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The Untold Story of Freddie Mercury
弗雷迪·墨丘利不為人知的故事
Rare photos and intimate memories reveal the rock icon's private side as Bohemian Rhapsody heads to the Oscars
《波西米亞狂想曲》沖擊奧斯卡，罕見的照片和親密的回憶揭示了這位搖滾偶像不為人知的一面
The man who would become Freddie Mercury seemed depressed as he sat in a London pub one day in the late '60s.
60年代末的一天，弗雷迪·墨丘利(Freddie Mercury)坐在倫敦一家酒吧里，看上去很沮喪。
"I'm not going to be a pop star," he sighed glumly, as classmate Chris Smith would later recall.
“我不會成為一個流行歌星了，”他沮喪地嘆了口氣，同學(xué)克里斯·史密斯后來回憶道。
Then a smile spread across his face as he rose to his feet and threw his arms out in a heroic pose that would become familiar to millions of fans: "I'm going to be a legend!"
然后，當(dāng)他站起身來，以一種千百萬粉絲都熟悉的英雄姿態(tài)伸出雙臂，臉上綻開了笑容：“我要成為傳奇!”
It was a laughable notion for an art student barely into his 20s. But then it happened. As the frontman of Queen, Mercury was a rock superhero by age 29.
對于一個20多歲的藝術(shù)系學(xué)生來說，這是一個可笑的想法。但后來確實如此。作為皇后樂隊的主唱，墨丘利在29歲時就成為了搖滾超級英雄。
His powerful baritone provided operatic grandeur to hits like "We Are the Champions," "Somebody to Love," and the epic "Bohemian Rhapsody."
他強大的男中音為《我們是冠軍》、《愛的人》和《波西米亞狂想曲》等熱門歌曲增添了宏偉的歌劇色彩。
In concert he could enthrall thousands; now, 27 years after Mercury died of complications of AIDS at age 45, his allure can still draw a crowd.
在音樂會上，他能吸引成千上萬的觀眾；墨丘利45歲死于艾滋病并發(fā)癥，27年后的今天，他的魅力依然吸引著一群人。
Bohemian Rhapsody, the Oscar-nominated film starring Rami Malek as Mercury, is the highest-grossing biopic in history, introducing new generations to Queen's music and the complex life of the shy immigrant who became rock's ultimate showman.
奧斯卡提名影片《波西米亞狂想曲》(Bohemian Rhapsody)由拉米·馬雷克(Rami Malek)飾演墨丘利(Mercury)，是歷史上票房最高的傳記片，它向新一代觀眾介紹了皇后樂隊的音樂，以及這位靦腆移民成為搖滾界終極表演家的復(fù)雜生活。
"Queen are even bigger than when they originally put the records out, and Freddie would love it," BBC broadcaster Paul Gambaccini, a longtime friend, says.
英國廣播公司(BBC)的播音員保羅·甘巴奇尼(Paul Gambaccini)是皇后樂隊的老朋友，他說，“皇后樂隊甚至比他們最初推出唱片時還要出名，弗雷迪會喜歡的。”
"He would just flip his hand and say, 'It's fabulous, darling!' "Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara in 1946 in Zanzibar off the African coast.
“他會拍拍手說，‘太棒了，親愛的！’”1946年，墨丘利出生在非洲岸邊的桑給巴爾，原名法魯克·布勒薩拉。
While his family, Persian-descended Parsees, practiced the ancient Zoroas-trian faith, young Farrokh was a devout follower of Western culture, devouring pop records and fashion magazines.
他的家人是波斯后裔帕西人，信奉古老的瑣羅亞斯德教，而年輕的法魯克則是西方文化的虔誠追隨者，癡迷于流行唱片和時尚雜志。
Mercury characterized himself as "a precocious child," and at the age of 8 he was sent to boarding school in India. "It was an upheaval of an upbringing," he later said of his childhood.
墨丘利稱自己是“一個早熟的孩子”，他8歲時被送到印度的寄宿學(xué)校。“這是一種成長的劇變，”他后來談到自己的童年時說。
It was there that he formed his first band, the Hectics, and adopted the name "Freddie."
正是在那里，他組建了他的第一支樂隊，赫克特，并采用了“弗雷迪”的名字。
When his family migrated to London in 1964, Mercury threw himself into the Swinging '60s scene, enrolling at art college and singing with several local bands.
1964年，當(dāng)墨丘利一家移居倫敦時，他全身心地投入了搖擺的60年代，進(jìn)入了藝術(shù)學(xué)院，并與幾支當(dāng)?shù)貥逢犚黄鹧莩?/p>
But he had his eye on a trio called Smile, which included guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor.
但他看中了一個名為Smile的三人組，其中包括吉他手布萊恩·梅(Brian May)和鼓手羅杰·泰勒(Roger Taylor)。
He offered unsolicited suggestions to the band, shouting, "If I was your singer, I'd show you how it was done!" during their shows.
他主動向樂隊提出建議，在他們的演出中大喊：“如果我是你們的主唱，我就讓你們看看該怎么唱！”
When their vocalist quit in 1970, he got his chance. With the addition of bassist John Deacon the following year, they dubbed themselves Queen—Mercury's idea.
他們的歌手1970年退出了，他得到了機會。第二年，貝斯手約翰·迪肯加入，他們稱自己為皇后樂隊，這是墨丘利的想法。
"The whole point was to be pompous and provocative, to prompt speculation and controversy," he told People in 1977.
他在1977年對《人物》雜志說：“整件事的意義在于浮夸和挑釁，從而引發(fā)人們的猜測和爭議。”
