So... has anyone else before heard that quote by Dr May ?

"""Meanwhile, the married-with-children lineup had grown weary of the singer celebrating his promiscuity in song. “I can remember having a go at Freddie because some of the stuff he was writing was very definitely on the gay side,” said May. “I remember saying it would be nice if this stuff could be universally applicable, because we have friends of every persuasion.”""" Taken from: https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-miraculous-story-of-queen-in-the-1980s It is the first time that I have seen this quote. Has it ever appeared in any biography or in any gossip in the circles of those who were close to the band that Freddie wrote lyrics that were "too gay" to make their way onto the final version ? Cheers!

He said this in a 1998 interview with Guitar World about Body Language

Thanks!!!

Fear not! I cometh to tell you the truth.

What is particularly „gay“ in anything Queen ever did, including „Body Language“, apart from Freddie having been the singer? Mr May's statements don't always make sense.

I loveth you all.

M.

Are you really that superficial in your way of viewing things? Well not a surprise as you constantly act like a cheap, childish attention whore.
If I could, I would make you go away.

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Mary Austin wrote:[/b]

Fear not! I cometh to tell you the truth.

What is particularly „gay“ in anything Queen ever did, including „Body Language“, apart from Freddie having been the singer? Mr May's statements don't always make sense.

I loveth you all.

M.

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Good Old Fashioned Lover is pretty gay, Get Down Make Love also

[QUOTE] [b]mariah carey wrote:[/b]

He said this in a 1998 interview with Guitar World about Body Language[/QUOTE]

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yes, indeed. And that attitude eventually got Freddie in his steamy New York underground gay scene catch the HIV virus.

Fear not! I cometh to tell you the truth.

Stick: how would you make me 'go away'? And why do you feel the need to anyway?

I loveth you, too.

M.

Queenman!!: „That attitude“ was prevalent in the aftermath of the sexual liberation in the late 1960's anyway. Gay men finally had an opportunity to explore their sexuality without having to fear legal repression. Nobody knew that HIV was looming, thus I find it difficult to understand what you mean by „That Attitude“. Freddie suppressed his gayness far too much anyway by pretending to be bisexual and showing up with yours truly at ‘official events'. I don't get Mr Mays problem. In a truly free society any kind of display of any kind of sexuality would not be taken as excluding anyone. But given the comments here in this forum, Mr Stick, plainly shows how free thinking most people really are.

Loveth to you all,
M.

The band was a vehicle for a career and success.

Of course some would feel discouraged by inordinate amounts of ANTI ROCK clubby gayness.

Just leave it at that.

For the most part the song stands as the first complete foray into ONLY KEYBOARDS ....and vocal

Plus side from Freddie's incredible vocal delivery and HA HAH! (Grunt)

It's trash and debauched nonsense. Of course they had reason to be worried.

I've lost a brother (*we didn't lose him, he died as a result of excess as well) to what was clearly to the band, excess and a total lack of judgement going on with FM at the time

I have no problem with accepting Brian's perspective here.

Even that journalist who gets himself annoyingly on every Freddie doc seemed to think that his carefree partying was going towards an almost suicidal state

As a "band of brothers" you notice things changing and you KNOW when a person has erased themselves and a persona and merely become a HABIT.

IT'S dangerous and I'm sure the band harbored regrets for not punching Freddie in the face and saying WTF ARE YOU DOING? SHAPE UP MAN!


Either way. Yeah the song is trash. But it still has some touches of strength. Courtesy of Fred

And as for anyone doubting that its anti rock stance was bugging the band (particularly in the 80's) I'll cite Freddie's

It's a Hard Life (attempt at "classic Queen sound" i.e. sales THE BAND IS BACK TO ITS ROOTS! ...a phrase repeated with reach release

And MAN on the Prowl.... attempt to cash in with luck and bravado of 1950's ish tune CLTCL.

They had been trying desperately to include OLD STYLE stuff and ALSO try to be contemporary as a band without vision trying to find itself in a new era.

Hence the LET ME IN YOUR HEART AGAIN which borrows from "here i go again" Whitesnake.


Same with keep passing the open windows, out on the tiles /staying power, PISCTP /Diana Ross as others have pointed out here.

They lost a lot in the 80's and it clearly became a business with old noodles and attempts to cut what's "cool"

In spite of that, Brian, Roger , John and Freddie came up with some good ones


Just that calling Body Language gay was a different kind of thing as opposed to "Bring back that Leroy Brown" - gay.

It was devoid of instrumentation and the wholebandand must have felt isolating

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Mary Austin wrote:[/b]

Queenman!!: „That attitude“ was prevalent in the aftermath of the sexual liberation in the late 1960's anyway. Gay men finally had an opportunity to explore their sexuality without having to fear legal repression. Nobody knew that HIV was looming, thus I find it difficult to understand what you mean by „That Attitude“. Freddie suppressed his gayness far too much anyway by pretending to be bisexual and showing up with yours truly at ‘official events'. I don't get Mr Mays problem. In a truly free society any kind of display of any kind of sexuality would not be taken as excluding anyone. But given the comments here in this forum, Mr Stick, plainly shows how free thinking most people really are.

Loveth to you all,
M.[/QUOTE]

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I thought you had difficulty understand" that attitude" Freddie had in the early eightees and was well documentated over the years by his inner circle who knew him the best. I guess they are all wrong you are the real gay expert on sexual liberation and can read into the mind of Freddie Mercury.

Quite strange you don't get the point from Brian May with the dark side of this liberation. ( Don't stop me Now , Body Language etc)You must have been closer to Freddie than Brian was I assume?

An opinion is an opinion mate. I advise you to listen to he words of Freddie to Paul Gambacinni: " Freddie, have you heard about the news of the new virus that kills a lot of people in the gay scene lately? "Darling, I'm doing everything with everybody!". But hey, we are all wrong... right?

"Meanwhile, the married-with-children lineup had grown weary of the singer celebrating his promiscuity in song. “I can remember having a go at Freddie because some of the stuff he was writing was very definitely on the gay side,” said May. “I remember saying it would be nice if this stuff could be universally applicable, because we have friends of every persuasion.”

I love Brian's universally applicable songs such as Fat Bottomed Girls and Tie Your Mother Down

Freddie attempted to make Fat Bottomed Girls universally applicable in Chicago during the Jazz tour:

"This song is dedicated to" ... "and all you fellas with big tits and asses" ...

Brian can be very annoying indeed ("Freddie would love that" - his usual way of legitimising any nonsense "Queen" engage in these days), but I don't see anything wrong with that particular quote. He's perfectly entitled to an opinion and doesn't have to pretend he liked everything Freddie wrote because of some ill-conceived political correctness. And yes, Queen did write universal music, so he had a point. I'm sure Freddie understood that. In fact, we all heard his solo stuff and I think it's fair to say he could be a little annoying when given complete freedom. Just listen to his vocal improvisations on the original "Living On My Own" recording, I think it's unbearable.

matt z, you made so many great points!!

There was definitely a strong rock vs disco movement around the early 80s and Freddie got caught up in the middle as he continued to embrace his sexuality and frolic in the gay clubbing scene. That seemed to be a low point in the band's career. Luckily, they picked it back up in the mid-80s with the release of The Works album and were at their peak again during Live Aid, but unfortunately, it lasted only a few years with Freddie's declining health.

I'm sure the other band members saw coming and totally regret not waking Freddie up. They seemed to have stayed out of each other's personal lives. All that excessive behavior was destructive and as a result, we lost Freddie. It's so very sad. :(

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Queenman!!, I think most people understand what "that attitude" you alluded to as it was well documented.