...'endlessly watch a pirated Prince live show' while at home...

The interviewers question, that I saw was, 'Did Freddie ever listen to other artists?'.

Peter said, not really, sometimes opera, but that the one artist he distinctely remembers

Freddie obsessing about was....Prince...

Cool, huh??

I wonder what show it was???? Parade era, maybe??

Discussed here before:

https://prince.org/msg/7/47369

https://prince.org/msg/8/208797

where it was thought to be a recording of the 1986 Detroit show:

http://www.princevault.co..._June_1986

that was broadcast on TV (in edited form) as 'Prince Live' in Japan and Europe in 1986.

You'll see in one of the threads above that former org Moderator, bananacologne, had verified with Freestone that it was the Detroit show.

(The quotation from Freestone has sometimes also been used to suggest that it was a video of the film 'Purple Rain', as in this article on 'Freddie Mercury's favourite films:

https://www.udiscovermusi...ite-films/

although the quotation itself doesn't specifically support that).

Prince was magnetic in Purple Rain, I can understand Freddie's attraction.

soladeo1 said:

...'endlessly watch a pirated Prince live show' while at home...

The interviewers question, that I saw was, 'Did Freddie ever listen to other artists?'.

Peter said, not really, sometimes opera, but that the one artist he distinctely remembers

Freddie obsessing about was....Prince...

Cool, huh??

I wonder what show it was???? Parade era, maybe??

He would make his friends watch prince videos, repeated, he was slightly obsessed. Its obvious Freddie fanced Prince, because of his fame and feminine looks.

sambluedolphin said:

nextedition said:

sambluedolphin said:

He would make his friends watch prince videos, repeated, he was slightly obsessed. Its obvious Freddie fanced Prince, because of his fame and feminine looks.

How do you its because of his fame and looks?

Its logical, because Freddie said he was really gay and not bisexual, which most thought. He had a lot of gay lovers and many were transvestites. He liked pretty men and in dress feminine.

Yeah, it must be just because Freddie was gay and not because Prince's music was great.

Prince has been the favourite artist of many other artists throughout the years.

PeggyO said:

sambluedolphin said:

nextedition said:

sambluedolphin said: How do you its because of his fame and looks?

Its logical, because Freddie said he was really gay and not bisexual, which most thought. He had a lot of gay lovers and many were transvestites. He liked pretty men and in dress feminine.

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I'm sorry, but that's the most 'presumably' and 'easy' conclusion :

"it's logical", and it's not something 'most people thought'.

By the way, is there a difference between being 'gay' and between being 'really gay' ?

And for the record Prince wasn't feminine, nor a transvestite. Freddy was in awe of Prince's amazing musical stage performance and talent, if not, he would've showed people video clips of hits.

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And if Freddy Mercury had 'many' lovers, how do you know that 'many were transvestites' ?

And how do you know Freddy liked 'pretty men' in 'dress feminine' ?

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Apparently presumably perhaps assumably and could be possibly maybe true...

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Just read this excerpt from the memoir by Peter Freestone (Omnibus Press (C) 2001:

"I think Freddie admired Prince because he was so similar to when Freddie was young. Extrovert on stage, thin, dark, hugely energetic and with that charisma which turns a diminutive form into a giant."

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There you go.

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Vannormal said:

sambluedolphin said:

Its logical, because Freddie said he was really gay and not bisexual, which most thought. He had a lot of gay lovers and many were transvestites. He liked pretty men and in dress feminine.

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I'm sorry, but that's the most 'presumably' and 'easy' conclusion :

"it's logical", and it's not something 'most people thought'.

By the way, is there a difference between being 'gay' and between being 'really gay' ?

And for the record Prince wasn't feminine, nor a transvestite. Freddy was in awe of Prince's amazing musical stage performance and talent, if not, he would've showed people video clips of hits.

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And if Freddy Mercury had 'many' lovers, how do you know that 'many were transvestites' ?

And how do you know Freddy liked 'pretty men' in 'dress feminine' ?

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Apparently presumably perhaps assumably and could be possibly maybe true...

-

Just read this excerpt from the memoir by Peter Freestone (Omnibus Press (C) 2001:

"I think Freddie admired Prince because he was so similar to when Freddie was young. Extrovert on stage, thin, dark, hugely energetic and with that charisma which turns a diminutive form into a giant."

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There you go.

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[Edited 11/22/19 2:09am]

gay = Men who like men.

'really gay' = Men who wear checkered spandex catsuits that like men.

What a stupid discussion.

JorisE73 said: