音楽界で最も偉大なパフォーマーの1人がこの世を去って25年。
その名は、フレディ・マーキュリー。
ロックバンド、クイーンのフロントマンは1991年11月24日、AIDS(後天性免疫不全症候群)に伴う合併症であっけなく死亡した。45歳。噂になっていた病気を公表した翌日のことだった。
彼の訃報は、かつてないほどの世界中の音楽ファンの悲しみを呼び起こした。そしてそれは今もそうだ。
フレディは記憶に残る唯一無二のパフォーマーだった。しかし何よりも、彼は傑出したミュージシャンであり、ロッククラッシクとなった「ボヘミアン・ラプソディ」など、ロック史上記憶に残る曲の数々を作り、演奏してきた。
彼が遺した音楽の財産は今も引き継がれている。レディ・ガガからケイティ・ペリーまで、これまでに多くのミュージシャンがフレディの影響を受けたと公言している。レディ・ガガに至っては、クイーンの曲「Radio Ga Ga(レディオ・ガガ)」がその名の由来だ。
フレディの生涯を称え、100枚の貴重な写真を紹介する。
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