Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (961 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1451663951 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lesley-Ann Jones is an award-winning music journalist and author. She toured with Queen and has unrivalled access to the band. . She lives in London
An unbiased portrait of the Great Pretender MoVwatcher20 I will say it right now: this book is not perfect, far from it. However, for Jones (arguably the least-acquainted biographer of the late Mr. Mercury)to pull together a book as solid in its facts and unprejudiced in its content is a true accomplishment to which even the harshest of critics would have to tip their hats. I am familiar with the other biographies of Freddie, and while they certainly contain various degrees of accuracy, Jim Hutton and Peter Freestone were not writers by profession (also, some of the details in the formers' publication were a. "Started reading the book, seemed well written, then" according to goldendoglover. Started reading the book, seemed well written, then my sister came over and asked if she could borrow it, so I haven't read it yet. She did say she was really liking it, she is a Freddie Mercury fan. When I receive it back from her, I'll hopefully update this review.. Mark Norris said A thorough character study. Reading this biography it's evident the author had little or no interaction with her subject but still manages to capture him. While books by "confidants" Peter Freestone and Jim Hutton are full of anecdotes (including some jaw-droppingly disrespectful ones), Lesley Ann-Jones is removed enough to see the totality of Freddie Mercury, a man of extremes who seemed destined for a short but remarkable life. He was highly intelligent but not an intellectual, guided by impulses and addictions as well as an unstoppable work ethic. Jones's writing is tangential
“Mercury goes beyond the glittering façade to get an unvarnished look at Queen’s rise to fame, the loves of Mercury’s life and his fraught relationship with his conservative past, creating a complete portrait of this magnetic musician.” --MetroSource
Revealing and intimate, based on more than 100 interviews with key figures in his life, this is the definitive biography of Queen front man Freddie Mercury, one of pop music’s best-loved and most complex figures.A revealing, intimate look at the man who would be Queen.As lead vocalist for the iconic rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury’s unmatched skills as a songwriter and his flamboyant showmanship made him a superstar and Queen a household name. At the heart of this story is a manand the music he loved.. Rock journalist Lesley-Ann Jones gained unprecedented access to Mercury’s tribe, and she details Queen’s slow but steady rise to fame and Mercury’s descent into dangerous, pleasure-seeking excesses—this was, after all, a man who once declared, “Darling, I’m doing everything with everyone.”In her journey to understand Mercury, Jones traveled to London, Zanzibar, and India—talking with everyone from Mercury’s closest friends to the sound engineer at Band Aid (who was responsible for making Queen even louder than the other bands) to second cousins halfway around the world. Based on more than a hundred interviews with key figures in his life, Mercury offers the definitive account of one man&