Classic Rock
New Queen biopic trailer shows the birth of “We Will Rock You”
Bohemian Rhapsody is Queen’s biopic that will be in december. The film has the actor Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) in the role of the legendary singer Freddie Mercury, and today a new excerpt of the film was made available in the video that can be seen below.
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In it, Brian May, played by Gwilym Lee, appears showing a new song for the band by beating his feet and hands, saying he would like to “give the audience a song they can play themselves.” That’s how the classic “We Will Rock You” is born.
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"Give the audience a song they can perform." #BohemainRhapsody in theaters November 2nd pic.twitter.com/7CToVm2Elv
— Bohemian Rhapsody (@BoRhapMovie) October 16, 2018
“Bohemian Rhapsody” will depict Queen’s career from the perspective of vocalist Freddie Mercury, who died in 1991. The biopic features Rami Malek (Freddie Mercury), Gwilym Lee (Brian May), Joseph Mazzello (John Deacon) and Ben Hardy (Roger Taylor).
“We Will Rock You” is a song written by Brian May and recorded by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World. Rolling Stone ranked it number 330 of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time” in 2004, and it placed at number 146 on the Songs of the Century list in 2001. In 2009, “We Will Rock You” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Other than the last 30 seconds containing a guitar solo by May, the song is generally set in a cappella form, using only stomping and clapping as a rhythmic body percussion beat. In 1977, “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions” were issued together as a worldwide top 10 single. Soon after the album was released, many radio stations began playing the songs consecutively and without interruption.
