I finally bought and received a used copy of Jim Hutton's book 'Mercury and Me'.
Now that I've finished reading it I would like to know who else has read it and what did you think?
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I loved the part with the mango
Great one-liners from Freddie. "Pee pee".
Does the book say anything about Paul Rodgers?
I orderded the damn book half a year ago, but I still don't have it!!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Sebastian wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Does the book say anything about Paul Rodgers?[/QUOTE]
Not that I know, but it does say that Freddie wrote all the solo's of his songs. ;)
Not that I know, but it does say that Freddie wrote all the solo's of his songs. ;)
I think a more appropriate title would have been
"Garden Lodge and Me"
"Garden Lodge and Me"
Isn't Jim Hutton liek 60? Doesn't he know proper grammar by this age? Mercury and I?
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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Raststätte-Knödel wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I orderded the damn book half a year ago, but I still don't have it!![/QUOTE]
I ordered it in June and it took three weeks for the bookstore to get it. And it was expensive but totally worth it. Order it again and call whereever you ordered it from about two weeks after to see what the staus is.
I ordered it in June and it took three weeks for the bookstore to get it. And it was expensive but totally worth it. Order it again and call whereever you ordered it from about two weeks after to see what the staus is.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Sebastian wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Does the book say anything about Paul Rodgers?[/QUOTE]
Not that I know, but it does say that Freddie wrote all the solo's of his songs. ;)[/QUOTE]
No, nothing about PR he wrote the book in 1994.
Not that I know, but it does say that Freddie wrote all the solo's of his songs. ;)[/QUOTE]
No, nothing about PR he wrote the book in 1994.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=0>Metal Maiden<h6>Oh Yeah... wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Isn't Jim Hutton liek 60? Doesn't he know proper grammar by this age? Mercury and I?[/QUOTE]
Its British grammer.
Its British grammer.
Oh. Really? It sounds so...so...improper.
> Not that I know, but it does say that Freddie wrote all the solo's of his songs. ;)
By "his" do you mean Freddie's, or Paul's?
> Isn't Jim Hutton liek 60? Doesn't he know proper grammar by this age? Mercury and I?
The concept of "proper" grammar is always controversial. What about Lennon's "she don't care" in 'Ticket To Ride' or Mercury's "you and me" in 'Bijou'? Prescriptively they might be "wrong", descriptively they're just variants. Shakespeare used both "between you and me" and "between you and I".
> No, nothing about PR he wrote the book in 1994.
Paul was already 44 at the time ... plus since he was "Freddie's favourite singer" it's odd that Jim never mentioned Mercury having expressed his admiration for Mr Rodgers. Unless of course Roger and Brian are merely putting words on a dead man's mouth ... but they wouldn't do that - they're perfect!
> Its British grammer.
Not quite...
By "his" do you mean Freddie's, or Paul's?
> Isn't Jim Hutton liek 60? Doesn't he know proper grammar by this age? Mercury and I?
The concept of "proper" grammar is always controversial. What about Lennon's "she don't care" in 'Ticket To Ride' or Mercury's "you and me" in 'Bijou'? Prescriptively they might be "wrong", descriptively they're just variants. Shakespeare used both "between you and me" and "between you and I".
> No, nothing about PR he wrote the book in 1994.
Paul was already 44 at the time ... plus since he was "Freddie's favourite singer" it's odd that Jim never mentioned Mercury having expressed his admiration for Mr Rodgers. Unless of course Roger and Brian are merely putting words on a dead man's mouth ... but they wouldn't do that - they're perfect!
> Its British grammer.
Not quite...
best book i ever read on freddie mercury,legend has it that queen members didnt really speak to him again after that book cause it exposed some secrets,duno if thats true,book itself has some really good personal photographs,i found it was more in detail than peter freestones book about him(equally good book all the same)