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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... Garnham. Brian was chaperoned to school halls and youth clubs in his dad's Javelin, while the older 'Jag ... Garnham and Dilloway even swapped instruments, with 'Jag' playing Dave's homemade bass. 'But it was a bit of a plank,' says ...
... Garnham. Brian was chaperoned to school halls and youth clubs in his dad's Javelin, while the older 'Jag ... Garnham and Dilloway even swapped instruments, with 'Jag' playing Dave's homemade bass. 'But it was a bit of a plank,' says ...
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... Garnham. 'Brian was a super-brain, a goody two-shoes at school. But he was still a quiet person when he was in the early groups. It always struck me as peculiar that once Queen got going, he was rushing to the front of the stage doing ...
... Garnham. 'Brian was a super-brain, a goody two-shoes at school. But he was still a quiet person when he was in the early groups. It always struck me as peculiar that once Queen got going, he was rushing to the front of the stage doing ...
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... Garnham. 'But I still had this thing in 1984 that we should do songs that people could dance to, which wasn't true of, say [Cream's] “Sunshine of Your Love”. I played that crash-bang-wallop Chuck Berry style. I couldn't play the fancy ...
... Garnham. 'But I still had this thing in 1984 that we should do songs that people could dance to, which wasn't true of, say [Cream's] “Sunshine of Your Love”. I played that crash-bang-wallop Chuck Berry style. I couldn't play the fancy ...
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... Garnham and Richard Thompson are similarly baffled as to the identities of these 'couple of characters'. Nevertheless, their new patrons watched the band rehearse and told them they needed to sharpen up their image. Early photos of 1984 ...
... Garnham and Richard Thompson are similarly baffled as to the identities of these 'couple of characters'. Nevertheless, their new patrons watched the band rehearse and told them they needed to sharpen up their image. Early photos of 1984 ...
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... Garnham. 'These crappy LPs.' Still, the winning band were photographed that night, preserving an image of 1984 that year. Twenty-year-old Brian May had a regulation Beatle hairdo and Hendrix-style military jacket. Much to his chagrin ...
... Garnham. 'These crappy LPs.' Still, the winning band were photographed that night, preserving an image of 1984 that year. Twenty-year-old Brian May had a regulation Beatle hairdo and Hendrix-style military jacket. Much to his chagrin ...
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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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