Great King Rat is more so because its about a man in his forties who dies of a sexually transmitted disease cos he slept around too much. Exactly what happened to Freddie
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It wasn't freddie's, it was more like queens final message. TSMGO and TATDOOL are brian and rogers message and tribute to freddie while he was still alive. Slightly mad was obviously freddie's experience going thru the pain of his illnes. "it finally happened" the illness has finally taken over my body. "and there you have it."
Let's keep in mind... Freddie wrote more than 50% of the Innuendo album.
1) Innuendo
2) I'm going slightly mad
3) Don't try so Hard
4) All God's People
5) Delilah
6) The Hitman
7) Bijou (yep, even the guitar solo is Freddie's..played by Bri of course)
So, to just call TSMGO Brian's or TATDOOL Roger's is probably wrong...
Freddie was on a roll... his last creative stand before his death.
Now, I don't doubt that Brian introduced TSMGO to the group, and TATDOOL was indeed Roger's original idea.... but we're way stupid to think that Freddie didn't throw Freddie-isms into both of these songs.
No way did he just look at the lyric sheet... listen to the pre-conceived chord changes, and say "Sounds good, lets roll with it"
Really pisses me off when Brian used to say "There at the end, Freddie was just like, bring me anything darlings, and I'll sing it."
(He's said this shit no less than in 5 intervies from about 92-96)
This makes Fred sound like a dumbass invalid the last year of his life, who couldn't put a thought together.
Fact: Up until the end... Freddie was still the ringleader/chief songwriter/leader of the band that he had always been the main creative force in.
Not taking anything away from the other 3. They were talented enough to create the anchor to make it possible for Fred to be a creative force... especially the in the 70's, and during Innuendo.
1) Innuendo
2) I'm going slightly mad
3) Don't try so Hard
4) All God's People
5) Delilah
6) The Hitman
7) Bijou (yep, even the guitar solo is Freddie's..played by Bri of course)
So, to just call TSMGO Brian's or TATDOOL Roger's is probably wrong...
Freddie was on a roll... his last creative stand before his death.
Now, I don't doubt that Brian introduced TSMGO to the group, and TATDOOL was indeed Roger's original idea.... but we're way stupid to think that Freddie didn't throw Freddie-isms into both of these songs.
No way did he just look at the lyric sheet... listen to the pre-conceived chord changes, and say "Sounds good, lets roll with it"
Really pisses me off when Brian used to say "There at the end, Freddie was just like, bring me anything darlings, and I'll sing it."
(He's said this shit no less than in 5 intervies from about 92-96)
This makes Fred sound like a dumbass invalid the last year of his life, who couldn't put a thought together.
Fact: Up until the end... Freddie was still the ringleader/chief songwriter/leader of the band that he had always been the main creative force in.
Not taking anything away from the other 3. They were talented enough to create the anchor to make it possible for Fred to be a creative force... especially the in the 70's, and during Innuendo.