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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... thought I'd make a fool of myself,' he said later, admitting he'd sent his roadie, Spider, instead. Brian May, of the praying-mantis physique and busby of dark curls ('the hippy guitarist', says Geldof), looks almost unchanged since the ...
... thought I'd make a fool of myself,' he said later, admitting he'd sent his roadie, Spider, instead. Brian May, of the praying-mantis physique and busby of dark curls ('the hippy guitarist', says Geldof), looks almost unchanged since the ...
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... thought boarding school would do me good.' Later, when asked by one interviewer why he was 'so sensitively defensive of his Persian roots and the family ties he has in India', Mercury snapped, 'Oh, you sod. Don't ask me about it. Oh ...
... thought boarding school would do me good.' Later, when asked by one interviewer why he was 'so sensitively defensive of his Persian roots and the family ties he has in India', Mercury snapped, 'Oh, you sod. Don't ask me about it. Oh ...
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... head.” Then he asked me how long I thought I was going to live, and I said, “Fortyseven.” It wasn't a planned question; it was just something that came into my head simply because of the context of ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? 17.
... head.” Then he asked me how long I thought I was going to live, and I said, “Fortyseven.” It wasn't a planned question; it was just something that came into my head simply because of the context of ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? 17.
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... thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix.' By the end of 1967, his bandmates at the time had nicknamed him 'Brimi', such was his devotion to the guitarist. May and Bulsara's mutual love of Hendrix was the first step towards their ...
... thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix.' By the end of 1967, his bandmates at the time had nicknamed him 'Brimi', such was his devotion to the guitarist. May and Bulsara's mutual love of Hendrix was the first step towards their ...
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... thought no more ofit.' A year later, Dilloway and May ended up in the same class together, the elite 2LA. 'Two Latin A,' explains Dave. 'It was the fast stream, which meant you could take your A-levels a year early, so you could go to ...
... thought no more ofit.' A year later, Dilloway and May ended up in the same class together, the elite 2LA. 'Two Latin A,' explains Dave. 'It was the fast stream, which meant you could take your A-levels a year early, so you could go to ...
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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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