Shaun Ponsonby
11-18-2011, 02:45 PM
http://www.nme.com/news/queen/60469
N-Dubz member Dappy has revealed that he has collaborated on a new track with Queen guitarist Brian May.
The singer claims that he is heading out to Los Angeles to work with May on his new single, and the pair are set to start shooting the song's video together.
The Mirror reports that May – who recently confessed that he considered committing suicide after Freddie Mercury passed away in 1991 – was won over by Dappy's solo track 'No Regrets', which earned him a Number One single in September.
The N-Dubz man revealed: "He said I deserve an award – I couldn't believe it! So I had to hit him up to work with me. I'm flying to LA in the morning to work on the video with him".
Dappy recently confirmed that N-Dubz would split up in the next two years. He said the trio have decided to release a greatest hits compilation and then disband so they can focus on their solo careers.
In October, Brian May confirmed that he and Queen drummer Roger Taylor were going through their band's old material and demos to compile a selection of unreleased tracks for a forthcoming LP.
Earlier this month, meanwhile, he announced that next year the band will release a series of duets that Freddie Mercury recorded with Michael Jackson.
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I have defended a lot of what Brian has done post-Queen as I was able to find rationalisation for much of it, but this really takes the biscuit. He appears to have become an irritant so gradually that I didn't even notice it happening.
Dappy. Fucking Dappy. Fucking spouse-abusing Dappy. Fucking spitter at strange women in night clubs Dappy. Fucking death-threat texter Dappy. Fucking national JOKE Dappy. And he is a national joke. The only people who like him are children and chavs whose IQ’s don’t reach double figures.
Dappy apparently says May was so impressed by his debut single, which confusingly reached number 1 over the summer. It was called No Regrets, which I’m guessing means he doesn’t regret any of the things I mentioned above. And what an impressive song it is. In fact, let’s look at some of the lyrics;
“This is my last chance, I’m on my final straw
I came so close to b-b breaking like a spinal cord
I came from nothing, some kid in Camden
Now I’m flier than the birds. Richard Branson
I'm a Prince and yes I will get the crown
Kate stays in my dungeon when her sister's round
So please forgive me, if i make mistakes,
But I’ll blow the bloody doors off. Michael Caine”
I’m not sure I quite understand if he’s saying “I’ll blow the bloody doors of Michael Caine”, insinuating, quite wrongly, that Michael Caine has doors and he needs urgent medical attention to have them removed, or if he’s simply citing where he got the quote. Either way, it’s not quite the kind of lyrical genius of Bob Dylan (“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”), Tom Waits (“I’ll tell you all my secrets, but I’ll lie about my past”), Leonard Cohen (“Remember when I moved in you, the holy dove was moving too. and every breath we drew was Hallelujah”) or Yo Gabba Gabba (“Sharing is good, sharing is good, sharing is good”).
And it’s taken this revelation that May is to work with one of the most vile people in the music industry today for me to realise that he has gone too far. Dappy stands for everything that he and Queen didn’t/still don’t. So, my message to Brian May is simple; STOP. Just fucking stop. Take a leaf out of John Deacon’s book and retire respectfully. Stop whoring yourself out and lowering Queen to the lowest common denominator. You’ve done too much. Stop. Please stop. Just fucking stop. You’ve managed to turn yourself from one of my childhood heroes to someone who infuriates me the more I read about your upcoming projects. I’m all for gaining new fans, but everyone in the UK knows Queen’s entire back catalogue. There’s nothing more you can do. So, you might as well stop alienating your longtime fans. STOP IT.
N-Dubz member Dappy has revealed that he has collaborated on a new track with Queen guitarist Brian May.
The singer claims that he is heading out to Los Angeles to work with May on his new single, and the pair are set to start shooting the song's video together.
The Mirror reports that May – who recently confessed that he considered committing suicide after Freddie Mercury passed away in 1991 – was won over by Dappy's solo track 'No Regrets', which earned him a Number One single in September.
The N-Dubz man revealed: "He said I deserve an award – I couldn't believe it! So I had to hit him up to work with me. I'm flying to LA in the morning to work on the video with him".
Dappy recently confirmed that N-Dubz would split up in the next two years. He said the trio have decided to release a greatest hits compilation and then disband so they can focus on their solo careers.
In October, Brian May confirmed that he and Queen drummer Roger Taylor were going through their band's old material and demos to compile a selection of unreleased tracks for a forthcoming LP.
Earlier this month, meanwhile, he announced that next year the band will release a series of duets that Freddie Mercury recorded with Michael Jackson.
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I have defended a lot of what Brian has done post-Queen as I was able to find rationalisation for much of it, but this really takes the biscuit. He appears to have become an irritant so gradually that I didn't even notice it happening.
Dappy. Fucking Dappy. Fucking spouse-abusing Dappy. Fucking spitter at strange women in night clubs Dappy. Fucking death-threat texter Dappy. Fucking national JOKE Dappy. And he is a national joke. The only people who like him are children and chavs whose IQ’s don’t reach double figures.
Dappy apparently says May was so impressed by his debut single, which confusingly reached number 1 over the summer. It was called No Regrets, which I’m guessing means he doesn’t regret any of the things I mentioned above. And what an impressive song it is. In fact, let’s look at some of the lyrics;
“This is my last chance, I’m on my final straw
I came so close to b-b breaking like a spinal cord
I came from nothing, some kid in Camden
Now I’m flier than the birds. Richard Branson
I'm a Prince and yes I will get the crown
Kate stays in my dungeon when her sister's round
So please forgive me, if i make mistakes,
But I’ll blow the bloody doors off. Michael Caine”
I’m not sure I quite understand if he’s saying “I’ll blow the bloody doors of Michael Caine”, insinuating, quite wrongly, that Michael Caine has doors and he needs urgent medical attention to have them removed, or if he’s simply citing where he got the quote. Either way, it’s not quite the kind of lyrical genius of Bob Dylan (“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”), Tom Waits (“I’ll tell you all my secrets, but I’ll lie about my past”), Leonard Cohen (“Remember when I moved in you, the holy dove was moving too. and every breath we drew was Hallelujah”) or Yo Gabba Gabba (“Sharing is good, sharing is good, sharing is good”).
And it’s taken this revelation that May is to work with one of the most vile people in the music industry today for me to realise that he has gone too far. Dappy stands for everything that he and Queen didn’t/still don’t. So, my message to Brian May is simple; STOP. Just fucking stop. Take a leaf out of John Deacon’s book and retire respectfully. Stop whoring yourself out and lowering Queen to the lowest common denominator. You’ve done too much. Stop. Please stop. Just fucking stop. You’ve managed to turn yourself from one of my childhood heroes to someone who infuriates me the more I read about your upcoming projects. I’m all for gaining new fans, but everyone in the UK knows Queen’s entire back catalogue. There’s nothing more you can do. So, you might as well stop alienating your longtime fans. STOP IT.