Yes, this is about my favourite band, Queen.
Yes, I know they aren’t really a band anymore and – to be honest – some of the stuff they’ve done in the last 15 years has made me cringe a little bit, but that aside, their music from Queen to Hot Space [I don’t have as much of an issue with it as most Queen fans do] are still albums I hold dear to my heart.
Anyway, as many of you may know, they’re producing a film about the life of Freddie up until the Live Aid concert.
I get why they decided that was the cut off date, because apart from it being arguably their pinnacle moment, he apparently had not yet discovered he was HIV positive so it allows the film to focus on his glory, not his pain.
Anyway, recently they released the teaser trailer for the movie and I have to say, it’s epic.
Not just because of how good Rami Malik looks in the role of Freddie.
Nor because of the bizarrely accurate voice of Brian May.
And not even because of the spectacular stage sets and fashions.
No … it’s because of the fantastic sound design.
Just like when they performed at Live Aid, the band know the best way to get people interested in the movie beyond sad fucks like me, is to remind them how many songs of Queen they know and like.
By mixing some of their biggest hits seamlessly together, they have increased the odds of making a movie about a man who died 27 years ago interesting to people who were born 27 years ago.
That’s pretty impressive, especially for a band that is almost 50 years old.
A band where the guitarist will be 71 years old in a week and the drummer 69 years old in about a fortnight.
[Not forgetting Mr John Deacon, who will be a young 67 in August. And looks it]
Now I know the trailer doesn’t really say anything and – I am still petrified it’s going to end up feeling more like a ‘Lifetime Movie’ than a Hollywood blockbuster [especially with all the issues the production has faced] – but I have to admit I have watched it so many times and been in awe every time … especially the bit between 11 and 16 seconds, where you see the different ‘looks’ of Freddie in concert, because I remember some of them from when I saw the band live.
Oh god, I’m even more pathetic than I thought.
