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"In South Korea, Queen-related events are being held across the country... Queen’s songs are taking over South Korean national television as well..."

"A major broadcaster replayed the 1985 Live Aid concert in December, while young singers from the nation’s enormously popular K-pop bands, who were not even born when Mercury died, staged a tribute ensemble in a televised year-end show. In Tokyo, the movie ['Bohemian Rhapsody'] is discussed endlessly in company cafeterias, bars and restaurants. Fans share their favorite scenes, including those that made them weep, and even trade tips on which movie theaters allow people to stand up, sing and dance along with the songs. That in itself is quite something in reserved Japan, where moviegoers usually sit in absolute silence, even through the credits at the end of films."

From "Bohemian Rhapsody fever sweeps Japan and South Korea" (WaPo).

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Gahrie বলেছেন...

Cultural appropriation.

Darrell বলেছেন...

I sit in absolute silence when Yoko sings. I think her singing is a nerve block. And a coma-inducer.

My name goes here. বলেছেন...

It is a good movie.

Left Bank of the Charles বলেছেন...

Rotten Tomatoes scores it 62% from critics, 90% from audiences.

Ignorance is Bliss বলেছেন...

...fever sweeps Japan and South Korea

They should try group meditation...

Nonapod বলেছেন...

From what I've gathered, the Queen movie strays pretty far from reality in terms of how stuff "really happened" versus what's depicted. Not that people seem to care.

gilbar বলেছেন...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnMXyOSfKK8

Ralph L বলেছেন...

Brian May was on the news last night as an astro-physicist with Newton hair.

A couple of days ago, I saw that he did the music for the first Mad Max movie (the cheesy one).

SayAahh বলেছেন...

"From what I've gathered"
An interesting way to offer a critique.
In fact, from one who is reasonably knowledgeable about the band and actually has seen the film, it tells the Queen story well. The typical Hollywood screen writing to dramatize events, although not 100% chronologically factual, serves the artistic narrative.
And yes, even Queen historians are comfortable this story has been done so well.
Consider seeing it.

Bill Peschel বলেছেন...

"From one who is reasonably knowledgeable about the band and actually has seen the film, it tells the Queen story well."

The Pitch Meeting show on Youtube would disagree:

https://youtu.be/1RajlWbY7uQ

If I remember right, Mercury knew the band members before he joined the group (unlike the movie, where he wanders into the club where they're playing under an earlier name), and he did not know he had AIDS before his Live Aid performance, but several years later, which kinda spoils the triumphant ending the movie posits.

SF বলেছেন...

For sure the movie strays significantly from reality for dramatic purposes, at least with respect to the band's history. (Dunno Freddie's private life.)

The most obvious spot is the narrative that Freddie had left for a solo career and so the band was out-of-practice going into Live Aid. In fact Queen's prior tour ended just two months prior to Live Aid. (In Japan, where Queen had been really popular since 1974 or so.)

Thought the movie's music was fantastic, but it's definitely a drama rather than a documentary.

Matt বলেছেন...

Queen was/is garbage. Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the most pointless and stupid things to have ever been produced by humans. The '70s music scene as a whole was pretty awful.

richlb বলেছেন...

It's happening here, too. I've heard Queen music on about 4 totally unrelated ads recently.

TheOne Who Is Not Obeyed বলেছেন...

The Rose Bowl half time had Ohio State's band doing a version of Bohemian Rhapsody. It was charming, and very clever. Too bad the network cut off just as the "guitar solo" was starting.

Richard বলেছেন...

Dear Matt,
Whatever one's taste for Queen, the 70's was an extraordinary Rock decade.
Genesis Skynard Steely Dan Aerosmith
Zepplin Allman Brothers Who
Floyd Marshall Tucker Stones
Yes Little Feat Tull
Supertramp Credence Elton

And on and on and on......The list is exhaustive.
I love Pandora!