iamnotbrianmay

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freddie mercury had a waistcoat with pictures of his cats printed on it. freddie mercury gave drag names to his closest friends. freddie mercury was once asked to play a “rock dracula” for a film script he was sent. freddie mercury had a piano as the headboard on his bed. freddie mercury wrote bohemian rhapsody on scraps of paper and phonebook corners. freddie mercury didn’t know how to boil an egg. freddie mercury was shy. freddie mercury couldn’t drive. freddie mercury’s birth name was farrokh bulsara. freddie mercury once gave a cop tea laced with weed. freddie mercury responded “a lot of sex” when asked in an interview if he had hobbies. freddie mercury went to art school. freddie mercury designed the queen crest. freddie mercury loved aretha franklin. freddie mercury collected stamps. freddie mercury wanted to bring ballet to the masses. freddie mercury didn’t care what people did with his legacy as long as they never made him boring. freddie mercury was a light and a visionary and a proud gay man and a brilliant musician and I miss him every day.

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i know we're all sick of self-care being a marketing tactic now, but i don't think a lot of us have any other concept of self-care beyond what companies have tried to sell us, so i thought i'd share my favorite self-care hand out

brought to you by how mad i just got at a Target ad

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freddie mercury wrote songs about love and loss and sex and religion and life and death and fairies and ogres and the imaginary world he and his sister made up when they were kids and and the very real world of being a touring rock musician and some of his lyrics were pure poetry and some were utter nonsense and plenty were both at the same time and he gave these songs to the world with no explanation and said “if you see it, darling, then it’s there”

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“I love the fact that I can make people happy, in any form. Even if it’s just an hour of their lives, if I can make them feel lucky or make them feel good, or bring a smile to a sour face, that to me is worthwhile.”

— Freddie Mercury

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Courtesy of the Smash Hits Yearbook (1988), here are some tips if you're inviting Freddie Mercury over for dinner!

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Simple Tips If You're Having Lord Frederick Lucan of Mercury Round For Dinner (courtesy of his personal assistant Joe Fanelli)

Exotic food is a winner - try North African food, curries or good French cooking.

Don't try veal - he might go all queasy.

Carrots are off too.

Lamb is decidedly "iffy" - don't risk it.

Remember, if he brings Brian May, meat is off altogether - nothing but vegetables and fish, matey.

Remember, if he brings John Deacon, to have something simple and traditional in reserve - try pie and mash.

Remember that, if he brings Roger Taylor with him, lamb is no longer just "iffy" - it's a recipe (geddit?) for disaster.

Avoid all jovial mid-meal ripostes like "if you don't eat meat you won't get no pudding" or "I'll wash, you dry."

Happy cooking!

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Random person: Hi— Me: Freddie Mercury and Brian May grew up 300 yards apart and didn't meet each other until they were in college where they formed a band and believed in one another more than they believed in themselves they would take the bus together to defend the band to their rotten management and had matching stage costumes made out of an old wedding dress which all then later added up to their motif of black and white they also shared rooms on tour!!! and then many years later Freddie came out as gay and Brian changed his songwriting to be much more ambiguous and inclusive for his sake!!!! Brian always hated Don't Stop Me Now btw because he was worried about people taking advantage of Freddie's loyal nature and pushing him to extremes he also wrote a hit song (!!!) about Freddie's unsatisfying love and sex life which Freddie knew about and sang on stage for years while Brian played the piano for them and this isn't even touching on the fact that Freddie used his interactions with Brian on stage to express his gayness when that was still beyond dangerous and not only did Brian not bat an eyelash he continuously engaged in it for years because fuck homophobes !!! and Freddie always felt so comfortable around him inviting him to hang out with his friends his home and writing a 4-minute song calling him his soullllllll and then there's Brian turning around and writing a metaphor about Freddie's soul being beautiful and transformative like the wings of butterflies while he was dying and barely able to sing anymore but this isn't even touching on the years after Freddie's passing when Brian took Love of My Life and single-handedly made it into a tribute while he was depressed and struggling with suicidal thoughts because he couldn't play music without honoring Freddie in some—

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Hello, I know it’s been a long while but I just wanted to share this with you guys.

I was re-reading call me when it’s over and I got to this line:

Which I wrote before I ever stepped a foot near London. Now I’m living in the UK and my partner and his partners took me to central London and I found the beach I imagined this scene happening.

Even if I had never set a foot in London I managed to dream up of a part of London that has become very special to me.

So if anyone is wondering, this beach is in the South Bank, between Tate modern and the National Theater and it looks kind of like this:

#call me when it’s over #my writing

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i'm no medical expert but my one and only health tip i can offer with any confidence is to allow yourself to listen to bohemian rhapsody every once in a while in a setting where you can put your your whole entire life up to this moment into singing along with the part where freddie mercury says "i don't wanna die, but sometimes i wish i'd never been born at all" and feel a layer of dead scar tissue peel away from your existence before it can calcify

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maybe i am too old for tiktok

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BRIAN MAY - Earls Court 1977

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I’m entering my villain era. If one more Native English speaker stops me mid conversation to tell me how much they love how I pronounce x word I will start making up shit about their accent to make them feel equally self conscious. Hope they enjoy me telling them that they sound quirky when they say “coat” because they just say it so differently.

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Roger Taylor

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From Bass Player UK magazine Sept 2022

Bonus: Neil Fairclough of QAL!

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𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚, 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙩

sep. 5, 1946 - nov. 24, 1991

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The trio recording Bohemian Rhapsody Iconic Video Clip.

📸 Watal Asanuma

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Queen on set shooting a promo video for the song 'Bohemian Rhapsody' at Elstree Studios, Hertfordshire

11th November 1975.

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