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= QUEEN = == ​ Queen was formed in 1971, and in 1978 they signed their first recording. In that same year, they had their first major uk tour, and in 1974 their first uk heading tour, and their first US tour. In November they released the album sheer heart attack, which was a major hit on both sides of the atlantic.

In 1975 they had their new release A Night at the Opera, which housed the hit single Bohemian Rhapsody. Most people believed that it should have been too long of a song to be a hit radio single, but it became one of the most popular singles of all time at 5 minutes and 55 seconds. It was recently renamed as the best single of all time. In 1976 they toured us and japan and in spring of that year in the uk all of their albums were staying in the top 20.

In 1978-1979 they spent most of their time touring the US, Canada, Europe, and Japan. In 1979 they released their first live album, The Game, which went five times platinum in Canada alone. Another one Bites the Dust became the bands biggest selling American single, and later that year they released the album Flash Gordon. By the end of that year queen had sold over 45,000,000 albums across the world.

In 1981 queen toured the far east, and were the first band to make a stadium tour of south America. They played infront of a 131,000 audience in San Paolo, which is the largest paying audience in for any band anywhere in the world. In 1984, they released the works, and the single Radio GaGa became a worldwide hit, becoming a number one hit in 19 countries. Another one of their great hits of that time was I Want to Break Free, which featured one of their most famous videos all dressed in drag.

In 1985 they were the headlining act at Rock in Rio, which was the biggest festival to be held anywhere in the world. Also in that year they reached their turning point at the Live Aid from Wembley Stadium. One vision was the first post Live Aid release.

In 1986 they released their 14th album, A Kind of Magic. The albumentered the UK charts at number one, later in the year the 2nd live album, Live Magic, went to number 3. From 1988 to 1991 Queen released three more albums, The Miracle, Innuendo, and Greatest Hits 2, all of which entered the UK charts at number 1. In 1991 on November 23rd Freddie Mercury announced to the world that he had AIDS. The next day, he died a tranquil death in his home.

__**Musical Style**__- Queens musical style is a mix of : progressive rock, hard rock,glam rock, heavy metal,pop rock, dance/disco, blues-rock, and psychedelic rock. Queens music was also inspired by music not usually involved in genres associated with rock like ragtime, opera, gospel, vaudeville, and folk.

__**Queens Greatest Hits-**__

1. Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury) 2. Another One Bites the Dust (Deacon) 3. Killer Queen (Mercury) 4. Fat Bottomed Girls (May) 5. Bicycle Race (Mercury) 6. You’re My Best Friend (Deacon) 7. Don’t Stop Me Now (Mercury) 8. Save Me (May) 9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Mercury) 10. Somebody To Love (Mercury) 11. Now I‘m Here (May) 12. Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy (Mercury) 13. Play The Game (Mercury) 14. Flash (May) 15. Seven Seas Of Rhye (Mercury) 16. We Will Rock You (May) 17. We Are The Champions (Mercury) **Greatest Hits II** 1. A Kind Of Magic (Taylor) 2. Under Pressure (Queen/Bowie) 3. Radio Ga Ga (Taylor) 4. I Want It All (Queen) 5. I Want To Break Free (Deacon) 6. Innuendo (Queen) 7. It’s A Hard Life (Mercury) 8. Breakthru (Queen) 9. Who Wants To Live Forever (May) 10. HeadLong (Queen) 11. The Miracle (Queen) 12. I’m Going Slightly Mad (Queen) 13. The Invisible Man (Queen) 14. Hammer To Fall (May) 15. Friends Will Be Friends (Mercury/Deacon) 16. The Show Must Go On (Queen) 17. One Vision (Queen) 1. The Show Must Go On (Queen+ Elton John) 2. Under Pressure (Rah Mix) (Queen+ David Bowie) 3. Barcelona (Freddie Mercury + Montserrat Caballe) 4. Too Much Love Will Kill You 5. Somebody To Love (Queen+ George Michael) 6. You Don’t Fool Me 7. Heaven For Everyone 8. Las Palabras De Amor 9. Driven By You (Brian May) 10. Living On My Own (Freddie Mercury) 11. Let Me Live 12. The Great Pretender (Freddie Mercury) 13. Princes Of The Universe 14. Another One Bites The Dust (Queen+ Wyclef Jean) 15. No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young) 16. These Are The Days Of Our Lives 17. Thank God It’s Christmas
 * __Greatest Hits__**
 * Greatest Hits III **



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Freddie Mercury (above) was born on September 5, 1946 in Tanzania. His birth name is actually Farookh Bulsara. He was talented vocally and instrumentally as well. He played piano, guitar, and keyboards. His favorite singer was Aretha Franklin; his favorite actress was Marilyn Monroe; his favorite drink was champagne and iced vodka, and his favorite food was Indian.

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Brian May (above) was born on July 19, 1947. He was born in England, and he grew to be 6’1" tall. He sings, plays guitar, and synths. His favorite song is "Tracks of My Tears." His favorite actor is Clint Eastwood and his favorite drink is Guinness.



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Roger Taylor (above) was born July 26, 1949 in England. He was 5’10" and he sang, played drums, percussion, and synths. His favorite actor is John Hurt. His favorite actress is Maggie Smith. His favorite singer is Bruce Springsteen and U2. His favorite drink was vodka and white wine.

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John Deacon (above) was born on August 19, 1951 in England. He is 5’9" and his talents are bass guitar, double bass, and keyboards. His favorite actress is Jean Alexander, and his favorite drink is tea.

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__**Bohemian Rhapsody**__ Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide No escape from reality Open your eyes Look up to the skies and see I'm just a poor boy (Poor boy) I need no sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go Little high, little low Any way the wind blows Doesn't really matter to me, to me

Mama just killed a man Put a gun against his head Pulled my trigger, now he's dead Mama, life has just begun But now I've gone and thrown it all away Mama, ooh Didn't mean to make you cry If I'm not back again this time tomorrow Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters

Too late, my time has come Sends shivers down my spine Body's aching all the time Goodbye, everybody I've got to go Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth Mama, oooooooh (Anyway the wind blows) I don't want to die Sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

[Guitar Solo]

I see a little silhouetto of a man Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the Fandango Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me (Galileo) Galileo (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro Magnifico-o-o-o-o I'm just a poor boy nobody loves me He's just a poor boy from a poor family Spare him his life from this monstrosity

Easy come, easy go, will you let me go? Bismillah! No, we will not let you go Let him go Bismillah! We will not let you go Let him go Bismillah! We will not let you go Let me go (Will not let you go) Let me go (Will not let you go) (Never, never, never, never) Let me go, o, o, o, o No, no, no, no, no, no, no (Oh mama mia, mama mia) Mama Mia, let me go Beelzebub has the devil put aside for me, for me, for me!

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye So you think you can love me and leave me to die Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here

[Guitar Solo] (Oooh yeah, Oooh yeah)

Nothing really matters Anyone can see Nothing really matters Nothing really matters to me

Any way the wind blows.

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​Steve walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet, machine gun's ready to go Are you ready? Hey, are you ready for this? Are you hanging on the edge of your seat? Out of the doorway the bullets rip to the sound of the beat, Yeah Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust And another one gone And another one gone Another one bites the dust Hey, I'm gonna get you too Another one bites the dust

How do you think I'm gonna get along without you when you're gone? You took me for everything that I had and kicked me out on my own Are you happy? Are you satisfied? How long can you stand the heat? Out of the doorway the bullets rip to the sound of the beat (Look out) Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust And another one gone And another one gone Another one bites the dust Hey, I'm gonna get you too Another one bites the dust

HEY Oh, take it Bite the dust Bite the dust yeah

Hey Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust, oh Another one bites the dust, hey, hey Another one bites the dust, heeeeey Oh, shoot out

There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man and bring him to the ground You can beat him, you can cheat him You can treat him bad and leave him when he's down But I'm ready, yes I'm ready for you I'm standing on my own two feet Out of the doorway the bullets rip, repeating the sound of the beat. Oh yeeeah Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust And another one gone And another one gone Another one bites the dust Hey, I'm gonna get you too Another one bites the dust Shoot it Hey Alright

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I want to break free I want to break free I want to break free from your lies Youre so self satisfied I don't need you Ive got to break free God knows God knows I want to break free

Ive fallen in love Ive fallen in love for the first time And this time I know it's for real Ive fallen in love yeah God knows God knows Ive fallen in love

Its strange but it's true I can't get over the way you love me like you do But I have to be sure When I walk out that door Oh how I want to be free baby Oh how I want to be free Oh how I want to break free

But life still goes on I can't get used to living without living without Living without you by my side I don't want to live alone hey God knows got to make it on my own So baby can't you see Ive got to break free

Ive got to break free I want to break free yeah

I want I want I want I want to break free....


 * __Evaluation-__** i personally like queen because of the amount of power you feel when you listen to their songs. their songs are some of the most famous, many of their albums have gotten to the number one hits list around the world, and some of those stayed there for a long time. Queens music can relate to almost anyone, like their single "somebody to love" or "your my best friend" we can all relate the the meanings of those songs, we all try to find love, and we all need someone beside us when we cant find love, (a best friend). Queen related to its audince and they made it feel like the audience was in the hearts of queen and almost lets the audience into their personal lives. I love some of their songs, and they are great ways to get a group of people excited for an event, like "we are the champions" and "we will rock you".

Bohemian Rhapsody- this song is bery interesting because it starts off and ends with a ballade rhythm, and in the middle, theres a medium rythem, and a fast rhythm. i think that in this song, they balanced their vocal and instrumental parts well, the guitar solos fit well in the song, and gave a good transition to the next part of the songs, they did a good job using guitar solos to lead into the next part of the song. I enjoy listening to this song because it has so many different t musical styles in it, its rock, but its also sometimes conciderd as an opera.

Another one bites the dust- this song is fast pased and has a very excited rythem. it has an good balance in vocals and instrumentals, but it still feels a bit awakawrd when i listen to it, the way its put together just sounds a little messy and confused, but i think that that trait gives it character.

I Want to Break Free- this song has kind of a bouncy rhythm, and seems like it has more of a dance musical style, i havent really listend to this song till now and it sounds a little too scattered for my taste. []
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