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There’s no time for us There’s no place for us What is this thing that builds our dreams yet slips away From us Who wants to live forever Who wants to live forever....? There’s no chance for us It’s all decided for us This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us Who wants to live forever Who wants to live forever? Who dares to love forever? When love must die But touch my tears with your lips Touch my world with your fingertips And we can have forever And we can love forever Forever is our today Who wants to live forever Who wants to live forever? Forever is our today Who waits forever anyway.

Words and music by freddie mercury Is this the real life- Is this just fantasy- Caught in a landslide- No escape from reality- Open your eyes Look up to the skies and see- I’m just a poor boy,i need no sympathy- Because I’m easy come,easy go, A little high,little low, Anyway the wind blows,doesn’t really matter to me, To me Mama,just killed a man, Put a gun against his head, Pulled my trigger,now he’s dead, Mama,life had just begun, But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away- Mama ooo, Didn’t mean to make you cry- If I’m not back again this time tomorrow- Carry on,carry on,as if nothing really matters- Too late,my time has come, Sends shivers down my spine- Body’s aching all the time, Goodbye everybody-I’ve got to go- Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth- Mama ooo- (any way the wind blows) I don’t want to die, I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all- I see a little silhouetto of a man, Scaramouche,scaramouche will you do the fandango- Thunderbolt and lightning-very very frightening me- Galileo,galileo, Galileo galileo Galileo figaro-magnifico- But I’m just a poor boy and nobody loves me- He’s just a poor boy from a poor family- Spare him his life from this monstrosity- Easy come easy go-,will you let me go- Bismillah! no-,we will not let you go-let him go- Bismillah! we will not let you go-let him go Bismillah! we will not let you go-let me go Will not let you go-let me go Will not let you go let me go No,no,no,no,no,no,no- Mama mia,mama mia,mama mia let me go- Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,for me,for me- So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye- So you think you can love me and leave me to die- Oh baby-can’t do this to me baby- Just gotta get out-just gotta get right outta here- Nothing really matters, Anyone can see, Nothing really matters-,nothing really matters to me, Any way the wind blows....

Barcelona. I had this perfect dream -un sueno me envolvio This dream was me and you -tal vez estas aqui I want all the world to see -un instinto me guiaba A miracle sensation My guide and inspiration Now my dream is slowly coming true The wind is a gentle breeze -el me hablo de ti The bells are ringing out -el canto vuela They’re calling us together Guiding us forever Wish my dream would never go away Barcelona - it was the first time that we met Barcelona - how can I forget The moment that you stepped into the room you took my breath away Barcelona - la musica vibros Barcelona - y ella nos unio And if God willing we will meet again someday Let the songs begin -dejalo nacer Let the music play -ahhhhhhhh... Make the voices sing -nace un gran amor Start the celebration -van a mi And cry -grita Come alive -vive And shake the foundations from the skies Ah,ah,shaking all our lives Barcelona - such a beautiful horizon Barcelona - like a jewel in the sun Por ti sere gaviota de tu bella mar Barcelona - suenan las campamas Barcelona - abre tus puertas al mundo If God is willing -if God is willing If God is willing Friends until the end Viva - barcelona

happy birthday, Freddie - my no 2 hero! :-) Joy

Pressure pushing down on me Pressing down on you no man ask for Under pressure - that burns a building Down Splits a family in two Puts people on streets It’s the terror of knowing What this world is about Watching some good friends Screaming let me out Pray tomorrow - gets me higher Pressure on people - people on streets It’s the terror of knowing What this world is about Watching some good friends Screaming let me out Pray tomorrow - gets me higher Pressure on people - people on streets Turned away from it all like a blind man Sat on a fence but it don’t work Keep coming up with love but it’s so slashed And torn Why - why - why Love Insanity laughs under pressure we’re Cracking Can’t we give ourselves one more chance Why can’t we give love that one more Chance Why can’t we give love Cause love’s such an old fashioned word And love dares you to care for The people on the edge of the night And love dares you to change our way of Caring about ourselves This is our last dance This is our last dance This is ourselves Under pressure Under pressure Pressure

Let's turn it on and get everybody thinking Thinking thinking Let's turn it on everybody song and dancing Dancing dancing Let's turn it on all the people got to get the right impression Turn it on turn it on turn it on Why don't we turn it on and let's stop everybody fighting Let's get it on let's get everybody jumping Let's get it on and get everybody stomping Let's get it on all the people got to get the right impression Let's get it on turn it on and let's get everybody dancing Let's turn it on yeah Nobody is giving it up yeah yeah Everybody is living it up yeah Everybody is living it up living it up Let's turn it on yeah Nobody is giving it up everybody is living it up yeah Everybody is living it up let's turn it on turn it on yeah Dancing dancing dancing dancing Let's turn it on and get everybody swinging Let's turn it on get right into that lovely feeling Let's turn it on come on all you people get together Turn it on turn it on and let's get everybody dancing Turn it on and get everybody happy Let's turn it on let's make everybody happy Let's turn it on come on all you happy people together Turn it on yeah turn it on Let's make everybody crazy

Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara in Stone Town, Zanzibar to Zoroastrian (Parsi) parents from India. His parents Bomi and Jer Bulsara had immigrated to Zanzibar so his father could continue his job at the British Colonial Office. He also had a sister, Kashmira. Mercury was educated at St. Peter's boarding school in Panchgani near Mumbai, India, where he had his first musical training (Grade IV piano). His first onstage performance was also at St. Peters, with his five-member school band, the Hectics. It was at St. Peter's where he picked up the name 'Freddie'; soon even his parents addressed him by that name. After spending his formative years in India, Mercury and his family fled Zanzibar because of the revolution of 1964. He was 18 when he arrived in England. There, he pursued a Diploma in Art and Graphic Design at Ealing Art College, following in the footsteps of Pete Townshend. This knowledge was to come in useful when he designed Queen's famous crest. With a wide vocal range and a somewhat operatic technique, he was one of the most versatile and technically accomplished singers to work in the pop idiom. He was the composer of many of Queen's hits, including 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Somebody to Love', and 'We Are the Champions'. His songwriting was unique, demonstrating influence from a variety of sources, but with a strong individual sense of melody, harmony, and complex orchestration. In several of his most well-crafted and popular tunes he provided all of the vocal tracks, resulting in a smooth controlled sound that was at the time unprecedented. One of Freddie's trademarks throughout the years was using a microphone (and stand) minus the bottom section. In his early years of singing he made the decision to pick up his microphone, still attached to the stand; the bottom fell off by accident, and he decided to use a bottomless microphone stand from then on. When asked why, he replied 'Everyone has to have a gimmick, dear.' Queen started using studio overdubs a great deal with their second album, Queen II, which features Freddie's music on the entire second side of the LP (or, in CD parlance, tracks 6–11). Many listeners identify 'Bohemian Rhapsody' as the pinnacle of his musical achievement, but it is possible to find the seeds of this mini-opera in his earlier works. When the band decided to release 'Bohemian Rhapsody' in 1975, everyone told them it was far too long and just would not be a hit at 5 minutes and 55 seconds. But Freddie gave a copy of the single to friend and London DJ, Kenny Everett, informing him that it was for him personally, and that he must not play it on air. Everett ended up playing it on the air—fourteen times in one day. From then on, every major radio station played the song in full, not edited versions as would be expected. It was a colossal hit and established Queen as a leading band of the era. The video for the single, directed by Bruce Gowers using ideas from the band themselves, was considered to be the one that began the whole music video craze. The single stayed at number one for nine weeks. The album was, at the time, one of the most expensive ever recorded, but when 'A Night at the Opera' was released in November 1975, it was a massive hit, and gave Queen their first platinum album. The Queen logo.Freddie had designed a Queen logo for the 'Queen' album, which was re-worked and used as the cover for A Night At The Opera. The now-famous 'crest' features the band's star signs—two fairies for Virgo (Freddie, September 5), a crab for Cancer (Brian, July 19), and two lions for the two Leos (Roger, July 26 and John, August 19). The launch party for the album was held in the exclusive Opera Bar at the London Coliseum Theatre. He released two solo albums: Mr. Bad Guy (1985) and Barcelona (1988), the latter with Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé. The collaboration came as surprise to critics, being the first of its kind, but was nonetheless widely acclaimed, if not commercially successful. One of his hits as a solo artist was a cover of the song 'The Great Pretender' (1987), but after his death gained his first solo number 1 hit 'Living On My Own', remixed by No More Brothers, which was his biggest UK hit.

This could be heaven This could be heaven This could be heaven for everyone In these days of cool reflection You come to me and everything seems alright In these days of cold affections You sit by me - and everything’s fine This could be heave for everyone This world could be fed, this world could be fun This could be heaven for everyone This world could be free, this world could be one In this world of cool deception Just your smile can smooth my ride These troubled days of cruel rejection, hmm You come to me, soothe my troubled mind Yeah, this could be heave for everyone This world could be fed, this world could be fun This could be heaven for everyone, yeah This world should be free, this world could be one We should bring love to our daughters and sons Love, love, love, this could be heaven for everyone You know that This could be heave for everyone This could be heave for everyone Listen - what people do to their souls They take their lives - destroy their goals Their basic pride and dignity Is stripped and torn and shown to pity When this should be heaven for everyone

as songwriter Mercury presented himself as a primary songwriter for Queen from beginning to end, except in the albums News Of The World, The Game and A Kind Of Magic, where bandmates Brian May and Roger Taylor composed an equal or greater number of songs. Mercury is one of the popular composers who have achieved most success in 'bringing complex music to the masses'. On one side, he was able to use an impressively rich vocabulary of advanced harmonic, rhythmic and structural features, but at the same time remain catchy and earning commercial success. Mercury wrote or co-wrote nine #1 hits: 'Bohemian Rhapsody': Topped the charts of Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Holland and the UK. 'Love Of My Life': #1 in Argentina for an entire year 'Somebody To Love': #1 in The Netherlands in its original release, and in the UK in a cover version by Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon, Mike Moran and George Michael 'We Are The Champions': #2 in the UK; #2 in the US; #1 in France for 13 weeks 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love': #1 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Holland and the United States 'Under Pressure': Credited to Queen & Bowie, but essentially Mercury's according to bassist John Deacon. Melody and lyrics were created by both Mercury and Bowie. #1 hit in Argentina, Canada, Holland and the UK. A 1999 remix topped the charts in Czech Republic. In 1990, rap artist Vanilla Ice sampled the main bassline on his worldwide #1 hit 'Ice Ice Baby'. 'Living On My Own': Originally recorded in 1985, a remix was released after his death and topped the charts in the UK 'Innuendo': Again credited to the band, but Mercury was the principal writer (with input from drummer Roger Taylor in lyrics). It was #1 in the UK and South Africa 'I'm Going Slightly Mad': Credited to Queen but composed by Freddie, this track topped the charts in Hong Kong in spring 1991

Oh yes I’m the great pretender (ooh ooh) Pretending I’m doing well (ooh ooh) My need is such I pretend too much I’m lonely but no one can tell Oh yes I’m the great pretender (ooh ooh) Adrift in a world of my own (ooh ooh) I play the game but to my real shame You’ve left me to dream all alone Too real is this feeling of make believe Too real when I feel what my heart can’t conceal Ooh ooh yes I’m the great pretender (ooh ooh) Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh) I seem to be what I’m not (you see) I’m wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you’re still around Yeah ooh hoo Too real when I feel what my heart can’t conceal Oh yes I’m the great pretender Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh) I seem to be what I’m not you see I’m wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you’re Pretending that you’re still around

An amazing feeling coming through... I was born to love you With every single beat of my heart Yes, I was born to take care of you Every single day of my life You are the one for me, I am the man for you, You were made for me, you're my ecstasy If I was given every opportunity I'd kill for your love So take a chance with me Let me romance with you I'm caught in a dream, and my dreams come true It's so hard to believe this is happening to me An amazing feeling coming through... I was born to love you With every single beat of my heart Yes, I was born to take care of you Every single day of my life I wanna love you, I love evry little thing about you I wanna love you, love you, love you Born to love you, born to love you, yes I was born to love you Born to love you, born to love you every single day of my life I was born to take care of you every single day of my life My life, Hay hay, every single day of my life I was born to love you With every single beat of my heart Yes, I was born to take care of you, honey Every single day of my life.

Another red letter day So the pound has dropped and the children are creating The other half ran away Taking all the cash and leaving you with the lumber Got a pain in the chest Doctor’s on strike what you need is a rest It’s not easy love but you’ve got friends you can trust Friends will be friends When you’re in need of love they give you care and attention Friends will be friends When you’re through with life and all hope is lost Hold out your hands cos friends will be friends right till the End Now it’s a beautiful day The postman delivered a letter from your lover Only a phone call away You tried to track him down but somebody stole his number As a matter of fact You’re getting used to life without him in your way It’s so easy love cos you got friends you can trust Friends will be friends When you’re in need of love they give you care and attention Friends will be friends When you’re through with life and all hope is lost Hold out your hands cos friends will be friends right till the End It’s so easy love cos you got friends you can trust Friends will be friends When you’re in need of love they give you care and attention Friends will be friends When you’re through with life and all hope is lost Hold out your hands cos friends will be friends right till the End Friends will be friends When you’re in need of love they give you care and attention Friends will be friends When you’re through with life and all hope is lost Hold out your hands cos right till the end- Friends will be friends

You're My Best Friend Ooh, you make me live Whatever this world can give to me It's you, you're all I see Ooh, you make me live now honey Ooh, you make me live Oh, you're the best friend That I ever had I've been with you such a long time You're my sunshine And I want you to know That my feelings are true I really love you (Ooh) Oh, you're my best friend Ooh, you make me live Ooh, I've been wandering round But I still come back to you (still come back to you) In rain or shine You've stood by me girl I'm happy at home (happy at home) You're my best friend Ooh, you make me live Whenever this world is cruel to me I got you, to help me forgive - oo oo ooh Ooh, you make me live now honey Ooh, you make me live Oh, you're the first one When things turn out bad You know I'll never be lonely You're my only one And I love the thing I really love the things that you do Oh, you're my best friend Oh, ooh, you make me live I'm happy (happy at home) You're my best friend Oh, oh, you're my best friend Ooh, you make me live Oo oo ooh You, you're my best friend Ken xx

Killer Queen She keeps her Moet et Chandon In her pretty cabinet 'let them eat cake' she says Just like Marie Antoinette A built-in remedy For Kruschev and Kennedy At anytime an invitation You can't decline Caviar and cigarettes Well versed in etiquette Extraordinarily nice She's a Killer Queen Gunpowder, gelatine Dynamite with a laserbeam Guaranteed to blow your mind Anytime Ooh, recommended at the price Insatiable an appetite Wanna try ? To avoid complications She never kept the same address In conversation She spoke just like a baroness Met a man from China Went down to Geisha Minah (Killer, killer, she's a killer Queen) Then again incidentally If you're that way inclined Perfume came naturally from Paris (naturally) For cars she couldn't care less Fastidious and precise She's a Killer Queen Gunpowder, gelatine Dynamite with a laser beam Guaranteed to blow your mind Anytime Drop of a hat she's as willing as Playful as a pussy cat Then momentarily out of action Temporarily out of gas To absolutely drive you wild, wild.. She's all out to get you She's a Killer Queen Gunpowder, gelatine Dynamite with a laser beam Guaranteed to blow your mind Anytime Ooh, recommended at the price Insatiable an appetite Wanna try ? You wanna try... Ken xx

Wow, what a great memory to Freddie!! I am so glad I started it. Many thanks to all who have contributed, especially to Joy :). Freddie would be proud of each and every one of you. Lets continue til midnight. Fi x

Words and music by freddie mercury,brian may,roger Taylor and john deacon (God works in mysterious ways) One man one goal one mission One heart one soal just one solution One flash of light yeah one God one vision One flesh one bone One true religion One voice one hope One real decision Wowowowo gimme one vision No wrong no right I’m gonna tell you there’s no black and no white No blood no stain All we need is one world wide vision One flesh one bone One true religion One race one hope One real decision Wowowowo oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah I had a dream When I was young A dream of sweet illusion A glimpse of hope and unity And visions of one sweet union But a cold wind blows And a dark rain falls And in my heart it shows Look what they’ve done to my dreams So give me your hands Give me your hearts I’m ready There’s only one direction One world one nation Yeah one vision No hate no fight Just excitation All through the night It’s a celebration wowowowo yeah One one one one... One vision... One flesh one bone One true religion One voice one hope One real decision Gimme one light Gimme one hope Just gimme One man one man One bar one night One day hey hey Just gimme gimme gimme gimme Fried chicken

Flash - ah - Saviour of the universe Flash - ah - He'll save ev'ry one of us - Seemingly there is no reason for these - Extraordinary intergalactical upsets - What's happening Flash ? - Only Doctor Hans Zarkov formerly at NASA - Has provided any explanation Flash - ah - he's a miracle - This morning's unprecedented solar eclipse - Is no cause for alarm Flash - ah - king of the impossible He's for ev'ry one of us Stand for ev'ry one of us He'll save with a mighty hand Ev'ry man ev'ry woman ev'ry child With a mighty flash - General Kala, Flash Gordon approaching - What do you mean Flash Gordon approaching? - Open fire - all weapons - Despatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body Flash - ah - Gordon's alive! Flash - ah - he'll save ev'ry one of us Just a man with a man's courage He knows nothing but a man But he can never fail No one but the pure in heart May find the golden grail Oh oh - oh oh - Flash Flash I love you - but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth Flash Fi x

No-One But You (ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG) Lyrics by Queen. A hand above the water An angel reaching for the sky Is it raining in heaven - Do you want us to cry? And everywhere the broken-hearted On every lonely avenue No-one could reach them No-one but you One by one Only the Good die young They're only flying too close to the sun And life goes on - Without you... Another Tricky Situation A get to drowin' in the Blues And I find myself thinkin' Well - what would you do? Yes! - it was such an operation Forever paying every due Hell, you made a sensation You found a way through - and One by one Only the Good die young They're only flyin' too close to the sun We'll remember - Forever... And now the party must be over I guess we'll never understand The sense of your leaving Was it the way it was planned? And so we grace another table And raise our glasses one more time There's a face at the window And I ain't never, never sayin' goodbye... One by one Only the Good die young They're only flyin' too close to the sun Cryin' for nothing Cryin' for no-one No-one but you RIP Freddie!! Gone but never forgotten!!!! Fi x

Same year as me. I can remember the day he died we were travelling up to Birmingham to see my daughter at Uni. They kept playing Queen songs and I said to my husband something must have happened to Freddie Mercury and then it came on the news, A sad day for Queen fans, that includes me. Linda

FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS Lyrics by Queen. Another red letter day, So the pound has dropped and the children are creating, The other half ran away, Taking all the cash and leaving you with the lumber, Got a pain in the chest, Doctors on strike what you need is a rest. It's not easy love, but you've got friends you can trust, Friends will be friends, When you're in need of love they give you care and attention. Friends will be friends, When you're through with life and all hope is lost, Hold out your hand cos friends will be friends right till the end. How it's beautiful day, The postman delivered a letter from your lover, Only a phone call away, You tried to track him down but somebody stole his number. As a matter of fact, You're getting used to life without him in your way. It's so easy now, cos you got friends you can trust, Friends will be friends, When you're in need of love they give you care and attention, Friends will be friends, When you're through with life and all hope is lost, Hold out your hand cos friends will be friends right till the end. It's so easy now, cos you got friends you can trust, Friends will be friends, When you're in need of love they give you care and attention, Friends will be friends, When you're through with life and all hope is lost, Hold out your hand cos friends will be friends right till the end. Friends will be friends, When you're in need of love they give you care and attention, Friends will be friends, When you're through with life and all hope is lost. Hold out your hand cos right till the end - friends will be friends.