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Freddie mercury

Freddie mercury. John Hancock Music 1010. Early life. Freddie Mercury ( Farookh Bulsara ) was born September 5, 1946, in Zanzibar, Tanzania Freddie learned how to play the piano at age 7, and at age 12, started his own band known as The Hectics . . Early Life cont.

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Freddie mercury

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  1. Freddie mercury John Hancock Music 1010

  2. Early life • Freddie Mercury (FarookhBulsara) was born September 5, 1946, in Zanzibar, Tanzania • Freddie learned how to play the piano at age 7, and at age 12, started his own band known as The Hectics.

  3. Early Life cont. • When Freddie was 17, his family had to leave Zanzibar because of the Zanzibar Revolution. • They moved to England and he earned a degree in art at the University of West London.

  4. Queen • In April, 1970, Freddie Mercury began his life with Queen. • He wrote the most hits out of all of the band members, including ten of the seventeen songs on their greatest hits album. • He used a wide range of genre’s, from heavy metal to disco to progressive rock. • He would use a wide range of chords and crazy harmonies, but he would always say that he could not read music.

  5. QUEEN CONT. • As a live performer, people consider him to be one of the greatest performers of all time. • David Bowie said, “Of all the more theatrical rock performers, Freddie took it further than the rest... he took it over the edge. And of course, I always admired a man who wears tights. I only saw him in concert once and as they say, he was definitely a man who could hold an audience in the palm of his hand."

  6. SOLO • He did some of the music for the movie “Metropolis”, including the song “Love Kills”, which got to number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. • His first solo album was called “Mr. Bad Guy”

  7. dEATH • In the spring of 1987, the press had reported that Freddie Mercury had been diagnosed with AIDS. • Freddie, however, denied it by saying that he actually tested negative for it. • Freddie and Queen quit touring in 1988. • Freddie and the rest of Queen made an appearance at the 1990 Brit Awards. • At the award show, Freddie looked incredibly ill and a newspaper came out with a headline saying “It’s official, Freddie is terribly ill.

  8. Death cont. • After the article, Freddie and his friends and colleagues continually denied that he was ill. • A year later, On the 22nd of November, 1991, Freddie put out a statement that told the world that he had been diagnosed with AIDS. • On the 24th of November, 1991, Freddie passed away at the age of 45. His official cause of death was Bronchial Pneumonia resulting from AIDS.

  9. History of Music Compositions • Bohemian Rhapsody • Queen’s 1975 album A Night at the Opera. • Normally, most of the songs that Queen and Freddie wrote were all done in studio; however, Freddie had been working on this song since the late 1960’s. • Brian May, the bands guitarist, said, "Freddie was a very complex person: flippant and funny on the surface, but he concealed insecurities and problems in squaring up his life with his childhood. He never explained the lyrics, but I think he put a lot of himself into that song.“ • The song has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

  10. History of music compositions • Bicycle Race • 1978 album “Jazz” • Freddie really was inspired by this song when he was observing the 1978 Tour de France where the band was recording their “Jazz” album. • The music video has between sixty and seventy naked models riding bicycles around Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium.

  11. History of music compostions • We Are the Champions • 1977 album “News of the World” • It is considered one of the most recognizable rock songs and one of the catchiest songs of all time • In 2005, the song was voted as the world’s favorite song in a 2005 Sony Ericsson world music poll.

  12. Listening Guide • Bohemian Rhapsody

  13. Listening guide cont.

  14. Listening guide • Bicycle Race

  15. Listening guide cont.

  16. Listening guide • We Are the Champions

  17. The end

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