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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... wanted to practise his piano,' recalls Pearl now. 'In my memory, he was quiet and retiring and culturally very different from his college mates.' Ray Pearl's diary from 1965 offers a tiny glimpse into Freddie Bulsara's social life that ...
... wanted to practise his piano,' recalls Pearl now. 'In my memory, he was quiet and retiring and culturally very different from his college mates.' Ray Pearl's diary from 1965 offers a tiny glimpse into Freddie Bulsara's social life that ...
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... wanted to be.' I I I Brian May's house isn't the most ostentatious in the country lane. That accolade goes to his next-door neighbour, an Arab sheik, whose property is flanked by forbidding gates and a state-of-the-art security camera ...
... wanted to be.' I I I Brian May's house isn't the most ostentatious in the country lane. That accolade goes to his next-door neighbour, an Arab sheik, whose property is flanked by forbidding gates and a state-of-the-art security camera ...
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... wanted, Brian relented and installed Burns pick-ups (as favoured by The Shadows). 'Then I bought the fretwire from a shop called Clifford Essex in [London's] Cambridge Circus,' he recalled. 'But everything 30 IS THIS THE REAL LIFE?
... wanted, Brian relented and installed Burns pick-ups (as favoured by The Shadows). 'Then I bought the fretwire from a shop called Clifford Essex in [London's] Cambridge Circus,' he recalled. 'But everything 30 IS THIS THE REAL LIFE?
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... wanted to explore songwriting or that he even had ideas,' admits Dave Dilloway. 'I don't think the rest ofus had those aspirations. “Step On Me” was our one original number in all the time 1984 played live.' With its dainty melody and ...
... wanted to explore songwriting or that he even had ideas,' admits Dave Dilloway. 'I don't think the rest ofus had those aspirations. “Step On Me” was our one original number in all the time 1984 played live.' With its dainty melody and ...
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... wanted to set the world on fire.' The band pressed on with Tim stepping up as lead guitarist and vocalist, but before long, he would be enticed back into playing music with Brian. Away from the stage and the recording studios, another ...
... wanted to set the world on fire.' The band pressed on with Tim stepping up as lead guitarist and vocalist, but before long, he would be enticed back into playing music with Brian. Away from the stage and the recording studios, another ...
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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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