Mercury, LesleyAnn Jones
Mercury, LesleyAnn Jones
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Mercury
An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury

Author: Lesley-Ann Jones

Narrator: Jane Collingwood

Unabridged: 12 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/03/2012


Synopsis

Revealing and intimate, based on more than 100 interviews with key figures in his life, this is the definitive biography of Queen front man Freddie Mercury, one of pop music’s best-loved and most complex figures.

A revealing, intimate look at the man who would be Queen.

As lead vocalist for the iconic rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury’s unmatched skills as a songwriter and his flamboyant showmanship made him a superstar and Queen a household name. But despite his worldwide fame, few people ever really glimpsed the man behind the glittering façade.

Now, more than twenty years after his death, those closest to Mercury are finally opening up about this pivotal figure in rock ’n’ roll. Based on more than a hundred interviews with key figures in his life, Mercury offers the definitive account of one man’s legendary life in the spotlight and behind the scenes. Rock journalist Lesley-Ann Jones gained unprecedented access to Mercury’s tribe, and she details Queen’s slow but steady rise to fame and Mercury’s descent into dangerous, pleasure-seeking excesses—this was, after all, a man who once declared, “Darling, I’m doing everything with everyone.”

In her journey to understand Mercury, Jones traveled to London, Zanzibar, and India—talking with everyone from Mercury’s closest friends to the sound engineer at Band Aid (who was responsible for making Queen even louder than the other bands) to second cousins halfway around the world. In the process, an intimate and complicated portrait emerges. Meticulously researched, sympathetic yet not sensational, Mercury offers an unvarnished look at the extreme highs and lows of life in the fast lane. At the heart of this story is a man...and the music he loved.

About Lesley-Ann Jones

Lesley-Ann Jones is an award-winning music journalist and author. She toured with Queen and has unrivalled access to the surviving members of the band. She lives in London. Visit her at LesleyAnnJones.com.


Reviews

This was a very readable biography and, more than anything, it reminded me why I am glad I will never be famous and have never had the drive to become so. As exciting and globetrotting as Mercury's life definitely was, as many people by whom he seemed to be constantly surrounded, I can't help but thi......more

Cause we are the champions of the world He was a star even before he became a star. If you know what I mean. Queen and Mercury each have their own, heard for the first time or heard at a significant moment in life. With texts understood correctly or incorrectly or not at all understood at all, but in......more

Goodreads review by Nikki

I was disappointed in this book as I have been in every single book about Freddie Mercury and Queen since his death. The one redeeming bit of information in this version of his life was the information on Barbara Valentin the German actress that he had a long-term love relationship with in the eight......more