When Freddie Died

When Freddie died was it like Michael Jackson all over the news for days.and music channels all Freddie & Queen,I was too young to remember.

MTV was showing Radio GaGa for about dozen times per day as I remember. They've showed Freddie's images even in our red Soviet TV news in those days.

The news can't have been too red in November/December 1991...

There wasnt the 24 hour news channels back then for stories to dominate, and neither were there many music channels - besides MTV for the minority who had subscriptions to SKY TV.
I remember there was a fair deal of coverage of Freddie, particularly in the press, the tabloids ran with it on the front pages for 3 or 4 days, with each day the stories became more  distasteful. I remember one headline was sometjing like "Freddie may have killed hundreds".
I cant cooment on how the media ran with Freddies death outside of the UK it does feel like theres more coverage of Jacko than Freddie here, although that to an extent is due to the 24 hour media age we live in in 2008, where any news is blown to the biggest size possible to fill the 24 hour schedules.

I can remember that there were lots of reports about him on German TV and they showed some concerts.
MTV made a Queen Weekend and showed most of their videos incl. The Magic Years.
The newspapers reported a lot about him and other famous victims of the AIDS disease.
But I don't think it was like in the UK. In the UK he must have been haunted by the press for months.
Over here, in the months after his death, lots of new rumours came up...but we all don't know if these were true e.g. Freddie had an affair with Rudolph Nurejev (famous russian ballet dancer) and so on and on...

there was endless coverage of freddie's death on tv newspapers etc, was told in uk it was more coverage than death of elvis

Small newspaper article, and VH1 had a Queen weekend about a month before the tribute concert

I remember non-stop Queen music on the radio.

not even close to michael in the sates.  I Remember a small announcement on tv and the radio, but nothing like this, and then freddie got some more attention when the tribute concert was aired, but again, nothing like michael Jackson or elvis.

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[b]mike hunt wrote: [/b]

not even close to michael in the sates.  I Remember a small announcement on tv and the radio, but nothing like this, and then freddie got some more attention when the tribute concert was aired, but again, nothing like michael Jackson or elvis.[/QUOTE]
True.

But Wayne's World gave them one hell of a second wind.

yea, people talked more about Queen when Wayne's world came out then they did when freddie died.  I still remember how big they became, all because of that silly movie.  If Innuendo was released when wayne's world came out it would have been interesting to see if it would have gotten the attention it deserved.

Take a look for yourself:

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3LYn84qgww]Freddie Mercury Last Appearance in 1990[/url]

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h2il09og40]Freddie Mercury's Death - Part 1[/url]

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4yKgjNd-6s&feature=related]Freddie Mercury's Death Part 2[/url]

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt50OSOnT_U]Freddie Mercury's death (TVP 1, 01.12.1991)[/url]

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmoxDTzvesg]News Report on the Death of Queen Singer Freddie Mercury[/url]

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUgLAS1PzrM]Elton John - A few words about Freddie Mercury[/url]

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in49hph_ZDg&feature=related]Brian and Roger - One Week Later, Part 1[/url]

Brian and Roger - One Week Later, Part 2

Queen - Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (Highlights)

Freddie Mercury Tribute

The main difference is that Fred's death was somewhat expected, since by the time he released his announcement he was merely confirming what had been spread for years. Pavarotti, Harrison and others were also ill long before and the last moments were like: day one, they're rushed to the hospital; day two: things aren't looking good; day three: the world lost a genius. With Michael, it was totally unexpected for many, and TMZ allowed the news to be literally global within minutes.

As far as I remember, the BBC only had this kind of (virtually 24-hour) coverage with Princes Di, which was another sudden death.

[i]I was 26 when he passed and from I recall here in the States was that it was usually a short news story for a few days and then it just passes. The media carried Freddie's death but NOTHING compared to what Jackson's passing has spawned. Both were iconic figures but we watched Michael Jackson grown up since he was 11. Listened to his music, reach milestones, break records etc. But then his personal problems overshadowed the talent. Financial woes, accusations of his relationships with young boys, being sued for failed business dealings and now we discover alleged abuse of perscription drugs. At least we know what Freddie died from and there was no need for investigations. Freddie never had to deal with the controversies that Jackson has had to deal with. Both of them left behind an amazing body of work but Jackson leaves more questions than answers.[/i]

Queen was played a damn lot on radio.. The show must go on was on the hitlists when he died. Barcelona, Living on my own were huge after he died. Bo Rhap went to the top together with days of our lives. We are the champions was big again. Queen with Freddie were everywhere....

News was just different back then....

I, for one, had to take of from work.. and first returned after new year...