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Not everyone knocks it out of the park on their first step into rock and roll stardom. Hell, most people can hope to say something halfway coherent when they step up to the microphone, but even for someone that had more charisma in their little finger than most people have in their entire body, even Freddie Mercury<\/a> wasn\u2019t safe from some sour moments in Queen.<\/p>\n But looking at the history of the band, there\u2019s no way that any other vocalist could have taken Mercury\u2019s place. He was the consummate frontman, and even if Brian May\u2019s guitar sound gave them a musical voice in another respect, there\u2019s a reason why any reunion is normally billed \u2018Queen + whichever singer they\u2019re using at the time\u2019. There\u2019s no replacing someone like Mercury, but the frontman never saw himself as someone who needed to be idolised on that kind of level.<\/p>\n If anything, every show was his way of putting on his very own Broadway show in many respects. With the possible exception of David Bowie, no one approached the stage with as much gravitas as Mercury did, and even when the band were coming off a tour around the time of their Live Aid<\/a> performance, the fact that they devoured an entire stadium of people left the entire music community in awe.<\/p>\n For someone with that kind of ability, though, it\u2019s insane to think that Mercury was shy behind the scenes. Despite being one of the biggest frontmen of all time, Mercury was often extremely reserved when he got off the stage, and when the band finally decided to give him a go in their early days, Mercury didn\u2019t exactly knock it out of the park as everyone might have expected.<\/p>\n