Queen’s "A Winter’s Tale" from Made in Heaven was inspired by Montreux when Mercury was staring out the windows of his hospital in the last days of his life.īut Montreux is best known in the world of music for other reasons. Bands have named songs after Montreux, such as Led Zeppelin’s "Bonzo’s Montreux" from Coda and The Dubliner’s "Montreux Monto" from Live at Montreux. The festival, held annually, attracts famous singers, musicians and composers. The Montreux Jazz Festival, brainchild of music promoter Claude Nobs, has attained an iconic status. Mercury was so taken by the beauty of the town – the sheer magnificence of the mountains and the magical glassiness of its lake waters – that he had made it his home. Queen had recorded seven albums in Montreux. We lunch on the perch freshly caught from Lake Geneva and marvel at Freddie Mercury’s bronze statue occupying centerstage at the lakeside promenade, not far from where we sit.
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