As it began ' or any other books

A little off-topic but couldn’t resist. Escher ;@))

Oh JB, I do love Escher! Would be interesting to see his interpretation of brains spilling out of my ear, then back in, then out, etc!

So I’m bouncing back and forth between the Minns book and Complete Works. CW is FULL of info and may take some time to get through. In glancing through the section of songs (noting who wrote it, album, year, chart placement and description), I came across Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow and a bizarre entry; “...may indeed be about Valentin, for their relationship ended during the making of Bad Guy......Happily, Freddie’s love life would improve drastically after the release of the album, when he met hairstylist Jim Hutton.” Personally, I feel as if the Valentin rumors were definitively debunked so I’m very surprised to see it laid out like fact in this book. Also, I know I’ve seen pics of Jim Hutton sitting in the studio with FM while he was recording the album.

Am I not remembering the timeline right?

[QUOTE] [b]Amidds wrote:[/b]

OAlso, I know I’ve seen pics of Jim Hutton sitting in the studio with FM while he was recording the album.

Am I not remembering the timeline right? [/QUOTE]

Jim is shown in the studio with Freddie in the 'Making on One Vision' video footage which was recorded not that long after, so it's possible.

cmsdrums, thanks. I think that is the pic I was remembering. So CW could be right with the timing of Jim - will prob double ck Phoebe's book as something still seems a little off.

Still kinda disturbing that CW would report rumor as fact with so much evidence out there. Hmm.....

A change of direction and it's not in a book, but I heard this story yesterday on my local NPR station. It only mentions FM at the beginning as the most famous Zoroastrian, but it's interesting.

https://www.pri.org/file/2019-10-23/zoroastrians-looking-love

Amidds, I've been thinking about your last post and I've come to the conclusion that there's a desire by some to suggest, hint, hope--whatever-- that FM was actually bisexual and not gay. There's a strain of thought some promoting or hinting that he had intimate relations with a woman (women), even though it's clear that once he was comfortable with his sexuality (by the mid-to-late 70s), it was all about the guys.

The man was gay: he admitted it, his closest allies all knew it, his most successful romantic relationship was with a man, but still, there's a weird thread that some promote, either directly or indirectly, that FM was bisexual. I think that's where the rumors come from, but I agree that it's disappointing and also, it's dishonest. It reeks of homophobia, latent or otherwise.

TUHI, I will have to listen to that tonight! Will be interesting to see if it is from someone of the same faith. It reminded me of this passage in the Evans/Minns book: "to this day the Parsee followers hardly acknowledge the huge impact that Freddie Mercury had on the entertainment world. They knew and know him as Farokh Bulsara who in their eyes achieved perhaps very little." Of course, the authors are talking about the intolerance of the religion, how sad. Huh, so technically your topic IS in a book lol!!

The interviews are with Zoroastrian young adults. Glad the topic is a-okay!

TUHI, so weird, your second post wasn’t there when I posted. Somehow it showed up later, tech is great! I wanted to reply to your very well thought out post. I agree completely! While I wouldn’t argue it with someone because, really, everyone is entitled to their opinion, the point is Freddie said he was gay, many times. It doesn’t matter that Jim, Phoebe, Brian, Roger, Thor, Mary, etc said it, though that should be enough. The ONLY person that has the right to put a label on someone is themselves. And he did. Many times. It’s crazy that, in this day and age of being PC, anyone would think they have a right to assign any label to anyone, especially when they’ve already labeled themselves. I personally don’t like labels, don’t like to use them but I do respect others’ feelings on them and think everyone else should!

That being said (and full disclosure, not sure who Georg Purvis is besides an author), I find it surprising that he either a) would include a rumor which, at best, is controversial and should say as much or b) blatantly included an opinion and implied it is fact. The author at one point even said that he was told by fans that he should get as much accurate info out here as possible. Hmmm, not sure that happened lol. Really, it’s not that big of a deal, I guess, but does make me wonder over the accuracy of the rest of the book.

Now to finally listen to the NPR attachment you left......

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A few more interesting tidbits from AIB:

Page 127

Crazy Little Thing Called Love was released as a single with We Will Rock You as B side. “It was released in Europe as a twelve-inch single ... the first time they had used such a format on the continent.”

The clapping hands sticking up through the holes in the “catwalk” was a last minute addition, so they hadn’t arranged for extras, so members of Queen’s personal staff were recruited to lay on their backs under the stage.

This is funny. It then says to make it more bearable they took with them a bottle of Jack D and there was much “giggling”. It says it was by sheer luck they managed to get the hand claps in the right places. Haha.

There you have it. :)))).

JB, you're alive and were able to find you're way through all the muck!! Congrats lol!

I, too, found that interesting. I have never seen a 12" single. Not sure if that was a unique "gimmick" or I just have a bad memory lol. I don't remember - did they mention which of the Queen staff? I remember reading that and picturing Phoebe, Crystal, Ratty and others down there, miserable, cursing the band members. Too funny!!