Rock n Roll Nanny

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She had spent her childhood out of the limelight on a farm in Wiltshire: “ I was always a tomboy and I guess bossy as the eldestshe says to the Telegraph, also revealing that it was very difficult for her to resist the lure of the big city. At 16, before Norland, she had gone to London to work in the dressing room of the legendary Marquee Club in Soho, where she saw the best bands live: “ Jimi Hendrix of Pink Floyd and Eric Clapton“, says. Sally Arnold is a remarkable woman to be able to recall all her memories and capture each of the eras mentioned. Even though it’s a completely different lifestyle to most if not all people, I could picture all her memories clearly in my own head. Growing up in the swinging sixties and working through the turbulent 70’s, the names mentioned that she’s either met, worked for, worked with or dated is truly phenomenal. This book was like a who’s who of the celebrity world through one woman’s life. Sally’s social circle of friends was changing now, with obviously dating a man who was a record producer, then The Sweets lead singer. I don’t think anyone had been particularly thoughtful before. Everything I did was for the good of the tour and I was also there for them. When Allen Collins [from Lynyrd Skynyrd] missed the birth of his first baby, he was heartbroken so I had him sobbing on my shoulder.”

She owes a lot to her grandfather; Charles Arnold was a successful businessman, owner of MK Electric and the sixth richest businessman in the UK at the time, who simply did what he thought was common sense: “ That’s what I did too. I remember Heather, the wife of Roger Daltrey of the Who, once said to me: “No one has given the concert schedule to the wives before.” But to me, it was common sense, wives needed to know where their husbands were!» As you would imagine the books covers exposure to substances, unsavoury people and Arnold touches on her own experience of being abused/people in power abusing that. Some of the antics and behaviour is quite appauling of these celebs. Kevin from Bridgeport, CtThat was an immature comment. Freddie Mercury was bisexual. I heard that Brian wrote the song after meeting a few groupies he had fun with...don't know if its true though. But the sexism isn't all bad - after all, an all-woman group (Antigone Rising) covered this song for the Queen Tribute album. They can dig it. I marveled at how much she moved around, renting or selling apartments and cottages as her work situations evolved. She also worked for various charity entities setting up events, eventually starting her own event planning company. She even sat side by side with Princess Diana for some charity events, with some down to earth conversations to share, as well as photos of them together. Sally also collaborated with iconic Hollywood actor Paul Newman to utilize proceeds from his "Newman's Own" brand to funnel into UK charities.Johnny from Los Angeles, CaThis song was used in Super Size Me. I also love how this song is described in songfacts: "about a young man who comes to appreciate women of substantial girth". Such a formal response to a silly song. Excellent. Jameson from Lexington, Ky(laugh) Brian, of course, wrote the song; if it has "loud, fat" guitar parts in it, to use Brian's own words, he's likely to have written it. But even if Freddie had written this, I think the whole issue of "boys" versus "girls" is moot. It's not just that Freddie was gay or bi; Freddie just didn't care. If it was pretty, he'd go there. Kevin from Bridgeport, CtAnd the song is anything but sexist. Its a very humorous song...and live Freddie would say its for all the beautiful women in the audience...and he finds all women beautiful. Jim from PennsylvaniaSeriously, some people need to unclench and quit trying to moralize the song. Jeez. IT'S JUST A SONG! Bonnie from Washington, DcI love this song and there ain't nothing sexist about it! Now, if it had been a rant about how fat-bottomed girls are unattractive compared to super thin fashion models or other stereotypes of "beauty," that would be sexist.

Glenn from Mildenhall, EnglandThey're just saying that Big girls need loving, too. "I've been singing with my band across the wire across the land, I've seen every blue eyed floozy on the way, but their beauty and their style went kind of smooth after a while, take me to them dirty ladies every time" When I listened to Queen, I never, ever thought- omg, Freddie Mercury is gay. It never mattered- he was a GENIUS (in my opinion). Kevin from Danbury, CtAnother immature comment, Freddie never wanted to have GUYS riding on bikes. If anything the nakded women were his idea.In 1977, a private plane carrying six crew members crashed in Mississippi due to fuel shortage – a moment that Sally describes as when her “life fell apart”. “I lost my beloved Dean but he also saved my life, as I should have been on that plane.” (Dean had called Sally a few days before suggesting she took a different flight.)

The group raised a few eye-brows when while performing "Fat-Bottomed Girls", a row of semi-nude, over-weight women on bicycles appeared on stage. Overall this was a pretty good read, one that I want on my shelf so I can read it again (and continue crying). Despite Sally Arnold, saying she was a farmer’s daughter from Wiltshire that ending up meeting, and working for some of the most famous people of our times, her paternal grandfather, was a multi millionaire although he died in 1969, he was the sixth richest man in the country. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn November 16th 1978, Queen appeared in concert* at Madison Square Garden in New York City...Geoff from Mumbai, India1) Why do people have to talk about Freddie's sexuality in every discussion about Queen's music? As a young adult, her descriptions of London in the 60s are of course ‘swinging’ and provide her with an introduction to the music industry. The book describes how she became the Jagger’s nanny, moving on to managing UK and US bands and their tours. Later chapters describe her gradual withdrawal from the mainstream music industry as she applies her skills to various charity organisation and events.