Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen. Amazing!!!

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Who is Queen? Who is Freddie Mercury?

Queen is a British rock band formed in 1970 in London by singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bassist John Deacon. Although the group has presented losses of two of its members (Mercury, died in 1991, and Deacon, retired in 1997), the remaining members, May and Taylor, continue working under the name Queen, so the band is still considered active

The group enjoyed a great success in the United Kingdom with albums like Sheer Heart Attack (1974) and A Night at the Opera (1975). The latter attracted attention internationally, especially for the simple "Bohemian Rhapsody", and placed Queen in the foreground of the music scene. They had a significant impact in the United States at the end of the 1970s, already with a large repertoire of successes.An artistic level, its musical diversity, its multi-layer arrangements and its vocal harmonies have been highlighted. It is considered a band of great influence in the development of hard rock and heavy metal, incorporating elements of glam rock, progressive rock, folk, blues and pop. It was one of the first musical groups to make their concerts very colorful shows by using smoke bombs, flashpots or innovative mobile lighting systems, in addition to promoting public participation in them, thus contributing to the rise of rock sand

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Freddie Mercury (born as Farrokh Bulsara, in Gujarati, Stone Town, Zanzibar, September 1946 - Kensington, London, United Kingdom, November 24, 1991) was a British singer, composer, pianist, and musician of Parsi and Indian origin , known for being the leader and vocalist of the rock band Queen.

As an interpreter, he has been recognized for his powerful voice and extravagant staging. As a composer, he wrote many of Queen's hits, such as Bohemian Rhapsody, Killer Queen, Somebody to Love, Do not Stop Me Now, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Innuendo or We Are the Champions. In addition to the activity with the band, in the eighties he launched his solo career, which led him to publish two albums, Mr. Bad Guy (1985) and Barcelona (1988), the latter in collaboration with the Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé. The simple homonymous one, a collaboration between both, was the official song of Olympic Games of Barcelona 1992.

He died of a bronchopneumonia complicated by AIDS on November 24, 1991, only a day after officially announcing that he had the latter disease. In 2006, Time Asia magazine named him one of the most influential Asian heroes of the last 60. In 2005, in a poll organized by Blender and MTV2, he was named the best male singer of all time. , the American magazine Rolling Stone placed him in the 18th position in his list of the 100 best singers of all time, while Classic Rock, the following year, considered him the best rock singer in history. For his part, Allmusic He defined Mercury as "one of the most charismatic and dynamic leaders in the history of rock." A survey by The Sun, which sought to find the "ultimate god of rock," placed Mercury at number one. a group of scientists from multiple nationalities of the Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology confirmed that Freddie Mercury had a unique and superior voice. He was able to use sub-harmonics, a technique that few people can use even when speaking. Studies also suggest that Mercury reduced the range of her voice when she sang Opera, fearing that her fans would not recognize her voice

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Bohemian Rhapsody is an iconic theme of the rock band Queen, composed by his late vocalist and pianist Freddie Mercury. It is one of the most emblematic songs of rock, considered by many the best of all time. The original version is in the albums: A Night at the Opera (1975), Greatest Hits (1981) and Classic Queen (1992).

Although initially it was not well received by critics, today it is considered an innovative subject because of its original structure.

It remained 9 weeks as number one in the United Kingdom, and became popular again after the death of its author and its inclusion in the movie Wayne's World (1992)

The theme can be divided into 3 parts: a ballad, an operatic section and a hard rock section. The opera part has 180 overdubs of the members of the band, with the exception of John Deacon.

Bohemian Rhapsody was chosen on the eve of the millennium through a survey conducted in the United Kingdom by the HMV label as the best song of the 20th century.

It was a big mistake on my part not to have read before about this great group and this great composer like Fredie Mercury was. And I've always liked some of his subjects. When I read the lyrics of "Bohemian Rhapsody" it was something that changed me completely. Poruqe sings it with a feeling like all his cations. But this letter itself and I realize how is that is the most voted to be the best theme of the twentieth century.

Here I leave the links so they can read a little mo:

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Mercury

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