#freddie mercury lover of life

[freddiemercurylegendabovelegends]

Today - March 25th, 1977 - Queen Story!

'Teo Torriatte' bw 'Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy' released in Japan

Taken from album 'A Day At The Races', 1976

- 'Teo Torriatte' (Let us Cling Together)'

Written by Brian May

🔸“Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)”, which features a chorus sung in Japanese. The band offered the song for inclusion on the charity album Songs for Japan, a compilation of recordings by international artists put together to support people affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011.

👉 The song was originally included on the band’s fifth album, A Day at the Races, released in 1976. It was apparently Mercury himself who had the idea of including Japanese lyrics on the track. When the band came back to Japan for another tour, Tōgō says, “Freddie wrote down the lyrics by hand and asked the woman who was working as their interpreter to translate them into Japanese.”

- Tōgō Kaoruko, music critic and journalist Music Life magazine

➡️ Full article↘https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/g00703/let-us-cling-together-queen%E2%80%99s-special-ties-with-japan.html

(Originally published in Japanese on May 31, 2019. Interview and text by Itakura Kimie of Nippon.com.)

- 'Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy'

Written by Freddie Mercury

🔸Freddie Mercury: "It’s called 'Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy', and it’s in my ‘ragtime’ mood that I get a chance to, (laughs) to do on every album and this time, this is something I’ve come up with this time around"

Kenny Everett: "Right, a little frilly number from the pen of Fred."

- Mercury interview

November 1976, Kenny Everett Radio Show

📸 Japanese Sleeves

[kaktohund]

i have had the same song stuck in my head. for a week and a half

[manyrandomfandoms]

No One But You really infiltrated my brain today…

[8thhousekat]

🎀Libra Venus🎀

💌LIBRA VENUSES have a tendency to accidentally flirt haha

💌they tend to have very soft and beautiful features

💌they are in love with the idea of love (kind of like Taurus venus but more airy and romantic)

💌you will know when a libra Venus likes you because they will be more consistent with you

💌they love giving and receiving compliments

💌they could develop crushes very easily (I’ve noticed this a lot more with the men the women have to really feel out a persons energy before they form a crush)

💌they find beauty in everyone even the people society wouldn’t consider conventionally attractive

💌 they can lowkey be haters lol it’s so funny tho

💌can become very passive aggressive at times

💌they don’t tolerate any kind of disrespect towards their loved ones (this can be surprising but they really do stick up for people especially if they have any fire placements)

💌unfortunately tho:( it might take them a lot more to stand up for themselves it’s because they believe everyone deserves a second chance

💌some of them can have a really dark aesthetic or have gone through the darker aesthetic

💌but most libra Venus people I know tend to dress depending on how they feel

💌 they can be flaky😭

💌 their partners become their whole world

💌 they appreciate the little things and they like to make people feel accepted and appreciated

💌 some of them will flirt and ghost but if they really value you they won’t ghost you 🎀🩷 this isn’t because they are bad people it’s because they have a certain thing they are looking for so they will read you early on to see if you’re the one for them

💌 some of them might put up with toxic lovers/friends because they are scared of being alone:(

💌 they may have had an ugly duckling phase in their life but later on glowed tf up

💌very beautiful people I’ve noticed they have amazing eyebrows haha

💌if they like you they will try to always show up to events that you are at if they know you’re there they will show up😭😭😭(not in a stalker way they just wanna be around you)

💌they have a hard time hiding their love for someone

💌they are very supportive people

💌 I’ve noticed that alot of them don’t like eating in front of people or they could find it uncomfortable

💌they have a way of making everyone feel loved

💌attachment or detachment issues no in-between

💌their love language is words of affirmation and quality time 🩷🩷 or gift giving

💌 they can be sassy lol

💌they are also very sweet people

💌 libra Venuses have amazing sense of style

Libra Venus celebrities

-Beyoncé

-Emma Stone

-Will Smith

-Freddy Mercury

-Ryan Gosling

-Shailene Woodley

-Hilary Duff

-John Bernthal

-Jada Pinkett Smith

-Josh Duhamel

Thank you for reading the next Venus sign will be scorpio 🙏🕷️

[hikarry]

I get why you would have Crowley be a guitarist/vocalist. It's a classic in the fandom. But a pianist? I don't really see that instrument fitting him

My reason is one and only one and a very simple one at that: Have you looked at that man's hands?

Anthony J. Crowley was created to play a fucking piano!

As a pianist myself, I would commit cold blooded murder to have long slim fingers like those!

It is a sin I haven't run across a single fanfic - in universe or not - where this guy plays a piano! Look at the way he moves his bloody fingers! Look at how fucking fluid he is!

I will have him sit his ass in front of a piano and fucking serenate Aziraphale every night if I have to, but my musician Crowley will be, regardless of anything else, a pianist god

I understand your scepticism tho

Most musician Crowley AUs have him as a rock star and, by God, so will I, but whoever made the rule that rock stars only sing and play drums or the guitar?

You need no other example but the Queen of Glam Rock himself, Freddie Fucking Mercury. He is one of the biggest rock stars to ever grace this Earth and he could barely play a bloody guitar to save his life, but was a genius at the piano

Don't Stop Me Now. Killer Queen. Somebody To Love. We Are The Champions. Breakthru. Face It Alone. Spread Your Wings. The March of the Black Queen. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy.

I could keep going.

Do you know what all of those have in common?

They are all Queen songs, yes. All undeniably rock songs. And their main instrument is what? A piano

I rest my case

[thewomanwhoboughttheworld]

I reckon it is widely accepted that Crowley and Freddie Mercury were, at the very least, besties, sometimes lovers, sometimes had a fling or dated. But I have feelings and headcanons nobody asked for that I have to share.

They met while Freddie was still in college. Freddie saw Crowley, drew a quick sketch of him and got up and gave it to Crowley. "I promise I will draw you a better one, dear." He never did, but Crowley still keeps the drawing and miracled it to always look like just made.

Crowley never really liked Mary Austin. He didn't like her when she was Freddie's girlfriend and always found a way to inconvenience her. He still doesn't like her, especially after she put Freddie's belongings up for auction. He liked Jim Hutton, however.

Freddie kissed Crowley first. It was after a rehearsal of one of Freddie's early bands, Crowley was giving him his feedback. Freddie just leaned in and kissed him. He avoided the demon for the following two weeks as he was confused (he still hadn't realised he liked boys) and felt embarrassed.

Even though they were both adamant that there were no feelings involved, they both deeply cared for each other. Neither would admit it, saying they were only friends who (more than) occasionally hooked up, but they both knew there was more. However, Freddie fell a bit harder even though he knew Crowley wasn't in love with him. It did hurt a bit, but he was eventually fine with it.

Freddie actually knew about Crowley and Aziraphale being a demon and an angel. Crowley told him one night while they were both drunk and then Freddie remembered and asked him. Crowley tried to deny it, but Freddie insisted so much that in the end, he decided to tell him everything as he knew Freddie wouldn't tell anybody. And he never did, he treated this like his own secret.

The first time Freddie saw Crowley's eyes, Crowley thought he would be scared. But Freddie just said: "I know they're snake eyes, but they remind me of my cats. And what a lovely colour, darling. Yellow's my favourite, you know?".

Crowley ranted A LOT about Aziraphale to Freddie. He was always going on about how much he hated his being a goody-two-shoes, how infuriating his constant reminding him that he was actually a good person and how the fuck can 6000 years be too fast? Freddie just smiled because he knew. He could see how much Crowley loved that angel. It broke his own heart, because he knew he could never be loved that much, but never said a word.

Freddie did write a lot of songs about Crowley and Aziraphale. Obviously Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy, but also Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Somebody to Love and many more. Spread Your Wings is specifically about Crowley and he knew. But what Freddie would never tell anyone, a secret that he brought to the tomb with him, is that he wrote Love of My Life and You Take my Breath Away for him. (told you that Freddie was in love, my poor baby suffered too much in his life).

Freddie taught Crowley how to play the piano.

Crowley auctioned for some of Freddie's belongings. He got some kimonos, some handwritten sheets and his piano. He couldn't let anyone else have it.

Crowley never really left Freddie's side. He was always that mysterious, dark and handsome man showing up especially when Freddie needed someone. People eventually accepted it as part of Freddie's charm as he was always so secretive about his personal life.

Freddie let himself be vulnerable only around Crowley. Just as Crowley took off his glasses with him, Freddie allowed himself to cry only those times in which they were alone. He cried in Crowley's arms so much when his illness was worsening, when he was scared of how much he would have suffered. One night it got so bad that Freddie was basically begging Crowley to end his suffering and Crowley had to perform a miracle so that he could sleep. Neither brought it up ever again.

When Freddie died, Crowley was there with him. He gave Freddie just enough life to allow him to say some words. "You promised me you wouldn't come," Freddie told him. "I'm a demon, I lied" replied Crowley with a broken voice. He then sat on the bed and stayed with him until the very last moment. Aziraphale was there too. He followed Crowley without telling him because he felt he needed him. Aziraphale took away Freddie's suffering so that he could go without pain.

That same night, Aziraphale tried to persuade Crowley to stay at his library because he thought Crowley needed a friend. Crowley refused, hopped on his Bentley and drove away. He parked in front of his apartment building and found a used packet of cigarettes and an old pair of sunglasses that belonged to Freddie in his car. As the radio passed Love of my life, he couldn't hold it anymore and burst into tears. He cried hard, really hard. He felt a familiar hand on his back but didn't look and didn't ask. Aziraphale never said anything either and didn't leave until Crowley stopped crying but before he could be seen. He remembered how much it hurt and didn't want Crowley to grieve alone.

Master post: here

[catre33]

love languages

Crowley and Aziraphale each have their own specific language for each other. Their own specific love languages, specifically for each other.

They both have a general love language, of course.

Aziraphale's is hard to discern. Gestures are a great part of it, I believe. Angelic nature = acts of service. But he is really just reclused. An ambivert, I believe you could say. He will socialise if he really truly needs to, and he keeps up the appearance of being perfectly amiable. But, he really just has Crowley and his books. I think that's one of the reasons books are such a large part of his personality. Throughout centuries people and civilizations rise and fall. Perhaps he got too attached in early years to mortals he didn't realise would pass on too soon. But books will never betray or leave you in unpredictable ways. Their stories are always there. The only one who has also been there the entire time has been Crowley. These two are the only immortals for each other. And that's also why quality time is quite a large part of Azi's general love language. Spending as much time with someone as possible because you never know when you'll lose them, especially if they're mortal.

The ambivert/recluse perspective really relates to both of them at this point. I can see Crowley having much more of a social life than Aziraphale, but only really on the surface. Practically platonic flings. As per the usual, he has realised the truth early on, that he can't get too attached to anyone. So he'll make friends, he'll spend time with random people; get wasted at clubs, become quick besties with Freddie Mercury, Hozier, Shakespeare, anyone who'll let him rant drunk. But he would never really delve deep into any sort of relationship. Only his angel.

They're the only people, or people-shaped beings, the other could rely on this entire time, through fights and Ragna-right-okay-neverminds, through everything. (until recently ;-;)

Their personal languages for each other are also much more than loosely based upon their ideas of love, and the sheer humanity of it.

Crowley's idea of love is desperate, intense, and intimate (not just physically). A burst of feeling in a tumultous atmosphere, followed by pure expression of adoration for each other. A slow burn and enormous supernova of love. A galaxy of devotion to each other. Which also directly relates to the (supposed) moment he fell in love. Love at first fricking sight. Looking into each others' eyes and realising you were made for each other. An explosion of feeling. He shows his love for Aziraphale in these ways. Desperate rescues and speeches. Very cinematographic ideals, he has.

Aziraphale- oh ho. This true good old-fasioned lover boy. Jane Austen, Cotillion Balls, a slow dance with your love. Gentle, caring, heart-wrenching. A sudden realisation. Very, very sudden, everything. His idea of love is of discovery. But it is also very vague. I feel he is terrified to pursue anything. The terror on his face of implications, realisations that he is knee-deep in the roller coaster of love. He probably never considered any of this until the 18th or 19th century, with his new favorite novels. It is all so very new and scary and sudden to him.

[zvtara-was-never-canon]

Kataang is a ship that dared to be different. Not sure why people think Kataang is a sexist ship when Katara and Aang both protect and support each other and neither is the damsel and the hero in the relationship.

And yet people think ZK is better than the average M/F ship when the reason why ZK is so damn popular is because of annoying overdone hetero-normalic tropes. To the point where people think Zuko taking a hit for Katara is romantic coded (and apparently me and my peers are """delusional""" for not seeing it as romantic coded) and that ZK fanfics are such romantic fantasies of Zuko saving Katara and Katara being such a meek little girlfriend for the badass chad fanon!Zuko. (As if the ZK fanbase is aware that Zuko and Katara are both pure yang energy and they have to make Katara meek to make the ZK ship work.)

I mean yes I am annoyed Z/tara is as popular as it is but Kataang is canon and ZK is dipping in popularity and it feels like the bulk of the ZK fanbase is just annoying ass middle aged women who get pissy at a kids show for not being the adult show they want...

Just food for thought...Especially considering ZK shippers act immature trying to 1-up people by saying their ship is popular (I mean, are they unaware Zukka topped Z/tara?) And again, popular doesn't automatically mean good...Especially since Z/tara is only popular because it hits all those hetero-normalic beats that people adore so much.

Guys, come on, let's be serious here. I LOVE kataang, with all my heart, BUT best friends to lovers is as cliche as enemies to lovers, main guy dates main girl is as cliche as hero falls in love with the villain who changes side. To quote my best friend @dragomer "A knife is cliche. It's still what you use to cut shit with."

The problem with Zutara fans is not the they prefer the more "traditional" romance, or that it's cliche, or that it's smutty, or that they sometimes make it a toxic dynamic, or that it's not a "progressive" ship. The problem is they feel entitled to push their preference as the only correct one - it's the same issue that made the fandom for Zukka, an actual non hetero ship, so hated by everyone else. No one likes the people that think only they are allowed to have fun with fanon. No one likes the people that expects them to disregard canon for the sake of their prefered fanon.

And speaking as a bisexual woman: we gotta stop with this nonsense of labeling straight ships "non-hetero normalic" for basic shit (and the reverse of it, the "hetero-normalic gay ship" that is literally just the age old homophobic question of "But which one of you is the woman?" with woke language attached to it). It doesn't matter if Kataang is "heteronormative" or not, because:

1 - All that matters in fiction is if something is WELL WRITTEN AND ENTERTAINING, not if it's progressive or more on the traditional side, if it's cliche or "subverting expectations".

2 - What media you find entertaining has nothing to do with your politic views and real-life sexual preferences. Liking one of H.P. Lovecraft's stories doesn't make you a racist, disliking Freddie Mercury doesn't mean you're homophobic (though it does mean you have shit taste in music), liking the most traditional straight romance ever doesn't mean you're straight yourself.

3 - In the case of Avatar in particular, lets be fucking real: no way two straight writers back in 2005, while working on a kids show in a network that had a long history of banning episodes of shows that tried to hint or full on talk about homosexuality, were thinking "How do we make this straight ship less 'hetero-normalic'?" They were just writting whatever felt right for the characters and story - that's why Avatar, while flawed and a product of it's time, aged WAY better than many shows of the time that had "be progressive" as the goal, it avoided forced narrative choices that were only made to beat the audience over the head with the moral lesson of the day.

[batchilla]

I bad at remembering what what is

May I have a scoop of Dick Grayson with focus on civilian pretty please you amazing creature you?

I would love to get a lick of that!

One scoop of cookie monster in a sprinkle cone with sprinkles with a wafer. Holy cavities Batman.

- Good old fashioned lover boy by queen is such a Dick Grayson coded song. It’s about him. The ghost of Freddie Mercury told me.

- did you have a legal name? Not anymore. Nicknames. Sooo many nicknames. Pretty boy/girl. Sweetie pie. Sugar. Baby. Beautiful. Light of my life.

- if you call him HIS full legal name? 🥺🥲do you not Love Him Anymore?! Acting like a kicked puppy till you smooch it better.

- his life is so chaotic so his favourite moments with you are quiet and domestic. Brushing your teeth together? He’s holding your free hand. Do you have a boyfriend or a magnet? You aren’t sure.

[fanellifest]

Who Was Joe Fanelli? Pt. 2

Relationship With Freddie

This is where we start to enter speculation territory, as there isn’t more information readily available (at least that I’ve found through doing research) on the specific start and end dates of Joe and Freddie’s relationship.

Queen played a show in Boston, Massachusetts on November 13, 1978 as part of their Jazz 1978 Tour, followed by a show in Providence, Rhode Island on November 14, and then two shows in New York City on November 16 and 17. It’s not unreasonable to believe that Freddie might have met Joe around this time.

There is photo documentation showing that Joe was with Freddie at Queen’s March 1, 1979 show in Paris, France and in Japan (show dates ranging from April 13 through May 6) as part of their Live Killers Tour of Europe.

Their relationship ended certainly before November of 1979 as Peter Freestone began his employment with Queen at this time, and in his second book written in collaboration with David Evans (published 2003), Peter says the following:

I had heard of Joe Fanelli before I actually met him. He had been spoken of by the band, Freddie and their friends when I started working for Queen in 1979. The impression I received of him was that of an American, small-town country boy who had become caught up in Freddie’s whirlwind. Freddie preferred to find a ‘clean slate’ as far as material for relationships was concerned and then to imprint his own stamp on them. From what I gather, Joe had not been able to cope with all the pressures unintentionally put upon him by the process of being ‘imprinted.’ He had walked out of Freddie’s house and their relationship but not from Freddie’s life because Freddie had taken it upon himself to guarantee the conditions for Joe’s alien residency in England. (Freestone, pg. 48-49)

Due to the pressure of having to hide their relationship from the public eye—in a lifestyle of fame that provides little to no respite from being perceived publicly—and having to keep up with said famous lifestyle, Joe did develop a heavy drinking habit. This possibly contributed to their relationship’s end, as Joe did achieve sobriety after he and Freddie separated.

The story of their breakup is further corroborated by (less than reliable when it comes to Queen history and timelines) David Minns, in his book written in collaboration with David Evans.

David Minns—Freddie’s first boyfriend, with whom he cheated on Mary—was receiving similar treatment and being cheated on by Freddie with Joe. Freddie was bold enough to have them interact at times.

All photos included in This Was The Real Life, courtesy of David Minns. Photo 1 Caption: Cherry Brown, David Minns, Freddie and how weird for Joe Fanelli Photo 2 Caption: David Minns, Freddie Mercury, Joe Fanelli, Peter Straker. 'The night Freddie and I broke up.' Photo 3 Caption: Freddie, Peter Straker, Mike Allison, Wendy Allison, Joe Fanelli

According to David, “Freddie had decided that he had found a new lover and that the young man, Joe Fanelli, would be moving in with Freddie at his new flat in Stafford Terrace.” Some time after this, David received a phone call from Freddie “seeking solace. Freddie confessed that Joe had flown back to New York and taken money and belongings from Stafford Terrace.”

(Several sources date Freddie moving into Stafford Terrace in 1976, and as previously stated, please keep in mind that David Minns’ recounting of the timeline of events is questionable.)

If David is to be believed, at some point after this, Joe returned to England and continued to live and work in London after Freddie had originally moved him there in 1978.

Freddie and Joe reconnected in 1983 for Freddie’s thirty-seventh birthday celebration hosted in Los Angeles, California. According to Peter Freestone in his first book in collaboration with David Evans (published 1998), Peter writes:

Freddie wanted Joe Fanelli to cook for the party and Joe duly arrived from London. The occasion marked the rapprochement between Freddie and Joe who had been working independently as a chef in several London restaurants including September’s in Fulham Road since the break-up of their relationship. (Freestone, pg. 90)

Joe would later be employed full-time and move into Garden Lodge in 1985.

[salotk]

Fragment of the book 🌸

POV Sand

So even if he comes to beg at my house, at P'Yo's store, or even on campus, this time I won't let him go easily. This goes beyond drugs; it's about him having the audacity to come between me and that Freddie Mercury guy. Even if he says, "I'm sorry, I was wrong and I know I upset you," it won't work this time.

His apology misses the mark. He still doesn't understand why I'm so angry.

"You almost locked me up, you almost put us all in jail!" I finally told him, or else this idiot wouldn't have a clue!

"I'm sorry... I didn't think about it much. I won't do it again, Sand" "You really didn't think much, idiot. I was there when the car accident happened, I took care of you when he broke your shoulder, and I accompanied you to the parole office. I even I promised to help you with community service. And this is how you pay me?"

He went silent and I finally released myself on him. "Why don't you do these stunts with Mew? Why am I always the one you come running to when you're in trouble? Do you ever think about me when you're happy? Can you for a moment think about what could happen to you-"

I was silent there. If I had kept going, it would have seemed foolish. Ray stood there,

looking regretful. I realized that he was not proud of his actions.

I sighed deeply and continued. "When Mew went out with Top, even though you knew that one day he might end up in pain, how did you feel?" I paused for a moment because suddenly I felt like tears were coming to my eyes again.

"At that time, you felt like you were just a backup lover, didn't you?"

"I never saw you like this"

"Then I'm just an option... you make me feel that way," I said, my voice getting louder with each word. "You only choose to do things that hurt you. And the day you have a problem, I have to come and clean up the mess. How do you think I should feel?"

Ray remained silent. I decided to walk away because I didn't want him to see me cry. As I turned to leave, Ray stepped in and blocked my path. I had no choice but to push him away, knowing I might hurt his shoulder.

"If you don't love me, if you don't believe me and you only worship Mew, then let me go, Ray."

I didn't care anymore, I didn't even want to touch it. I pushed him away once again with all my strength and walked in a different direction. That's when Ray hugged me from behind. Fortunately, he couldn't see my face from that angle. As he struggled to free me from his embrace, tears ran down my cheeks.

In the end, I gave in to his embrace, surrendering to my own desires. I stood there as Ray hugged me, his face buried in my neck. He whispered softly: "I told you, I won't let you go, Sand..."

A selfish thought crossed my mind. Why did I always find selfish people in my life? Everyone saw me as a backup. Even my ex-boyfriend, with whom I had a relationship for a long time and whom I loved as if he were my last, saw me like that. And now, Ray, who believed that he could understand me and accept me into his world, also believed that I wasn't worth enough.

"Isn't this pretty pathetic? Do I have to beg you directly, Ray?" My voice was both soft and hoarse, reluctant to escape my lips. "I can't go on like this. So it's time to choose someone."

He remained silent, refusing to answer. I allowed him to hug me for an indefinite amount of time. I'm not sure if anyone would witness this. But as his heart beat against my back, I found myself trapped in the same endless cycle, unable to move forward, and then back again. It felt like an endless, endless loop.

[freddiemercurylegendabovelegends]

July 19th, 1985 - Queen Story!

The Sun - I AM THE CHAMPION

Why Fantastic Freddie Stole Live Aid Show

(Boogie time for winners) by Nick Ferrari

Rock fans have been saying for years that Freddie Mercury is the world’s greatest.

Now the world knows how right they are–because Freddie and his band, Queen, stole the honours at the star-studded Live Aid concert.

His blistering show, with its haunting finale, left all the other pop greats standing.

Freddie, a very energetic 38, cannot resist giving it all he’s got once he is on stage.

He says: “I have to win people over, otherwise it’s not a successful gig. It’s my job to make sure people have a good time. That’s part of my duty. It’s all to do with feeling in control. That song We Are The Champions has been taken up by football fans because it’s a winners’ song.

“I can’t believe that somebody hasn’t written a new song to overtake it.”

In a revealing interview Freddie talks freely and frankly about his superstar friends, his astonishing song writing output and his sad love life.

_Shock_

His composing has brought him into constant with Elton John, Rod Stewart — and the reclusive Michael Jackson.

He says: “I recorded about two or three tracks with Michael, but none of them are out at the moment.”

It was Freddie who started recording State of Shock with Jackson, but he did not have time to finish it. Mick Jagger stepped in–and they had a hit.

A Mercury-Jackson duo was also planned for the smash-hit Thriller album, but that did not come off, either.

Not that Freddie worries over such set-backs. His recording career did very nicely, thank you, when he released his solo album _Mr Bad Guy_

“I was pleased with it,” he says. “I was also pleased with my voice. I like it husky. It’s all the smoking. That’s why I smoke — to get that husky voice.”

So how did he reach the high notes? “I used the Demis Roussos method,” he says. “You get a pair of pliers under the frock and go crunch!”

One of the tracks on Freddie’s new album is entitled Love Is Dangerous. Is that his view? He says: “I can be a good lover, but I think after all these years I’m not a very good partner for anybody. Maybe my love is dangerous, but who wants their love to be safe?”

_Tragic_

“I’m possessed by love–but isn’t everybody? Most of my songs are love ballads and things to do with sadness and torture and pain.

“In terms of love, you’re not in control and I hate that feeling. I seem to write a lot of sad songs because I’m a very tragic person. But there’s always an element of humour at the end.”

But for all his fame and adulation, Freddie remains a lonely man.

He says: “The album track Living on My Own is very me. I have to go round the world living in hotels. You can have a whole shoal of people you know looking after you. But in the end they all go away. But I’m not complaining. I’m living on my own and having a boogie time.”

And this man, with millions of fans all over the world admits he has few friends.

Freddie says: “When you’re a celebrity, it’s hard to approach somebody and say: ‘Look, I’m normal underneath.’ Then what happens is the tread all over me because by trying to be normal to somebody, suddenly I’ve come out of my shell and become far more vulnerable than most people.”

_Fun_

“Because I’m successful and have a lot of money, a lot of greedy people prey on me. But that’s something I’ve learned to deal with.

“I’m riddled with scars and I just don’t want any more.”

Instead Freddie turns to his fans to feel wanted again. He said: “I find even when people have let you down, you just want to go on stage. It’s very gratifying to know that all sorts of people want you.”

Freddie has also learned how to enjoy his fame. He says: “I was caught up in being a star and I thought “This is the way a star behaves. Now I don’t give a damn. I want to do things my way and have fun.”

“If all my money ended tomorrow, I’d still go about like I had lots of money because that’s what I used to do before. I’ll always walk round like a Persian Poppinjay and no one’s gonna stop me.”

“I love living life to the full — that’s my nature. Nobody tells me what to do.”

TEARS TURN ME ON

Freddie is a great admirer of modern band and current music in spite of his years in the business. He says: “I like Tears For Fears, Wham!, and Culture Club– they’re all very good. But Tears For Fears are among my favourites because they’re writing music I cam really relate to.”

_Dream_

“They’ve got a lot of rhythm and at the same time they’ve got a lot of aggression. They also have very good songs. But I love the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, above all other singers. She must have one of the best voices ever. She sings like a dream. I wish I could sing half as well as she does. It’s so natural.

“She puts her whole emotion into it. Each word she sings is full of meaning and expression. I could listen to it forever.”

Freddie also reveals his deep love of opera. He says: “Montserrat Cabelle is sensational. She has that same kind of emotion as Aretha Franklin. The way she delivers a song is so very natural. It’s a very different gift.”

But Freddie’s favourite band remains Queen who have been toether now for 13 years.

And he strongly denies making a solo album has threatened the future of one of the world’s greatest rock bands. Freddie says: “It’s probably brought us closer together and will enhance our careers.”

_Closer_

“It’s like painting a picture. You have to step away from it to see what it’s like. I’m stepping away from Queen and I think it’s going to give everybody a shot in the arm.

“But I’ll be working with Queen again. No doubt about that. Queen are gonna come back even bigger.”

(➡️ source: http://queenarchives.com/qa/07-19-1985-the-sun/)

📸 Pic: July 13, 1985, Wembley Stadium, London, UK

'Live Aid'

[allthe-queens-men]

Songwriter Showdown

Soul Brothers Edition

Songs credited solely to Freddie Mercury

Bicycle Race, Body Language, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bring Back That Leroy Brown, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…), Don't Stop Me Now, Don't Try Suicide, Flick of the Wrist, Funny How Love Is, Get Down, Make Love, Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy, Great King Rat, In the Lap of the Gods, In the Lap of the Gods…Revisited, It's a Hard Life, Jealousy, Jesus, Keep Passing the Open Windows, Killer Queen, Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon, Let Me Entertain You, Liar, Life is Real (Song of Lennon), Lily of the Valley, Love of My Life, Man on the Prowl, Mustapha, My Fairy King, My Melancholy Blues, Nevermore, Ogre Battle, Play the Game, Princes of the Universe, Seaside Rendezvous, Seven Seas of Rhye, Somebody to Love, Staying Power, The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke, The March of the Black Queen, The Millionaire Waltz, We Are the Champions, You Take My Breath Away

Songs credited solely to Brian May

’39, All Dead All Dead, Brighton Rock, Dancer, Dead on Time, Dear Friends, Dragon Attack, Dreamer's Ball, Fat Bottomed Girls, Father to Son, Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme), Good Company, Hammer to Fall, It's Late, Keep Yourself Alive, Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love), Leaving Home Ain't Easy, Long Away, Now I'm Here, Procession, Put Out the Fire, Sail Away Sweet Sister, Save Me, She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes), Sleeping on the Sidewalk, Some Day One Day, Son and Daughter, Sweet Lady, Tear It Up, Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together), The Night Comes Down, The Prophet's Song, Tie Your Mother Down, We Will Rock You, White Man, White Queen (As It Began), Who Wants to Live Forever

[vivianbernadetteaurora]

Freddie mcclair

Birth chart

Sun 🌞

Freddie, he’s very laid-back calm, steady not too loud quite quiet, he does have a big personality, not a big personality but strong ethics, and strong views he’s also quite kind, and is there for JJ and Cook.even when Cook isn’t.

I think he’s a Capricorn, but he has something in his chart, that is, lacking the focus in some of areas me one Capricorn, wrong but they mature with age which he never got to do. Dad is very cold with Freddie, but not with Karen., giving Capricorn vibes.

Moon 🌙

I’m gonna say that is moon is in Aries, because he can be quite short tempered and quite blunt, and rude but in love, he’s very passionate and he’ll do anything for Effie, he’ll take a bullet, literally did it, almost to some degree also it reveals as side of his mother, we know that Freddie’s mother died, and that she had mental health problems

Shows that his mum was very strong, possibly a little, selfless

Funny and passionate. She loved her family, but it wasn’t enough because she was unwell. He can always be quite risky with his behaviour., he doesn’t hold grudges the Capricorn side of him might, but his emotional side doesn’t he puts up with loads.

Rising⏏️ Sagittarius

I think Freddie is a Sagittarius rising, the fact that he likes to have fun, he’s very carefree, he’s tall Sagittarius rules anything with height….. people of Sagittarius in them look foreign and he has a foreign look for him I believe or they are foreign and I’m not sure if Freddie is his, had foreign blood in her. Sagittarius also have a lot of hair, thick hair and a long face, not really long and a big smile 😀.

Mercury ✨

Freddie Mercury is definitely in CapricornM because of his bluntness when he talks about stuff, they can say quite out of the box things and people don’t always get their humour, The reason I’m giving him my love and the chart is I believe that people with a lot of Capricorn in their chart, trauma from a very early age.

Venus 🌷

Freddie’s Venus is in Aries , because although he feels very deeply for Effie and they have their little lover her and they go back-and-forth all the time, he is able to get over to some degree. like Katie, but he really wants to be with, end once these people settle down, they can’t be faithful, but they can also have a tendency to be unfaithful if not happy in the relationship, their feelings quickly, things have to be passionate. That is probably why he’s so addicted to drama in her life..

Mars🧨🔥

They’re good at it putting on the front, and they can be very likable and take a lot, but sometimes they lose it e.g. Will Smith as I’ve put below, they suddenly taken too much and then they snap I’m probably at the wrong person.

 his Mars is in Virgo, these people can be quite laid-back, and quite assertive for an earth rule sign, they have had a lot of trauma and I keep mentioning it but people like Britney, Will Smith, they have had some degree of trauma in their, they have managed to get through it. They’re very good at getting through the bad. 

[logankisseswade]

Fun Random Rock N' Roll Facts: 06-01-2024:

+ Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo have been married since 1982(that's 42 years <3)

+ Axl Rose, Michael Jackson and Tom Petty are all from Lafayette, Indiana and all have talked about their immense hate for that "redneck town"

+ James Hetfield not only plays guitar and sings, he also can play the piano and has been playing it since he was 9 years old

+ Pete Townshend considers himself to be a Bisexual Catholic

+ it took Axl Rose 9 years to complete the album Chinese Democracy(1999-2008), he once told a rock journalist that "if I don't make this album the way that it's supposed to be and sound, I'm gonna die, you don't understand, I need it to be the greatest thing I've ever made"

+ Morrissey is one of the first Musicians/Rockstars to come out as Celibate(the lifestyle choice to abstain from sex)

+ Nikki Sixx wrote "shout at the devil" after having a nightmare that the devil was in his house

+ Spirit In The Sky by Norman Greenbaum was an anthem for members of the Christian Revival Movement of the early 1970s, they called themselves "Jesus Freaks", a lot of them were former hippies who wanted to get clean from drugs/drug abuse and with their new found Faith in God, they were able to, "Jesus Freaks" is still a term that some Christians use these days to describe themselves, whether or not they used to be hippie, I myself(Jimmy) would describe myself as a modern day "Jesus Freak", I've never had drug issues but I have had a hard upbringing/was lost in life before, but thanks to God Almighty, I am Saved and Redeemed

+ Michael Jackson suggested that the band Queen should release "Another Bites The Dust" as a single to promote their album "The Game" back in 1980, it became one of their biggest hits

+ Bryan Ferry said that early on in his career, the reason that he wore Glam/Eccentric Clothing was because he wanted to stand out and show others that it was okay to be different, he also said that the reason he changed his style from "Eccentric to Laid Back/Suave" was because he wanted to show that the older you get, you should also have the dignity to be classy

+ Like A Virgin was written by 2 men, Madonna heard the demo and wanted it to be "her song"

+ The term "Rock N' Roll" was coined by a radio DJ back in the early 1950s

+ Axl Rose's Sister Amy Bailey, is the head of the Guns N' Roses Fan Club

+ David Bowie and Marc Bolan were 2 of the first many Musicians/Rockstars to come out at Bisexual

+ Sid Vicious almost became a saxophone player before becoming the bassist for his best friend Johnny Rotten's band The Sex Pistols

+ Desmond Child, an openly Gay songwriter, helped the band Bon Jovi come up with their sound

+ Morrissey has been fighting for Animal Rights since 1985

+ Kirk Hammett, lead guitarist of Metallica is also an Animal Lover/Vegetarian and has been a Vegetarian since 1986

+ Paul McCartney gifted Freddie Mercury with a piano, that same piano he played Hey Jude on, Freddie played Bohemian Rhapsody on it

+ both Nick Cave and Mark Lanegan, who were both raised Agnostic, both later on in life became religious, Nick Cave considers himself to be Omnistic, Mark Lanegan considered himself to be a Born Again Christian

+ Pat Boone, a 1950s Singer who considers himself to be openly Christian, is good friends with Ozzy Osbourne, their friendship in the 1980s shocked people because Pat was seen as "The Angel" whereas Ozzy was seen as "the devil", despite this, both Boone and Osbourne believe in Christ, Boone considers himself to be a Christian, Osbourne considers himself to be Anglican(a Christian that is a member of the Church of England)

+ Psycho Killer by The Talking Heads was inspired by Alice Cooper

+ Joan Jett had to start her own record label with her band The Black Hearts because no one wanted to sign them at the time, they kept turning her and her band down, one bastard executive said to her "come back when you're dressed like a lady!"

+ Tina Turner taught Mick Jagger how to dance

+ Let It Be by The Beatles has a double meaning, it's about putting your Faith in Mother Mary during times of crisis as well as a tribute to Paul McCartney's own mother who was also synchronistically named Mary

+ During the 1980s, the Glam Metal Scene which took place on the Sunset Strip, in Los Angeles, California, a lot of Rock Bands would play at the same nightclubs where Drag Shows would happen, because of this, a lot of Musicians and Drag Queens would share make-up and dressing rooms and even some clothing

+ Manchester, England is the birthplace of the MADchester Music Scene of the 1980s and so on, many bands including Joy Division, The Smiths, Oasis and others came from and were formed in Manchester

+ Ian Curtis was trying to imitate Frank Sinatra's voice while recording Love Will Tear Us Apart

[un-monde-sans-regles]

Greek Gods Theory - The Fall of the House of Usher

My original post on Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseofUsher/s/8blbeQU9Xz

Upon rewatching it, I realised strong parallels between the family members, visual choices, and plot points connected to Olympian Gods (like Prospero's Pegasus shirt, or Camille's greek patterned dress in one scene). I believe each character may represent a Greek Deity:

Fortunato: the company's name is a reference to Fortuna, Goddess of Luck.

Roderick: Zeus, famous for his many affairs and children, king of the Gods and Lord of Skies. Dethroned his tyrannical father Chronos to become king with his family.

Anabelle: combination of Hestia/Hera, goddesses connected to matrimony and household. Hera was Zeus's wife, whereas Hestia tended to the Olympian Fire (ginger Anabelle). Furthermore, Juno is Hera's Roman counterpart, and Juno Usher was failing that role miserably.

Madeline: Athena, Goddess of Warfare, Wisdom and Strategy, being a counselor mostly. Her obsession with artificial intelligence may also connect to Athena's mechanical owl in some versions. Much like Athena, she neither had kids nor a big interest in matrimony.

Prospero: Dionysius, God of Wine, Festivity and Madness. Roderick calls his son mad in one occasion, he's an animal party, and his biggest symbols are a mask (Dionysius's symbol) and red clothing, perhaps alluding to wine.

Camille: Hermes, Messenger of Gods, Merchant and Orators. She's a PR for the family, has silver hair (Mercury is the god's Roman counterpart), and is also seen in one scene sporting two vertical snakes on her dress, Hermes's symbol. Additionally, her cellphone is left on her tombstone (Messenger of Gods).

Victorine: Apollo, God of Sun, Arts, Music and Healing. It's said Apollo's arrows could inflict either Healing or Disease, much like her practice. Victorine's hearing is affected (music), she's mostly in orange or surrounded by it, and kills her girlfriend fearing betrayal (Apollo did the same to his lover Coronis).

Napoleon: Ares, God of War. He's seen constantly playing games (perhaps his warring desire), he's short tempered, loses his battle against the black cat in a fit of rage while wielding a weapon (hammer). Besides his name as a clue, he's got a ram/goat tattoo on his neck, rams being the Zodiac Sign Aries's animal (regent planet Mars = Ares). Whenever battles were lost, roosters were sacrificed to Ares, and during his final moments, Napoleon's scenes carried a yellow hue maybe representing the dawn.

Frederick: Hephaestus, God of Metallurgy. Freddie is in charge of destroying old factories, is constantly mocked by his siblings (much like Hephaestus), and is killed by machinery. The clearest connection is his wife: Hephaestus was married to Aphrodite, who had been caught in the act during one of her affairs with an invisible net made by him, trapping Aphrodite and her lover (his brother), after which Hephaestus invited everyone to see it.

Morelle: Aphrodite, Goddess of Love and Beauty. As mentioned before, she was caught cheating much like Aphrodite, and was called "a goddess" married to someone inferior in Prospero's words. Additionally, her name means Nightshade in French, also called Belladonna (the paralising poison's component), which is a flower symbolic of silence and betrayal.

Tamerlane: Hebe, Goddess of Youth, Prime of Life, and Cupbearer of the Gods. Her company alone is strongly tied to this goddess's domains. Additionally, she's married to a fitness celebrity, while Hebe was Heracles's wife. Her final moments are covered in a green light, ivy being Hebe's symbol.

Arthur: Hades/Thanatos, both gods related to the dead. Arthur's called the family's reaper, is seen walking on a floor covered in bodies (much like Styx River), and is also a proficient killer. Hades was also seen as the god of riches.

Lenore: Harmonia, Goddess of Harmony and Concord, Aphrodite's daughter in most accounts.

Verna: I gave her a lot of thought , considering Nemesis (Retribution), Themis (Justice), the Moirai (Three Goddesses of Fate in one), even Persephone (Goddess of the dead) and Nyx (Night). None fits perfectly. Knowing Morrigan's mythology (and Flanagan's Irish background), I believe she's truly Morrigan, as others have theorised, coming to mess with those greek gods.