Honey, the most important thing in life is to live a wonderful life. As long as I live wonderfully, I don't care how long I live.
—Freddie Mercury
When "Venom" was released in 2018, the popularity remained high.
Tang Lao wet interpreted the male protagonist of the same body of good and evil to make people addicted, and then there was another piece of flower obsession.
Yet one movie goes beyond it:
"Venom", which occupies the advantage of the number of big screens, can only be relegated to the second place, and the box office champion who killed the film was actually a musical biopic?!
This is simply unimaginable in China.
Of course, it's not surprising to think about it, because the protagonist of this musical biopic is the famous Queen, and Queen has always been regarded as a god-like presence in Japan.
As early as the 1970s, Queen, who had just released three albums and was only a little famous, went to Japan to hold concerts, and it was warmly welcomed and sought after than in its home country.
As soon as they got off the plane, there was a black pressure of fans, the concert tickets quickly sold out, and the performance was full.
The rabid female fans screamed, causing lead singer Freddie to have to take control several times to ask the fans to keep quiet.
In the decades that followed, Queen was also one of the most popular bands in Japan besides the Beatles.
Even in the popular Japanese movie "Final Fantasy Girl" a while ago, the heroine gave herself the nickname of the leader with a small beard called "Freddie".
After the leader revealed the true face of Lushan, the BGM actually sounded, which was The Queen's famous We Will Rock You.
In addition to film and television works, Queen's influence is also manifested in the animation industry.
Japan's most famous contemporary manga artist, Eiji Nonaka, whose masterpiece "Kui!! The covers of "Sky Soldier High School" are all imitations of the cover of Queen's second album Queen II.
Today, with the death of the great soul lead singer Freddie, Queen continues to tour, but can no longer replicate the glory and legend of the past.
We are accustomed to using R.I.P plus a string of virtual candles to express sadness in the circle of friends or Weibo, but the real sadness is probably that the people who grew up with their youth are no longer there.
Yesterday's frenzied worship has become a smoke cloud, but it is good to leave those unforgettable classic songs and images.
Especially the recent global hit "Bohemian Rhapsody", you can experience the madness that Queen has brought to the world from this movie.
<h1>Queen, who never falls</h1>
In fact, Queen is not only popular with Japanese music fans, their music has influenced generations of people around the world, and it is no exaggeration to say that if the greatest band in rock history is selected, Queen and the Beatles are definitely in the top three.
Even Lady Gaga, the heroine of "A Star Is Born", which was screened at the same time as the Queen biopic, is also a loyal supporter of Queen.
Her name, Gaga, is also taken from Queen's classic Radio Ga Ga.
It shows how attractive Queen is.
From 1975 to 1985, the decade undoubtedly belonged to the era of Queen, and even the famous Michael Jackson and David Bowie were captivated by Freddie's singing charm and competed with him. So there are the classic songs There Must Be More To Life Than This and Under Pressure.
Xiao Shijun thinks that most people who go to see Queen's biopics today are also out of love and memory for Freddie Mercury, the soul singer of Queen.
Perhaps many people have gone through many years, and then look back on why the state of mind of worshipping a person will gradually forget, or that life is too long, and the road has been covered with dust and fallen leaves, and finally there is no way to discover.
But never forget that the person you love the most once brought you the power to shock your awakening.
Just like mentioning Queen, there are many people who may not understand, but when it comes to we Will Rock You and We Are The Champions, probably no one doesn't know.
Because Freddie's singing voice is so exciting, that stunning moment is unparalleled in the world.
These two songs have now become inspirational songs played at major sports events.
We Will Rock You, in particular, is often sounded in the NBA arena we are familiar with, and the moment the melody starts, people can't help but boil with blood and then burst into tears.
With powerful drum beats and rhythms, and uplifting lyrics, Freddie perfectly conveys the spirit of fighting spirit and never giving up in the song to the world.
The song has long since transcended the traditional model of rock 'n' roll, not only influencing countless people, but also making the audience resonate every time they hear it.
From its formation in the early 1970s to Mercury's death in 1991, the band created countless jaw-dropping achievements.
Since their debut, their record sales have reached 200 million, and many albums have entered the top five of the UK album sales charts. And in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand and other countries of historical album sales, Queen still maintains the first place.
This, of course, is inseparable from the credit of the genius singer Freddie Mercury.
He is a generation of "queens" who have become immortal legends with amazing singing voices and natural sounds;
He is a generation of Fanghua, with his lifelong talent and rock spirit to win the respect of future generations;
He is a generation of tyrants, with honesty and sincere feelings into the music creation;
He is an idol and legend in the hearts of thousands of people, even if he suffers from AIDS, he will rock and roll to death.
His vocal range, which is wider than Pavarotti's, is different from the vibration frequency of ordinary people's vocal cords, which is a miracle.
The reason why the film uses Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" as the title is also because their famous song is this song.
To this day, this song is still the greatest masterpiece selected by major media and fans.
At the same time, the content of the song also symbolizes Mercury's rebellious, brilliant, struggling, and unique life.
The People of Jonath have gone, leaving behind a legend, and whenever they think of it, they can only cry a thousand lines.
So today's movie "Bohemian Rhapsody", which is being screened, is undoubtedly the catalyst for igniting the nostalgia of fans 27 years later.
<h1>The birth of bohemian rhapsody</h1>
The film slowly opens with an inverted sequence, the protagonist Freddie Mercury prepares before a large performance, and the moment the curtain opens, the story returns to the starting point and begins to tell freddie's legendary life.
After watching the show once, Freddie, who always had musical dreams, introduced himself to Smile's guitarist and drummer, and his distinctive voice touched the two, and Freddie naturally became the band's new lead singer.
It was also at that time that the name Queen was born, gorgeous and magnificent, and also symbolized the style of the band after that.
The film more realistically recreates the failure scene after Queen released the first album, when they were still unattended, the album sales were mediocre, and the mood of everyone except Freddie was low, after all, the future was uncertain.
But Freddie was not depressed, telling his brothers that the future of Queen was not just a great band, but a legend.
And he really did.
The turning point occurred after they met a new manager and were invited to collaborate on a new record.
Several members of the band were ecstatic, and they insisted on subversive rock 'n' roll, especially Freddie, who experimented with multi-channels to create stunning choral effects.
In order to improve, Freddie recorded 11 parts of a single song, which is unprecedentedly complex.
Fortunately, the second album was successful, but even so, because the company was mismanaged, the brothers still did not receive money, and everyone was in debt, and this situation continued until they released their fourth album A Night at the Opera.
At first, when I made this album, everyone was unanimously determined to make the most gorgeous and spectacular music in the history of rock and roll.
Although the ideal is full, everyone knows that this is a trick to break the boat, and if it is not successful, it may not have the opportunity to release a film from now on.
However, the company's internal economic problems are not very optimistic about the album, and as production costs continue to increase, the band members have different opinions on whether to continue.
Freddie insisted on making a full album, but how to do it well, the front is confused.
Fortunately, Freddie's lifelong friend Mary always supported him.
In fact, it is no secret that Freddie is gay, but before the homosexual relationship, he also had a girlfriend named This Mary, and the two lived together for a long time.
Whenever Freddie encounters setbacks, Mary becomes his safe haven.
Even when separated, Mary had a unique place in his heart, and freddie left most of his possessions to her after his death.
To express her gratitude to Mary, Freddie wrote several songs specifically for her, including the famous Love of my life.
Later, in order to complete the new album, Freddie put aside his distractions and created a recording with the band members in a dilapidated room.
Freddie burned his identity, the insults and ridicule he had suffered in the past, the incomprehension of his family, and the confusion and doubts of the world into creative inspiration, and used the outlet of music to vent and compose songs.
Especially in "Bohemian Rhapsody", Freddie intended from the beginning to bloom the unique beauty and elegance of his music, and infiltrated a few traces of regularity and eternity in the magnificent and gorgeous chapters.
From the overture to the epilogue, he devoted himself to the composition of the piano accompaniment, guitar solo, multi-track recording, a large number of Galilean lyrics, harmonies, and more than a hundred tracks synthesized together to achieve the ultimate.
During the recording process, the band turned the recording studio directly into the instrument itself, using the discarded transistor to assemble a magical amplifier to create an opera effect.
They polished the finished product over and over again, and finally presented a song that amazed the world, and the best thing was that the whole song did not have a chorus part.
But after seeing the six-minute long song, the company directly ordered Freddie to delete it, and Freddie insisted on keeping this version, mercilessly returning to the company.
Under the company's compromise, the song was successfully released, and once it was launched, it became a sensation around the world, and "Queen" became the most well-known band in the world.
That "Bohemian Rhapsody" was also a masterpiece of Queen's production.
The initial piano accompaniment slowly pours out, to the confession of guilt in the form of a second ballad, to the guitar solo in the third part, as if the protagonist is caught in an emotional struggle, to the pseudo-opera style of the fourth part symbolizing the judgment of the gods, and then to the hard shaking part of the fifth part, and finally find the answer to the question, until the end paragraph The protagonist obeys the arrangement of fate.
The whole song combines gorgeous rock, avant-garde rock, classical music and metal music, and the more you listen to it, the more fascinated you become.
This is also the first climax of the film, enough to make the audience cry.
Someone asked Freddie what the lyrics of the song meant, and why the words "murder, confession" and so on appeared.
In fact, Freddie already had a tendency to change his sexual orientation at that time, and his inner tears and confusion were always hindering his emotions.
He was sometimes gentle as water, and sometimes he fell into desolation because of the disapproval around him.
The whole song from the lyrics to the melody seems to depict Freddie's sad life.
The first murmurs were like the sneers of his asian-British identity as a young man, and the memories stung his heart like shadows, forcing him to sing in a low voice.
The following sentence "Ma ma, I don't want to die" seems to tell the story of how he found himself as a comrade to love but not to love, love but not to, is confused and painful.
The chant of "carry on, carry on" seems to put oneself alone in the bright moonlight, and the loneliness that no one can rely on and no one can understand can only be solved by oneself.
Later, the stormy opera trial also seemed to reflect the anxiety and panic of freddie's fear of being secretly known in the era when gay love was not yet recognized, and the sentences revealed the worry and panic of where to go.
The final roar, a "nothing really matters to me", he finally relaxed and decided to bravely pursue the ideal and true love in his heart.
It's love and happiness, the release of Freddie's true disposition.
And in the 43 years since bohemian rhapsody was born, no song has surpassed it.
He integrates his thinking and love for life into music, striving for change and breakthrough.
The stomping and clapping elements that We Will Rock You incorporated were also born in a whim, and no second person could surpass such a soul singer.
<h1>Living Aid is back at its peak</h1>
Queen's musical career has reached its peak since the release of "Bohemian Rhapsody", but after that, because of the variety of treacherous Baroque gorgeous styles, they have been controversial and criticized, and the band's creativity has also been questioned, freddie has fallen into a career bottleneck.
Yes, Queen began to go downhill, and the band fell apart, with members dispersing.
What's even more frightening is that Freddie also found out that he was suffering from AIDS. Although he knew that his life was short, he did not want to leave the scene in such a gloomy way.
Just as people began to forget Freddie and his friends, the 1985 concert that raised money for Ethiopia rekindled Freddie's desire to stand on stage.
After being invited, he couldn't wait to gather the band members back and fight for their lives.
Success, they succeeded.
The performance, which was later named the greatest live performance in the history of rock and roll (without one of them), made Queen once again a well-deserved king, and their musical careers once again reached the peak.
Although the first half of the film presents the history of queen's establishment and development in a decent manner, the end is after truly restoring the more than 20 minutes of Queen's performance clips in the 1985 Living Aid concert, and the film is enough to go down in history.
Here we have to mention Freddie's actor Rami Marek, who almost restored Freddie's kingly style in this concert, whether it is body, shape, eyes, it is a wonderful portrait, Xiao Shijun believes that next year's Oscar nomination for best actor must have him.
Then again, the climax of the film is at 6:40 p.m., when Freddie, played by Rami, appears.
Through the afterglow of the setting sun, Freddie plays a familiar melody, which is the famous "Bohemian Rhapsody" of the famous music scene.
The whole concert replicates the details of that time, from every punching move of the lead actor to the decoration of clothes and the Coke beer placed on the piano, just like more than thirty years ago.
Although we did not personally experience the grand live performance, the film really brought the fans who were born many years later back to that era, presenting the most vivid and gorgeous 20 minutes in different ways and perspectives.
At wimbledon, the 72,000-person show lasted 16 hours and was watched by some 1.9 billion people worldwide.
Although there are rock stars such as David Bowie, U2, and Paul McCartney, almost no one can sing alone due to the length of time, and even if they sing alone, they can only sing one or two songs, but Queen has sung six songs.
There is no doubt that only a hall-level singer can have such a special honor!
The audience seemed to blend in with King Freddie, singing "We Will Rock You" loudly, the camera swooping down from the stadium, the mountains roaring like a tsunami, and the picture that could only be enjoyed by watching the video was actually staged at this moment.
Every fan who loves Queen burst into tears, and we can clearly feel that freddie is great not only because of his high-pitched and unique singing voice, but because he sees a soul singing with life.
At the scene, Freddie and the audience clapped hands and chorused together without a cappella, known as The Note Heard Round the World.
Both Rami in the movie and Freddie in the past have formed a powerful intertextuality that elevates the entire performance to a higher level.
It can be called a unique fanghua and leads the way.
<h1>Film controversy</h1>
In fact, as a biographical film, after watching it, you can only say that it is really well done, but you are still a little disappointed to see it as a literary film.
It's a bit less inferior to Rock singer Jim Morrison's "The Gate" and Bob Dylan's "Home Without Directions."
Of course, "Home Without Direction" is from the famous director Martin Scorsese, the film guarantees a strong degree of integrity and plot depth, and "The Gate" is also a classic, the camera image is first-class.
And "Bohemian Rhapsody" from 2009 to the beginning of the filming plan to the present, it took nine years, during which the director and starring roles were repeatedly changed, until the director of "Very Suspect" and "X-Men" Brian Singer was determined, and the entire project was settled.
After watching the movie, I still want to praise the director's skills are not bad, especially the final unforgettable live performance, which reflects his strong scene scheduling ability.
However, unfortunately, because the director was exposed to the sex scandal, the film had to replace Singer two weeks before the release, fortunately, it had little impact on the integrity of the film.
But like the previous disagreements caused by the creators, the film finally presents a glorified Wikipedia.
The film focuses on the process of Mercury leading the band to overcome difficulties, from failure to success, from trough to return to the top, with that unforgettable living aid as ending, and Freddy's inner contradictions and pains are filmed too superficially.
Freddie's homosexual identity and the real reason for his AIDS, these parts that could have reflected human nature and were worth digging into were abandoned, and in the end the film could only be a mainstream music film.
<h1>The show must go on</h1>
But so what?
Compared with the slightly mediocre plot, Freddie's legendary life is difficult to reach with more lens language.
Unlike the film, the real Freddie only learned of illness after the 1985 concert, and even then he insisted on creating a performance.
In the early '90s, Freddie was so ill that he struggled to walk on stage.
Especially before his death, Freddie's feet were festering and he struggled with illness every day, and even so, he insisted on recording the last classic song, The Show Must Go On, telling the nostalgia for this stage, for fans, for lovers, and for the whole world.
He died the day after he announced he was suffering from AIDS.
All that is left of us is a sigh and two lines of tears.
Yes, as he wished, Freddie did indeed manage to turn himself into an immortal legend, with no regrets, just no reluctance.
To this day, they are still known as rock masters.
Because in the heyday of rock and roll in the 70s and 80s, Queen took the charm of rock and roll to the extreme.
Rock 'n' roll became more colorful as they went mainstream.
Not only Queen, but also the rock music scene was brilliant in that era.
The beauty of rock and roll at that time, in John Lennon's profound life thoughts, in the fanatical pursuit of life of Gun Rose, in the helpless sigh of Kurt Cobain, but also in the continuous confrontation struggle of Queen.
Queen's songs contain reflections on war, hopes for peace, explorations of the end times, reflections on life, and the search for true love.
Xiao Shijun thought that every music fan may be the same as me, I was still young before, I have not tasted many fireworks in the world, and when I first heard their songs, I only felt gorgeous and high-pitched, so high-pitched that you only thought it was showmanship and self-exertion.
Later, as time passed, I also experienced many things that were not understood and the world was uncertain, and then I listened to their songs but I burst into tears. They are companions of youth, and you have a past to follow.
You finally understand the meaning of the lyrics and the music, you remember Freddie waving his arms and cheering "We are the champios", you understand that a short life, he has come, he has lived, he has loved.
Like the never-ending sun in Wimbledon Square, The show must go on.
PS: "Bohemian Rhapsody" will be officially released in the mainland on Friday, March 22.
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