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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... rehearsals, timing their twenty-minute set to the very last second, and selecting their songs for maximum impact. After a quick lap of the stage, Freddie Mercury seats himself at a piano stage left. The audience erupts as he picks out ...
... rehearsals, timing their twenty-minute set to the very last second, and selecting their songs for maximum impact. After a quick lap of the stage, Freddie Mercury seats himself at a piano stage left. The audience erupts as he picks out ...
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... rehearsals to see what he could do.' Their latest recruit was Tim 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 ...
... rehearsals to see what he could do.' Their latest recruit was Tim 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 ...
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... rehearsals at Chase Bridge primary school in Twickenham, next door to the rugby stadium, reaping the benefits ofa Richmond council scheme that allowed groups to use local schools and youth clubs for a small annual fee. 'They formed this ...
... rehearsals at Chase Bridge primary school in Twickenham, next door to the rugby stadium, reaping the benefits ofa Richmond council scheme that allowed groups to use local schools and youth clubs for a small annual fee. 'They formed this ...
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... songs were dredged from all sorts of areas. Because of the nature of the material we approached, we were almost schoolboy cabaret.' The Chase Bridge rehearsals and occasional gigs continued, but minus 34 IS THIS THE REAL LIFE?
... songs were dredged from all sorts of areas. Because of the nature of the material we approached, we were almost schoolboy cabaret.' The Chase Bridge rehearsals and occasional gigs continued, but minus 34 IS THIS THE REAL LIFE?
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The Untold Story of Queen Mark Blake. The Chase Bridge rehearsals and occasional gigs continued, but minus John ... rehearsal competitions to see who could hit the highest note. 'Their ambition was to see who could sing higher than John ...
The Untold Story of Queen Mark Blake. The Chase Bridge rehearsals and occasional gigs continued, but minus John ... rehearsal competitions to see who could hit the highest note. 'Their ambition was to see who could sing higher than John ...
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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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