Love?

"What's love without trust and respect?"

"I don't know, but as long as there is love, you can't give up on it."

I want to ask you something

It's a question about love

How would you get the feeling

That it is sent from above

You long for love

But not only love

You need trust and respect

That's how it works in your retrospect

But what if I can't 

Give those three that you called

Does it mean we're not meant

To be together after all

You long for love,

I'm afraid, I do, too

Also, I'm not perfect

Oh girl, please don't you try to expect

But I'd give love

I'd pour love onto you

Oh, don't give up

Just give me love, too

As much as I want to linger

I have a feeling I could not

I have a feeling I'm not what you ordered

Somebody might take my spot

'Cause you long for love

But not only love

Little by little, piece by piece

I will try to be the man of your dreams

Photo by Gus Moretta from unsplash.com

MOVIE REVIEW: Bohemian Rhapsody

Is this real life? Is this just fantasy?

Queen from mentalfloss.com

Upon watching the very first trailer of this movie, I have been hyped already. Just by seeing that they remade the Wembley Stadium for the Live Aid performance of Queen.

For someone who has been listening to Queen like me, the hype for this movie was very real, as expected. Once the movie hit the theaters, I was very eager to watch it.

I did watch it. However, I had some problems when I did. Normally, I would choose to point out the better things that the movie did. In here, I would like to point out some of the things they got wrong.

This list is not arranged in any particular order, just how I remembered them after watching.

1. We Will Rock You

This one was very obvious for it was already in the trailers. What made it wrong was the time that it happened in the movie, thus, the appearance of the band members. We Will Rock You, written by Brian May, was released in the album "News Of The World" in 1977. The scene depicted in the movie seemed to happen in 1980-1981. Although Brian May, and Roger Taylor, did little change to their appearance, Freddie Mercury and John Deacon changed their hairs. Mercury even had his trademark mustache which he had grown at the start of the Eighties. 

"We Will Rock You" official music video in 1977 from queenphotos.wordpress.com

Queen performing "We Will Rock You" in 1979 (pre-mustache Freddie) from YouTube.com

2. Fat Bottomed Girls

Just like We Will Rock You, Fat Bottomed Girls was written on a later time than the film had shown. Apparently, Queen performed it in their 1974 tour, rocking this song with the crowd. Although the crowd would be surely pumped to hear them play this song live, the song would not be written and performed in 1978 during the era of Queen's 8th album, Jazz. 

Queen's singles from the 1979 album "Jazz" from discogs.com

3. Paul Prenter

Paul Prenter really did out Freddie Mercury and revealed secrets, but not on a television interview. But on a news article released by the newspaper, The Sun.

Paul Prenter and The Sun article from canal13sanjuan.com

4. Pre-Live Aid Diagnosis

In the movie, Freddie Mercury took an HIV test after hearing the AIDS outbreak in a news report. Alarmed, he went into a clinic for a test. A few moments later, the doctor revealed that he had acquired the virus. This happened before they even rehearsed for their Live Aid performance. In reality, Mercury took the test un 1987, two years after Live Aid, and a year after Queen's final tour in 1986.

Queen's Live Aid rehearsals from YouTube.com

WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9knDg_E0ToM

5. U2

As Queen was entering the Live Aid stage in Wembley Stadium, a band was seen exiting the stage resembling U2. This was not the case back in 1985 because the previous band that performed before Queen was Dire Straits.

U2 in Live Aid from pinterest.ph

From the movie: Freddie Mercury (center), and U2 (right) in Wembley Stadium for Live Aid from Reddit.com

6. Breaking Up The Band

One conflict happened in the movie when CBS Records offer Freddie Mercury a solo recording deal for two albums. However, the true story was that Roger Taylor already had a solo release back in the early Eighties with his "Fun In Space" album, and Brian May also had one called "Star Fleet Project" which was credited as "Brian May + Friends", even before Mercury's "Mr. Bad Guy" was released. The solo works were never a big deal in the band in real life.

Roger Taylor's 1981 release from wikipedia.org

Brian May's 1983 release from wikipedia.org

7. Jim Hutton

In the movie, Jim Hutton worked as a waiter on one of Freddie Mercury's parties. However, Hutton was an Irish hairdresser before he and Mercury met in a bar and stayed close together until Mercury's death in 1991.

Freddie Mercury (left) and Jim Hutton (right) from irishcentral.com

8. Long Time No Play

Another issue that the band had to overcome was the fact that they were on a hiatus before Live Aid because of Freddie Mercury's solo work, meaning they had not performed in a long time. They were scared to perform before a very huge crowd. In reality, Queen did take a year off on tour in 1983, but the group was back on tour as support to their 1984 album "The Works". The tour concluded just a few weeks before Live Aid.

Queen performing "I Want To Break Free" during The Works Tour from www.wallofsoundgallery.com

9.  John Deacon

Queen had three bassists before landing John Deacon. Fast forward to the Game Tour, Deacon wore the exact same clothes as in the movie. However, in available footages of the Game Tour, Deacon would remove his jacket as early as after the third song (usually before "Somebody To Love"). Since the footage shown in the movie was "We Will Rock You" which was always played at the end of their concerts, it would be out of character for Deacon to still be wearing his jacket.

John Deacon (left), Brian May (center), and Freddie Mercury (right) in The Game Tour from Amazon.com

Queen performing We Will Rock You in Sao Paulo in 1981 screengrabbed from YouTube.com

10. Ayyy-Oh

After singing "We Will Rock You" in that scene, Freddie Mercury reached onto the crowd by doing his vocal improvisations, the Ayyy-Oh chant specifically. However, "We Will Rock Youimmediatelyey leads into the intro of "We Are The Champions". Also, Mercury did his vocal improvisations, in a different manner, in the transition between "Now I'm Here" and "Dragon Attack".

WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWhYflqZyqM

This was written not to throw shade at the film, nor the filmmakers. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (movie) was a very enjoyable treat to us fans and a good introduction to new fans. Actually, I have watched it multiple times already since its opening weeks in the theaters. 

This post was written to note the facts neglected in the movie as they were recorded in history because there could be times when movie viewers wouldn't know how to differentiate facts from not, and eventually, tell a misleading story about their subjects.

In this day and age of technology, information is just one click, or tap, away. But still with filtering of what you are reading, of course.