I love how loyal Brian, Roger and John are to Freddie.
Roger and Brian appeared on TV to defend him against the vitriol of the press (some people even wrote that he deserved to die because he had a promiscuous lifestyle) eight days after his death. You can see in their faces the fresh grief and shock, but they still went because they were not going to let those bastards get away with talking shit about Fred.
They went on to create the Mercury Phoenix Trust to fight AIDS worldwide in his memory.
The documentary Days of Our Lives is particularly heartbreaking to watch. Among other things, Brian talks about how they knew but didn’t know; they kind of refused to know that Freddie was dying. They were like “No, it can’t happen to him” and until the last moment they kept thinking there had to be a way out.
They praise his gentleness, his courage in facing his illness and his dedication to music.
Roger remembers how he was on his way to see him when Peter Freestone (Freddie’s assistant) called him to say “Don’t bother coming, cause he’s gone”. And even after 20 years, he has to hold back tears.
John retired after Freddie’s death. We don’t know if that’s the sole reason because he’s a very private man, but the facts are there. He only returned to the band to finish their last album, shoot the video of Only the Good Die Young (another tearjerker) and then stepped out of the limelight.
Their last album was called Made in Heaven, and the cover was a photo of Brian, Roger and John next to Freddie’s statue in Montreaux (Switzerland).
Brian wrote said statue’s inscription: Lover of Life, Singer of Songs.
They worked for almost ten years on Bohemian Rhapsody, because they wanted to get the right people on board (and after watching the film, I can tell you they did) and not because they wanted to milk Freddie, as it has been said. Roger said on the premiere that Sacha Baron Cohen wouldn’t have taken Freddie seriously. They answered the actors’ endless questions and even showed up on the set. That’s how much they care about protecting him and his legacy.
Roger regularly posts old photos of Freddie (check out his Instagram @rogertaylorofficial and weep).
So if you want to talk shit about any of them, you’ll have to fight me first. And I know I’ll fucking destroy you.
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