Freddie Mercury Tribute show

Freddie Mercury Tribute

Eff you Irene!!

Kay is in a party mood!

Happy 65th Freddie!

“I am just a musical prostitute, my dear!”

Classic rock news

Judas has recorded and mixed 14 tracks for a new album

“We are just cutting back on these trips we do around the world….I am finding it more challenging now….”

Are they quitting while they are ahead?

Nebraska Lottery has KISS scratch ticket. You could win $50,000. If you don’t, you can win a second chance giveaway and maybe a chance to see Paul Stanley at Rock n Roll Fantasy Camp. First and second place winners will get $1000 and a copy of Destroyer. Third place will get $500.

Our condolences to Bon Scott whose mom, Isa passed away at 94. She was a fan even during the current line up. She was a VIP guest in March 2010. She died walking home from the mall.

Freddie: “I am just me, I am just me. I am very unorganized at times.”
Lots of Freddie birthday events. 2011 is the 40th anniversary of Queen. We Will Rock You is performing. In 1986, he had his ‘Summer Garden Party’. It was for his 40th birthday party. If you happen to be in London, give a call to the Dominion Theatre.
Freddie was a stamp collector as a kid and it is on display.
Freddieforaday.com on facebook! Follow it! It is a fundraising campaign set up in Freddie’s name.

Sting has a birthday coming up next month!
He will have an All Star Charity concert. It is done for the robinhood foundation. A charity in NYC that fights poverty. Also, look for a four disc set called Sting 25 Years. It will be out 9/27. Also, an unreleased 2005 Concert will be out. NEATO-Burrito!!

A follow up story coming out of Canada: ‘Money for nothing’ by Dire Straits was banned in Canada. It is now back on the air. It was banned because the unedited version from the album was played. There is an edited one that blurs out the word ‘faggot’. This complaint came from an anonymous female listener. I am a 21 year old gay female who likes quality. I support artistic freedom but I also support equality.

The Canadian Broadcast Council said that it was not done to ‘slam anyone’. The singer intended it to refer to musicians who take themselves too seriously.

Birthdays that rock
Gary Duncan-65
Blackie Lawless-55
Roger Waters-68
Sylvester James-64
Scott Travis-50
Buddy Holly-75
Gloria Gaynor-62
Chrissy Hynde-60
Eazy E-48
Patsy Kline-79
Mick Brown-65
Joe Perry-61
Aerosmith will have a new album coming out next year!
“I don’t regret the things I did….I just think that it is a process of growing up….I looked ridiculous then but it worked”.

Freddie Mercury Fun and Games Special: Freddie and WHAT!?!?
Quotes

1. Freddie dealing with music press/reporters

In terms of the press I am
A) A hated person
B) A very strange person
C) A very ridiculous person
D) The Golden Child

The answer is A. “I hate the press as well”.

2. Talking about Queen and its lineup

If anyone of us left it
A) fine with me
B) the end of Queen
C) a bad day
D) understandable
The answer is B. “We are four. We are a quartet.”
3. Talking about stage costumes

I like leather, I rather fancy myself as
a) Dominatrix
b) Panther
c) Storm trooper
d) Couch

The answer is B. the leather influence came from visiting bars in Germany and I wear it with panache.

4. Freddie and the press and a little more

Once we played in a theatre in New York. Once a reporter was so close, she could tell____and that I was not wearing any knickers

a) How talented I was
b) How talented my costume designer was
c) How I worked out
d) What religion I was
The answer was D. By the way, there is no coke bottle stuck down there, my dear. My hose is my own
5. Talking about Queen’s music and influence.

I don’t want to change the world. There are no hidden messages in my songs. My songs are like like it, discard it like pop_______

a) Dick razors
b) Kitty litter
c) Q-tips
d) Chewing gum

Freddie said ‘My songs are like dick razors’. Sometimes he would say tampons.

6. Asking him about his family life

I would love to have a baby but I would rather have______
a) Another cat
b) Another hit song
c) A full bank account
d) A root canal

Answer is A. He loved his pet cat. Appeared in 1991’s ‘Innuendo’. Delilah. In Day’s of Our Lives, you will see an artist’s rendering of his cat.

7. What famous Queen scene is he describing here?

I have always wanted to costar in a video with a gorilla and some penguins. Which song

Which one is he referring to?
A) The Miracle
B) Somebody to love
C) Crazy little thing called love
D) I am going slightly mad

Answer is D.

8. It is about a high class call girl. Classy people can be whores as well. Which song?

A) Fat bottomed girls
B) Killer queen
C) Death on Two legs
D) You are my best friend

Answer is Killer Queen.

9. The most egotistical and arrogant song I have ever written. I was thinking about football when I wrote it.

A) Now I am here
B) Play the game
C) We are the champions
D) Another one bites the dust
It was meant to be about musicians and fans. ‘We made it’ and it certainly wasn’t easy. No bed of roses.

10. “I wrote a song with Brian for this album. There should be an exlipse!” Which Queen album did this impossible collab happen? It was “Is this the world we created…? It was done after they watched news about poverty in Africa. It was proposed as part of the Live Aid concert.

A) The work
B) The game
C) Hot space
D) Jazz

It was The Work

11. When Freddie knew he was dying, he gave an iron-clad rule to his manager. What did he say?

A) Do what you like with my legacy but don’t make me boring
B) Do what you like with my songs but don’t put them in a musical
C) Do what you like with my name but put my name ahead of Brian
D) Don’t ever rerelease Hot Space. What a mess!!

The answer was A.