#I Want to Break Free

[saikechi]

saikechi but make them my favourite music artist !

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Queen (1984)

[rogers-rainbow-radio]

Other people: Who's your favourite band?

Me: *shows them this photo*

[freddie-mercuryy]

Queen - I Want to Break Free (1984)

[ylly22]

BRIAN! Getting ready for “I Want to Break Free”

📸 Simon Fowler

[not-the-coffee-machine4]

I really love how Queen have defended the Break Free video. It absolutely destroyed their career in the USA at the time. America was the motherland of musical success, it was their hopes and dreams that they worked their asses off for and they made one video that cost them future hits and lost them their audience and potentially millions of dollars and they VERY EASILY could have immediately backtracked and been like “haha yeah we didn’t really like it, probably wouldn’t do it again but you know how Freddie is”

Y’know trying to please both sides and crap so they could remain business as usual. Or just not taking it as seriously as they did. But Freddie didn’t want to tour there—in protest and probably also for safety reasons—and they were with him completely and have STOOD. BY. THAT. VIDEO

FOR FORTY. Y E A R S

and you see it in interviews from across all those decades, questions like “did you ENJOY dressing up as a woman??” “How much convincing did it take” “must’ve been Freddie’s idea of course”

and every single time both Brian and Roger have been like “absolutely no convincing whatsoever, we loved it, best time we’ve had making a video, it was awesome, we had a blast, this is our favorite one”

THAT is true allyship. Common sense nowadays, sure. But for a musical act of their status in that time and culture/expectation to completely give up their golden ticket in favor of what was (kinda) protest for a social issue (and of course, protecting Freddie I’m sure)…it’s just not what you would expect but it continually delights me

[bazlk]

Rogerina 🙏🌹

[kim-shadin]

An older work from this year, now without any upload and quality issue; Adam ✨️ A friend of mine wanted to see him in a dress like that and who am I to say No to such a request?

[killerqueen509]

Freddy and cat 🤴🏻🐈‍⬛

[trek-tracks]

Me, holding out a plate of cookies: All right, how many would you like?

Freddy Mercury: i want to take three...i want to take three

[debdarkpetal]

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Queen - I Want to Break Free

[rogers-rainbow-radio]

Roger Taylor on the set of I Want To Break Free - 1984

[freddie-mercuryy]

FREDDIE MERCURY and ROGER TAYLOR in I Want To Break Free (1984)

[rodyartt]

Roger Taylor ✨

I want to break free!