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[QUOTE] [b]TEwers wrote:[/b]
No one is questioning the truth of the statement, we know it's true. If it wasn't, Freddie Mercury would still be here. The question is was the statement, in it's timeliness, insensitive. Could Collins have waited, I don't know, a couple of days? Everyone who wasn't blind was aware of Mercury's "appetite" for life. It just seemed that Collins was kicking a man when he was down, in this case a dead man.[/QUOTE]
I don't think his intention was to "kick a man when he's down". He just said what was on everyone's minds, but most people were afraid to say.
Come to think of it, it might seem insincere from Brian to go on TV a few days after Freddie died and defend his lifestyle by saying that Freddie was not as promiscuous as people said he was, and yet Brian has said other times that was he was fed up with the amount of excess at Queen parties back in the day... and while he didn't exactly said it was Freddie's choice, we all know it was.
No one is questioning the truth of the statement, we know it's true. If it wasn't, Freddie Mercury would still be here. The question is was the statement, in it's timeliness, insensitive. Could Collins have waited, I don't know, a couple of days? Everyone who wasn't blind was aware of Mercury's "appetite" for life. It just seemed that Collins was kicking a man when he was down, in this case a dead man.[/QUOTE]
I don't think his intention was to "kick a man when he's down". He just said what was on everyone's minds, but most people were afraid to say.
Come to think of it, it might seem insincere from Brian to go on TV a few days after Freddie died and defend his lifestyle by saying that Freddie was not as promiscuous as people said he was, and yet Brian has said other times that was he was fed up with the amount of excess at Queen parties back in the day... and while he didn't exactly said it was Freddie's choice, we all know it was.
[QUOTE] [b]Mr.Jingles wrote:[/b]
I don't think his intention was to "kick a man when he's down". He just said what was on everyone's minds, but most people were afraid to say.
Come to think of it, it might seem insincere from Brian to go on TV a few days after Freddie died and defend his lifestyle by saying that Freddie was not as promiscuous as people said he was, and yet Brian has said other times that was he was fed up with the amount of excess at Queen parties back in the day... and while he didn't exactly said it was Freddie's choice, we all know it was.[/QUOTE]
I don't think it was his intention either, it's just didn't seem right. Like I've said, yes, we've all known of Mercury's lush for life and when he died of AIDS, we knew why, the press even said it, many of us said it, but that day, I'm sorry, it didn't need to be hammered home by Collins. I'm sure some folks on this post weren't the only ones to feel that way. When MTV announced the passing, they gave quotes of all the celebrities that made a comment. When it got to Collins, they cut off the last section of his quote.
As for Brian May, the man kept Mercury's secret out of respect. He may know a little more than the general public. We can assume things, but we didn't know him. (Although I will agree with you that May has been a flip-flopper in interviews when it came to other topics) We do know from what Mercury has said in interviews - he's going to live life to the fullest (which included sex) and not have regrets for it. So now that he's dead, the day off, folks feel that they need to vocalize something that Mercury already knew. I'm sorry, that's crap. Collins could have used that moment to educate or say how important it is to get tested, not say I told you so.
I don't think his intention was to "kick a man when he's down". He just said what was on everyone's minds, but most people were afraid to say.
Come to think of it, it might seem insincere from Brian to go on TV a few days after Freddie died and defend his lifestyle by saying that Freddie was not as promiscuous as people said he was, and yet Brian has said other times that was he was fed up with the amount of excess at Queen parties back in the day... and while he didn't exactly said it was Freddie's choice, we all know it was.[/QUOTE]
I don't think it was his intention either, it's just didn't seem right. Like I've said, yes, we've all known of Mercury's lush for life and when he died of AIDS, we knew why, the press even said it, many of us said it, but that day, I'm sorry, it didn't need to be hammered home by Collins. I'm sure some folks on this post weren't the only ones to feel that way. When MTV announced the passing, they gave quotes of all the celebrities that made a comment. When it got to Collins, they cut off the last section of his quote.
As for Brian May, the man kept Mercury's secret out of respect. He may know a little more than the general public. We can assume things, but we didn't know him. (Although I will agree with you that May has been a flip-flopper in interviews when it came to other topics) We do know from what Mercury has said in interviews - he's going to live life to the fullest (which included sex) and not have regrets for it. So now that he's dead, the day off, folks feel that they need to vocalize something that Mercury already knew. I'm sorry, that's crap. Collins could have used that moment to educate or say how important it is to get tested, not say I told you so.