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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... says, 'like the most unlikely rock band you could imagine'. John Deacon (Geldof: 'the reserved bass guitarist') takes up his position at the back, close to the drum riser. Despite a pop star's shaggy perm, he most resembles the ...
... says, 'like the most unlikely rock band you could imagine'. John Deacon (Geldof: 'the reserved bass guitarist') takes up his position at the back, close to the drum riser. Despite a pop star's shaggy perm, he most resembles the ...
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... says Shah now. During some school holidays, the two would make the long trip back home together. 'We were together on that ship twice. It would stop in the Seychelles, Mombassa, Zanzibar and then on to South Africa.' To pass the time ...
... says Shah now. During some school holidays, the two would make the long trip back home together. 'We were together on that ship twice. It would stop in the Seychelles, Mombassa, Zanzibar and then on to South Africa.' To pass the time ...
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... says Murray. Although shy, the future Freddie Mercury's flair for drama showed itself at St Peter's, in more ways than one. He played a doctor in the school's production of the nineteenth-century farce Cure for the Fidgets, and, during ...
... says Murray. Although shy, the future Freddie Mercury's flair for drama showed itself at St Peter's, in more ways than one. He played a doctor in the school's production of the nineteenth-century farce Cure for the Fidgets, and, during ...
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... says Shah. 'One time we all went to the beach as a class. At this time the dance craze the Twist was very big on the island. It was the first time any of us had seen the girls without their bui-buis. There they were, twisting their ...
... says Shah. 'One time we all went to the beach as a class. At this time the dance craze the Twist was very big on the island. It was the first time any of us had seen the girls without their bui-buis. There they were, twisting their ...
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... says. 'I listened to jazz. I knew nothing about Queen. My father read the article and realised that this singer was ... say, “Dirty place! Filthy place, dear.” ' Freddie now had to decide what he was going to do with his life. 'He knew ...
... says. 'I listened to jazz. I knew nothing about Queen. My father read the article and realised that this singer was ... say, “Dirty place! Filthy place, dear.” ' Freddie now had to decide what he was going to do with his life. 'He knew ...
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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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