freddie mercury, would have just turned 65 if he were alife today.n some ways mercury lives on through his music and more recently through a google doodle. in his honor nbc bay area journalist mark anderson talks to the local woman behind the birthday tribute to the rock icon. >> hi, my name is jennifer, and a i'm a google doodler. i work in california at google's headquarters. our job is basically to have as much fun as possible. we take our logo and change it to celebrate things important to google culture. right now i'm working on a doodle to celebrate freddie mercury's 65th birthday. i guess i'm just a queen fan in general, and freddie mercury is one of the greatest rock heros of all times. it's funny pitching it to the rest of my team. it says weird when i say it and no one understands the context. so considering how colorful freddie's career was, we wanted to create a doodle just as colorful as his personality and his lyrics and voice the music created. we decided to go with the song "don't stop me now." it's one of their top ten hits of all ti

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i mean, come on freddie mercury and queen. >> jimmy: ah, freddie mercury and queen.er. >> i learned a lot from lou, yeah. [ talking over each other ] >> jimmy: absolutely, yeah. oh, i love that guy. >> and all my best habits, i might add. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: all these pictures are in the book. you've got to go check out this book. mick rock, folks. you're a genius. i love you. [ cheers and applause ] our thanks to the legend mick rock. check out mickrock.com for the whole story. coming up next, dierks bentley performs a pink floyd classic! oh, it's going to be great. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] movie buffs! this film is tres bien, but the interest rate on your checking account is le pew. interest on your checking? earn more with new high yield free checking at capital one bank. your interest rate will be five times the national average. five times the interest! and free atms at any bank. show's over folks. make your way to capital one bank. what's in your wallet? were you crying? yeah. >> steve: tonight's tribute to pink floyd

i mean, come on freddie mercury and queen. >> jimmy: ah, freddie mercury and queen.er. >> i learned a lot from lou, yeah. [ talking over each other ] >> jimmy: absolutely, yeah. oh, i love that guy. >> and all my best habits, i might add. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: all these pictures are in the book. you've got to go check out this book. mick rock, folks. you're a genius. i love you. [ cheers and applause ] our thanks to the legend mick rock. check out mickrock.com for the whole story. coming up next, dierks bentley performs a pink floyd classic! oh, it's going to be great. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: tonight's tribute to pink floyd is brought to you by budweiser. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our next guest has scored eight number-one hits on the billboard country chart. we're thrilled to have him here tonight to perform "wish you were here" as part of "pink floyd week." please welcome dierks bentley. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ so you think you can tell heaven from hell blue skies from pain can you tell a green field ♪ ♪ from a cold steel rail a s

to be the next freddie mercury. mean that alone dispels all sorts of rumors. >> as you can see, it didn't work out so well. i did have the platform shoes and other things to show that we gave it the best efforts. >> what was the name? >> we had a lot of bands but the last one, the good one, was wizard. you laugh. >> there's another wizard, of course. you had a competitor out there with birdie name. they'd already been there. >> well, we tried. it was during that period of art rock. classical rock. the days of emerson lake and palmer. yes. you know those bands well. keith emerson was my hero. i thought i was always raised to follow your dreams, go for it, go for the roses, be the best that you can be and i thought that we could make it in the music business. >> i wouldn't say that the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, governor, isn't necessarily compatible with a mormon lifestyle. did you see potential conflict arising? >> donny and marie did okay. >> there was an allegation -- this is pretty damaging to you i think for any p

unveiled a special animated doodle today in celebration of what would have been queen singer freddy mercury's 65th birthday yesterday. all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc, and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news". finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. governor rick perry returns from the campaign trail to lead his state's efforts against the deadly wildfires raging across texas. and after the controversial premier of "the real housewives of beverly hills" the show's stars talk about the tragedy. >>> now, keep it on this channel for continuing local news, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thank for watching "early today" just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one.

. >>> google has a special surprise today, honoring freddy mercury. he would have turned 65 yesterday. he died in 1991 of complications related to aids. click the google icon it plays this animation set to his song "don't stop me now". >> and if you're fed up with high price of gas here in the bay area, who isn't? there is a music video just for you. this video called gas prices by a band that shows the gas pump destroying san jose city hall and shark tank. >> okay. and it took three months to make. i was wrapped up in the video. sorry. the musicians are san jose residents. the leader got a start at mount pleasant high school. >> i used to rock the drums during jazz classes so i came and filled in for them. i've been playing piano since five years old. music as been built into my core. >> it's still there? >> yes. it is. >> if you want to see the video there is a link on our web site. >> i know where you're going to be going in just a bit. >> coming up our half hour, the artist creating one of the biggest sculptures on the west coast. >> and the 2012

this time marking the birthday of the lead singer of the band queen, freddie mercury.f you go to the google uk site, you'll see a logo with a play button. press it and you'll get a 90-second long video set to queen's 1978 hit, don't stop me now. mercury would have been 65 years old today. he died of pneumonia back in 1991, one day after going public that he had aids. now, the song and video will be on the u.s. page of google tomorrow. >>> best buy is reportedly expecting an iphone 5 product launch in the first week of october with pre-sales possibly beginning by the end of this week. bgr, an on-line technology website reportedly got its hand on the best buy documents that allegedly detail the basic first steps and prep work for the launch. but the document appears to be doing nothing more than that speculating about the launch date. it notes the proposed release date could change. the document also notes that sprint is expected to launch the iphone 5 during the first week of october as well. there's no comment from apple at this time. >>> i found an iphone 5 at a bar i

and so was alexander, just three hours later, his freddie mercury moment short-lived. ♪ i've got to breakree >> reporter: but if you're going to break free, at least turn off the radio. ♪ jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> jeanne, thank you. >>> i'm wolf blitzer, tomorrow this programming note, republican presidential candidate mitt romney and jon huntsman, they'll both be here live in "the situation room," one at the 5:00 p.m. eastern hour, one in the 6:00 p.m. eastern hour, tomorrow, two republican presidential candidates. that's it for me. thanks for watching. >>> for our international viewers, "world report" is next. >>> for those viewers in north america, "john king, usa" starts right now. >> good evening, everyone, tonight rare good news for president obama in the polls as he warms to a jobs fight with republicans, the new numbers show big support nationwide when the president says this -- >> if you want construction workers back on the work site, pass this bill. if you want teachers back in the classroom, pass this jobs bill. >> but there's bad news for the president, too, and lots of

gaga recalls not just '80s star, madonna, but also '70s stars like grace jones, elton john, and freddie mercuryat and a dead ringer for '60s soul. we could go on and on pointing out examples. in large parts, this retromania is about the overwhelming shadow the '60s still casts over american culture. our romance with that wild sexual free wheeling revolutionary decade is not over. the '60s is like the cool kid who graduated from high school years ago, but refuses to stop hanging out in the quad. but our retromania is also a complaint about the modern day, the artists are saying the now is too impure or lackluster or lame for them, so they're reaching back to another area. and it gets us away from our fears and frustrations from the now. "pan am" reminds us that there was a time where air travel was glamorous and exciting and not filled with fear and stress and intimate pat-downs. "the playboy club" recalls a time when sex was more free and not tied to death and it has. adele recalls a time where talent and vocal quality reigned, not autotune and gimmicks. gaga reminds us that artists used to be

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alice sat at >> when you log onto will today, they're celebrating the birthday of freddie mercury. he was grinning ear of the band queen. apparently the people and who are big fans because it pulled out all of the stops. he died in 1991. his music still resonates today. if you see the interesting video it will pop up. if you like to watch the video in its entirety i will try to put up a link on our facebook fan page. >> pepsi is set to announce a deal 0.2 0.3 million. it will mean pepsi products will be the nfl official marketing partner. >> we are going to check back in with the gerge rask. southern marin county. the result of earlier occurring accidents inside the wall the tunnel and on the golden gate bridge. both of those accidents are clear but the traffic is backed up to port of madeira. the drive time is running about one hour from the wall agreed to this san mateo bridge. more when the kron 4 morning news returns. >> read morning. i am darya folsom. >> i am mark danon. thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. a big drop on the dow jones, down over 3 under points in

his freddie mercury moment short lived. ♪ i've got to break free >>> all right, this morning presidentialning across the country from the east coast to the west and smack in the middle of the heartland. we are following them every step of the way. >>> we are just getting this word this morning, we are learning that obama's deficit recommendations to congress will not include changes to social security. we are getting word of this now. dan lothian is up. dan, what did you find out? >> reporter: the president will be unveiling his deficit plan next week. ahead of that, the white house confirming it will not include changes to social security. this is coming from a white house spokesperson. the president's recommendation will not include changes to social security. as the president consistently said, he does not believe social security is a driver of the deficits. he believes both parties need to work together to strengthen it rather than take a piecemeal approach. now, you might recall, when the president had these talks with speaker boehner on the grand bargain, they did discuss making cha