God Save My Queen II: The Show Must Go On - Softcover

Nester, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932360514 ISBN 13: 9781932360516

Publisher: Soft Skull Press, 2004

Synopsis

God Save My Queen: The Show Must Go On by Daniel Nester continues the theme from his first book--how his personality and aesthetic was shaped by Freddie Mercury and the British rock band Queen. World famous in the 1970s for such songs as "We Will Rock You," "We Are The Champions," "Another One Bites The Dust," and the mock-opera epic "Bohemian Rhapsody," the band ended its run in 1991 with the death of its flamboyant lead singer, Freddie Mercury, from AIDS. But it is a source of a deeper and more personal obsession for the author, poet and journalist Daniel Nester. As for the first volume, a short essay, or riff, accompanies, in order of album and track, of Queen's last five studio albums The "plot points" covered here would be the band's retreat from the United States -- timed almost exactly when the author proclaims Queen his "favorite band" -- as well as Queen's triumphant performance at Live Aid, European tours, and the band's retreat into secrecy as Freddie Mercury deals with HIV/AIDS, the decline of Mercury's health and his eventual death. Not quite memoir, neither prose poetry nor rock book, it will, it will nonetheless, rock you.

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Synopsis

A COLLECTION OF LYRICAL ESSAYS DRAWING ON A VERY UNLIKELY SOURCE OF INSPIRATION: QUEEN The poet and cultural critic Daniel Nester returns with this sequel to GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. This collection has a particular focus on Freddie Mercury's death of AIDS A lyrical combination of memoir, poetry, trivia, and rock history provide the follow-up to Daniel Nester's first book on the British band Queen. Nester blends personal anecdotes with Queen's music to form the liner notes to his own psychosexual awakening, including an exquisite tribute to the unforgettable Mercury, who died of AIDS in 1991. Short essays - or riffs - are devoted to each Queen track on their last five studio albums, as well as a few solo and live efforts. The book is seven inches square, the same size as a vinyl 45-rpm record. Not quite memoir, neither prose poetry nor rock book, it will, nonetheless, rock you.

About the Author

Daniel Nester is also the author of God Save My Queen (available from Turnaround). His work has appeared in Open City, Nerve and The New York Press. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Soft Skull Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1932360514
• ISBN 13: 9781932360516
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140