[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...[/QUOTE]
No. That song was written before he contracted the virus. I check my facts.
TomP63 · Member since
KILLER QUEEN LYRICS
He keeps Moet et Chandon
In a pretty cabinet
'Let them eat cake' he says
Just like Marie-Antoinette
A built-in remedy
For Khrushchev and Kennedy
At anytime an invitation
You can't decline
Caviar and cigarettes
Well versed in etiquette
Extraordinarily nice
Chorus:
He's a Killer Queen
Gunpowder, guillotine
Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Anytime
Recommended at the price
Insatiable in appetite
Wanna try?
To avoid complications
He never kept the same address
In conversation
He spoke just like a baroness
Met a man from China
Went down to Geisha Minah
Then again incidentally
If you're that way inclined
Perfume came naturally from Paris
For cars he couldn't care less
Fastidious and precise
Chorus
Drop of a hat he's as willing as
Playful as a pussy cat
Then momentarily out of action
Temporarily out of gas
To absolutely drive you wild, wild
He's out to get you
Chorus
Recommended at the price
Insatiable in appetite
Wanna try?
You wanna try?
Come on folks, these are the original lyrics for Killer Queen, Freddie wrote this with a guy on his mind....well I don't give shit........even if he wrote it with 100 guys on his mind for that matter.... Oh and Delilah is a nice diddy about Tom Jones, for a fact this is so true....
queenUSA · Member since
Killer Queen is about a woman. White Queen about a woman. Black Queen a woman. Fat Bottomed Girls about women. A shout out to Mama in Bo Rap, also a woman. Mother Love! You guessed it, a woman! It's all so boring! Just kidding (of course)!
In British society in the 60's and 70's no big deal wearing the things Freddie had on as a performer ( very common wardrobe for the arts). Going back much further Victorian and Edwardian styles of dress borrowed from royalty brings lace, ruffles, fur, opulent fabrics etc to the rest of society - it's an aspirational look. Look at the long curly hair of French kings, manner of dress etc - for Europe, these things are normal there for Kings and Queens depending on the times. For a band called Queen these looks are must haves early on.
Getting back to Killer Queen, she is not a struggling streetwalker but a high class call girl with upper tier clients. The song celebrates her, admires her. She gets to sleep with a great many men, an activity Freddie might be interested in?? Does he feel a connection with her in this song, in a way that would not be taboo at the time? So the song relishes her. He is a fan. He does not put a ring on it, he puts a crown on it! In the We Will Rock You production the Killer Queen springs to life as a woman - she's a fierce predator of men ( so bossy!) watch out! Liza Minelli, Cher, Lady GaGa (to name a few) get the same kind of attention - all of them have legions of straight and gay admirers. So the song to me is not him singing in code about a man but singing quite openly about the virtues of a certain scarlet woman he's elevated.
For Queen, unlike White Queen and the March of the Black Queen, the Killer Queen was a huge hit for them that helped to introduce them further as Queen, both within and beyond Britain, and reinforce the band name Queen thru the song title of Killer Queen. Genius, of course! Many folks out there don't even know about the earlier White and Black Queens but they sure know about that Killer Queen song.
So despite AL sprawled on a couch and fluttering his eyelashes singing the song (an enjoyable, decadent interpretation - thanks Adam!) the song is about a woman, not a man. But have the song any way you like it best!
Holly2003 · Member since
It's not beyond the realms of possibility that Fred had a man in mind, but it's not likely. Brian has said he sometimes worked with Fred's lyrics to make them more appealing to the widest possible audience i.e. not just a gay audience, although I suspect he was talking about late 1970s, early 1980s lyrics,. In 1974, however, I think Fred was writing about a woman - the high class call girl mentioned in previous interviews.
TomP63 · Member since
I was only joking with the lyrics I printed, I altered the she into he...my point, seriously I could give not a damn if Freddie had written about a guy, a woman....those pointless debate about the meaning of songs, lyrics...in that light what was Brian his intention during the guitarbreak....I don't know........
someonewholikesadam · Member since
This is what Freddie wrote about picking the name Queen.
"Years ago I thought up the name 'Queen'… It's just a name, but it's very regal obviously, and it sounds splendid…It's a strong name, very universal and immediate. It had a lot of visual potential and was open to all sorts of interpretations. I was certainly aware of gay connotations, but that was just one face of it."
I think the same could be said of lyrics of KQ.
And as to not caring what lyrics mean, isn't it fun to debate and speculate?
Invisible Woman · Member since
She may be a high society girl which of life and men takes everything that can.
She may be an actress, a prostitute, a politician, a member of some secret organization...
I can imagine her in various roles.
And what this song exactly saying is only Freddie knew.
I like Killer Queen very much.
