Tag: Freddie Mercury
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RIP Steve Bronski of Bronski Beat
Sadly Steve Bronski of Bronski Beat has died aged 61 (on the right in the above photo). I can’t stress how important his band was – not only launching the career of Jimmy Somerville but also soundtracking my early queer experiences and being one of the few out queer bands – the only one that…
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Freddie Mercury 25 years on
25 years since Freddie Mercury of Queen died. This says it all…both the rare ‘Freddie on all vocals’ version, and the beautifully frail original, or the very sad orchestral version, below. I still remember that night clearly, when the news came through. And this always reminds me of not only that time, but the end…
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Let’s rewind like it’s 1989 (and 1979 and 1999)!
Want to hear Little Boots covering Freddie Mercury? Amiina (Sigur Ros’s string section, played on RC in the past) covering OMD? Au Revoir Simone covering one of my favourite ELO songs (Here is the News) AC Slater, probably the best remixer atm outside of Jackbeats remixing Prodigy? Bonde de Role doing Pigbag? Young Punx doing…