Peaches

Who exactly is Peaches in Now I'm Here? I've recently come across some old interviews of Brian and he's mentioned that Peaches was a girl he was in love with throughout the 70's and that at some point he lost contact with her until the later years with Queen when she got in touch with him. Can anybody shed some light on this mystery girl? Thank people!

No light on Peaches (I thought she was a dancer or something in a club in New Orleans, but I'm probably wrong) but I do faintly recall Brian discussing groupies and the temptation of sex outside his marriage, and him saying that he was a romantic and usually pining for somebody or other on the road rather than indulging in casual sex regularly.  I can see that with him. Kind of a polyamorous serial monogamist.  Hah.  I also recall thinking it was rather harsh when he said he had married the wrong woman on national radio.  It's a sad reality for lots of couples, but most of them don't say it out loud quite so publically.  Not intended as a criticism, it just surprised me.

But you asked about Peaches didn't you.  LOL

The Topicstarter already said everything I know about Peaches. I believe he met her on the first time he went to the United States (I believe it was New Orleans). And he looked her up again in the late 70's I think.

Didn't he write about it on his soapbox, or at least a recent interview?

Not only the "Peaches" part, but the whole song's meaning is rather obscure. It's been said that it's about touring in the USA but the lyrics don't tell much of a story. Probably only Queen, Peaches and Mott The Hoople members know for sure what's the deal with it. A private joke maybe.

Probably this "Peaches" meant more to Brian in 1974, then he married Chrissy and forgot her. That's why she probably wasn't worth to be mentioned again.

It's Peaches Geldof. 

We all know that.

In addition to Now I'm Here, the lyrics of Brighton Rock seem to be on this same wavelength as well.

Now I understand the song "I Can't Live With You".

The lyrics "I can't live with you, I can't live without you" means that he is in love with a person (he can't live without her) but he can't live with this person because he is already married.

Our hero in the song lives a very complicated life.

I've often wondered about the line, "down in the dungeon just Peaches and me." Could it be she was a dominatrix and Brian was getting himself spanked?

The Dungeon was/is the name of a  New Orleans bar in the French Quarter.

Thanks you guys for helping shed some light on this topic.

Here someone is apparently naming names... http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/126112

Interesting.

Anyone fancy contacting her to see if she can confirm this?

http://www.facebook.com/people/Deborah-Vidacovich/1074740185

Bohardy wrote: Interesting.

Anyone fancy contacting her to see if she can confirm this?

http://www.facebook.com/people/Deborah-Vidacovich/1074740185
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I made an inquiry. Fingers crossed :-)

As the only person with my precise name on the planet as far as I know (due to a super rare last name), the internet scares me a lot sometimes. Poor, stalked Peaches.  :)

Guess what guys? That IS the right lady!

"I am. Peaches and having a great weekend."