But we did discuss it on numerous occasions. It was about how different his life could have been, and how much happier 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 of imagination, a great command of musical styles.
It was this remarkable tapestry. It was so intricate and had so many layers, but the message, if hidden, was simple. Just as the management, the band, all of us in his life, never admitted that Freddie was even ill, not until the day before he died — because it was his business — he felt the same about this song.
I disagree. The song has proved itself over and over. It has stood the test of time. Freddie will be known throughout the world forever because of it. There is a very clear message contained in it. This is Freddie admitting that he is gay. Clip Can Oscars Avoid Hostless Disaster of ? We Will Rock You. Interview Graham King. Photos Top cast Edit. Max Bennett David as David. Bryan Singer. Anthony McCarten story by screenplay by Peter Morgan story by. More like this.
Watch options. Storyline Edit. Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury. Freddie defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet.
The film traces the meteoric rise of the band through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound. They reach unparalleled success, but in an unexpected turn Freddie, surrounded by darker influences, shuns Queen in pursuit of his solo career.
Having suffered greatly without the collaboration of Queen, Freddie manages to reunite with his bandmates just in time for Live Aid. A week was devoted to the opera section, for which Mercury had methodically written out all the harmony parts. For the grand chorale, the group layered tracks of vocal overdubs using track analogue recording , with Mercury singing the middle register, May the low register, and drummer Roger Taylor the high register John Deacon was on bass guitar but did not sing.
Something inside me told me that this was a red-letter day, and it really was. The groundbreaking video Queen also hired director Bruce Gowers to shoot a groundbreaking video, which features the band recreating their iconic pose from the cover of their Queen II album.
Queen watched the program in their Taunton hotel room. He wrote about being loved and left. He lost interest in Mary after he had her emotionally and physically because no human can fill that place that Jesus has set aside for himself. Men, like Freddie, are looking for a woman to fill that place and erase the insecurity but it can not be found at the foot of a woman. So after exhausting Mary, he cheats with a man.
This is spitting in the eye of God that he rejected but he has turned it around because he was going to false gods. He felt they were spitting in his eye. Jesus must be your first love. Jesus knows when you are being real with Him. Freddie was describing his own man-made hell. And yes, it seems clear that religion was a very big deal to Freddie and his parents.
And that his love was named Mary is…. Bababooe — you may be on the nose, here, with your illusion comment, which no one mentioned yet. WHAT great theories. I read them all. I believe Freddie was really a genius,; musically gifted, intensely introspective, and kind. Wish he was still here. He was a kind man, and also deeply troubled.
The troubled part often leads to musical genius, as a way to transcendently channel pain, but the kindness was just him, shown by how Mary and crew stuck by him, and still do, even so long after his death. I wish he could have seen his own movie. There was no one like Freddie. Yvette, so true.
Thanks for such a great post! Hope it was useful! Mel, thank you for your comments about Bismillah. I wish we could ask Freddie. And there is a certain beauty to that too. I believe the intro is Freddie talking to his mother as a representation of everyone he loves, and telling her that he has killed off his former self to become who he really is.
His biggest concern, of course, is that in doing so he has reverted to being small again and dealing with all of the difficulties of life over again. In that context the lyrics make perfect sense. As far as the operatic part goes, it is the playing out of his internal struggle — the literal bad and good inside him and his struggle to be let go to be who he is.
Most importantly it has to be an epic tale. It has a classic literary structure played out musically and resolving at the end. Thank you MZ. MEANT to be epic in scope, with a certain majesty and beauty in the storytelling. But right too about the classic literary structure…. I have always loved Queen and worshipped Freddie. Whatever the true meaning may be, it remains the most incredible song. I saw Queen live in and was blown away by their show. He become a professional soldier at the age of 18 and at the age of 24 his life had changed forever.
I too wish that Freddie and my friend was still here. I think that would have made Freddie very happy to hear. I like going to kareoke with my friends and usually sing a Queen song. It makes me happier. And people in the room always sing along. I think that the part where it says sings? Does that mean anything about Freddie?
I think there is some truth to that as well. Metaphorically, it ties to all of these interpretations I think. You want others to see something general that you see, but in their own interpretation and that makes it successful if it does just that. This song is perfect at being relatable by everyone that struggles with the existing world views out there.
Thus, I see the song as a genius general introspective we have all felt regarding social acceptance in a world rife with condemnation for anyone who dares to be different. Best regards to you all, keep your dreams alive! So many people feel marginalized and misunderstood.
Very sad, but what can we personally do to get that acceptance? For Freddie, his art was his voice and attempt to find happiness. I agree there is a measure of relatability in Bohemian Rhapsody. Otherwise, a six minute song with strange words would have never taken off, much less be something so beloved so many years later. I think everyone has to listen,listen, listen.
Freddie was a bit extroverted type. He had no real hidden message. He sang as he felt. So people, stop looking into something that is not there. He knew he was sick and he pulled the trigger. He was a great singer without a cause. My understanding of Love of my life lyrics if about Mary is that he perceives that she has left him and that she has taken her love away from him.
This is codependency. He though she was his answer. But even if Mary was. So sad. What a pathetic pleading. Come back, come back, come back. Come back. You may be right and the songs are just fun outlets, and we are reading more into them than was intended. This is the beauty of art. People can try to read into it, or just accept it, but something good is forever. Matt, that works for me too. It was a four way collaboration, and the case can be made they were just having a bit of dramatic fun.
I am so sick of people trying to psychoanalyze everything. The man was an artist. An artist does what an artist does, he creates. The songs are a form of the inner souls of the artist.
When someone connects than it becomes a part of their inner being. I think with the chair, it was something he had in his room at the asylum and he thought he could make a still life from it. With Starry Night, he clearly was more inspired there than he was by the chair, but I think he just wanted to paint something he thought was cool. Monet liked the effect of light on water and painted a lot of that. And so on. People can put all kinds of interpretations on things if they wish.
It probably tells us more about the viewer than the actual creation. Same here you took every thought I was thinking I related to it for that reason. Ready to discontinue my love for the song with the other reasons others was thinking. I dont believe it was as deep as described of others. Good job. It meant pretty much boastful coward, which is something a hippy would not find offensive but charming.
You should know the culture from which Queen arose. And a Fandango is a wild party, not just a necktie party Mexican style re. Very interesting analysis, however, they are all incorrect and the truth about the meaning is quite shocking.
Queen as a band were very much struggling in Freddie was in a straight relationship at the time, he had no idea he was gay. There is no real meaning to the song.
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