Freddie Mercury: The Biography (38 page)

‘We Will Rock You’
125
–
7
,
185

May, Harold
7

May, Phil
44

May, Ruth
7

MCA
59

Meade, Roxy
241

Meat Loaf
154

Bat Out of Hell
154

Medina, Roberto
177

Melody Maker
92

Mercouri, Melina
182
–
3

Never on Sunday
183

Mercury, Freddie (Farrokh Bulsara):

‘à la Queen’ mode,
22

academic qualifications of
8

AIDS and
see
main entry

album collection of
43

albums of
see
albums (FM)

art appreciation of
4
,
52
,
53
,
94
,
149
,
163
,
203

awards and
149
,
204

‘Bo Rhap’ resentment and
201

biopic of
1
–
2
,
260
–
3

birth of
2

bisexuality and
74
,
88
,
107
,
129
,
252
,
253

‘British Eurovision Violence Contest’ and
143

bronze statue of
258

BV loved by
155
–
6
,
228

Caballé collaborates with
211
,
214
,
219
–
20

camp behaviour of
6
,
19
,
37
,
74
,
101
,
129
,
179
,
188
,
189

childhood/adolescence
2
–
8

cocaine, use and abuse of
1
,
31
,
100
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110
,
114
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120
,
133
,
134
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142
,
154
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156
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162
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3
,
173
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180
,
211
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218

death/dying of
1
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226
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232
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236
,
240
,
244
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242
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252
,
256
,
261

dines with Lord and Lady Olivier
195
–
6

early bands of
4
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11
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13
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17
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18
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21
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3
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25
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36
,
73
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77

education of
2
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6
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8
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11
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12
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14
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15
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20
,
27
,
138

fans of
57
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89
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92
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113
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117
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18
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128
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129
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132
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135
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145
,
197
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221
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240
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241
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243
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250
,
254
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260
,
263

film music and
143
,
148
,
161
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172
,
190
,
194
,
196

final birthday celebrations of
239

flamboyance/outrageousness
2
,
4
,
6
,
10
,
13
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20
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36
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41
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48
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67
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82
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204
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262
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3

fortieth birthday of
204

at Garden Lodge
see main entry
gay rights and
256

gay sex and
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6
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11
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13
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19
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24
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30
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37
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44
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159
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170
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183
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189
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210
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224

glam rock and
48

Goose Productions set up by
125
,
142

heterosexuality and
84
,
93
,
142
,
159

ill health of
1
,
81
,
192
,
205
,
213
,
219
,
227
,
230
,
232
–
41

insecurity/alienation of
7
,
163
,
262

Japan
21
,
91
,
93
–
4
,
106
,
108
,
136
,
149
,
160
,
181
,
223

JH loved by
182
,
186
,
188
,
190
–
1
,
196
,
198
,
210
,
226
,
235

jobs of
8
,
19
–
20
,
27
,
30
,
31
,
34
,
53
,
80
,
117
,
123
–
4

Kensington see main entry Kensington pyramid and
254

‘King Mercury’ sobriquet of
198

L’après-midi d’un faune recreated for
170

‘Larry Lurex’ sobriquet of
67
,
254

legendary libido of
183

legendary status of
1

at Liverpool Art College gig
27

MA loved by
1
,
18
,
19
,
27
,
34
,
44
–
5
,
53
,
90
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93
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110
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114
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142
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144
–
6
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155
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159
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183
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198
,
248

‘Mad Hat’ party held by
204

market-trading business of
19
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20
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27
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31
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34
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53
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80
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117
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123
–
4

memorials
18
,
248
–
52
,
254
–
5
,
258
–
9

Mercury Songs set up by
125

MTV Greatest Male Singer of All

Time
260

Music Life
poll and
149

musical drive of
4
,
8
,
10
–
14
28
,
47
,
52
,
53
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55

musical influences of
4
,
8
,
10
–
14
28
,
43
,
47

1992 Olympic Games and
207
,
217
,
224

parents dote on
2

Parsee faith and
2
,
3
,
224

parties
10
–
11
,
123
,
133
–
4
,
140
,
152
,
160
,
189
–
92
,
199
,
216
,
221
–
3

penguin comforted by,
237

pets of
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,
149
,
180
,
186
,
202
,
203
,
214
,
223

piano lessons taken by
3

postage stamp featuring
258
–
9

posthumous award to
246

public persona of
1

Queen named by
36
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8
,
39
,
41

Radio Ga Ga
video and
168
–
9

real name of
2
,
3
,
39

religion and
2
,
3
,
224

self-motivational nature of
9
,
29

sex drive of
114
,
156

sexuality of
1
,
6
,
11
,
13
,
19
,
24
,
30
,
37
,
44
,
45
,
74
,
88
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93
,
114
,
129
,
142
,
155
,
159
,
170
,
183
,
189
,
210
,
224

showmanship of
56
,
140
,
185
,
190
,
198
,
227

singles of
see
singles (FM) solo albums of
161
,
180
–
1
,
187
,
211
,
256

solo projects
63
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4
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100
,
125
,
161
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165
,
172
,
180
,
187
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190
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191
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206
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207
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211
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221
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228
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246
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256
,
261
–
2

songwriting
53
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69
,
118
,
132
,
138
,
220

sport and
3

strain of illness
227
–
8
,
235

tributes to
243
–
4

will of
247
–
8

Mercury Phoenix Trust
252

Mercury Records
16
,
20
,
32
,
34
,
39
,
61

Mercury Songs
125

Metallica
249

Metropolis (1927)
161

Metropolis
(1984)
161
,
172

Metropolis Studios
256

Michael, George
174
,
187
,
251

Millennium
258

Miller, Frankie
112
,
115

Milne Paul,
32

‘Ming’s Theme’
136

Minnelli, Liza
43
,
251

Minns, David
96

Miracle, The
(album)
229
,
230
,
232

‘Miracle, The’ (single)
230

‘Misfire’
86

Mr. Bad Guy
180
,
187
,
256

Mitchell, Barry
ix
,
41
–
4
,
46
–
9

Mitchell, Mitch
14

Monty Python
178

Moore, Bobby
258

Moore, Gary
115

Moran, Mike
ix
,
165
,
205
–
11
,
214
,
215
,
219
–
23
,
232
,
239
,
244

More, Sir Thomas
254

Morgan, Peter (‘Pete’)
261
–
2

Moroder, Giorgio
161
,
172

Midnight Express
161

Morrison, Chris
115

Moseley, Diane
198

‘Mother Love’
258

Mott the Hoople
71
–
6
,
84
,
107
,
250

Mountain Studios, Montreux
136
,
151
,
190
,
228
,
235

movie scores:

Flash Gordon
136
,
143
,
148
,
149

Highlander
190
,
194
,
196

Metropolis
(1984)
161
,
172

Mud
88

Mulcahy, Russell
190

Mullen, Christine
49
,
110

Murphy, John
146
,
204
–
5

Music Life
149

Musicians’ Union
174

MTV
252
,
260

music press
32
,
68
,
74
–
6
,
79
,
82
,
84
,
88
,
106
,
113
,
122
–
3
,
161
,
195
–
6
,
217

music videos
128
,
131

‘Barcelona’
218

‘Bicycle Race’
133

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
101
–
2
,
125
,
153

‘Breakthru’
230

British Video Awards and
204

Coronation Street influences
168

EMI and
131
,
194

‘Fat Bottomed Girls’
133

FM’s ill health and
238
,
239
,
240

Globo Television
180

Greatest Flix
compilation of
153

‘I Want It All’
229

‘I Want to Break Free’
168
–
70

‘I’m Going Slightly Mad’
236
–
7