This was exemplified through the 1984 release of “I Want To Break Free”, with the band dressed in drag for the accompanying video. If anything, we have more in common with Liza Minnelli than Led Zeppelin…we’re more in the showbiz tradition than the rock’n’roll tradition”. Mercury claimed: “we’re not like anyone else. Mercury’s music never faltered during his career, and part of his continuing popularity can be accredited to the reinvention of his stage fashions to suit and illuminate the music. He also “loved the choreography, fluid sexuality and atmosphere of total excess” in Richard O'Brien’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I absolutely adore Liza Minnelli…the way she delivers her songs – the sheer energy”. He said: “one of my early inspirations came from Cabaret. Mercury liked “the cabaret-ish sort of thing”. Alongside his love for classical music and opera, he was also a lover of musical theatre, elements of which we can see in his own music and stage presence. As we mark 30 years since his death, we should celebrate the revolutionary lyrics, piano mastery and flamboyant show business style that he brought to rock music.īy the time Mercury was 18 years old he was demonstrating the idiosyncratic style that would later revolutionise the music industry.
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These different art forms constructed a full creative package and made Mercury an icon. It was met with positive responses in South Africa, where it sat at the number 1 spot for a period of time.There is no doubt that Freddie Mercury was a genius: it’s clear in his music, his theatrical performances, and his eccentrically stylised persona.
It reached #3 in the UK upon its release and was in the top 10 of many European countries such as Austria, France, Germany and Spain. The music video has over 226 million views on the Queen official YouTube channel.Ĭhart Rankings and Certifications: Gold in the United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Mercury removed his false breasts and wig once he realised his outfit was triggering the audience, but the experience puzzled and disappointed Mercury. However, when Mercury sung the track in front of over 325,000 in Rio de Janeiro, the audience began to throw stones at him while in his female outfit. In other countries such as South Africa and in South America, the track was received with open arms and highly praised as it was seen as a fight against oppression. It was celebrated in countries such as the UK where it was understood and taken as a joke, but the US audience failed to see the soap-opera connection and interpreted the video as an open declaration and celebration of transvestism, consequently banning it from MTV. When the video was aired in 1991 on VH1, it was met with mixed reactions. It was her idea to pastiche the Coronation Street women.” “Of course! Everybody thinks it was Freddie’s idea because it looks like something he would love to do but it actually came from Roger’s girlfriend at the time, strangely enough. Contrary to popular belief, the idea for the video was not Mercury’s idea, Q Magazine found out in March 2011 when Brian May was asked if each band member’s character was an accurate reflection of their personalities. The group was surrounded by figures wearing miners helmets and Mercury singing in a dark space. Mercury vacuums the floor and signs the first verse, then leading to a dark space through a door. The music video parodies the popular British soap opera “Coronation Street”, depicting Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, Brian May and John Deacon as female characters from the show.
The music video was directed by David Mallet, and shot in May 1984 at Limehouse Studios in London, costing £100,000. However, the protagonist loves them so, but knows that the relationship is toxic and not right for them. The narrator has fallen in love, but knows that the relationship isn’t for them: “I want to break free from your lies / You’re so self-satisfied I don’t need you”, as well as “I don’t want to live along, hey / God knows, got to make it on my own”. Written by bass guitarist John Deacon, the title of the track explains the premise of the song. Recorded in 1983 but released in 1984 on their 11th studio album “The Works”, it’s the sixth track on the album and probably the most popular. “I Want To Break Free” is one of Queen’s most controversial but iconic songs.
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