{"id":113703,"date":"2022-07-18T13:58:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T18:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=113703"},"modified":"2022-07-18T13:58:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T18:58:42","slug":"freddie-mercury-the-greatest-queen-of-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=113703","title":{"rendered":"Freddie Mercury: The Greatest Queen of Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=113703\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=113703\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113704 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Freddie-300x199.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Freddie-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Freddie.jpeg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Karen Beishuizen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Farrokh Bulsara was born on 5 September 1946 in Zanzibar and moved to London with his parents when he was 18 years old. He met Brian May and Roger Taylor in 1970 and decided to form a band: Queen. Farrokh became Freddie and Bulsara was changed into Mercury: Freddie Mercury. Freddie had the gift that he could play anything on the piano. He listened to a song on the radio and minutes later he hit the piano keys.<\/p>\n<p>Roger Taylor and Freddie sold clothes and scarves in Kensington and Freddie was also a baggage handler at Heathrow Airport. Freddie designed Queen\u2019s logo which has the zodiac signs of all four members: 2 Lions for John Deacon and Roger Taylor (Leo), a crab for Brian May (Cancer) and 2 Fairies for Freddie (Virgo).<\/p>\n<p>He was flamboyant, theatrical, impulsive and knew how to engage with a crowd, no matter what size. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>His quotes had the same style:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>1. \u201cI won\u2019t be a rock star. I will be a legend.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>2. \u201cYou can be anything you want to be, just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>3. \u201cThe most important thing is to live a fabulous life. As long as it\u2019s fabulous I don\u2019t care how long it is.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>4. \u201cI always knew I was a star. And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>5. \u201cI\u2019m possessed by love, but isn\u2019t everybody?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>6. \u201cI like to be surrounded by splendid things.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>7. \u201cDullness is a disease.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>8. \u201cWhat will I be doing in 20 years\u2019 time? I\u2019ll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>9. \u201cWho wants to live forever?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>10. \u201cI\u2019m just a musical prostitute, my dear.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>11. \u201cI think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>12. \u201cI\u2019m very emotional. I think I may go mad in several years\u2019 time.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>13. \u201cWhen I\u2019m dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>14. \u201cThe reason we\u2019re successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>15. \u201cIf I die tomorrow, I will not regret. I really did everything I could.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>16. \u201cThe whole point of Queen was to be original.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>17. \u201cWhen we began, we approached it the way we did because we were not prepared to be out-of-work musicians, ever. We said either take it on as a serious commodity or don\u2019t do it at all.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>18. \u201cA lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That\u2019s the kind of world I live in. It\u2019s very sort of flamboyant, and that\u2019s the kind of way I write. I love it.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>19. \u201cThe concept of Queen is to be regal and majestic. Glamour is part of us, and we want to be dandy.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>20. \u201cA concert is not a live rendition of our album. It\u2019s a theatrical event.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>21. \u201cI love the fact that I can make people happy, in any form. Even if it\u2019s just an hour of their lives, if I can make them feel lucky or make them feel good, or bring a smile to a sour face, that to me is worthwhile.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>22. \u201cYears ago, I thought up the name Queen. It\u2019s just a name. But it\u2019s regal, obviously, and sounds splendid.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>23. \u201cMoney cannot buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>24. \u201cOh, I was not made for heaven. No, I don\u2019t want to go to heaven. Hell is much better. Think of all the interesting people you\u2019re going to meet down there.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>25. \u201cMy soul has painted like the wings of butterflies,<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die,<\/p>\n<p>I can fly, my friends\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Freddie wrote 10 of the 17 songs on the Greatest Hits album by Queen: &#8220;Bohemian Rhapsody&#8221;, &#8220;Seven Seas of Rhye&#8221;, &#8220;Killer Queen&#8221;, &#8220;Somebody to Love&#8221;, &#8220;Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy&#8221;, &#8220;We Are the Champions&#8221;, &#8220;Bicycle Race&#8221;, &#8220;Don&#8217;t Stop Me Now&#8221;, &#8220;Crazy Little Thing Called Love&#8221;, and &#8220;Play the Game&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>His performance at Live Aid 1985 is considered one of the greatest in the history of music. Nobody knew how to play a crowd like Freddie.<\/p>\n<p>A statement was released on 23 November 1991 which confirmed Freddie\u2019s illness:<\/p>\n<p>Following the enormous conjecture in the press over the last two weeks, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private to date to protect the privacy of those around me. However, the time has come now for my friends and fans around the world to know the truth and I hope that everyone will join with me, my doctors and all those worldwide in the fight against this terrible disease. My privacy has always been very special to me and I am famous for my lack of interviews. Please understand this policy will continue.<\/p>\n<p>A day later, on 24 November, he died at his home in Kensington at the age of 45.<\/p>\n<p>Freddie was one of a kind. There will never be another like him.<\/p>\n<p>Forever in our hearts.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Karen Beishuizen Farrokh Bulsara was born on 5 September 1946 in Zanzibar and moved to London with his parents when he was 18 years old. He met Brian May and Roger Taylor in 1970 and decided to form a band: Queen. Farrokh became Freddie and Bulsara was changed into Mercury: Freddie Mercury. 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