Roger Taylor on the set of 'I Want To Break Free' - 1984
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do you ever think about cardan truly feeling at home in faerieland only after becoming the high king? that he always must've felt as an outcast, an unwanted son, like he doesn't belong, like he has to prove something, that he was eaten alive by his own hatred, by fear and anger. he was just that one excentric youngest prince whom his father doesn't even want to see. his own mother doesn't love him. too young, too weak, too mean.
and then suddenly faerieland at its core is his beating heart, he is the lifeblood, he does not only finally feel like he belongs, faerieland is him. he is genuinely a good king, he is loved, he raised an isle from the bottom of the sea. and it's the deepest connection that can ever be.
because i do.
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🔥✨️ HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROGER TAYLOR! ✨️🔥
And here's my 2nd artwork for Queen's birthdays, all dedicated to our favourite blonde drummer and some of his most iconic outfits! Do you recognise them all? What's your favourite? 🥰✨️
I also wanted to put his legendary timpani solo in this little tribute, I love that performance to bits 🙏🏻💖
Please do not repost without credits! Reblogs and comments are welcomed 💜
Brian | John | Freddie
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on 22 March 1984, Queen shot the video for 'I Want To Break Free' at the Limehouse Studio in London, directed by David Mallet
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I Want To Break Free.
Via deakycheaky on Instagram.
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Today - March 22nd, 1984 - Queen Story!
London, UK - Queen videoed "I Want To Break Free"
The video for this song parodies a popular British television soap, Coronation Street. The opening sequence features all the band members in drag (Mercury as a housewife, Deacon as grandmother, Taylor as a schoolgirl, and May as a housewife). This confused many people who didn't catch the reference. Brian May was asked in an interview with Q magazine March 2011 whether each band member's character in the video was an accurate reflection of their personalities? He replied: "Of Course! Everybody thinks that was Freddie's idea because it looks like something that he would love to do but it actually came from Roger's girlfriend at the time, strangely enough. It was her idea to pastiche the Coronation Street women."
Location Docklands Limehouse Studio
Directed by David Mallet, with hundreds of fan club members dressed as miners as film extras
Freddie Mercury was all set to shave off his trademark mustache, but director David Mallet put a stop to it: "I said, 'No, the one thing you musn't do, the funny thing is that your mustache is there and you're in drag!' To this day, when he comes around the corner with that hoover I laugh." In this video Mercury is surrounded by the Royal Ballet in a nod to the French ballet L'Après-midi d'un faune and its clean-shaven Russian star Vaslav Nijinsky.
This song became an anthem for the ANC in South Africa in the late '80s when Nelson Mandela was still in jail and the white government's apartheid policies were still in place.
(➡️ source: songfacts.com)
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Other people: Who's your favourite band?
Me: *shows them this photo*
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