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Michael Jackson, The Eternal Youth:
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It has to be natural. You can’t go to school and ask, “How do I work an audience?” You can’t learn it like that; you just have to have the gift to start with. It’s spontaneous. I think a front man in a group has to make sure that he is stronger than the audience, because sometimes the audience can overtake you, and then you’ve had it. You’ve built them up, so you have to control them.
Freddie Mercury
I´ve read that there was a hole in the fence and many drunk persons came that way so it wasn´t Queen´s fans who started to throw things.
Freddie Mercury
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Make welcome inside your homes"
"All prime ministers and majesty around the world
Open your eyes look, touch and feel
Rule with your heart, live with your conscience"
I´ve already posted The Miracle and some lyrics from it
"The one thing we're all waiting for, is peace on earth and an end to war,
It's a miracle we need, the miracle, the miracle,
Peace on earth and end to war today,"
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Queen had just finished their album "The Miracle"
"But even before the records were in shops Freddie wanted to push on with recording new material.Queen were dazed by Freddie´s eagerness to return to the stresses of the studio but they all said yes." Jim Hutton
Freddie hadn´t told them about his disease yet but the other members could see he was seriously ill.
Then Freddie confirmed it.
Freddie was determined to continue working on music with Queen for as long as he could, saying that he would "keep working until I fucking drop"
"But even before the records were in shops Freddie wanted to push on with recording new material.Queen were dazed by Freddie´s eagerness to return to the stresses of the studio but they all said yes." Jim Hutton
Freddie hadn´t told them about his disease yet but the other members could see he was seriously ill.
Then Freddie confirmed it.
Freddie was determined to continue working on music with Queen for as long as he could, saying that he would "keep working until I fucking drop"
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Roger Taylor wrote the song and then he went on vacation. When Freddie heard it he wanted to make some changes and took the opportunity to do it when Roger was away. When Roger came back he liked Freddie's version and they recorded it.
It was first written for the movie "Highlander" I'm not sure if Roger's original version was used there.
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Freddie had the Phrase "i'm going slightly mad" on his brain. Then he had another through -the -night session with his friend Peter Straker. Straker used to come to Garden Lodge for dinner quite often and they often stayed up the whole night singing, laughing..
In this case Freddie explained for his friend what kind of things he wanted to say in the song.
The inspiration for it was the master of camp one-liners ,Noël Coward.
The master-stroke was "I think I´m a banana tree".Once that came out there was no stopping Freddie and Straker-they were then in full flow.
I went to bed to fall asleep listening to their laughter wafting upstairs. Jim Hutton
First there is making of "Slightly Mad" and in the end there is the finished video.
I know I've seen more footage with the penguins , they didn't walk in the direction they should..
I watched the video a lot when I was really sick in corona with high fever and felt it could have been written for me.
Freddie was very weak but you can see he knew what he wanted.
He didn't only have plans for the video , one of the days they were filming was Valentine's day and he planned a surprise for his boyfriend; a beautiful oil painting Jim had seen in Sotheby's auction catalogue.
Freddie got help from the other people who lived in garden Lodge with that.
When Jim came to watch one day when they worked on the video he first didn't recognise Freddie with all the make up and the wig.Jim wrote "In quiet moments Freddie took himself off to be with the penguins and give them water."
After the video was finished Freddie bought a flat in Montreux .He knew exactly how he wanted it decorated and chose everything himself.
I admire that he chose to live as long as he could.
In this case Freddie explained for his friend what kind of things he wanted to say in the song.
The inspiration for it was the master of camp one-liners ,Noël Coward.
The master-stroke was "I think I´m a banana tree".Once that came out there was no stopping Freddie and Straker-they were then in full flow.
I went to bed to fall asleep listening to their laughter wafting upstairs. Jim Hutton
First there is making of "Slightly Mad" and in the end there is the finished video.
I know I've seen more footage with the penguins , they didn't walk in the direction they should..
Freddie was very weak but you can see he knew what he wanted.
He didn't only have plans for the video , one of the days they were filming was Valentine's day and he planned a surprise for his boyfriend; a beautiful oil painting Jim had seen in Sotheby's auction catalogue.
Freddie got help from the other people who lived in garden Lodge with that.
When Jim came to watch one day when they worked on the video he first didn't recognise Freddie with all the make up and the wig.Jim wrote "In quiet moments Freddie took himself off to be with the penguins and give them water."
After the video was finished Freddie bought a flat in Montreux .He knew exactly how he wanted it decorated and chose everything himself.
I admire that he chose to live as long as he could.