The Finding Freddie video podcast on YouTube is a wonderful ongoing series of short videos covering different aspects of Freddie Mercury’s life. So far there have been 4 episodes. If you’re a fan of Queen music you’ll love these!
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Bohemian Rhapsody Overload
Hyped for this. Don’t be bad. Don’t be bad. Don’t mess it up. It’s kinda odd to think of Elliot from Mr. Robot as Freddie Mercury but this trailer is promising, unless you’re going to pick holes in every little bit of it. I enjoyed this interview with Rami Malek […]
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Queen – We Will Rock You (Raw Sessions Version)
In 1977 Queen released “News of the World”, and this year a 40th Anniversary Edition has been released with outtakes, alternative versions of the whole album and more. Here’s the trailer: I found a playlist on Youtube and it’s great to hear slightly different versions of tracks I know so […]
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Somebody to Love
As a joke a few days ago I shared an awful cover of a Queen song on Facebook, so in apology I give you Marc Martel singing the beautiful Queen song, “Somebody to Love”. And as a bonus here’s an amazing rendition of Nessun Dorma. Wow, just wow. All this […]
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Lazarus, the days of our lives
I always associate David Bowie with Queen and Freddie Mercury after hearing the amazing “Under Pressure”. I’ve even heard a bootleg version recorded in the studio where both singers are clearly heard talking to each other. So, to me it’s appropriate to mark the passing away of the legendary singer […]
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Dune vs Queen: Who Wants to Live Forever
The first time I heard this Dune cover of Queen’s “Who Wants to Live Forever” I thought, “Oh Wow! That’s good!” Then, 30 seconds into the song I thought, “Wait a second. This is actually fairly boring. The voice that sounded nice at the start really sounds weak, there’s no […]
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It's a beautiful day
It’s a beautiful day, so I’ll leave you with Queen’s song of the same name.. I’m off outside.
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The Great Pretender
If you are a fan of Freddie Mercury, you’ll be familiar with his hit song, The Great Pretender but what you might not know is that it was a cover of a 1956 song by a band called The Platters. Here’s the original Platters version, and the 1987 remake by […]