Pride Month: Freddie Mercury

Queens Podcast

History, Comedy

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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The Legend of Freddie Mercury: Queens Podcast Chronicles Welcome back to the next episode of our June Pride Month party. Today, we're taking you back to 2018, when we discussed the one and only Freddie Mercury, darling. This episode's all about Freddie's start in the world, his school days, and that little band you may have heard of, Queen. We chat about his larger-than-life persona on stage, the people he loved, his journey with his identity and his fight against AIDS. We'll take you on Queen's trip to stardom, performances that shook the globe like Live Aid, and how they changed pop culture forever. We end with a shout-out to Freddie's never-ending echo in the music universe. Timestamps: 00:32 Freddie Mercury: Early Life and Background 03:40 Freddie's Musical Beginnings 10:29 Formation of Queen 26:22 Rise to Fame: Bohemian Rhapsody and Beyond 35:50 Freddie Mercury's Party Persona 36:20 Queen's Musical Journey: 1975-1978 40:26 Freddie's Transformation in the 80s 42:47 Queen's Struggles and Freddie's Party Life 52:45 Live Aid: The Comeback of Queen 57:00 Freddie's Final Years and Legacy Some things you should check out: I want to break free video Live Aid performance Bohemian Rhapsody video Patreon supporters can also check out our AIDS epidemic episode from 2018 Queens Podcast is sponsored this month by Happy Mammoth. For a limited time, you can get 15% off on your entire first order at happymammoth.com with the code QUEENS at checkout. Queens podcast is part of Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to advertise on our podcast.Want more Queens? Head to our Patreon, check out our merch store and follow us on Instagram! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.8	Hi, this is Katie, and this is Nathan.
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1:29.8	looking what's your guy Oh, that's folksy.
1:33.8	Fuxley is what that is.
1:35.8	What would you call Freddie Mercury?
1:37.9	A rock star, a legend, uh,
1:40.5	incomparable, like artist, just artist.
1:43.0	Just artist.
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