Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender

Further thoughts
that now ring clear as a bell.

Was the very title a comment?

The Great Pretender

What?
He pretends to be Great?
or
he was nothing without Queen?

so we reflect how boring we pecieve him to be as a solo artist and revel in our various comment TALKING heads affirming how crap it all was!

And by making damn sure the documentary was as despressing as his solo album sales were.?

oh and while i dont forget because everyone else has
We say he didnt even arrange his own solo work properly by orchestrating it for him
because that ofcourse is what he wanted, forget the fact that he orchestrated mr bad guy on that damn solo album that great pretender made.
THEN WE GIVE CREDIT TO THE THING THAT KILLED HIM AS THOUGH IT IS SOME KIND OF BLOW OR LSD THAT HELPED HIM GET CREATIVE AGAIN.! (funny enough that's how its caused AIDS, by drugs & aids drugs especially )

well, me personally , i did not think he was crap as a solo artist
because i appreciated his musical mind, knowing HE made Queen and without him It IS DEAD!

Go away

Just watched the Blu-Ray. I could've sworn Mary Austin was on the TV broadcast version, but she wasn't in this one.

Is that bizarre? Am I having a stroke or something?

Probably not. You usually tell us when you are.

That's funny. Lol. Are you having a stroke or something? Lol. :)

I have no recollection of Mary Austin being included either. I haven't seen the broadcast version though

Yeah I figured as much - so why the hell am I remembering a Mary Austin interview? Did something else come out in the past year that I've forgotten?

Does anyone know the date / venue of the audience footage from 1979?

Apparently it's Alexandra Palace 12-22-79.