Excellent interview with Peter Jones (FM's driver & friend).

That's not really what he said though. He said that in his opinion, away from the spotlight, Freddie was very possessive and more than that, PROUD, of the band that he'd played a major part in creating. However any of us see Freddie, we only see the character on the other end of a TV camera, not the guy waking up and crawling to the bog after a night of total excess. If you think you know the man better than someone who lived around him for six years plus, who's the real fuckwit? No contest!

The Show Must Go On, but with a different band's name.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Sharron .G wrote:

.... The campy, cross gender, operatic, vaudeville, balls to the wall rock, sexuality in question, piano driven broadway production of the music known as Queen, could only have been delivered by Mr. Mercury.
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What a great sentence, Sharron .G!

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Ian R wrote: [/QUOTENAME]This is a great interview with a guy who worked for Freddie between 1978 and 1985.

An absolute must-read:

http://forums.queenonline.com/viewtopic.php?t=21459&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0[/QUOTE]

Thanks Ian R. It was a great read!

I personally did not care for the interview. Whether the stuff he says is true or not I think it should remain private.

His response about Freddie not wanting Queen to go on without him is pure speculation on his part.

Just speculation from someone who spent the best part of 24 hours a day, EVERY day, round the guy solidly for over six years. I bet he hasn't got the slightest fucking clue what Freddie thought at all. Pure speculation. Yeah, Pieter, you're probably right, fuck any logical conclusions, these closet Freddie psycho-analysts MUST have a much better idea of the "real" Freddie Mercury from watching their Milton Keynes DVDs.

I found it interesting that Peter was into weightlifting, and then Freddie got into it, too. I always wondered if Freddie was into some kind of bodybuilding because his upper arms and shoulders looked more filled out than in the earlier years. It sounds like Freddie was manic-depressive. Does anyone know if Mary Austin was a bookkeeper or accountant? I've read off and on that she kept track of things financial for Queen. Since Queen had such a massive marketing/merchandising machine, she must have had a very busy and responsible job.

i can't find the interview on any of the threads pages... anyone know what i'm doing wrong? ta

Try this link.

http://forums.queenonline.com/viewtopic.php?t=29433

fanks muchly!

[QUOTE] [b]Ian R wrote:[/b]

This is a great interview with a guy who worked for Freddie between 1978 and 1985.

An absolute must-read:

http://forums.queenonline.com/viewtopic.php?t=21459&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0



[QUOTE] [b]eissek wrote:[/b]

Try this link.

http://forums.queenonline.com/viewtopic.php?t=29433[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]


I can't open any of these links... Does anyone know where I can read this interview?

http://web.archive.org/web/20050415000000*/http://forums.queenonline.com

Dude, the internet changes in 13 years. Damn.

[QUOTE] [b]dysan wrote:[/b]

http://web.archive.org/web/20050415000000*/http://forums.queenonline.com[/QUOTE]

It seems no urls were archived... At least any url I try to open, it says "Hrm. The Wayback Machine has not archived that URL."
:(

Anyone can put the interview here?
The links don't work.