Eighteen years ago today, Freddie Mercury died of the HIV/AIDS virus. He passed on at 7:00 P.M. in peace at his home in Kensington, England, with his loved ones surrounding him. He was only fourty-five years old.

May you rest in peace, love, joy, harmony, and music, Freddie. You are, and always will be, loved. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

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"If it's planned, it's boring." - Freddie Mercury

RIP

the reason i love music, is queen

the first ever band i fell in love with as a 10 year old.

LOVE

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thought of you tonight, in simple twists and turns, incarcerated here, i'm handcuffed to your world, your innocence is cruel, coquettish and arcane, but i need it all the same

Freddie was and is the best!

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I really like all them "Aster" guitars. You know, like the Stratoc, Telec and Jazzm.

everyone should listen to Show Musto Go On and Who Wants to Live Forever today. if a tear or a goosebump or both doesnt appear, i doubt your humanity!

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thought of you tonight, in simple twists and turns, incarcerated here, i'm handcuffed to your world, your innocence is cruel, coquettish and arcane, but i need it all the same

+1 my 6 string co-hort.

You know yourself that it was Queen that turned me on as a child. Can't believe our other idol who was humbled to play at his tribute concert (Axl) is now 2 years older, almost 3, than Freddy when he went on to live forever.

Legends never die and Freddy has brought more love and emotion to this world since his passing than most of us have while of this world.

God bless FM. We love you and always will. Thank you for making the dark days in my life that much brighter.

CCx

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I know, I love Freddie.

And Queen in general is just the best. I fell in love with them on me and my sis' ninth birthday--yeah, we're fraternal twins, in case anyone's wondering.



THE song that brings me to tears is "In My Defence"(Yes, that IS how it's spelled. ). How Freddie sings that song--with such passion, such intensity--it just makes me bawl my eyes out.

My top five favorite Queen songs are, in no particular order:

1. "Doing All Right"
2. "It's Late"
3. "Somebody to Love"
4. "One Vision"
5. "Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)"

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"If it's planned, it's boring." - Freddie Mercury

ok, gonna Youtube all these links, if they are from the queenofficial (which is actually official, i think ) apart from first one cuz there no live version sadly

1. The Show Must Go On
THE song that first made me .... oooo, that feelin, those goosebumps when THAT moment happens that ya just wanna listen to the song again immediately. THIS was the FIRST for me! THE reason i love music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqh8Jqu8tIk

2. Spread Your Wings
What beautiful sentiments. something i thought about a lot recently. but my band is gonna get me there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqh8Jqu8tIk

3. Hammer to Fall
One hell of a riff I think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkZGvdIIA6k

4. Under Pressure
David Bowie... what an addition. What lyrics!!!
"It's the terror of knowing what this world is about! Watching some good friends scream LET ME OUT!" but tomorrow.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I

5. Who Wants to Live Forever
The most epic vocal.
What guitar!
What a movie too!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jtpf8N5IDE[/url]

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thought of you tonight, in simple twists and turns, incarcerated here, i'm handcuffed to your world, your innocence is cruel, coquettish and arcane, but i need it all the same

well ok then...I'm gonn' put some Queen on the cd player..

Rip my friend beacuse your music will live forever.....

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I remember getting the Live Aid dvd set when it came out a few years ago and watching in awe as Freddie Mercury just dominated that entire crowd. He had every single one of them in the palm of his hand.

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Free & Easy Down the Road I Go

He was truly a great performer.

RIP Freddie!

Wow... 18 years?!?

Hard to believe he's
been gone that long.

18 years is about as long as Queen
existed after their first record, no?

Man... as David St. Hubbins once said: "Too much f*cking perspective."

close enough i think. 22-23 yrs i think. no, thats when they started. no Queen (I) came out 1973 so yer right.
+1 well done aye

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thought of you tonight, in simple twists and turns, incarcerated here, i'm handcuffed to your world, your innocence is cruel, coquettish and arcane, but i need it all the same

Freddie owned every stage he walked out onto.

He's my "fantasy band" frontman for sure.

Sadly missed - but he did leave us a lot of good music to help us cope with the loss!

Cheers - C

I still remember hearing of his passing just shortly after it happened. Another one who left too soon.

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"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." Blazing Saddles...

Freddie at his best!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2omuoO_hIbQ&feature=fvw

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