Just curious about this - Rolling 'R'

I was listening to the Hammersmith concert when this stupid question came to my mind. You must have noticed that during the beautiful rendition of ITLOTG revisited Freddie sings "it's so rrrrisky...". I remember that the first time I heard him pronouncing the R like this ("unravelling" in I'm Going Slightly Mad) I really liked it because I thought that English-speaking people found it quite difficult to produce that sound properly. Not only Freddie sang the rolling R a couple of times in studio but he would also do it quite often during concerts.

Has anyone ever wondered why he liked to pronounce the R that way?

maybe he was showing off?

Because he was gay.

The Fairy King wrote: Because he was gay.
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Well, I know my question was nonsense but I didn't expect such a stupid reply.

'English' people find a rolling R quite easy to pronounce. He also does one in Brighton Rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv-lVAAjCj8

At 9 seconds in..

Maybe because Freddie wasn't English originally?

Please, dont forget Flick of the Wrist 'live' "Trrrouble, and/ or Double"  rolling Ds ? anyway, I think its GREAT.. thats one reason I love really love listening to their early concerts... It's just so cool...  I've been a Queen fan here in Santa Ana, Orange County, California, United States ever since 1974 , Ogre,Fairy,Nevermore,Rhye,Lap'Othe Gods, are just a few that had me hooked    ...Long Live the Queen !

Lostman wrote: Maybe because Freddie wasn't English originally? =============
Probably.

In the same concert he says "... A numberrrrrr called Bohemian Rhapdoy" i love his double r pronunciation!

It is because Freddie wasnt English that he could pronounce his rrrrrrs in this way.

Like most English people have trouble saying words like loch.They say it as lock,

He' was just being flamboyant and theatrical. A showman.

In The Invisible Man, he also pronounced Roger's name as RRRoger Taylor.

tcc wrote: In The Invisible Man, he also pronounced Roger's name as RRRoger Taylor.
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And "prrresident of America" in Bicycle Race.

i think it may be for affect
but also a compensatory thing...as he wasn't very good generally with the R sound

Silken wrote: tcc wrote: In The Invisible Man, he also pronounced Roger's name as RRRoger Taylor.
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And "prrresident of America" in Bicycle Race.
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And in some live versions of liar he sang "liar,liar.....Liarrrrr" and also in some introductions he said "The next song is Great King Rrrrrat" (With a maybe exagerate pronunciation of the double r in the beginning of the word "Rat")