“I was scared every time I touched him.”

50 years have passed since it was ranked in the UK’s official ranking “UK Singles Chart”. “bohemian rhapsody” According to an extensive interview, the personal story that surrounds her has brought her back to the center of the scene. peter freestoneaccompanied by a personal assistant freddie mercury In the last years of his life.

The six-minute piece sold more than six million copies worldwide and reached the top of the charts in November. 1975 and stayed there for nine weeks queen I was on tour.

Freestone, the musician’s close friend, housemate and personal assistant for 12 years, provided previously unpublished details about the song’s origins and reception. “For most people, when you think of Queen, the first thing that comes to mind is Bohemian Rhapsody.”Freestone said in a media interaction. solar.

Freestone said the band submitted the video at short notice for the show. ”top of the pops“, Filmed in just 4 hours It was produced at Elstree Studios on a budget of around £4,000.

material It was first broadcast on the BBC on 20 November 1975.. Freestone said the visual work was “pioneering for its time” and took aesthetic influences from series such as Doctor Who. He explained that filming was done in response to the need for television support while the band was unable to perform live due to touring.

A former assistant explained the contradiction between the song’s monumentality and Mercury’s stage fright:He was scared every time I touched him. It wasn’t fun to play live because there’s a section that just plays piano. “He was afraid he would make a mistake and everyone would laugh,” he said.

Freestone added at one point during a trip to Canada in the 1980s: Removing the song from the repertoire caused public outrage.so I had to include it again the next night.

Regarding the origin and structure of the theme, Freestone indirectly explained: ”bohemian rhapsody” was born from the amalgamation of several incomplete ideas that lived in Mercury’s head. As he detailed, what the band decided to assemble was “basically three songs in one,” which Freestone called “a stroke of genius.”

Public and academic debate continues over the meaning of the lyrics. In 2015, the lyricist sir tim rice guaranteed that This song represented Mercury’s “coming out”Freestone distanced himself from this interpretation.

Freestone recalled the singer’s early social background (homosexuality was illegal until the 60s) and argued that despite the overt interpretations: For Mercury, these songs were essentially “about love, whether you find it or lose it.”.

It received praise from the band itself and the music world. guitarist brian may May interprets the thematic relevance as indelible, saying, “I think ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is something you’ll never get tired of.”

your compatriots roger taylor The theme has resurfaced at recent events, including performances with orchestras and choirs in “The Last Night of the Proms.”

Freestone also contributed memories of his personal life with Mercury.: He listed his family’s daily routine, hobbies, festival episodes, etc. For example, the night Mercury was found in a container after a fight in which his drink was spiked.

at the moment, Freestone lives in the Czech Republic and runs the AIDS Foundation.. “I am proud that one of his greatest works, Bohemian Rhapsody, still maintains its legacy half a century later,” he concluded.