Amen!

Simon Swan, somebody had to defend Freddie Mercury, his family couldn't do it, as they felt that, maybe they couldn't cope with their loss, but I'm not saying that, Brian, and Roger could cope with their loss, at all. They defended Freddie, in a respectful, dignified, and loving way, only true friends could, in my humble opinion.

@@michaelasquith9791 which is exactly what I said, not sure if I've missed your point here?

@@bellycuda, sorry, yes you did. Respect to you.

@@michaelasquith9791 No worries, I thought I'd written something that I didn't mean! It's all good!

Exactly. He looks like he had been crying before they started the interview. Freddie was his best friend.

Brian looks angry and rightfully so

Brian, Roger, and John included loved Freddie as a friend, and we loved him as a musician, in my humble opinion.

He was an emotional wrecked before this interview... and even now even if you asked him he his still emotional, he called the paparazzi vultures

they are both angry and upset but i feel like roger is expressing it more and his eyes are rather red which implies he had been crying beforehand or was about to break down whereas brian just seems more composed like he is hiding his grief behind a wave of anger but he comes across as quite calm

Johnny Gartland I know.... I wanna cry just looking at them.

Johnny Gartland especially the first few seconds before they start talking they look devastated and utterly bereft

Johnny Gartland well, it was the end for them also

@@user-gq4yl9wn9r, at least the friendship between Brian May, and Roger Taylor didn't end, and they kept on touring with Queen, without their frontman, Freddie Mercury, and bassist, John Deacon. I am glad that they did a film about Freddie Mercury's life, and career, in my humble opinion, even though, Freddie Mercury died almost 27 years ago, on 24th November, 1991, and John Deacon retired in 1997, 6 years after Freddie Mercury's death.

@@susanorchard1994, I think that, the world wanted to, too, in my humble opinion. At least, they had some good times together, with Freddie Mercury, and John Deacon, before Freddie died, and John retired.

Yeah😢😥

You can see the shock and devastation on their faces and in their eyes. Especially Roger, he looks like he had been crying right before they did this interview.

@@susanorchard1994, I think that, Roger Taylor looks like he's going to cry, or he's been crying, not only was Freddie Mercury his friend, and he was only 300 yards away, from Garden Lodge, on 24th November, 1991, when Peter Freestone called him, and said "Don't bother coming, cos he's gone", and Roger Taylor might have possibly wanted to see Freddie Mercury, before he died, in my humble opinion.

Freddie has to be one of the most universallu beloved men across all types if people and all ages. I'm 24 but I truly love Freddie. Not only a one of a kind talent but a beautiful soul...any man that loved his cats as much as he did is a great man! So great that he told off the piece of sh*t cat killer Sid Vicious. If I was able to take a time machine I would probably choose to see Queen at Live Aid. That time period was blessed with real music.

The thing I love a out Freddy Mercury was his kind, gentle, and beloved soul. These guys are Freddy family basically and The press was very insensitive & mean in his last days. I loved that Freddy was eccentric, brilliant, and flamboyant.

@@michaelasquith9791 that was well out of order from Peter Freestone. Them words still haunt poor Roger now. I know Peter Freestone was grieving as well but come on! Saying that to one of Freddie's best friends was really out of order IMHO

Indeed. Right up there with Neil Gaiman's words about AIDS: "There's no innocent or guilty. There's just dead."

Tim Bit I agree, is there “ stigma” around those with Cancer? Illness is illness and those who are sick need to be loved, end of!

Brian May, what a gentle guy. As I have in previous comments. He is 1 of the greatest guys, anybody would want to interview, but if you offend Freddie Mercury, you see a different side to such a nice guy.

Oy. Tu. Fans

Also Philadelphia did alot of good in addressing the stigma.

He was human and lived his life. No one knew there would be a disease that would kill and they didn't know how to prevent or how to treat it. But most people die from life choices. They get cancer from too much sun exposure. Heart attack from food choices, stress and lack of exercise. We want to judge when it's a rock star who dies from drugs or AIDS.

Corporate Cunts because he was many things, not One... yes he was gay, yes he had a sex life , yes he was an amazing vocalist, yes he was a great musician, yes he was charismatic, witty, charming, fun, and kind. He will go down in history for his talents ! Most dont care that he was gay

The press are just parasites, or better yet, prostitutes, selling their soul for money. Despicable.

Corporate Cunts WC...who cares.

Corporate Cunts I'm not sure what being British or alex jones has to do with anything lmao You are the one pointing out trivial facts... him being gay is kinda trivial information dont ya think? We dont care, well unless your one of those that believe in everyone is supposed to be known for identity politics..

Don't forget John.

@@Bpg5012trick, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon, all loved, and respected Freddie Mercury, in my humble opinion.

@acrobatsutr I couldn't agree more with your comment! John keeps getting forgotten but I have utter respect for the man. And long live the Queen!

@acrobatsutr, as I said in previous comments, I think that, Brian, Roger, and Adam are giving Queen fans a chance to hear some of their songs they recorded, when Freddie was alive, and before John retired. I haven't been to see Queen, as I was born in 1983, I know it wouldn't be the same, without Freddie's powerful vocals, and John's bass. Brian has his trademark Red Special guitar, and Roger has his drums, along with Adam, and I think they wanted to remember, and honour Freddie, after all these years. Some people say they are doing it for the money, I don't think that, at all, I think that, they are keeping Freddie's musical legacy alive.

@acrobatsutr Freddie would have wanted his music to be spread as far and wide as possible, even if it's through another frontman. But adam brings his own style to queen's music and Freddie himself said "never make me boring".

Very true. I have so much respect for how much they protected and loved one another.

Kristy Fox, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon loved Freddie Mercury, not just as a friend, but as a fellow musician, too. It only seems right, that they should stick up for their friend, in my humble opinion.

Roger will still rip your head off if Freddie is disrespected.

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They weren’t friends, they were family

Yes so kind of them and i think Freddie smiled down from heaven🌷

Yes, quite right. Probably would have taken me months, not days, to do this.

I think that, the interview was done too soon after Freddie Mercury's tragic, premature death. I don't blame Brian May, and Roger Taylor for doing the interview, as they are still in a state of shock. I think it should have been postponed to a later date, when the grief, upset, hurt, and anger Brian May, and Roger Taylor felt the media caused them. I think Brian May, and Roger Taylor knew Freddie Mercury better than anyone, other than Freddie Mercury's own family. They wanted to tell their side of the story, and how they knew Freddie Mercury as a person. They loved, and lost a dear friend, and we, as fans loved, and lost a musical idol, in Freddie Mercury, in my humble opinion.

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they did this to defend him from the press that I applaud them for they put themselves out there to defend their friend

And I can't understand how they could produce a movie like that. In my view, that is not the way to honour a wonderful person like Freddie Mercury.

Yes. Freddie was like an older brother to John. Freddie was the eldest of the band while John was the youngest and also the shyest. Losing Freddie broke him completely, poor man

So true...Bless all of them! Four amazing, talented, wise and gifted men... none of them deserved that hell! 😭

No. John played 3 concerts including the tribute concert in 1992 and the studio album. He retired in 1997.

@@amiyaabrown4366 what?!

@@dominewimbury2039 alot was going wrong in brains life around the time freddie died not just Freddie's death, his marriage was breaking up and his father had died but he kept going for his kids

Sarah Blackwell I think the presenter loved Freddie. He calls him magnificent and a musical genius. I think it was an uncomfortable interview.

This interview would NEVER have been easy. And it's unwise to make your love of someone contingent on the veracity of their perfect virtue, because nobody is perfect. You might have to turn your love into a monument as a testament to your own loving nature and what you give to people, if you find out they were actually evil and that loving them is toxic for you or you can only love them by lying to yourself about them or what they did. But short of that, all people are universes in their own right, and if they get lost and make a quite few bad mistakes, that doesn't mean you have to stop loving them or seeing the wonderful aspects of them.

No..this presenter was a friendly and Brian and Roger wanted to do this interview......it probably helped them a tiny bit with grieving, to defend their friend.

I thought there was nothing wrong with the Interviewer. I thought he was very respectful and complimentary.

I agree, however once you're in the public eye the more private a person you are the more people assume that there's a taboo or unsettling reason for that. I've heard numerous stories about how people assumed he was on drugs or worse because of just how private the man was.

So they made him look like a very strange unlikeable loner who put his own solo career before Queen whilst leaving out that both Brian and Roger had done solo albums a year or some before. I find the movie so much in contrast with interviews like this one.

@@HERMAN130661 You know that Roger and Brian didn’t write the script do you? They made it very clear, their contribution was only in music, especially Live Aid. If they would have written the script, I’m pretty sure Roger wouldn’t want to see himself portrayed as a jerk who made fun of Freddie’s teeth, who cheats (even tho he cheated) and forgets his girlfriend’s name. We don’t know what happened so let’s not blame other people without knowing what truly happened

@@saraa136 they could have objected a little...

Susan Orchard, I can't help, but feel sorry, and sad for Brian May, and Roger Taylor. They may have lost Freddie Mercury only a week before this interview was done, in 1991, don't blame them for wanting to cry, it is the media's fault, for saying really vile things about their bandmate, of course, they wanted to tell their side of Freddie Mercury's tragic, premature death, aged just 45. They also told us, as fans about how he was as a person. They respected Freddie throughout his career, they may have had creative differences, which lots of bands had, Queen were no exception in that. They couldn't go to Garden Lodge without fruit for Freddie Mercury, as he was dying. In 1 of the newspapers, it was splashed "Is Freddie ill" ?. Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon kept denying the rumours, until Freddie Mercury went public, on 23rd November, 1991, just over 24 hours later, Freddie Mercury sadly lost his brave, and courageous fight against AIDS.

John Deacon was that heart broken, he couldn't go on, with out Freddie.

@@Bpg5012trick, yes, John Deacon couldn't go on without Freddie Mercury, not only that, he was missing his family, too, in my humble opinion.

@@michaelasquith9791 yes. A married father of four then aged around 16, 13, 11 and 8. Two more would be born a bit later (1992 and 1993). Bless him

@@dominewimbury2039, thank you, I didn't know when John's youngest kids were born, and the ages of his older kids, too, in that respect.

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ddjmfan and amen 2 that :’(

As I said in previous comments, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon saw the man beyond the disease, unlike certain newspapers. They loved, and lost Freddie, as a friend, we, as fans loved, and lost a musical idol, but his spirit is with Brian, Roger, and Adam, whenever, they go on tour.

Freddie was bisexual, but I love the way Brian and Roger defended him and to this day Roger is still loyal and protective of Freddie. Honestly thought Roger was going to reach across and rip that guys tongue out.

ddjmfan Very, very well written. Truer words never spoken. Well done.👏

Brian was COMPLETELY loyal to Freddie. What an awesome friend! Roger adored Freddie. These men were strong friends.

He thought about suicide at that time because of freddies death. He is happy that he is decided not to do that ,we all are

These four guys were a total class act

Tudi jaz tako mislim.Res pravi prijatelji.

Orange Blood yeah....i want to see YOU open up TODAY about something even remotely meezly in YOUR LIFE THAT YOU ARE HIDING! (toldya)

ALIEN RIPLEY ignore him he's just a prick

LeToplache007 thanks! You are right! I am in a dark place today...

How very well said! So glad you hit the nail on the head!

The orangeblood persons comment was thankfully removed. Sadly there are lots of people in the world who live for nothing more than to be rude, disgusting, disrespectful towards anyone who is more successful in their lives than they can be or are. We have to learn to just ignore those ignorant people.

Me too 😢

That's right, you only have to watch the body language between them to see they loved each other, imagine how long they spent around the mic recording those classic harmonies which were quite beautiful they surely knew it, the sort of unique and very personal once in a lifetime experience that would become part of musical history.

I am a huge Queen fan and i've never heard that they didn't get on. I've heard about disagreements and arguments (who dosent have those with people you spend years with) but not flat out "not getting on".

@Nasse I think thats what i said

@@lilyann168 I have.

mojopin 70 lets not forget about John. Him and Freddie were extremely close and his death hit him the hardest. Even Brian said that he’s still worried that depression might still consume him till this day.

It makes me sad that he wanted to commit suicide. During that time, his father passed away, he had a divorce, and his best friend died. Good thing he didnt

anamuls and us It’d be interesting to see if he’d have a social media... we’ll never know, but I like to imagine.

@@noname-jh3bd just imagine him alive today, posting cat pictures on Instagram and having a nice, domestic life with a husband and friends. No one ever really wants to get old, but damn, it's a simple joy that's robbed of so many people.

this comment made me cry thinking about it omg@@josephm1762

anamuls and us, your comment is greatly appreciated, from a lifelong Queen fan, thank you.

I feel like Freddie Mercury would have still probably Married Jim with or Without Gay marriage being legal cause hes Freddie mecury, he gets what he wants. I feel like a close resemblence to Freddie Mercury in the modern day could possibly be Brendon Urie because of how similiar they kinda are vocally and in personalty. I wish Freddie Mercury was still here cause he was a icon and he honestly would have loved modern day so much because of everyone in the LGBTQ and everyone whos still widely weird or just how people are now.

With that powerful voice it seems kinda fitting somehow with some temperament

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Heartbreaking

imagine how Jim felt as well, it was all horrible. I feel bad for them

Freddie wasn't alone when he died.I think it was a pity that Roger didn't see Freddie even if he was dead because he looked so radiant and peaceful. But I can understand Peter Freestone , he was busy with many things after Freddie's death , Jim and Joe was devastated, Mary was on her way and his parents and sister too. He didn't know if it was going to be very emotional.

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I'm sorry about your friend. That is absolutely disgusting and if I may say so is cold-blooded murder as the other individual knew he was passing it on.

The Press had no idea of what Freddie and the rest of Queen was going thru, but they're all so opinionated and judgemental. Makes you want to slap them all across the face.

exactly. i dont understand why people say it was his fault he died. he didnt know he had aids for a while and what was he supposed to do.. not have sex? I mean just because hes gay/bi doesnt mean he should be discriminated from what straight couples do.

Thank you yes yes yes ❤

No one in the 80s understood aids. Even today they think it's only gay or a black disease. Straight married people can get it. People want to be ignorant :/

@Jan Hughes which he got because he and/or his partners practised unsafe sex during an AIDS epidemic

@@LoLzZ85 noone knew about aids at that time.

Alex Seravilo 3:06, no?

ALIEN RIPLEY, Brian May, and Roger Taylor look angry, cos certain newspapers were having a shocking opinion of him (meaning, Freddie Mercury) saying, "He was a wild, bisexual lover" about the late, great Freddie Mercury, obviously the dead can't defend themselves, and Brian May, and Roger Taylor were defending Freddie Mercury, and Brian May, and Roger Taylor knew Freddie Mercury since their time at college. Thank you, Brian May, and Roger Taylor, for a great interview, and giving the press a piece of your minds, Freddie Mercury would be proud of you both, in my humble opinion.

@Mowac I don't blame both of them.

@Mowac, that is true, I have seen Brian May's interviews, and Brian is a good judge of character. He is without question 1, of the best people, in the world, anybody would want to interview. Brian does like a joke or 2, he has a lot of respect, and he is a gentleman, beyond words, but this is about his how best friend, and late bandmate, Freddie Mercury passed away from AIDS, so you can understand the hurt, anger, and fustration he feels towards the media, in my humble opinion.

@@michaelasquith9791 4

This clip proves that Freddy had known he was ill for over 5 years before he passed, many pple keep on saying the film is innacurate because he didnt k ow before LIVEAID but maybe he did know back then..

Mr.Bright Side 🙅‍♀️

@@claroca7619 will you marry me?

Mr.Bright Side wow, really, just like that ?

Mr.Bright Side Me. Just a couple of hours ago. My face is red from crying. Magnificent movie. Magnificent Rami. If it doesn't win Best Picture and or Best Actor it will be an outrage.

Yes, he really is. I have never met him but yet I miss him so much! But just imagine the music he's doing in heaven with Beethoven and Mozart. And I think he has really spectacular shows up there!

31 years now

also him and mary were still very good friends

Were only engaged at one point, not married.

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Freddie had a flat in Montreux and he visited it in October.Jim Hutton, Joe Fanelli ,Terry(his driver)and Tony King went with him.Jim wrote Freddie used the trip to find some peace and make some final decisions.They went to restaurants every evening.They came back to Garden Lodge 3 weeks before his death. The last 10 days press set up a camp outside the house with 6-7 dozen of them but Freddie never knew they were so many. Once Jim took the water pressure machine and started to "clean the roof". There were some screams from the other side of the wall

Trish Johnson I know! when I was a lot younger I used to have the same mindset, anyone who uses drugs, anyone who gets STDs or AIDS deserved to die.. whenever I think back on it I get goosebumps. Nobody deserves those terrible things especially someone like Freddie.

ikr like it's not his fault, it wasn't anyone's fault y'know

GeoH Yeah nobody knows when and how they'll die. It's like shaming someone who died of a heart attack because "Well they liked eating junk food so they deserved it, no sympathy from me." Doesn't make it less sad, they're gone!

Trish Johnson. Freddie was bedridden, partially blind and also had a foot removed towards the end of his life. The man suffered dreadfully from this dreadful virus. The press did not give a toss about any of that they just wanted that last photo of him. Disgraceful!

GeoH It wasn't anyone's fault and he didn't deserve it.

No he is not rocking in Heaven.

@@cristinavuscan5610 and why is that?

Feel exactly the same. I've never heard anyone say a bad word about the man... he seemed to have been sweet, funny, and kind, in addition to enormously talented. I think that God must have needed him more... and yes, I'm sure he's still singing. :-) Can't wait to meet him one day.

Tru

@@cristinavuscan5610 Are you GOD? do you know this, How dare you say he isn't.... you have no clue, so shut your mouth.

RastaSaiyaman The band fought in Madrid a few days before, and during the fight, Freddie yelled out “I can’t fucking take it anymore! My whole body is wracked with pain!” At the time, the band didn’t think much of it since Freddie was known to exaggerate how tired he was at the end of tours. However, this time, he was dead serious.

@Billy Hill Yeah, Freddie and John were known to be the closest out of the four.

@@raiseasato I've heard that before, and i'm not surprised. Opposites attract, even in friendships.

So sad.

And Mary..........

@@kimmyball4961, Mary included. Thank you, for helping me with my comment.

@@kimmyball4961 Yeah whatever

The first time I heard Freddie’s voice I was somewhere over the Atlantic bound for London & suddenly through those cheesy little headphones the airlines would give you began the words “is this the real life “ .. I knew rock would never be the same & I Thank God I’m alive and have gotten to enjoy their music, voices , writing, the unbelievable creativity they all brought us. Freddie, someone still loves you, about a hundred million someone’s. Miss ya all my days,

He participated in the tribute concert for Freddie and also the song Brian wrote for Freddie in 1997 "No One But You." You can see him playing in the video. Beyond that he is retired now but still overseas the finances. I've read that he is apparently planning to see the movie, just at home with his family.

@@TheaterPup Thank you for replying. I've also learned that John Deacon took Freddie's passing a lot harder than the other band members, although it was hard for them all.

haaseerabo Wait, "commit suicide"?

Brian said he was fighting depression and sucidial thoughts after Freddies death.

Marti Wow it honestly hurts when you lose a close friend like that.

I doubt they were forced to do this interview.

The interview happened around December 1991. They wanted to go on TV to set the record straight from what the press was saying.