Yes Mary Austin is a gem. Freddie wrote love of my life for her. Also Freddie was a huge cat lover. He had many and would insist they be put on the phone with him while touring. His last video he wore a hand painted vest of his cats in the video. Gotta love a man who treats his cats like gold.
He was a great singer. May he continue to rest in eternal peace. Yes, Mary Austin is still alive, and is 71 years old now. She lives in the house Freddie left her along with majority of his fortune.
Freddie did the right thing by trusting only Mary. Other people he was close to wrote books about him revealing a lot of personal information I'm sure Freddie didn't want to share with the public. What's sad is that some fans hate Mary based on lies from one of those books.
Mary did not kick Hutton out. 😳 they were all given 3 months. A law needed while probate of his WILL went through. Pheobe his assistant also stated that fact. Hutton wrote that crap in his book. Also, his house was paid for by Freddie along with acres of land before Freddie died. Pheobe said Freddie ensured they they all had somewhere to go when they had to leave. Mary ran Garden Lodge, the accounts, the bills and the payments to staff. She still to this day runs Freddie's estate and is still secretary to Freddie's 3 companies, MightyTape, Goose Productions and Mercury Songs. I suspect because of this fact, Mary was the best person to leave his estate too because Hutton would know nothing about running Freddie's companies or his estate. Mary was the best choice. Freddie knew what he was doing. The Diana story is not true also. It was a story that has since been seen as happening when all those around Freddie totally debunked the story. I wish these videos would look into the truth before putting these stories in....this is why people believe them to this day.
I remember hearing news of his being ill and then right after, he was gone. It was very very sad. I was listening to Queen before Bohemian Rhapsody rocked the world!
I was a new nurse when HIV/AIDS hit. Such devastation and ignorance during that time. Automatic death sentence of young people and a government that vilified these patients. I’m 68 years old and will never forget holding hands with those dying who were usually abandoned by family and friends. Freddy IS indeed, an Icon!
Yes Mary is still alive and living in Garden Lodge and friends and family still receive a Christmas Hamper from Freddie over 30 years since he passed away, he had certain things written into his Will one of which was, you can do anything with my music and image,just don't make me boring. He chose to give up the medication which was beginning to fail like his body, he just stayed on painkillers, he chose when he wanted out, and worked until around two months before he died, he drew up the press release once he knew he would never leave home again and released it the day before he died, so everyone knew as they'd all been keeping it a secret for a few years, he wanted to go out on his terms
Jamel, your reaction of this documentary is one of the most kind, nonjudgemental and sympathetic towards Freddie I have heard. Your "shout out to Mary" is admirable. I believe if yours and Freddie's path had crossed you two would absolutely be very cool friends. Have a good life for yourself!
I have read somewhere about the house doesn't belong to Mary but she can live there for 50 years then it goes to some charity Freddie set it up that way ??
I just want to tell you that I first discovered your channel about 2 weeks into the Covid shutdown, late March 2020. You brought joy to my house in a hard time for all of us. Thank you, and keep doing what you do!
The first time I saw/heard of Queen was when Killer Queen came out. I thought the band was from another planet! Especially Freddie. Glam rock was the rage and he was the the poster child for it. NO ONE was making music like they were. Truly ground breaking. Queen was one of my favorite bands in High School with We Will Rock You being a mantra at sporting events and such. Watching them on tv perform for Live Aid was a true experience. I wish I could have been in the audience. My son has a particular fondness for Queen. When he was little I would play Bohemian Rhapsody for him and he would head bang in his car seat whenever he heard it (lol!). It was his favorite song. Right before he deployed to the Persian Gulf (he is in the Navy), we went to see the movie Bohemian Rhapsody and we laughed and cried together through the whole thing. Thank you Freddie and Queen for all the great music and memories. I miss your music so much!
You should react to The Show Must Go On, These Are the Days of Our Lives, Let Me Live, and No-One But You in that order. The Show Must Go On rips my heart out every time because it definitely sounds like he's saying Goodbye. Let Me Live is a gospel type song and was included on the album Made In Heaven which was released a few years after Freddie died, but his vocals were actually recorded in the mid-80s and set aside until the others added to it. TATDOOL was the last video Freddie did, and although he looks really sick the charisma and smile are still there. It ends with him telling the viewers "I still love you". No-One But You is a tribute to him done by the other members of Queen, with bassist John Deacon retiring from music right after that.
Another reaction candidate would be Who Wants to Live Forever, as that song became that much more bittersweet after Mercury's passing. The version from the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert featuring Seal could also be a good reaction song candidate since Brian and Roger get so visibly emotional during the song.
My favorite Freddie video is him talking about the time he met the Sex Pistols. Apparently they were were recording in the same studio and Sid vicious walked over to where queen was being his usual obnoxious self trying to insult them. Freddie picked him up by the collar of his leather jacket,dusted him off and called him “Simon ferocious” lmao
I was a Queen fan from about 1974 on. In 1980 I couldn't believe Queen was coming to my hometown, Syracuse, NY on September 24. It was quite a spectacle to behold at the War Memorial with a crowd of about 5000. 2 days later, my Aunt invited me to visit Boston to look at some colleges. While reading the Globe, I spotted an ad for a concert that night at the old Boston Garden. I mentioned to Aunt that I could not believe a band I really liked and had just seen was playing there tonight. "So go, if you have the money for a ticket," she said. I did and it was there in the audience from my slightly obstructed view that I learned that John Bonham had died the night before, which Freddie solemnly acknowledged. As for the performance? Let's say the Syracuse show, as much as I'd enjoyed it, was put into perspective as Queen at the Garden (with 13,000 people in the audience) proved to be a world class rock'n'roll show. Very memorable to my young mind.
Jamel, the Princess Diana story has been debunked. It was an entertaining story that people believed for years but Freddie's personal assistant & close friend Peter Freestone has stated it never happened. This is why, as I've said before, you can't believe everything in those Grunge videos. They state things as fact even though a little research & fact checking would show that it's not. Fortunately it's a story that doesn't damage Freddie's reputation but it wouldn't matter if it did or not, they put it out there. Most of what they said about Mary Austin is true, she was his most trusted confidante till his dying day. A wonderful lady & yes, she's still alive. But they said she "kicked out" Jim, Freddie's partner, after Freddie's death. She gave Jim & the other 2 friends who lived in Freddie's house (Garden Lodge) a year to find another place to live. Being as he left each one a substantial amount of money, they could easily find another place. Freddie wanted Mary, who was pregnant with her 2nd child when Freddie died, to live at Garden Lodge & raise her children there. It became her home. It's completely understandable she'd want the guys to find their own place & a year was more than enough time. Hardly "kicking them out". Besides some money, Freddie also left Jim a small house in Ireland that they had vacationed in. I don't know if he built another house later but he had the house Freddie left him, readily available when he wanted it. Again, not correctly reported in this video. They mix facts with rumor, speculation & incomplete stories (as they also did with Elvis & others). As with the previous videos you did, you can't take everything they say as fact or necessarily true.
spot on. Ive read and heard interviews on evidence that Love of My Life wasn't really about Mary. it was about a love he had while he was living with Mary in the 70s, a lover who didn't feel about Freddie the same way Fred felt about him. Which makes the lyrics more make more sense when you really think about them. Mary didnt leave him. It was the other way around.
I think it was 3 months but I don't understand why Jim expected to stay there. regarding the amount of money, Jim was hiv and joe had Aids so he probable thought he gave them sufficient and as you said apparently had a home set up as well,some say he had a home for joe as well. it seems perfectly fair to give the home to mary for her family
@@RoverWaters ? I think we may have had this conversation a few times too many already! the misunderstanding is on Brian. fans believed he did the song in one take based on his comments and giving no further explanation. he said he was concerned if Freddie could sing the song, he took a vodka and lacerated it, he implied the whole song, he didn't explain at the time or soon after that he was referring to the more difficult section Freddie is the writer and composer of Bo Rap even Brian wouldn't claim he or the others are co writers of the song. everyone knew at the time and now that Brian started writing the solo for Freddies songs but no one inc Brian claimed he is a co writer of all Freddie songs which he wrote a solo for. the only issue was early on brian' I think I wrote most of the second middle 8th 'we definitely worked on that but he said he wrote the song.it was his song oh ok
I’m surprised they didn’t mention his adoration of cats and had many of them. He wrote a song called delightful Delilah about one cat in particular named Delilah who was apparently a bit of a brat and was one of if not his favorite 😻
I was 10 when I discovered Queen in 1977. Within a couple of years, in had every Queen album and Freddie being gay was talked about. In 1980, an artist being gay was a negative talking point. When I was still just a kid, I would respond to people saying that he's bi. And has a girlfriend. I had spent an entire summer at 12, in the library researching articles about queen spanning a decade. I had put together a portfolio about the band with copies of everything I found. I didn't care if he was gay/bi, whatever. That wasn't important. The fact that I loved Queen and their charismatic singer was all I cared about. I couldn't care less if other kids thought I was gay because of this.
I was a child when I had the honour to see queen live it was an amazing concert. His voice was so fantastic, you felt his humanity to in his performance. Blessings to him and Queen. His ash’s maybe with his ex fiancé as his home went to her too.
I was 14 when I got to see Queen in 1982. I begged my parents to let me go, as Queen hardly ever came to The United States for tour. The most memorable scene was a roady fighting with him to pull off his white leather jacket. The sleeves were just too tight. I feel more blessed than ever.
My favourite singer... my favourite band! Unique and eclectic as it can be witnessed in their truly varied discography and the songs they mention in the video: The Show Must Go On and Mother Love... In the last promotional video they shot (for the great song These Are the Days of Our Lives) one can see more or less how he looked in his final days (they even decided to shoot it black and white to help him look not that sick - there's a video about the making of it that is definitely not for the faint of heart). The song There Must Be More in Love Than This appeared in one of his solo albums and, later on after Freddie's death, the band reworked it with MJ vocals, so now the rare duet can be found in the Queen 2014 ballads collection "Queen Forever". ...And I totally agree, he's a legend and an icon!
The phrase "one of a kind" can get thrown about when it doesn't really apply. But there is no doubt that Freddie was one of a kind. There never has been and never will be anyone exactly like him.
Good for her. People would try and get them if they could. And I did hear he didn't want to fix his teeth it was his trademark. Thanks for sharing this, good to know.
I remember the day he died so clearly. I was in the pub and there was immediate shocked silence. Every bar was the same & the UK was plunged into a period of mourning.
Freddie Mercury was a massive Elvis fan, wrote a song called a crazy thing called love in tribute to his hero Elvis. I think it was Queens only number one in the USA, Freddie wrote the song in his bath only took him three minutes. Freddie was an amazing song writer and singer and is up there with his hero Elvis as been the greatest, along with Roy Orbison. Hopefully they are all in Heaven having a great time!!
For more of an insight into his relationship with Mary, you really need to see the biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody". It's partially fictionalised, of course, but still gives a good overview (and is a great movie).
I found the portrayal unfair throughout the film he may have been constantly cheating on her but people who knew him at the time said he wasn't pernicious at that time it does seem that the only time he cheated was with David who said if you don't tell her I'm leaving you. Mary didn't mention David only explained that when he was trying to explain she said are you trying to tell me you are gay he didn't answer just hugged her she said she was happy to see him be his real self and happy again as he had not been happy for a long time in the film she was just upset and worried for him and it was implied they didn't see each other for a long time,she said she supported him from when he told her his previous gf said she knew he also liked men, in earlier interviews mary also suggested there were two conversations earlier that he liked men then that he was gay he was portrayed as sneaking around bars on his own finding out he liked men but it felt very sleazy almost ashamed of being gay which isn't true I hate that they pretended mary was pregnant in 1985 and Freddie was selfish about it,theres nothing to suggest this. he was happy for her so why portray him like that things like that felt spiteful
There's actually a really great interview with the real Mary here on YT where she talks about her relationship with Freddie... It isn't very long, and so worth it!
@@bluebell3720 What filmmakers will say when their alterations of facts are pointed out, is that they felt more drama was needed or some such BS. In other words, they rationalize lying in order to sell tickets. They do not care a bit who might get hurt by it.
Love Of My Life was written about Mary. He would dress Princess Di in boys clothing and a hat so she could go drinking with him and no one would recognize her. They were really great friends.
Freddie Mercury died 7 months before I was born. What a legend. Freddie Mercury had extra incisors. Mary Austin is still alive. She is 71 now. She was married twice and has two children.
show must go on was released on their Innuendo album released feb 91 the single was released 6 weeks before his death Brian did the demo and was only able to sing it in falsetto that's why he wasn't sure if Freddie could do the high range in chest voice which is difficult for good singers in good health. it's difficult to pronounce words in high range in chest voice and not to crack but he nailed it!
I've always liked Queen, never my favorite but always respected their talent. One of the saddest things I've ever read is the story of the last few days of Freddie's life. Heartbreaking to say the least, the fact that he had to hide his illness and deny who he was is just insane. We are far from perfect as a society but we've come a long way. It reminds me of the great Arthur Ashe who contracted HIV from a blood transfusion during surgery, I remember people making a point to say it was from blood, not from unprotected sex, as if dying from being infected from a transfusion is more noble. Either way we have lost a lot of good people to this virus. If anyone is interested I can dig up that link to the final days of Freddie story. But it's not an easy read.
Listen/React to studio version of 'Love of my Life' it was for Mary. I'm sure some will disagree but Bohemian Rhapsody (from the same album) was (I think) his personal character assassination of who he pretended to be with Mary and fully accepting his true self. I'm sure Mary had a lot to do with that to. They loved each other so much.
Freddie once said Mary was his common law wife, Mary Austin is still living at Freddie's house- Garden Lodge 'till this day, with his 2 sons, she's 71 years old this year. Freddie even became a godfather to Mary's first son. I thank Mary for everything he had done for Freddie. She deserves what Freddie wanted to left to her. Bless her💛🙏. Salamat Mr. Jamel
There’re many things .....oh, so many things, that I could say about this AMAZING man; however, I’ll not do so, lest my thoughts/feelings/conjectures be misconstrued, as that could perhaps perpetuate the unwarranted condemnation(s) ‘Moral Superiority/Hierarchy’ of this One-In-A-Trillion’s Gifts to the effort to ‘Keep Great Music Alive’ ....and I know, Jamel/Jamal....will 💯 understand & agree where I’m coming from.🤩😎😍🤗
I just learned that Michael Des Barres was asked to replace him ! For you younggins', Michael was in To Sir, With Love. He was the kid always wearing shades that Mr. Thackery would remove.
Freddie called Mary his common law wife and the love of his life. He said that if she had been his wife, she would have gotten everything so that's why he left her everything. He remained very close to Mary from the time they lived together and he felt Mary was the person who knew the real him, the person he was most comfortable with. He was the godfather of one of her children. He had an undying loyalty to Mary as she had to him, even though they both moved on to other partners. You could probably say that lovers come and go, but someone like Mary remains. She helped take care of Freddie at the very end because he wanted her with him. She is still alive and still manages his business and house. And yes, it's been said by his bandmates and many others that Love of My Life was written for Mary. Some say it was written from her perspective, but I honestly think it was written by Freddie for himself because he thought she would leave him when he told her he was attracted to men. It was expected back then so he would have every reason to think that. If you listen to it from that perspective, you'll see what I mean. Freddie felt he'd be broken if Mary truly left him. He couldn't stand the thought of it. If you want to know how much he loved and trusted her, just think about the fact that he left her the bulk of his estate, his royalties, care of his ashes and care of his beloved cats. That really says it all. He didn't trust his family, his bandmates, his lover or any of his other friends to do it. He trusted Mary. The thing about Freddie's teeth. Freddie had four extra teeth in the front (incisors I believe) and he believed that is what gave him his range so he wouldn't have his teeth fixed. I remember when Freddie died. I had gone outside to eat lunch at work and I turned on the radio to hear that Freddie had died of AIDs. I just started crying. It was horrible to lose him to that disease because not long after is when they came out with the first treatments that would have saved him.
HEY JAMEL…. YOU SHOULD REACT TO: “MOTHER LOVE” ..SOMETIME! (NOT the official video, tho, PLEASE… It’s an odd sci-fi themed video that detracts from listening to the song.)
I was born in 95 and grew up on queen and I said that I wanted my first concert to be queen I was crushed learning that Freddy passed away and that I'd never see him live
From what I had read about Mary, they were pretty much best friends, and remained very close, up until his death. If he could trust anyone, it was Mary. Freddie had referred to her as the love of his life. He almost MARRIED her! I loved reading about their relationship. I think the main point they were making, about sexuality, is that many gay icons were actually bi, not gay. Even today, bisexuals are labeled according to whom they are dating at the time.
And that is what really killed Freddie !! Anyone interested in the TRUE story of HIV, research what Kary Mullis said, Kary Mullis was the brilliant scientist and Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry that invented PCR technology, who stated for many years that PCR CAN NOT tell you anything about infection. Mullis was asked to write a paper on HIV being the probable cause of AIDS but when he began the paper he couldn't find a scientific paper that proved HIV even existed, he stated 'It's a scam, they made it up' !!
That's the first time you heard him speak? You really should find interviews. There are a few of Freddie on RUclips. I loved the way he spoke. One of his favorite words (and mine) was Darling.
Legendary! He made her wish come true - she got to be anonymous for the whole evening because he was the focus. He willingly offered himself up to be used as a distraction. He was so, so smart & clever and he definitely was a true friend to her.
Mary was a long-time, dear friend of Mercury. He left the bulk of his estate, including a house to her & her daughter. She seriously didn't want him to do that but after he explained to her why it was so important to him, she agreed. She said he once told her, "if things turned out differently, we'd be married & your daughter would be mine". I believe that Mary is still alive.
You might like the video on The Musician's Hall Of Fame channel - "Jimi Hendrix Meets Terry Kath & Talks About Recording with Chicago - RUclips " . Also, though it's from an old video tape, the 8 min. video "13 year old Joe Bonamassa on Real Life with Jane Pauley - RUclips" is pretty good, with B.B.King and John Lee Hooker saying he was good back then.
Freddie's great parents were originally from Iran and settled in India because they were persecuted of their believes.They were zoerastrians.Freddies's parents were born in Bombay,India.Than they moved to Zanzibar,thats where Freddie (Real name Farrokh Balsara) was born.He was sent to boarding school in Bombay,India.Later his parents moved to England and Farrokh Balsara changed his name to Freddie Mercury.
He had 4 extra teeth in the back which he felt made his vocal range what it was, and to remove the teeth, would change his voice. Mary is still living in Freddie’s, now hers, Garden Lodge Mansion in London. Freddie was born in Zanzibar, East Africa, now Tanzania, to ancient Persian Zoastrians, that fled ancient Persia (modern day Iran) for India…. Centuries ago.
I only knew about a few of these. Not sure if you’ve heard about Naomi Judd, the mom of the Judds. She passed away last Saturday, could you react to a few of their songs? ☮️💜
Freddie and Mary loved each other immensely. She stood by him through out his life.
“I don’t give a damn what this brother was. He was an icon. A legend.”
15 words of truth.
Appreciate you brother.
Thank you, Jamel, for that.
I walked into work. I was alone. Turned on the radio. The sad DJ announced Freddie's passing. I sat on a milk crate and cried like a baby.
Feel you dog!!!
I did the same thing with Michael Jackson because we were the same age & we grew up together.
@@dee_dee_place I cried when Michael Jackson died. I was 17 when he died. And I cried when George Michael died as well.
The man. The legend. A showman. Mary was a good companion. So we're his cats.
Yes Mary Austin is a gem. Freddie wrote love of my life for her. Also Freddie was a huge cat lover. He had many and would insist they be put on the phone with him while touring. His last video he wore a hand painted vest of his cats in the video. Gotta love a man who treats his cats like gold.
I really would liked to have been a fly on the wall when Freddie told stories. Thank you to Mary Austen for honoring Freddies final wish.
He was a great singer.
May he continue to rest in eternal peace.
Yes,
Mary Austin is still alive,
and is 71 years old now.
She lives in the house
Freddie left her along with majority of his fortune.
That last song Freddie sung in the studio, Mother Love, is a truly underrated song. It is one of my favourite queen songs. Such strong lyrics...
Freddie did the right thing by trusting only Mary. Other people he was close to wrote books about him revealing a lot of personal information I'm sure Freddie didn't want to share with the public. What's sad is that some fans hate Mary based on lies from one of those books.
Mary did not kick Hutton out. 😳 they were all given 3 months. A law needed while probate of his WILL went through. Pheobe his assistant also stated that fact. Hutton wrote that crap in his book. Also, his house was paid for by Freddie along with acres of land before Freddie died. Pheobe said Freddie ensured they they all had somewhere to go when they had to leave. Mary ran Garden Lodge, the accounts, the bills and the payments to staff. She still to this day runs Freddie's estate and is still secretary to Freddie's 3 companies, MightyTape, Goose Productions and Mercury Songs. I suspect because of this fact, Mary was the best person to leave his estate too because Hutton would know nothing about running Freddie's companies or his estate. Mary was the best choice. Freddie knew what he was doing. The Diana story is not true also. It was a story that has since been seen as happening when all those around Freddie totally debunked the story. I wish these videos would look into the truth before putting these stories in....this is why people believe them to this day.
And Leslie Ann Jones books are mostly made up she didn't know him or the band x
I don’t give a damn what this brother was. He was an icon. A legend.”.....AMEN, love it
I remember hearing news of his being ill and then right after, he was gone. It was very very sad. I was listening to Queen before Bohemian Rhapsody rocked the world!
I was a new nurse when HIV/AIDS hit. Such devastation and ignorance during that time. Automatic death sentence of young people and a government that vilified these patients. I’m 68 years old and will never forget holding hands with those dying who were usually abandoned by family and friends. Freddy IS indeed, an Icon!
Yes Mary is still alive and living in Garden Lodge and friends and family still receive a Christmas Hamper from Freddie over 30 years since he passed away, he had certain things written into his Will one of which was, you can do anything with my music and image,just don't make me boring. He chose to give up the medication which was beginning to fail like his body, he just stayed on painkillers, he chose when he wanted out, and worked until around two months before he died, he drew up the press release once he knew he would never leave home again and released it the day before he died, so everyone knew as they'd all been keeping it a secret for a few years, he wanted to go out on his terms
Jamel, your reaction of this documentary is one of the most kind, nonjudgemental and sympathetic towards Freddie I have heard. Your "shout out to Mary" is admirable.
I believe if yours and Freddie's path had crossed you two would absolutely be very cool friends. Have a good life for yourself!
Mary Austin IS still alive. She continues to reside in Freddie's beautiful home, Garden Lodge, which he gave to her in his will.
I have read somewhere about the house doesn't belong to Mary but she can live there for 50 years then it goes to some charity Freddie set it up that way
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I just want to tell you that I first discovered your channel about 2 weeks into the Covid shutdown, late March 2020. You brought joy to my house in a hard time for all of us. Thank you, and keep doing what you do!
He was an extraordinary person and musician. Definitely an icon❤️
The first time I saw/heard of Queen was when Killer Queen came out. I thought the band was from another planet! Especially Freddie. Glam rock was the rage and he was the the poster child for it. NO ONE was making music like they were. Truly ground breaking. Queen was one of my favorite bands in High School with We Will Rock You being a mantra at sporting events and such. Watching them on tv perform for Live Aid was a true experience. I wish I could have been in the audience. My son has a particular fondness for Queen. When he was little I would play Bohemian Rhapsody for him and he would head bang in his car seat whenever he heard it (lol!). It was his favorite song. Right before he deployed to the Persian Gulf (he is in the Navy), we went to see the movie Bohemian Rhapsody and we laughed and cried together through the whole thing. Thank you Freddie and Queen for all the great music and memories. I miss your music so much!
You should react to The Show Must Go On, These Are the Days of Our Lives, Let Me Live, and No-One But You in that order. The Show Must Go On rips my heart out every time because it definitely sounds like he's saying Goodbye. Let Me Live is a gospel type song and was included on the album Made In Heaven which was released a few years after Freddie died, but his vocals were actually recorded in the mid-80s and set aside until the others added to it. TATDOOL was the last video Freddie did, and although he looks really sick the charisma and smile are still there. It ends with him telling the viewers "I still love you". No-One But You is a tribute to him done by the other members of Queen, with bassist John Deacon retiring from music right after that.
Another reaction candidate would be Who Wants to Live Forever, as that song became that much more bittersweet after Mercury's passing. The version from the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert featuring Seal could also be a good reaction song candidate since Brian and Roger get so visibly emotional during the song.
My favorite Freddie video is him talking about the time he met the Sex Pistols. Apparently they were were recording in the same studio and Sid vicious walked over to where queen was being his usual obnoxious self trying to insult them. Freddie picked him up by the collar of his leather jacket,dusted him off and called him “Simon ferocious” lmao
Ready, Freddie....wherever you are, you're much missed
I have been to dozens of concerts, but the best show by far, was Queen! Freddie was an incredible talent. RIP Freddie
Mary was his first love and he kept her in his life even after they broke up Freddie loved her so much and she got everything after he died 😭.
I was a Queen fan from about 1974 on. In 1980 I couldn't believe Queen was coming to my hometown, Syracuse, NY on September 24. It was quite a spectacle to behold at the War Memorial with a crowd of about 5000. 2 days later, my Aunt invited me to visit Boston to look at some colleges. While reading the Globe, I spotted an ad for a concert that night at the old Boston Garden. I mentioned to Aunt that I could not believe a band I really liked and had just seen was playing there tonight. "So go, if you have the money for a ticket," she said. I did and it was there in the audience from my slightly obstructed view that I learned that John Bonham had died the night before, which Freddie solemnly acknowledged. As for the performance? Let's say the Syracuse show, as much as I'd enjoyed it, was put into perspective as Queen at the Garden (with 13,000 people in the audience) proved to be a world class rock'n'roll show. Very memorable to my young mind.
Bless you for the shoutout to Mary. Most "fans" give her scheisse for that. Oh, and just for being Mary.
He is an ICON! But Brother Jamal, You Are LEGENDARY!!
Jamel, the Princess Diana story has been debunked. It was an entertaining story that people believed for years but Freddie's personal assistant & close friend Peter Freestone has stated it never happened. This is why, as I've said before, you can't believe everything in those Grunge videos. They state things as fact even though a little research & fact checking would show that it's not.
Fortunately it's a story that doesn't damage Freddie's reputation but it wouldn't matter if it did or not, they put it out there.
Most of what they said about Mary Austin is true, she was his most trusted confidante till his dying day. A wonderful lady & yes, she's still alive.
But they said she "kicked out" Jim, Freddie's partner, after Freddie's death. She gave Jim & the other 2 friends who lived in Freddie's house (Garden Lodge) a year to find another place to live. Being as he left each one a substantial amount of money, they could easily find another place.
Freddie wanted Mary, who was pregnant with her 2nd child when Freddie died, to live at Garden Lodge & raise her children there. It became her home. It's completely understandable she'd want the guys to find their own place & a year was more than enough time. Hardly "kicking them out".
Besides some money, Freddie also left Jim a small house in Ireland that they had vacationed in. I don't know if he built another house later but he had the house Freddie left him, readily available when he wanted it. Again, not correctly reported in this video.
They mix facts with rumor, speculation & incomplete stories (as they also did with Elvis & others). As with the previous videos you did, you can't take everything they say as fact or necessarily true.
spot on. Ive read and heard interviews on evidence that Love of My Life wasn't really about Mary. it was about a love he had while he was living with Mary in the 70s, a lover who didn't feel about Freddie the same way Fred felt about him. Which makes the lyrics more make more sense when you really think about them. Mary didnt leave him. It was the other way around.
Well said !
I think it was 3 months but I don't understand why Jim expected to stay there.
regarding the amount of money, Jim was hiv and joe had Aids so he probable thought he gave them sufficient and as you said apparently had a home set up as well,some say he had a home for joe as well.
it seems perfectly fair to give the home to mary for her family
Like that rumor Freddie recorded Show must go on in one take 😂😂
or that fake rumor that he wrote all the music for Bohemian Rhapsody 😛😛
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I think we may have had this conversation a few times too many already!
the misunderstanding is on Brian. fans believed he did the song in one take based on his comments and giving no further explanation.
he said he was concerned if Freddie could sing the song, he took a vodka and lacerated it, he implied the whole song, he didn't explain at the time or soon after that he was referring to the more difficult section
Freddie is the writer and composer of Bo Rap
even Brian wouldn't claim he or the others are co writers of the song.
everyone knew at the time and now that Brian started writing the solo for Freddies songs but no one inc Brian claimed he is a co writer of all Freddie songs which he wrote a solo for.
the only issue was early on
brian' I think I wrote most of the second middle 8th 'we definitely worked on that but he said he wrote the song.it was his song oh ok
Freddie was an icon with huge talent. RIP
I’m surprised they didn’t mention his adoration of cats and had many of them. He wrote a song called delightful Delilah about one cat in particular named Delilah who was apparently a bit of a brat and was one of if not his favorite 😻
Aiways enjoy your reactions! You are keeping good music alive!!!
I was 10 when I discovered Queen in 1977. Within a couple of years, in had every Queen album and Freddie being gay was talked about. In 1980, an artist being gay was a negative talking point. When I was still just a kid, I would respond to people saying that he's bi. And has a girlfriend.
I had spent an entire summer at 12, in the library researching articles about queen spanning a decade. I had put together a portfolio about the band with copies of everything I found. I didn't care if he was gay/bi, whatever. That wasn't important. The fact that I loved Queen and their charismatic singer was all I cared about. I couldn't care less if other kids thought I was gay because of this.
I was a child when I had the honour to see queen live it was an amazing concert. His voice was so fantastic, you felt his humanity to in his performance. Blessings to him and Queen.
His ash’s maybe with his ex fiancé as his home went to her too.
I was 14 when I got to see Queen in 1982. I begged my parents to let me go, as Queen hardly ever came to The United States for tour. The most memorable scene was a roady fighting with him to pull off his white leather jacket. The sleeves were just too tight. I feel more blessed than ever.
Mary is a real one. If we should all be so lucky
My favourite singer... my favourite band! Unique and eclectic as it can be witnessed in their truly varied discography and the songs they mention in the video: The Show Must Go On and Mother Love... In the last promotional video they shot (for the great song These Are the Days of Our Lives) one can see more or less how he looked in his final days (they even decided to shoot it black and white to help him look not that sick - there's a video about the making of it that is definitely not for the faint of heart). The song There Must Be More in Love Than This appeared in one of his solo albums and, later on after Freddie's death, the band reworked it with MJ vocals, so now the rare duet can be found in the Queen 2014 ballads collection "Queen Forever". ...And I totally agree, he's a legend and an icon!
The phrase "one of a kind" can get thrown about when it doesn't really apply. But there is no doubt that Freddie was one of a kind. There never has been and never will be anyone exactly like him.
Good for her. People would try and get them if they could. And I did hear he didn't want to fix his teeth it was his trademark. Thanks for sharing this, good to know.
I remember the day he died so clearly. I was in the pub and there was immediate shocked silence. Every bar was the same & the UK was plunged into a period of mourning.
Freddie Mercury was a massive Elvis fan, wrote a song called a crazy thing called love in tribute to his hero Elvis. I think it was Queens only number one in the USA, Freddie wrote the song in his bath only took him three minutes. Freddie was an amazing song writer and singer and is up there with his hero Elvis as been the greatest, along with Roy Orbison. Hopefully they are all in Heaven having a great time!!
For more of an insight into his relationship with Mary, you really need to see the biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody". It's partially fictionalised, of course, but still gives a good overview (and is a great movie).
I found the portrayal unfair throughout the film
he may have been constantly cheating on her but people who knew him at the time said he wasn't pernicious at that time
it does seem that the only time he cheated was with David who said if you don't tell her I'm leaving you.
Mary didn't mention David only explained that when he was trying to explain she said are you trying to tell me you are gay he didn't answer just hugged her
she said she was happy to see him be his real self and happy again as he had not been happy for a long time
in the film she was just upset and worried for him and it was implied they didn't see each other for a long time,she said she supported him from when he told her
his previous gf said she knew he also liked men, in earlier interviews mary also suggested there were two conversations earlier that he liked men then that he was gay
he was portrayed as sneaking around bars on his own finding out he liked men but it felt very sleazy almost ashamed of being gay which isn't true
I hate that they pretended mary was pregnant in 1985 and Freddie was selfish about it,theres nothing to suggest this.
he was happy for her so why portray him like that things like that felt spiteful
There's actually a really great interview with the real Mary here on YT where she talks about her relationship with Freddie... It isn't very long, and so worth it!
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@@bluebell3720 What filmmakers will say when their alterations of facts are pointed out, is that they felt more drama was needed or some such BS. In other words, they rationalize lying in order to sell tickets. They do not care a bit who might get hurt by it.
Love Of My Life was written about Mary. He would dress Princess Di in boys clothing and a hat so she could go drinking with him and no one would recognize her. They were really great friends.
They never met. It's been debunked. It never happened. A total made up story that people believed and continue to share.
Princess Di story was made up, never happened. Brian and Roger met her the same day as live aid but Freddie and John were not with them.
Freddie Mercury died 7 months before I was born. What a legend. Freddie Mercury had extra incisors. Mary Austin is still alive. She is 71 now. She was married twice and has two children.
show must go on was released on their Innuendo album released feb 91
the single was released 6 weeks before his death
Brian did the demo and was only able to sing it in falsetto
that's why he wasn't sure if Freddie could do the high range in chest voice which is difficult for good singers in good health.
it's difficult to pronounce words in high range in chest voice and not to crack but he nailed it!
❤️👑 If there is a heaven & I don't hear Freddie Mercury's voice, I ain't going!
Oh, you will hear him my friend. We all will!
Will never be another Freddie!
Mary is still alive and well,living in Garden Lodge (Freddie's mansion) with her kids.
Long live his legacy
Thank you my brother ❤️
Thanks for sharing this Jamel, it was wonderful to learn more. What a great artist!
Mary Austin is still alive and still living in the house he left her. ... Luv Bruv from the UK
Best rock frontman!
Thank you for this Jamal. Such an amazing talent Freddy was.
I've always liked Queen, never my favorite but always respected their talent. One of the saddest things I've ever read is the story of the last few days of Freddie's life. Heartbreaking to say the least, the fact that he had to hide his illness and deny who he was is just insane. We are far from perfect as a society but we've come a long way. It reminds me of the great Arthur Ashe who contracted HIV from a blood transfusion during surgery, I remember people making a point to say it was from blood, not from unprotected sex, as if dying from being infected from a transfusion is more noble. Either way we have lost a lot of good people to this virus. If anyone is interested I can dig up that link to the final days of Freddie story. But it's not an easy read.
Freddie loved Mary like the sister, mother , friend that he never got from his family . He was not in love with her and she excepted that.
I think that was the first time I've heard him speak and I only just now realized it.
There will never be another RIP FREDDIE 💔
Rest in peace, Freddie.
I checked it out Jamel, maybe you already did. Yes, Mary still lives in the West London Mansion that Freddie left her.
Listen/React to studio version of 'Love of my Life' it was for Mary.
I'm sure some will disagree but Bohemian Rhapsody (from the same album) was (I think) his personal character assassination of who he pretended to be with Mary and fully accepting his true self. I'm sure Mary had a lot to do with that to. They loved each other so much.
i remember the day freddie died i just started to cry.. never had that happen to me before or since... when its not a family member.
Freddie once said Mary was his common law wife, Mary Austin is still living at Freddie's house- Garden Lodge 'till this day, with his 2 sons, she's 71 years old this year. Freddie even became a godfather to Mary's first son. I thank Mary for everything he had done for Freddie. She deserves what Freddie wanted to left to her. Bless her💛🙏.
Salamat Mr. Jamel
Love is love, that's all!
Mary Austin was and IS a true friend. We could all use a friend like her
There’re many things .....oh, so many things, that I could say about this AMAZING man; however, I’ll not do so, lest my thoughts/feelings/conjectures be misconstrued, as that could perhaps perpetuate the unwarranted condemnation(s) ‘Moral Superiority/Hierarchy’ of this One-In-A-Trillion’s Gifts to the effort to ‘Keep Great Music Alive’ ....and I know, Jamel/Jamal....will 💯 understand & agree where I’m coming from.🤩😎😍🤗
I just learned that Michael Des Barres was asked to replace him ! For you younggins', Michael was in To Sir, With Love. He was the kid always wearing shades that Mr. Thackery would remove.
Freddie called Mary his common law wife and the love of his life. He said that if she had been his wife, she would have gotten everything so that's why he left her everything. He remained very close to Mary from the time they lived together and he felt Mary was the person who knew the real him, the person he was most comfortable with. He was the godfather of one of her children. He had an undying loyalty to Mary as she had to him, even though they both moved on to other partners. You could probably say that lovers come and go, but someone like Mary remains. She helped take care of Freddie at the very end because he wanted her with him. She is still alive and still manages his business and house. And yes, it's been said by his bandmates and many others that Love of My Life was written for Mary. Some say it was written from her perspective, but I honestly think it was written by Freddie for himself because he thought she would leave him when he told her he was attracted to men. It was expected back then so he would have every reason to think that. If you listen to it from that perspective, you'll see what I mean. Freddie felt he'd be broken if Mary truly left him. He couldn't stand the thought of it. If you want to know how much he loved and trusted her, just think about the fact that he left her the bulk of his estate, his royalties, care of his ashes and care of his beloved cats. That really says it all. He didn't trust his family, his bandmates, his lover or any of his other friends to do it. He trusted Mary.
The thing about Freddie's teeth. Freddie had four extra teeth in the front (incisors I believe) and he believed that is what gave him his range so he wouldn't have his teeth fixed.
I remember when Freddie died. I had gone outside to eat lunch at work and I turned on the radio to hear that Freddie had died of AIDs. I just started crying. It was horrible to lose him to that disease because not long after is when they came out with the first treatments that would have saved him.
Long live Freddie!!! Listen to Bijou from Queen...Epic!
People doubted the band for their harmonies, especially in Bohemian Rhapsody. Until? They heard them live...That shut them up! lol
no one doubted the harmonies 😂😂
they doubted the lack of synth on the recordings
HEY JAMEL….
YOU SHOULD REACT TO:
“MOTHER LOVE”
..SOMETIME! (NOT the official video, tho, PLEASE… It’s an odd sci-fi themed video that detracts from listening to the song.)
Thanks for sharing this one.
I was born in 95 and grew up on queen and I said that I wanted my first concert to be queen I was crushed learning that Freddy passed away and that I'd never see him live
From what I had read about Mary, they were pretty much best friends, and remained very close, up until his death. If he could trust anyone, it was Mary. Freddie had referred to her as the love of his life. He almost MARRIED her! I loved reading about their relationship. I think the main point they were making, about sexuality, is that many gay icons were actually bi, not gay. Even today, bisexuals are labeled according to whom they are dating at the time.
The song “Love Of My Life” off of the Night At The Opera album is about Marry. Freddie wrote it for her.
I wish he'd never taken the AZT drug, which Magic Johnson stopped taking immediately
And that is what really killed Freddie !! Anyone interested in the TRUE story of HIV, research what Kary Mullis said, Kary Mullis was the brilliant scientist and Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry that invented PCR technology, who stated for many years that PCR CAN NOT tell you anything about infection. Mullis was asked to write a paper on HIV being the probable cause of AIDS but when he began the paper he couldn't find a scientific paper that proved HIV even existed, he stated 'It's a scam, they made it up' !!
Freddie dedicated Love of my life to Mary
Mary was the love of his life.
That's the first time you heard him speak? You really should find interviews. There are a few of Freddie on RUclips. I loved the way he spoke. One of his favorite words (and mine) was Darling.
THE BEST TO EVER DO IT!
Your story about Nas made me think of Perry Farrell. He got "fixed" and Jane's has never been the same.
COUPLE GOOD VIDS OF FREDDIE AND HIS LIFE .. EVEN ON UTUBE ...
Queen The Millionaire Waltz
Yes, Mary Austin is still alive, living in his house, that he left her.
The song Love Of My Life became to Freddie more a song to his fans
The way I heard it, Freddie couldn't deal with Michael Jackson having his pet Lama in the Studio and that's why they didn't finish, lol.
Never heard about him sneaking Lady Di out and about. That is way too cool and just damn classy.
Legendary! He made her wish come true - she got to be anonymous for the whole evening because he was the focus. He willingly offered himself up to be used as a distraction. He was so, so smart & clever and he definitely was a true friend to her.
Although a cute story, it has been debunked by more than 1 person mainly Peter Freestone, Freddie's personal assistant.
Mary was a long-time, dear friend of Mercury. He left the bulk of his estate, including a house to her & her daughter. She seriously didn't want him to do that but after he explained to her why it was so important to him, she agreed. She said he once told her, "if things turned out differently, we'd be married & your daughter would be mine". I believe that Mary is still alive.
Yes, she's still alive but she never had a daughter. She has two sons: Richard (Freddie's Godson) and Jamie (born after Freddie died).
@@trishbelfield2864 Oh, I thought she had a daughter. Thanks for the correction.
Nice totally clean intro. Good job!
Queen- Nevermore- (Official Lyric Video) on RUclips. Freddie's voice before he started smoking.
Rip Feddy Murecy 🙏🏻
It's well known where Jim Morrison is buried, and as far as I know he's still in his final resting place, as is the grave of John Bonham.
Yes Mary is alive. She's in her 70s but still lives in the mansion she inherited from Freddie.
You might like the video on The Musician's Hall Of Fame channel - "Jimi Hendrix Meets Terry Kath & Talks About Recording with Chicago - RUclips " . Also, though it's from an old video tape, the 8 min. video "13 year old Joe Bonamassa on Real Life with Jane Pauley - RUclips" is pretty good, with B.B.King and John Lee Hooker saying he was good back then.
one off genius! rip Freddie✌️
Real music again!!!
Freddie's great parents were originally from Iran and settled in India because they were persecuted of their believes.They were zoerastrians.Freddies's parents were born in Bombay,India.Than they moved to Zanzibar,thats where Freddie (Real name Farrokh Balsara) was born.He was sent to boarding school in Bombay,India.Later his parents moved to England and Farrokh Balsara changed his name to Freddie Mercury.
He wrote Love of My Life about her❤️
995th view 45th comment in the first hour, seems low for Jamel like you're being suppressed still, wish YT would be cool
Thank you!
Brilliant video.
Saw Queen in 1976 and 1978🎶
I saw them in 1978 in Chicago.
He had 4 extra teeth in the back which he felt made his vocal range what it was, and to remove the teeth, would change his voice.
Mary is still living in Freddie’s, now hers, Garden Lodge Mansion in London.
Freddie was born in Zanzibar, East Africa, now Tanzania, to ancient Persian Zoastrians, that fled ancient Persia (modern day Iran) for India…. Centuries ago.
I just love the guy.
I only knew about a few of these. Not sure if you’ve heard about Naomi Judd, the mom of the Judds. She passed away last Saturday, could you react to a few of their songs? ☮️💜