Freddie Story from Slade

[JLP]

I liked the story about Noddy's famous mirrored hat.

"We used to buy our shirts from this shop in the Kensington Market, and next door was this hat shop. We bought it from there and glued the mirrors on ourselves. The shirt shop was run by this guy called Fred, who always went on about one day being a star, and eventually he became one. Freddie Mercury.

Remember when Jim Lea was on tbe same programme? His Freddie voice was so funny.

Wow. Chris Rea contributed with clicking fingers on AKOM? That is really a fun fact. They should have mentioned him in the sleeve notes of the album, but maybe they did ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMz-bIe0GQM

Thanks


Now who clicks on Killer Queen and Under Pressure ?

[Kes]

I think...

Killer Queen - Freddie

Under Pressure - Freddie & David Bowie.

I remember both Brian and Freddie clicking fingers on a live version of KQ.

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I must listen to this later. Slightly relevant (in the sense of other musicians talking about Queen/Freddie): I found out today that Chris Rea supplied the clicking fingers on AKOM - never knew that before.

Me neither although I knew that Queen had given him studio time in Mountain Studios in, I think, 1982. Somewhere I have a brochure where Chris thanks Queen for that. Maybe released around the time of GH2.

Yeah, I know that they had some connections here and there (didn't he support them at some of the Magic gigs in '86?) but I never knew he was on any of their songs (albeit in the smallest of ways). He seems like a nice fella and really going through it health-wise in recent years.

Another anecdotal story. In 1886 Status Quo were deliberating about releasing In the Army Now as a single. John Deacon persuaded them to do so.

Definitely never heard that one before.

I enjoy these Queen-related anecdotes.

Have to say, things like this never becomes boring and there is always new ( to me ) things to learn about.

[JLP]

Another anecdotal story. In 1886 Status Quo were deliberating about releasing In the Army Now as a single. John Deacon persuaded them to do so.

Definitely never heard that one before.

I enjoy these Queen-related anecdotes.

Quo talked about it in their autobiography.