Are You Ready For Freddie?

I first saw Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) when he was a solo singer. He was the opening act for a band called Mountain featuring Leslie West. He was so different from anything else going at that time, that the audience didn't quite know what to make of him. All they knew was, "That guy sure can sing!" The breakthrough came when he joined lead guitarist Brian May and changed the name of their group to...

Queen
Live at Wembley Stadium, London 1986.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdGcX-s99Rg

Weeks before their sold-out, mid 70's concerts, bumper stickers would appear on LA freeways that said, "Are you ready for Freddie?"

Queen
Under Pressure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-xVb1qsPCw

Queen
Live Aid Concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDckgX3oU_w

Freddie eventually died of Aids. It was no coincidence that many of the songs that he wrote were anticipating death...

Queen
Hammer to Fall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfYcKNqQoJo

Queen
We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBUJztI884M

Queen
I Want to Break Free
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7xmH-Amt2k

He was the queen of rock&roll.
Their classic masterpiece...
Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irp8CNj9qBI

Encore!
Queen
Brian May solo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KN1BkOmovc