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Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury by Matt Richards
5.0
If you're looking for a Reader's Digest version of Freddie's life, this ain't it, folks. At 449 pages, this is for the true fan, who wants to know more than just when he wrote what song, and who he was photographed with at what party.
The authors do an amazing job with background. Freddie's family, their moves to Zanzibar and then to England. What was going on at various times in pop culture that influenced him. The loves, hates, and insecurities that drove him. And alongside it all, very well-researched sections on the spread of the disease that came to be known as AIDS, and took his life.
You will cry. And afterward, go to YouTube. Find his last music video with Queen, "These Are the Days of Our Lives." Preferably the one that with the original and alternative versions side by side. Freddie is weak, and pale, and dying. But he's still got it. Always did, and always will.
The authors do an amazing job with background. Freddie's family, their moves to Zanzibar and then to England. What was going on at various times in pop culture that influenced him. The loves, hates, and insecurities that drove him. And alongside it all, very well-researched sections on the spread of the disease that came to be known as AIDS, and took his life.
You will cry. And afterward, go to YouTube. Find his last music video with Queen, "These Are the Days of Our Lives." Preferably the one that with the original and alternative versions side by side. Freddie is weak, and pale, and dying. But he's still got it. Always did, and always will.