Scene4 Magazine | letters to the editor

Freddie Mercury was dying of HIV/AIDS during the recording of the last Queen Album. I've always considered Innuendo to be Mercury's validictory, with the songs "I'm Going Slightly Mad," "The Show Must go on," and the title track itself acting as snapshots into the soul of the singer even as he refused to acknowlege his mortality publicly till the day before his death. Those who were in the studio with him at the time reported being somewhat scared and amazed at the sheer vocal strength coming from Freddy's obviously dying body. Without a doubt, Freddy sips Ambrosia in the same halls with Jimmy, Warren and Johnny.
Daniel McGowan
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