However he viewed the competition within the band, May expressed admiration for bandmate Freddie Mercury’s approach to writing songs. “Occasionally Freddie would write fast, but a lot of the ...
"Bohemian Rhapsody" was a song long in the making, but it officially kicked into gear in the summer of 1975, when Freddie Mercury began writing it as an operatic piece titled, "Real Life." ...
One of the last songs written and recorded by Freddie Mercury before his death in November 1991 at age 45, Queen guitarist Brian May added guitars only after Mercury’s passing. The song—a ...