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[@vibingwithvinyl]

Like stated earlier, it was actually Roger Taylor's idea to dress them up in drag. It was meant to be a parody of a tv soap opera "Coronation Street" and also show off Queen not taking themselves too seriously. Worked well.

[@paulhill1665]

Not in American, did not go well there at all

[@JohnSmith-hq6fl]

Huh what happened there?

[@JohnSmith-hq6fl]

I legit laughed as I saw all of them in drag, Roger was very cute.

[@greywolf271]

@@JohnSmith-hq6fl Ended with the Jonestown massacre

[@80sgirl45]

@@JohnSmith-hq6fl It was considered to controversial because they were in drag. MTV actually banned it. It is still awesome Roger Taylor is so beautiful in drag💚.

[@Darnaguen]

Young Roger was prettier than most girls even when he wasn't in drag. :D

[@gabaduran3333]

So true

[@unpleasantzombie]

Lol true

[@kristiedaniels9325]

Ya he was lol

[@alejandraperez3034]

Yes 😆😆😆

[@camh5036]

John ( bassist and grumpy grandma)wrote the song.

[@shaunprendergast8900]

Freddie is so comfortable in his own skin, as we should all be, he knew not to take everything so seriously, amazing energy from an amazing legend

[@jdivision79]

The song and lyrics were written by the bass player. Another one bites the dust was also

[@someoneelse101]

Among others

[@barbaraaschwingelswihart572]

He actually wait for the day before he died to make formal announce to the public, so he didn't ant the people around him to be associated with he's problem. He didn't even let the band know till he felt he had to, and was getting more I'll. He as a very strong man . Rip Freddie 🎂💙

[@tjerwin1]

It was actually Rogers girlfriend that came up with the idea of dressing up in drag. The song and video was not to welcomed in the USA by fans as it only reached 45 it managed to reach number 3 in the UK and number 4 in Germany. It was released in 1984 with John Deacon writing it. Roger Taylor was quoted saying “We had done some really serious, epic videos in the past, and we just thought we’d have some fun. We wanted people to know that we didn’t take ourselves too seriously, that we could still laugh at ourselves. I think we proved that”.

[@jjgamxr1546]

I love seeing her smile when she sees them especially when she sees Rog😂💓

[@jenwendy7]

This was the 80's. Video creation just became a thing and a lot of times the director's would just be trippin'. Loved seeing them all in drag, though. And God that voice - beautiful ❤

[@theslyninja7526]

It was the drummers (Roger Taylor) idea to dress up in drag

[@john-vo9co]

Actually it was his girlfriend who brought it up the idea at the time lol

[@GroovingPict]

hell if I looked as good in drag as Roger does, Id want to do it too

[@DavidB-2268]

John Deakins wrote the song (he's the grumpy older lady on the couch), about how he viewed the struggle of women seeking equality in the workplace in the 80s. There's a long and respected history of male actors crossdressing in the UK. They were spoofing a long-running British soap opera called Coronation Street.

[@MariaaXue]

*Deacon 😉

[@DavidB-2268]

@@MariaaXue damn dyslexia. Thanks.

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@DavidB-2268 I verge on having that and it varies from day to day. Dyscalculia and dyspraxia are my major difficulties though.

[@prestigeworldwide5239]

@@josefschiltz2192 I'm just shit at spelling.

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@prestigeworldwide5239 It's just one of those things that you learn to get around.

[@shuggiemcg1]

He never ever publically "Came Out!" it wasn't that he was in denial or ashamed he just didn't think it was anyone's business!

[@corriedebeer799]

Wasn't much of a secret anyway. He was as plainly gay as liberace was.

[@someoneelse101]

He was right. It was noone's business

[@mariansteenkamp3859]

"Friends will be friends" considered his so called come out song because of a 'slip off the tongue'. Dude was amazing. If you like the music why would you care?

[@shaman9628]

Yet, he supported the gay rights special interest groups which have warped the minds of children.

[@shuggiemcg1]

@@shaman9628 homophobic much!?

[@kendallneason3645]

Glad you found it amusing too. It’s British humor. MTV found it too controversial and wouldn’t show it. I was so mad. Luckily I had a British friend who taped it and sent it to me. I thought it was hilarious and creative. Any song of Queen with Freddie singing I’ve always found spellbinding.

[@ririwaifox1381]

Its funny they put so much sound into their studio mix...and it sounds amazing...then they perform live...and blow the studio recording off the planet...lol

[@martinmillar7137]

This song and the video was soooo far ahead of its time..no wonder its a classic...

[@alisonrandall3039]

Freddie Mercury lead singer, Brian May, guitar player, John Deacon Bass player. Roger Taylor Drums. Just to help you with all their names.

[@alanpeterson4939]

He never “came out.” Everyone suspected/knew. But he kept his private life private.

[@neuralmute]

To be fair, Freddie was never actually "in the closet" in the first place. He did what he liked in his personal life. He just didn't talk about it with the press. But everyone just sort of knew.

[@captainsplifford]

@@neuralmute I refer to Freddie as omnisexual.

[@neuralmute]

@@captainsplifford I've often thought that Freddie should be a category of his own here. People will argue over *everything* about Freddie Mercury, from his precise ethnicity to whether he was gay, bi, pan, or whatever. I agree with you, Freddie was definitely into everybody, but the more important point is that he was Freddie, and that he was one of a kind. Was he gay, straight, bi, or other? He was *Freddie Mercury,* darling!

[@WizardPandora]

@@neuralmute well said, I don't get why people are so fixated on what others do in private, it's none of their concern. He'll always simply be Freddie Mercury darling

[@corriedebeer799]

No closet could ever hold old freddie

[@ryanonethreethreeseven357]

He’s still breaking free today !...

[@ryanonethreethreeseven357]

Me 👍

[@michaelcorvin5891]

I remember Seeing this on VHS when I was 5 in 1988 after it had been Banned thought it was Awesome 👍

[@janettesinclair6279]

Bored housewife rebelling against a life of drudgery and dreaming of excitement and glamour "but life still goes on" .... The dress-up characters are so funny.

[@emcsquare5045]

As much as the song and the idea of dressing in drag sounds like it would totally be Freddie's ideas, neither were, but, I'm sure he didn't resist either.

[@pauld1504]

Britain has the best bands and music

[@ShlomoPongratz]

There is a reference to the The Afternoon of a Faun (French: L'Après-midi d'un faune) ballet.

[@stevenfritchie7529]

The "dream" sequence was based on a controversial ballet called "Prelude to an Afternoon of a Faun". It was performed by Vaclav Nijinsky, a famous ballet dancer whose manager was gay and who it was believed Nijinsky was gay. Freddy was wearing the exact same costume as Nijinsky did, which was considered scandalous because it revealed Nijinsky's "assets". The critics hated the ballet which was composed by Claude Debussy in 1894.

[@neuralmute]

Nijinsky was most definitely bisexual at the very least, and had well known (and scandalous!) affairs with both men and women. He was a brilliant and revolutionary dancer, but was unfortunately also schizophrenic, and died way too young, much as Freddie did. Freddie was a *massive* fan of ballet and opera, and he would have known all about the dancer he was casting himself as here!

[@Dimentius1]

It was only a parody but MTV banned Queen and they never toured in US since (with Freddie)

[@shannonvilandre7933]

I will always see Freddie mercury as uncle Freddie R.I.P Uncle Freddie 🌹 Roger Taylor was the school girl 😂

[@ninaian]

Brian May (lead guitarist) said that this video damaged Queen's sales in the US. The peeps in America didn't get the joke of the band having a laugh dressing up in drag.

[@giantsfan9868]

Yep, who knew America was the world’s 😏 biggest PRUDES !! But, considering the current conservative evangelical christian religious right’s attempt to control politics & the nation, it makes sense. As Freddie might say, “F ‘em” if they can’t take a joke.”

[@AgustinEspinoza881]

You should watch the Bohemian Rhapsody movie. It’s really good.

[@Danielik25]

With many mistakes and cheap Hollywood parts🙄

[@tre7080]

Danielik Cibula well brian may and roger taylor helped produced it so they probably wanted it like that to make the movie entertaining or something

[@bbbfst]

@@tre7080 Yeah, and they had Freddie firing their manager, disappearing into a drug and drunken haze, almost making them miss Live Aid, and making him beg to return to the band. None of which happened. Guess Brian and Roger didn't do anything negative about themselves in the interest of being entertaining.

[@terrimobley6067]

It's SO inaccurate it might as well be a fairy tale. No. Just no

[@AgustinEspinoza881]

Terri Mobley I was trying to tell her to watch it so that she can get to know more about queen because she doesn’t really know a lot. Yeah it might be inaccurate but it’s a good movie for someone who wants to learn about queens legacy.

[@guilherme4770]

Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever - Live Wembley, Please

[@JanS1]

It wasn't a coming out song. John Deacon wrote it. Freddie didn't make a big deal about his sexuality but it also wasn't a secret. He referred to himself in an interview once as "Gay as a daffodil". Lots of innuendo and other comments over the years. I wouldn't say he was ever in the closet past the very early days. Great song and a favorite video of mine :)

[@RocknRollDina]

Please do Queen, "These are the days of our lives". It was Freddie's last music video appearance.

[@lindastodola133]

Say honey- watch I Was Born to Love You!!

[@cindyeddlemon2185]

You are always interesting to watch. Your reactions are priceless 🤣

[@lowrider4266]

They sure are. Love the facial expressions she has on certain songs and bands.

[@janiiib6211]

He never really came out I guess. There was a point in time people knew. He started dating guys in late 70s as far as I know. The song is about feminism and written by John Deacon (the gramdma). The idea of dressing up in drag was from Roger, or Rogerina? The young beautiful girl 😂

[@marycostley77]

I saw in an interview or read somewhere; Decky was compilating on leaving the band when he was composing the song. Yes, it was Rogers idea to dress drag for the video and that is what got the song banned from Mtv. When Mtv did that, Freddie refused to tour in the states again and that stayed in effect until Adam Lambert joined the group.

[@timothydoyle4033]

Remember MTV showed this once as a World Premier. The backlash forced them to pull the video. Queen never played in concert in US again.

[@DinGrogu16]

Freddie was never in, dear, he was just himself. Always himself.

[@sandrabutler8483]

No it wasn't anything too do with Freddie,he didn't write the song,all four wrote the song's you hear,Freddie is just the one out front singing,and no wasn't his idea for the drag aspect either,and the set is based on the longest running soap I think in the world,which is on here in the UK called Coronation Street

[@paulocamacho2976]

I get to know Queen by this song back in 1984 I guess

[@dazzanomas9418]

Please react to One Vision, Queen live at Wembley Stadium 1986, you will love it.

[@donaldclark8086]

His personality was huge...to quote the movie hes "freddy fuckin mercury"

[@allendixon1044]

I do miss the market on from Queen now I like it I like it they also had a song I'm in love with my car that's pretty Kick-Ass

[@richgoebel882]

That was the B song to Bohemian Rhapsody and yes it is indeed kick ass and Rogers best one where he is the lead singer.

[@mayamaia3130]

Freddie never exactly came out until the DAY before he died, but he never exactly hid his sexuality either. This was actually John’s song! And the drag was Roger’s girlfriend’s idea! (The blonde!) A better song for Freddie himself dealing with his sexuality is probably from his solo work, the video of his cover of The Great Pretender.

[@celiaolarte3034]

The beautiful girl is the drummer and back up singer, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon the bassist who wrote this song

[@lindastodola133]

Please react to Queen’s video with Freddie- I Was Born to Love You’ ! There are 2 versions- one is really superior to the other! Another love song written by Freddie!♥️

[@glenmartin7978]

The song was about the woman's liberation movement, The Bass player wrote the song and the Drummer's Girlfriend said dress as women. The characters were loosely based on people from UK TV Series Coronation Street, It has nothing to do with Freddie's sexuality

[@bbbfst]

Freddie never came out. People in public life almost never did at that time as it would destroy their career. Sad but true.

[@user-dq1zo2vz7m]

You should listen to queen - love of my life, live 🙂

[@richgoebel882]

All three versions. Studio on Piano, Live Brian on 12 String, and Live Brian Solo with a hologram Freddie joining in at the end.

[@leebassa1545]

No, it’s not a coming out song. John Deacon wrote the song about, I believe it was women’s rights.

[@kayneedham6992]

It was a spoof on a english soap. John Deacon wrote it

[@alejandraperez3034]

One of the funniest clips by far!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@abrahamnajera3984]

You should do cool cat it's a totally different kind of queen song

[@kristlemeredith6582]

Makes u wonder if it was about his life and. How he wanted to live it

[@shannonbritton8684]

Miss Freddie! xoxox

[@thanksmr.obvious6427]

react to Queen Save me live Montreal or Queen i want it all :) can you do that ? thumbs up

[@davidhedges9774]

I would like to suggest that you react to "The Show Must Go On" from their Innuendo album.

[@brynjolfureinarsson6038]

I want to break free is song from John Deacon Queen member, and it was Rogers idea to were drag

[@veganlion4328]

It was a fantastic idea for a video. it's really sad MTV was so stupid they couldn't see that it was a comment on an English soap opera ... Ugh

[@stevevids1608]

Everyone think that this is his coming out song but he came out years before and John Deacon the bass player wrote this and Roger wanted to do it in Drag

[@abhenson3790]

Jayy...... Come out? In 1970, Freddie named his band "Queen"

[@bumiboka]

y got it !!!!!!!!

[@odbear100]

I had always assumed all the members of Queen knew Freddy struggled with his sexuality. The big song about him really grasping the fact he was gay was Bohemian Rhapsody. Poeple miss the subtlety in the lyric. Revisit the sone and think that the whole killed a man and gotta leave you all behind and face the truth is about killing a version of himself and letting the new him shine on. The middle Operatic section is a perfect metaphor for his confusion and coming out to others....until the climactic sort of "fuck you " section about finally being free and proud.

[@sava9e266]

Maybe darling...

[@AC-gb7do]

It's one of those songs which has such a fantasy feel about it. I think people should just listen to it, think about it, and then make up their own minds as to what it says to them... "Bohemian Rhapsody" didn't just come out of thin air. I did a bit of research although it was tongue-in-cheek and mock opera. Why not? -Freddie Mercury. (Davis, Andy (1993). "Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody". Record Collector (167): 20.) In a BBC Three documentary about the making of "Bohemian Rhapsody", Roger Taylor maintains that the true meaning of the song is "fairly self-explanatory with just a bit of nonsense in the middle". When the band released a Greatest Hits cassette in Iran, a leaflet in Persian was included with translation and explanations (refers to a book published in Iran called The March of the Black Queen by Sarah Sefati and Farhad Arkani, which included the whole biography of the band and complete lyrics with Persian translation (2000)). In the explanation, Queen states that "Bohemian Rhapsody" is about a young man who has accidentally killed someone and, like Faust, sold his soul to the devil. On the night before his execution, he calls for God saying, "Bismillah" ("In the name of God" in Arabic), and with the help of angels, regains his soul from Shaitan (the devil in Islam).

[@epac1956]

React to "The Great Pretender"by Queen

[@ANDY1985UK2011]

apparently when they dropped this video in america people there didn't buy their records anymore they couldn;t handle it lol

[@k.l.8804]

Like others said, it was John (bass player) that wrote the lyrics. It's about the womens liberation movement. So not about Freddy at all. The men with head lamps surrounding the band when not in drag are coal miners. There was massive problems at the time, Margret Thatcher (prime minister) closed down mines etc. Lots of politics in this song and video.

[@MoreChannelNoise]

To me it's about a housewife dreaming about a more exciting life, hence the dream sequence.

[@x42brown33]

That's what I took from it at the time.

[@susanengland3919]

This video was done just for fun, it wasn't Freddie's idea. It was Roger Taylor's idea to dress in drag, the song was written by John Deacon, the bass player.

[@JoJo-ri2pu]

This was a fun parody of a British show

[@kokimoto97]

Please react to innuendo💯👊✌️

[@scriptr1tr]

The song was written by the drummer who was straight. It was just a funny song. And men in England had a history of performing wearing dresses, makeup, and acting like women for comedic effect.

[@anzaeria]

I heard that the song was written by John Deacon - the bass player. Though apparently, Roger (or his girlfriend) came up with the idea for the band to dress up as women for the music video.

[@hannahwootton6491]

Songs have different meanings to each person

[@quirkypurple]

Yeah I think the song is for anyone that feels trapped in modern living.

[@howtorooms3621]

He came out in the seventies.

[@davidtullis2810]

Freddie like to party with beautiful people it didn't matter their sex.

[@brianwilson3952]

Roger Taylor has a bit of Alicia Silverstone about him.

[@donmckay7742]

song can mean anything, depending who it applies to. at first, i thought it was bout who freddy loved, but didnt love him back the same way, and he wished he could stop loving, cause it hurts not to be loved back. wat i thought, so depends how u look at it

[@alexfletcher5192]

Just about everybody reacts to Roger Taylor as a schoolgirl like that. I'm not sure what a psychiatrist would say...

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

that Roger Taylor makes a fine woman, of course XDDD

[@neuralmute]

I'm "only" a therapist, but I say that Roger Taylor was excellent at drag back in the day!

[@Anisabell2]

Have you seen the movie? Do it!!!

[@nanner3200]

Suggestions. First start with "Queen - One Vision Documentary" and then do the actual video of One Vision. Great song and you will laugh! Second suggestion is the official video of "The Miracle" That one will make you smile. If you want to need tissues check out "No One But You (only the good die young) official

[@duncangarrah968]

Try Rednex. Cotton Eye Joe 2002 . Thanks.

[@kathrynrichards2343]

Little know fact, this video was banned from MTV.

[@marilai72]

Yes it is funny . It was just a joke .This was an homage to a british soap. This video was sadly misunderstood in the US . So the TV channel didn't showed this video . The band was realy upset about this reaction . It's not about Freddies homosexuality . He never admit that like his HIV infection. He never spoke about it but everybody knew 😢

[@sharonhalliday3180]

Freddie never publicly came out. He said his private life was no ones business and had nothing to do with his music. People keep trying to inject his sexuality into his songs, but all 4 wrote songs. Freddie was always the one who took the flack for what the others wrote.

[@allendixon1044]

Was j a j c a l l e at the Eric Clapton Crossroads playing with Eric call me the breeze playing in that Eric Clapton

[@ronaldolson1045]

Queen is just a kind of trippy physicals spectacular band

[@TheAussief1]

It was film in two parts, hence the moustache disappears.

[@GroovingPict]

Roger looks... disturbingly hot as a blonde girl :p

[@judyjones256]

I Want to Break Free was written by John Decon and Roger's girlfriend came up with the idea that they dress in drag.

[@maddogminecrafter8828]

he never 'came out' he was always open about his sexuality but just never talked about it

[@juanantonioreyesgamez2741]

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[@ncole1545]

Wasn't Roger a cutie? How about Brian's curlers and John on the couch. It was written originally as a male perspective on the Women's liberation movement... Not about Freddie's life. Freddie actually danced with the London Ballet Company for a time as well.

[@allendixon1044]

Who is JJ Cala

[@acesfn7316]

This concept actually came from the G/F of Roger Taylor

[@allendixon1044]

who is Jay Jay c a l l e did he write song

[@josephinemonahan915]

Just to be clear...this song was written by John Deacon...it’s nothing to do with Freddie....it’s about women’s liberation 🤩

[@susanengland3919]

Stupid MTV banned this video for being "obscene".

[@recneps8672]

Freddie never actually came out

[@Arandomperson_online]

Roger was prettier than his girlfriends put together 🥰

[@jonnyenough1531]

Like drag queens is the term you're looking for

[@russellgiles4644]

Yeah he hid his sexuality, back then it wasnt so popular

[@someoneelse101]

He safeguarded his sexual preferences up until his death pretty much but dressing in drag had nothing to do with that. This video was making fun of soaps that were popular in the UK at the time. American audiences didn't see the funny side at the time of its release though

[@anzaeria]

Oddly, I never heard about any controversy over Klinger wearing womens dresses on the US TV show M.A.S.H. And that was done in a kind of humorous way too. And two years before I Want To Be Free was released, there was the US movie Tootsie starring Dustin Hoffman who appears in drag. So it seems puzzling that a lot of US viewers were okay with all that but were shocked when Queen did basically the same thing in a music video.

[@someoneelse101]

@@anzaeria The other side of this video was also misunderstood. There was a soap opera named Coronation Street filmed in Northern UK around the time and a lot of the suburban housing estates appeared like you see at the beginning of IWTBF. You'd have to watch it to get what the lads were poking fun at