Livin on my own remix

#NP Freddie Mercury - Living On My Own
From: Now That's What I Call Music 25

I don't have no time for no monkey business!

Queen: Rock Montreal (1981). I have to rewatch this now and again. Great performance.

Freddie for a day... Love Living on my own and I was born to love you

It's So You
From The Solo Collection

Stop All the Fighting

Thank God It's Christmas!

Yellow breezes keep calling
Everywhere I go
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

Happy 65th! Love the tunes!

Don't stop me now! - Ah, such a good song.

Money Can't Buy Happiness
From The Solo Collection

It's In Every One of Us
Performed live with Cliff Richards during the musical "Time" at the Dominion Theater, London on April 14th 1988. This was Freddie's last live performance. Simply amazing!

Stone Cold Crazy!!!
Freddie originally wrote this song with his bandmates from Wreckage. (Most of Freddie's early stuff was written before Queen.) They needed one more song for the album and Freddie... more

Stone Cold Crazy!!!
Freddie originally wrote this song with his bandmates from Wreckage. (Most of Freddie's early stuff was written before Queen.) They needed one more song for the album and Freddie pulled it out. Brian, Roger, and John reworked it and that is how it became the first song credited to all four members. Stone Cold Crazy was the fastest song recorded for its time and is considered by many to be the first thrash metal song. Go Freddie!

Although many people will say Freddie's vocal range was 5 octaves, this is not true. Freddie's full voice range was 3 octaves (F2-F5) and his total range was one semitone away from 4 octaves (F2-E6)... more

Although many people will say Freddie's vocal range was 5 octaves, this is not true. Freddie's full voice range was 3 octaves (F2-F5) and his total range was one semitone away from 4 octaves (F2-E6). Freddie was actually a natural baritone, but rock dictated a higher voice which he delivered in full head voice as well as splendid falsetto. Since Freddie often sang the high notes an octave lower in live performances (due to throat nodules from improper technique) this proves that it wasn't his range that made him an impressive singer. It was the way he inflected emotion into every syllable he sang, the way he controlled his vocalization, and the way he made people feel he was singing just for them. There are many male singers with impressive vocal ranges...Roy Orbison, Harry Nilsson, Mika, Rob Halford, Robert Plant, even John Lennon...but only one who delivered the passion, control and emotion that was Freddie Mercury!

This is one if my FAVORITES!! “Modern paintings are like women: You'll never enjoy them, if you try to understand them.”
― Freddie Mercury

“My soul has painted like the wings of butterflies,
Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die,
I can fly, my friends...”
― Freddie Mercury

We were disliked by the press in the early days because they couldn't put their finger on us, and that was the case with Zeppelin as well.
Freddie Mercury

The reason we're successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.
Freddie Mercury

It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived.
Freddie Mercury

I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me.
Freddie Mercury

Hold On
with Jo Dare for the German movie Zabou. Jo Dare was also the cat in the "Living On My Own' video which was taped during Freddie's infamous 39th birthday party in Munich.

My Fairy King
One of my favorites written by Freddie. Freddie legally changed his named after writing this song hence the reference to "Mother Mercury". Some of the song's lyrics are taken directly... more

My Fairy King
One of my favorites written by Freddie. Freddie legally changed his named after writing this song hence the reference to "Mother Mercury". Some of the song's lyrics are taken directly from a poem by Robert Browning entitled "The Pied Piper". I just love trivia! Don't you?

"Another One Bites the Dust". www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE&feature=youtube_gdata_pl

Only one other male singer, that is in rock n' roll, has a 5 octave voice like Freddy. Who is it??

Queen's part at Live Aid was voted #1 in 2010 by a reader poll as the GREATEST live gig of ALL time!!

Thank God It's Christmas
Freddie's voice is so beautifully haunting in this song.

The Golden Boy
The boy had a way with words, he sang, he moved with grace
He entertained so naturally, no gesture out of place
His road in life was clearly drawn, he didn't hesitate
He played... more

The Golden Boy
The boy had a way with words, he sang, he moved with grace
He entertained so naturally, no gesture out of place
His road in life was clearly drawn, he didn't hesitate
He played, they saw, he conquered as the master of
As the master of his fate

Listening to Freddie's intro to Billy Squier's Love is the Hero. I could just listen to it over and over and over again. Those notes! Those beautiful notes!

Happy 65th birthday to Freddie Mercury! I am checking-in and supporting AIDS research, celebrating Freddie for A Day.