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  1. Queen/Freddie Mercury biopic?

    Some time back, an Australian news-site reported that Michael Cunningham (Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist) was working on a Freddie Mercury biopic script. I don't know if this is the same project Brian May was talking...

  2. Freddie Box: The Missing Tracks

    Bobby_brown wrote: For the "Great Pretender" i agree with John S Stuart when he says that it has some meaning for Freddie, but i do believe that this song was recorded for a project. Freddie wasn`t the type...

  3. Re-ANNOUNCE : Ibex 1969

    Thanks for that.

  4. Jazz appreciation thread

    "Let Me Entertain You" sounded bad on the album, very choppy and strained. Actually irritating. But it was brilliant live. I think this is an "album vs. live contrast" as great as the Hot Space songs. (Though I like t...

  5. Amandla

    Amandla means "freedom." They are probably saying "Soweto" rather than "a way to." So.... freedom for Soweto. Disclaimer: I haven't heard the actual song. Just an educated guess. --Egret

  6. Britishisms in Queen lyrics

    pcgenius9 wrote: No "leaving you with the lumber" actually means something along the lines of "all the problems that come with it". So in Friends Will Be Friends, "taking all the cash leaving...

  7. Britishisms in Queen lyrics

    I can contribute a question. In "Friends Will Be Friends," there is something about "taking all the cash and leaving you with the lumber." Does "leaving you with the lumber" actually mean anything, colloquially, in th...

  8. Freddie's phoenix

    John S Stuart wrote: Pity they did not mention Freddie in their literature! He probably did not make any alumni donations :) --Egret

  9. Freddie Mercury + Paul Rodgers

    It is a very bad idea. It kinda worked with Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole. It really didn't work with Hank Williams and Hank Williams Jr. Unrelated timewarp duets are even worse: I'm thinking of Dolly Parton and Pats...

  10. Is this what "Bohemian Rhapsody" is really about?

    Mr. Stuart, Glad you liked it. Link away; it's not my material, just an old link I saved. I agree with you in speculating that Freddie was a cultivated person, though I don't think he was a great reader. I think he wa...

  11. Is this what "Bohemian Rhapsody" is really about?

    <b><font color = "crimson">ThomasQuinn wrote: JSS: if Freddie ever read Camus, I'd be most pleasantly surprised. Admittedly, this is from a dodgy source. But according to a woman Freddie dated in...

  12. "Killer Queen" tribute fails to make dent in US charts

    Another frustrating thing. Most of the many bad reviews pointed to one or two songs which were worthwhile. And I dutifully went to iTunes to purchase those songs. But iTunes only has a 5-song "EP" version of the tribu...

  13. Zanzibar

    This link is to a woman's travel diary of her visit to Zanzibar -- she is a New Yorker who happened to be there on 9-11 so it's a bit surreal. There is a photo of the building reporting to be the Bulsara home: http://...

  14. In My Defence

    For more context, there is an interesting website about the Time musical here: http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/Defymcbeth/Time2.html --Egret

  15. Who could play Freddie in a motion picture ?

    More experimental casting: Angelina Jolie :)

  16. Who could play Freddie in a motion picture ?

    But Jerry Seinfeld has no soul. I nominate Paddy Considine, for his emotional range and general charm. He doesn't really look like Freddie, but they can make him up. Or, possibly, Liev Schrieber. He could be brilliant...

  17. Who could play Freddie in a motion picture ?

    Gunpowder Gelatine wrote: The only bad thing is the obessive fangirls that would care about the movie just for him and not Freddie! You say that like Freddie doesn't have his own obsessed fangirls! :) --Egret

  18. Who Scott Mercury think the real fans are!!

    I agree with Arlene in that I also find offensive the incessant, excessive, strained gay sex descriptions that Scott frequently has posted. I believe him when he says he intends them as jokes and means no offense; I s...

  19. How many of you own the Solo Collection?

    Benn is right about the significant amount of duplication of things already released. But that's true of many Queen Productions releases.

  20. How many of you own the Solo Collection?

    I got mine on Ebay for about $200. I thought it was an indulgence, but it turned out to be a necessity -- I liked it so much more than I expected to. Definitely worth it.