Thinkin' it right, doin' it wrong

when you’re in need of love they give you care and attention

friends will be friends

when you’re through with life and all hope is lost

hold out your hand

‘cause friends will be friends

Brian and his Red Special, from a work in progress to the finished guitar

The photo on the left is from May 1963 when Brian was 15. The photo on the right is two years later, in 1965, when Brian was 17/18. Both photos were taken in the May’s living room (notice the same curtains in the background of both).

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because i am so fucking obsessed with this.  i adore this entire video but this is my favourite moment in the whole thing because….what is this.

for one thing it’s just so soft and adorable and they’re having such a good time. but why is brian touching freddie’s chest and back?  like full on walks his fingers right across his whole like collar bone/clavicle bit with one hand while the other is on his shoulder and goes back onto his back???

so casually.  that is what kills me is how casual it is!!  freddie doesn’t even BLINK he carries on like this is nothing, he’s used to this, still leans in to sing without batting an eyelid.  it’s just so not unusual for brian’s hands to be on him that he literally doesn’t even falter for a second.

if my friend reached over and ran their fingers over that part of my torso with a hand on my shoulder as well i’d be like,,,,uh??  but this is just normal for them.

and then when freddie realises brian missed the cue he grabs him as well and it’s again just so normal and GOD THE FULL BODY LAUGHS i love this so much i will never get tired of staring at this moment.  when brian realises he messed up it’s freddie he turns to to laugh about it as well it’s such a moment between the two of them even though they’re all right there.

brian casually leaning on him here as well:

they just have NO concept of each others’ personal space AT ALL which you can see in SO many clips but i have these gifs right on my laptop anyway so i’m using these like why are they sharing a mic here there is absolutely no need, they’re in a studio, there are plenty, in fact you’re probably getting in each others’ way especially as brian needs to strum with that arm but move apart????  absolutely not