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    “Bohemian Rhapsody.” This song was written by an artist who felt a great deal of pain. He expresses his emotions throughout the song, and at the end realizes that all the pain he was dealt shouldn’t matter to him. “Bohemian Rhapsody” was written by Freddie Mercury and performed by a British rock band named “Queen” in 1975. It is a six minute suite divided into multiple sections without a refrain. There is an intro, a ballad segment, an operatic passage, a hard rock part, and a reflective coda. “Bohemian

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    Most people know the name “Freddie Mercury”, who was best known as the lead singer of “Queen”. In 70’s and 80’s rock, he was known as one of the greatest performers and still leaves a name in popular music today. His life spanned from 1945-1991, which ended short from AIDS complications. Within his musical career, Freddie was a Jack-of-all-Trades being a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist (piano and guitar), performer and a record producer. His 4-octave vocal range is from a bass low to a soprano

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    Freddie Mercury was born on September 5, 1946, on the island of Zanzibar, Tanzania, in East Africa. His parents’ names were Bomi and Jer Bulsara. He had one sibling who was his sister, Kashmira. Originally, Freddie’s name was Farrokh Bulsara, Freddie being a nickname that he obtained later. Both of his parents were Persian. At the time, no one could have ever expected Freddie to be a world renowned composer (Gunn). After Freddie’s eighth birthday, his parents sent him to St. Peter’s boarding school

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    Jackson, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, the list goes on. There is however one name which most definitely belongs at the top, Freddie Mercury . "The most inspirational frontman of all time,” (Gerard Way). A hard-rock master , a disco sensation, a rockabilly lover boy, Freddie Mercury was a firework with a laser show thrown on top. Born Farrokh Bulsara; Freddie Mercury was a British singer, songwriter and record producer, widely known as the lead vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Queen, his

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    This paper will analyze the personality attributes of Freddie Mercury from Queen. By looking at eight different psychological perspectives we can look at and analyze Freddie’s personality and start to understand him more. The perspectives will include: psychoanalytic, neo-analytic & ego psychology, biological, behaviorist & learning approach, cognitive & social cognitive, trait approach, humanistic & existential, and interactionalist approaches. Freddie’s life started out in Zanzibar, Tanzania on

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    Growing up Freddie Mercury always had a different view on music growing up. His parents always encouraged him to do his own thing. Freddie’s style was very different then anybody else’s. From wearing bright and odd ball colors to wearing dark gothic clothes. His choice of clothing he wore influenced many people and people started dressing as he did. In 1970 Queen change rock and roll. Queen is a British rock band that was formed in London. There were 4 men that made up Queen, Freddie Mercury, Brian

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    course, Queen! The members of Queen are fiery Freddie Mercury on lead vocals and piano, polite and masterful Brian May on lead guitar, hot-headed ladies’ man Roger Taylor on drums, and shy bass guitarist John Deacon. While not officially formed, members Mercury, May, and Taylor had known each other for years while May and Taylor were in the band Smile which became future band Queen after Mercury joined. A little known fact was that before Freddie Mercury was even in a band and pranced around in with

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    Bohemian Rhapsody Meaning

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    being their highest rated song. The song was written by Freddie Mercury and debuted on the A Night at the Opera album in 1975. The song was at number one for nine weeks in London then the U.S., and later the song was re-released and became number one again. Queen never gave out the meaning of their songs, which left the listeners the option to interpret their songs whichever way they wanted. However, Bohemian Rhapsody was especially made by Freddie to say he was coming out the closet or admitting he

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    fortunately for Queen’s lead singer Freddie Mercury has a more colorful mystery. Queens album “A Night at The Opera” released a single in 1975 called “Bohemian Rhapsody”, which sent listeners in a whirlwind of up beat rhythms. Behind the elegant vibratos and shredding guitar solos, “Bohemian Rhapsody” is Mercury peeling away his rock star persona by confessing his homosexuality through religious allusions and creative metaphors. Like any confession Mercury starts off by apologizing to his mother

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    But, he did do this ignoring what others said and did this as no one else would do it, by himself. Thoreau had best described the idea of individualism back in his time and the time of the transcendentalists. However, the famous lead singer, Freddie Mercury, of the band Queen had also described this belief quite

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