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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... pop peacocks Mick Jagger and David Bowie shaking their tail feathers in each ... pop, funk, heavy metal, even gospel. While their reputation as a supreme live ... star's shaggy perm, he most resembles the electronics engineer he'd have ...
... pop peacocks Mick Jagger and David Bowie shaking their tail feathers in each ... pop, funk, heavy metal, even gospel. While their reputation as a supreme live ... star's shaggy perm, he most resembles the electronics engineer he'd have ...
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... pop star. In recent years, his bass drum skin has been decorated with a close-up picture of his face, visible from even the cheapest seats. While Taylor remains largely unseen, he will not go unheard; his distinct, cracked backing ...
... pop star. In recent years, his bass drum skin has been decorated with a close-up picture of his face, visible from even the cheapest seats. While Taylor remains largely unseen, he will not go unheard; his distinct, cracked backing ...
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... star, more naughty schoolboy, the twinkle in Freddie's eye suggests that he takes none of this, including himself, seriously. Live Aid's worthy cause and the disposition ofmany pop stars has resulted in plenty of furrowed brows on the ...
... star, more naughty schoolboy, the twinkle in Freddie's eye suggests that he takes none of this, including himself, seriously. Live Aid's worthy cause and the disposition ofmany pop stars has resulted in plenty of furrowed brows on the ...
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... pop star than his bandmates, still a gawky schoolboy, grinning and showing the protruding front teeth, caused by the presence offour extra teeth at the back of his mouth. Bruce Murray insists that nobody called Freddie 'Bucky' to his ...
... pop star than his bandmates, still a gawky schoolboy, grinning and showing the protruding front teeth, caused by the presence offour extra teeth at the back of his mouth. Bruce Murray insists that nobody called Freddie 'Bucky' to his ...
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... pop star. As Ray Pearl puts it: 'Where did that extrovert butterfly come from?' Neither Adrian Morrish nor Brian Fanning recall Freddie ever having girlfriends of his own while at the Polytechnic. 'But neither do I recall him giving any ...
... pop star. As Ray Pearl puts it: 'Where did that extrovert butterfly come from?' Neither Adrian Morrish nor Brian Fanning recall Freddie ever having girlfriends of his own while at the Polytechnic. 'But neither do I recall him giving any ...
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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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