Freddie Mercury-Send In The Clowns

Thanks for all these leaked tapes!
Its been all great stuff since the last few leaked demos some time ago, and we still got the new Queen album with Fred and Michael coming.

Now the Barcelona piano session (72 minutes) and the Garden Lodge 88 session (52 minutes) can both be enjoyed, what are your feelings and thoughts guys?

Ooooff, at least holly2003 got my point...

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[b]CM wrote: [/b] Thanks for all these leaked tapes!
Its been all great stuff since the last few leaked demos some time ago, and we still got the new Queen album with Fred and Michael coming.

Now the Barcelona piano session (72 minutes) and the Garden Lodge 88 session (52 minutes) can both be enjoyed, what are your feelings and thoughts guys?[/QUOTE]

You have the complete Barcelona piano session and the Garden Lodge 88' session? The things I only have are the FM box set demos and 3 songs with Freddie and friends in Garden Lodge.

[QUOTE] [b]Vocal harmony wrote:[/b]

Something that isn't very often mentioned is that Freddie only left £8 million in the bank. Reported figure. Many at the time were amazed the amount wasn't much larger.

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Also not widely publicized is that he gave to charity a lot, since he didn't make sure to stop the press to give him recognition. So I wouldn't be surprised if that's where it went. But only he knows..

[QUOTE] [b]brENsKi wrote:[/b]

she asked them to leave HER house - that's her right. - if freddie had really cared much for them, then he'd have written some kind of tenancy term into his will to allow them time to find somewhere else - or he'd have left it in trust to the three of them - he didn't. so only one to blame for any perceived mess is Freddie - not Mary!

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^ bingo. Excellent post overall, but I had to highlight this part.


[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]

Brenski: Its such a pity Freddie never left his fortune to his sister kashmira, as in my opinion
she is freddies blood and more important than Mary.
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Thank goodness for your opinion. If only Freddie had asked you he might've changed his mind. Tell me more about your expertise on people you've never met...

Seriously everyone - let's stick to the topic at hand, shall we ?

We can never know the exact value which Freddie gave to Mary and to Jim. We know that he loved Mary a lot - she was his lifelong best friend. Jim was a less long-term companion, but he was probably his most special lover. He had to give the house to one of them, and he chose Mary. That's all we can say. I think the bond of 20+ years which he had with Mary was stronger than that of 7 or so years which he had with Jim, but he still took care of Jim and made sure he never had to work again. And it is to be expected that when he died, Mary and Jim would have a very abrasive relationship. They were two very average individuals vying for the belongings of a dead superstar.

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[QUOTE] [b]Vocal harmony wrote:[/b]

Something that isn't very often mentioned is that Freddie only left £8 million in the bank. Reported figure. Many at the time were amazed the amount wasn't much larger.

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Also not widely publicized is that he gave to charity a lot, since he didn't make sure to stop the press to give him recognition. So I wouldn't be surprised if that's where it went. But only he knows..
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£8 million? Never heard this before - where was this publicised? But it does make some sense. I believe he made about £20 million during his life, and considering that he spent so much of it and left so much to Mary, Jim, etc., £8 million left sounds about right.

I believe he's worth upwards of £60 million now.

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]

cotsta: yeah i agree with everything you said in your post.
ok jim and freddie where only together for around 7 years, where as he had known mary at least 21 years
and i suppose she had got him through some very vulnerable times and abusive comments from the press
as they were always gunning at Queen in the 70s and 80s.
i did read that mary got the £22 million house and got £9million of freds fortune, but i also read that jim only got
£500.000 from freddie.
still not bad for a 7 year relationship![/QUOTE]


Don't forget that she's one of the executors of his Estate and also possible a director of Mercury Songs Ltd too? The royalties in airplay and record sales alone over the last 23 years would, I'm sure, be very substantial too.

[QUOTE] [b]cmsdrums wrote:[/b]
Don't forget that she's one of the executors of his Estate and also possible a director of Mercury Songs Ltd too? The royalties in airplay and record sales alone over the last 23 years would, I'm sure, be very substantial too.[/QUOTE]
executors don't inherit everything and sometimes they don't inherit anything - executor is a role appointed in the will to ensure the will is administered correctly - this is usually the person that he/she writing the will trusts most, or most capable of doing this.

as for royalties...where did you see that proof that Mary get's residual royalties? You do realise that companies have such things as non-executive directors - who receive no part of the profit - and are in some cases paid no more than a nominal fee for the role?

it's the very first I've heard of her being named as someone to receive future profits from songs freddie performed on or wrote

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]
Real wizard: no need to be sarcastic, it is such an ugly quality.[/QUOTE]

Stones in a glass house...

Mary Austin never have been IN a good love relationship, always divorced. She was a dreamer, she was in love with Freddie, but Freddie never could be in love with her at all. I mean, like best friends yes, but not as she wanted...the rest is history.

I don't say anything against Mary in that case, I only feel sadness for her. I mean, she thinks John, Roger and Brian are jelous for her money....I think John, Roger and Brian don't have money problems to be jelous about that!!!! Only with the royalties of Another One Bites The Dust all Deacon's family will live as rich persons until the end of their days.

Also, Is very easy talk in a forum and too much years later.
in my opinion, If she was smart, she will end the relationship as close friend with Freddie and living her own life. But she preffered to be with her platonic love....her election. I respect that. I don't respect how she acted later with Jim, Joe, Gerry and Peter Freestone.

[QUOTE] [b]Jefffab1995 wrote:[/b] Gerry stop being an confrontational [/QUOTE]

Agreed. I wish he would drop the bitter attitude and just learn to get along, stop contributing to the typical negative atmosphere here.

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]

Real wizard: no need to be sarcastic, it is such an ugly quality.[/QUOTE]

I'd say it's done guys like Bill Maher and the Monty Python troop quite well..

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[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]
Real wizard: no need to be sarcastic, it is such an ugly quality.[/QUOTE]
I'd say it's done guys like Bill Maher and the Monty Python troop quite well..[/QUOTE]

Don't forget Jon Stewart!

Oh, there are very obscure things about last months in Freddie's live. Too hard to say in public. Private things.
The story always said Freddie and Barbara Valentine broke their friendship in Munich. False. Some person want to rewrite the story. Everyone knows the name of that person.

Let the sleeping dogs lie.