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Post by Mercury Roadrunner on Feb 4, 2021 16:32:30 GMT
Hello, fellow Queen forum members
I plan to make an interview with Peter Freestone quite soon
I worked as a translator from English into Russian for Peter in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, in October 2019,
at a number of occasions such as press conferences, interviews for TV, radio and press, -
we spend two quite busy days working together and we still keep in touch;
not long ago we agreed to make a special interview about Freddie
I invite you to take your part in it
As there are a lot of Queen / Freddie Mercury specialists among you here,
I thought that it would be great for you to provide
a list of 10 unusual and interesting questions for Peter about Freddie,
- such questions that would open a bit of something indeed new
and interesting about mister Mercury for fans
Send your questions about Freddie Mercury to me in a personal message
Preparation period is untill 14th of February 2021
Thank you
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Post by Steve on Feb 4, 2021 16:53:27 GMT
Interesting! I'll have a good think and get back to ya!
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Post by pg on Feb 4, 2021 20:17:58 GMT
He's willing to talk about Freddie?  I'm shocked. |
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Post by emrabt on Feb 4, 2021 20:26:30 GMT
Ask if all the arrows on the Hot Space Tour were his idea and where he sourced all the arrowed vests and jackets.
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Post by georg on Feb 4, 2021 21:41:50 GMT
He's willing to talk about Freddie? I'm shocked. What better time to break his silence than now? |
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Post by robbybloodshed on Feb 5, 2021 1:56:56 GMT
Would be curious to know if he ever heard him discuss Mad The Swine in 91 being they released it near 20 years after its completion. As it was Freddie’s track, I’m sure there were discussions about it and it was an oddball to release all that time later..
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Post by Mercury Roadrunner on Feb 8, 2021 20:04:41 GMT
Fellow Queen forum members, any more interesting questions from you?
The time to prepare the questions is untill the end of this week and I hope to hear some more from you ; )
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Post by emrabt on Feb 8, 2021 20:57:47 GMT
How did he get from being the Wardrobe manager to being Freddies PA, was it a gradually evolving change of role or did they bring Tony Williams in for a replacement and 'promote' him?
Also ask what a "band party" is, he's credited as a band party member on the works tour. I'm assuming it's like an entourage but it'll be nice hearing his duties.
I know these steer away from being about Freddie but the poor guy is wearing thin on the Freddie stories, I'm not sure there is any new area to explore there.
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Post by Chopin1995 on Feb 8, 2021 22:58:09 GMT
I'd be interested in anything related to the vocal & piano practice. Could he elaborate on this topic, especially how much he learnt from M. Caballe.
Additionally, how much classical music did Freddie listen to in the 80s and 90s.
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Post by bananawig on Feb 9, 2021 18:18:36 GMT
Also was peter aware of any freddie involvement with phantom of the opera. The rumoured tapes. And what was freddies opinion on phantom? Great question! I’d love to know more |
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Post by DasTarD on Feb 10, 2021 12:08:57 GMT
Is Peter still in contact with Brian, Roger or John (not a Freddie related question) ;-)
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Post by Mercury Roadrunner on Feb 10, 2021 15:24:28 GMT
Is Peter still in contact with Brian, Roger or John (not a Freddie related question) ;-) Peter is still pretty much in contact with Queen Productions - Brian, Jim Beach and Phil Symes (pr) |
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Post by Lord Fickle on Feb 10, 2021 16:17:38 GMT
Is Peter still in contact with Brian, Roger or John (not a Freddie related question) ;-) Peter is still pretty much in contact with Queen Productions - Brian, Jim Beach and Phil Symes (pr) Ask him to tell them we want a Live Through The Years box set of complete unreleased shows from each tour! 😀 |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2021 18:00:42 GMT
Perhaps something about the Barcelona album: only Deacon's credited, but Moran allegedly said all Queen members took part of it. Roger claimed to have sung backing vocals on the title track... what about Brian? Did he sing anything or play anything?
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Post by georg on Feb 10, 2021 18:28:58 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2021 19:46:01 GMT
Back when it was released, Roger was interviewed while pissed, and he confirmed he was on it.
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Post by Mercury Roadrunner on Feb 10, 2021 22:40:19 GMT
![]() It's great you keep on providing the questions and while we are on the "Barcelona" theme - can you, please, clarify - the picture of Freddie Mercury, Montserrat Caballé and George Michael together, - was it taken on October 10th, 1988 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, UK at the "Barcelona" album launch ![]() , right? p.s. also I would be thankful to you if you could tell me how to attach a picture to the post as I tried to do it with the picture mentioned above and didn't managed to find the way how to do it %) Thank you |
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Post by Lord Fickle on Feb 10, 2021 22:45:29 GMT
![]() p.s. also I would be thankful to you if you could tell me how to attach a picture to the post as I tried to do it with the picture mentioned above and didn't managed to find the way how to do it %) Thank you To post an image you first need to upload it to an image / file hosting service, then get the URL provided for the image. Once you have that, you can use the Image button in the post editor to insert the image into your post using the URL provided by the image host. |
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Post by Mercury Roadrunner on Feb 10, 2021 22:52:20 GMT
![]() p.s. also I would be thankful to you if you could tell me how to attach a picture to the post as I tried to do it with the picture mentioned above and didn't managed to find the way how to do it %) Thank you To post an image you first need to upload it to an image / file hosting service, then get the URL provided for the image. Once you have that, you can use the Image button in the post editor to insert the image into your post using the URL provided by the image host. Thank you for your answer, Lord Fickle |
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Post by Mercury Roadrunner on Feb 10, 2021 23:05:07 GMT
Friends,   I'm sorry, still can't manage to download the picture %), but thanks to Chopin1995 he uploaded the picture I was talking about - Chopin1995, thank you for your upload and for your answer |
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Post by Steve on Feb 10, 2021 23:10:43 GMT
Perhaps something about the Barcelona album: only Deacon's credited, but Moran allegedly said all Queen members took part of it. Roger claimed to have sung backing vocals on the title track... what about Brian? Did he sing anything or play anything? Yeah, for HCIGO. |
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Post by Chopin1995 on Feb 10, 2021 23:26:58 GMT
can you, please, clarify - the picture of Freddie Mercury, Montserrat Caballé and George Michael together, - was it taken on October 10th, 1988 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, UK at the "Barcelona" album launch ![]() , right? Yes it was:  |
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Post by thegame80 on Feb 11, 2021 1:35:18 GMT
Peter's title was personal assistant. I would like to ask Peter when he realized he meant much more to Freddie than a paid employee.
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Post by Mercury Roadrunner on Feb 11, 2021 3:11:21 GMT
How did he get from being the Wardrobe manager to being Freddies PA, was it a gradually evolving change of role or did they bring Tony Williams in for a replacement and 'promote' him? Also ask what a "band party" is, he's credited as a band party member on the works tour. I'm assuming it's like an entourage but it'll be nice hearing his duties. I know these steer away from being about Freddie but the poor guy is wearing thin on the Freddie stories, I'm not sure there is any new area to explore there. emrabt, would you, please, be so kind to be more specific in this question of yours: "How did he get from being the Wardrobe manager to being Freddies PA, was it a gradually evolving change of role or did they bring Tony Williams in for a replacement and 'promote' him?" - what is the story behind that part - "or did they bring Tony Williams in for a replacement and 'promote' him?"? Thank you |
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Post by emrabt on Feb 11, 2021 9:02:35 GMT
emrabt, would you, please, be so kind to be more specific in this question of yours: "How did he get from being the Wardrobe manager to being Freddies PA, was it a gradually evolving change of role or did they bring Tony Williams in for a replacement and 'promote' him?" - what is the story behind that part - "or did they bring Tony Williams in for a replacement and 'promote' him?"? Thank you Peter started out as Queen crew doing wardrobe for the game tour, but by the time the Works tour happened Peter was now "band party". Tony Williams, an apparent constantly pissed mean alcoholic who was nasty when drunk took over wardrobe. I was just wondering if this prompted Peters change of duties or if his duties had already changed by that point so needed a new wardrobe guy. |
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Post by Mercury Roadrunner on Feb 11, 2021 9:50:59 GMT
emrabt, would you, please, be so kind to be more specific in this question of yours: "How did he get from being the Wardrobe manager to being Freddies PA, was it a gradually evolving change of role or did they bring Tony Williams in for a replacement and 'promote' him?" - what is the story behind that part - "or did they bring Tony Williams in for a replacement and 'promote' him?"? Thank you Peter started out as Queen crew doing wardrobe for the game tour, but by the time the Works tour happened Peter was now "band party". Tony Williams, an apparent constantly pissed mean alcoholic who was nasty when drunk took over wardrobe. I was just wondering if this prompted Peters change of duties or if his duties had already changed by that point so needed a new wardrobe guy. Got it, emrabt, now I see what you meant ; ) BTW, do you know, for how long did Tony Williams continued to work as a wardrobe manager - did he continue to work on Magic Tour too?, considering he was such an unstable character, as you say. You seem to come with some really interesting questions, hope to hear some more from you untill the end of preparation period. And that applies to all of you dear Queen forum friends, let us all together make it as much interesting interview as possible ; ) |
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Post by emrabt on Feb 11, 2021 16:58:15 GMT
I'm not sure, but Queenconcerts lists him as continuing into the magic tour so he probably did.
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Post by Doughnut on Feb 11, 2021 17:13:14 GMT
Anything new would be good . He must have something interesting that he hasn’t already said time and time again ; afterall he was with him for 12 years .
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2021 18:40:33 GMT
That was John, not Brian. |
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Post by Steve on Feb 14, 2021 18:13:16 GMT
That was John, not Brian. I was referring to John, as he is credited for it. |
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