Queen ~ One Vision

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I remember the day I heard on the radio that Freddy Mercury had died from complications of AIDS. I wasn’t the biggest Queen fan in the world, but still, the news broke my heart, and I knew the world was worse off without his exuberant spirit in it. I think the DJ played Bohemian Rhapsody, and these lyrics never rang more true:

Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body’s aching all the time
Goodbye, everybody
I’ve got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooh
I don’t want to die
I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all…

Crap. AIDS sucks. Cancer sucks. Heart disease sucks. War and famine and diabetes…they all suck.

Anyway, ignoring the devastating lyrics there, I think my favorite Queen songs were One Vision, Under Pressure (with my first husband, David Bowie), Somebody to Love, and You’re My Best Friend. Hard to choose. I choose One Vision…really, a very cool song.

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