https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr An Intimate Biography Of Freddie Mercury By Lesley-Ann Jones en-us 2023-04-01 19:20:57 UTC 2025-10-09 15:24:22 UTC hello@padlet.com whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540784531 Jones, Lesley-Ann. Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury. Touchstone, 2012. ]]> 2023-04-01 19:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540784531 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785320 Freddie was very secretive about his background and according to Qeens first publicist, Tony Brainsby(Quote 1 pg 28)"He never even told me his real name. He was fairly dark-skinned, a cross between oriental and Asian, so there was no disguising the fact that he came from somewhere off the beaten track." Freddie was born in a Zanzibar Government Hospital on Thursday, September 5th, 1946 to Jer Bulsara, With the original name Farrokh Bulsara, As a child, Farrokh attended the Zanzibar missionary school from the age of five.]]> 2023-04-01 19:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785320 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785343 At the time in Zanzibar the education standard was not so great. As a result Freddie's parents sent him away to school in India . According to Freddie(Quote 2 pg. 37)."I was a precocious child, and my parents thought boarding school would do me good.so when I was about seven, I was put in one in India for a while .it was an upheaval of an upbringing, which seems to have worked, guess." This happened about the same time his parents were transferred for work to the island of Pemba. At the time they felt as if this was the best solution, and that this would take him to a place where he could study properly.]]> 2023-04-01 19:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785343 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785366 In the fifties with everything going on in the world including the nationalist advances against British rule. Britannia's loss of India and Pakistan in 1947 independence of Burma and Ceylon in 1948 and china's social revolution. Zanzibar was not immune.in 1964 the Shirazi party was installed as the first president of Zanzibar. but according to the book(Quote 3 pg 51), thousands were slaughtered in bloody street battles. The Bulsaras and many like them ran for their lives. leaving Zanzibar with a few suitcases between them." the Bulsaras fled to England where relatives had offered them refuge.]]> 2023-04-01 19:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785366 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785386 The idea of the band that made Freddie mercury so famous was conceived when Freddie was in collage. Brian May who was also in collage at the time liked the idea and joined forces with Freddie to create the band. Freddie is quoted saying(Quote 4 pg. 59) "The very earliest traces of the band go back to a group called smile. i used to follow Smile a lot, and we became friends. I used to go to their shows and they used to come to see mine." Freddie would tag along at jam sessions with the band and their singer Tim Staffell. Upon Tim Staffell's departure from the band Freddie would become their lead singer along with john deacon joining the band as their bass player to form Queen.]]> 2023-04-01 19:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785386 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785403 During the early days of Queen Freddie started to struggle with his sexual orientation. (Quote #5 pg. 72) "even though he'd already had girlfriends, in particular, a young woman called Rosemary Pearson, some remember him showing a passionate interest in meeting gay men but never having the confidence to act on it."At around the same time, Freddie began to worry constantly about the impression he was making on his friends. Freddie would from time to time retreat into his shell and become quiet and reclusive.]]> 2023-04-01 19:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785403 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785424 (Quote #6 pg. 83) Freddie is quoted saying "All my lovers asked me why they couldn't replace Mary, but it simply impossible, to me, she was my common-law wife. To me, it was a marriage. We believe in each other, and that's enough for me. I couldn't fall in love with a man the same way as I did Mary." Mary Austin was Freddies most intimate and close partner. Mary was one of Brian mays girlfriends that split up from brian and ended up together with Freddie. "the attraction between them was immediate, mutual and would last a lifetime.]]> 2023-04-01 19:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785424 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785445 EMI was the ultimate record label in the seventies. The chief A&R man for EMI at the time, and the person who would decide whether the label should sign Queen, was Joop Visse.(Quote #7 pg. 109) "Joop was the guy who found three of EMI's most successful  acts  of the era and sighed them all at the same Time."]]> 2023-04-01 19:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785445 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785482 (Quote #8 pg. 131) Freddie quoted "Bohemian Rhapsody was something that I'd wanted to do for a long while, actually, it wasn't something I'd given much thought to on previous albums, but I just felt that when it came to the fourth album I was going to do it." Bohemian Rhapsody was one of the most groundbreaking and amazing tracks of all time. And according to Udiscovermusic.com “Bohemian Rhapsody” is the third best-selling single of all time in the UK and, in December 2018, “Bo Rhap” – as it is affectionately known among Queen fans – was officially proclaimed the worlds most streamed song of the 20th century passing 1.6 billion listens globally across all major streaming services,]]> 2023-04-01 19:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785482 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785507 (Quote #8 pg. 148)Freddie quoted saying "Bohemian Rhapsody was one of the first videos to get the kind of attention that videos get now, and it only cost about five thousand pounds. We decided we should put "Rhapsody" on film and let people see it. We didn't know how it was going to be locked upon, or how they were going to receive it to us it was just another form of theater. But it went crazy. We recognized that a video could get a lot of people in a lot of countries without you actually being there, and you could release a record and a video simultaneously. it became very fast and it helped record sales greatly."]]> 2023-04-01 19:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785507 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785546 in February 1976 all of queen's four albums reached the top twenty. Queen was getting ready for live shows in japan and Australia where their records and gigs were on fire. Their return to Britain saw them back in the studio to begin work on their fifth album to be produced by the band themselves, having parted amicably from Roy Thomas Baker. This next album would be entitled (A Day At The Races). Freddie was quoted saying (Quote #9 pg.158) " The album A Day At The Races ends with a Japanese thing a track from Brian called "Tep Torriatte" which means "let us cling together"it's a very emotional track, one of his best. Brian plays harmonium and some lovely guitar. it's a nice song to close the album."]]> 2023-04-01 19:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785546 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785585 (Freddie is Quoted Saying pg 193) "We went to South America originally because we had been invited down they wanted four wholesome lads to play some nice music. by the end of it I wanted to buy the entire continent and install myself as president. the idea to do a big south American Tour had been in our minds for a long time but a queen on the road is not just bad it involves a vast number of people and costs a lot of money for us to tour in the end we said: " F*** the cost, darlings, let's live a little!" At this point, Queen has already been to five of the six possible continents and decided they might as well do a tour of South America due to their large following in Argentina and Brazil.]]> 2023-04-01 19:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785585 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785601 (Quote 10 pg. 171 final Quote) Freddie is quoted saying I like Munich. I was there so long that after a while the people didn't even consider that I was around. I have a lot of friends over there and they know how I am, but they just treat me as another human being. And they've accepted me that way. and that to me is a very good way of relaxing I don't want to have to shut myself up and hide that's not what I want I'd go spare I'd go mad." The Munich scene was laid back and relaxed Freddie felt able to experiment openly without people headlining his every move another thrill for the whole band was that Munich's disco club scene was then in its heyday. so in general this time in Freddie's career was a time when he was able to explore places around him and have fun. as well as a place for his bandmates like Roger and Brian to settle down for a bit as they work on their new album.]]> 2023-04-01 19:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785601 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785634 (Freddie is Quoted saying pg. 221) I'm very happy with my relationship at the moment. And I honestly couldn't ask for better it's a kind of solace, yes that's a good word we won't call it mesopause! I don't have to try so hard I don't have to prove myself now I've got a very understanding relationship it sounds so boring but it's wonderful." according to his partner at the time Jim Hutton."Freddie was the love of my life there was no one like him he always said that you must get on with life I know that when I die Freddie will be on the other side waiting for me." After his relationship with Mary Austin stopped working he moved on and ended up getting together with the man Jim Hutton. they would be together until the end of freddies life.]]> 2023-04-01 19:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785634 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785695 (Freddie is quoted saying on page #9) "By making this concert, we are doing something positive to make people look, listen, and hopefully donate. when people are starving it should be looked upon as one united problem sometimes I do feel helpless. This is one of those times I can do my bit." In 1985 Freddie performed for his largest audience yet. An Audience of close to 80,000 people and more than 1.9 BILLION WORLDWIDE tuning in to watch him perform to raise money for starving people in Africa at the time.]]> 2023-04-01 19:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785695 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785768 (Freddie Quoted Saying) "I want to go to places iv'e never been. To me its all about people music should go all around the world. i want to g o to Russia and china and places I haven't seen before its to late before i end up in a wheelchair and cant do anything ill still be wearing my same tights, too I can imagine them wheeling me on stage in a wheelchair up to a piano and still singing bohemian rhapsody." A Kind Of Magic, Queens fourteenth album and the highlander sound track were released at the end of may 1986 to mark the start of their European tour as expected it soured to number one.]]> 2023-04-01 19:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785768 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785798 For Freddie's fortieth birthday Quoted on pg. 276 " he was scrubbed, fragrant and sporting a floral shirt and tight pale denim jeans his impeccably groomed hair revealed a small threadbare path just beginning to shine at the crown."]]> 2023-04-01 19:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785798 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785817 (Freddie is quoted saying on pg. 287)"With the Barcelona album, I had a little bit more freedom and a bit of scope to actually try out some of my crazy ideas Montserrat kept telling me that she found a new lease on life and newfound freedom those were her own words and I was very taken by it she told me on the phone she lives the way our voices sound together and I was smiling from my a** to my elbow." in the year 1998 Freddie decides he wants to move along with his solo career and collaborate with Opera singer Montserrat Cabelle to create an operatic song with the title Barcelona. The rest of 1988 was spent quietly on separate pursuits the band conveyed in January 1989 to finish the miracle album. The year 1990 Queen gathered at mountain studios to produce their new album Innuendo.]]> 2023-04-01 19:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785817 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785831 By this point in Freddie's life, sighs have started to show that he was ill. On pg. 302 Freddie is recorded saying "what you have to understand dear kash is that what i have is terminal." Aswell as "I'm going to die." Freddie at this point was working with seen on his last and final Album Made In Heaven. On his last birthday he released the single These Are The Days Of Our Lives. which in the music video showed how far his disease progressed. at this time he was also stuck inside his house due to the press camping outside his door trying to get a picture of him to confirm that he was ill.in the text it says "Ge was going to decide when to die, for weeks twenty four hours a day the press had camped his doorstep he was a prisoner in his own home nothing could be done about it except perhaps what he did do which was to let go he'd had enough not oldy was Freddie losing his sight but the will to live was ebbing away.]]> 2023-04-01 19:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785831 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785856 Freddie mercury Died on November 24th 1991 to bronchial pneumonia AIDS at his home in Kensington. Before his death he was quoted saying that "get it over and done with so that everyone could get back to normal." Freddie never wanted people to go around tearing hair out or gnashing teeth. Get on with life that's what its for." Freddie was cremated at west London crematorium, Kensal Green at ten a.m. on wednesday,27th of November. "It was all perfect just the way Freddie would have wanted it"]]> 2023-04-01 19:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540785856 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540799031 In the year 1983 Freddie was toying with the idea of working with other musicians and was even quoted saying"I'm always quite interested in working with other musicians like Michael Jackson." One day Freddie and Michael Jackson were in the same city at the same time and ended up collaborating creating the song There Must Be More To Life Than This.]]> 2023-04-01 20:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540799031 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540799677 More in depth response and information about freddies childhood ]]> 2023-04-01 20:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540799677 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540815211 Smile Band (Outside source #2)]]> 2023-04-01 20:53:22 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540815211 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540823967 Mary Austin and Freddie Mercury (Outside Source #3)]]> 2023-04-01 21:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540823967 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540831442 (Outside Source #4) The Story Behind Bohemian Rhapsody]]> 2023-04-01 21:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540831442 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540859911 (Outside Source Final Source) A Day At The Races Album Creation And Origin ]]> 2023-04-01 23:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540859911 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540861601 All quotes are bolded to help with grading/number of quotes
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All entries are in chronological order from the start of the book to the end(the start of Freddie mercury's life to the end)]]> 2023-04-01 23:38:56 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540861601 whitnwya000 https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540918647 2023-04-02 03:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/whitnwya000/ypcr6veqky6f5vqr/wish/2540918647