Lyrics of Killer Queen

So all of you Queen fans, what do the lyrics of Killer Queen mean? When I Googled it, it says it is about a high-classed call girl. I assumed it was about a flamboyant and fabulous gay man. Thoughts? Did the word "queen" have that meaning during that time in the UK?

I think its like a high class women like royalty.

To me is about a high-class prostitute (or something like that).

Or a dominatrix

Freddie said something its about a high class prostitute.

The lyrics are quite clear and definitive about the meaning of the song...

So a hooker?

[QUOTE] [b]Nitroboy wrote:[/b]

The lyrics are quite clear and definitive about the meaning of the song... [/QUOTE]

Maybe on the surface.

I think the song is about a gay man.

I found these two references:

In the "gay" vernacular, a "killer queen" is a young gay man who preys on unsuspecting men, ...

The music video for “Killer Queen” features the band performing on a colorful set with a spotlight focused on Mercury. Although it was filmed when Mercury presented an androgynous persona, he appeared much more feminine in this video than in other 70s Queen videos. He wears black nail polish, much jewelry, a feminine fur coat, and very deliberately styled long hair. His femininity is highlighted by the fact that his band mates appear in traditionally male clothing, with May and Deacon wearing suits, and Taylor wearing a dress shirt and a tie. Thus, they appear as suitors, with Mercury assuming the role of a high class “killer queen.” This suggests that the song?s subject could be a biological male similar to Mercury. Because the individual who served as the inspiration for the lyrics was never revealed, the “killer queen?s” gender remains a source of contention (Smith). Eric Hall, Queen?s promotion manager at the time, claimed that Mercury told him that the song was about him, and that he was a “killer” because the heterosexual Hall would never reciprocate Mercury?s affection. He defended his claim by adding that he used to keep expensive champagne in a fancy cabinet, and that his hairstyle reminded Mercury of Marie Antoinette?s. Moreover, he regarded Mercury?s androgynous appearance and the aspects of his performance in the video as an “audio-visual mating call” (“Freddie?s Loves”), highlighting his overtly feminine act as an expression of homosexual sentiments.

someonewholikesadam, you're sick

Sick, unable to understand the term "anachronism", unable to see that a music video in 1974 was utterly insignificant, and unable to distinguish between reality and wishful thinking. Also, unable to check facts. The term "killer queen" originated in the late 1960s, and referred to gay men who, despite the legal ban, were in the military. It was, and remains, a highly obscure term, and the odds that Freddie deliberately referenced this term are practically zero.

Copied from:

http://joss.pages.tcnj.edu/files/2012/04/2012-Malhotra.pdf

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Copied from:

http://joss.pages.tcnj.edu/files/2012/04/2012-Malhotra.pdf

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Well spotted.

It always makes me laugh when someone writes a line like, he wore black nail polish and long hair and jewellery for the video.

It just shows a lack of knowledge of what Freddie's image was like in those days, both from the person writing that article and the OP of this thread!

In another article someone mentioned that of course Freddie wouldn't admit that KQ was about a gay man. But I am not saying it is and you can't say that it isn't. And Freddie may have had both meanings in mind when he wrote the lyrics. Many of you Queen fans are so black and white and seem to think your opinion is the only right one. I think Freddie would think you are all a bunch of stodgy, old fuddy-duddies.

Its no secret that lots of lyrics in the history of rock are crystal clear for the person who wrote the words but their word selection is kind of vague so other people may reflect their own points of view, so I think this is one of those cases.

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[b]someonewholikesadam wrote: [/b] In another article someone mentioned that of course Freddie wouldn't admit that KQ was about a gay man. But I am not saying it is and you can't say that it isn't. And Freddie may have had both meanings in mind when he wrote the lyrics. Many of you Queen fans are so black and white and seem to think your opinion is the only right one. I think Freddie would think you are all a bunch of stodgy, old fuddy-duddies.

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And Bohemian Rhapsody's about Freddie having AIDS...