Last week Tuesday, my husband and I went on a date – that is, we went out without the children. It had been a while since we had been to the movies sans famille and he wanted to go and experience the big screen. We decided to go and see Bohemian Rhapsody – especially as I am a great fan of Queen’s music.
I loved the film and I could see why Rami Malek won a Golden Globe for his performance. The film showed me quite a bit of Freddie Mercury’s life that I had not known before. As a teenager listening to his music, I had not been interested in knowing his background and personal history. Instead, my friends and I had enjoyed the music – dancing and singing along to his lyrics.
The story was interesting, the acting good, and the music incredible. I loved seeing the history of well-beloved songs. My favourite has always been Bohemian Rhapsody, even though the music critics did not respond favourably to it:
We Will Rock You was one that we used to sing at sports’ events and it was interesting to learn of its genesis:
I have always enjoyed listening to Find Me Somebody To Love:
I could go on with my favourite Queen hits – but that would mean many posts. If I have the opportunity to watch the film again, I probably will. But in the meantime I will pop my CD featuring Queen’s Greatest Hits into my CD player.
Which is your favourite Queen song?
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My wife and I enjoyed the movie a lot – yes, there are some historical inaccuracies, done to present a more dramatic narrative, but that is par for ht course in movie bios, and they weren’t so egregious to turn us off to what was a surprisingly intimate portrait of Mercury…and Rami Malek did a terrific job…as for favorite Queen songs, we have always loved “Radio GaGa” and “Somebody To Love”, but I also posted a story about the wine-quelled collaboration between the band and David Bowie – the epic “Under Pressure!”
https://johnrieber.com/2016/01/16/david-bowie-meets-queen-the-brilliant-wine-fuelled-madness-of-under-pressure/
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I definitely enjoy Somebody to Love – I can hear him singing in my head at this moment.
P.S.: Thanks for the reference in your post on a book I can read to learn more about Freddie Mercury.
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My Favourite Queen song is ‘We are the Champions’ and I’ve been known to sing it so loudly in the car that people in other cars stare. My next favourite is Don’t Stop me Now and I also love I want to break free.
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I love those songs too! And one of the best ways to enjoy them is to sing them with gusto to the (very) loud sounds coming from the speakers.
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OH Yes. 🙂
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I live close the lake Geneva. I have been to Freddie Mercury’s statue.. 😉
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Now that would be interesting to see.
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❤️
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🙂
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We also enjoyed the film very much. Of course, the music was wonderful, but so was the story that I (like you) only know bits. At least this helped fill in the blanks and connected the dots. If I didn’t know he was in the movie, Mike Meyers lines about Bohemian Rhapsody cracked me up!
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I don’t know about you, but the movie has made me curious to know even more about his life.
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We both know that movie are a condense version of anything. One of the interesting things for me was the way he reconciled with his father before Live Aid.
PS: My concert series this weekend features Queen. … I invite you to stop by, … just don’t duplicate a previously submitted song. 😉
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I was so glad to see that he made peace with his father as well.
Now I am stopping off at your concert to listen to some Queen!
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