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1 hour ago, Ross. said:

I've read that he also thought it skirted over too much of Mercury's private life, particularly his sexuality and it was pointless making the movie if it didn't cover that side of things in detail.

Not a huge Queen fan but Mercury was an astounding front man.

You know, that was maybe the saddest thing about that film, the fact that although Mercury was comfortable with his sexuality it appears that the rest of the band might not have been going by the way they allowed it to be portrayed . The whole project came across as being a bit of airbrushed legacy building by a band nervous of presenting anything that showed them in a negative light.

Compare and contrast The Dirt - the near contemporaneous biopic of Motley Crue - which is never going to win any awards, but knocked Bohemian Rhapsody into a cocked hat on two counts; firstly by being a reasonably honest portrayal of a shower of scumbags who aren't bothered in the slightest about anyone's opinion of them, and secondly being for the most part screamingly funny.

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The dirt is a great film.

Bob is a c**t.

George Michael is a hero.

Annabel Giles what a blast from the past and still a wid.

Queen are over rated as f**k and would have been nothing without big Fred.

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Queen are shite. @The Moonster. Read this and know that I know the difference between "Queen are shite" and "I don't like Queen but actually Queen are very talented individually and collectively and if people don't like them they need to know it's just personal taste not an objective judgement of them as musicians and people"

Queen are shite.

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5 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

Queen are shite. @The Moonster. Read this and know that I know the difference between "Queen are shite" and "I don't like Queen but actually Queen are very talented individually and collectively and if people don't like them they need to know it's just personal taste not an objective judgement of them as musicians and people"

Queen are shite.

I will not read this.

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9 hours ago, Empty It said:

Decent:
Eagles
Pink Floyd
Status Quo
Fleetwood Mac

Shite:
Bowie
Queen
U2

And before anyone asks I'm 25, not 65. All bands on the list are considerably better than today's shite.

Almost 100% incorrect. Impressive. 

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46 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

No, they were shite. Ozzy Osbourne was done by then.

So much so that he went on to release 9 solo albums (including 4 in 9 years) and one with Black Sabbath.

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3 hours ago, Empty It said:
8 hours ago, Highland Capital said:
Black Sabbath did perform at Live Aid!
 

Was not aware of this, brilliant.

Just read there that Black Sabbath took to the stage at five to ten in the morning local time.  That must've been bizarre to see.

Edit - Found the schedule on Wikipedia and Black Sabbath weren't even the first act on the Philadelphia stage.  The first act on stage that day was before 9am and some random guy called Bernard Watson just turned up and went on.  

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12 minutes ago, Highland Capital said:

Just read there that Black Sabbath took to the stage at five to ten in the morning local time.  That must've been bizarre to see.

Edit - Just read there that Black Sabbath weren't even the first act on the Philadelphia stage.  The first act on stage that day was before 9am and some random guy called Bernard Watson just turned up and went on.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Watson

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4 hours ago, Highland Capital said:

Just read there that Black Sabbath took to the stage at five to ten in the morning local time.  That must've been bizarre to see.

Sandwiched between Billy Ocean and Run DMC as well.  The US lineup was certainly eclectic!

 

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A lot of people don't realise that Bo Diddley also played at Live Aid, appearing during the opening song of George Thorogood's set.  It was only broadcast in Norway and Germany for some reason but thanks to the wonders of YouTube...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXMgx92muQo

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