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“Three Voices, One Spirit: The Gospel Heart of Queen’s Final Chapter”

17 June 1996 – Queen released their 45th UK single, ‘Let Me Live’ with Bicycle Race’ and ‘Fat Bottomed Girls (1994 EMI Remaster)’ ‘Let Me Live’ is the fourth single (UK) released from Queen’s fifteenth album, ‘Made In Heaven.’ This beautiful, welcome return to gospel started life in 1976 as an untitled impromptu jam with […]

“Live Aid and Beyond: How Freddie Mercury Redefined world Best Redefined Performance”

There’s no right way to prepare to play to millions of people. Most performers spend years cutting their teeth before finding their calling playing to the back of a stadium, but being able to engage with a crowd of that size is something that you’re either born with or you have to wait years to […]

Why ‘ Bohemian Rhapsody ‘ the queen song that terrified Queen’s record label

Why ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’: the song that terrified Queen’s record label Picture the scene: you’re an up-and-coming producer, Roy Thomas Baker, with a few hit records to your name, including Free’s Fire and Water. Your rising star, however, is a flamboyant band of art-metal eccentrics called Queen, who are steadily becoming a big deal. They’re fun […]

‘Don’t Stop Me Now’: Is there tragedy behind Queen’s euphoria?

It would take one hell of a prude to have a problem with ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’. It’s one of the most beloved Queen songs from a back catalogue almost entirely made up of beloved songs. It’s an expression of pure, energised joy straight from the pen of a man who endured so much pain. […]

The controversial Queen song that Freddie Mercury described as “only a bloody record”

Behind the sheen of Queen’s lasting legacy is a band that endured controversy at every corner. If it wasn’t about how their music threatened to overthrow traditional rock, it was about sexuality or how Freddie Mercury single-handedly corrupted the youth of the time with his flamboyant irreverence. All of this seems absurd now, but back […]

“It’s too high”: The song Brian May thought would be too difficult for Freddie Mercury

Throughout every decade we had Queen, nothing seemed out of their grasp. Compared to most bands that follow one sound and stick with it throughout their career, the rock monarchs were absolutely fearless when it came time to challenge themselves, whether that meant going towards pop, making cheery show-tunes, or the greatest stadium-sized hard rock […]

Is there a hidden message in Queen song ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’?

The beauty of most art forms is that meaning can be applied almost anywhere. In music, most artists are aware that when they release a song or album, it generally stops being theirs, landing into the hungry hands of their audiences and exploding into countless interpretations. While this can be said of almost any Queen […]