{"id":249228,"date":"2025-11-07T11:50:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/249228\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T11:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:50:17","slug":"brian-mays-favourite-freddie-mercury-songs-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/249228\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian May’s favourite Freddie Mercury songs to play"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Queen<\/p>\n

(Credits: Far Out \/ Queen Productions)<\/p>\n

Fri 7 November 2025 8:35, UK <\/p>\n

Bands come and go as easily as the clouds pass by in the sky. But some linger, creating storms that seem to remain forever, swirling across the musical landscape with potent power. Queen<\/a>\u2018s reign at the top of the pop-rock podium is seemingly never-ending. <\/p>\n

The band, comprised of the magical frontman Freddie Mercury, the astrophysicist Brian May on guitar, the unstoppable John Deacon on bass and the master of crowd-collectivising rhythm Roger Taylor on drums, are still regarded as one of the most commercially viable groups in the world.<\/p>\n

Across the decades, the group continuously produced projects that enraptured their fans. Whether it be the making of records, something which notably slowed following the tragic death of Mercury or their theatre and movie productions. While their stage show always provided a theatrical experience, it is the quality of the songs that will live on beyond the quartet.<\/p>\n

\u2018Bohemian Rhapsody\u2019 is rightly considered one of the greatest pop songs of all time, but that is just the tip of the Queen iceberg. \u2018Don\u2019t Stop Me Now\u2019, \u2018Crazy Little Thing Called Love\u2019 and \u2018Somebody To Love\u2019 are yet more examples of the group\u2019s ability to transcend the confines of genre and promote themselves as a universal pop act capable of uniting crowds into swaying masses of gleeful smiles.<\/p>\n

The band is also uniquely posed as a group where each member contributes some of their most widely loved work<\/a>. Taylor wrote \u2018Radio Ga Ga\u2019, Deacon wrote \u2018You\u2019re My Best Friend\u2019, and Brian May wrote the classic \u2018We Will Rock You\u2019. But, in a conversation with Louder Sound<\/a>, the latter would offer up a collection of his favourite songs from Queen\u2019s singing sensation, Freddie Mercury.<\/p>\n

\"Freddie<\/a>Freddie Mercury singing in the booth. (Credits: LastFM)<\/p>\n

\u201cOccasionally Freddie would write fast,\u201d May told the publication, \u201cBut a lot of the time he\u2019d go home and scheme and scheme, and come back with stuff written all over a pad of his dad\u2019s notepaper. He\u2019d spend time developing ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

The guitarist then went on to note some of his favourites: \u201cOne of the last songs he wrote, \u2018A Winter\u2019s Tale,\u2019 was written purely sat looking out on the mountains from the other side of Lake Geneva.\u201d It\u2019s not an image we often attribute to the powerhouse singer. But Mercury certainly had a more reflective side. <\/p>\n

He was, of course, a very commanding presence on stage, and his vocals spoke highly of an internal musical knowledge, but he was far more astute than most people believed. \u201cHe could obviously hear it all in his head,\u201d May continued, \u201calthough he didn\u2019t have any musical instruments with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Holding the track within his mind, he managed to store the track, almost ready to go within his vision, ready to unleash it on his band. \u201cI remember him coming into the studio and saying: \u2018I\u2019ve got this idea\u2026 just give me a few minutes.\u2019 Then he brought it to life,\u201d shared May. \u201cThat\u2019s a beautiful track, actually.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother favourite,\u201d he continued, \u201cIs \u2018The Miracle,\u2019 which has an incredible lightness to it. I\u2019d say my favourite Freddie song to play is \u2018We Are The Champions\u2019 \u2013 still.\u201d Probably one of mercury\u2019s most gifted talents was his ability to be memorable. Whether it was his presence, his costume or his incredible vocals, you rarely forgot Freddie Mercury.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s stuck with May too, as he concluded, \u201cAnd I don\u2019t know how many times I\u2019ve played it, but it always pulls something out of you. It\u2019s one of those songs where even if the winds are blowing in the wrong direction it still sounds good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brian May\u2019s favourite Freddie Mercury songs:\u2018A Winter\u2019s Tale\u2018The Miracle\u2019\u2018We Are The Champions\u2019<\/p>\n

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