Farrokh Bulsara was his real name, he was born in Stone Town, Zanzibar to ethnically Persian Indian parents. So he was about as British as Mahatma Ghandi.
He is LITERALLY a Bisexual. Fuck you and your bisexual erasure. Nowadays he'd likely identify as Pan, but still, he was definitely and openly Bi in his time.
Let's find the middle ground here. Both may be right. I think the point is that people are capable of doing g good things without being a noisy little twat about it.
LiveAid. The artists agreed in advance not to be in competition with each other. When Freddie Mercury left the stage, Elton John screamed at him "you bitch! No one's going to top that!"
Watching Elton John dressed like a bird of paradise slow motion kick a baddie to the the tune of "Saturday" may not top Freddie, but it's definitely up there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M44LRNbm8cE
Absolutely beautiful and tragic friendship. Elton John spoke about how towards the end of his Life Freddie gifted him a rare/expensive painting. Even when terminally ill Freddie was thinking of those around him.
DemonDarakna
Aaaaaa-yo!
Pikkupanda
Freddie absolutely commanded that audience.
Most electrifying live performance I’ve ever seen.
hitdog42
AYO
thedudeman519
They're being intentionally misleading at this point
Even stupididy doesn't explain it
TheRealAluthra
One of the greatest things I saw on TV as a pre teen.
CarlBassett
Yep. Freddie could work a crowd.
MungChomper69420
WhoReadsPeoplesUsernamesAnyway
Lol, Video started playing on mute. Still had the music in my head already
thedudeman519
Dude in the carriage is killing it.
Kimmykix
"nobody expected this" ...except all the people ready and filming the window before they appeared.
dataengineer
for real, also this just emphasized how big Freddie's range was.
hockey4mal8
Wow....where is this?
MungChomper69420
MyOldUserNameMeantUndeadCocaineButNowItsThis
I'm just a little silhouetto of a man
MungChomper69420
Scalloped mush!
Scalloped mush!
FurtiveGlancer
What immigrant? He is as British as they come!
HunglikeaHamster
Farrokh Bulsara was his real name, he was born in Stone Town, Zanzibar to ethnically Persian Indian parents. So he was about as British as Mahatma Ghandi.
Thorketil
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Life hack: Never learn the politics of anything, so you can claim "things used to be apolitical"
SomeGeek75ygh
He is LITERALLY a Bisexual. Fuck you and your bisexual erasure. Nowadays he'd likely identify as Pan, but still, he was definitely and openly Bi in his time.
TheSoapyJoo
Let's find the middle ground here. Both may be right. I think the point is that people are capable of doing g good things without being a noisy little twat about it.
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kiarasa
Oh man, I need to get merch of this lol
Toqom
Republicans are pretty gay, we need to stop the fake hate
theworldcouldbeflat
90's were great, but as it's apparent the "again" part for Republicans is lynchings and slavery not really funny.
supercalifragilisticexpialidociousl
LiveAid was on June 13th 1985. Why are the 90’s brought up? Did you mean the 1890’s and Jim Crow?
theworldcouldbeflat
It wasn't really okay to be gay until the 1990's when most countries legalized gay marriage.
duktayp
LiveAid. The artists agreed in advance not to be in competition with each other. When Freddie Mercury left the stage, Elton John screamed at him "you bitch! No one's going to top that!"
MattTheImperialRadarTechnician
Watching Elton John dressed like a bird of paradise slow motion kick a baddie to the the tune of "Saturday" may not top Freddie, but it's definitely up there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M44LRNbm8cE
rbudrick
Freddy didnt compete. He was always the Champion. Even wrote a song abt it.
thedudeman519
Even better *we* are the champions, my friend!
Freddie is naturally included in that. Royal "we" and Queen and all that.
ThisNameUnavailable
The Queen need not prove their worth.
NothingPrince
I'm guessing in a loving way
Pikkupanda
Yep. He and Freddie were good friends.
Silversalvation
Absolutely beautiful and tragic friendship. Elton John spoke about how towards the end of his Life Freddie gifted him a rare/expensive painting. Even when terminally ill Freddie was thinking of those around him.
ghostofGracchusBabeuf
Well there’s a ship for the historical fiction authors