Freddie Mercury

[Colin_147]

Sadly his best years were when I was still a nipper but been watching some YouTube vids of him and he seemed a lot different from other artists, unique in a way. Watched his Live Aid performances with Queen, how awesome was that

Is it also true that he publcly admitted he had aids the day before he died?

Edited by Colin_147 on Wednesday 11th February 10:44

[Rawwr]

The greatest frontman of all time, in my everso humble opinion.

[esselte]

Colin_147 said:

Sadly his best years were when I was still a nipper but been watching some YouTube vids of him and he seemed a lot different from other artists, unique in a way. Watched his Live Aid performances with Queen, how awesome was that

Is it alos true that he publcly admitted he had aids the day before he died?

I think he let everyone know a long time before he died...just googled and it appears you are right and he didn't reveal it....sorry

Edited by esselte on Wednesday 11th February 10:44

[bigTee]

It was well known he had AIDS well before he died.

[Puggit]

Back in the days when entertainers had talent, and weren't just pretty boys chosen by the record label.

Albums sold by the bucket load.
Stadiums sold out...

How times have changed - a legend!

[10 Pence Short]

Rawwr said:

The greatest frontman of all time, in my everso humble opinion.

He didn't mind playing the back man from time to time either, allegedly.

[diablo_pete]

Was an amazing showman and incredible sound. His recordings will live forever.
If you get the chance, see Gary Mullen live. He's amazing.

[Puggit]

Colin_147 said:

Is it also true that he publcly admitted he had aids the day before he died?

Apparently so

[Rawwr]

The Jazz album is in my top five of all time, too

[Wacky Racer]

Watch him say goodbye at the end of this video.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOJPvxgkvn8

[Pickled Piper]

Colin_147 said:

Watched his Live Aid performances with Queen, how awesome was that

Edited by Colin_147 on Wednesday 11th February 10:44

Truly outstanding. His stage presence was phenomenal. He overshadowed absolutely everybody on that day.

i was never the biggest Queen fan but I remember feeling a real sense of sadness when his death was announced. I also remeber exactly whereI was when I heard the announcement on the radio.

pp

[M3333]

I remember his death well even though i was only Young (11).

The general public did not know he was going to die. He had for a long time though looked very ill indeed.

I dust out the CD's every so often, play at full blast and its amazing!

[diablo_pete]

Pickled Piper said:

Colin_147 said:

Watched his Live Aid performances with Queen, how awesome was that

Edited by Colin_147 on Wednesday 11th February 10:44

Truly outstanding. His stage presence was phenomenal. He overshadowed absolutely everybody on that day.


pp

If I could live my life again, being there that day would be one of the few changes.
That performance is iconic and how many remember him.

[Puggit]

On a related note - will Brian May ever change his image?

[Colin_147]

Wacky Racer said:

Watch him say goodbye at the end of this video.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOJPvxgkvn8

Look how gaunt he is in that video...scary

I thought this video summed him up, even though it was one of his solo singles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbIcfFD30Ms

[Asterix]

Incredible talent.

One of our engineers had worked with Queen loads and said that he was a true gent, very generous and a lovely bloke. In the studio he was godlike. Would be able to record incredibly complex harmonies etc... in single takes.

[Pickled Piper]

A lesser known fact about him is that he was of Indian ancestry. I saw some pictures of him when he was young and he did look distinctly South Asian. Pictures of his family showed his Mum and sister in Indian dress.

pp

[andye30m3]

big fan of queen a freddie, Not as keen to the over played hits like 'we will rock you' but songs like 'show must go on' & 'who want to live forever' are great.

Also quite liked the last album they made.

[AndrewTait]

Wacky Racer said:

Watch him say goodbye at the end of this video.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOJPvxgkvn8

I get the impression that they all knew what was about to happen whilst making the Innuendo album, given some of the songs on there. Not only the track above, but also "The show must go on".

Big loss in my opinion, and Queen should have stopped performing as Queen except for tribute reasons. It just isn't Queen without Freddie! (Good though Paul Rogers is!)

[Meeja]

bigTee said:

It was well known he had AIDS well before he died.

Known - Yes

Well known - No