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on wikipedia straight up "learning it". and by "learning it" i mean, lets just say.. information

stop telling your teenage daughters who say they don't want kids that they'll change their mind

i think the funniest thing about the Paul Is Dead theory is that Fake Paul still had that homoerotic relationship with John. imagine being John Lennon and your best friend since you were 16 whom you are also in love with dies in a car crash and is replaced with a lookalike and you’re like. whelp. i guess i have to be in love with Fake Paul too. and then you go through one of the messiest divorces in music history.

You guys... it's here.

Very happy to get a definite answer before the Queen I (2024) boxset comes out. Drumroll pls... the person in the picture is.

✨️ John Deacon! ✨️

Welcome (back), following that time I randomly posted this picture which accidentally re-kickstarted the hunt for answers, and after failed efforts on my end to get some concrete answers, we're here.

I suddenly had the idea of begging asking a friend who is personally in touch with Brian to ask him about this photo whenever they get the chance. They graciously helped me and was able to ask him in person. ❤️

They allowed me to quote them on how Brian responded in person when he was asked about this photo, which was this!

However, they requested to remain anonymous and I will respect their wish. I do realize that puts the whole source of this post to "trust me, bro". If I were my follower I too would side-eye my own "trust me, bro".

But I hope I have a long and good enough track record to earn you guys' trust that I'm a stickler to sources (to the point of being bitchy about it, very often) and wouldn't make up sources (hell, the one time I sourced it so hard (Jim Jenkins who posted about this picture) people pointed out I was wrong!). So this time, it's direct from Brian who put together the back album collage, and just this one time - trust me, bro. 🙏

Bri said "Ah, that's John!"

Sounded very sure of himself.

[...]he instantly confirmed it was John - no hesitation or doubt whatsoever. Then he went on about where he shot it, etc which you already know.

I asked them how I should go about sharing this information and asked if I'm allowed to quote them on this, they said yes:

After putting on his glasses, he looked at it and went "Ahh, that's John!" then went into talking about everything else you already know about it. Given Brian's questionable memory sometimes I would let you know if there was any doubt or hesitation there, but there really wasn't.

So there you go! Happy Queen I (2024) week! My sincerest thank you to them who was very considerate and squeezed in my request when they were able to meet Brian.

It's fun when you can tell things about people by what colours they like to surround themselves with. Someone who likes wearing and decorating all their stuff with green is usually a calm, chill, down to earth kind of a person. They don't usually even notice how much of all their things are green, they just see a green thing and think "oh, pretty" and don't even put together just how much of their stuff ends up unintentionally being green.

Someone whose clothes and stuff are predominantly purple is something else, that's a Distinct Kind Of Personality who enjoys having a distinct colour scheme and goes out of their way to get it. Purple is too unusual of a colour to just accumulate unintentionally. A person whose belongings are mainly purple enjoys knowing that the people who know them probably first think "oh, That Person would probably like that" whenever they see something purple.

But someone who specifically enjoys the combination of purple and green? Yeah that's a harder than average herb wizard.

Oh, sure, I know Queen. Here's a nifty, not-at-all-devastating fact for you: Brian just wanted Freddie to be loved. It's everywhere.

It's in his dislike for Don't Stop Me Now, a song that—in Brian's mind—represented drug use and intense partying that was leading Freddie away from the band, toward people who didn't care about his wellbeing. It's in Brian saying he regrets not looking after Freddie better.

It's in his writing Save Me to give Freddie an outlet for his heartbreak, but also subtly tell him, "Hey, you're a loving partner. You deserve one in return."

It's in Brian helping Freddie write It's a Hard Life, with expressing his heartbreak once again. It's in Brian watching the video for that song and interpreting the setting as a depiction of Freddie's emotionally unfulfilling personal life during the Münich era.

It's in Brian stressing that Freddie was always in serious, monogamous relationships, searching for the right person. It's in Brian defending Freddie's relationship with Jim and calling it loving.

It's in Brian having a soft spot for Don't Try So Hard, a song representing Freddie finally securing his dream relationship.

BRIAN JUST WANTED HIM TO BE LOVED.

When I say “I love this artist” I either know 5 of their songs that I play on repeat or I know their entire discography and you just have to guess which one it is

he’s got it

The song’s “musical” bridge section was performed entirely by Mercury and Taylor using their voices alone, with Taylor at one point hitting the highest note on the whole album a C6. Mercury imitates woodwind instruments including a clarinet. Taylor voices mainly brass instruments such as tubas and trumpets, and even a kazoo. The tap dance segment is also “performed” by Mercury and Taylor on the mixing desk with thimbles on their fingers. Freddie (about Seaside Rendezvouz) “Another of my songs, Seaside Rendezvous, has a 1920’s feel to it and Roger Taylor does a tuba and clarinet on it vocally, if you see what I mean. I’m going to make him tap dance too, I’ll have to buy him some Ginger Rogers tap shoes.”