Generally, the music comes first, but that time it was the words, along with the sophisticated style that I wanted to put across.”įreddie Mercury was honest in his interviews and one of the reasons that “Living on My Own,” a single from Mr. It was one song that was really out of the format that I usually write in. “‘Killer Queen’ was one I wrote the words for first. “It just fell into place, as some songs sometimes do,” said Mercury. The song won Mercury his first Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy Of Songwriters. He said it was written in one night and was a song that he could have imagined Noël Coward singing. I don’t really like writing songs in that sphere, but there comes a time when I feel emotional in that way and it’s just a very small part of what John Lennon actually did.”įreddie Mercury always talked about his pride at writing “Killer Queen,” which appeared on Queen’s 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack. “It’s the nearest I want to go to in terms of talking about world politics or the disasters that are happening in the world. “I wrote a song called ‘There Must Be More to Life Than This’, and that is probably the nearest thing I could cite to a message song – and that’s not even a message as such,” said Mercury at the time.
The song was in part inspired by the songwriting of John Lennon, one of the many formative influences on Mercury’s work. The version went unreleased at the time and Freddie Mercury returned to the lyrics for his solo album. Bad Guy, was originally recorded by Queen for 1982’s Hot Space, as a duet with Michael Jackson. Mercury died in 1991 at age 45 due to complications from AIDS, having confirmed the day before his death that he had contracted the disease.“There Must Be More to Life Than This,” which appeared on Mr. Mercury was born of Parsi descent in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and grew up there and in India until his mid-teens, before moving with his family to Middlesex, England - ultimately forming the band Queen in 1970 with Brian May and Roger Taylor. Mercury wrote and composed numerous hits for Queen (including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", and "We Are the Champions") occasionally served as a producer and guest musician (piano or vocals) for other artists and concurrently led a solo career while performing with Queen. He also became known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range. My Love Is Dangerous (Jeff Lord-Alge mix)įreddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer, songwriter and record producer, known as the lead vocalist and co-principal songwriter of the rock band Queen. Time (original 1986 single/album version) Living on My Own - No More Brothers Radio Mix Living on My Own (No More Brothers Radio Mix) I Was Born to Love You (George Demure Almost Vocal mix) I Was Born to Love You (vocal & piano version)įoolin' Around (original 1985 unreleased 12" mix) My Love Is Dangerous (original 1985 extended version) My Love Is Dangerous (Jeff Lord-Alge remix) She Blows Me Hot and Cold (extended 12" mix) I Was Born To Love You - 2000 Digital Remasterīohemian Rhapsody (Karaoke Version) I Was Born to Love You (Vocals & Piano Version)
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