{"id":7972,"date":"2016-11-26T22:32:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T05:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=7972"},"modified":"2016-12-09T22:37:50","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T05:37:50","slug":"freddie-mercury-unmasked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/26\/freddie-mercury-unmasked\/","title":{"rendered":"Freddie Mercury Unmasked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/lists\/freddie-mercury-10-things-you-didnt-know-queen-singer-did-w451918\" target=\"_blank\"><em>from Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Freddie Mercury: 10 Things You Didn&#8217;t Know Queen Singer Did<\/h1>\n<p><b>From sneaking Lady Di into a gay club to concealing his final resting place, read lesser-known tales of vocal legend&#8217;s life<\/b><\/p>\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/contributor\/jordan-runtagh\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Runtagh<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eq-wDqpXuO0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lover of life, singer of songs.&#8221; The simple epitaph, penned by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/artists\/queen\" target=\"_blank\">Queen<\/a>\u00a0bandmate Brian May, goes a long way in describing the complex figure known across the globe as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/artists\/freddie-mercury\" target=\"_blank\">Freddie Mercury<\/a>. &#8220;To me that summed it up, because he lived life to the fullest,&#8221; remembered May in a BBC documentary. &#8220;He was a generous man, a kind man, an impatient man, sometimes. But utterly dedicated to what he felt was important, which was making music.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Born Farrokh Bulsara in the British protectorate of Zanzibar, Freddie&#8217;s oversized talent was matched only by his flamboyance and exuberance. These qualities merged to create masterpieces of the group&#8217;s songbook, and some of the greatest live performances on record. In life, his four-octave voice \u2013 since studied by scientists in an attempt to unlock the secrets of its intricacies and awesomeness \u2013 raised the bar for what a rock singer could be. In death, he gave voice to the millions suffering from AIDS.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of the 25th anniversary of his passing, here are some lesser-known elements of Mercury&#8217;s incredible legacy.<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/lists\/freddie-mercury-10-things-you-didnt-know-queen-singer-did-w451918\" target=\"_blank\">click to continue reading at Rolling Stone<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Rolling Stone Freddie Mercury: 10 Things You Didn&#8217;t Know Queen Singer Did From sneaking Lady Di into a gay club to concealing his final resting place, read lesser-known tales of vocal legend&#8217;s life By\u00a0Jordan Runtagh &#8220;Lover of life, singer of songs.&#8221; The simple epitaph, penned by\u00a0Queen\u00a0bandmate Brian May, goes a long way in describing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}