Recently, the Oscar has just ended, and my personal focus is particularly on this “Rhapsody of Bohemia”; A biopic of Freddie Mercury and his band Queen.It not only won two awards for best drama and best actor at the 76th Golden Globe Awards, but also won multiple nominations for this year’s Academy Awards.Last night, looking back at the scene of the Queen’s performance on Live Aid on July 13, 1985, I felt a bit excited and moved. The ending of the film “Rhapsody of Bohemia” also highly reflects the unprecedented performance of the Queen’s band in it:
On July 13, 1985, a large-scale rock concert called “Saving Lives” was held in London, England, and Philadelphia, USA. At noon on the 13th, the concert opened at Wimbley Stadium in London. 72000 people attended the opening ceremony. Two hours later, the concert at the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, USA, was also announced, with a total of 90000 people watching the performance.
The show lasted 16 hours and was broadcast live to over 140 countries through a global communications satellite network, attracting an estimated total of nearly 1.5 billion television viewers.
More than 100 famous rock stars from around the world participated in the charity performance, including Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Elton John, Michael Jackson, and many other rock stars.
The Queen’s Band performed for nearly 30 minutes, making it the most live and longest performing band. Later, the Queen’s performance was selected by the British music critics as the “greatest rock and roll scene in history.”.
“I really have limited energy every day, so I don’t have enough time to write my thoughts or seriously watch this movie.”.
I still want to briefly recommend this song that I like, and this band, if they have the opportunity, they must go to see this “Bohemian Rhapsody” movie, listen to the songs of the Queen’s band, and this rock concert of “Saving Lives”.
Queen, a British rock band, was founded in 1971 and is known as the UK’s greatest band, with over 200 million album sales.
Members include lead singer Freddie Mokuri, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor, and bassist John Deacon.
The band’s initial work was influenced by avant-garde rock, hard rock, and heavy metal. Later, it gradually attempted to move towards traditional and radio based work, incorporating other styles such as opera, folk music, art rock, arena rock, and pop rock into its music, leaving a profound impact on the world music scene.
Its position in the UK is particularly high, with Queen remaining two of the top ten album sales in UK history, including the highest. The number of career album sales weeks in the UK totals 1322 weeks (27 years), making it the longest in history.
Record sales are expected to range from 150 million to 300 million copies, making it one of the world’s best-selling music artists.
In 1990, The Queen won the British Recording Industry Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
Each member has written more than one hit single, and in 2003, four band members were selected for the Song Writer Hall of Fame.
“Rhapsody of Bohemia” is the classic masterpiece of Queen’s Band, and it is also the core of this film.
In this song, Freddy tries rock and opera. “Even the entire song is divided into four parts (Akabara+Folk Songs+Opera+Hard Rock), from the beginning of the inner talk with piano accompaniment, to the opera aria, to heavy metal.”.
The complex structure of the arrangement made this song the most expensive song to produce at that time. During the recording, even the magnetic particles on the tape had to be ground through.
The final song lasted for 6 minutes, dreamy and hearty. It was unheard of by anyone at that time.
“Rhapsody of Bohemia” has been at the top of the British charts for nine weeks at that time, and has also topped the charts in many Western countries. It is still a world famous song.
This song is more known as “rock opera” in the history of rock and roll, becoming the highest selling single in British history, and also bringing the Queen to the forefront of music.
