Is This the Real Life?: The Untold Story of QueenHachette Books, 22.3.2011 - 432 sivua Queen's success in the 1970s was accompanied by a taste for musical and non-musical excess. Is This the Real Life? draws on eyewitness testimonies -- former producers and managers, ex-girlfriends and boyfriends -- to create a complete picture of one of the world's most ambitiously driven rock bands at work and at play. Revealing Queen's complex dynamic, Blake also explores how Freddie Mercury's sexuality alienated some of the band's fan base, how they reinvented themselves by morphing from hard rock to pop, and how they saw out their final years as Mercury became one of the most successful rock stars in the world. Is This the Real Life? looks beyond Queen's public persona to shed light on the legendary band's four wildly divergent personalities, particularly lead singer Freddie Mercury's. |
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... Staffell from Teddington, another Hampton pupil, and, at sixteen, a few months younger than Dave and Brian. Like John Garnham, though, Tim already had experience of playing, and had been singing in a local group called The Railroaders ...
... Staffell from Teddington, another Hampton pupil, and, at sixteen, a few months younger than Dave and Brian. Like John Garnham, though, Tim already had experience of playing, and had been singing in a local group called The Railroaders ...
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... Staffell's girlfriend, that secured 1984's next booking, on 4 November in the girls' school hall. 'Tim and Brian both had girlfriends at the school, and, yes, that's how we got the gig,' recalls Dave. 'But we struggled with the ...
... Staffell's girlfriend, that secured 1984's next booking, on 4 November in the girls' school hall. 'Tim and Brian both had girlfriends at the school, and, yes, that's how we got the gig,' recalls Dave. 'But we struggled with the ...
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... Staffell in an effusive mood, proclaiming that 'psychedelic music is here to stay'. In keeping with the psychedelic era, electronics whizz Dilloway was now experimenting with a primitive light show, inspired by the up-and-coming Pink ...
... Staffell in an effusive mood, proclaiming that 'psychedelic music is here to stay'. In keeping with the psychedelic era, electronics whizz Dilloway was now experimenting with a primitive light show, inspired by the up-and-coming Pink ...
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... Staffell's voice, loose and soulful like a wannabe Steve Winwood, that most impress. Tellingly, Staffell sounds more at ease on the soul numbers than he does on 'Purple Haze', which, naturally, gives May the chance to cut loose. The ...
... Staffell's voice, loose and soulful like a wannabe Steve Winwood, that most impress. Tellingly, Staffell sounds more at ease on the soul numbers than he does on 'Purple Haze', which, naturally, gives May the chance to cut loose. The ...
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... Staffell as he loped down the corridor from the dressing room: 'Which way's the stage, man?' Also in Hendrix's entourage that night was Brian Jones, soon to be expelled from The Rolling Stones for too much drinking and drugging. Dave ...
... Staffell as he loped down the corridor from the dressing room: 'Which way's the stage, man?' Also in Hendrix's entourage that night was Brian Jones, soon to be expelled from The Rolling Stones for too much drinking and drugging. Dave ...
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CHAPTER THREE A Happy Accident | 55 |
CHAPTER FOUR A Strange Vibrato | 94 |
CHAPTER FIVE These Silly Bastards | 138 |
CHAPTER SIX A Vultures Crotch | 167 |
CHAPTER SEVEN BoomBoom Cha | 202 |
CHAPTER EIGHT Four Cocks Fighting | 230 |
CHAPTER NINE Huge Plastic Falsies | 274 |
CHAPTER TEN Sweet Dreams | 306 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN A Ferrari in the Garage | 355 |
Acknowledgements | 394 |
Select Bibliography | 395 |
Index | 396 |
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