Common Misconceptions About Queen That Piss Me Off

Bascally we know Freddie loved mary deeply and vice versa but he also wanted to have the freedom to explore the gay/bisexual side and Mary did the decent thing and stepped aside, some might say she had no choice in the matter but she supported him with what he wanted to do and thats also a big thing to do because she could of just walked away from him and never seen him again but staying and supporting Freddie was probably why Freddie loved her so much because she wasnt judgmental about things and as time went on and Freddies lovers came and went he saw Mary as his one true love 

Freddie did say once when asked that he had a wider sexual taste than most people and i think thats the truth

This might help to dispell some of Freddie's popular misconceptions.

Remember this.Fatty at his best

http://www.queenzone.com/forums/345080/the-private-personal-diaries-of-freddie-mercury-1946-1991.aspx

Somebody above mentioned the producing of Mr Bad Guy and Freddie not wanting to wait around for Brian

this may have no relevance but Rhinhold Mack who produced Mr Bad Guy said in an interview that Freddie was quite laid back about the time he took over the album and that most days work would not get started until the evening time and perhaps thats part of the reason as to why it took a while to make

I hate the debate over the use of Drum Machines and sequenced Synth Bass.

Does it matter? Of course not because the song is the song however you get there. e.g. Breakthru clearly is largely drum machine and sequenced bass. And it's a great song!!! IMHO that is!!

Also, I wonder how many people don't realise how much piano/keyboards Brian played? e.g. Piano = Save Me and a lot of Flash soundtrack = synth (Oberheim I believe?)

And of course, so many people miss the point that all 4 members wrote hit singles e.g. Bo Rap, We Will Rock You, I Want To Break Free, Radio Ga Ga etc etc

GratefulFan wrote:

I think if one is interested in Freddie as a human being, one should be interested in his sexual orientation as it does define to a certain extent a set of experiences and a certain path through life. I don't find contemplating this to be intrusive at all.  It's interesting and contributes to a sense of empathy for a person I find compelling and pretty wonderful.

Beautifully put.

The point is that he did indeed once have a strong sexual relation with Mary Austin and continued having relationships with women (men as well) until his passing. It just so happened his last lover was male though. How could you call the man gay if he had relationships with both genders.

oh boy, these young little boy's can't accept the truth.   After Mary only one woman has been known to sleep with freddie and that was B. Valentin  and it's known that they would pick up young men together and do the threesome thing.  If he was Bi,  he leaned a lot more towards Gay.  Let's say 95% gay and 5% straight.   The woman in the freddie Documenrty said if you went anywhere  close to freddie you would realize he was gay.    Mary said it.  Mick Rock Said it.......Who am my gonna believe, the people who were close to the man, or some little confused kid on Queenzone who wasn't even alive during freddie's lifetime?

jamster1111 wrote: "The point is that he did indeed once have a strong sexual relation with Mary Austin and continued having relationships with women (men as well) until his passing. It just so happened his last lover was male though. How could you call the man gay if he had relationships with both genders."


Did you not read my post to you? As I noted, sexuality is much more complicated than you believe it to be and it doesn't fit into neat boxes.

Ultimately whether one is gay or not comes down to how one identifies oneself. So it does not matter what you think Freddie was, it only matters what he regarded himself as, and the truth is one can sleep with both men and women and still regard oneself as gay, and one can sleep with one gender and regard oneself as bisexual.

mike hunt wrote: oh boy, these young little boy's can't accept the truth.   After Mary only one woman has been known to sleep with freddie and that was B. Valentin  and it's known that they would pick up young men together and do the threesome thing.  If he was Bi,  he leaned a lot more towards Gay.  Let's say 95% gay and 5% straight.   The woman in the freddie Documenrty said if you went anywhere  close to freddie you would realize he was gay.    Mary said it.  Mick Rock Said it.......Who am my gonna believe, the people who were close to the man, or some little confused kid on Queenzone who wasn't even alive during freddie's lifetime? 
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Well, that's why I wrote on "lifetimefanofqueen's" thread of "was Freddie gay or bi" that Freddie was Bi with a preference for men (the "gay" side of Bisexuality).

If Freddie didn't say the "true love" comments about Mary, I would definitely agree with him being 100% gay.

He liked to fuck.  End of.

That's correct Zebonka!

The only pre conception of the band that really bothers me is the common held opinion that Live Aid saved them and turned around their flagging career. They may have hated each other by that point and the success of their wembley set may have energized them and perhaps re united them but people conveniently forget (probably because the whole idea makes good journo copy) that the previous year (84) was massively successful for them 4 or 5 top 20 singles, a big selling album (the works) and a sell-out world tour. It's true that in America they were dead and buried by then but not even Live Aid reversed that trend. It took Fred's death and Wayne's World to put them back in the charts stateside.

I'm hoping the upcoming movie doesn't pander to this point of view....

Bigfish, true Queen were "dead and buried" by the time of Live Aid, and it did nothing to rekindle their career here...in fact the album following Live Aid , A Kind Of Magic, was their least successful album of their career in America.

What DID start to revive their carreer a bit was the "I Want It All" single...they played the heck out of it on Rock radio (and some Top 40 pop stations in big cities) pushing The Miracle to #24 in the charts and going Gold in the meantime.

Innuendo continued this trend going Gold within weeks and lingering in the charts a healthy 30 wks...Queen were gradually rebuilding in America until Freddies' death later that year...sad...just sad.

I think by the '80s, after more than 10 years of climbing the ladder to international success (remember it wasn't until "Crazy Little Thing" and "Dust" that they had US No. 1 hits), an iffy reception to Hot Space and then coming back to success with The Works, that they were ready for a break from each other. I think it was Brian and Roger who at the time talked about needing a break, rather than breaking up. That's why there's the solo explosion in the '80s, because they all wanted to justdo things their way, letting Queen sit on the back burner at times, until something came along that fired them up collectively (Live Aid...Highlander...etc).

Bigfish wrote: The only pre conception of the band that really bothers me is the common held opinion that Live Aid saved them and turned around their flagging career. They may have hated each other by that point and the success of their wembley set may have energized them and perhaps re united them but people conveniently forget (probably because the whole idea makes good journo copy) that the previous year (84) was massively successful for them 4 or 5 top 20 singles, a big selling album (the works) and a sell-out world tour. It's true that in America they were dead and buried by then but not even Live Aid reversed that trend. It took Fred's death and Wayne's World to put them back in the charts stateside.

I'm hoping the upcoming movie doesn't pander to this point of view....
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I have a vague recollection of one of the guys saying something like Live Aid had indicated to them that they were still wanted by the public or something along those lines, which felt to me in context that some doubt or burn out or disillusion had started to creep in despite sales figures.