Freddie Mercury – The Untold Story – Part 11 (11/12)
This 2 hour special is absolutely excellent! It was created by the same people that made the ‘Magic Years’ series and the ‘Champions of the World’ video. There are interviews with his mom, sister, aunt, cousin, Brian May, Roger Taylor, Peter Freestone (his personal assistant), Mary Austin (love of his life and life long best friend), Jim Hutton (his last live in lover), a member of his 1st band The Hectics, several of his close friends. Have the tissues ready, as you’re almost guaranteed to shed a tear at the end of it!
I must ask, after reading some of your comments,respectfully: You sound like one who knew Freddie, one of the ‘inner circle’, as it were. I know its a silly question to ask in a public forum, but my curiousity has got the better of me!
it said something about it in the vid.
what?
lol? not all of them are wetbacks and what the fuck does that have to do with this video.
Sorry. I was rushing too much ,got a little repetetive in previous response to you.. Mary has stayed the course.I don’t think many people realize how paralized she was after Freddie died. He was her rock and she his.She has said it was 5 yrs before she started functioning normally.I’ve been there. I think Peter and others just weren’t aware of the depth of her loss. Peter complained about his stuff in the attic that that he couldn’t get.Last thing on her mind was Peter’s stuff in the attic.
I had one of the first Mercedes E 320′s. Now driving Audi A8L . That aside,yes I don’t think many have noticed those lesions. As soon as I saw them I knew. Then by the time he took time off and worked with Monserrat Caballe in ’87 or ’88 he had visible lesions even with make-up covering the one on his left cheek.The disease was around long before it had a formal name. I can remember patients in the 60′s with ” Kaposi’s Sarcoma” strictly as the diagnosis.
Yes you have seen the lesions too.
Many people haven’t noticed that.
from 85 Queen really went for it.
There was so much guessing as to exactly when Freddie knew he was HIV+.If you look at Live Aid ’85 when he pumps his right arm up. There are 2 round blue-red lesions near the arm band.. I think he was showing the first Kaposi’s sarcoma lesions then.Certainly in 87 just when he took the year to work with Monserrat he had a visible one on his left cheek. As he grew weaker his voice grew stronger and sweeter than it had ever been.And then it was gone.
have a feeling,freddie lived in denial himself about this terrible disease,right up until the end…
He knew the day he was gonna die?
the bohemian rhapsody piano melody is used at parts in this movie. listen carefully.
rip freddie you and your music are immortal in our hearts!
devastatingly sad
He came from a long line of Parsi in India, the community is about I,400 yrs old and is fully integrated into the country. They don’t even speak Persian anymore, but have Gujarati as their mother tongue. Also, he couldn’t be a Iranian as it is technically a nationality not a race. There are Persians also in Tajikistan and Afghanistan etc. He was an India Parsi and then became Bristish Asian.
So you can’t just claim him as a fellow countryman because he was famous.
Mexicans have fully integrated themselves into the american culture, but every white and black american is quick to remind them that they are wetbacks and don’t belong in the U.S. If only they were famous!
he wern’t indian mate, persian origins, he only lived in india. hes a fellow iranian
one of India’s biggest talents.
his mother and sister don’t really sound too upset. You would think they would drop a tear at least.
The lady @ 6:13 is really weird.
at 6:38 that drawing looks a bit more like John Deacon than Freddie..
What a brave brave man…absolutely an icon …..we’ll miss you terribly…..I wish Ive know you when u where still with us….youre absolutely amazing…..Rest in Peace Freddie…you are well-loved until now and will be loved forever.
I agree, but I think you mean “such a cruel fate”
He didn’t diserve such a cruel faith. We allways miss you.
too true – it think freddie says it very poignantly in “the show must go on” – when he sings – “ill face it with a grin, im never giving in – on with the show” ….amazing lyric & a testament to his unbeatable spirit!
Such an amazing strong person.
I held it together until it showed the ‘Legends Never Die’ sign.
So true. The world lost an amazing performer and an amazing person when it lost Freddie. R.I.P
I can’t not cry