Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody a triumph of music that has remained one of the world's most beloved songs for over 40 years. powerful intoxicating and as we have come to find is an anthem for those who
longed to finally be themselves. Although released in 1975 on Queens night at the opera album and recorded earlier that year.This song has a history spanning Freddie Mercury's entire life ten years before will be presented to the rest of the band. Freddie Mercury has an idea for a song that will become one of the greatest compositions the world has ever seen and would you believe it it's original working title was the cowboy song and the line mama just killed was originally intended to have a Western
theme.
Thankfully Freddie didn't continue down the cowboy path but rather wove together a story showcasing a cacophony of obscure classical characters proving not only how well-read Freddie was but also his interests in literature religion and art scaramouche the clown Galileo the astronomer Figaro from the marriage o figaro and even Beelzebub otherwise known as Satan Prince of demons Lord of flies to say that freddie was one hell of a lyricist would be an infernal understatement and to understand the true meaning behind the lyrics we're gonna need the words of those closest through the songwriter starting with Leslie and Jones author of mercury an intimate biography of freddie mercury. who recounts a magical one-on-one conversation with the song's iconic creator leslie says having his undivided attention for a few moments I put to him my theories about these characters scaramouche.
I ventured had to be Freddie himself with a penchant for the tears of a clown motif Galileo was obviously astronomer, astro physicist and mathematician Brian May Beelzebub must be Roger Taylor.the band's wildest party animal while Figaro was perhaps not the up erratic character at all but the tuxedo kitten in Walt Disney's 1940 animated classic Pinocchio.A dead ringer for pussycat John Deacon well Freddie did adore his feline friends when Freddie didn't say a word to Jones upon hearing her theory Jones felt his silence confirmed her suspicions but Freddie maintained that the song was really about relationships,in a vague sense and as he puts it a bit of nonsense in the middle.But to really understand the song that sparked so many theories let's go to the day he showed it to the band in 1975.
Freddie Mercury has already composed Bohemian Rhapsody and what did he write it on telephone books and endless scraps of paper.lead guitarist dr. Brian maces when he first turned up with it he seemed to have the whole thing worked out in his head and thus on August 24th 1975 the band got to work recording over 160 overdubs harmonies performed by Brian May Roger Taylor and Freddie crowded around a single microphone operatic sections that took over 70 hours to record 70 hours and the most iconic guitar solos of all time .performed by Brian May but Brian didn't actually write the solo Freddie even wrote the solo - Brian says the heavy, bit was a great opportunity for us to be at full pelt as a rock band but that big heavy riff came from Freddie not me that was something he played with his the length wasn't an issue at all and speaking of length that sister piano song. Hey Jude was even longer pop and song Lang had apparently changed forever. so the song's a hit but what does it mean we get some insight from Freddie's longtime friend and famous composer Tim Rice Tim says is fairly obvious to me that this was Freddie's coming out song there is a very clear message contained in it this is Freddie admitting that he is gay mama I just killed a man,he's killed the old Freddie he was trying to be the former image put a gun ,against his head pulled my trigger nowhe's dead he's dead the straight person,he was originally he destroyed the man,he was trying to be and now this is him trying to live with the new Freddie you see Freddie had been raised in a religious Parsi community and would have never been able to be who he truly was without offending his parents and their religion Tim Rice wasn't the only one who thought it was about Freddie coming to terms with his sexuality according to Freddie's longtime lover .Jim Hutton who says or he mean Rhapsody was Freddie's confessional it was about how different his life could have been and how much happy he might have been had he just been able to be himself the whole of his life the world heard this song as a masterpiece .he felt the same about this song however simple the message is more important now than ever a person having to hide who they truly are because Society has its own horribly antiquated bigotry and nothing rings more powerful
than when we hear Freddie Mercury calmly sing nothing really matters anyone can see nothing really matters to me.a man wrote here a song that encourages us to let our true selves out and to not be ashamed of what we are to let go of the things we think matter and love who we truly are.
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