Omen. Augury. Feeling. That Innuendo was treated last musical work of the British rock band Queen, released less than a year of the death of their lead singer, Freddie Mercury.
The ravages of hard disease that crossed the legendary rock icon worldwide, were noted during the recording of that would be the last video clip of the London group. The audiovisual material These Are The Days Of Our Lives, showed an extremely thin, even gaunt Freddie. However, it also revealed a strong message: the certainty of an inevitable fate.
Back to the old times and remember the good times, it is basically the reflection of this musical theme that Mercury tried to convey a message of nostalgia and satisfaction, achieving erect a work of art from fear and uncertainty: Sometimes I get to feelin '/ I was back in the old days, long ago / When we were kids When We Were Young / Things Seemed so perfect, you know / The days Were endless We were crazy we were young / The sun was always shinin' we just lived for fun / Sometimes It Seems like lately, I just do not know / The rest of my life's Been just a show.
A secret
While Farrokh Bulsara, popularly known as Freddie Mercury, kept his condition hidden HIV from the date of diagnosis in 1987 until days before his death in 1991, evidence of physical wear were very evident. However, despite being in a delicate stage of the disease, the native of Zanzibar managed to carry out recording Innuendo so meritorious, in The Mountain Studios in Switzerland and The Metropolis Studios in London.
Renowned guitarist Bryan May, remember that the interpreter could hardly walk from his house to the recording studio, but once inside, charisma and passion for music made it seem, at first glance, that all was well with his Health.
No doubt his insistence and motivation to burn a disc only nine months after his death, the style of other immortal artists like David Bowie, was, perhaps, the way he found Freddie Mercury to try to beat him to death through music. "I will not be a rock star. I will be a legend , " one of his most famous phrases, shows that Mercury was also an extraordinary musician, a born augur.