‘Love of My Life’ 128, 136, 150
Lowe, Jacques 153
Lowe, Nick 123
Lowe, Rob 164
Ludwigsparkstadion, Saarbrücken 137
Lurex, Larry 67, 254
Lynott, Phil 114, 118–19
McCall, Ross 230
McCartney, Paul 70, 103–4, 142, 184
McConnell, Helen 17
McConnell, Pat 17, 29, 80
Mack, Reinholdt 5, 137–8, 159, 161, 181
McLaren, Malcolm ix, 124
‘Mad Hat’ party 204
Made in Heaven (album) 257, 258
‘Made in Heaven’ (single) 187
Madison Square Garden, New York 128, 135, 146
Madonna 257
Magic Johnson Aids Foundation 246
‘Magic Tour’ 196, 199–201, 206
Maida Vale Studios 66
Mair, Alan 57
Mallett, David 165, 168
‘Man From Manhattan’ 96
Manfred Mann’s Earthband 112
Manor, The, 111
Maradonna, Diego 150
Maria Assumpta Teacher Training
College, London 49
Marillion 196, 201, 212
Marquee Club, London 32, 48, 66
May, Brian 7, 9, 15–18, 21, 27, 29, 33, 34–7, 49, 54, 56–8, 66, 71, 73, 75, 80–1, 83, 88, 90, 91, 96–7, 101–2, 118, 121, 137, 148, 158, 167, 185, 221, 256–60
awards and 149, 204
‘Fat Bottomed Girls’ 132–3, 135
first marriage of 110
‘Flash’ 136, 148
FM biopic and 2, 260–1
FM’s death and 242, 243
FM’s ill health and 229, 233, 235–6, 238, 243, 257–8
Freddie Mercury Tribute concert and 244, 248–52
‘God Save the Queen’ 124–5
IC tutorials given by 51
illnesses of 77–8, 85–6
IC scholarship won by 13
‘Keep Yourself Alive’ 36, 55, 68, 69, 71, 113
at Liverpool Art College gig 27
Music Life poll and 149
Musicians’ Union speech by 174
PhD course of 27, 49, 64
Radio Ga Ga video and 168–9
Red Special owned by 13, 61
school band of 13, 14
‘Son and Daughter’ 68
‘Tie Your Mother Down’ 122, 249
‘We Will Rock You’ 125–7, 185
May, Harold 7
May, Phil 44
May, Ruth 7
MCA 59
Meade, Roxy 241
Meat Loaf 154
Bat Out of Hell 154
Medina, Roberto 177
Melody Maker 92
Mercouri, Melina 182–3
Never on Sunday 183
Mercury, Freddie (Farrokh Bulsara):
‘à la Queen’ mode, 22
academic qualifications of 8
AIDS and see main entry
album collection of 43
albums of see albums (FM)
art appreciation of 4, 52, 53, 94, 149, 163, 203
awards and 149, 204
‘Bo Rhap’ resentment and 201
biopic of 1–2, 260–3
birth of 2
bisexuality and 74, 88, 107, 129, 252, 253
‘British Eurovision Violence Contest’ and 143
bronze statue of 258
BV loved by 155–6, 228
Caballé collaborates with 211, 214, 219–20
camp behaviour of 6, 19, 37, 74, 101, 129, 179, 188, 189
childhood/adolescence 2–8
cocaine, use and abuse of 1, 31, 100, 110, 114, 120, 133, 134, 142, 154, 156, 162–3, 173, 180, 211, 218
death/dying of 1, 226, 232, 236, 240, 244, 242, 252, 256, 261
dines with Lord and Lady Olivier 195–6
early bands of 4, 11, 13, 17–18, 21–3, 25, 36, 73, 77
education of 2–6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 20, 27, 138
fans of 57, 89, 92, 113, 117–18, 128, 129, 132, 135, 145, 197, 221, 240, 241, 243, 250, 254, 260, 263
film music and 143, 148, 161, 172, 190, 194, 196
final birthday celebrations of 239
flamboyance/outrageousness 2, 4, 6, 10, 13, 20, 36, 41, 48, 67, 82, 97, 122, 132, 140, 159, 170, 178, 189, 190, 192, 197, 204, 262–3
fortieth birthday of 204
at Garden Lodge see main entry gay rights and 256
gay sex and 1, 6, 11, 13, 19, 24, 30, 37, 44, 45, 74, 88, 93, 114, 129, 142, 155, 159, 170, 183, 189, 210, 224
glam rock and 48
Goose Productions set up by 125, 142
heterosexuality and 84, 93, 142, 159
ill health of 1, 81, 192, 205, 213, 219, 227, 230, 232–41
insecurity/alienation of 7, 163, 262
Japan 21, 91, 93–4, 106, 108, 136, 149, 160, 181, 223
JH loved by 182, 186, 188, 190–1, 196, 198, 210, 226, 235
jobs of 8, 19–20, 27, 30, 31, 34, 53, 80, 117, 123–4
Kensington see main entry Kensington pyramid and 254
‘King Mercury’ sobriquet of 198
L’après-midi d’un faune recreated for 170
‘Larry Lurex’ sobriquet of 67, 254
legendary libido of 183
legendary status of 1
at Liverpool Art College gig 27
MA loved by 1, 18, 19, 27, 34, 44–5, 53, 90, 93, 110, 114, 142, 144–6, 155, 159, 183, 198, 248
‘Mad Hat’ party held by 204
market-trading business of 19–20, 27, 31, 34, 53, 80, 117, 123–4
memorials 18, 248–52, 254–5, 258–9
Mercury Songs set up by 125
MTV Greatest Male Singer of All
Time 260
Music Life poll and 149
musical drive of 4, 8, 10–14 28, 47, 52, 53, 55
musical influences of 4, 8, 10–14 28, 43, 47
1992 Olympic Games and 207, 217, 224
parents dote on 2
Parsee faith and 2, 3, 224
parties 10–11, 123, 133–4, 140, 152, 160, 189–92, 199, 216, 221–3
penguin comforted by, 237
pets of 146, 149, 180, 186, 202, 203, 214, 223
piano lessons taken by 3
postage stamp featuring 258–9
posthumous award to 246
public persona of 1
Queen named by 36–8, 39, 41
Radio Ga Ga video and 168–9
real name of 2, 3, 39
religion and 2, 3, 224
self-motivational nature of 9, 29
sex drive of 114, 156
sexuality of 1, 6, 11, 13, 19, 24, 30, 37, 44, 45, 74, 88, 93, 114, 129, 142, 155, 159, 170, 183, 189, 210, 224
showmanship of 56, 140, 185, 190, 198, 227
singles of see singles (FM) solo albums of 161, 180–1, 187, 211, 256
solo projects 63–4, 100, 125, 161, 165, 172, 180, 187, 190, 191, 206, 207, 211, 221, 228, 246, 256, 261–2
songwriting 53, 69, 118, 132, 138, 220
sport and 3
strain of illness 227–8, 235
tributes to 243–4
will of 247–8
Mercury Phoenix Trust 252
Mercury Records 16, 20, 32, 34, 39, 61
Mercury Songs 125
Metallica 249
Metropolis (1927) 161
Metropolis (1984) 161, 172
Metropolis Studios 256
Michael, George 174, 187, 251
Millennium 258
Miller, Frankie 112, 115
Milne Paul, 32
‘Ming’s Theme’ 136
Minnelli, Liza 43, 251
Minns, David 96
Miracle, The (album) 229, 230, 232
‘Miracle, The’ (single) 230
‘Misfire’ 86
Mr. Bad Guy 180, 187, 256
Mitchell, Barry ix, 41–4, 46–9
Mitchell, Mitch 14
Monty Python 178
Moore, Bobby 258
M
oore, Gary 115
Moran, Mike ix, 165, 205–11, 214, 215, 219–23, 232, 239, 244
More, Sir Thomas 254
Morgan, Peter (‘Pete’) 261–2
Moroder, Giorgio 161, 172
Midnight Express 161
Morrison, Chris 115
Moseley, Diane 198
‘Mother Love’ 258
Mott the Hoople 71–6, 84, 107, 250
Mountain Studios, Montreux 136, 151, 190, 228, 235
movie scores:
Flash Gordon 136, 143, 148, 149
Highlander 190, 194, 196
Metropolis (1984) 161, 172
Mud 88
Mulcahy, Russell 190
Mullen, Christine 49, 110
Murphy, John 146, 204–5
Music Life 149
Musicians’ Union 174
MTV 252, 260
music press 32, 68, 74–6, 79, 82, 84, 88, 106, 113, 122–3, 161, 195–6, 217
music videos 128, 131
‘Barcelona’ 218
‘Bicycle Race’ 133
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ 101–2, 125, 153
‘Breakthru’ 230
British Video Awards and 204
Coronation Street influences 168
EMI and 131, 194
‘Fat Bottomed Girls’ 133
FM’s ill health and 238, 239, 240
Globo Television 180
Greatest Flix compilation of 153
‘I Want It All’ 229
‘I Want to Break Free’ 168–70
‘I’m Going Slightly Mad’ 236–7
‘It’s a Hard Life’ 171
‘A Kind of Magic’ 194–5
Live in Rio 204
penguins featured in, 237
‘Play the Game’ 145
‘Princes of the Universe’ 194
Queen controls rights of 131
Queen finances 131
Queen redefines 102
‘Radio Ga Ga’ 165, 168
‘Scandal’ 230
‘The Show Must Go On’ 240
Top of the Pops and 101–2, 240
‘We Are the Champions’ 125
‘We Will Rock You’ 126–7
Musicland Studios, Munich 137–8, 143, 157, 161, 165, 181, 190
Nash, Robin 79
National Theatre (NT) 195
‘Need Your Loving Tonight’ 148
Nelson, Jack 61–2, 65, 71–2, 80
Nene Valley Railway 230
New London Theatre Centre, 125
New Musical Express (NME) 79, 101, 124, 133
New Wave 122–3, 177
News of the World (album) 126, 132
News of the World (NOTW) (newspaper) 204
‘Night Comes Down, The’ 55
Night at the Opera, A 103, 105, 106, 110
Nijinsky, 123 169–70
NME, 79, 101 124, 133
‘No I Can’t Dance’ 170
NOTW 204
‘Now I’m Here’ 91 97
Nureyev, Rudolph 225
Nutz 81
Oasis 257
Octagon Theatre, Bolton 22
O’Donnell, Chris ix, 115–19, 123, 129
Old Grey Whistle Test, The (OGWT) 68–70, 105, 251
Olivier, Lady ix, 195–6
Olivier, Laurence (Lord) ix, 195–6
Olympic Games (1992) 206–7, 217, 224
Olympic Studios 120–1
‘One Vision’ 191
Only In It for the Money 29, 31
Osbourne, Ozzie 177
Oscar (cat) 180, 186, 202
Oscars, 87 161, 220, 251
Paige, Elaine 220–1
Parker, Alan 161
Parker House Hotel, Boston 85
Parsee faith 2, 3, 224
Peel, John 102
Petersen, Colin 34
Pheasantry, London 65
Pike, Tony ix, 187–90, 213–16, 224–6, 247
Pikes Hotel, Ibiza 187–90, 212, 214, 216
‘Pinball Wizard’ 30, 44
Pink Floyd 14
PJ’s, Truro 14, 35, 40
Place du Marché, Montreux 258
Platters 205
‘Play the Game’ 145
Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh 111 PNE Coliseum, Vancouver 146
‘Polar Bear’ 21, 54
Poliedro de Caracas, Venezuela 152
Polydor 59
Powell, Andy ix, 48
Prenter, Paul 117, 127, 140, 148, 154, 155, 183, 211–12, 239
Presley, Elvis 67, 138
press 75, 90, 147, 200
apartheid and 171, 196
FM’s death and 242–3
FM’s ill health and 204–5, 214, 218, 225, 227, 231, 233, 234, 235, 240–4
FM’s official statement to 241
FM’s will and 247
gay rights and 252, 254
homophobia of 218, 225
hostility of 78–9, 83, 86, 89, 218, 231, 233, 240–2
PR and 134
Queen statement to 243, 244
see also music press
Pretenders 142, 220
Pretty Things 43, 102
‘Princes of the Universe’ 194
Procol Harum 126
promo videos see music videos psychedelia 10, 66
Puddifoot, Doug 68
‘Purple Haze’ 12
Queen (band) 1, 19, 21, 42–3, 256–60
albums of see albums (Queen)
anti-apartheid and 171–5, 196, 261
awards and 135, 149, 204
biggest UK music-act status of 262
as a brand 262
celebrity guests of 248–9
debut album of 60, 62, 65, 67–9, 71, 82
documentary about 127–8
fans of 2, 57, 83, 89, 93–4, 107, 112, 117–18, 125, 128, 132–3, 135, 138, 145, 147, 151, 152, 157, 158, 161, 165, 168, 187, 198, 199, 217, 221, 250, 257, 259, 263
film music written by 143, 148, 190, 194, 196
FM biopic and 1–2, 260–3
FM joins 27
FM’s ambitions/vision for 36–8
FM’s ill health and 233, 235–6
Freddie Mercury Tribute concert and 244, 248–52
glam rock and 48
Halloween bash of 133
Imperial College gig of 40
JD joins 49–50, 51
Mercury Phoenix Trust set up by 252
Mitchell joins 41
Music Life poll and 149
music videos by see main entry
Musicians’ Union fine of 174
naming of 35–9, 41
OGWT and 68–70, 105, 251
Peel’s view of 102
post FM 246–63
post-Wembley rave of 198
PR and 39, 68, 70, 103, 134, 241
promo videos and see music videos
Radio Ga Ga video and 168–9
reunion 259–60
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction of 259
‘Royal Family’ of 135
singles of see singles (Queen)
South African controversy and 171–5, 196, 261
splitting-up rumours surrounding 200–1
Staffell leaves 34
Sun’s Britain’s Best Live Act (1974) 89
total global record sales 262
TOTP and 79, 88, 101–2, 115, 158, 240
tours of 52, 69, 71–6, 77–95, 100–5, 106–10, 115–23, 126–30, 132–6, 141, 146–52, 158, 160, 171–5, 177, 178, 181–2, 187, 195–201, 206, 230, 234
2005–9 line up of 259–60
Queen (debut album) 60, 62, 65, 67–9, 71, 82
Queen II (album) 71, 80–4, 86 Queen Fan Club 254, 255
‘extras’ hired through 125
Queen, The (film) 261
Queen at the Beeb 230
Queen at the Castle (gig) 111
Queen Films Ltd 131, 261
(Queen) Greatest Hits 69, 153, 236, 246
(Queen) Greatest Hits II 240
Queen Music Ltd 131
Queen Prod
uctions Ltd 131
Queen at the Rainbow 101, 110
Queenies 257
Queenmania 94, 149
Queen’s Park, Bolton 22
Quinlan, Donald ix, 252–3
‘Radio Ga Ga’ (single) 165, 167, 168
Radio Ga Ga (video) 168–9
Radio Luxembourg 68
Radio Merseyside (BBC) 253–4
Radio One (BBC) 66, 68, 74, 105, 112, 162, 163,
Rainbow Theatre, London 83, 89, 101
Rasunda Fotbollstadion, Stockholm 196
Raymond, Alex 136
Reaction 13, 35
Read, Mike 229
Real Madrid 187
Reay, Dr Ken ix, 37
Record Plant Studios 148, 164
Reid, John 95–6, 98, 115, 126–7, 214
Reizner, Lou 16, 51
‘Relax’ 167, 168
Renshaw, Christopher 259
Revolution Club, London 16
Reynolds, Burt 110, 183
Rhodes, Zandra ix, 80–1, 83–4, 88
Rice, Sir Tim ix, 87, 220–1, 223, 244
The Lion King and 220
RIAA 262
Richard, Sir Cliff ix, 174, 195, 198–9, 202–3, 217, 222
Richards, Dave 151
Richardson, Tony 164
Robertson, Brian 115
‘Rock in Rio’ (tour), Rio de Janeiro 176–8
Rockfield Studios, Monmouthshire 85
‘Rockin’ All Over the World’ 184
Rodgers, Paul 260
Rolling Stone 262
Rolling Stones (Stones) 10, 18, 44, 62, 102, 199, 200, 252
1969 Hyde Park concert of 111
Ronson, Mick 250
Roof Garden, London 198
Rose, Howard 115
‘Rose Marie’ 106
Rossacher, Hannes 236
Rossi, Francis 244
Royal Albert Hall 14, 191
Royal Ballet Company, London 138–41, 191
Royal Mail 258
Rumbling Turn, Liverpool 26
Rumours 153
Sacred Heart School, New Jersey 252–3
Sagliocco, Pino ix, 206–7, 209, 211–13, 217, 224–6, 248
St Helen’s College of Technology, London 25, 39, 42, 45, 46
St Peter’s School, Panchgani, India 3
Sarm Studios, London 86, 96, 97, 111, 174
‘Save Me’ 143
Sayer, Leo 79, 88
‘Scandal’ 230
Sedlecka, Irena 258
Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokyo 160
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 43, 100
‘Seven Seas of Rhye’ 36, 79–80, 81, 87
Sex Pistols 122–5
Seymour, Jane 192
SF Sorrow 43–4
Shaw Theatre, London 184
Shea Stadium, New York 150
Sheer Heart Attack 89, 94, 97
Sheffield, Barry 58, 60–1, 66, 90, 93
Sheffield, Norman 58, 60–1, 66, 90, 93, 254
Shepperton Studios 70, 137, 165
Shove It 257
‘Show Must Go On, The’ 240, 246
Sims, Sylvia 29
singles (FM):
‘Barcelona’ 210–12, 215, 217–18, 220, 221, 226, 227
‘The Golden Boy’ 220, 224
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