1. Rock is spiritual garbage
Initially, rock gave the impression of long hair and black jackets, strong rhythms and swaying bodies, fresh and glamorous.
Then, rock gives the impression of drugs, decadence, homosexuality, strange clothes, etc., deafening high voice, people love and hate.
Once upon a time, if a Chinese girl said she liked rock, she was an outlier.
Once, a senior rock music fan told me that rock and roll is spiritual garbage, fussing, noisy lyrics, exaggeration, artificial typhoon, extravagant life, just like the despair and decadence of the end of the world.
Yes, just like the moment when the sun that drenches the land can also be obscured by dark clouds, rock 'n' roll and rockers do have bad press. But, that's not all.
In particular, when you watch the biographical film "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, the most famous band in rock history, there is a 99.99% chance that you will change your opinion.
2. Live your life
"Bohemian Rhapsody" as a biographical film did not fall into the single-line narrative mode of the protagonist's life and death, but started from a turning point in the fate of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.
In 1970, at the age of 24, Freddie Mercury joined the band consisting of guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor. Freddie Mercury said that although he has buck teeth and does not look handsome, the structure of his mouth has broadened his vocal range, and he can span four octaves, which is more than ordinary people. So when Freddie Mercury opened his voice and flashed a high-pitched tone, Brian and Roger were fascinated, agreed to join him and changed the band's name to "Queen." Fans also affectionately called Freddie Mercury "Uncle Bucktooth" as their music swept across Europe and America .
The ability to turn waste into treasure, and not fall into the pit of inferiority, self-pity and self-pity, is a strong man in life. Obviously, Freddie Mercury is also a life force.
To be precise, Freddie Mercury is an Indo-Persian who moved to the UK with his family from Zanzibar Island in Tanzania , East Africa, to escape the war. His father was a supermarket cashier, and the family was not well off.
His father's expectation for his life is "good words, good thoughts and good deeds". At first, Freddie Mercury didn't understand what his father really meant, and just rebelled blindly. The life he wants is like " Keep yourself "
"alive" sings the same thing over and over again: Live your life.
Keep yourself alive Keep yourself alive All you people keep yourself alive Take you all your time and money honey You will survive
3. Against fate
Holding this ideal of life, Freddie Mercury led the band to overcome difficulties and push rock music to a higher level step by step.
When they released three albums and achieved market success, they received rave reviews and sparked an audio-visual frenzy. When their record company wanted them to stay featured and continue to write and sing the same type of rock and roll, Freddie Mercury refused to give in and took a pebble and threw it at the record company owner's window. Then, risking negative criticism from newspapers and magazines, Freddie Mercury used his personal connections to find radio and TV stations to play "Bohemian Rhapsody"—a six-minute long, classical, New songs with various elements such as opera, art rock, etc.
As it turns out, Freddie Mercury's vicious vision was right.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" was called "rock opera" by critics , topped various pop music charts in the UK, and was named "the greatest British song of all time" by the Guinness Book of World Records.
As a singer or a band, if you fall out with a well-known record company, you will lose an important channel for publishing albums, and you will lose a lot. But without Freddie Mercury, the history of British rock and roll would be rewritten, and fans around the world might not be able to hear shocking music such as the most sung " We Are The Champions" " We Will Rock You " etc.
As the saying goes, everyone's destiny is arranged by God. So, who arranges the fate of God?
Freddie Mercury believes in God, but firmly holds the rope of his destiny!
4. Wash the dirt of the soul
To tell the truth, when I first listened to "Bohemian Rhapsody", I was not moved at all. However, the second time I heard it was completely different.
Freddie Mercury made it, broke up the band and went solo. His creations are in a state of stagnation and can only find meaning in a life of alcohol and promiscuity. Freddie Mercury fell.
Freddie Mercury didn't wake up until his ex-wife Austin came to the door. Standing in the rain, Freddie Mercury was helpless and confused. The rushing rain awakened his inner world and washed his past bohemianism. He chose to return.
Musically, he returned to Queen in 1985's "Live Aid" to aid Africa.
In life, he found his partner Jim Hutton and took him to meet his parents, revealing his homosexuality. This is his reconciliation with his father, and this is truly "living your life".
There have been trials and tribulations along the way, and there have been times of sinking, indulgence, and heartache, but Freddie Mercury has returned to the right path of life. When I understand this, listen to "Bohemian Rhapsody" again:
Mama, just killed a man, Put a gun against his head, Pulled my trigger, now he's dead, Mama, life had just begun, But now I've gone and thrown it all away - Mama, ooo, Didn't mean to make you cry - If I'm not back again this time tomorrow - Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters - Too late, my time has come, Sends shivers down my spine, Body's aching all the time, Goodbye everybody - I've got to go - Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.
This is the voice of Freddie Mercury, a confession of life and a breakup confession to the world.
Freddie Mercury was found guilty of AIDS in 1987, and the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody" was brought forward two years to 1985. So, sitting in the movie theater, I see Freddie Mercury who loves music, Freddie Mercury who loves life again, and Freddie Mercury who wants to love the world Rui was about to leave, his eyes were hot and tears were streaming down his face.
There is a scene in the French biographical film La Vie de la Rose: when a reporter interviews the late singer Edith Piaf, she asks her what advice she would like to give women? What about the girl? What about children? Piaf's answer was "love" .
Life is not a straight road, sometimes you get lost and sometimes you go the wrong way. As long as the love for music, the love for life, and the love for family and friends are always kept in the heart, love is the power to move forward.
For Freddie Mercury, rock was the light that led the way.
For us, real rock and roll is the clarity and light of life.
Original text: Linglin Jiujiu, the picture is from the Internet, invaded and deleted.
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