His favorite drink was Grape soda. Favorite food was fried chicken; hence it's mention in ONE VISION.
His favorite hairstyle was ball locks. Achieved by braiding pubic hair into a dreadlock fashion.
He didn't have a favorite book. However, His favorite pamphlet was Jim Hutton's book[/QUOTE]
Another attempt at being funny...not!
*goodco* · Member since
Going back in the time machine to the fall/winter of 80/81, I remember a Creem magazine piece. It asked a few artists what they were interested in. His replies were Aretha Franklin, and the new Police album (Zenyatta Mondatta).
I remember this because I was not a fan of The Police at that time, and figured why not give it a spin. I ended up buying it and their two terrific LPs that followed.
Costa86 · Member since
One of Freddie's favourite things was art. He attended Ealing Art College in his earlier years. When he moved into Garden Lodge, he would spend large amounts of money buying various paintings, ornaments, and so on, from around the globe. One of his more notable spending sprees happened in the autumn of 1986, when he went to Japan.
Freddie was also a big cat lover, and had numerous cats, as I'm sure you know. I think cats are the natural animal for Freddie - gracious and proud.
Freddie travelled a lot, both for business and pleasure (usually both together). One of his favourite places was Japan - where Queen had discovered they had a huge fan base in the mid-70s. He also fell in love with Montreux in Switzerland, in his later days.
aion · Member since
Apparently Freddie liked George Michael but I don't know when / where he had said that. But the George Michael thing is actually realistic because he had been influenced by Freddie earlier and his album Faith was selling a lot in 87-88 so Freddie might have been familiar with it. And I can imagine it being the kind of pop that Freddie would like.
Stelios · Member since
^^^ Mentioned George Michael at least twice. One was during Queen For An Hour -radio interview.
He said Careless Whispers is a lovely track also.
malicedoom · Member since
Another vote here for Jim Hutton's book.
It's a great read. Highly recommended.
The King Of Rhye · Member since
only one other 'Freddie's favorite' anything comes to my mind.....truly insignificant but............
I swear I read somewhere and maybe even saw a picture of it.....but I think he always smoked Marlboros.........lol
Oh wait here we go.........
"When I first saw Freddie smoking in 1980 he was smoking Marlboro Red. He soon changed over to Silk Cut in the UK."
from http://www.freddiemercury.com/askphoebe/index.php/blog-32/
(it's truly amazing what you can find in like less than 30 seconds with a quick google search)
