Freddie Mercury

Rocker

Just heard on the radio that Freddie Mercury would be 71 today if he were still alive. Hard to believe, R.I.P.

AlexC

A true legend. Amazing musician and songwriter. Amazing showman. And can we just remind ourselves (if we need reminding) just how good he was...

axisus

The first time I heard Queen was when I saw the We are the Champions video on TV when I was 13. It was an amazing song, and I was fascinated by Freddie in that 2 colour leotard with the massive chest cut-out. I'd never seen or heard anyone like him. I was a massive Queen fan for many years, in the fan club and all that stuff. A brilliant band, but my interest faded after they bought synths in. I did like a few tracks on the Game and the Works though. 

Live he was brilliant. Bizarrely I felt extremely proud when they owned Live Aid. 

Danny1969

I love this  

FelineGuitars

My favourite singer of all time - loved him . Saw him live a number of times and met him and spent a day filming with him and the band - all top guys!

A familiar start to one of their gigs - I feel that they were at their peak between 1978-80

This somewhat naked recording of just Freddie and Piano taken from the free Hyde Park gig in 1976 shows how much command of his voice he had . The song hadn't been recorded yet but was obviously fully developed.