Freddie Mercury: A Life, In His Own Words

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Certo, non è che se mi capita non legga articoli o guardi interviste, ma non sento la necessità impellente di sapere tutto lo scibile sull’artista X. Se la cosa vi può consolare, io penso che ci siamo tuttə fattə un’idea di lui che, se siamo fortunatə, è un frammento della sua personalità: è stato uno di quei personaggi che entrano nelle nostre categorie mentali e si divertono a mettervi scompiglio. His quotes build up a peek for the reader into his life, however, he never once discusses his lover from 1984, Jim Hutton, who has sadly passed away. What Greg and Simon have done is meticulously put together quotes from Freddie throughout his career and shaped them into cohesive chapters, so the book reads almost like an autobiography.

Even if it's just half an hour of their lives, in any way that I can make them feel lucky or make them feel good, or bring a smile to a sour face, that to me is worthwhile.

The story describes how on many occasions the group almost broke up, but was always kept together by their shared love of breaching musical boundaries.

Spurred on by their almost uncontrollable ambitious and forthright front man, Queen succeeded in becoming one of the biggest bands on the planet. Que se puede decir de Queen que no se haya dicho ya, solo se tendría que decir que ¡Dios salve a la reina! The interviews used were interspersed with other quotes and writings, and are meant to give a more well rounded view of Freddie Mercury. Mercury was an incredibly private person, but occasionally he would explain something of his personal philosophy in a TV or press interview. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.Heck, even if you're not planning on reading this book the knowledge of Queen and their music is highly recommended. For example, something as simple as the band members' names and roles, or the Live Aid concert, or even the artists who played at the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert (which of course isn't mentioned because this is a "biography", meaning it represents events during Freddie's life, but I think the knowledge on events such as that one really complement the reading). Now, remember, this isn't like reading a biography on Freddie nor is it HIM telling us his life so far, talking about his illness etc. It was a good concept I thought, but in execution wasn’t the book I had hoped for as a Freddie Mercury fan.

While the concept of bringing Freddie Mercury’s life to light with only his own words is lovely in theory, I do wish there had been more establishing facts.

Il primo libro che ho letto nel 2019 è stato, evidentemente, tutta colpa di Bohemian Rhapsody: dopo aver visto il film per la seconda volta (e devo dire che, nonostante fosse in sala da un mese, c’era ancora un sacco di gente a vederlo), ho sentito il bisogno di tornare a sentire le parole originali di quel birbante che era Freddie Mercury. As much as i love Queen band this was my first book to read about them but more about Freddie Mercury it was a brilliant book and it sounded just like him (i mean what i have seen on youtube interviews with him) . I think that taking quotes out of context garbled the meaning of what he was saying a lot of the times.

Freddie Mercury: A Life, In His Own Words, is a book compiled and edited by official Queen archivist Greg Brooks and Queen visuals producer Simon Lupton.A moving, witty, often irreverent collection of quotes (or interview transcript) from the man himself, covering an extraordinary life, meticulously edited together by Queen’s long time archivists, with a Foreword by Freddie's mum. In the beginning, I found it very stilted and disorienting to have quotes about a common topic grouped together with nothing to make them flow together. Ci troverete diverse contraddizioni e anche ripetizioni e lo chiuderete con la sensazione di non saperne poi tanto più di prima su chi fosse Freddie Mercury. As I read through it, enjoying hearing about his life in his own words, it eventually did become repetitive.