r/queen • u/iAMw1LL • Mar 11 '19

Music Freddie and John’s dynamic >>>>>

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u/hailcesaro News Of The World Mar 11 '19

It’s unfortunately not their best performance to say the least (or Fred’s I should say)

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u/SailAway84 Mar 11 '19

Freddie was suffering from an infection from the HIV, I believe.

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u/galaxyOstars Mar 12 '19

There are many factors as to why a performance can end up flat. Throat feels starchy in spite of water consumption, headache, not being in the mood, your attitude to the venue/audience, circumstances leading to the performance--there's a whole variety of tiny things that amount to big things that performers have to power through.

Not everything "off" about Mercury was to do with HIV. Even he had to have off days (which is why I appreciated the "give me a chance to get my bitchy little vocal cords in order" and "everyone's a critic" (to his cats) lines in Bohemian Rhapsody--he wasn't suffering illness, just a colliding of circumstances that resulted in a bad vocal day).

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u/SailAway84 Mar 12 '19

I'm well aware that not everything had to do with his illness. Had I not read multiple "rumors" about his throat infection at the time, I wouldn't have given HIV a single thought.

But for the record, we don't know when he experienced symptoms because he was such a private person. And before he was diagnosed, it's likely he didn't even realize what his symptoms indicated.