"Freddie made the last person at the back of the furthest stand in a stadium feel that he was connected.
Freddie gave people proof that a man could achieve his dreams—made them feel that through him they were overcoming their own shyness, and becoming the powerful Godlike figure of their ambitions.
And he lived life to the full. He devoured life. He celebrated every minute.
And, like a Great Comet, he left a luminous trail which will sparkle for many a generation to come." ✨💖
— Sir Brian May
#LegendsNeverDie
#FreddieMercury #Queen
"Freddie came in very well prepared with a lot of vocal parts and we just worked our way through 'em and became something we called the 'sausage machine' that we'd sort of follow our instincts and whoever was leading at the time.
It's a very good feeling, I always remember thinking 'This is gonna be something great.'"
— Sir Brian May
#SomebodyToLove #Queen
#FreddieMercury #BrianMay
I love that David Bowie's and Brian May's reactions were captured when Annie Lennox gives it everything, and that George Michael singing along in the back! Fantastic video and the very best music.
Prince was asked to do a solo on a cover of While My Guitar Gently Weeps and he showed up to the rehearsal and barely played anything. Didn’t have any solo ready at all and didn’t play one. They asked what he was going to play and he just said “Don’t worry about it.”
Then, on the night of the performance he just looms out of the shadows and plays this. The way he pivots off that F# root note into Dorian mode is so good. Massively underrated guitarist.