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* Music/{{Queen|Band}}'s single greatest SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome is their appearance at Wembley Stadium during UsefulNotes/LiveAid on July 13, 1985. Music/FreddieMercury took a hundred thousand people into the palm of his hand and led them to heaven. Several "best ever" lists voted this set as the Greatest Live Gig by Any Band '''''EVER''''', and there have been very few dissenters from this opinion. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bToG3hKX5nM They obviously haven't seen Freddie in action.]])
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* Music/{{Queen|Band}}'s single greatest SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome is their appearance at Wembley Stadium during UsefulNotes/LiveAid on July 13, 1985. Music/FreddieMercury took a hundred thousand people into the palm of his hand and led them to heaven. Several "best ever" lists voted this set as the Greatest Live Gig by Any Band '''''EVER''''', and there have been very few dissenters from this opinion. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bToG3hKX5nM com/watch?v=_9pfbgpYDsk They obviously haven't seen Freddie in action.]])
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** Mad props to him for what is the single greatest understatement in a thesis ever:
-->''The writing of my thesis was virtually complete in 1974, but the submission was deferred due to various pressures.''
-->''The writing of my thesis was virtually complete in 1974, but the submission was deferred due to various pressures.''
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* Music/{{Queen|Band}}'s single greatest SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome is their appearance at Wembley Stadium during UsefulNotes/LiveAid on July 13, 1985. Music/FreddieMercury took a hundred thousand people into the palm of his hand and led them to heaven. Several "best ever" lists voted this set as the Greatest Live Gig by Any Band '''''EVER''''', and there have been very few dissenters from this opinion. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjXetWK-Ur8 They obviously haven't seen Freddie in action.]])
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* Music/{{Queen|Band}}'s single greatest SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome is their appearance at Wembley Stadium during UsefulNotes/LiveAid on July 13, 1985. Music/FreddieMercury took a hundred thousand people into the palm of his hand and led them to heaven. Several "best ever" lists voted this set as the Greatest Live Gig by Any Band '''''EVER''''', and there have been very few dissenters from this opinion. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjXetWK-Ur8 com/watch?v=bToG3hKX5nM They obviously haven't seen Freddie in action.]])
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* * In the "Epic Songs of '75" episode of ''The Top Ten Revealed'', "Bohemian Rhapsody" was ranked as the [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x84ay3g best single of that year.]]
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* [[Music/{{Queen}} Queen]]'s single greatest SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome is their appearance at Wembley Stadium during UsefulNotes/LiveAid on July 13, 1985. Music/FreddieMercury took a hundred thousand people into the palm of his hand and led them to heaven. Several "best ever" lists voted this set as the Greatest Live Gig by Any Band '''''EVER''''', and there have been very few dissenters from this opinion. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjXetWK-Ur8 They obviously haven't seen Freddie in action.]])
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* [[Music/{{Queen}} Queen]]'s Music/{{Queen|Band}}'s single greatest SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome is their appearance at Wembley Stadium during UsefulNotes/LiveAid on July 13, 1985. Music/FreddieMercury took a hundred thousand people into the palm of his hand and led them to heaven. Several "best ever" lists voted this set as the Greatest Live Gig by Any Band '''''EVER''''', and there have been very few dissenters from this opinion. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjXetWK-Ur8 They obviously haven't seen Freddie in action.]])
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* A more singular Moment of Awesome for Brian May, who got to play "God Save the Queen" (which the band had previously covered as an instrumental way back on ''A Night At The Opera'' in 1975) at UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen's Golden Jubilee celebration. While standing on the roof of Buckingham Palace.
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* A more singular Moment of Awesome for Brian May, who got to play "God Save the Queen" (which the band had previously covered as an instrumental way back on ''A Night At The Opera'' in 1975) at UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen's UsefulNotes/ElizabethII's Golden Jubilee celebration. While standing on the roof of Buckingham Palace.
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** [[https://youtu.be/RdDimyd6cj4 In August 5th 2021, it happened AGAIN, in another gig to take place at Fenway Park, Boston, again while waiting for Green Day:]]
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* Their single greatest SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome is their appearance at Wembley Stadium during UsefulNotes/LiveAid on July 13, 1985. Music/FreddieMercury took a hundred thousand people into the palm of his hand and led them to heaven. Several "best ever" lists voted this set as the Greatest Live Gig by Any Band '''''EVER''''', and there have been very few dissenters from this opinion. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjXetWK-Ur8 They obviously haven't seen Freddie in action.]])
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* Their [[Music/{{Queen}} Queen]]'s single greatest SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome is their appearance at Wembley Stadium during UsefulNotes/LiveAid on July 13, 1985. Music/FreddieMercury took a hundred thousand people into the palm of his hand and led them to heaven. Several "best ever" lists voted this set as the Greatest Live Gig by Any Band '''''EVER''''', and there have been very few dissenters from this opinion. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjXetWK-Ur8 They obviously haven't seen Freddie in action.]])
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* Their single greatest SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome is their appearance at Wembley Stadium during UsefulNotes/LiveAid on July 13, 1985. Music/FreddieMercury took a hundred thousand people into the palm of his hand and led them to heaven. Several "best ever" lists voted this set as the Greatest Live Gig by Any Band '''''EVER''''', and there have been very few dissenters from this opinion. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-JcbK4Z5Gk They obviously haven't seen Freddie in action.]])
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* Their single greatest SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome is their appearance at Wembley Stadium during UsefulNotes/LiveAid on July 13, 1985. Music/FreddieMercury took a hundred thousand people into the palm of his hand and led them to heaven. Several "best ever" lists voted this set as the Greatest Live Gig by Any Band '''''EVER''''', and there have been very few dissenters from this opinion. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-JcbK4Z5Gk com/watch?v=EjXetWK-Ur8 They obviously haven't seen Freddie in action.]])
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* Almost a year later, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXOOwNS2qk0 Queen returned to Wembley]] for a show all their own, which became ''another'' great example of Freddie making that whole stadium his bitch. The footage still rocked more than 25 years later, when it was used at the 2012 London Summer Olympics' closing ceremony.
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* Almost a year later, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXOOwNS2qk0 com/watch?v=OVzvoPP6M50 Queen returned to Wembley]] for a show all their own, which became ''another'' great example of Freddie making utterly owning that whole stadium his bitch.stadium. The footage still rocked more than 25 years later, when it was used at the 2012 London Summer Olympics' closing ceremony.
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** A side note: let's be honest, basically any time Freddie gets the audience to repeat his operatic vocal runs back to him counts as a Moment Of Awesome. ''That's'' a showman.
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* How many rock singers have performed in sold-out stadiums? Some. How many have performed (in this case, pre-recorded the performance) a song for '''the Olympic Games?''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzoyDILKlhY One.]]
** How many rock singers can get the audience to sing along... ''AFTER HE'S DEAD''?!
** How many rock singers can get the audience to sing along... ''AFTER HE'S DEAD''?!
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** How many rock singers have performed in sold-out stadiums? Some. How many have performed (in this case, pre-recorded the performance) a song for '''the Olympic Games?''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzoyDILKlhY One.]]
** How many rock singers can get the audience to sing along... ''AFTER HE'S DEAD''?!
** How many rock singers can get the audience to sing along... ''AFTER HE'S DEAD''?!
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** Also "Mother Love", which was Freddie's last vocal recording. His almost supernatural performance during the middle eight is enough to send shivers down any listener's spine. When you realise that such powerful singing came from a man with barely a foot out of the grave, the more remarkable it is.
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** Also "Mother Love", which was Freddie's last vocal recording. His almost supernatural performance during the middle eight is enough to send shivers down any listener's spine. When you realise that such powerful singing came from a man with barely a foot out of the grave, right before [[HeroicRROD he had to end what turned out to be his last recording session early due to exhaustion]], it becomes all the more remarkable it is.remarkable.
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* When, during a concert, someone in the audience shouted "You fucking poof!" at Freddie ("poof" being a homosexual slur), Freddie told the stage crew to shine the spotlights on the offender, and then offered his microphone to him and said, "Say it again, darling!" The heckler backed off.
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* When, during a concert, someone in the audience shouted "You fucking poof!" at Freddie ("poof" being a homosexual homophobic slur), Freddie told the stage crew to shine the spotlights on the offender, and then offered his microphone to him and said, "Say it again, darling!" The heckler backed off.
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*** Special mention has to go to "Radio Ga-Ga." Seeing a packed Wembley Stadium clapping in unison to the chorus is nothing short of amazing. Even better knowing Queen came back the next year for their own concert and pulled it off again!
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