On April 18 this year, a scientific journal specializing in medical foniatría Rama dealing especially hearing, speech and voice published the results of an experiment that during several months, had kept busy with a group of experts from Austria, Czech Republic and Sweden.
the essay published in the magazine is packed with scientific and medical terms, besides narrating tremendous challenge European audiologists faced. analyze in detail the voice of a person who is no longer alive
for his fortune, however, do they have enough recordings of that voice, so powerful that it transcends the barriers that separate the living from the dead.
thanks to these recordings, thanks to the inescapable memory of that voice, science confirmed what culture and had established a long time ago never existed on the face of this planet of ours, voice even be compared to the born exactly 70 years ago. Freddie Mercury
Princes of the Universe. Jen Bulsara probably still remember the cries of his son, Farrokh, at birth, on September 5, 1946. A mother does not forget, no matter who gave birth seven decades ago, or Farrokh, who the world known as Freddie Mercury, has died in 1991.
“I cried when I saw it. Where are you, my dear child? “She said during an interview for the British Middleweight The Telegraph , four years ago. He had seen it, along with other 750 million people around the world, during the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in 2012. The celebration was held at the Olympic Stadium in the capital of England, where images of the biggest icons were the English culture.
“Showed John Lennon too, but people applauded more for my Freddie,” said Jer Bulsara, 94. Little matter the decades: a mother does not forget nor stop feeling pride
Bulsara and her husband, Bomi, lived in the Sultanate of Zanzibar, an island state near the coast. the current Tanzania, in northeast Africa. Although it was dissolved in 1964, for a hundred years, Zanzibar was essentially a colony of the United Kingdom, who still wielded great power in other parts of the world such as India, where Mercury would spend his childhood and adolescence.
When the Revolution broke Zanzibar, the Bulsara family finally decided to move to England. Young Mercury enlisted in a school west of London, where he graduated in arts. Besides selling secondhand clothes with his girlfriend Mary Austin with whom sustain a relationship for six years, Mercury took short steps in different bands of the London local scene.
Ya Mercury had flirted with music when I lived in India, but it was not until April 1970 when finally the stars aligned and the world, although no one knew it at the time, changed forever.
for it was at this time that he met Freddie Mercury Brian May.
Do not Stop me now. -guitarist May and Taylor and drummer, in order respectivo- Mercury recruited for his new band to join, after the two had failed with his previous project, Smile. Mercury accepted, but put one condition: that the band would be called Queen
“is a name with hints of royalty, obviously, and it sounds splendid.. It is a strong, universal and immediate “name would much later. “Certainly he was aware of the gay connotations, but that was just one facet of the name”.
That single statement is the perfect mirror of Mercury’s career. Talking about his musical legacy is almost an exercise in brainer: it would be difficult to find a human being -of this side of the world when there are no least- at least hummed any of the countless, timeless hits of Queen
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At the same time, the personal life of the iconic singer was almost always a mystery. Mercury was always careful of his privacy, largely driven by its historical context. Was not until 1967 when British law decriminalized homosexual acts between men
So, Mercury preferred to keep the issue of sexual orientation away from the public eye. The first time admitted his homosexuality was in 1976, when he confessed to his former girlfriend Mary Austin. The confession ended her love affair, but forever cemented their friendship. Repeatedly, Mercury expressed his love for Austin, whom he considered his only friend. Even, he dedicated several songs of Queen; of these, the most famous was Love of my Life . When Mercury died, he inherited his mansion in Austin
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However, Mercury chose not associated with political causes in favor of the community sexually diverse. “It’s like Freddie Mercury he was telling the world ‘I am what I am. And that?’. And that action alone would send a powerful message, “wrote John Marshall, the British magazine Gay Times .
In Indeed, the prejudices of a society still quite dated did not stop Queen or Mercury. The band sold over 300 million copies of their albums and is considered an eternal institution in the history of twentieth century music. Mercury, meanwhile, also released a couple of albums in a solo, experienced in opera and became one of the most successful gay men in the market mainstream .
Under Pressure. rumors began in 1986 and were not confirmed until five years later. The British press is merciless, and since the mid-80s Mercury bombarded with questions about the rumors that he was infected with HIV. Mercury and its closest circle account -in other members of Queen-, denied at all times.
However, with the change in the decades occurrences of Mercury became strange . Queen stopped touring concert. London newspapers the ability to publish on the front page photographs of Mercury sporadic, getting thinner increasingly vied worn down.
“Write. Write more. I want to sing and leave everything recorded so that you can continue when I go “, have said Mercury his fellow Queen, who have confirmed that Mercury kept his good humor to the end, making jokes and making sure that her illness was not worried . Towards the end of his days, Mercury stopped his treatment to speed his death; only he continued to take painkillers to ease the pain.
Finally, on November 22, Mercury issued a press release in which he admitted his illness. Two days later, he died.
45 years and 81 days breathed Freddie Mercury, who today would be serving seven decades of life. His voice, however, is still with us. The voice that both science and culture describe as unique, the eternal voice that transcends the barriers between life and death.
danny.brenes@nacion.com
Entertainment Reporter
Group Joined nation in 2012. he writes for the Sunday magazine since early 2015. he worked in the magazine Su Casa and 89decibeles.com
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