0:43.3 | on the stage, something happens. |
| 0:44.3 | You feel like a stage should be an entire show rather than just a concert. |
| 0:48.3 | That's true. |
| 0:49.3 | They're two entirely different concepts. |
| 0:51.3 | They're two sort of spheres of us. |
| 0:54.4 | And when we're in a studio, we really work for the album and go that way. |
| 1:00.2 | And when we're working on stage, it's a totally different trip. |
| 1:02.9 | Is this the future of where rock is going to? |
| 1:05.3 | Are you predicting something? |
| 1:06.6 | I seem to be looking 20 years from now when I watch your work, Fred. |
| 1:13.6 | I'm just me when I'm on stage. I'm just me. I'm not sort of laying down any message or predicting anything. |
| 1:16.6 | I'm just having fun on stage and just trying to put across our music. |
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