My god, this debate again. I think it may be possible that Brian and Roger just gave in to what the media and everyone else who tried to find a meaning in the song wanted to hear. Personally, I think it was a drug induced dream that Freddie remembered vividly and put to paper. When the song was re-released in 1991, I heard people say that it was about him having AIDS, with the lyrics "send shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time" as their justification. Obviously, it could never have been, but it is an example which shows that people are over-willing to put their own meaning to the song. It is, musical brilliance taken out, just a mish-mash of complete and utter nonsense he had a dream about.
Thistleboy 1980 wrote: My god, this debate again. I think it may be possible that Brian and Roger just gave in to what the media and everyone else who tried to find a meaning in the song wanted to hear. Personally, I think it was a drug induced dream that Freddie remembered vividly and put to paper. When the song was re-released in 1991, I heard people say that it was about him having AIDS, with the lyrics "send shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time" as their justification. Obviously, it could never have been, but it is an example which shows that people are over-willing to put their own meaning to the song. It is, musical brilliance taken out, just a mish-mash of complete and utter nonsense he had a dream about.
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Yeah! If it was a dream about profound life changes and the emotional impact of a accepting that you're a gay man. ;)
What is your evidence that "Brian and Roger just gave in to what the media and everyone else who tried to find a meaning in the song wanted to hear". Have they done this sort of thing before? Where did that come from?
Thistleboy 1980 wrote: My god, this debate again. I think it may be possible that Brian and Roger just gave in to what the media and everyone else who tried to find a meaning in the song wanted to hear. Personally, I think it was a drug induced dream that Freddie remembered vividly and put to paper. When the song was re-released in 1991, I heard people say that it was about him having AIDS, with the lyrics "send shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time" as their justification. Obviously, it could never have been, but it is an example which shows that people are over-willing to put their own meaning to the song. It is, musical brilliance taken out, just a mish-mash of complete and utter nonsense he had a dream about.
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Yeah! If it was a dream about profound life changes and the emotional impact of a accepting that you're a gay man. ;)
What is your evidence that "Brian and Roger just gave in to what the media and everyone else who tried to find a meaning in the song wanted to hear". Have they done this sort of thing before? Where did that come from?