#Freddie Merucry

[idontknowhowthisworked]

IT'S THE JIM INTERVIEW! My god this man is a sweetheart, and he mentions Joe Fanelli by name when he talks about them taking care of Freddie towards the end. I need to watch this six more times before I go to bed.

[midnightostara]

So I used to be in a group for Queen on Reddit but left since all of them were all toxic (some but not much)

And I made the decision to check the group out again and see how everything is. What do you know someone shared a picture of Freddie with the LGBT flag and a comment from someone claiming "he wouldn't like it".

Despite their fave is a gay man. But they're clearly not ready to hear that or that he had boyfriends.

But whoo boy the responses. Still insinuating that he was BI, act like that they know him that he wouldn't approve, etc.

Also notice how some of the comments are actively excluding the T when they say LGBT. Basically showing their Transmisia (which means the hatred for trans people).

TW: Homophobia ahead.

I'm definitely ready going to be poking the bear to rile all these homophobes and transmisias.

Anyone got anything for me to say?

[basalcrayon]

Bohemian Rhapsody : Queen’s Crowning Moment

31st October 1975 not an unusual date it was a halloween as usual , but 4 misfits calling themselves “Queen” unbeknownst to the impact they are going to change the world of music forever released their first single of arguably one of the greatest albums of all time

The album ? A Night At The Opera

The Song? Bohemian Rhapsody

Often considered as the greatest song of all time and personally it is

To the average person in 2020 a song stretching 6mins may or may no be an issue now that we have songs like Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” And Camel’s “Lady Fantasy” ( Who in my humble opinion are still one of the most underrated bands of all time seconded for me only by The Knophler Brothers Dire Straits )

Now back to the topic in 1975 labels like EMI thought that 6 minutes is stupid and I quote Roger Taylor OBE

They said it was too long and wouldn’t work.We thought “Well we could cut it , but it wouldn’t make any sense” It doesn’t make any sense now and it would make even less sense then you would miss all the different moods of the song .So we said no it’ll either fly or it won’t

But this was more than just a song it was the baby of Mr Mercury

In 2002 Brian May OBE said this

“He ( Freddie ) knew exactly what he was doing ….. we just helped him bring it to life”

But using his charm & lot of friendship Freddie did what Freddie does best ( except music that is ) with the help of his friend and Capital Radio DJ Kenny Everett .Queen released the song on Capital Radio and over the weekend Kenny got requests and played the song over 14 times! ( Now that’s a lot for a Halloween weekend ) countless of people lined up outside record stores on the following Monday to buy the record only to be disappointed by EMI & Elektra as the record hadn’t officially released yet.

But how does a 6min song have such an impact?

This might get technical so sit back and play A Night At The Opera!

Let’s take a deciphering look.Here We Go!

As I already quoted beforehand Bohemian Rhapsody was Freddie Mercury’s brainchild and I’m pretty sure Freddie had it all deciphered already and as Brian has said in the past Freddie had it all written on pieces of paper

From the start to finish Freddie had it all he wrote the ballad the piano and even Brian’s legendary solo & one of the most defining rock riffs of all time

Now A bit about the composition

Bohemian Rhapsody is all a song can hope for with a ballad , a amazing guitar solo , opera ( that people actually understood no hard feeling though ) & one of the greatest rock riffs

Now going Part by Part

A Capella – (0:00 – 0:49)

The five part harmony that opens up with iconic “ Is This The Real Life Or Is This Just Fantasy “ a Capella which comprises of more than 3 overlays of only Freddie contrary to what people think that it was all 4 members opening

At roughly 0:21 the grand piano makes it entrance as one of the defining moments of rock music with the story’s narrator ( which we will take a closer look at later ) introducing himself as “ just a poor boy “ who requires no sympathy and is easily come & gone while being little high little low

This leads us into the ballad

Ballad – ( 0:49 – 2:37 )

John Deacon starts with his bass and Freddie starts with the piano & “Mama Just Killed A Man” after Freddie does this twice his vocals sort of change & evolve turning into someone who is confessing something .

Roughly at 1:19 Roger Taylor’s Drums kick in after the first stanza the piano repeats with Freddie starting with the second verse being a stronger & more vocal story of the narrator with Freddie emphasising killing off the verse with arguably the most iconic line of Music ( At least for me )

“ I Sometimes I Wish I Had Never Been Born At All “

Kick In Brian May

Guitar Solo (2:37–3:05)

Brian May plays a very progressive solo in the key of E flat

At 3:03 he cuts off the solo on An A note signalling the start of operatic section

Opera ( 3:05 – 4:07 )

Iconic , Legendary , Defining , Great , Controversial are just a few words that come to mind about this section .This section comprised of over 180 overdubs ( cant imagine people like Cardi B doing that !?)

Brian doing the lower part

Freddie with the power & symbolicalness of his vocal strength in the middle

Roger doing the higher notes ( cause he was the only one who could’ve made the dogs hear him )

With lyrics like Scarmouche , Galileo & Fandago

Producer Roy Thomas Baker Once Said –

Everytime Freddie came up with a new Galileo I ordered a new piece of tape

On Came The Hard Rock Part

Hard Rock ( 4:07–4:54 )

At 4:07 Brian May played one of the most symbolic rock riffs of all time ( also written by Mr Mercury ) Three Guitar riffs are played ended by Freddie back on his piano after his vocal outrage ends

Outro ( 4:54 – 5:55 )

After the iconicness of the riff ends Mercury plays multiple ascending octaves on his piano ( The same piano used by by Paul McCartney of The Beatles to record “Hey Jude”)

The narrator ends the story by saying nothing really matters to him

This is followed by anyway the wind blows & Roger hitting a gong

Isn’t Musical Masterpiece An Understatement!?

Now lets move onto the most difficult part of this song

What do these lyrics actually mean !!!?

Nobody can surely know now that Freddie is gone but I’m pretty sure we won’t have known even he was there ( which I wish everyday )

Going Part by Part

Intro

Disclaimer – This is my interpretation of the song and is by no means correct

“Is this the real life or is this just fantasy?

Caught in a landslide

No escape from reality

Open your eyes and see”

The narrator starts of by a kind of cry by saying is this the real life ? Is this what we have made the world , Is this what everyone needs to go through

Exclaiming about the cruel & harshness of the world

He continues by saying he’s caught In a landslide which I think is the personification of the modern society how it’s just going in a downward spiral with nobody doing about it leaving no one with any way to get out of this

He ends it by saying open your eyes and see what is happening it’s time for change

“Look up to the skies and see

I’m just a poor boy , I need no sympathy

Because I’m easy come , easy go .Little high , little low

Any way the wind blows ( doesn’t really matter to me )”

The narrator goes on in his story by saying that it’s high time that people look up to the sky and think what life actually is about but he continues on by saying how he’s just a poor boy who needs no sympathy and how nobody really cares what he’s saying and how any way the wind blows or how the world functions anymore no longer matters to him

Verse -

“Mama Just Killed A Man , Put A Gun Against His Head , Pulled My Trigger Now He’s Dead

Mama Life Had Just Begun , But Now I’ve Gone And Thrown It All Away

Mama oooo Didn’t Mean To Make You Cry , If I’m Not Back Again This Time Tomorrow Carry On

As If Nothing Really Matters”

Now we enter the narrator’s back story

I’m going to follow one idea here that how the young narrator killed his former self who cared about this world

The narrator starts by confessing to his mother how he’s killed the former self everyone had loved how the world forced him to put a gun on his head and pull the trigger resulting in the death of his persona who cared

He goes on further by saying how his life had just begun he had just started exploring his existence but before he could the cruelness & harsh nature of the world forced him into this and how he has thrown it all away

This stanza tells us that we have a young narrator maybe in his teens

The Narrator continues apolitically to his mother that he’s sorry he didn’t mean to make her cry by killing his past self & that if his old self isn’t back this time tomorrow carry on as if nothing ever happened

“Too Late My Time Has Come , Sends Shivers Down My Spine Body’s Aching All The Time

Goodbye Everybody I’ve Got To Go , Gotta Leave You All Behind & Face The Truth

Mama Oooo ( Anyway The Wind Blows )

I Sometime Wish I’d Never Been Born At All”

Now that the day has gone by and the narrator’s old self hasn’t been revived he finally comes to realise what he’s done how he’s committed persona suicide and how the thought of that sends chill down his body

He says his final goodbye to presumably his family that his old persona is dead and it’s time for him to leave and go on a new journey finishing off by telling his mother how it would’ve been better if he had never been born

This ends the verse

Guitar solo –

Even though it’s a solo Freddie tried his best to show the narrator’s emotions by writing Brian’s solo trying to make the guitar create a sort of cry as ( assuming the narrator plays guitar ) is the best way for the narrator to show the world how he really feels

Opera -

“The operatic part for me is sort of a trial of the narrator’s old self

I See A Little Sillhouetto Of A Man

Scaramouch , Scaramouch Will You Do The Fandango

Thunderbolts & Lightning Very Very Frightening

Galileo Galileo Figaro Magnifico”

This part is the trial of the narrator’s older self as the newer self sees whatever remains off the past as a silhouette .He sees scaramouch as a person representing society and fandango as the way it functions and kind off makes fun of how the society forces everyone to do everything their way

“Thunderbolts & Lightning are glimmers of change & hope and how it’s frightening to change something

I’m Just A Poor Boy Nobody Loves Me , He’s Just A Poor Boy From A Poor Family

He’s Just A Poor Boy From A Poor Family , Spare Him His Life From This Monstrosity

Easy Come Easy Go Will You Let Me Go

Bismillah No We Will Not Let You Go ( Let Him Go )

Bismillah We Will Not Let You Go ( Let Him Go )

Bismillah We Will Not Let You Go ( Let Me Go )

We Will Not Let You Go

No No No No No No

Oh Mama Mia , Mama Mia

Beelzebub Has A Devil Put Aside For Me !,For Me !”

In this part the newer self is fighting with the world to avoid reviving the older self how he’s a poor boy all alone nobody loving him and all alone to fight he’s pleading to god ( personified as Bismillah ) to let him go from the grasps of society and how god is telling him to fight for himself and at the end he realises the fight has just begun by saying mama mia as a form of fear and how beelzebub has kept a devil specifically for him due to the way he fought

Hard Rock –

“So You Think You Can Stone Me And Spit In My Eye

So You Think You Can Love Me & Leave Me To Die

Oh Baby , Can’t Do This To Me Baby !

Just Gotta Get Out , Just Gotta Get Right Outta Here”

In the supposed climax of the story the narrator finally decides to fight back by saying how does the society think that they can ruin him without any form of backlash expected , how everyone used to love his past self but the second he turned they left him alone

He ends this part by saying that it’s high time now he isn’t going to let anyone do this and he’s only waiting to get out of here to take his revenge

Outro -

“Ooh Yeah , Ooh Yeah Nothing Really Matters To Me

Nothing Really Matters To Me

Anyone Can See Nothing Really Matters To Me

Anyway The Wind Blows”

The story ends with the narrator having won his battle against the world all alone and how he’s all alone and nothing matters anymore

Conclusion

There maybe a million other interpretations this might’ve been Freddie’s coming out song where he says he killed his old heterosexual self and it’s time for him to live freely as a homosexual

Maybe this is about Freddie & all other members lives struggles or maybe something else

But 1 Thing Is Forever Sure

On 31st October 1975 Queen released something unmatchable and generational

Bohemian Rhapsody Is , Will & Forever Will Be One Of The Greatest Songs Of All Time

By -

Basal Crayon

[branloaf]

why isn't anyone talking about that part in borhap where freddie is hella annoyed about having to lip sync for killer queen and mary is like "we'll just have to make sure no one is looking at your lips" like i'm sorry but that is the funniest shit ever i laughed at that every time i saw the movie

[incorrectdomandrog]

Roger: *ordering his wedding cake over the phone*

Shop Employee: and what would you like your cake to say?

Roger, leaning over to Dominique: do we want a talking cake?

[in an ideal au where these two actually had the wedding they deserved]

[bahrlee]

I dont care what anyone says about his teeth... Freddie Merucrys smile was gorgeous.

Freddie was so self concious of his teeth... His smiles were rare. Whenever he did smile....

It was a genuine, heartwarming expression.

It was precious.

It was happy, and silly. ❤

It was loving.

It was ADORABLE.

Theres a reason people miss his smile.

It wasn't ugly, it was one of the best.

[farewellmusic]

Freddie Mercury - 1980

Credit to Dick Darrell

[jiggling-thighs]

i wish i could’ve met freddie merucry

[rocksxlt]

Freddie Merucry wasn't BI. Get it through your thick skull. He said he was gay in a magazine during the 70s. He said, "I'm as a gay as a daffodil, my dear". Like please stop it erasing his sexuality.

Okay, I would like to address some things if I may?

1) I made that post a long time ago. I’ll delete it if it gets people to stop beefing me about it, but it’s seriously been about three years. I was fifteen, and if I’ve offended you I’m sorry.

2) I was making a deliberate attempt NOT to erase his sexuality, as I’ve heard in various places that he was bisexual - there are accounts of him going home with men AND women, and having a preference doesn’t mean he didn’t like both.

3) Bisexuality is erased far more often than homosexuality, as when in a same-sex relationship people are called gay and in a different-sex relationship they’re called straight. This is inaccurate, and given the fact he was definitely in a relationship with a woman at some point, his ending up with a man doesn’t necessarily mean he “found himself” or “came out.” He may just have fallen in love with a different person.

4) Bisexuality wasn’t a big term when he said that. In fact, it was big that he’d come out as gay at all - it’s unlikely that if he was bi he’d have tried to explain the ins and outs of his sexuality to media that might not have accepted him anyway. People thought in a very black and white way, and sexuality is a gradient.

5) When arguing with someone that is not being rude in any way it’s extremely impolite to say “get it through your thick skull.” I am not stupid, I am interpreting information we both have access to differently to you, and I shouldn’t be offending anyone in the process.I don’t want to invalidate anyone’s identity, but he isn’t around now to explain exactly what was going on and I’m trying to understand the nuances of it all way after the fact. I’m not invalidating anything.

[naamayemini]

"I'm falling in love for the first time, this time I know it's for real."

-Freddie Merucry

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#5

If you wanted to know more about Biba.

4 notes - Posted July 3, 2022

#4

https://picrew.me/image_maker/481862

Found a Daria picrew.

Tag, you're it.

5 notes - Posted February 17, 2022

#3

I had no idea Radar was based off of a particular person. Rest in peace Donald Shaffer.

7 notes - Posted April 2, 2022

#2

Can I just say that the latest fandom wank with Phoebe really has me confused and conflicted? Also I think I need to stay out of the comments of Queen At the Races (and not just because they indirectly called me out for "whining" about a website's shit auto-translation). Crystal comes off as a dick sometimes for attacking people that share things about Freddie in books, but I don't think doing the same on a Facebook fan page is that much of an improvement.

I love Phoebe but that comment about Freddie falling in love with Mary in the red dress really rubbed me the wrong way; but I always give the benefit of the doubt and figure he may have said something else that got cut out. I really don't think he's "milking Freddie" the way Crystal accuses him. I know he's also lately said things that don't add up like never seeing Freddie cry, but I have to wonder if he's trying to project that "very strong" attitude and image that Freddie could have. Having gone to boarding school himself, maybe the attitude of "boys don't cry" followed him and he's got his own unresolved issues surrounding that.

I'm just rambling and upset, but it really bothers me both how catty people can be, and also that Freddie's legacy involves all this shit. He wouldn't want this.

16 notes - Posted January 25, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

IT'S THE JIM INTERVIEW! My god this man is a sweetheart, and he mentions Joe Fanelli by name when he talks about them taking care of Freddie towards the end. I need to watch this six more times before I go to bed.

152 notes - Posted October 27, 2022

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Freddie Mercury was a Bisexual Indian Man

Pass it on.

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Queen in Japan, 1975

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Freddie Mercury's Final Video Footage

Last moment's of Freddie Merucry in color, unseen footage.

http://www.videobash.com/video_show/freddie-mercury-s-final-video-footage-before-his-passing-559141