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Queen becomes first rock band in Iran!

Discussion in 'Sensorium' started by Harbourboy, Aug 24, 2004.

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    Ironic that songs referring to homosexuality were removed, but Freddie Mercury was gay.
     
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    Ah, but he was also of Iranian extraction so maybe that cancels it out.
     
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    Somehow I don't see veiled women dancing to "Fat Bottom Girls" :lol:
     
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    I LOVE that song!!

    As for Bohemian Rhapsody being included but love songs being taken out because of possible homosexual connotations, was Rhapsody written basically about Freddie discovering he was HIV positive due to one of his sexual encounters??

    And with him being gay, it seems to me that there's obvious homosexual connotations there.
     
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    Freddy Mercury original name is Farrokh Bulsara? Just found it on the net, and I just thought he was a great British singer, with a strang British talking accent. Boy is my face red. :o
     
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    Well, the song was recorded in '75 so it seems highly unlikely. HIV patients were first described in '81, although HIV iteslf wasn't discovered until '83 (and the tests developed over the next few years).
     
    Vukodlak, Aug 25, 2004
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    Then what could this refer to if not HIV?

    Seems pretty clear to me that it's about him being HIV+. But don't get me wrong, I'm just going on what I've heard and what seems highly likely to me. I actually have no idea of the timeline as far as actual indentification of HIV or anything.
     
    Aldazar, Aug 26, 2004
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