Comments on: Gimme the Prize http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/14/gimme-the-prize/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:57:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kaden http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/14/gimme-the-prize/comment-page-2/#comment-82637 Kaden Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:05:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/14/gimme-the-prize/#comment-82637 Another Brian & musician gone physicist... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_%28physicist%29 http://www.apolloschildren.com/brian/ particle physicist working at ATLAS/CERN...was with DARE/toured with Jimmy Page Another Brian & musician gone physicist…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_%28physicist%29
http://www.apolloschildren.com/brian/

particle physicist working at ATLAS/CERN…was with DARE/toured with Jimmy Page

]]> By: Nigel Depledge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/14/gimme-the-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-82636 Nigel Depledge Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:21:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/14/gimme-the-prize/#comment-82636 Jeffersonian said: "Though I can’t say much for Queen as a band (some classic hits but mostly generic mainstream filler to my taste), as a guitarist I can testify that May’s approach has changed the way many interact with the instrument. That influence and technique too, is worthy of study. (his scale usage, fill-timing, compositional arrangement and texturing)" Hmmm ... were you aware of Brian's live guitar solos in Brighton Rock? He used two single echoes to harmonize with himself (as 'twere), and the effect (as captured on the album Live Killers) is quite stunning. I daresay he was not quite as influential as Hendrix, but perhaps not far off. Jeffersonian said:
“Though I can’t say much for Queen as a band (some classic hits but mostly generic mainstream filler to my taste), as a guitarist I can testify that May’s approach has changed the way many interact with the instrument. That influence and technique too, is worthy of study. (his scale usage, fill-timing, compositional arrangement and texturing)”

Hmmm … were you aware of Brian’s live guitar solos in Brighton Rock? He used two single echoes to harmonize with himself (as ’twere), and the effect (as captured on the album Live Killers) is quite stunning.

I daresay he was not quite as influential as Hendrix, but perhaps not far off.

]]> By: Nigel Depledge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/14/gimme-the-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-82635 Nigel Depledge Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:18:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/14/gimme-the-prize/#comment-82635 Hey, no-one's mentioned Sir Patrick Moore, that demon of the xylophone! Hey, no-one’s mentioned Sir Patrick Moore, that demon of the xylophone!

]]> By: Miky’s Blog » Blog Archive » Brian May - El rock no mata neuronas… http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/14/gimme-the-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-82634 Miky’s Blog » Blog Archive » Brian May - El rock no mata neuronas… Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:56:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/14/gimme-the-prize/#comment-82634 [...] de la banda Queen había sido nombrado rector de una universidad de Liverpool. Ahora acabo de leer aquí que es verdad, pero que no es algo honorífico como yo pensaba, sino que el guitarrista después de [...] [...] de la banda Queen había sido nombrado rector de una universidad de Liverpool. Ahora acabo de leer aquí que es verdad, pero que no es algo honorífico como yo pensaba, sino que el guitarrista después de [...]

]]> By: Mark Martin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/14/gimme-the-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-82633 Mark Martin Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:10:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/14/gimme-the-prize/#comment-82633 Benzene, Arizona: http://www.benzedrine.cx/darkstar.html Benzene, Arizona: http://www.benzedrine.cx/darkstar.html

]]> By: Ceres Nyx http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/14/gimme-the-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-82632 Ceres Nyx Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:57:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/14/gimme-the-prize/#comment-82632 David Lee Roth was an EMT for awhile. Medical people have my respect because that is a job I know I can't do (weak stomach). David Lee Roth was an EMT for awhile. Medical people have my respect because that is a job I know I can’t do (weak stomach).

]]> By: Barton Paul Levenson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/14/gimme-the-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-82631 Barton Paul Levenson Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:22:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/14/gimme-the-prize/#comment-82631 tacitus writes: <blockquote>Brian May wrote ‘39, one of the finest songs in the Queen catalog, and the only song I’m know of that interweaves a love song with the ramifications of interstellar travel.</blockquote> See if you can find the lyrics to "Benson, Arizona," which might have been earlier. It deals with the effects of time dilation due to relativistic space missions on romantic relationships. tacitus writes:

Brian May wrote ‘39, one of the finest songs in the Queen catalog, and the only song I’m know of that interweaves a love song with the ramifications of interstellar travel.

See if you can find the lyrics to “Benson, Arizona,” which might have been earlier. It deals with the effects of time dilation due to relativistic space missions on romantic relationships.

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