Was Freddie Mercury a good person?

As far as I know from books, Freddie Mercury was very loving and caring to those close to him, and also very generous.
He used to give a lot to charities.
He doesnt appear to have grown arrogant with the years, despite his huge success.

So, as far as you can get from books and stuff, he was a good person.

Enjoy his art regardless, anyway! :-)

Heavenite wrote:
but does it really matter if you love the music? Probably not. Although I guess it is interesting to know more about the people who made the music you love.

unless it's Gary Glitter?

breyes1984 wrote:

examples please..!! I want to know.. thanks

Name the reasons why you want to know this. You could be a pervert.

he's a nosey c*nt that derives pleasure from absorbing salacious gossip ?

I knew him personally from 1999-2003, and he was a complete twat.

Seriously, though - how would any of us actually know? As far as I'm aware, no-one here knew him, so who could say?

I think he was a good person with flaws (who of us doesn't have them). I'd say some of his blunt answers when being interviewed could come across as him being arrogant but that doesn't translate to being good or bad. He often said what he felt which is something we should all aspire to be. Even if some would get offended but at least we would be honest. I also heard he once broke a mirror on somone's head which is bad but we've all been in fights where we smash bottles on people so that's more of a tantrum than anything else. Over all those who were closest to him would say he had the ability to make you feel like you were really important in his world. My vote's that he was a good person, not perfect.

alBHMfan wrote:

...but we've all been in fights where we smash bottles on people so...

No we haven't! :)

Seriously, what kind of numbskull asks a question like this lol????

Roger's View:

"With a head held high, and a heart so big. One fist to the sky. Shake a leg!"

LOL, this thread. GF, never smashed a bottle over anyones head? Did you ever wish to?

Ah, dear Freddie. From what I gather he was certainly very human. Strived for perfection in all he did. Had to tell everyone he would be a star or legend ...convincing them and himself. I don't think even with all the swagger that he knew he would be what he is today. Search for love was obviously disasterous yet, he did find it with a couple of people both male and female who hung in with him for the long haul and even more friends who speak of him as being genuine and caring. Caballe loved him. He was human and fun and I think at the core a good man. Very very human. His personality ran the spectrum from funny to shy to flamoyant to crass ...everything under the rainbow. This is why his fans love him so. I see stars who are to me mostly one dimensional in personality. Freddie certainly wasnt that!

My two cents on the subject.

He was history's greatest monster.

Discuss.

I love how a two page thread is dedicated to making character judgements that nobody in said thread has met.

Do go on. This is quite entertaining.

But if anyone wants my two cents - sure, the guy once smashed a mirror on someone's head. He was a rock star. His ego was out of control.

He wasn't a picture perfect human being, but later in life it seems like he tried to better himself. That's about as far as this can go.

See, these arbitrary character judgements get right up my nose, and not just concerning dead famous people.

If you can't describe someone in your life without employing the phrase, "SURE he was this and that, BUT-" then you should poison yourself before someone else gets around to it.

It's nothing but a lot of weasel words for people who can't make up their mind on a topic or reconcile their own shortcomings against their aspirations to be a better person.

Well put.

he had his moments, but like us all he had to learn!