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Crazychick · 36-40, F
That was a song about a kind of fruit, wasn't it?
JohnnyRingo · 51-55, M
@Crazychick Bohemian Rhapsody from Queen
Crazychick · 36-40, F
@JohnnyRingo Yeah, that was it. Bohemian Raspberry. I knew it was a fruit. Lol :)
JohnnyRingo · 51-55, M
@CrazychickBohemian Rhapsody’ contains a hidden message in the form of a confession by Mercury that he was gay.
Crazychick · 36-40, F
@JohnnyRingo Does it?
JohnnyRingo · 51-55, M
@Crazychick yes...
There is a very clear message in it. This is Freddie admitting that he is gay.
‘In the line “Mama, I just killed a man” he’s killed the old Freddie, his former image.”
‘With “Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he’s dead” he’s dead, the straight person he was originally. He’s destroyed the man he was trying to be, and now this is him, trying to live with the new Freddie.”
‘“I see a little silhouetto of a man” – that’s him, still being haunted by what he’s done, and what he is. Every time I hear the song I think of him trying to shake off one Freddie and embracing another – even all these years. Do I think he managed it? I think he was in the process of managing it rather well
There is a very clear message in it. This is Freddie admitting that he is gay.
‘In the line “Mama, I just killed a man” he’s killed the old Freddie, his former image.”
‘With “Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he’s dead” he’s dead, the straight person he was originally. He’s destroyed the man he was trying to be, and now this is him, trying to live with the new Freddie.”
‘“I see a little silhouetto of a man” – that’s him, still being haunted by what he’s done, and what he is. Every time I hear the song I think of him trying to shake off one Freddie and embracing another – even all these years. Do I think he managed it? I think he was in the process of managing it rather well
Crazychick · 36-40, F
@JohnnyRingo How did you decipher that? I wouldn't have done.
JohnnyRingo · 51-55, M
@Crazychick I read it somewhere and theres a movie aswell
Crazychick · 36-40, F
@JohnnyRingo I thought you'd figured it out yourself. Lol :)
JohnnyRingo · 51-55, M
@Crazychick well when I read the article by Lesley-Ann Jones...it was generally a conformation. He came out of the closet about a year before that song
JohnnyRingo · 51-55, M
@Crazychick but no fruit!
Crazychick · 36-40, F
@JohnnyRingo That was a joke. Duh.
JohnnyRingo · 51-55, M
@Crazychick over my head
Crazychick · 36-40, F
@JohnnyRingo You are the first person in the world to react to it like that. Lol :)
JohnnyRingo · 51-55, M
@Crazychick a reaction? From me? For that? What was my reaction that I failed to catch!
Crazychick · 36-40, F
@JohnnyRingo Most people see "Bohemian Raspberry" as a humorous mockery of "Bohemian Rhapsody". You are the first person who didn't.
JohnnyRingo · 51-55, M
@Crazychick oh the fruit thing. =gay
I'm a little bit slower..
Yea it's a good story tho.. nicely written
I'm a little bit slower..
Yea it's a good story tho.. nicely written
Crazychick · 36-40, F
@JohnnyRingo Nope, fruit has nothing to do with gay. It's just saying "Raspberry" as a jokey substitute for "Rhapsody". Never mind.
JohnnyRingo · 51-55, M
@Crazychick well that's not funny at all then
Crazychick · 36-40, F
@JohnnyRingo It's not my fault if you haven't got a sense of humour.