Bohemian Rhapsody — Memorial for the Queen Band

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Bohemian

Rhapsody

Memorial

Queen

Band

On July 13, 1985, the "Live Aid" rock concert was performed at the Wembley Stadium in London and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. The sixteen-hour long music performance was a magnificent music event. At the beginning of the film, the lead singer of the British Queen, Freddie Mercury took a deep breath and rushed to the stage.

In 1970, the 24-year-old Freddie Mercury was called Farrokh Bulsara. This Indian Persian from Zanzibar, Africa, followed his family to escape the war since the age of 17. He worked at Heathrow Airport to carry luggage and was scornfully called "Pakistani". In fact, Freddie had been well-educated in India since he was a child. He started to learn piano at the age of 8. He loves music and formed a student band in a private high school in India. When waiting for the bus in London, he always wrote his own songs on paper. Freddie liked to go to bar to listen to music at night. There he met with Mary Austin, who also loved music, and they fell in love at first sight.

At the parking lot outside the back door of the bar, the smile band composed of college students guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor were worried about the departure of Their singer Tim. Freddie proposed to join the band. Roger laughed at his big buck teeth, After Freddie showed off his voice, the pure tone stunned the two, then Freddie became the lead singer of the smile band and began his singing career in the bar. 

Freddie conceived a new name for their band: "Queen", and after bassist John Deacon joined, the four formed a stable combination. He changed his last name to Mercury, means he would be as bright as Mercury. Unwilling to make a living by singing in a bar, Freddie persuaded the band members to sell their broken car and pay to a studio to record their own songs. The scouts of EMI Records noticed the talents of these young men in the recording studio. He got their demo tape, John Leid, the manager of the famous singer Elton John signed a contract with them, and the band began it’s journey to fame.

The single "Killer Queen" successfully hit the charts. These young persons got rich. Freddie presented a diamond ring to Mary, promising to live forever with Mary. They had a series successful tour performance show at the different cities in the United States, One night, he had a strange feeling to a strong American man.

The Queen were planning their new album A Night at the Opera, Freddie bet people would love some incorporating opera elements into the new song, After got approval, They moved to far closed Rockfield Farm, worked day and night to create their new song.

In the early morning, facing the quiet wilderness, the music that has haunted Fred's heart for many years spewed out. He rushed to the piano and played the touching prelude and the piano melody of the song. The call of this affectionate "mother", Nobody Knows how many fans have to weep off their excitement tears in later days.

A very creative part of the song is a weird opera fragment. The four singers repeatedly sang in the recording studio for 10-12 hours every day. Although the schedule has been badly delayed, Freddie still insist to reach the high pitch he envisioned. It's very hard to the handsome drummer Roger, who sang Galileo's part. After 26 repetitions, it was finally completed.

The left was the rock part of the song, The four brothers were so excited and overwhelmed that they knocked over all the temporary partition walls. The four all fell on the ground. At the end of the music, it returned to the piano accompaniment. The background sound "Any way the wind blows..." The last long noisy cymbal sound seemed to pull people back to reality from the music fantasies.

Bohemian Rhapsody is more than six minutes long, and the investment of time and money has set a new record. Ray Foster, the manager of EMI, refused to risk releasing the single. After the talks broke down, Fred found a good friend of the BBC, They released the song in the form of a TV dialogue. It became famous and occupied the top of the music chart for nine weeks. Fans may not truly understand what the lyrics mean, but they just like the excitement brought by the mix of piano, guitar, opera, and rock. This song is definitely a masterpiece in the music history.

In the process of creating Bohemian Rhapsody, Freddie couldn't resist the temptation of Paul Prent, who was in charge of the band's schedule, and fell into the abyss of homosexuality. He mentioned it to Mary, and Mary was heartbroken: "You found a reason that I can't blame you." Then, Fred arranged for Mary to live in other apartment across the street. In the evening, Fred called Mary and asked her to turn the lamp on and off to convey love. Physically, Fred had betrayed Mary, but in spirit, he promised to love Mary forever, they would never leave each other.

The band was getting better, and each member kept creating new masterpieces. One day, when their family gathered, guitarist Brian May had a whim, he asked everyone to stand together and slap their feet and clap their hands on the third beat. He want to create a song that is convenient for fans to sing by themselves, without accompaniment, just stomping and clapping, A new classic was born. "We will Rock You" sang all over the soccer stadiums in every corner of the world and became the theme song of the 1994 World Cup. This song became the most enjoyable emotional catharsis and atmosphere maker for generations of soccer fans around the world.

As his reputation grew, his agent John Reid offered Freddy a huge $4 million contract with CBS, encouraging him to leave the band and fly solo. Try to surpass Michael Jackson who accounted for 4% of global record sales. Although Freddy fired Reid, he couldn't resist the temptation. He broke up with the other three of Queen, signed a contract, flew solo by himself, and went to Munich to build his own team.

In Munich, there was no good teamwork, Freddie’s music creation was in trouble, Paul Prent has recruited all kinds of homosexuals to fool around, and blocked Mary’s constant calls. On a rainy night, Mary, who was pregnant with her new boyfriend, found Freddie and persuaded him to return to the Queen’s band to participate in the upcoming "Live Aid" global charity show. She also exposed Paul’s blocking of his information trick. Freddie felt so furious about Paul’s cheat, he fired Paul and returned to London.

Freddie found the Queen’s agent Jim Beach, hoping to reconcile with his brother and participate in the live music festival. Everyone forgave Freddie, and when they were told that Freddie was suffering from AIDS, the brothers tightly hugged together.

The last twelve minutes of the movie restored the epic and gorgeous performance of the Queen at the "Live Aid" concert that year, known as "the greatest rock performance in human music history", Freddie was full of enthusiasm , Starting with "Bohemian Rhapsody", followed by the interactive "Radio Ga Ga" (Radio Ga Ga) and "Hammer to Fall"; in the end, Freddie and the 100,000 audience, sang together "We will Rock you" and "We Are the Champions". They did not overturn the roof of Wembley Stadium, because Wembley Stadium has no roof at all. They overturned the sky of London with singing! Today, 35 years have passed, people still think this is the greatest rock performance in human history.

On November 24, 1991, Freddie Mercury, the Queen leader singer, died of pneumonia caused by AIDS. Sixteen years after its release, "Bohemian Rhapsody" once again occupied the top spot in the UK charts for five weeks. In October 2018, the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody" to commemorate him was staged, which swept more than 900 million US dollars in the global box office. The actor Rami Malek also won the 2019 Oscar for Best Actor Awards.

The Internet may have made the exciting era of rock and roll out of the stage, but the agitated "We Will Rock you" song of the Queen's band continues to sing in every stadium in the world, never stop!

The shining star in the sky, like the incarnation of this musical giant, burns itself and presents the most beautiful music for the world!