➢ Because of the complexity of “Bohemian Rhapsody”, before appearing in its entirety in the musical We Will Rock You, the entire song had never before been staged live by Queen or anyone else. ➢ The purchaser of the 1 millionth ticket to We Will Rock You in London on October 2006 was a 61-year old grandmother who was buying a ticket to treat her 4-year-old great-grandson to see the show. In the only award category voted entirely by members of the public, the musical came out on top, beating a shortlist including Billy Elliot, Jersey Boys and Les Misérables. At the 2011 Olivier Awards, We Will Rock You was crowned the UK’s favorite show. It is currently the 9th longest-running show in the West End. ➢ We Will Rock You is the longest-running musical to play at the Dominion, one of the West End’s biggest theatres. ➢ We Will Rock You features more than 24 Queen songs, is in its 11th year in London, has played in some 20 countries and sold over 15,000,000 tickets worldwide. ➢ The Muppets parody of the “Bohemian Rhapsody” video has been viewed over 31 million times on YouTube. The band recorded commissioned soundtracks for Flash Gordon and Highlander, while their songs have provided memorable moments in films such as Wayne’s World and Shaun of the Dead. ➢ Many Queen songs have been used on the soundtracks to films. ➢ Brian May is an enthusiastic astronomer and holds a PhD in Astrophysics, which he achieved after returning to college over 30 years after Queen formed. ➢ “We Will Rock You” was played over half a million times during the 2012 London Olympics. ➢ BMI, the music licensing agency, repeatedly lists “We Will Rock You” as the song most played at sporting events. ➢ Brian May’s distinctive sound came from his self-made “Red Special” guitar, which he and his father constructed from a carving from an antique fireplace, motorbike valve springs and a knitting needle. He was a Parsi born in Zanzibar and grew up there and in India until his mid-teens. ➢ Freddie Mercury’s real name was Farrokh Bulsara. ➢ In the US, Queen has had 7 albums certified Multi-Platinum, 12 albums certified Platinum and 19 albums certified Gold. It is certified eight times platinum in the United States, and is Queen's most commercially successful album worldwide with over 25 million copies sold, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. It has spent 476 weeks in the UK Charts, and is the best-selling album of all time in the UK. ➢ Queen's Greatest Hits peaked at number one on the UK Album Chart for four weeks. 1s “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” and “Another One Bites the Dust”, both from the album The Game. ➢ Queen’s biggest hits in the USA where the No. It swings (ooh, ooh), it jives (ooh, ooh) It shakes all over like a jelly fish, I kinda like it. John Deacon was recruited shortly after and the classic Queen line-up was born. This thing (this thing) called love (called love) It cries (like a baby) in a cradle all night. Freddie Mercury joined after suggesting the band rename themselves Queen. It's a great piece of art, but it's the last song that would ever be a hit.➢ Queen was formed in 1970 from the remnants of Brian May and Roger Taylor’s previous band, Smile. It's about looking at his girlfriend and realizing that his body needed to be somewhere else. ![]() 'Lily Of The Valley' was utterly heartfelt. Queen 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love': This thing called love I just can't handle it This thing called love I must get round to it I ain't. ![]() But you could find out, just from little insights, that a lot of his private thoughts were in there, although a lot of the more meaningful stuff was not very accessible. The song also makes reference to their earlier song 'Seven seas of ryhe', in the line "Messenger from Seven Seas has flown to tell the King of Rhye he's lost his throne."īrian May said, 'Freddie's stuff was so heavily cloaked, lyrically. The lyrics of the song show a sadness, about someone who is 'forever searching high and low'. Eventually he would confide about this to her, and she would accept this, and they would remain close friends for the rest of Freddie's life. The lyric may also have been about his relationship with his girlfriend-Mary Austin-the 'Lilly' of the song meaning her-though at the time he and Mary were still living in their flat together, and he loved her, he was starting to feel unsure about whether to stay in the relationship due to his emerging feelings about being gay, and how he would be able to tell her. Some of the lyric was inspired by 1835 novel Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac-Freddie is said to have loved French novels, and some French sayings made their may into his lyrics, (e.g, in 'tour de le fourse' in 'Let me entertain you'). A slow ballad written by Freddie Mercury, 'Lilly of the valley' features him on piano and singing the vocals.
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