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The Great Pretender - Freddie Mercury

The Great Pretender

Freddie Mercury  

Format: 1 Blu-ray

Genre: pop, rock, Non-Music

Barcode: 5051300516376

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Description

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Artist

Best known as lead singer of popular British rock group Queen. Born 5 September 1946 in Stone Town, Zanzibar, died 24 November 1991 in Kensington, London, UK.

Born as Farrokh Pluto Bulsara to Parsi parents Bomi and Jer Bulsara, he attended St. Peter's boarding school near Bombay and formed his first school band ("The Hectics") where he played piano.
At age 17 the Bulsara family fled to England during the Zanzibar revolution and Freddie (as he began calling himself) took up studies in art design. He also formed a band called "Ibex" (later renamed to "Wreckage") but they failed to take off. Soon after he joined another band called "Sour Milk Sea" but it also disbanded.

In 1970 he met Brian May and Roger Taylor who at the time were going under the name Smile. Quickly taking full charge, he changed the name to "Queen", and with his art design education designed the band's logo. It was also around this time that he changed his name to Frederick Mercury by deed poll.

As flamboyant a performer he was on stage, Mr. Mercury was equally adept at songwriting; it was his "Bohemian Rhapsody" that propelled the band to superstardom.

Between the late 1970's and early 1980's, Freddie took a break from the band to pursue a solo career, spending much time in Munich and New York. In 1987 he was diagnosed with HIV. Despite his illness he still recorded with Queen to finish one last album ("Innuendo") and his last recorded song, "Mother Love" (which was to appear on the posthumous "Made In Heaven" album). As the disease took hold, public appearances and subsequent videos revealed a very thin Freddie -- yet he insisted on keeping his illness a secret.

On 24 November 1991, he died in his Kensington home, one day after announcing his illness, aged 45.

Tracks

1  Breaking Free 

2  Big Hits And Ballet Shoes 

3  A Night At The Opera 

4  The Greatest Pretender 

5  I Had This Perfect Dream 

6  How Can I Go On? 

7  Borrowed Time 

8  Viva Freddie 

9  Freddie Mercury Goes Solo 

10  Extended Interview With Montserrat Caballé 

11  Making Barcelona: Special Edition 2012 

Releases

Formats

Blu-ray, DVD, Box Set, All Media

Labels

Eagle Vision, Ward Records, Eagle Rock Entertainment, Goodman Books

Countries

Australia, France, Japan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe

years

2012, 2019

Members

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