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Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury
Birthday: 05.09.1946
Age: 45 years
Place of birth: Stone Town, Tanzania Date of death: 24.11.1991 Place of death: London, United Kingdom
Citizenship: Great Britain
Original name: Farrokh Bulsara Original name: Farrokh Bulsara
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Biography
The Queen band said in an official statement: "We have lost the greatest and most beloved member of our family.
We feel endless grief and sadness from the realization that death overtook him at the zenith of his creative rise, but we are proud of the courage with which he lived and died.
We were lucky enough to share the magical years with him.
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Freddie Mercury was born on September 5, 1946 in Zanzibar, and his name was then Farrukh Bulsara.
He became Freddie with the light hand of his friends, and he took the pseudonym Mercury himself much later, in 1970 , either in honor of the quirky god Mercury, or in honor of the planet of the same name ruling all the Virgins
.
In any case, it was not a random choice.
Mercury went to his fame thanks to incredible energy, determination, calculating every step and only occasionally relying on intuition.
His parents, Bomi and Jer, were Parsis.
Bomi's father worked as an accountant for the British government.
In 1952, p
Freddie Kashmir's sister was born.
And in 1954, when Freddie was only 8 years old, he was sent to India and assigned to St. Peter's School in Panchgani - 500 miles from Bombay.
St. Peter's School Petra was typically English, and all the sports that were practiced in it were typically English.
Freddie terpet
he could not play cricket and long distance running, but he loved hockey, sprint and boxing, and at the age of 10 he became the school champion in table tennis.
But his talents were not limited to sports.
At the age of 12, he won the cup in a kind of junior all around.
He was very fond of painting and constantly made drawings for
I have friends and relatives.
And of course, from an early age, Freddie was crazy about music.
He listened to records on an old home record player, putting them in a pile and scrolling continuously.
Listening to music, Freddie liked to sing along.
The music was mostly Indian, although sometimes there was a Western one he sang everything and strongly preferred such an occupation to school lessons.
The musical abilities of Freddie drew the attention of the director of the St. Petersburg School of Music.
Peter.
He wrote a letter to his parents, where he offered to give him the opportunity to seriously study music for a small additional fee.
They agreed, and Freddie began to learn to play the piano.
He also began singing in the school choir and regularly took part in school theater productions.
He liked piano lessons - he could definitely apply his talent here.
As a result, Freddie received a 4th degree in theory and practice.
In 1958, five
friends from St. Peter's School.
Peter Freddie Bulsara, Derrick Branch, Bruce Murray, Farang Irani and Victory Rana created their first rock band, which was called The Hectics ("Restless"), where he was not yet a vocalist, but a pianist.
They played at school parties, anniversaries and dances - nothing more about this group is known
is known.
In 1962, Freddie graduated from St. Peter's High School.
Peter and returned to Zanzibar, where he spent his free time with friends in the bazaars, parks and beaches.
Zanzibar was a British colony, most of the population of which were Africans and Arabs.
When riots broke out in the country in 1964,
many British and Hindus were forced to leave, although no one drove them out of there.
Bulsar's family was also among those who left Zanzibar - they went to England.
At first they lived with relatives in Feltham (Middlesex County), then they had the opportunity to buy their own small house
m in the same area.
17 year old Freddie chose an art college for himself, but for this he had to get an appropriate score in painting, and in September 1964 he entered the nearest Aylesworth Polytechnic School.
During the holidays, he tried to earn a little extra money in the supply department
at Heathrow Airport, then at the Feltham trading company, where he had to lift and stack heavy baskets and crates.
The workers, looking at his hands, which were completely unsuitable for this kind of work, asked what he was doing here.
He replied that he was a musician and that he just needed to do something
his charm was so great that his comrades quickly took over the lion's share of his work.
The aesthetic side of school life impressed him clearly more than the academic one, but he easily earned the necessary score in painting and in the spring of 1966 he became a graduate of the Aylesworth School.
Thanks to this
due to Mu Ball, as well as his natural gift, he was readily accepted into the Ealing Art College, and in September 1966 he began taking a course in graphic illustration.
Freddie became friends with a student from his college, Tim Staffell.
As their friendship grew stronger, Tim began to invite
I saw Freddie at the rehearsal of his band "Smile" (Smile - Smile), where he played bass guitar and sang.
In addition to Tim, the band included guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor.
The sound of the band made an indelible impression on Freddie, especially Brian's playing.
Inspired by the "Smile", he for the first time after leaving
from India, he embarked on musical experiments.
At first, his partners were Tim and Nigel Foster - another art college student, then Chris Smith.
When Chris first heard Freddie's voice, he was fascinated.
And his manner of playing the piano - outwardly spectacular, with Mozart's ease - in soch
tanya with a strong touch was distinguished by a unique originality, and this also did not leave Chris indifferent.
They tried to write songs together.
As Chris recalls, it is unlikely that they finished anything at all, but he notes that these classes with Freddie taught him a lot.
"I immediately noticed that Freddie has
there was an innate sense of melody, "Chris recalls," and that attracted me the most. "
Even then, Freddie was experimenting, combining several melodies together in different keys, trying to achieve the greatest effect.
Take this into account when you listen to Bohemian Rhapsody.
Fra
ddi graduated from Ealing in June 1969 with a degree in graphics and design - and a couple of advertising orders for a local newspaper.
He moved into an apartment with Roger Taylor, and that same summer they opened their kiosk in Kensington Market.
First, they sold the works of Freddie and his college friends, and then they sold various
all kinds of clothes - new and used, what I could get.
In the same summer, he was introduced to the Liverpool trio "Ibex" - the guys came to try their luck in London.
They were guitarist Mike Bersin, bassist John "Tupp" Taylor, and drummer Mick "Miffer" Smith (M
ick 'Miffer' Smith - "squabbler").
With them were their main and tour manager Ken Testi (Ken Testi) and another member Geoff Higgins (Geoff Higgins), who sometimes had to play the role of bassist when "Tapp" - an ardent fan of Jethro Tull expressed a desire to play the flute.
Meeting Fr
eddy with "Ibex" took place on August 13, 1969, and after 10 days he studied their entire repertoire, added a few songs and was ready to go with them to Bolton (Lancashire) to give his first concert.
Performances in Bolton were held as part of the annual blues festivals, covered by the local press
a spring.
The concerts of" Ibex " took place on August 23 at the Oktogon Theater and on August 25 at the Queen's Park.
Freddie started looking for a new band and found an ad in Melody Maker: the band" Sour Milk Sea "("sea of sour milk") needed a vocalist.
Russ has been preserved
kaz about the pomposity with which Freddie appeared before them.
Although several other very worthy candidates came that day, as soon as Freddie started singing, it became clear that they were taking him.
Freddie's voice was distinguished by its extraordinary beauty and wide range.
But it's not just about the voice.
His very behavior, umeni
e to present yourself made an indelible impression.
Those who have seen Queen's performances at least in the recording will understand what it is about.
As Ken Testi recalls, everything that Freddie did later at Queen, he did at the very first performance at Ibex - this is not something that has been developed over the years, it is a rare experience
a natural gift that is in unique harmony with his voice, and with his external data, and with his subtle artistic taste and musicality in the broadest sense.
And the fact that he himself was aware of this made him absolutely irresistible!
Other members of the band were Chris Chesney (Chris Chesney) - vocals
and guitar, bassist Paul Milne, Jeremy" Rubber " Gallop (Jeremy 'Rubber' Gallop) - rhythm guitar and Rob Tyrell (Rob Tyrell) - drums.
They had a few rehearsals, and then a couple of performances in Chris ' hometown of Oxford.
Freddie and Chris, who was about 17 years old at the time, became very close friends, and Chris Pere
I was on my way to the apartment on Ferry Road where Freddie lived with the members of Smile.
The other members of Sour Milk Sea were not very impressed that Freddie and Chris spent so much time together - they were much more concerned about the future of the band.
And two months later, Jeremy, who owned almost all the equipment,
he took her away, and this meant the breakup of the group.
In April 1970, Tim Staffell decided to leave "Smile", and Freddie took the place of the vocalist.
He changed the name of the band to Queen, and his last name to Mercury.
The further biography of Freddie Mercury largely coincides with the biography of the band Queen.
In 1970, Freddie met Mary Austin.
They lived together for seven years, but remained friends for life.
In 1971, John Deacon joined the band - now Queen were in full composition.
Freddie came up with a coat of arms for the group based on the Zodiac signs of its members: two fairies for him (Virgo), two lions for Roger
and Jonah (Lion) and a crab for Brian (Cancer).
It was Freddie who became the author of the first Queen song that hit the British charts - (Seven Seas Of Rhye).
He also owns the first big hit (Killer Queen) and also the most famous song of the group (Bohemian Rhapsody), which stayed at the top of the British hit for 9 weeks
- the parade.
At concerts, Freddie was always in the foreground.
In 1975, Queen toured Japan, where they were accompanied everywhere by a screaming crowd of enthusiastic fans.
For the first time, they were given such an unusual and unexpected reception.
Freddie just fell in love with this country and started collecting Japanese
russian paintings and antiques.
On October 7, 1979, Freddie's old dream came true - he performed with the Royal Ballet.
He chose Bohemian Rhapsody and Crazy Little Thing Called Love.
The melody was performed by the orchestra, and Freddie sang live.
The performance began with Bohemian Rhapsody and was a huge success with amateurs
she liked the ballet, which gave him a standing ovation after both numbers.
In 1980, Freddie changed his image - he had a short haircut and grew a mustache.
After that, many fans started sending him "gifts" - nail polish and razor blades.
At the end of 1982, Queen unanimously decided that they needed to
take a break and take a break from each other.
They announced that there would be no tour in 1983.
Freddie had been considering the possibility of releasing a solo album for a long time - now he had time for this.
At the beginning of 1983, he began recording at the Munich studio Musicland.
During this period, he was introduced to ko
mpositor Giorgio Moroder.
Moroder took part in the revival of Fritz Lang's silent science fiction film "Metropolis", filmed back in 1926, which it was decided to sound with modern music.
He asked Freddie to take part in co writing a song for the film, and Freddie agreed
I.
He has never co written with anyone other than Queen and has not performed cover versions with the exception of Larry Lurex.
The result of this collaboration was the song Love Kills.
On September 10, 1984, Freddie's first solo single was released - the song Love Kill, written jointly with Giorgio Moroder
s for the movie "Metropolis".
And the first single from his future solo album was I Was Born To Love You, released on April 9, 1985.
Three weeks later, he appeared and the album itself, called Mr. Bad Guy.
It was released on CBS Records.
July 13, 1985 was a special day for Queen and Freddie.
In this d
today, the Live Aid concert took place - a grandiose show at Wembley Stadium, where 72 thousand spectators were present.
The concert was broadcast by television all over the world, i.e. it was watched by more than a billion people!
With their performance, Queen secured a place in history, and all the columnists, journalists, fans and critics
and they were unanimous that the group became the highlight of the program.
At the beginning of 1987, Queen had a certain lull, which Freddie took advantage of to record another solo number in the Townhouse Studio.
It was a cover version of an old song by the Platters The Great Pretender.
The single was released on February 23.
In March 1987, Freddie flew to Barcelona to meet with Montserrat Caballe.
He gave her a cassette on which two of his songs were recorded (according to other sources - 4).
The Spanish opera diva appreciated them and even performed one of them - to Freddie's great surprise - at a concert in London
Covent Garden.
And in early April, these two artists of such different genres began working on a joint album.
At the end of May, a grand festival was held in the famous Ku Club on the island of Ibiza.
Freddie was the guest of honor at it and together with Montserrat Caballe performed at the closing of the festival.
They are Spanish
they remembered the song Barcelona, which Freddie dedicated to his hometown of Montserrat.
On October 8, 1988, Freddie and Montserrat performed at another grand festival - La Nit, this time in Barcelona itself.
They performed 3 songs: How Can I Go On, The Golden Boy and Barcelona, and performed the piano part
il Mike Moran, co author of the songs.
The long awaited album Barcelona was finally released on October 10.
The performance on October 8 was the last appearance of Freddie in front of the public.
By that time, he was already seriously ill with AIDS, but he did not want people to know about it.
He announced his illness only the day before his death
and, leaving all his fortune to his sister, the only close person, and also to his beloved cats.
Despite everything, he continued to write songs and make recordings and even starred in video clips.
Already quite ill, he shot a wonderful video for the song I'm Going Slightly Mad.
November 24, 1991 Freddie
he died at his home in London from bronchial pneumonia, which developed against the background of AIDS.
The Queen band said in an official statement: "We have lost the greatest and most beloved member of our family.
We experience endless grief and sadness from the realization that death overtook him at the zenith of his creative work
However, we are proud of the courage with which he lived and died.
We were lucky enough to share the magical years with him.
We will do our best to pay tribute to his life and his inimitable style."
On April 20, 1992, a grand concert in his memory was held at Wembley Stadium, in which the
many rock stars took part.
But the best monument for Freddie was the release of the album Made In Heaven, completed by the three remaining members of the group.
The album was released on November 6, 1995.
It contains the latest songs recorded by Freddie.
Thank you, Freddie.
We will always remember you.
We love you
Quotes
* Would you like to interview me?
Oh, donot do anything stupid!
* We were never allowed to enter Russia.
They think that we will corrupt their youth...
* Now I know that money can buy anything in Brazil.
Even Brazil itself, or the entire continent.
With my money, I
he could easily become president there.
* I have no desire to live until the age of 70: this is probably a very boring occupation.
* People who get to know me think that I'm going to kill them now.
But in fact, I am very shy.
* How boring it is to just exist, to have only one
the side of character that is reflected in everything you do.
I am a person of opposites and I change every day like a chameleon, and each of my new days is different from the previous one, and I am looking forward to it.
I donot want to be the same.
* You canot buy happiness.
But money can help e
go to find!
* I donot want to go to heaven after my death - hell is much better.
Just think about the most interesting people you will be able to meet there, and you will also want to get there.
* In fact, my kind of loneliness is the hardest to survive.
Loneliness does not mean that you are locked up.
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Tell me what you think...
Freddie's alive... obliqa 2006-05-04 13:05:56
such people do not die at all.
some very smart person said that people and things live as long as at least one person on earth remembers and loves him.
and Freddie remembers the whole world: he suddenly entered the world of classical rock music, just as suddenly he left... and the memory remained such that it would be enough for several more famous people.
and how much has been written about him, dedicated to him; how many times he was doused with mud and his bright name was restored; how many people still bring flowers to his grave; how many performers try to repeat his style of performance, not even because people will definitely like this style, but because of sincere love for this amazing man...
In general, Freddie is alive, or rather, he did not even die!
P.S. sorry for the confusion of the narrative, but this is from the heart!
he lives in my heart lady Godiva 2006-10-22 20:44:52
Freddie Mercury is a great man of genius!
He will always live in my heart!I will not describe all his virtues here, but I just want to say that he and his work have a permanent place in my heart.
It seems to me that he made this world a little brighter))and he is doing it now, despite all the PR dirt pouring out on him from the lips and from the pen of his "friends"..
freddie forever shlon 2006-11-10 09:31:44
I donot know why, but I can listen to all his songs endlessly, although I donot know the translation, but they are close to me internally.
Freddy SAMs 2007-03-26 09:23:20
THE BEST OF THE BEST !!!!!!!!!
We will never forget you Freddie !
Mercury Hussar 2007-10-04 10:02:01
He was a good man
About Freddy Lainess 2008-01-12 10:45:09
He really was a great man who left a huge mark on the history of all mankind.
For me, he was like a family, and his death was a blow below the belt.
Freddie Mercury Valeria 2008-02-08 18:37:36
Freddie Mercury is a great talent!
His songs will always remain in my memory!
man Andrey 2008-03-05 16:22: 01
I LOVE YOU FREDDIE, YOU'RE THE BEST, I'M SORRY THAT YOU LEFT US((((((((((((((I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!
about queen fan 2009-04-02 19:29:59
A great man, a wonderful musician, it's a pity that such talented people die so early.
Indeed, Freddie, as you said - you are a legend!
about imperishable sweeting 2009-11-25 22:20:17
Stop this nightmare the constant lies about the life of Freddie Mercury.
The worst thing is that his so called friends allowed all this.
They owe everything to him - fame, fortune, creativity.
No gratitude.
In memory of the fall on the stage - do not lie.
MEMORY mer 2010-02-01 14:37:50
Freddy, we love, remember and will never forget you!
May you rest in peace.....
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