#queen 1974

[twixnmix]

Tina Turner performing at the New Fillmore East Theater in New York City on December 31, 1974.

Photos by Richard E. Aaron

#tina turner #ike and tina #ike &tina turner #1974 #1970s #nyc #1970s music #queen of rock n roll

[weirdlookindog]

Madeline Smith in Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

#frankenstein and the monster from hell #madeline smith #1970s horror #1970s movies #1974 #terence fisher #hammer horror #hammer films #hammer queens

[beatleswings]

LINDA McCARTNEY performing with WINGS on TOP OF THE POPS. London, England. November 20, 1974. Photo taken by DAVID REDFERN.

#was gonna add it to the set but this deserves its own post #look at her!! #my beautiful queen #linda mccartney #wings #1970s #70s #1974 #non edits

[debdarkpetal]

Backstage Rainbow Theatre, March 31 1974.

#roger taylor #brian may #queen #queen band #maylor #backstage #rainbow theatre #london #1974 #70s #ms

[atomic-chronoscaph]

art by Vicente Segrelles (1974)

#vicente segrelles #70s horror art #70s fantasy art #cover art #the voodoo queen #brian elliot #die voodoo konigin #bastei verlag #seventies #1974

[freddiemercurylegendabovelegends]

“They knew they had the magic”

- Mick Rock

👉 Queen Photosession for 'Queen II' album, released in the UK on March 8th, 1974

📸 Photographer © Mick Rock (1948-2021)

#1974 #queen II album #mickrock #freddie mercury #queen band #london #zanzibar #legend #queen #brian may #john deacon #freddiebulsara #roger taylor

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

A Rainha Diaba (Antonio Carlos da Fontoura, 1974)

#A Rainha Diaba #The Devil Queen #Antonio Carlos da Fontoura #1974 #Milton Gonçalves #makeup #lgtb #lgtbi #lgtbiq #faces #sadness #colour #green #party

[christiangeistdorfer]

MICHÈLE MOUTON and her ALPINE-RENAULT A110, 1975

#that year is a total guess btw #it is either 1974 or 1975 because of her car #ewrc helped a lot with that #but who cares!!! #look at how cool she looks !! #the briefcase ?? awesome queen #michèle mouton #wrc #1970s

[rushingheadlong]

You know something I don't think I've ever seen people talk about is how Freddie changed the lyrics for Big Spender.

Because in case you don't know, all original versions of the song are sung by women - and it is made very clear that they are singing to men:

The minute you walked in the joint I could see you were a man of distinction A real big spender [....] So let me get right to the point: I don't pop my cork for every man I see Hey, big spender Spend a little time with me

Probably not too surprising, then, that when Queen performed this song in 1974 Freddie had to do a bit of a gender-switch on it:

Though, it would probably be more accurate to say that Freddie made this song gender-neutral because he didn't change it to be about a woman. He eliminated the first use of "man" entirely and then sang "I don't pop my cork for everyone I see" (instead of "every man").

And honestly there's probably a whole dissertation you could write just about those changes alone, but what I really love is when Queen brought the song back in 1986 and Freddie changed the lyrics again:

Because yes he still dropped the first "man" but the "everyone" is changed and Freddie instead sang "every guy" with just the barest hint of a "-rl" sound at the end to give him plausible deniability if anyone asked about it.

So much of Freddie's music speaks to his experiences as a queer man but, because of the nature of the times in which he lived, he couldn't always be directly open about that fact. Most of his love songs are intentionally vague, and he sang about "somebody" or "you" to avoid having to use gendered terms as much as possible.

Freddie singing "I don't pop my cork for every GUYrl I see" wasn't just an adjustment to the original lyrics, it was a specific change from how Freddie had sang it before in order to make it more gay in a way that he could rarely be with his own music, and that is what I adore about this. It's such a little thing, but it gives such a unique insight into how Freddie balanced his sexuality and his stardom, and how the relationship between those two changed over the nearly 12 years between these performances.

#freddie mercury #queen #queen band #freddie #text #ramblings #long post // #I got the Rainbow on dvd for xmas and I've been thinking about this a lot since then #and thinking about it even more after posting yesterday's gifset #it's SUCH a little thing but it's made me emotional ever since the first time I've noticed it #the transformation from Freddie ''I can't tell anyone I'm gay or it'll ruin everything'' Mercury in 1974 #to Freddie ''Four cocks fighting - ooh it's getting nice this!'' Mercury in 1985 #perfectly summed up in two video clips #idk. sometimes I feel like in defense of Freddie's queerness some fans take it to the opposite extreme #and insist that it was SO UNBELIEVABLY OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE ALL THE TIME in the 70s/80s that Freddie was gay #when in actuality... no it really really wasn't #and that's IMPORTANT. the ways in which Freddie had to hide himself and the ways in which he chose not to are IMPORTANT. #and erasing those decisions from his history or pretending they were easy ones to make isn't defending his queerness #it only serves to erase it even further

[bijouxcarys]

My favourite album in the world turns 50 today!

Queen II is the perfect concept album, from beginning to end, and I’ve never skipped a single song. It’s my most played record I own, and includes some of my favourite Queen songs.

Happy birthday Queen II! 😭💕

#classic rock #70s #queen #Brian May #Roger Taylor #Freddie Mercury #John Deacon #queen ii #1974 #70s moodboard #music #music moodboard #anniversary

[eileen-crys]

Source: Queen concept art, 1975 | Photocopy of ink drawing, signed and dated 1975

This concept artwork incorporates the 'Q' logo and the crown with the four band members in the fantasy style that Queen utilised in the early to mid 1970s alongside a central female figure. Accompanying this is a photocopy of another piece of concept art by the same artist, signed 'Beveridge', titled 'The Black Queen holds Aeriel Court'. The style is reminiscent of Richard Dadd's artwork.

NOTE (updated): I've been informed that the artist is JAMES F. BEVERIDGE

I swear to god I'M LOSING MY MIND AT THESE, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND like HELLO??? MASTERPIECES??? It's so unfair we get to see these only now omg 😭😭😭 I love how the four of them are some sort of magicians with different powers, you know I live for these things. Also Deaky has wings??!?! 💕💕

Part of me wants to redraw this, but it's already so beautiful I know I wouldn't do it justice... but I could try to color it! 🤔

#queen in 1974: breathtaking fantasy concept art #queen in 2022: shitty stickmen barely moving in the 'worth it' video #anyway #I NEED A POSTER OF THIS #please?!??!?!? #queen #john deacon #queen fanart #? #queen band #john deacon queen #john deacon fanart #brian may #brian may queen #roger taylor #roger taylor queen #freddie mercury queen #freddie mercury #sothebys

[twixnmix]

Ike & Tina Turner performing at Hala Tivoli in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, November 1974.

Photos by Jaka Jeraša

#ike and tina turner #ike & tina turner #tina turner #ike turner #1974 #1970s music #1970s fashion #queen of rock n roll

[misforgotten2]

A book you very likely don’t have on your shelf #480

1974

Written by Jack Vance

#1974 #1970s #1970's #cover art #book cover #paperback #vintage paperback #ellery queen #jack vance #ephemera #mystery

[beatleswings]

LINDA McCARTNEY. 1974.

#found a hq version of this pic!~ #look at her #my queen #linda mccartney #1970s #70s #1974 #non edits

[debdarkpetal]

I remember Freddie telling me, “The most important thing is to live a fabulous life. As long it’s fabulous, I don’t care how long it is.”

𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘆 was one of my favorite human beings, a gem of a man.

𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙍𝙤𝙘𝙠, 1995.

#freddie mercury #queen #queen band #fred #photoshoot #1974 #70s #mick rock #quote #1995 #90s #ms

[hughdancybabyface]

#brian may #queen #queen band #1974