LOVE OF MY LIFE - CHILE 1992 / CHILE 2008

Brian: Thank you! We’re trying some new things here I hope you like them. This is something a little more familiar - if you remember dirty little song called Death On Two Legs this is it

Freddie: …We’re not gonna do that just yet. I’ll kill you when I get in the dressing room! We’re gonna do a song… we’re gonna do Death On Two Legs, don’t worry, but before we do that, I’d like to do a song I like. This is called Somebody To Love.

David Coulthard congratulates Mika Hakkinen after the finn won his first championship | Suzuka 1998 |

“He said, ‘here you are’ and he signed it for me. It was a very nice thing to do, you know. Just to sort of make me feel appreciated, I guess.”   how can anyone not love him

Everyone always talks about their roman empire being maxiel or lestappen or brocedes or landoscar or carlando which is fine, everyone has their own thing. But what about BRITCEDES?!?!?! How are they not talked about more? The man that the 11 year old George waited for—that man is gonna be his teammate 13 years later. The man he looked up to, he’ll get to race against him, with him in a little more than a decade. The man he waited for once upon a time waited for him back after races. They’ll be in videos together, take ice baths next to each other, get dinner together. That someday they will be joking around together and Lewis will love to tease the hell out of him. That Lewis will be taking him surfing (and hopefully skydiving soon if he hasn’t already and they are just keeping the content from us). That the man George cheered for will cheer back for him years later. Lewis literally paused in the middle of his media pen interview to watch George’s qualifying with his crossed fingers and “c’mon, buddy.” Lewis is gonna shower him with praises (how George is only gonna improve over the years and Lewis will help him anyway he can).

His hero turned into his teammate. Britcedes is my roman empire.

Ok in an interview (maybe from 2011?) Brian was asked this; forgive the quality from his old, crusty website:

[in case you can’t see:

Question: What does QUEEN mean to you?

Brian: A White Queen and a Black Queen. Pleasure and Pride. Stress and Pain. A sword in my hand and a chain around my neck.]

There are a few things to unpack but...the two colored queens were always his thing with Freddie. Brian wore white nail polish, wrote “White Queen”, and often wore his white Zandra Rhodes outfit on stage, while Freddie wore black nail polish, wrote “March of the Black Queen”, and more often wore black outfits on stage. Fans used to paint their nails a certain color to support Freddie or Brian, so this color motif was only their thing.

Here’s what strikes me. First, Brian’s response to what Queen means to him is essentially “me and Freddie.” Second, this stopped being a real thing on stage by the mid-to-late 70s and I’d guess most casual fans don’t even know about this dynamic, especially nowadays, but it was the first thing to pop into Brian’s head. This dynamic meant so much to him. I am Emotional

Technically, it's Brian but I just wanted to try to draw him in a different way if he smokes or isn't vegan or something....

But I really like it...

4463 + Say It by Maggie Rogers

hi! i was wondering if you had any media recommendations about Queen (books, articles, etc etc) or just a good source for the bands history? (if not that's fine lol, this is a big ask)

Hello!

I just listen to their music and watching their videos, I don't know their history or background inside out. I have some photo books,magazines and "Mercury and Me", that's all I have.

But don't worry. There are a lot of beautiful people who have a huge amount of knowledge about the band here. They will help you!

I have a theory that Brian’s eyes might be sensitive to camera flashes!!

Here is my current collection of “Brian Blinks”, more to come~~