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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... guitarist', had begun meeting at Gladstone Avenue and, as Connolly recalls, trying to write songs together. 'The three of us would sit around his piano and sing,' says Patrick. 'A favourite, believe it or not, was “PuffThe Magic Dragon ...
... guitarist', had begun meeting at Gladstone Avenue and, as Connolly recalls, trying to write songs together. 'The three of us would sit around his piano and sing,' says Patrick. 'A favourite, believe it or not, was “PuffThe Magic Dragon ...
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... guitarist that I remember Fred really liked. Yes, of course, years later, I always wondered if it was Brian May . . .' Regrettably, any further information on the Isleworth auditions has faded from the memories of those involved. 'Keen ...
... guitarist that I remember Fred really liked. Yes, of course, years later, I always wondered if it was Brian May . . .' Regrettably, any further information on the Isleworth auditions has faded from the memories of those involved. 'Keen ...
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... guitarist Jimi Hendrix, who made his UK TV debut on the pop show Ready Steady Go. It offered suburban England its first sighting of a musical force of nature. Just three days after arriving in the capital, Hendrix, then a complete ...
... guitarist Jimi Hendrix, who made his UK TV debut on the pop show Ready Steady Go. It offered suburban England its first sighting of a musical force of nature. Just three days after arriving in the capital, Hendrix, then a complete ...
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... guitarist often says, 'I'm not very good at being a rock star.' It is June 1998, May has a solo album to promote, but will patiently submit to the usual round of questions about Queen and, especially, their late singer Freddie Mercury ...
... guitarist often says, 'I'm not very good at being a rock star.' It is June 1998, May has a solo album to promote, but will patiently submit to the usual round of questions about Queen and, especially, their late singer Freddie Mercury ...
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... guitarist may have even been in the same audience when Hendrix played London's Saville Theatre on 29 January 1967. For May, seeing Hendrix was a pivotal moment. 'I was already playing, I was in groups. Then this guy came along who was ...
... guitarist may have even been in the same audience when Hendrix played London's Saville Theatre on 29 January 1967. For May, seeing Hendrix was a pivotal moment. 'I was already playing, I was in groups. Then this guy came along who was ...
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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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