gerry wrote: yes i truly believe jim made freddie very happy and fr once in his life freddie could be comfortable and himself. Although freddie was fond of mary she was shield from his sexuality, until freddie got the courage to tell her the truth. She was never the less a leach when freddie left his will and a bitter row erupted between mary and jim, and he got badly hurt. Jim deserved more than what he inherited and mary did not deserve what she got.
Gerry this whole conversation can rack up some strong arguments here. see previous threads :-)
Anyhow, my opinion on it - Freddie left her the house to do with as she chose - this was HOW MUCH he thought of Mary - perhaps if he truly loved Jim he'd have left it to him? It was Mary's and so were the contents that he bequeathed to her.
Tell me honestly that if someone left you a house in their will, that YOU'D be happy to have the deceased's old friends still living there...and if so, how long would YOU be ok with that situation...think about it. All the friends, and friends of friends and the hangers on and liggers - people you've never met ....after all it was her house and up to her who she let live there - or not.
There are five instrumental songs by Freddie, aren't it Gerry?
I can understand the point of view of Jim Hutton...he made happy Freddie. Closers friends of Freddie, like Mike Moran or Mack, always have good words for him. Even Roger Taylor said he was a good man.
Sure Mary Austin acted like a shield for freddie in the early days before he admitted he was gay,
but it really was jim who brought the love and compassion that freddie had craved for many many years.
Mary was a very good close friend but she could not give freddie the man love which he craved so much.
Quite frankly i would bed jim than mary any day!
Stelios: what a fabulous idea, if Queen & Adam Lambert ever released an album, to call it "send in the clowns"
says everything about Lambert and Queen now doesnt it! l.o.l
Many years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Jim Hutton a wee while before he died, and I did indeed purchase the cassette from him.
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Thanks for telling us the origins of the tape.
It´s great to see the respect you have when talking about Jim. He allways seemed like an honest man to me.
Now i have downloaded this tape and listened to it - it´s great and to know that this was pre - make up sex makes it even more special. :-)
It´s sad to see that you got screwd over this one - Again! Man, that realy sucks, because i´m having great pleasure hearing all these things that David leaked. But i´m not happy about the way these gems are getting into my hands.
Since the first time i saw "Send in the clowns" on a list somewhere i just counted the days untill i got to hear it. I wasn´t expecting for an instrumental, but it´s great.
I can understand the point of view of Jim Hutton...he made happy Freddie.
About Mary Austin.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2301718/Freddie-Mercury-Queen-stars-lover-Mary-Austin-cursed-fortune.html
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Jim may have been his lover - but Mary was his true soulmate
These covers are great, why the hell Freddie didn't record more of him playing classical music. Maybe one day we will hear Freddie's interpretation of Chopin which is reported as preserved on tape.
Anyway, apart from all the controversy around sharing the tape it really shows us another side of his talent and how much emotions meant to him.
Fireplace: i am sure your no prude man!
Freddie always said what he felt so why not?
Anyway its true what i said, Jim did satisfy freddies fantasies more than what greedy bloody mary could do..
She talks about people who hung around fred for the free presents and friends of friends stayed at logan place,
but she never said no to any of freds hospitality or expensive gifts did she!
She also claimed the 3 other Queen members have never been in touch with her for over 22 years since fred passed away
because she felt they are jealous she got freddies £22 million house and £9million savings!
I thought it was very wrong that she would not tell freddies parents and sister were she scattered freddies ashes,
a very cruel thing to do, even though that was freds request, but you must remember that fred was very very ill when he made those requests
so obviously was not thinking logical. She was even moaning that she has too much money now and it has caused problems in here life! priceless.
