#hammer to fall

[animentality]

not to be a fucking boomer but

was watching a streamer who watched a video with like five seconds of "we will rock you" playing in it, and one of his subscribers said "one hit wonder."

and I was

I was

I was like... q... queen?

one... hit... wonder???

LIKE. not to be a fucking boomer.

because despite the joke in my bio... I admit, I'm fucking 26...

but... but like... QUEEN?

one hit???? just one????

hm. ok. make me a real fucking boomer today.

#im sorry im sorry im #i assumed #i thought even fucking infants knew queen songs #theyve written like #theyre like abba man #mostly bangers #am i such a fucking boomer #is queen obsolete or something now oh my gos #how fucking old am i #we will rock you isnt even like #their best #i cant even say my absolute favorite it changes #it used to be dont stop me now but its also somebody to love and another one bites the dust and bohemian rhapsody and under pressure #fat bottomed girls #i dont know man #hammer to fall #leave me be i guess im #rotting

[thatannoyinggoose]

It starts off so sombre and bittersweet. The nightingale singing and flying through the air. And then its song is abruptly cut off as the Bentley comes speeding down the road and hits it full speed. The music quickly transitions into something like Hammer To Fall by Queen, blasting full volume, drowning out any other sounds. The shot transitions to Crowley in the Bentley either crying or looking extremely angry. He definitely nearly crashes into someone.

(please somebody draw this)

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens 3 #crowley #crowley good omens #good omens crowley #anthony j crowley #good omens 2 spoilers #good omens season 2 #crowley x aziraphale #aziraphale and crowley #anthony janthony crowley #a nightingale sang in berkeley square #no nightingales #hammer to fall #queen #queen band

[scarlet-the-dragon]

✨!! JRWI RIPTIDE EPISODE 107 SPOILERS !! ✨

I wanna know about Queen and why she was SO TERRIFIED of that violin song so BADLY. I want queen backstory NOW. GIVE IT TO ME. R AH H HHH H

Also the music in the drawing is total bullshit don’t hurt me

#queen jrwi is my absolute beloved I am so not normal about them #just roll with it #art #jrwi riptide #jrwi #just roll with it riptide #love them #dnd #queen #JRWI Queen #just roll with it queen #queen the beloved #hammer to fall #JRWI Hammer to fall #yipppppeeee #yippee #music #violin #bard #dungeons and dragons #artist #JRWI fanart #just roll with it fanart #fanart #fanartist #digital art #digital artist #black sea #the Black Sea #musician

[freddie-mercuryy]

FREDDIE MERCURY and BRIAN MAY performing Hammer To Fall - Rock in Rio, January 1985

#freddie mercury #brian may #Queen #queen band #maycury #spike edney #hammer to fall #rock in rio #my gif #my edit

[rushingheadlong]

Brian May performing 'Hammer to Fall' at the Estadio José Amalfitani de Velez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires, Argentina

(November 6th, 1992)

#brian may #brian harold may #brianmayedit #brianmaygifs #brian may band #hammer to fall #queen #queen band #queenband #queenbandgifs #queenbandedit #myedit #brian

[freddiemercurylegendabovelegends]

June 1st, 1999

The 'Mercury's Magic' Stamp

The "Mercury's Magic" stamp was issued by the Royal Mail on 1st June 1999, and features a live photo of Freddie taken from the 'Hammer To Fall' video. The stamp was part of the 'Entertainer's Tale' edition, comprising:

- "Mercury's Magic" 19 pence (second class) stamp, featuring Freddie Mercury (and Roger Taylor)

- "World Cup" 26 pence (first class) stamp, featuring a drawing of Bobby Moore

- "Doctor Who" 44 pence stamp, featuring a Dalek

- "Chaplin's Genius" 64 pence stamp, featuring a drawing of Charlie Chaplin

The series was aimed to illustrate British developments in music, sport, television and film. The 'Mercury's Magic' stamp features a photograph by Denis O'Regan, and was designed by Peter Blake.

The stamp caused much controversy because Roger's head can be seen in the background on both parts of the stamp, and nobody living, except royalty, is allowed to appear on a stamp. As a result, some people laughingly called for Roger to be beheaded for treason

(➡️ source: http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/freddie-mercury/miscellaneous/mercurys-magic-stamp.htm)

#1999 #stamps #zanzibar #legend #queen #brian may #john deacon #freddiebulsara #london #queen band #roger taylor #freddie mercury #uk #royal mail #hammer to fall

[hughdancybabyface]

Hammer To Fall (1984)

#freddie mercury #brian may #john deacon #queen #queen band #hammer to fall #my gifs

[myimaginaryradio]

Hammer To Fall - Queen - 1984

#queen #hammer to fall #classic rock #live aid #fall songs #Youtube

[runninguplenorahills]

“Hammer to fall” theory

“Hammer to fall” is a song by Queen which is about accepting that death is something you can’t fight or escape. “Waiting for the hammer to fall” basically translates to “Waiting for death to get us” because it will. And that’s not a bad thing but it’s simply a part of life.

This song is actually used in a scene in Stranger Things. In Season 2 episode 6 “The spy” Dustin needs help from Steve because of d’art and on the drive to Dustin’s house “Hammer to fall” plays on the car’s stereo:

[i can only screenshot the subtitles so I had to edit the picture in]

It seems very insignificant. We only hear a couple of words and then the music descends pretty quickly as Steve asks Dustin if he’s sure that d’art isn’t just a lizard.

But there’s one line that kinda threw me off and so I’ve been lookin into the lyrics a little more and I feel like “hammer to fall” might’ve actually been supposed to be foreshadowing for specifically the last scene in s4 and possibly for things that will happen in s5

[although we don’t know that ofc but I’m just theorizing]

Let me elaborate

First off: the fact that the song revolves around waiting for death to get us kinda correlates with Henry’s speech about how people live their lives with no purpose other than to die in the end.

And now let’s look at some of the lyrics:

“Here we stand or here we fall / history don’t care at all”

->Hawkins is where it all started and Hawkins will be where it all ends. Some will survive and some will die there. And when the final battle will ensue their history of fighting the Upside Down won’t really matter. It doesn’t matter how many times they’ve fought it before because the final battle will be ten times worse.

“Lady Mercy won’t be home tonight”

-> the battle is going to be merciless! They won’t get an easy way out! They probably won’t all survive! Vecna is going to be cruel to them like he’s not been before!

“We’re just waiting for the hammer to fall”

-> the end of season 4 marks the moment the characters know that it’s time to await death again!

“In the shadow of a mushroom cloud”

-> According to the official script of s4’s final scene, they’re awaiting death in the shadow of a mushroom cloud.

“What the hell are we fighting for? / just surrender and it won’t hurt at all”

-> This is a nod to how Vecna is mercy killing his victims. They shouldn’t fight it because Vecna is putting an end to their suffering. It won’t hurt if they just surrender! And I feel like this could also be foreshadowing to how Vecna might try to get specifically Will to surrender to him next season.

-> We also have this:

the song “Never surrender” is actually a song about never giving up but the specific lyrics they chose for this scene are kinda depressing. Mike is also singing along so the meaning applies to him. We also get another making out scene later in the same episode with the song “Can’t fight this feeling” and since both songs are used in the same context it’s safe to say that there’s a connection. Mike has a hard time fighting his feelings for Will / fighting the fact that he’s gay but he can never surrender to his feelings because he’ll get abandoned by everyone if he does. He will get hurt if he does. Therefore “Just surrender and it won’t hurt at all” might be foreshadowing the fact that when Mike stops fighting his feelings and just surrenders to them instead in s5, things will actually change for the better. It won’t hurt at all because he’ll realize that he’s so loved, that there’s so much love in his life!

-> The connection to Mike could also foreshadow that Mike will be targeted by Vecna because of the fact that he can never surrender to his feelings. He’s lost and on his own with his problems which makes him an easy target. Now the question is if it’s also foreshadowing the fact that Mike will surrender to Vecna cause it won’t hurt at all.

“Lock the door […] / baby now your struggle’s all in vain”

-> this line also reminded me of Mike. It reminded me specifically of how Mike locked the closet door by giving his monologue to El which therefore made his struggling throughout the season end in vain!

-> and for s5 Mike’s struggle with his sexuality and also his struggle with his mental health are all in vain, his arc doesn’t lead anywhere, there’s no payoff IF he does surrender to Vecna. And I feel like this might be foreshadowing that we get a fake death for Mike next season. We’ll think his arc is all in vain but we’ll actually get the payoff in the end because Mike didn’t actually die.

“It’s gonna fall”

-> people are going to die and Hawkins is going to fall!

-> Mike is going to have a fake death

-> we also have this:

Argyle is talking about how Surfer boy pizza will overthrow Domino’s but Mike is also in the shot so a lot of people have already created the theory that it’s connected to Mike and probably means that Mike and El’s relationship will break apart. That’s it. The dominoes are not gonna fall like in a chain reaction, the domino on the Domino’s logo is gonna fall apart!

The Domino’s logo used to look like the one on the left when stranger things takes place but all throughout the writing of stranger things [so obviously also during the writing of s4] the Domino’s logo looks like the one on the right. See how there’s one blue and one red domino now? And the blue [Mike’s color] has two dots in it while the red one [El’s color] has only one dot. The domino resembles the love triangle! The two in the blue one are Mike and Will and the one in the red is El! It shows that Mike and Will have already emotionally chosen each other but when the domino is finally gonna fall apart, meaning Mike and El will break up and the red part of the domino will separate from the blue part, Mike and Will will have officially and openly chosen each other while El has chosen independence!

And it’s gonna happen! [“it’s gonna fall”]

“[…] waiting for the hammer to fall / […] one more time ”

-> one last season, one last battle, one more time waiting for death to get them!

#i hope this makes sense #i hope i didn’t misunderstand something crucial which makes this all shit #well #byler #byler tumblr #mike wheeler #will byers #stranger things #stranger things theory #st analysis #st theory #st5 theory #st5 speculation #music analysis #byler is endgame #melvin is bones #hammer to fall

[radioroger]

hammer to fall guitar solo - october 12, 2023 at madison square garden

#literally. surreal. #it brings me to tears I was able to hear and see this in person #roger taylor #brian may #john deacon #freddie mercury #queen band #adam lambert #queen #70s #madison square garden #new york city #hammer to fall #music #classic rock #my video

[inkwelltoon]

-Freddie-

Rubberhose style

#Freddie #freddie mercury #queen #we are the champions #music #love of my life #another one bites the dust #bohemian rhapsody #hammer to fall #radio ga ga #somebody to love #i want to break free #one vision #i want it all #under pressure #we will rock you #killer queen #fat bottom girls #crazy little thing called love #the show must go on #queen music #Brian may #procreate #procreate art #digital art #art #artwork #artists of tumblr #digital illustration #digital artwork

[fifth-star]

Greatest hits 2 is so much better than 1

#queen band #queen #it goes crazy tho #i want it all #hammer to fall

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

𝔔𝔲𝔢𝔢𝔫 – ℌ𝔞𝔪𝔪𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔬 𝔉𝔞𝔩𝔩

#Queen #At Live Aid #Hammer to Fall #Genre: Rock #hard rock #70's hard rock #Live at Wembley Stadium London UK 13th July 1985 #80's #80s #1985 #edit #70s hard rock #UK

[anghraine]

Fave Queen Songs Except Bohemian Rhapsody: Poll #B5

Happy weekend, everyone! I'm getting to today's poll a bit earlier, after posting "Love of My Life" vs "I'm Going Slightly Mad" yesterday afternoon. For both of today's, we're going back to my birth decade, the 1980s.

In the previous phase, "Hammer to Fall" (https://youtu.be/JU5LMG3WFBw) easily crushed "Teo Torriatte" with 84.7% of the vote to 15.3%.

In the sixth poll, meanwhile, "Who Wants to Live Forever" (https://youtu.be/_Jtpf8N5IDE) defeated its Highlander sister-song, "Princes of the Universe," with 69.6% vs 30.4% of the vote.

#anghraine babbles #my little piano: music is magic #this is a queen appreciation blog #poll nonsense #music #queen #hammer to fall #who wants to live forever

[freddie-mercuryy]

FREDDIE MERCURY

Live at Wembley Stadium, 12th July 1986

#freddie mercury #Queen #queen band #live at wembley #hammer to fall #my gif #my edit

[rushingheadlong]

What the hell are we fighting for? Just surrender and it won't hurt at all Just got time to say your prayers While you're waiting for the hammer to, hammer to fall...

Hammer to Fall The Brian May Band - New Haven, CT, USA - October 1993

#brian may #brian harold may #brian may band #hammer to fall #brianmayedit #brianmaygifs #queenband #queen #queen band #queenbandgifs #queenbandedit #myedit #brian #bmb