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VOCALISES
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Freddie opened up his heart
and gave it everything he had.
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How long have we got?
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INDISTINCT REPLY
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Five minutes? Five seconds.
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He lived for his music,
he loved his music.
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VOCALISES
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♪ Oo-oh-oh!
♪ Oo-oh-oh!
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OFF PITCH: ♪ Oh-oh!
FREDDIE LAUGHS
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Ready to go and do this?
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The '86 tour was really
a high point for us.
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CROWD CHEERS
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I have nothing but great memories
of that tour.
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♪ Day-doh
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CROWD COPIES
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♪ Dee-doh
day-day-day-day-day-day-day-doh
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CROWD COPIES
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♪ Daaaaaaaay-doh
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CROWD COPIES
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'UNDER PRESSURE' INTRO PLAYS
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CROWD CHEERS
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CROWD CLAPS IN TIME WITH BEAT
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♪ Mmm num ba da
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♪ Dum bum ba be
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♪ Dum dum da ba bum bah
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♪ Pressure pushing down on me
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♪ Pressing down on you,
no man ask for
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♪ Ba ba beh
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♪ Ba ba beh
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♪ De day da
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We'd done the biggest
tour ever of our lives
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and Freddie said,
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"I can't do this any more after
this." And we went, "Oh."
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♪ Watching some good friends
screaming, "Let me out!"
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He didn't at that point want to do
any more live shows,
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which sort of told us
that there was something wrong.
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♪ Chipping around, kick my brains
around the floor
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My mom visited him more time
than Dad.
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And she rang me one day and said, "I
think you should ring your brother
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"because he's very, very ill."
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And I just said to him,
"It's not Aids, is it?"
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And he completely denied it.
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But I knew that it was.
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There's been a lot of rumours
lately.
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The rumours are that we're going to
split up. What do you think?
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CROWD ROARS
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They're talking from here!
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So forget those rumours.
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We're going to stay together
until we fucking will die. I'm sure.
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CROWD CHEERS
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♪ Like a blind man
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NEWSREADER: After months of
speculation, the rock star
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Freddie Mercury confirmed
at the weekend that he had Aids
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and he died last
night at the age of 45.
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♪ Insanity laughs under pressure
we're breaking
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♪ Can't we give ourselves
one more chance?
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That dreaded new disease - Aids -
has now reached Britain...
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The judgment on homosexual
promisc...
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..killer plague afflicted on mankind
by an outraged God...
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BRIAN MAY: There was this talk of,
"Well, you know, he was gay.
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"He kind of deserved it.
You know, he lived that kind
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"of promiscuous lifestyle.
It was going to happen."
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And we thought, "Oh, my God,
you people have no idea."
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We were very angry and we had
to stick up for our friend.
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You know, our best friend.
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So I remember thinking, "Well,
we can do something about it."
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♪ This is our last dance
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72,000 packed inside, tens
of thousands are still arriving.
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And half a billion people
watching on TV,
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on satellite around the world.
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Good evening, Wembley and the world!
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♪ Under pressure
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♪ Under pressure
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♪ Pressure ♪
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CROWD CHEERS
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TAPE PLAYER CLICKS
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Interview with Freddie Mercury,
talking to David Wigg
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recorded in Britain.
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Um, first of all, what is the
future of the band going to be?
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I did some major interviews
with The Beatles
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and I was in Chelsea
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and Kenny Everett was having
dinner with Freddie.
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And as I walked past the table,
Freddie just said, "Oh, by the way,
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"I did enjoy your interviews
with the Beatles."
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I said, "Well, thank you."
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He said, "You haven't done me yet!"
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I said, "Well," I said,
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"if you'd like me to, I'd be
delighted, of course!" You know.
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"Right, come up to Manchester next
week and we're doing a show there,
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"and I'll see you after the show."
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He was very much...
Freddie was an instant person.
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He would make instant decisions
like that.
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And we just got on from the start,
you know.
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THEY LAUGH
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Life was for living,
is what Freddie used to say.
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Hello, boys and girls.
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It's very nice to be in Japan.
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Thank you very much for
the reception
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and the amazing welcome.
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And from me and the boys,
from Queen, thank you very much.
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Sayonara.
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♪ Can anybody...
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I was very close to Freddie in the
beginning, and I used to share
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rooms with him when we were on tour.
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So there isn't a lot that
I don't know about Freddie.
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♪ Find me
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And he was very shy.
Very uncertain of himself,
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uncertain of his sexuality,
for sure.
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♪ Somebody to
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I think there was a period where
he felt that we might disapprove
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and the rest of the world
might disapprove,
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so I think he struggled with it.
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I know he did.
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And eventually he was able to pluck
up his courage and just completely
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be what he wanted to be.
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♪ Each morning I get up
I die a little
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♪ Can barely stand on my feet
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♪ (Take a look at yourself)
Take a look in the mirror and cry
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♪ (And cry)
Lord, what you're doing to me
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He didn't want to go into
big discussions
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about his private life, really.
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But when Freddie did talk
about it to me, he said,
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"What I am is all in the songs."
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♪ Can anybody find me
somebody to love?
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He was a very sexual animal.
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And once he came out, he went wild.
He went wild.
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♪ ..every day of my life
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But the most important thing
with Freddie was that the way
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he expressed himself, you couldn't
help but realise, you know,
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he was always searching
for someone to love.
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♪ Can anybody find me
somebody to love?
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Modern medicine is on the march
forward against disease around
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the world, but modern lifestyles
bring problems of their own.
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Nicholas Bulley has been examining
this phenomenon, particularly
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the spread of a recently identified
killer disease called Aids.
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Is it more a scare or a scourge?
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Aids is really a very alarming
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new disease, and it appears
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to be a disease that is going
to turn out to be universally fatal.
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I first became aware of the disease
we call Aids now in late 1981.
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I'd previously worked a couple
of times in Brazil for an English
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professor of medicine in Brasilia,
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and he described
these extraordinary cases
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he'd been asked to see in New York.
Very unusual infections in gay men,
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and he said, "Look, if I'm right,
then this infection
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"is already occurring in London."
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And then, at the end of 1982,
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we admitted the first patient
with Aids, as we now call it.
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We constantly then had increasing
numbers of young gay men
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admitted with severe illness.
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I'd just come out the Air Force and
I was 20...well, approaching 21.
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I met Paul, my boyfriend,
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and we moved into Clapham Junction.
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♪ This thing called love
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♪ I just...
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I used to go to The Coleherne
and it was a leather bar,
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and Freddie liked his...
Leathers and feathers, I called him!
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♪ Get ready!
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I wasn't a big Queen fan.
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Rock music wasn't my thing,
but I obviously knew who he was.
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♪ This thing called love
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May I introduce to you, Freddie...
Good start! ..Mercury!
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Ladies and gentlemen...
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Freddie started seeing
Kenny Everett.
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♪ There goes my baby
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They were great friends, and they'd
go off and have a laugh and drinks
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at these various gay bars
in Earl's Court.
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Do your stuff, Freddie!
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It was an eye opener for me, being
that young coming to London.
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There was a lot of sexual energy.
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♪ I gotta be cool
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The Coleherne had a reputation
for its, like, dark corners
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and things like that, and that
was all new to me.
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Carefree sex, and, uh,
I didn't embrace it.
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But I didn't ignore it.
CHUCKLES
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♪ Crazy little thing called love
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The value of the dollar
is up around the world.
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Interest rates are down by 40%.
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The stock and bond markets
surge upward.
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Inflation is down 59%.
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Buying power is going up.
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Some economic indicators are down,
others are up.
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LAUGHTER
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It was an enormous struggle to get
governments to take the scale
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of this disease seriously.
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And indeed, I remember a view
that gay men
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were not innocent victims -
they'd brought this on themselves.
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Reverend Falwell, you say
Aids is God's judgment
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on homosexual promiscuity.
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I believe that God does not
judge people, God judges sin,
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and I do believe that Aids -
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generally caused by homosexual
promiscuity -
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is a violation of God's laws,
laws of nature and decency.
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And, as a result, we pay the price
when we violate the laws of God.
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One of Freddie's friends
in New York actually
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worked in St Vincent's Hospital,
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where a lot of people
were being treated,
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so it registered that there was
something out there
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that could kill you.
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But, you know, I think basically
we all thought,
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"Well, hopefully
it won't happen to me.
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"It just won't happen to me."
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In 1983, Paul and I,
we went for an STD check.
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They took our bloods and we went
back a few days later
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and got the results of those,
and, "Oh, by the way,
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"you've got this disease
that's hitting New York."
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Well, that dreaded new disease,
Aids, has now reached Britain.
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Soon after we got the diagnosis,
somebody found out.
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And the fact we were living in
Clapham Junction,
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we were on the seventh floor,
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and we hadn't been in that flat long
and we'd just got it exactly as...
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It was our first proper home.
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And somebody had painted on
in capital letters
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with, like, whitewash paint,
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and it just said, "Aids queers"
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with an arrow, like this,
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going up the seven floors. And then,
when it hit our communal area,
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the arrow was pointing
right at the door.
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We only found out because we heard
some scrubbing in the morning.
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It woke us up.
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It was our neighbour next door.
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She was in her 80s, and she was
there trying to scrub it off
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before we could see it.
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BRIAN MAY: While we were touring, we
would call into radio stations and
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TV stations, and sometimes we would
just do promo and not do the gigs -
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which is a bit arduous actually,
because the gigs are the nice part.
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And I sat in a TV studio, and
I'm not going to tell you where,
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and they said, "Oh, right, we'll
play your new video down right now."
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♪ I want to break free.
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♪ I want to break...
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They put the video on and they
went, "Oh, well, we'll stop
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"right there and we'll change
the subject."
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They went pale, they went ashen.
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They didn't understand
that it was a pastiche of a soap,
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you know, Coronation Street.
They don't have that in America.
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They didn't see the funny side.
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But even if they had, I don't think
they would have approved.
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And it was like, "We can't show
this to our children.
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"We can't show this to our audience.
This is a terrible mistake."
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♪ It's strange but it's true
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I mean, it didn't go down well
with MTV,
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which was obviously very
narrow-minded.
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It was one big joke, really,
as far as we were concerned.
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We thought it was rather funny.
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They really had this whole
attitude of,
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"We cannot be seen to support
this kind of thing."
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"This kind of thing" meaning
cross-dressing.
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And it's funny -
it makes you laugh now,
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but it made them drop the record.
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The thing with America is
at the time, in the mid-'80s,
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the way that people
had to be portrayed had to be so
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cotton-candy clean.
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You could not be seen to be gay
or you could not come out
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during that period.
It was completely hidden.
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♪ But life still goes on
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I've heard people say to me,
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"Oh, but Freddie denied he was
homosexual."
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No, he didn't.
Look at the interviews. Look at it.
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The NME asked him in about 1978.
They said, "Are you gay?"
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And he said, "As a daffodil, dear!"
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That is not a man
denying his sexuality.
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But the funny thing is,
people didn't really hear it.
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Freddie Mercury was a raving queen,
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and he wouldn't mind
anybody saying it.
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And it was quite amazing that most
people didn't even think
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that Freddie Mercury was gay.
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And then you look back
at the history of rock and roll,
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and you look at Little Richard...
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Let it all hang out!
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With the beautiful Little Richard
from down in Macon, Georgia.
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Is Little Richard a man trying
to hide the fact that he's gay?
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I don't think so.
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I am the king of rock and roll!
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Oh, oh, oh! My, my, my!
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I just had to do that and I feel
so much better I got it out.
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And yet nobody talked about it.
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Little Richard screamed his passion
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in a way that nobody had ever
done it before.
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It's incredible, and Freddie
belongs to that genre completely.
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I grew up in Singapore and Malaysia,
and I come from a family
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of very staunch evangelical
Christians at the time,
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and there was a popular perception
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coming from America that
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a homosexual lifestyle was aberrant
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or abnormal and not acceptable.
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But I persisted with exploring it
until I came out to my friends.
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♪ I'd sit alone and watch your light
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♪ My only friend through
teenage nights...
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When you're a teenager growing up
gay, you think you're
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the only person in the world.
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♪ I heard it on my radio ♪
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I remember Queen. To be honest,
for me, that whole era of the '80s
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where people were more androgynous
looking and took their shirts off
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like Freddie did kind of gave me
hope that there are people being
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a bit wild and radical and
different,
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and they look like they're OK
so maybe I will be too one day.
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I was sitting in front of the TV
on the floor, on the carpet,
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watching TV. I think it was
the news or something.
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Good evening.
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Anything to do with HIV
or anything to do with being gay,
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I was hyper attuned to.
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Rock Hudson is suffering from Aids
and has been having treatment
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for more than a year.
The confirmation came from Paris,
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where he's been in hospital
since Sunday.
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Rock Hudson was my dad's favourite
actor and I remember him saying,
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"Oh, my favourite actor is now
Clint Eastwood."
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And it was just a throwaway
comment my dad made,
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and I don't think he'd meant
anything bad from it.
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But, to be honest, as a teenage
boy who was secretly gay,
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because I had that secret
inside me, my heart went cold.
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Mr Rock Hudson has
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome,
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which was diagnosed over a year
ago in the United States.
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He came to Paris to consult
with a specialist in this disease.
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I had the sort of double whammy
of worrying about my sexuality
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and whether that would be accepted
or whether that was acceptable,
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and also worrying about whether
I would end up with HIV and die.
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♪ There's no time for us
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♪ There's no place for us
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♪ What is this thing that builds...
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A few of Freddie's friends
actually died.
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The closest was one of
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his friends
from New York, John Murphy.
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♪ Who wants to live forever
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♪ Who wants to live forever
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And there were a couple
more people who just...
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..disappeared.
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♪ There's no chance for us
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♪ It's all decided for us...
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Within the past half hour, we've
heard that the film star
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Rock Hudson has died at his home
in California. He was 59.
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Rock Hudson dying actually did
affect Freddie.
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REPORTER: News cameras were kept at
a distance as the body was moved
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into the coroner's van,
but there was trouble with two
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photographers for two
London newspapers.
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They were trying to get shots
of the body inside the van.
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♪ Who dares to love forever
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Hollywood is full of anxious people.
The scourge of Aids, especially
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of Rock Hudson's, has cut
through the old myths
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about everlasting youth and beauty.
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♪ Forever
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It made Freddie face the fact
that instead of us being immortal
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and it happening to someone else,
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it was getting closer and closer
to home.
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♪ Who waits forever anyway? ♪
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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
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ROGER TAYLOR: Well, we did two
Wembley shows and the Knebworth
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at the end of the '86 tour.
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BRIAN MAY: We'd sold out two nights
at Wembley, which was extraordinary.
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And then there isn't another
date available, so we go
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to Knebworth Park and we sell
way over...
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I don't know how many people
were there.
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People have told me like 130,000
or something.
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It was a huge audience, I remember,
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and the set just seemed
to float by in a dream.
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We'd done the biggest tour ever
of our lives, and it was a great
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success and we were very happy.
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And Freddie said, "I can't do
this any more after this,"
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and we went, "Oh."
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After Knebworth, he just felt
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that it was taking a lot out of him.
More than normal.
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He was fairly firm, the fact that
he didn't at that point want to do
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any more live shows,
which sort of told us
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that there was something wrong.
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ANITA DOBSON: I met Fred in '86 and
I got to see them play at Wembley
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just before they finished that tour.
And then I got invited to the party
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afterwards, and it was at that party
that Fred grabbed my arm and said,
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"Come and meet my Jim!"
That was his boyfriend, Jim.
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And he was very proud of Jim.
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We spent ages talking together and
then he took me back to his house
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afterwards, and that was really
how our friendship started.
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It was that night.
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Well, he always said London
was his home.
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When he got Garden Lodge,
it was beautiful.
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And he made the garden into
a Japanese garden
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because he loved going to Japan.
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He had also found Jim Hutton,
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who was there living with him.
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They'd devised this thing to say
that he was a gardener.
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And I thought, "Well, he's obviously
a very good gardener because he's
there every time I go."
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So, yes, I put two and two together.
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Peter Freestone - Phoebe,
as we called him - was always there.
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And Joe, the cook. Our lovely Joe
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who used to cook wonderful,
wonderful food.
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I always enjoyed visiting him
because he'd got a chef,
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he'd got a chauffeur.
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I liked all those things! But also,
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it was lovely to just sit down and
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have a chat as a brother and sister,
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and we would talk about
all kinds of things, you know.
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He had his own family, the Bulsara
family, who were...who are divine.
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But he made another family
for himself
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that was the family that he'd
chosen. The friends from his world,
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his new world that he was in,
where Freddie could be Freddie.
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Freddie loved Japan, and he felt
that he still wanted to put things
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into Garden Lodge - some
furniture, some porcelain, art.
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So he and Jim and Joe Fanelli
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went off on a shopping trip!
LAUGHS
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He thought that that would be
the perfect place for him
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to get back some energy.
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And when he came back,
the Sun jumped on him.
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"Is this man dying?"
I think it said.
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That's pretty close to scavenging
carry on that you could get.
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What kind of way is that to treat
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somebody who's brought a lot
of pleasure to a lot of people?
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It sort of engendered absolute
hatred in me
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of the Murdoch press approach.
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Once again this morning,
some of the popular press
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have been indulging
in their latest pastime.
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Headlines like this -
"Danger men in Aids alert."
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Talk about a gay plague.
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Freddie was a prime target.
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I mean, he didn't look sick.
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There was absolutely nothing wrong
with him, but he was the famous
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person who they sort of knew
was gay so maybe he had it.
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So I came out in 1985,
when I'd just turned 16.
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I'd started to explore my life
as a young gay man in London.
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You know, I made a few friends.
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I was going out, hitting the really
small black gay scene
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in South London where I grew up.
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Just...I think it was a week
after I came out,
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Rock Hudson died of Aids.
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I think I really became aware
of it in late 1986, when my friends
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were telling me to go for HTLV-III
tests, which had just become
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available in this country.
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I wasn't nervous and I wasn't
anxious because I genuinely thought
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that I don't have this, because
I'd only had a couple of lovers.
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And, in my mind, Aids was something
that was happening across the pond
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and there was a narrative that if
you avoided sex with Americans,
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which I did, and in my community
if you avoided sex with white men,
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which I did, then you
wouldn't get HIV.
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And if you were not
having lots of sexual partners,
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you wouldn't get HIV.
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And I ticked all of those
three boxes.
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So I got my tests done at
Westminster Hospital
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and I saw a really,
really lovely doctor.
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Dr Dolman I think his name was.
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And he sat me down and said to me,
you know,
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"Sadly, they've come back positive."
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And I sat stunned in
absolute silence.
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I remember feeling like I was
in a tunnel and everything
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was closing in on me, and I just
felt that my future would be dark,
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would be filled with disease -
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a disease I didn't even understand
but I knew it would be painful
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and it would be shameful.
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I was 17 and three months.
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♪ Oh, yes
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♪ I'm the great pretender
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♪ Ooh, ooh
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I was in that video dressed
in a purple mini dress, I think,
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with a sort of yeehaw fringe.
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♪ My need is such
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And it was just a laugh
with Freddie.
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♪ I pretend too much
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He said I've always fancied,
you know, doing a version
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of The Great Pretender.
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He said, "It'll be a hit, darling."
And that's exactly what happened.
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It came out. I think it was straight
into, like,
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number five or four or something,
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bounced out and there we were,
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off and running.
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♪ I play the game
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Freddie had this mark on his hand
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and we could see he was worried.
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He then decided finally
to go to the doctor
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because it was just getting
bigger and darker.
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They did a biopsy and when
the doctor called him,
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Freddie would not take the
phone call.
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He had all the excuses -
oh, he was in the bath,
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he was out, he was somewhere...
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He just did not want to talk
to the doctor
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so I had a very, very good idea
that he knew that this was
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Kaposi's sarcoma, which was one of
the first indications of Aids.
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♪ I seem to be what I'm not
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We were seeing people
being thrown out by their families,
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00:28:50,306 --> 00:28:52,046
facing violence
from their neighbours,
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losing their jobs, the media
attacking them.
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So I can only imagine what that must
have felt like for a global
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superstar like Freddie Mercury.
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There was so much shame,
there was so much stigma,
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there were no effective treatments,
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so in some ways it was safer to sit
in ignorance, to sit in denial.
482
00:29:27,070 --> 00:29:30,090
Interview with Freddie Mercury
in 1987
483
00:29:30,190 --> 00:29:33,930
on the occasion of his birthday,
celebrated in Ibiza.
484
00:29:34,030 --> 00:29:36,030
What do you want to say?
485
00:29:37,111 --> 00:29:40,331
We were sitting around the pool
and it really sent a chill
486
00:29:40,431 --> 00:29:44,971
through me because Freddie
had a mauve mark on his cheek.
487
00:29:45,071 --> 00:29:49,452
And I knew that people get a sort
of mauve mark
488
00:29:49,552 --> 00:29:51,212
anywhere on their body,
489
00:29:51,312 --> 00:29:53,452
it's a sign they could have HIV.
490
00:29:53,552 --> 00:29:57,113
And two hours later,
I had to interview him.
491
00:30:45,037 --> 00:30:47,217
At the end of the interview,
I said to him,
492
00:30:47,317 --> 00:30:51,998
"Freddie, I'm going to have to ask
you something. Have you HIV?"
493
00:30:53,358 --> 00:30:55,458
And he said,
"David, is that machine off?"
494
00:30:55,558 --> 00:30:57,978
I said, "Yes, it is off."
495
00:30:58,078 --> 00:31:02,819
"Well, if I tell you as a friend,
David, will you promise me
496
00:31:02,919 --> 00:31:06,179
"you will not put it
in the article?"
497
00:31:06,279 --> 00:31:08,740
And then I thought, "I know what's
coming," so I said,
498
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,460
"If you don't want to,
then of course not,
499
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,300
"but I just hope it's not
what I think it is."
500
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:19,341
And he said, "Well, I'm afraid it
is, but I'm going to fight it.
501
00:31:19,441 --> 00:31:22,301
"We're going to find a cure.
502
00:31:22,401 --> 00:31:24,341
"End of subject."
503
00:31:24,441 --> 00:31:29,662
MARGARET THATCHER: Civilised society
doesn't just happen.
504
00:31:29,762 --> 00:31:35,302
It has to be sustained by standards
widely accepted and upheld.
505
00:31:35,402 --> 00:31:39,142
It is time that these things
were said.
506
00:31:39,242 --> 00:31:41,543
♪ Well, I guess it would be nice
507
00:31:41,643 --> 00:31:44,023
♪ If I could touch your body...
508
00:31:44,123 --> 00:31:46,343
George, are you gay?
509
00:31:46,443 --> 00:31:49,583
Am I gay? That's a pretty...pretty
direct first question!
510
00:31:49,683 --> 00:31:51,784
I've never said no.
I've never said yes.
511
00:31:51,884 --> 00:31:53,584
The main thing I like to express
512
00:31:53,684 --> 00:31:56,304
is that I don't think
it's anybody's business.
513
00:31:56,404 --> 00:31:59,084
In the 1980s, there was
a culture war.
514
00:32:00,124 --> 00:32:03,225
I'm trying to make people
more tolerant towards things
515
00:32:03,325 --> 00:32:04,585
which aren't harmful.
516
00:32:04,685 --> 00:32:07,825
More gay people were coming out
and demanding our rights.
517
00:32:07,925 --> 00:32:11,306
The only people who have succour
and comfort from your views
518
00:32:11,406 --> 00:32:14,666
are those who beat up, discriminate
and practise abuse
519
00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:17,586
against the gay community.
You ought to be ashamed...
520
00:32:17,686 --> 00:32:22,227
At the same time, the Aids pandemic
generated a huge moral panic
521
00:32:22,327 --> 00:32:24,147
against gay and bisexual men.
522
00:32:24,247 --> 00:32:28,667
Children who need to be taught
to respect traditional moral values
523
00:32:28,767 --> 00:32:32,908
have been taught that they have an
inalienable right to be gay.
524
00:32:33,008 --> 00:32:34,308
♪ Faith, faith, faith
525
00:32:34,408 --> 00:32:37,428
During the 1970s, early 1980s,
526
00:32:37,528 --> 00:32:41,789
public opinion had been shifting
in favour of accepting
527
00:32:41,889 --> 00:32:43,149
gay and lesbian people.
528
00:32:43,249 --> 00:32:48,109
But with the advent of the Aids
pandemic, that went into reverse.
529
00:32:48,209 --> 00:32:50,869
The real thing is what is right
and what is wrong.
530
00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:54,990
Government is to ban the promotion
of homosexuality in schools.
531
00:32:55,090 --> 00:32:58,350
..clause 28 of the local government
bill would make it an offence for a
532
00:32:58,450 --> 00:33:01,630
local authority intentionally
to promote homosexuality.
533
00:33:01,730 --> 00:33:04,591
..Anderton, Chief Constable
of Greater Manchester, last week
534
00:33:04,691 --> 00:33:09,071
castigated homosexuals as engaging
in obnoxious practises and said
535
00:33:09,171 --> 00:33:12,872
the alarming spread of Aids was made
possible by our increasingly
536
00:33:12,972 --> 00:33:15,392
degenerate conduct as a human race.
537
00:33:15,492 --> 00:33:16,832
♪ Faith, faith, faith
538
00:33:16,932 --> 00:33:18,072
It was vicious.
539
00:33:18,172 --> 00:33:20,232
"Lock them all up." "Gas the gays."
540
00:33:20,332 --> 00:33:22,032
"Put them on an island somewhere."
541
00:33:22,132 --> 00:33:24,433
It wouldn't have existed
but for homosexual behaviour
542
00:33:24,533 --> 00:33:27,353
in this country, and let's say
it straight out without any messing.
543
00:33:27,453 --> 00:33:31,033
Nobody knew anything apart
from the fact that it impacted
544
00:33:31,133 --> 00:33:33,994
young gay men.
So it's not about how much sex
545
00:33:34,094 --> 00:33:37,834
they're having, how they're having
sex, it's who we're having sex with,
546
00:33:37,934 --> 00:33:39,434
right? People hated gay sex.
547
00:33:39,534 --> 00:33:43,475
They didn't like the idea of men
engaging with sex with other men.
548
00:33:43,575 --> 00:33:48,635
It's like a gift from God
because it's seen as a plague
549
00:33:48,735 --> 00:33:52,035
afflicted on mankind by
an outraged god.
550
00:33:52,135 --> 00:33:56,316
A killer plague against
permissiveness, against illicit...
551
00:33:56,416 --> 00:33:59,556
It's Old Testament, isn't it?
It's biblical.
552
00:33:59,656 --> 00:34:02,176
♪ I gotta have faith, faith, faith
♪
553
00:34:05,177 --> 00:34:07,177
Richard was...
554
00:34:08,417 --> 00:34:10,397
He used to work in Heaven.
555
00:34:10,497 --> 00:34:13,838
They had a little leather concession
shop next to the Star Bar.
556
00:34:13,938 --> 00:34:17,638
I wasn't working, and he said,
"Oh, I can get you a job."
557
00:34:17,738 --> 00:34:19,798
And I said, "Why, where do you
work?" He said,
558
00:34:19,898 --> 00:34:21,898
"I work for John Lewis."
559
00:34:22,938 --> 00:34:26,079
We didn't work together.
I was in china and glass
560
00:34:26,179 --> 00:34:29,459
and he was in fitted kitchens.
He was on the floor below me.
561
00:34:30,899 --> 00:34:34,680
My parents just absolutely
adored him.
562
00:34:34,780 --> 00:34:38,200
He was, like, 12 years older
than me.
563
00:34:38,300 --> 00:34:40,600
And he knew upfront about me.
564
00:34:40,700 --> 00:34:43,800
Um, but he never took a test to
begin with
565
00:34:43,900 --> 00:34:46,361
because he always
suspected that he might have it.
566
00:34:46,461 --> 00:34:48,781
And I think a lot of people
did back then.
567
00:34:52,621 --> 00:34:55,882
BRIAN MAY: These things were not
really spoken of, but of course,
568
00:34:55,982 --> 00:34:58,562
we read the papers, we'd seen what
happened to Freddie,
569
00:34:58,662 --> 00:35:02,682
we saw him disappearing and coming
back with these, uh,
570
00:35:02,782 --> 00:35:05,523
kind of burns to his skin.
571
00:35:05,623 --> 00:35:07,203
♪ A new life is born...
572
00:35:07,303 --> 00:35:10,003
And I think we didn't like to ask
573
00:35:10,103 --> 00:35:12,123
because we didn't want to know,
perhaps.
574
00:35:12,223 --> 00:35:14,883
And I think that went
on a very long time.
575
00:35:14,983 --> 00:35:17,844
We made a whole album during that
time. We made The Miracle album.
576
00:35:17,944 --> 00:35:19,124
Now!
577
00:35:19,224 --> 00:35:22,444
And Freddie at that time was still
full of energy, but signs
578
00:35:22,544 --> 00:35:25,644
that something is attacking him
because he's got this skin thing
579
00:35:25,744 --> 00:35:29,405
going on, and he disappears
for his treatments sometimes.
580
00:35:29,505 --> 00:35:31,925
♪ I wake up
581
00:35:32,025 --> 00:35:34,525
♪ Feel just fine
582
00:35:34,625 --> 00:35:36,005
♪ Your face...
583
00:35:36,105 --> 00:35:39,486
We wanted to think it was something
else, maybe to do with his liver
584
00:35:39,586 --> 00:35:42,926
or something and there was a certain
amount of self-deception going on,
585
00:35:43,026 --> 00:35:45,406
and then I think in the end
it became fairly obvious.
586
00:35:45,506 --> 00:35:48,727
And then, in the end, he sort
of frankly told us.
587
00:35:48,827 --> 00:35:50,207
♪ Can't you see?
588
00:35:50,307 --> 00:35:55,087
The first time we really knew was
when we got together in Montreux,
589
00:35:55,187 --> 00:35:56,888
and Freddie just sat down and said,
590
00:35:56,988 --> 00:35:59,568
"OK, you guys probably know what's
going on with me.
591
00:35:59,668 --> 00:36:02,528
"You know what I'm dealing with.
I don't want to talk about it.
592
00:36:02,628 --> 00:36:03,928
"I don't want to take any action
593
00:36:04,028 --> 00:36:06,048
"apart from carrying
on the way we are.
594
00:36:06,148 --> 00:36:09,249
"I want to keep making music
for as long as I fucking can,
595
00:36:09,349 --> 00:36:14,089
"and we will not dwell on it.
We will just go on."
596
00:36:14,189 --> 00:36:17,610
And so we all went, "OK."
597
00:36:17,710 --> 00:36:18,970
And that was it.
598
00:36:19,070 --> 00:36:23,850
Oh, I think our feelings were,
"Goddamn it!" You know?
599
00:36:23,950 --> 00:36:28,291
"Poor Freddie.
Let's all close ranks around him."
600
00:36:28,391 --> 00:36:30,331
He wanted to do nothing but work
601
00:36:30,431 --> 00:36:32,851
because that took his mind
off things.
602
00:36:32,951 --> 00:36:35,531
♪ If I could only reach you
603
00:36:35,631 --> 00:36:38,172
♪ If I could make you smile
604
00:36:38,272 --> 00:36:40,532
♪ If I can only reach you
605
00:36:40,632 --> 00:36:43,932
There was a further discussion
about what attitude we would have
606
00:36:44,032 --> 00:36:48,333
if we were questioned, and we all
agreed we would just deny.
607
00:36:48,433 --> 00:36:52,173
To protect Freddie, we would just
say, "Nope, nothing happening,"
608
00:36:52,273 --> 00:36:55,013
and we felt quite
comfortable about that.
609
00:36:55,113 --> 00:36:59,854
I was absolutely prepared
to lie through my teeth
610
00:36:59,954 --> 00:37:02,154
right up to the last minute,
you know?
611
00:37:03,874 --> 00:37:08,014
♪ Break through! ♪
612
00:37:08,114 --> 00:37:14,375
He did say that he has got
an incurable blood disease.
613
00:37:14,475 --> 00:37:17,135
And I just said to him,
"It's not Aids, is it?"
614
00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:19,576
And he completely denied it.
615
00:37:19,676 --> 00:37:22,816
But I knew that it was Aids.
616
00:37:22,916 --> 00:37:26,356
But he didn't want to talk about it
so I respected his wishes.
617
00:37:30,157 --> 00:37:33,777
When we were in the studio,
the studio doors were closed.
618
00:37:33,877 --> 00:37:36,057
We were in there and we had fun.
619
00:37:36,157 --> 00:37:39,617
♪ And you're rushing headlong,
but there ain't no stopping
620
00:37:39,717 --> 00:37:42,578
♪ And there's nothing you can do
about it... ♪
621
00:37:42,678 --> 00:37:45,218
It was a great time, it really was.
It sounds strange to say that,
622
00:37:45,318 --> 00:37:49,138
but it really was. For us
as a family, Queen as a family,
623
00:37:49,238 --> 00:37:50,859
it was fantastic.
624
00:37:50,959 --> 00:37:53,659
We were never closer than those
times in Montreux.
625
00:37:53,759 --> 00:37:58,059
♪ Headlong ♪
626
00:37:58,159 --> 00:38:00,520
But by that time, Freddie
was suffering.
627
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:07,020
Wherever Aids comes from, and
whoever it attacks, it produces the
628
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:10,380
same catastrophic, fatal results.
629
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:14,381
People with Aids lose several stone
in weight and suffer many
630
00:38:14,481 --> 00:38:18,841
afflictions like diarrhoea
and breathlessness and brain damage.
631
00:38:20,801 --> 00:38:24,542
Richard had CMV - cytomegalovirus,
which was a virus that attacked
632
00:38:24,642 --> 00:38:28,742
all the internal organs
and just literally ate away at them.
633
00:38:28,842 --> 00:38:31,403
And he was suffering.
634
00:38:33,523 --> 00:38:36,223
Freddie had problems with his eyes.
635
00:38:36,323 --> 00:38:41,704
He had to have Ganciclovir,
which was a drip for one hour,
636
00:38:41,804 --> 00:38:44,384
three times a day.
637
00:38:44,484 --> 00:38:49,624
He had a Hickman central line put
in. Joe and I were taught
638
00:38:49,724 --> 00:38:54,605
how to actually connect up the drip
to give him his medication.
639
00:38:56,005 --> 00:39:00,745
When Freddie would see his own
videos, he would say,
640
00:39:00,845 --> 00:39:03,826
"Oh, I was handsome then,"
and that is...that's very,
641
00:39:03,926 --> 00:39:07,986
very hurtful, that he knew
what he was going through.
642
00:39:08,086 --> 00:39:11,466
Because I thought my brother
was handsome.
643
00:39:11,566 --> 00:39:12,947
Still do!
644
00:39:13,047 --> 00:39:17,427
I really thought that was...
That was so...so sad.
645
00:39:17,527 --> 00:39:22,467
This year's Special Award
for an Outstanding Contribution
646
00:39:22,567 --> 00:39:25,308
to British Music goes to
John Deacon,
647
00:39:25,408 --> 00:39:30,028
Brian May, Roger Taylor,
Freddie Mercury - Queen.
648
00:39:30,128 --> 00:39:32,068
Accepting that award,
it was quite hard.
649
00:39:32,168 --> 00:39:33,989
We knew that Freddie obviously
wasn't well,
650
00:39:34,089 --> 00:39:36,089
and it was obvious to everybody.
651
00:39:37,009 --> 00:39:40,949
But, you know, rather than not
accept the award, we just turned up
652
00:39:41,049 --> 00:39:42,749
and took it.
653
00:39:42,849 --> 00:39:44,310
"Thank you very much."
654
00:39:44,410 --> 00:39:46,890
Thank you. Goodnight.
655
00:39:48,210 --> 00:39:53,751
He was really in a lot of pain,
and he never complained. Never.
656
00:39:53,851 --> 00:39:56,311
♪ Empty spaces
657
00:39:56,411 --> 00:39:58,991
♪ What are we living for?
658
00:39:59,091 --> 00:40:01,751
♪ Abandoned places
659
00:40:01,851 --> 00:40:03,351
♪ I guess we know...
660
00:40:03,451 --> 00:40:05,352
It's a strange story,
The Show Must Go On,
661
00:40:05,452 --> 00:40:09,232
because I had the title and a few
words and I had most of the tune
662
00:40:09,332 --> 00:40:11,992
and the chords and everything.
663
00:40:12,092 --> 00:40:14,153
And I called it
The Show Must Go On, and I said
664
00:40:14,253 --> 00:40:16,993
to Freddie, "I'm calling this
The Show Must Go On right now,
665
00:40:17,093 --> 00:40:19,033
"but do you think that's
a bit too corny?"
666
00:40:19,133 --> 00:40:21,433
And he said, "No, no, it's not
too corny at all. It's great.
667
00:40:21,533 --> 00:40:23,313
"We'll do it.
Let's write some words."
668
00:40:23,413 --> 00:40:26,314
So we sat down and started writing
some words, and we were writing
669
00:40:26,414 --> 00:40:28,634
a little story about this clown
who's very sad
670
00:40:28,734 --> 00:40:30,914
but he paints his smile on
so that he still looks happy.
671
00:40:31,014 --> 00:40:34,274
♪ Another hero
672
00:40:34,374 --> 00:40:37,195
At no point did I say to him,
673
00:40:37,295 --> 00:40:41,135
"Well, actually, I was writing this
song about you, Freddie," you know?
674
00:40:42,335 --> 00:40:45,436
And he didn't ask. He didn't say,
you know, "Who is this clown?"
675
00:40:45,536 --> 00:40:49,156
or whatever. The unwritten thing was
that we didn't discuss
676
00:40:49,256 --> 00:40:50,436
the lower levels.
677
00:40:50,536 --> 00:40:53,556
♪ The show must go on
678
00:40:53,656 --> 00:40:56,917
When he came in, he wasn't
in a great state.
679
00:40:57,017 --> 00:41:00,397
He was finding it hard to walk,
even finding it hard to sit
680
00:41:00,497 --> 00:41:03,277
because he was in a lot of pain.
I played him the stuff. He said,
681
00:41:03,377 --> 00:41:06,118
"It's brilliant. I will sing it,
I will fucking go for it."
682
00:41:06,218 --> 00:41:07,838
He said, "Bring me the vodka!"
683
00:41:07,938 --> 00:41:10,598
I brought him the vodka and he pours
himself a shot,
684
00:41:10,698 --> 00:41:13,398
knocks it down, and then he
props himself up.
685
00:41:13,498 --> 00:41:14,438
Says, "Another one."
686
00:41:14,538 --> 00:41:16,559
Knocks another vodka back and says,
"OK, go for it."
687
00:41:16,659 --> 00:41:18,839
and he went for it. And those notes
came out of him,
688
00:41:18,939 --> 00:41:20,479
and I don't know
where they came from.
689
00:41:20,579 --> 00:41:22,479
Those are very, very high notes -
690
00:41:22,579 --> 00:41:26,560
even for Freddie, who had a kind
of operatic section to his voice.
691
00:41:26,660 --> 00:41:31,600
♪ My soul is painted like the wings
of butterflies
692
00:41:31,700 --> 00:41:37,241
♪ Fairy tales of yesterday
will grow but never die
693
00:41:37,341 --> 00:41:42,101
♪ I can fly, my friends
694
00:41:45,301 --> 00:41:50,322
And his voice has that high,
wonderful edge that Freddie's voice
695
00:41:50,422 --> 00:41:53,322
always has, but it has a different
kind of timbre underneath it.
696
00:41:53,422 --> 00:41:54,682
You can hear it.
697
00:41:54,782 --> 00:41:56,963
♪ I'll face it with a grin
698
00:41:57,063 --> 00:41:59,323
♪ I'm never giving in
699
00:41:59,423 --> 00:42:02,783
♪ On with the show
700
00:42:05,143 --> 00:42:08,404
It's perfectly obvious to him what
the endgame was going to be.
701
00:42:08,504 --> 00:42:11,124
But while he was still here
and still capable,
702
00:42:11,224 --> 00:42:14,344
he did what he always did.
He worked hard and he was brilliant.
703
00:42:16,904 --> 00:42:19,685
NEWSREADER: The Princess of Wales
has given a warning
704
00:42:19,785 --> 00:42:23,705
of the dangers of growing
prejudice against people with Aids.
705
00:42:25,625 --> 00:42:27,765
It was a very difficult time.
706
00:42:27,865 --> 00:42:30,526
I was a very junior doctor,
so I was carrying out tasks
707
00:42:30,626 --> 00:42:32,446
at the order of my consultant.
708
00:42:32,546 --> 00:42:36,486
And it was very hard to get things
done because the minute you said,
709
00:42:36,586 --> 00:42:38,607
"I've got an HIV-positive patient,"
710
00:42:38,707 --> 00:42:41,607
you could hear the person sighing
at the other end of the phone
711
00:42:41,707 --> 00:42:43,767
and then suddenly there
would be no beds.
712
00:42:43,867 --> 00:42:47,567
And it was the same sometimes
for investigations.
713
00:42:47,667 --> 00:42:50,608
If you needed a bronchoscopy,
a test to look in the lungs.
714
00:42:50,708 --> 00:42:55,288
And I remember very clearly
being young, frightened,
715
00:42:55,388 --> 00:42:58,408
but feeling like I had to put an
armour on, roll my sleeves up
716
00:42:58,508 --> 00:43:01,169
and go into battle.
And that was to get a CT scan!
717
00:43:01,269 --> 00:43:02,489
LAUGHS
718
00:43:02,589 --> 00:43:05,329
Which is kind of ridiculous
when you think about it now,
719
00:43:05,429 --> 00:43:08,009
but it literally was like that.
720
00:43:08,109 --> 00:43:10,970
HIV does not make people dangerous
to know,
721
00:43:11,070 --> 00:43:14,970
so you can shake their hands
and give them a hug.
722
00:43:15,070 --> 00:43:16,570
When Richard was in hospital,
723
00:43:16,670 --> 00:43:19,491
he was in there for a year and
I was there every day with him.
724
00:43:19,591 --> 00:43:21,631
You start to notice what's
going on in the ward.
725
00:43:24,391 --> 00:43:27,611
It suddenly hits. You see
the nurses running somewhere
726
00:43:27,711 --> 00:43:30,212
and you know what's happening.
727
00:43:30,312 --> 00:43:34,832
And people were dying quickly and
Joe Public didn't really know.
728
00:43:36,832 --> 00:43:39,032
I lost 95% of my friends.
729
00:43:42,353 --> 00:43:44,693
♪ Sometimes I get the feelin'
730
00:43:44,793 --> 00:43:48,593
♪ I was back in the old days,
long ago
731
00:43:50,834 --> 00:43:55,254
I think Those Were The Days
Of Our Lives was very poignant
732
00:43:55,354 --> 00:43:56,574
because of the video,
733
00:43:56,674 --> 00:43:59,094
because that was the last
video Freddie did.
734
00:43:59,194 --> 00:44:01,415
♪ The days were endless,
we were crazy...
735
00:44:01,515 --> 00:44:03,295
I think Roger Taylor wrote that.
736
00:44:03,395 --> 00:44:05,255
That was the last video he could do
737
00:44:05,355 --> 00:44:07,495
because he couldn't stand up
for long
738
00:44:07,595 --> 00:44:10,415
and he was in great pain.
739
00:44:10,515 --> 00:44:12,896
♪ I just don't know
740
00:44:12,996 --> 00:44:15,936
Everybody around us that,
you know, worked with us,
741
00:44:16,036 --> 00:44:18,136
some of them hadn't seen Freddie
for a while.
742
00:44:18,236 --> 00:44:20,696
They were very visibly shocked.
743
00:44:20,796 --> 00:44:24,257
♪ Those were the days
744
00:44:24,357 --> 00:44:28,537
He could barely stand then, so that
was a very brave thing to do.
745
00:44:28,637 --> 00:44:32,258
But he wanted to do it,
and do it he did.
746
00:44:32,358 --> 00:44:35,018
He just looked very thin and gaunt,
747
00:44:35,118 --> 00:44:37,678
and the hollows seemed
a bit more deeper.
748
00:44:38,918 --> 00:44:39,978
He knew what he was facing
749
00:44:40,078 --> 00:44:42,139
and he knew what
he was looking at in the mirror.
750
00:44:42,239 --> 00:44:44,239
♪ I still love you
751
00:44:46,439 --> 00:44:48,659
It was a nice little sign off
at the end,
752
00:44:48,759 --> 00:44:50,299
I thought was very moving.
753
00:44:50,399 --> 00:44:51,980
♪ I still love you ♪
754
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:54,760
It was like a goodbye at the end,
you know?
755
00:44:56,520 --> 00:44:59,060
I remember he said, "Darling,
when I can't sing any more,
756
00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:02,181
"then I die, I'll drop dead.
That's it."
757
00:45:02,281 --> 00:45:04,981
And I think when he'd finished
and he'd sung as much
758
00:45:05,081 --> 00:45:08,381
as he could sing, he withdrew
759
00:45:08,481 --> 00:45:10,721
and he got ready to die.
760
00:45:14,442 --> 00:45:16,662
The documentary Aids Updates,
761
00:45:16,762 --> 00:45:21,342
it was a series of five ten-minute
programmes over a week.
762
00:45:21,442 --> 00:45:24,983
I cry my eyes out and, you know,
763
00:45:25,083 --> 00:45:28,103
I just get hold of Stuart and I
say, you know,
764
00:45:28,203 --> 00:45:30,983
"Stuart, I can't...
I just can't cope."
765
00:45:31,083 --> 00:45:33,664
The idea of it was to dispel
the myths.
766
00:45:33,764 --> 00:45:36,744
Richard was there straight away.
He said, "Yes, we'll do it."
767
00:45:36,844 --> 00:45:38,844
I've made out a will.
768
00:45:40,204 --> 00:45:41,664
Erm...
769
00:45:41,764 --> 00:45:46,905
I've spoken to Stuart about
funeral arrangements
770
00:45:47,005 --> 00:45:49,945
and how I want, um,
771
00:45:50,045 --> 00:45:52,165
basically how I want my funeral.
772
00:45:55,126 --> 00:45:56,746
He almost caught me out. I was in...
773
00:45:56,846 --> 00:45:59,186
You could smoke in the corridors
of the hospitals then,
774
00:45:59,286 --> 00:46:01,546
and I was having a crafty cigarette.
775
00:46:01,646 --> 00:46:04,467
And I heard somebody shout,
"Stuart!"
776
00:46:04,567 --> 00:46:08,247
And I dropped the cigarette,
ran in there.
777
00:46:10,607 --> 00:46:14,668
SOBS
778
00:46:14,768 --> 00:46:16,768
I...
779
00:46:19,528 --> 00:46:21,528
I held him.
780
00:46:22,088 --> 00:46:25,189
Richard's head was here. I said,
"Baby, let go. Let go."
781
00:46:25,289 --> 00:46:27,069
And he did.
782
00:46:27,169 --> 00:46:29,369
And I felt his breath,
his last breath.
783
00:46:34,049 --> 00:46:39,870
The last two weeks of Freddie's
life, there was the same people
784
00:46:39,970 --> 00:46:44,430
in Garden Lodge. There was Freddie,
Jim, Joe Fanelli and myself.
785
00:46:44,530 --> 00:46:49,431
Joe Fanelli was diagnosed with HIV.
786
00:46:49,531 --> 00:46:52,651
Jim was diagnosed with HIV.
787
00:46:55,171 --> 00:46:57,552
He had already made the decision
788
00:46:57,652 --> 00:47:00,992
he would have no more drugs
that were keeping him alive.
789
00:47:01,092 --> 00:47:04,112
The only thing that he would take
790
00:47:04,212 --> 00:47:06,213
would be painkillers.
791
00:47:07,253 --> 00:47:11,933
And for those last two weeks,
he slowly let go.
792
00:47:14,693 --> 00:47:19,434
There was a huge press of media
surrounding the house, you know,
793
00:47:19,534 --> 00:47:22,194
even photographing the groceries
in the back of the car
794
00:47:22,294 --> 00:47:23,474
and, you know...
795
00:47:23,574 --> 00:47:25,854
Uh, it was all pretty sick,
actually.
796
00:47:27,375 --> 00:47:30,815
I think I tried to
run somebody over and failed.
797
00:47:32,175 --> 00:47:34,955
My mum visited him more times
than Dad.
798
00:47:35,055 --> 00:47:36,876
I don't think Dad could take it
799
00:47:36,976 --> 00:47:40,836
because he looked like a skeleton
towards the end.
800
00:47:40,936 --> 00:47:43,756
And I remember very clearly my dad
801
00:47:43,856 --> 00:47:46,917
was reading one of the many articles
802
00:47:47,017 --> 00:47:51,877
and tears were pouring down his face
onto the newspaper,
803
00:47:51,977 --> 00:47:56,237
and he said, "This should have
been me instead of Freddie."
804
00:47:56,337 --> 00:47:58,438
I remember that so clearly.
805
00:47:58,538 --> 00:48:00,538
It was so sad.
806
00:48:08,259 --> 00:48:11,599
And now, the shipping forecast.
There are warnings of gales
807
00:48:11,699 --> 00:48:15,639
in Thames, Dover, Wight,
Portland, Plymouth...
808
00:48:15,739 --> 00:48:21,520
Joe called me, I think,
at about 5:30 in the morning
809
00:48:21,620 --> 00:48:26,120
and Freddie had basically
gone into a coma.
810
00:48:26,220 --> 00:48:31,581
So we called the doctor and he made
Freddie sort of comfortable.
811
00:48:33,381 --> 00:48:36,361
The doctor had literally
just left the house
812
00:48:36,461 --> 00:48:39,802
and we went up, and Freddie
had moved.
813
00:48:39,902 --> 00:48:41,962
You could see he had moved a bit.
814
00:48:42,062 --> 00:48:46,882
And as we were changing his T-shirt,
815
00:48:46,982 --> 00:48:51,783
we just looked and saw his chest
had stopped moving.
816
00:48:56,183 --> 00:48:58,803
NEWSREADER: A day after revealing to
the world that he had Aids,
817
00:48:58,903 --> 00:49:01,304
the rock star
Freddie Mercury has died.
818
00:49:02,504 --> 00:49:05,804
The day he died, we spent the whole
night at my house in Kensington
819
00:49:05,904 --> 00:49:10,165
at the time, and the three of us
just trying to
820
00:49:10,265 --> 00:49:15,125
make sense of it. And then it came
up on the news in the early morning.
821
00:49:15,225 --> 00:49:17,085
Good morning from Sarah and me.
822
00:49:17,185 --> 00:49:19,886
You're watching the BBC's
Breakfast news. It's 6:30.
823
00:49:19,986 --> 00:49:23,366
The headlines this morning -
Monday, the 25th of November.
824
00:49:23,466 --> 00:49:27,486
Maybe it shouldn't have been,
but it was an awful shock.
825
00:49:27,586 --> 00:49:32,647
And Roger and John
and myself got together, sat...
826
00:49:32,747 --> 00:49:36,767
Um, kind of had a cup of tea,
827
00:49:36,867 --> 00:49:40,368
not knowing what to say.
And then we put the TV on.
828
00:49:40,468 --> 00:49:43,808
The pop star Freddie Mercury
died last night in London.
829
00:49:43,908 --> 00:49:46,848
We almost stopped breathing
because that's when we believed
830
00:49:46,948 --> 00:49:48,168
that it had actually happened.
831
00:49:48,268 --> 00:49:50,308
The fact that it was on the news
made it real.
832
00:49:52,829 --> 00:49:55,049
I didn't really see much of Jim.
833
00:49:55,149 --> 00:49:59,409
I think, not being one that lived
his life in the public eye,
834
00:49:59,509 --> 00:50:03,810
he didn't want any of that,
so...withdrew.
835
00:50:03,910 --> 00:50:06,250
The lead singer with Queen, aged 45,
836
00:50:06,350 --> 00:50:09,170
had announced on Saturday
he was suffering from Aids.
837
00:50:09,270 --> 00:50:12,611
It was announced before he died,
but he didn't want to go through
838
00:50:12,711 --> 00:50:17,051
the misery of being
the object of pity, or scrutiny,
839
00:50:17,151 --> 00:50:19,531
you know, when you're that sick,
840
00:50:19,631 --> 00:50:21,692
so he did announce it,
841
00:50:21,792 --> 00:50:24,452
and within 24 hours, he was gone.
842
00:50:24,552 --> 00:50:28,572
So I think that was probably
perfect timing.
843
00:50:28,672 --> 00:50:30,672
Bloody good move, I thought.
844
00:50:33,873 --> 00:50:35,013
OK. OK?
845
00:50:35,113 --> 00:50:36,413
Yeah.
846
00:50:36,513 --> 00:50:38,013
Rolling? Rolling.
847
00:50:38,113 --> 00:50:41,774
Freddie Mercury, er,
was an incredible, er,
848
00:50:41,874 --> 00:50:43,734
innovative singer
849
00:50:43,834 --> 00:50:46,214
and frontman for a band.
850
00:50:46,314 --> 00:50:49,054
He was a very dear friend of mine
and it was a privilege
851
00:50:49,154 --> 00:50:52,655
to have known him
for some of his life.
852
00:50:52,755 --> 00:50:57,415
The press was full of what
a wonderful performer Freddie was,
853
00:50:57,515 --> 00:50:59,815
what amazing music he wrote.
854
00:50:59,915 --> 00:51:04,736
Everybody had been saying such
wonderful things, nice things.
855
00:51:04,836 --> 00:51:06,996
How very quickly that changed.
856
00:51:09,036 --> 00:51:12,056
The press were pretty shitty,
as they normally were.
857
00:51:12,156 --> 00:51:16,257
Freddie dying of Aids,
Freddie sleeping around,
858
00:51:16,357 --> 00:51:18,297
so he got what he deserved.
859
00:51:18,397 --> 00:51:22,417
Yeah, I wouldn't single anybody out,
except maybe The Sun, I think,
860
00:51:22,517 --> 00:51:25,018
were particularly awful about it.
861
00:51:25,118 --> 00:51:26,218
There was some nice press,
862
00:51:26,318 --> 00:51:28,258
there were some people who were
very nice,
863
00:51:28,358 --> 00:51:32,378
but there were people who were
unbelievably unsympathetic.
864
00:51:32,478 --> 00:51:37,019
730,000 people using the Aids
helpline last year,
865
00:51:37,119 --> 00:51:39,259
those people seeking
help and advice.
866
00:51:39,359 --> 00:51:41,819
We've got to be able to give it
in school, but we've got
867
00:51:41,919 --> 00:51:44,060
to be able to give it as part
of a total picture,
868
00:51:44,160 --> 00:51:47,580
so that we don't have a great
hoo-ha when Freddie Mercury died,
869
00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:50,700
because he had such a bizarre, and,
in my view,
870
00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:52,980
quite unacceptable lifestyle.
871
00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:55,101
There was this talk of,
well, you know, he was gay,
872
00:51:55,201 --> 00:51:57,301
he kind of deserved it,
you know, he lived that kind
873
00:51:57,401 --> 00:51:58,941
of promiscuous lifestyle.
874
00:51:59,041 --> 00:52:00,181
It was going to happen.
875
00:52:00,281 --> 00:52:01,861
You know, that, that...
876
00:52:01,961 --> 00:52:05,622
And we thought, Oh, my God,
you people have no idea
877
00:52:05,722 --> 00:52:08,102
of what this disease really is,
878
00:52:08,202 --> 00:52:10,942
and obviously no feeling
879
00:52:11,042 --> 00:52:14,022
about the morality
of what you're saying.
880
00:52:14,122 --> 00:52:15,623
Roger Taylor and Brian May
are with us.
881
00:52:15,723 --> 00:52:17,183
The death of Freddie Mercury...
882
00:52:17,283 --> 00:52:23,103
Brian and I decided to say something
on breakfast TV or something.
883
00:52:23,203 --> 00:52:26,424
It's been quite distressing to read
some of the, erm, the reports
884
00:52:26,524 --> 00:52:27,504
in the press.
885
00:52:27,604 --> 00:52:30,784
Not quite sure what we want to do,
but just to say that this press
886
00:52:30,884 --> 00:52:32,704
is disgusting,
887
00:52:32,804 --> 00:52:34,464
and what a terrible attitude,
888
00:52:34,564 --> 00:52:37,305
and, er, there we were,
stuck with Paul Daniels.
889
00:52:37,405 --> 00:52:39,225
Paul Daniels is listening here.
890
00:52:39,325 --> 00:52:42,465
Were you a fan of Queen
and of Freddie Mercury?
891
00:52:42,565 --> 00:52:43,705
Well, no, cos I...
892
00:52:43,805 --> 00:52:46,346
We were in a bit
of a daze, to be honest.
893
00:52:46,446 --> 00:52:48,426
It hit us very hard.
894
00:52:48,526 --> 00:52:50,266
We were very angry,
895
00:52:50,366 --> 00:52:52,786
and we had to stick up
for our friend,
896
00:52:52,886 --> 00:52:54,786
you know, our best friend.
897
00:52:54,886 --> 00:52:57,227
Freddie made one crucial
decision before he died,
898
00:52:57,327 --> 00:52:59,787
which was to announce the fact
that he did have Aids.
899
00:52:59,887 --> 00:53:04,147
It was a very brave, and, I think,
well-timed act on his part,
900
00:53:04,247 --> 00:53:08,148
because it gave us and those close
to us a kind of weapon
901
00:53:08,248 --> 00:53:09,748
erm, to talk about Aids, you know,
902
00:53:09,848 --> 00:53:12,428
it would have been very easy for him
to put on his death certificate,
903
00:53:12,528 --> 00:53:13,908
pneumonia, you know, which he knew,
904
00:53:14,008 --> 00:53:16,269
and it could have perhaps
sidestepped the whole thing.
905
00:53:16,369 --> 00:53:19,069
The fact that he announced it,
and said, "Look, I've got this",
906
00:53:19,169 --> 00:53:22,429
and he was, there was no shame
to that, I think is very important,
907
00:53:22,529 --> 00:53:25,669
cos there shouldn't be from this
point, well, not from ANY point,
908
00:53:25,769 --> 00:53:27,910
any stigma to having this disease.
909
00:53:28,010 --> 00:53:30,710
It's nothing to do with, you know,
somebody did something wrong.
910
00:53:30,810 --> 00:53:32,910
He's being punished.
That's got to go. It has to go,
911
00:53:33,010 --> 00:53:35,310
you know, it's everybody's problem
now.
912
00:53:35,410 --> 00:53:37,711
At that point, we thought
we're not going to let Freddie
913
00:53:37,811 --> 00:53:39,991
be perceived in history as a victim,
914
00:53:40,091 --> 00:53:43,111
or as someone who threw himself
in front of a train,
915
00:53:43,211 --> 00:53:45,671
and if we're going to talk
about Aids, we should bring
916
00:53:45,771 --> 00:53:47,152
everything out into the open.
917
00:53:47,252 --> 00:53:50,172
Freddie isn't the only person
who is being vilified...
918
00:53:52,772 --> 00:53:54,512
..before AND after his death
919
00:53:54,612 --> 00:53:57,232
by people who think that Aids is
some kind of revenge
920
00:53:57,332 --> 00:53:59,333
against gay people.
921
00:54:00,413 --> 00:54:03,473
♪ Is this the real life? ♪
922
00:54:03,573 --> 00:54:07,593
I felt that it was a waste
of a lovely, talented life.
923
00:54:07,693 --> 00:54:09,954
♪ Is this just fantasy? ♪
924
00:54:10,054 --> 00:54:14,394
But also for those people who died
in the same period as Freddie,
925
00:54:14,494 --> 00:54:18,955
it was such a bad stigma,
and the shame behind it all,
926
00:54:19,055 --> 00:54:21,795
that a lot of families didn't
understand.
927
00:54:21,895 --> 00:54:24,555
♪ Caught in a landslide
928
00:54:24,655 --> 00:54:25,955
♪ No escape from reality. ♪
929
00:54:26,055 --> 00:54:29,796
People died on their own,
which I thought is such a shame.
930
00:54:29,896 --> 00:54:31,596
♪ Open your eyes... ♪
931
00:54:31,696 --> 00:54:35,996
Queen is to rerelease its best-known
hit Bohemian Rhapsody next month,
932
00:54:36,096 --> 00:54:38,637
with the proceeds going
to an Aids charity.
933
00:54:38,737 --> 00:54:42,077
You have doubts about everything.
You think, are we capitalising on
his death?
934
00:54:42,177 --> 00:54:43,597
Is this maybe a tasteless thing
to do?
935
00:54:43,697 --> 00:54:44,957
And we thought, no, we put it out,
936
00:54:45,057 --> 00:54:46,757
and all the profits
will go to charity.
937
00:54:46,857 --> 00:54:49,918
I think one of the results
of his life can be that people
938
00:54:50,018 --> 00:54:51,958
have a different attitude
to people being gay.
939
00:54:52,058 --> 00:54:53,238
I really hope so.
940
00:54:53,338 --> 00:54:56,638
Here's a guy who was strong,
who was incredibly talented,
941
00:54:56,738 --> 00:54:58,918
quite magnificent in every way
you can think of,
942
00:54:59,018 --> 00:55:01,319
and he was gay,
and was quite public about it.
943
00:55:01,419 --> 00:55:03,919
So I don't think anyone
can ever quite feel the same
944
00:55:04,019 --> 00:55:07,279
about that any more,
and it's time, God knows, you know?
945
00:55:07,379 --> 00:55:09,920
♪ Too late
946
00:55:10,020 --> 00:55:12,100
♪ My time has come... ♪
947
00:55:13,420 --> 00:55:17,320
Obviously, the band was effectively
finished at that point,
948
00:55:17,420 --> 00:55:20,601
so I remember thinking,
well, what can we do?
949
00:55:20,701 --> 00:55:22,881
♪ Goodbye, everybody... ♪
950
00:55:22,981 --> 00:55:26,841
Well, we could have a concert
to honour our friend,
951
00:55:26,941 --> 00:55:31,082
and I became sort of fixated with
the idea of giving him
952
00:55:31,182 --> 00:55:32,762
a hell of a send-off,
953
00:55:32,862 --> 00:55:37,622
and at the same time, promoting
awareness about HIV, Aids.
954
00:55:40,783 --> 00:55:45,203
I remember showing Brian, "Look,
I reckon we can get this lot, here,
955
00:55:45,303 --> 00:55:47,483
you know, all these great artists".
956
00:55:47,583 --> 00:55:50,243
He said, "Well, I don't know".
957
00:55:50,343 --> 00:55:52,644
He didn't really believe in it,
I think, at first,
958
00:55:52,744 --> 00:55:57,084
then it's, "Well, if you can get
that lot, I'm in".
959
00:55:57,184 --> 00:56:00,764
I remember I went in to
Harvey Goldsmith, the promoter,
960
00:56:00,864 --> 00:56:04,805
with our manager, Jim Beach,
and he looked up, and we said,
961
00:56:04,905 --> 00:56:06,845
"We want Wembley Stadium".
962
00:56:06,945 --> 00:56:09,765
And he said, "Who's going to sing?"
963
00:56:09,865 --> 00:56:13,086
And so we said,
"Well, I've got this list".
964
00:56:13,186 --> 00:56:16,806
And he just looked at me,
and said, "You're mad".
965
00:56:16,906 --> 00:56:19,146
And I thought, "Well, are we?
Maybe we are".
966
00:56:20,906 --> 00:56:26,487
I'm the wet nappy service that runs
24 hours a day, that's what I do.
967
00:56:26,587 --> 00:56:29,967
Booking Wembley Stadium,
speak to the bookings department,
968
00:56:30,067 --> 00:56:33,008
and say is May the 4th available,
969
00:56:33,108 --> 00:56:36,408
and if they say yes,
they send you a contract,
970
00:56:36,508 --> 00:56:38,368
and you have to pay them
a load of money.
971
00:56:38,468 --> 00:56:40,468
That's it!
972
00:56:41,628 --> 00:56:45,689
Once that date's set, that show's
happening, so then the question is,
973
00:56:45,789 --> 00:56:47,789
who do we get?
974
00:56:50,349 --> 00:56:53,530
Well, I think the first person
I called was Elton,
975
00:56:53,630 --> 00:56:55,950
because I knew he was a shoo-in.
976
00:56:57,230 --> 00:57:00,050
Elton and Freddie were great
friends, and I know Elton
977
00:57:00,150 --> 00:57:03,171
was particularly supportive
in the last days.
978
00:57:03,271 --> 00:57:06,771
Just what you would want
from a really good friend.
979
00:57:06,871 --> 00:57:08,531
And I rang up David Bowie.
980
00:57:08,631 --> 00:57:10,531
I said, you know, you can do
Under Pressure.
981
00:57:10,631 --> 00:57:13,052
And he said,
"Well, who would I sing it with?"
982
00:57:13,152 --> 00:57:16,252
And I thought, I know Annie
Lennox loves David Bowie.
983
00:57:16,352 --> 00:57:18,372
He said,
"Well, I'll do it with Annie".
984
00:57:18,472 --> 00:57:19,972
So I rang up Annie,
985
00:57:20,072 --> 00:57:23,813
and I said, "Bowie will do it".
She said, "I'll do it".
986
00:57:23,913 --> 00:57:25,173
Two psychiatrists...
987
00:57:25,273 --> 00:57:27,893
No, rather, two psychics
pass each other on the street,
988
00:57:27,993 --> 00:57:30,093
and one says to the other,
989
00:57:30,193 --> 00:57:32,613
"You're doing all right. How am I?"
990
00:57:32,713 --> 00:57:35,074
And it kind of went on from that.
991
00:57:38,634 --> 00:57:40,574
First of all,
how are the rehearsals going here?
992
00:57:40,674 --> 00:57:42,974
They're going tremendously well,
I mean, er,
993
00:57:43,074 --> 00:57:46,935
I think Queen themselves have taken
on an incredible amount of work.
994
00:57:47,035 --> 00:57:50,775
♪ Mm ba-ba, mm ba-ba
995
00:57:50,875 --> 00:57:52,655
♪ Bada-boom ba-bai-ya... ♪
996
00:57:52,755 --> 00:57:57,096
You know, we'd lost Keith Moon,
so I knew what they were going
997
00:57:57,196 --> 00:57:59,656
to be going through, emotionally,
themselves,
998
00:57:59,756 --> 00:58:01,736
and it's incredibly traumatic,
999
00:58:01,836 --> 00:58:02,896
I can't tell you.
1000
00:58:02,996 --> 00:58:04,176
♪ Pressure
1001
00:58:04,276 --> 00:58:06,137
♪ Pushing down on me
1002
00:58:06,237 --> 00:58:08,017
♪ Pressing down on you
1003
00:58:08,117 --> 00:58:10,057
♪ No man ask for
1004
00:58:10,157 --> 00:58:11,217
♪ Under pressure... ♪
1005
00:58:11,317 --> 00:58:14,337
David Bowie's doing it, and then
Roger Daltrey's doing it,
1006
00:58:14,437 --> 00:58:15,658
Robert Plant's doing it.
1007
00:58:15,758 --> 00:58:18,938
All kinds of people who were
really heroes to us.
1008
00:58:19,038 --> 00:58:22,738
♪ It's the terror of knowing
what this world is about... ♪
1009
00:58:22,838 --> 00:58:25,019
And then a lot of people
who were there, younger than us,
1010
00:58:25,119 --> 00:58:28,779
to who Freddie had been a hero,
so, Extreme, Metallica,
1011
00:58:28,879 --> 00:58:30,299
Guns N Roses,
1012
00:58:30,399 --> 00:58:33,299
and everybody said, "Ah!
Guns N Roses will never turn up!"
1013
00:58:33,399 --> 00:58:35,400
♪ People on streets...♪
1014
00:58:36,440 --> 00:58:37,860
Everybody was there.
1015
00:58:37,960 --> 00:58:41,500
It was just like a sort of
fame fest. Ha-ha!
1016
00:58:41,600 --> 00:58:44,340
I'm doing I Want To Break Free.
1017
00:58:44,440 --> 00:58:46,101
I'm doing that on my own,
1018
00:58:46,201 --> 00:58:48,541
and I'm doing a duet
with George Michael.
1019
00:58:48,641 --> 00:58:50,861
I'm doing
These Are The Days Of Our Lives.
1020
00:58:50,961 --> 00:58:52,501
They offered me this song,
1021
00:58:52,601 --> 00:58:54,301
I Want To Break Free,
1022
00:58:54,401 --> 00:58:57,182
and I said to Roger Taylor,
1023
00:58:57,282 --> 00:59:01,262
"I hope you don't think
that this is really bad taste,
1024
00:59:01,362 --> 00:59:06,703
"but do you think it would be really
good if I had a vacuum cleaner
1025
00:59:06,803 --> 00:59:11,263
"on the stage, and put rollers
in a net in my hair,
1026
00:59:11,363 --> 00:59:13,063
"like Freddie on the video?"
1027
00:59:13,163 --> 00:59:16,023
And Roger Taylor was so lovely,
and he got hold of me,
1028
00:59:16,123 --> 00:59:17,304
and he just said,
1029
00:59:17,404 --> 00:59:21,144
"Bad taste is what this band
is all about, darling!"
1030
00:59:21,244 --> 00:59:23,664
And it was so lovely,
and that's it,
1031
00:59:23,764 --> 00:59:26,104
that was that.
1032
00:59:26,204 --> 00:59:30,665
I think at rehearsals,
there was a definite feel of respect
1033
00:59:30,765 --> 00:59:32,185
and a responsibility.
1034
00:59:32,285 --> 00:59:34,105
♪ Pressure...
1035
00:59:34,205 --> 00:59:35,345
♪ Pressure. ♪
1036
00:59:35,445 --> 00:59:38,626
It's scary enough to play
with Queen anyway, and also thinking
1037
00:59:38,726 --> 00:59:41,146
that you're taking the place
of someone that was such
1038
00:59:41,246 --> 00:59:43,246
an incredible performer.
1039
00:59:45,846 --> 00:59:48,467
Queen were the first concert
we ever saw.
1040
00:59:48,567 --> 00:59:49,707
We were 11.
1041
00:59:49,807 --> 00:59:52,227
I mean, we were enthralled.
1042
00:59:52,327 --> 00:59:57,067
So George's only stipulation
was that he wanted to sing
1043
00:59:57,167 --> 00:59:58,468
Somebody To Love.
1044
00:59:58,568 --> 01:00:01,308
♪ Each morning, I get up,
I die a little
1045
01:00:01,408 --> 01:00:04,508
♪ Can barely stand on my feet
1046
01:00:04,608 --> 01:00:08,269
♪ Take a look in the mirror and cry
1047
01:00:08,369 --> 01:00:10,949
♪ Lord, what are you doing to me? ♪
1048
01:00:11,049 --> 01:00:14,429
"I look in the mirror every
morning and I cry and cry.
1049
01:00:14,529 --> 01:00:17,109
"Please, God,
send me someone to love".
1050
01:00:17,209 --> 01:00:18,510
♪ Lord!
1051
01:00:18,610 --> 01:00:20,190
♪ (Somebody) Oh, somebody
1052
01:00:20,290 --> 01:00:24,750
♪ (Somebody) Can anybody find me
1053
01:00:24,850 --> 01:00:27,630
♪ Somebody to love? ♪
1054
01:00:27,730 --> 01:00:30,271
He had the world at his feet,
1055
01:00:30,371 --> 01:00:33,191
sold a hundred million
records by this time.
1056
01:00:33,291 --> 01:00:34,991
♪ I work hard (He works hard)
1057
01:00:35,091 --> 01:00:36,591
♪ Every day of my life... ♪
1058
01:00:36,691 --> 01:00:40,632
But he never found love,
and that was tough for him.
1059
01:00:40,732 --> 01:00:43,872
♪ (At the end of the day)
I take home my hard-earned pay... ♪
1060
01:00:43,972 --> 01:00:48,872
I was very close to George, and
George was a very complicated guy.
1061
01:00:48,972 --> 01:00:54,353
We all knew that George was gay,
and at the time, he clearly hadn't
1062
01:00:54,453 --> 01:00:56,553
come to terms with it himself.
1063
01:00:56,653 --> 01:01:00,234
♪ Can anybody find me
1064
01:01:00,334 --> 01:01:02,394
♪ Somebody to love? ♪
1065
01:01:02,494 --> 01:01:05,154
So, when I was 19, I came out
to various friends,
1066
01:01:05,254 --> 01:01:06,194
and one of my sisters,
1067
01:01:06,294 --> 01:01:08,234
and I said I was going to talk to
my mum and dad,
1068
01:01:08,334 --> 01:01:11,155
and was persuaded,
in no uncertain terms,
1069
01:01:11,255 --> 01:01:13,635
that it really wasn't the best idea.
1070
01:01:13,735 --> 01:01:17,515
There was this sort of weird stigma
attached to it all,
1071
01:01:17,615 --> 01:01:20,556
and it was like because he was
this sex symbol
1072
01:01:20,656 --> 01:01:23,916
that he couldn't come out
of the closet.
1073
01:01:24,016 --> 01:01:27,516
This was one lie that I'd been
kind of trying to tell people
1074
01:01:27,616 --> 01:01:30,517
in my own way for years
and years, and I don't think
1075
01:01:30,617 --> 01:01:32,357
I would have had the same career.
1076
01:01:32,457 --> 01:01:36,397
My ego might not have been satisfied
in some areas quite as much,
1077
01:01:36,497 --> 01:01:38,577
but I think I would
have been a happier man.
1078
01:01:42,618 --> 01:01:46,718
The week of rehearsals,
we were there four days out of five,
1079
01:01:46,818 --> 01:01:49,238
and that's where that video
comes from, me and him,
1080
01:01:49,338 --> 01:01:51,839
behind Roger's drum kit,
1081
01:01:51,939 --> 01:01:56,799
watching Bowie and Annie Lennox,
that was the last day,
1082
01:01:56,899 --> 01:01:58,839
and when they finished,
1083
01:01:58,939 --> 01:02:01,480
he did his rehearsal, yet again.
1084
01:02:01,580 --> 01:02:04,680
Four days in a row.
No-one did that.
1085
01:02:04,780 --> 01:02:08,960
♪ Can anybody find me... ♪
1086
01:02:09,060 --> 01:02:11,401
There's a definite feeling when
George went out and did
1087
01:02:11,501 --> 01:02:13,721
Somebody To Love
that he'd absolutely nailed it.
1088
01:02:13,821 --> 01:02:18,261
♪ Somebody t-o-o-o-o-o-o-o... ♪
1089
01:02:20,221 --> 01:02:23,222
There weren't any tantrums,
there wasn't anything like that.
1090
01:02:24,782 --> 01:02:27,002
♪ (Find me somebody)... ♪
1091
01:02:27,102 --> 01:02:30,362
Nobody was more important
than anybody else.
1092
01:02:30,462 --> 01:02:33,403
There wasn't one person
who was making a fuss,
1093
01:02:33,503 --> 01:02:35,503
cos there's always usually one.
1094
01:02:37,903 --> 01:02:44,464
L-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-v-v-v-v-e? ♪
1095
01:02:48,504 --> 01:02:49,444
All right!
1096
01:02:49,544 --> 01:02:50,604
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1097
01:02:50,704 --> 01:02:53,325
The old school building
in Notting Hill has become Britain's
1098
01:02:53,425 --> 01:02:56,565
first purpose-built Aids hospice.
1099
01:02:56,665 --> 01:02:58,445
I'd been working at...
1100
01:02:58,545 --> 01:03:00,245
Well, not working,
I'd been volunteering
1101
01:03:00,345 --> 01:03:02,005
at London Lighthouse.
1102
01:03:02,105 --> 01:03:04,106
People with HIV could...
1103
01:03:05,026 --> 01:03:11,606
..go for respites, go for security,
go for counselling,
1104
01:03:11,706 --> 01:03:13,847
and their friends could go along
to visit them.
1105
01:03:13,947 --> 01:03:15,567
It was a safe place.
1106
01:03:15,667 --> 01:03:19,827
And I managed to get tickets through
one of my friends who worked there.
1107
01:03:21,507 --> 01:03:25,448
I've never been a concert-goer.
Apart from Tina Turner, bizarrely.
1108
01:03:25,548 --> 01:03:26,608
And so I had to go to Wembley -
1109
01:03:26,708 --> 01:03:28,488
I'd never been to a football match
at Wembley,
1110
01:03:28,588 --> 01:03:30,588
so I wasn't aware of
the space of it.
1111
01:03:32,508 --> 01:03:35,089
And when we got there,
it was like, wow.
1112
01:03:35,189 --> 01:03:37,529
CROWD ROARS
1113
01:03:37,629 --> 01:03:38,689
A very good afternoon.
1114
01:03:38,789 --> 01:03:41,409
PRESENTER: Freddie Mercury died of
Aids in November of last year.
1115
01:03:41,509 --> 01:03:43,729
Love and respect for the man,
together with a passionate
1116
01:03:43,829 --> 01:03:45,970
commitment to do something
about the disease,
1117
01:03:46,070 --> 01:03:48,530
has led to this event.
Some of the great names in world...
1118
01:03:48,630 --> 01:03:52,930
We had great seats and I felt
privileged to be there.
1119
01:03:53,030 --> 01:03:57,731
72,000 packed inside, tens
of thousands are still arriving
1120
01:03:57,831 --> 01:04:01,491
and half a billion people watching
on TV, on satellite
1121
01:04:01,591 --> 01:04:03,291
around the world.
1122
01:04:03,391 --> 01:04:06,132
In a way, the concert is quite
important for us cos it's our way
1123
01:04:06,232 --> 01:04:08,012
of saying goodbye to Freddie
as well.
1124
01:04:08,112 --> 01:04:10,172
And I think we need to do
that before our minds
1125
01:04:10,272 --> 01:04:12,272
can really move on.
1126
01:04:16,273 --> 01:04:18,373
Good evening, Wembley and the world!
1127
01:04:18,473 --> 01:04:20,713
CROWD CHEERS
1128
01:04:21,753 --> 01:04:24,813
We are here tonight to celebrate
1129
01:04:24,913 --> 01:04:29,814
the life and work and dreams
of one Freddie Mercury.
1130
01:04:29,914 --> 01:04:32,174
CROWD CHEERS
1131
01:04:32,274 --> 01:04:35,895
You have to have something
that attracts people to hear
1132
01:04:35,995 --> 01:04:39,775
the message that needs to be said,
and nothing on this planet
1133
01:04:39,875 --> 01:04:41,875
will ever beat music.
1134
01:04:42,835 --> 01:04:46,616
They're number one
all over the world right now.
1135
01:04:46,716 --> 01:04:49,736
Please welcome on stage Def Leppard!
1136
01:04:49,836 --> 01:04:52,096
CROWD CHEERS
1137
01:04:52,196 --> 01:04:54,416
Good evening!
1138
01:04:54,516 --> 01:04:56,597
Are you all enjoying yourselves?
1139
01:04:58,637 --> 01:04:59,737
It unites people.
1140
01:04:59,837 --> 01:05:03,417
MUSIC: Now I'm Here
by Queen
1141
01:05:03,517 --> 01:05:06,618
♪ Here I stand
Here I stand
1142
01:05:06,718 --> 01:05:08,938
♪ Looked around, around,
around... ♪
1143
01:05:09,038 --> 01:05:13,098
'Essentially, what we have with
this show is the celebration
1144
01:05:13,198 --> 01:05:15,298
'of the life of a musician'
1145
01:05:15,398 --> 01:05:20,299
who just happened to be gay, who
died of the consequences of Aids.
1146
01:05:20,399 --> 01:05:23,359
♪ Now I'm there
Now I'm there... ♪
1147
01:05:24,559 --> 01:05:28,700
That in itself is incredible and
juxtaposition in 1992,
1148
01:05:28,800 --> 01:05:32,220
because it was improving,
but it was still a homophobic world.
1149
01:05:32,320 --> 01:05:35,620
♪ Just a new man
1150
01:05:35,720 --> 01:05:38,581
♪ Yes, you made me live again... ♪
1151
01:05:38,681 --> 01:05:41,661
'And I think that fact that you've
got this, what you might call,
1152
01:05:41,761 --> 01:05:45,501
very heterosexual rock opening
up the show for the first hour,
1153
01:05:45,601 --> 01:05:48,262
I think that juxtaposition is
actually beneficial.
1154
01:05:48,362 --> 01:05:51,582
♪ A baby I was when you took my hand
1155
01:05:51,682 --> 01:05:54,542
♪ The light of the night
burned bright... ♪
1156
01:05:54,642 --> 01:05:57,983
'If you'd have just been an entirely
gay collection of musicians,
1157
01:05:58,083 --> 01:05:59,183
'it wouldn't have worked.'
1158
01:05:59,283 --> 01:06:01,583
♪ But you knew my name on sight... ♪
1159
01:06:01,683 --> 01:06:05,783
If you look back at how the show
flowed and who performed on it,
1160
01:06:05,883 --> 01:06:08,104
it doesn't really make any sense.
1161
01:06:08,204 --> 01:06:10,544
Please welcome Metallica.
1162
01:06:10,644 --> 01:06:14,424
'The last thing you'd expect
is a band like Metallica
1163
01:06:14,524 --> 01:06:16,504
'to be playing an Aids
awareness show'
1164
01:06:16,604 --> 01:06:17,944
and a tribute to Freddie Mercury.
1165
01:06:18,044 --> 01:06:20,745
♪ Don't I love you so... ♪
1166
01:06:20,845 --> 01:06:24,625
Here for Aids awareness
is Guns N' Roses.
1167
01:06:24,725 --> 01:06:26,905
This is Guns N' Roses, 1992.
1168
01:06:27,005 --> 01:06:29,866
They were completely off their face.
1169
01:06:29,966 --> 01:06:33,266
I remember seeing Duff, bless him,
sat on the stairs.
1170
01:06:33,366 --> 01:06:34,626
He couldn't even speak.
1171
01:06:34,726 --> 01:06:36,146
He couldn't speak.
1172
01:06:36,246 --> 01:06:38,426
And this is an hour before
they went on.
1173
01:06:38,526 --> 01:06:40,187
How are you feeling
before you go on?
1174
01:06:40,287 --> 01:06:42,307
I just woke up.
You just woke up?
1175
01:06:42,407 --> 01:06:45,467
And I'm thinking,
"Oh, boy, I can't wait to see this."
1176
01:06:45,567 --> 01:06:47,907
Yet when they went on stage,
he was amazing.
1177
01:06:48,007 --> 01:06:51,068
♪ Whatever comes of you and me
1178
01:06:51,168 --> 01:06:52,948
I'd love to leave my memory... ♪
1179
01:06:53,048 --> 01:06:55,268
'There would have been a lot of
heterosexual people
1180
01:06:55,368 --> 01:06:56,548
'that loved Queen that went,'
1181
01:06:56,648 --> 01:06:58,648
"Oh, I'm not keen on
the gay lifestyle bit."
1182
01:07:01,369 --> 01:07:04,549
But to the majority,
most people just didn't care.
1183
01:07:04,649 --> 01:07:06,709
They were there to celebrate Fred.
1184
01:07:06,809 --> 01:07:09,029
Thank you! See you soon, all right?
1185
01:07:09,129 --> 01:07:10,390
Goodnight!
1186
01:07:10,490 --> 01:07:13,230
BIG ROCK CRESCENDO
1187
01:07:13,330 --> 01:07:16,130
CHEERING FADES
1188
01:07:18,210 --> 01:07:23,631
I first discovered Queen
in my last years at school.
1189
01:07:23,731 --> 01:07:28,391
Everybody at school was saying
how I looked like Freddie Mercury.
1190
01:07:28,491 --> 01:07:29,911
The man changed my life.
1191
01:07:30,011 --> 01:07:34,352
From being a 16-year-old blood
getting mick took out of him
1192
01:07:34,452 --> 01:07:36,632
for goofy teeth and Bugs Bunny
1193
01:07:36,732 --> 01:07:39,472
to being a good-looking chap
who could go round town
1194
01:07:39,572 --> 01:07:41,233
and sing and dance.
1195
01:07:41,333 --> 01:07:43,453
It just changed me completely.
1196
01:07:45,133 --> 01:07:47,133
Are you ready?
1197
01:07:47,573 --> 01:07:49,853
MUSIC: Another One Bites the Dust
by Queen
1198
01:07:51,534 --> 01:07:53,434
'There was this one'
1199
01:07:53,534 --> 01:07:56,314
guy who was dressed like Freddie
on someone's shoulders.
1200
01:07:56,414 --> 01:07:58,414
Do it!
1201
01:07:58,814 --> 01:08:01,995
He encapsulated that audience
for me.
1202
01:08:02,095 --> 01:08:05,635
Every gesture, every motion,
it was bleeding out of him.
1203
01:08:05,735 --> 01:08:08,735
MUSIC: Keep Yourself Alive
by Queen
1204
01:08:09,895 --> 01:08:13,196
He just looked and then he did,
like, a double take...
1205
01:08:13,296 --> 01:08:14,876
♪ Keep yourself alive
Come on
1206
01:08:14,976 --> 01:08:16,076
♪ Keep yourself alive... ♪
1207
01:08:16,176 --> 01:08:18,436
..and he just started laughing,
and I remember that
1208
01:08:18,536 --> 01:08:19,996
like it were yesterday.
1209
01:08:20,096 --> 01:08:22,637
MUSIC: Radio Ga Ga
by Queen
1210
01:08:22,737 --> 01:08:24,797
♪ All we hear is... ♪
1211
01:08:24,897 --> 01:08:28,797
You could see individuals
celebrate the music and, you know,
1212
01:08:28,897 --> 01:08:30,957
lose themselves
and express themselves.
1213
01:08:31,057 --> 01:08:31,997
Sing it!
1214
01:08:32,097 --> 01:08:35,638
♪ All we hear is radio ga ga
1215
01:08:35,738 --> 01:08:37,078
♪ Radio, what's new...? ♪
1216
01:08:37,178 --> 01:08:41,238
'It wasn't just another singalong -
it was more than that.'
1217
01:08:41,338 --> 01:08:42,759
It was visceral.
1218
01:08:42,859 --> 01:08:49,179
♪ Someone still loves you. ♪
1219
01:08:51,179 --> 01:08:53,180
Thank you!
1220
01:08:53,940 --> 01:08:56,240
'Of course, we were the beginning
of the event,'
1221
01:08:56,340 --> 01:08:58,520
and it was that way
throughout the whole day.
1222
01:08:58,620 --> 01:09:00,620
Goodnight!
1223
01:09:06,501 --> 01:09:08,741
CROWD CHEERS
1224
01:09:10,661 --> 01:09:12,361
CROWD CHANTS "FREDDIE, FREDDIE!"
1225
01:09:12,461 --> 01:09:16,402
I think I learned that day just
1226
01:09:16,502 --> 01:09:21,402
what an incredible force he was,
1227
01:09:21,502 --> 01:09:25,863
not just his voice,
but the man himself.
1228
01:09:29,703 --> 01:09:33,283
All right, we're about to go in to
the second half of the concert
1229
01:09:33,383 --> 01:09:37,044
in which the three members of Queen
will perform with a remarkable
1230
01:09:37,144 --> 01:09:39,524
series of collaborators.
1231
01:09:39,624 --> 01:09:43,624
There was an energy that day
that was unbelievable.
1232
01:09:44,825 --> 01:09:47,485
Next, the lead singer
from The Who, Roger Daltrey,
1233
01:09:47,585 --> 01:09:50,965
along with Brian May, Roger Taylor
and John Deacon from Queen.
1234
01:09:51,065 --> 01:09:53,105
MUSIC: Pinball Wizard
by The Who
1235
01:09:55,826 --> 01:09:57,946
And it was because of one person.
1236
01:09:59,946 --> 01:10:03,086
They lost Freddie, so I can imagine
what they were going through.
1237
01:10:03,186 --> 01:10:06,607
It must have been incredibly
traumatic, but I'm sure that once
1238
01:10:06,707 --> 01:10:10,247
they heard their music again,
even though it's being done
1239
01:10:10,347 --> 01:10:14,167
differently by me and the other
artists, it must have just
1240
01:10:14,267 --> 01:10:15,408
given them a lift.
1241
01:10:15,508 --> 01:10:16,808
MUSIC: I Want It All
by Queen
1242
01:10:16,908 --> 01:10:19,168
♪ I want it all
1243
01:10:19,268 --> 01:10:24,288
♪ I want it all
I want it all
1244
01:10:24,388 --> 01:10:26,389
♪ And I want it now... ♪
1245
01:10:28,789 --> 01:10:32,529
I think for the boys,
it was a catharsis.
1246
01:10:32,629 --> 01:10:36,530
It was a way of saying goodbye,
but saying goodbye in front
1247
01:10:36,630 --> 01:10:41,450
of everybody, saying this was
someone we loved deeply.
1248
01:10:41,550 --> 01:10:44,810
Our next guest is Mr Paul Young.
1249
01:10:44,910 --> 01:10:46,771
I did feel the sense of loss
in the stadium.
1250
01:10:46,871 --> 01:10:50,611
I mean, I felt that the fans were
there to celebrate Freddie.
1251
01:10:50,711 --> 01:10:54,291
♪ All we hear is radio ga ga... ♪
1252
01:10:54,391 --> 01:10:55,571
'But I did feel it'
1253
01:10:55,671 --> 01:10:57,672
from the band as well.
1254
01:10:59,152 --> 01:11:01,372
It was like my childhood
was all coming on stage -
1255
01:11:01,472 --> 01:11:04,412
all the singers that I'd idolised.
1256
01:11:04,512 --> 01:11:08,133
♪ Pray tomorrow takes me higher
1257
01:11:08,233 --> 01:11:12,093
♪ Pressure on people,
people on streets... ♪
1258
01:11:12,193 --> 01:11:14,533
When you say stepping into
his shoes, that really brings
1259
01:11:14,633 --> 01:11:17,254
it home, you know, cos that's
what we were trying to do.
1260
01:11:17,354 --> 01:11:19,334
'Please, give me a break!'
1261
01:11:19,434 --> 01:11:21,734
I was not trying to be
Freddie Mercury.
1262
01:11:21,834 --> 01:11:23,854
'You do your best.
That's all you do.'
1263
01:11:23,954 --> 01:11:26,494
♪ I want it all
1264
01:11:26,594 --> 01:11:30,935
♪ I want it all
I want it all
1265
01:11:31,035 --> 01:11:33,455
♪ And I want it now... ♪
1266
01:11:33,555 --> 01:11:36,495
I know it sounds really,
really corny,
1267
01:11:36,595 --> 01:11:41,056
but it was really like he was
watching and if he'd have been
1268
01:11:41,156 --> 01:11:43,976
there, he's have been saying,
"No, do it like that and you do
1269
01:11:44,076 --> 01:11:47,376
it like that," so you were trying to
listen to what he would say.
1270
01:11:47,476 --> 01:11:50,097
♪ I want to break free
from your lies
1271
01:11:50,197 --> 01:11:55,697
♪ You're so self satisfied
I don't need you... ♪
1272
01:11:55,797 --> 01:11:57,217
'And you really wanted to'
1273
01:11:57,317 --> 01:12:00,698
make him feel proud and you wanted
to make Queen feel proud.
1274
01:12:00,798 --> 01:12:02,218
♪ God knows. ♪
1275
01:12:02,318 --> 01:12:04,858
You know, it's all about
the band, as well.
1276
01:12:04,958 --> 01:12:07,778
And they played so well,
Roger and Brian and John.
1277
01:12:07,878 --> 01:12:09,619
And I'm just pleased for them.
1278
01:12:09,719 --> 01:12:11,499
It's going to be a very
emotional day for them.
1279
01:12:11,599 --> 01:12:14,439
MUSIC: Bohemian Rhapsody
by Queen
1280
01:12:18,239 --> 01:12:21,140
♪ Mama
1281
01:12:21,240 --> 01:12:23,740
♪ Just killed a man... ♪
1282
01:12:23,840 --> 01:12:27,460
Well, it was obvious why it was
important for Elton to perform
1283
01:12:27,560 --> 01:12:31,501
because he was the most
vocal of all the gay musicians.
1284
01:12:31,601 --> 01:12:36,981
♪ Mama, life had just begun... ♪
1285
01:12:37,081 --> 01:12:42,742
Elton and Freddie were very close,
and I remember Elton
1286
01:12:42,842 --> 01:12:45,142
during the rehearsals being
just very sombre.
1287
01:12:45,242 --> 01:12:47,582
♪ Mama
1288
01:12:47,682 --> 01:12:49,262
♪ Oooh... ♪
1289
01:12:49,362 --> 01:12:55,303
With Axl Rose, he had the
reputation for turning up at a gig
1290
01:12:55,403 --> 01:12:59,423
and then going on stage two hours
late, and all the rest of it,
1291
01:12:59,523 --> 01:13:02,624
and there was a lot of controversy
about Axl.
1292
01:13:02,724 --> 01:13:07,224
Axl said some fairly unwise and
could be construed as
1293
01:13:07,324 --> 01:13:10,385
homophobic statements.
1294
01:13:10,485 --> 01:13:14,785
'And one of my real dreams at
the time was to get them together'
1295
01:13:14,885 --> 01:13:16,585
on Bohemian Rhapsody.
1296
01:13:16,685 --> 01:13:21,266
♪ Goodbye, everybody,
I've got to go... ♪
1297
01:13:21,366 --> 01:13:24,426
But we never knew if Axl
was actually going to turn up,
1298
01:13:24,526 --> 01:13:30,587
cos he didn't turn up to rehearsals
and he was famously unpredictable.
1299
01:13:30,687 --> 01:13:32,987
It was such a dangerous thing to do
at the time.
1300
01:13:33,087 --> 01:13:36,707
Axl Rose and Elton John,
you know what I mean?
1301
01:13:36,807 --> 01:13:39,427
You'd imagine it to be
the biggest road crash ever.
1302
01:13:39,527 --> 01:13:44,148
♪ I sometimes wish
I'd never been born at all... ♪
1303
01:13:44,248 --> 01:13:46,348
We left our door open
so that we could see
1304
01:13:46,448 --> 01:13:48,348
who was milling around outside.
1305
01:13:48,448 --> 01:13:51,789
We saw Elton walk past our door
and then he kind of must have done
1306
01:13:51,889 --> 01:13:55,469
a John Cleese and he stopped
and walked backwards and kind
1307
01:13:55,569 --> 01:13:58,029
of just leaned in and went,
"Hello, boys."
1308
01:13:58,129 --> 01:14:00,909
Then he came in a little while later
and he went, "What's going on?"
1309
01:14:01,009 --> 01:14:04,070
He says, "I've got to sing a duet
with this guy in four hours' time,
1310
01:14:04,170 --> 01:14:05,870
"and he won't open his door."
1311
01:14:05,970 --> 01:14:09,150
♪ I see a little silhouetto
of a man... ♪
1312
01:14:09,250 --> 01:14:11,951
Apparently, he knocked on the door
and his security guy just opened
1313
01:14:12,051 --> 01:14:14,431
the door a little bit and said,
"Axl's sleeping,"
1314
01:14:14,531 --> 01:14:15,711
and he shut the door.
1315
01:14:15,811 --> 01:14:18,151
It's like, you don't shut
the door on Elton John.
1316
01:14:18,251 --> 01:14:21,071
And he vented his spleen
in our dressing room.
1317
01:14:21,171 --> 01:14:24,072
"I've got to do a duet.
He's not opening the door.
1318
01:14:24,172 --> 01:14:25,712
"I'm Elton John!"
1319
01:14:25,812 --> 01:14:28,312
Fucking hell!
It was really funny, actually.
1320
01:14:28,412 --> 01:14:29,552
♪ Let me go
1321
01:14:29,652 --> 01:14:30,672
♪ Ah
1322
01:14:30,772 --> 01:14:32,513
♪ No, no, no, no, no, no, no... ♪
1323
01:14:32,613 --> 01:14:33,553
And I'm thinking,
1324
01:14:33,653 --> 01:14:36,633
it'll be interesting to see
how this works out.
1325
01:14:36,733 --> 01:14:38,673
And I just sort of looked round,
1326
01:14:38,773 --> 01:14:40,773
thinking, is he going appear?
1327
01:14:41,493 --> 01:14:44,234
And he suddenly appeared
like a whirling dervish
1328
01:14:44,334 --> 01:14:46,334
in a Scottish kilt.
1329
01:14:50,294 --> 01:14:53,515
And he was absolutely fantastic,
I thought he was electric.
1330
01:14:53,615 --> 01:14:58,295
♪ So you think you can stop me
and spit in my eye
1331
01:15:00,135 --> 01:15:04,796
♪ So you think you can love me
and leave me to die
1332
01:15:04,896 --> 01:15:08,716
♪ Oh, baby
1333
01:15:08,816 --> 01:15:11,876
♪ Can't do this to me, baby
1334
01:15:11,976 --> 01:15:16,957
♪ Just gotta get out,
just gotta get right outta here...
♪
1335
01:15:17,057 --> 01:15:20,757
If there was anybody in the crowd
that wasn't keen on him doing it,
1336
01:15:20,857 --> 01:15:24,098
they didn't seem to show it cos I've
never seen a reaction like it.
1337
01:15:26,058 --> 01:15:29,398
But then there was this, like, total
kind of polar opposite of when it
1338
01:15:29,498 --> 01:15:31,578
goes down to the end section.
1339
01:15:33,778 --> 01:15:37,159
♪ Nothing really matters,
1340
01:15:37,259 --> 01:15:40,759
♪ Anyone can see
1341
01:15:40,859 --> 01:15:44,720
♪ Nothing really matters... ♪
1342
01:15:44,820 --> 01:15:48,440
The two of them come together,
and my memory serves me right,
1343
01:15:48,540 --> 01:15:50,560
for a brief second, they held hands.
1344
01:15:50,660 --> 01:15:55,301
♪ ..to me. ♪
1345
01:15:56,821 --> 01:15:59,001
'And the two of them went
down the front and held hands
1346
01:15:59,101 --> 01:16:00,241
'at the end of the song.
1347
01:16:00,341 --> 01:16:01,401
'That wasn't rehearsed.
1348
01:16:01,501 --> 01:16:04,281
'There's a lot you see in that
concert which was not rehearsed.
1349
01:16:04,381 --> 01:16:07,242
'It wasn't rehearsed because
Axl wasn't at rehearsals.'
1350
01:16:07,342 --> 01:16:08,882
And it's momentous.
1351
01:16:08,982 --> 01:16:15,343
♪ Any way the wind blows... ♪
1352
01:16:17,263 --> 01:16:20,063
CROWD CHEERS
1353
01:16:32,104 --> 01:16:36,565
It's very hard to quantify
what impact the concert had.
1354
01:16:36,665 --> 01:16:39,005
ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen,
would you please welcome
1355
01:16:39,105 --> 01:16:41,285
the remarkable Elizabeth Taylor?
1356
01:16:41,385 --> 01:16:43,805
But what I can say with utmost
1357
01:16:43,905 --> 01:16:46,846
certainty is it did open up a public
1358
01:16:46,946 --> 01:16:49,326
conversation and together with
1359
01:16:49,426 --> 01:16:54,126
the actions of HIV and Aids,
organisations began to shift
1360
01:16:54,226 --> 01:16:56,006
public attitudes.
1361
01:16:56,106 --> 01:17:01,667
We are here to celebrate the life
of Freddie Mercury.
1362
01:17:03,227 --> 01:17:04,847
It was tricky for us.
1363
01:17:04,947 --> 01:17:07,448
On one level, we're saying,
1364
01:17:07,548 --> 01:17:10,488
this is celebrating his life,
this is the strong statement.
1365
01:17:10,588 --> 01:17:13,008
And on the other hand, we're
thinking, ouch, you know,
1366
01:17:13,108 --> 01:17:18,369
this actually does hurt us.
And it was bound to do.
1367
01:17:18,469 --> 01:17:21,289
♪ Day dum
1368
01:17:21,389 --> 01:17:23,389
♪ Day de day de day dum. ♪
1369
01:17:24,469 --> 01:17:29,330
We are here also to tell
the whole world
1370
01:17:29,430 --> 01:17:36,770
that he, like others we have lost
to Aids, died before his time.
1371
01:17:36,870 --> 01:17:40,451
Freddie's tribute, to me, was
like a tribute to Richard as well,
1372
01:17:40,551 --> 01:17:43,651
and the thousands
that had died before him.
1373
01:17:43,751 --> 01:17:46,451
♪ Ay dum. ♪
1374
01:17:46,551 --> 01:17:48,932
He's one of the people that
I thought about for a long, long
1375
01:17:49,032 --> 01:17:53,692
time because he kind of represented
a cohort of patients that died.
1376
01:17:53,792 --> 01:17:58,773
Some when I was with them alone late
at night in a high dependency ward
1377
01:17:58,873 --> 01:18:02,493
trying my best, but it didn't work.
1378
01:18:02,593 --> 01:18:06,893
Each day around the world,
1379
01:18:06,993 --> 01:18:11,694
5,000 people are infected with HIV,
1380
01:18:11,794 --> 01:18:14,234
the virus that causes Aids.
1381
01:18:15,394 --> 01:18:19,735
Tonight, we're here to send them
a message that we care.
1382
01:18:19,835 --> 01:18:23,155
It wasn't that long after
that effective treatment arrived.
1383
01:18:24,235 --> 01:18:28,095
I would think, Oh, Freddie
and this gang of guys, mostly guys,
1384
01:18:28,195 --> 01:18:31,816
would be still alive today
if they had these treatments.
1385
01:18:31,916 --> 01:18:34,896
But they didn't - they were
just a few years too early.
1386
01:18:34,996 --> 01:18:39,216
But I'm also here
with a message for each
1387
01:18:39,316 --> 01:18:44,377
and every one of you - protect
yourselves, love yourselves,
1388
01:18:44,477 --> 01:18:46,257
respect yourselves,
1389
01:18:46,357 --> 01:18:50,978
because I will keep on telling you
until you do and I won't give in.
1390
01:18:51,078 --> 01:18:56,898
And I won't give up because
the world needs you to live.
1391
01:18:56,998 --> 01:19:00,159
HUGE CHEER
1392
01:19:05,399 --> 01:19:09,779
It happened with Anselmo
across a lobby.
1393
01:19:09,879 --> 01:19:13,860
So I met him in that lobby
1394
01:19:13,960 --> 01:19:15,420
and I didn't understand why
1395
01:19:15,520 --> 01:19:16,500
the click happened.
1396
01:19:16,600 --> 01:19:18,460
This is a man in a Brazilian hotel.
1397
01:19:18,560 --> 01:19:20,701
I'm never going to see him again.
1398
01:19:20,801 --> 01:19:22,861
Why did that happen?
1399
01:19:22,961 --> 01:19:25,981
This was the first love
of my entire life.
1400
01:19:26,081 --> 01:19:30,181
This was the first person
I ever shared my life with.
1401
01:19:30,281 --> 01:19:33,342
It was love at first sight.
1402
01:19:33,442 --> 01:19:37,182
He was a fashion designer,
very talented man.
1403
01:19:37,282 --> 01:19:41,823
At the time, I was married
and we hid Anselmo
1404
01:19:41,923 --> 01:19:44,063
as my wife's cousin.
1405
01:19:44,163 --> 01:19:46,743
And he was everything to George.
1406
01:19:46,843 --> 01:19:50,783
I was 27 and I'd just started my
first proper relationship,
1407
01:19:50,883 --> 01:19:53,344
which is pretty old,
isn't it, really?
1408
01:19:53,444 --> 01:19:58,364
I went out for dinner with George,
and he was very quiet on me.
1409
01:19:59,484 --> 01:20:01,484
He goes, "Anselmo's got Aids."
1410
01:20:04,725 --> 01:20:05,865
Thank you very much.
1411
01:20:05,965 --> 01:20:08,225
There's something I'd like to say.
1412
01:20:08,325 --> 01:20:10,685
I think many of us have something
to say today.
1413
01:20:12,886 --> 01:20:15,726
I couldn't believe he had found
someone to love.
1414
01:20:17,406 --> 01:20:20,086
And now he was going to lose
that person.
1415
01:20:21,846 --> 01:20:23,987
It was heartbreaking.
1416
01:20:24,087 --> 01:20:28,987
The conservative estimate
for the year 2000
1417
01:20:29,087 --> 01:20:34,488
is 40 million people on this planet
will be infected with HIV?
1418
01:20:35,968 --> 01:20:39,988
And if you think, or any
of you out there, really think
1419
01:20:40,088 --> 01:20:43,949
that those are all going to be gay
people or drug addicts,
1420
01:20:44,049 --> 01:20:46,889
then you're pretty much lining up to
be one of those numbers.
1421
01:20:48,129 --> 01:20:50,289
CROWD CHEERS
1422
01:20:53,210 --> 01:20:56,870
So, please, for God's sake,
and for Freddie's sake,
1423
01:20:56,970 --> 01:20:59,870
and for your own sakes,
please be careful.
1424
01:20:59,970 --> 01:21:01,390
All right?
1425
01:21:01,490 --> 01:21:03,150
Thank you very much.
1426
01:21:03,250 --> 01:21:06,231
This song
is one of my favourites.
1427
01:21:06,331 --> 01:21:08,351
It's called Somebody To Love.
1428
01:21:08,451 --> 01:21:10,771
MUSIC: Somebody To Love
by Queen
1429
01:21:15,292 --> 01:21:18,472
♪ Each morning I get up
I die a little
1430
01:21:18,572 --> 01:21:20,872
♪ Can barely stand on my feet
1431
01:21:20,972 --> 01:21:22,192
♪ Take a look at yourself
1432
01:21:22,292 --> 01:21:24,953
♪ Take a look in the mirror and cry
1433
01:21:25,053 --> 01:21:26,073
♪ And cry
1434
01:21:26,173 --> 01:21:28,353
♪ Lord, what you're doing to me
1435
01:21:28,453 --> 01:21:31,513
♪ I have spent all my years
in believing you
1436
01:21:31,613 --> 01:21:35,234
♪ But I just can't get no relief,
Lord!
1437
01:21:35,334 --> 01:21:36,554
♪ Somebody
Somebody
1438
01:21:36,654 --> 01:21:38,434
♪ Ooh, somebody
Somebody
1439
01:21:38,534 --> 01:21:42,434
♪ Can anybody find me
1440
01:21:42,534 --> 01:21:44,755
♪ Somebody to love...? ♪
1441
01:21:44,855 --> 01:21:49,035
"Please God. I cry and cry.
Send me someone."
1442
01:21:49,135 --> 01:21:51,695
And he did, but he was dying.
1443
01:21:54,335 --> 01:21:56,336
I want to hear every single person.
1444
01:21:57,496 --> 01:21:59,836
See every single pair of hands.
1445
01:21:59,936 --> 01:22:01,476
Three, four!
1446
01:22:01,576 --> 01:22:07,877
♪ Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
1447
01:22:07,977 --> 01:22:10,037
♪ Find me somebody to love... ♪
1448
01:22:10,137 --> 01:22:12,677
The sound of his voice is coming out
in the monitors all around me,
1449
01:22:12,777 --> 01:22:15,958
and there were moments on that night
when we had that crystal clear
1450
01:22:16,058 --> 01:22:18,038
razor edge just like Freddie.
1451
01:22:18,138 --> 01:22:21,318
And it was a real
chills-up-the-spine moment
1452
01:22:21,418 --> 01:22:22,598
for all of us.
1453
01:22:22,698 --> 01:22:29,799
♪ Can anybody find me... ♪
1454
01:22:29,899 --> 01:22:31,559
When he sings the chorus...
1455
01:22:31,659 --> 01:22:34,679
♪ ..somebody to... ♪
1456
01:22:34,779 --> 01:22:37,280
..and he puts the mic out
to the audience.
1457
01:22:37,380 --> 01:22:38,480
Come on!
1458
01:22:38,580 --> 01:22:39,760
Ah!
1459
01:22:39,860 --> 01:22:43,280
AUDIENCE: Love!
1460
01:22:43,380 --> 01:22:44,520
He spun around...
1461
01:22:44,620 --> 01:22:46,621
Yeah!
1462
01:22:48,421 --> 01:22:50,281
..cos he knew he had the audience.
1463
01:22:50,381 --> 01:22:52,941
♪ Somebody to love... ♪
1464
01:22:54,621 --> 01:22:58,882
I spoke to Anselmo after
the performance and I said to him,
1465
01:22:58,982 --> 01:23:01,502
"You know that song was for you."
1466
01:23:02,542 --> 01:23:06,722
And he was like, "No, no."
I said, "Anselmo, that was yours."
1467
01:23:06,822 --> 01:23:10,043
♪ Find me, fine me, find me... ♪
1468
01:23:10,143 --> 01:23:15,883
And 11 months later, literally
to the day - we knew it was coming,
1469
01:23:15,983 --> 01:23:19,064
of course we knew - he died.
1470
01:23:20,184 --> 01:23:22,804
♪ Anybody, anywhere, anybody find me
1471
01:23:22,904 --> 01:23:24,804
♪ Somebody to love
1472
01:23:24,904 --> 01:23:26,684
♪ Yeah, yeah
1473
01:23:26,784 --> 01:23:33,145
♪ Love! ♪
1474
01:23:36,265 --> 01:23:37,846
BIG ROCK CRESCENDO
1475
01:23:37,946 --> 01:23:39,566
CROWD ROARS
1476
01:23:39,666 --> 01:23:42,186
Thank you very much. Goodnight.
Take care.
1477
01:23:54,387 --> 01:23:59,608
I think there is - I know there is
- one person in the world
1478
01:23:59,708 --> 01:24:05,128
that Freddie would be very proud to
have stand in his footsteps tonight.
1479
01:24:05,228 --> 01:24:08,128
Ladies and gentlemen, Liza!
1480
01:24:08,228 --> 01:24:10,229
CROWD CHEERS
1481
01:24:15,029 --> 01:24:16,769
She was very emotional about it.
1482
01:24:16,869 --> 01:24:18,289
She loved Freddie.
1483
01:24:18,389 --> 01:24:21,290
MUSIC: We Are The Champions
by Queen
1484
01:24:21,390 --> 01:24:24,630
♪ I've paid my dues
1485
01:24:25,790 --> 01:24:28,070
♪ Time after time
1486
01:24:29,631 --> 01:24:32,191
♪ I've done my sentence
1487
01:24:33,711 --> 01:24:36,631
♪ But committed no crime
1488
01:24:37,991 --> 01:24:40,752
♪ And bad mistakes
1489
01:24:42,272 --> 01:24:44,592
♪ I've made a few
1490
01:24:46,152 --> 01:24:48,132
♪ I've had my share of sand
1491
01:24:48,232 --> 01:24:49,733
♪ Kicked in my face
1492
01:24:49,833 --> 01:24:52,893
♪ But I've come through
1493
01:24:52,993 --> 01:24:57,293
♪ And we mean to go on
and on and on and on
1494
01:24:57,393 --> 01:25:03,194
♪ We are the champions, my friends
1495
01:25:05,354 --> 01:25:10,815
♪ And we'll keep on fighting
till the end... ♪
1496
01:25:10,915 --> 01:25:14,035
I thought it was
just a wonderful day.
1497
01:25:15,315 --> 01:25:19,135
The warmth was sort of infinite.
1498
01:25:19,235 --> 01:25:22,056
I remember feeling totally
exhausted at the end.
1499
01:25:22,156 --> 01:25:25,536
♪ ..No time for losers
1500
01:25:25,636 --> 01:25:31,057
♪ Cos we are the champions
1501
01:25:31,157 --> 01:25:34,497
♪ Of the world... ♪
1502
01:25:34,597 --> 01:25:38,237
Freddie opened up his heart
and gave it everything he had.
1503
01:25:39,877 --> 01:25:42,898
He lived for his music,
he loved his music.
1504
01:25:42,998 --> 01:25:47,018
And he was proud of himself
as a musician above everything else.
1505
01:25:47,118 --> 01:25:54,419
♪ We are the champions We are
the champions
1506
01:25:54,519 --> 01:25:57,939
♪ No time for losers... ♪
1507
01:25:58,039 --> 01:26:01,699
'We are light years in terms
of treatment from where
1508
01:26:01,799 --> 01:26:04,060
'we were because we have
the medication'
1509
01:26:04,160 --> 01:26:06,540
so I know I'm not going to die
tomorrow.
1510
01:26:06,640 --> 01:26:11,540
But I still meet people who get
diagnosed, and it's devastating.
1511
01:26:11,640 --> 01:26:13,261
I would say to them,
1512
01:26:13,361 --> 01:26:16,981
"Know that there is a world
where you will be loved
1513
01:26:17,081 --> 01:26:20,001
"and you'll be taken care
of without any judgment."
1514
01:26:21,561 --> 01:26:25,542
The antidote to shame is light,
isn't it? Empathy.
1515
01:26:25,642 --> 01:26:29,062
So if the secret stops being
a secret and everybody can see it,
1516
01:26:29,162 --> 01:26:33,543
and we get some love and acceptance,
that is powerful.
1517
01:26:33,643 --> 01:26:34,983
That is powerful.
1518
01:26:35,083 --> 01:26:37,983
♪ Cos we are the champions... ♪
1519
01:26:38,083 --> 01:26:40,943
I wish Freddie could have
seen that outpouring
1520
01:26:41,043 --> 01:26:43,184
of love and acceptance.
1521
01:26:43,284 --> 01:26:44,784
Thanks, Freddie!
1522
01:26:44,884 --> 01:26:48,104
We just wanted to let you know
we were thinking about you.
1523
01:26:48,204 --> 01:26:49,984
Stay safe!
1524
01:26:50,084 --> 01:26:54,405
♪ ..of the world! ♪
1525
01:27:36,129 --> 01:27:37,349
MUSIC: A Winter's Tale
by Queen
1526
01:27:37,449 --> 01:27:39,449
Yeah, look at that intro.
1527
01:27:40,929 --> 01:27:45,930
♪ Red skies are gleaming, oh... ♪
1528
01:27:47,090 --> 01:27:50,950
When he was in Montreux, he sat
on the balcony and the view
1529
01:27:51,050 --> 01:27:54,310
is amazing overlooking
the lake and the mountains
1530
01:27:54,410 --> 01:27:56,111
and the chimney tops.
1531
01:27:56,211 --> 01:27:57,951
♪ Smoking chimney-tops... ♪
1532
01:27:58,051 --> 01:27:59,191
♪ Chimney tops. ♪
1533
01:27:59,291 --> 01:28:00,351
♪ Am I dreaming? ♪
1534
01:28:00,451 --> 01:28:02,451
♪ Am I dreaming? ♪
1535
01:28:03,331 --> 01:28:04,551
♪ Am I dreaming? ♪
1536
01:28:04,651 --> 01:28:06,592
SHE HUMS ALONG
1537
01:28:06,692 --> 01:28:10,752
That would have been the last song
that Freddie would have written
1538
01:28:10,852 --> 01:28:12,032
before he died.
1539
01:28:12,132 --> 01:28:14,292
♪ The nights draw in... ♪
1540
01:28:16,053 --> 01:28:20,313
♪ There's a silky moon
up in the sky... ♪
1541
01:28:20,413 --> 01:28:21,873
Yeah!
♪ Yeah... ♪
1542
01:28:21,973 --> 01:28:26,074
Although his body was failing him,
his voice was so strong.
1543
01:28:26,174 --> 01:28:28,734
♪ Am I dreaming? ♪
1544
01:28:30,494 --> 01:28:33,074
♪ Am I dreaming?
1545
01:28:33,174 --> 01:28:35,154
♪ Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
1546
01:28:35,254 --> 01:28:37,475
♪ Dreaming... ♪
1547
01:28:37,575 --> 01:28:41,515
It must have been hard when you know
that you're going to die.
1548
01:28:41,615 --> 01:28:44,195
How do you cope with that?
1549
01:28:44,295 --> 01:28:47,476
By writing a lovely song, maybe.
1550
01:28:47,576 --> 01:28:53,156
And it's lovely that he's left
this legacy for us all.
1551
01:28:53,256 --> 01:28:54,916
♪ Dreaming
1552
01:28:55,016 --> 01:28:57,117
♪ A breathtaking scene
1553
01:28:57,217 --> 01:29:01,357
♪ With the dreams of the world
1554
01:29:01,457 --> 01:29:08,618
♪ In the palm of your hand. ♪
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