QueenZone discussion #1506420

pittrek wrote: 1) He wanted to 2) I don't get it. Are you suggesting that all gay people are good at their work? Or what are you suggesting? 3) You can clearly see from his interviews that he was at least thinking about leaving Queen in the early 80's, but wanted to get back as soon as his album came out and Queen fans hated it. After he found out he had AIDS he wanted to be as creative as possible, so you could say his motivation grew during the last 2 years of his life

oligneisti wrote: After reading a lot and going through documentaries my theory is that Freddie was simply bullied at school, being called Bucky probably wasn't fun. This would explain why he ignored people from his past and avoided talking about it. So, trying to be bigger and better in everything was a way the show the bullies that they were wrong about him.

Vocal harmony wrote: I would say he was very creatively driven, but that creativity fed off what the band did in the early days In the early 80's at the point he signed a solo deal it was power. The power not to have to work within four equals and the power of a huge advance from his record company. As Pittrek says after the failure of his solo career and after the onset of his illness his motivation came from what he knew and where he felt at home, back to beginning in a way. But remember none of us really know, you need to ask these questions amongst the people he knew and worked with

aristide1 wrote: From every angle of the subject the perspective is the same. Getting dick was Freddies main motivation. Are you prepared to talk about it or just ask people to invent fashionable motivations fitting your purposes? And repeating 100% three times does not add scientific value to your dumb questions.

dudeofqueen wrote: Should be a short talk. "Good evening. Freddie Mercury's personal motivation - for becoming a legend - was that he had a talent as a singer and was able to develop that to make something of his life, as opposed to gambling on a career as an artist or a market trader in the highly competitive melting pot that London was in the late 60's. Thank you for coming."

Invisible Woman wrote: My opinion is this: he knew how good he was as a singer and as a musician. He used his talent, fortunately. It would be a pity if he didn't.And he liked to sing and make music. Who is really worth can becomes a legend, who doesn't worth, no. Simply.

anderssteen wrote:

dudeofqueen wrote: Should be a short talk. "Good evening. Freddie Mercury's personal motivation - for becoming a legend - was that he had a talent as a singer and was able to develop that to make something of his life, as opposed to gambling on a career as an artist or a market trader in the highly competitive melting pot that London was in the late 60's. Thank you for coming."

As the original post states, the talk will not be about Freddie, but I would just use him as an example, so maybe it can be a bit longer. I do not agree with you view that talent comes before motivation (if that's what you are saying). Actually I believe the directly opposite.

anderssteen wrote:

Invisible Woman wrote: My opinion is this: he knew how good he was as a singer and as a musician. He used his talent, fortunately. It would be a pity if he didn't.And he liked to sing and make music. Who is really worth can becomes a legend, who doesn't worth, no. Simply.

Do you think that his motivation was that "it would be a pity not to"?

Sebastian wrote: He wanted to meet Paul Rodgers, his favourite singer.

The Real Wizard wrote: Freddie had the same dream as millions of other musicians - to become famous and successful, because he was good at what he did. In the beginning he had excellent artistic vision, and his musical capabilities developed later after meeting musicians he gelled with and could help bring his creative fruits to life. The band architected a unique brand of sound that was suitable and commercially viable for the time they were in, and (largely by luck) they made all the right business connections that were available at the time to make such success happen. Anything beyond that is psychoanalyzing and guesswork, because it isn't anything he or anyone surrounding the band ever spoke publicly about.

anderssteen wrote: to be honest I was actually hoping to get a serious reply from you.

Sebastian wrote: Ask me about what the personal private motivations were for a man whom I never met and whose mind we could not read and you'll get something sketchy and lame.