Everything ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Gets Completely Wrong About Queen

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The Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody now rules the roost as the top movie in America, as every true Queen fan could have told you it would.

It is wonderful for the legendary band's legacy — proving to everyone that their music is famous all over the world — however, this also means that so many untruths are now enshrined as the biography best known to the moviegoing public. Yes, many things you saw in the movie were tweaked for the audience.

Now when you dig into Queen's actual history, the true version of their tale is, in almost every instance, far far more interesting. Freddie Mercury led band Queen, was larger than life and certainly larger than the standard-issue music biopic cliches that populate Bohemian Rhapsody.

Here, we talk about tales of music that your school classes probably never covered. In here, you will find discussions about some of the worlds greatest artists, stories about their personal life and the untold weird parts of their history!

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[lindaseur]

The worst thing is they never broke up. The works tour 2nd leg ended in may 85. Live aid was 2 months later, not 2 years. Yes, they were tired and jaded, after tour but Freddie was never out and had to ask to be let back in band. The music is what made the film. Don't know why they changed so much, when their real story is so fantastic. I was very disappointed and wondered why Brian and Roger went along with so many things being untrue. The band was the best ever songwriting, arranging, performing and very hard workers. For 10 years they produced albums and toured til they finally took a break in 83. 👑 Queen best band ever!!!

[idkwhattotype..qwertyu]

the movie makes it look like freddie was the first to release a solo album but roger and brian already did earlier

[terrrezasftd]

The worst thing for me was how they showed Freddie's personality and personal life in the movie. They got so many things wrong! What's the point of making a biopic without even getting right the main character!!! I was really upset.

[jtralongo]

He also didn't tell his band mates he was HIV positive before Live Aid, because at that time he wasn't, or didn't know.

[grandtheftmanualv]

Never trust a movie that says 'true story' at the start.

I am just glad that the positive outcome from that movie is the plethora of new fans who will go on to learn the facts and share the love.

[carolmasse]

I totally agree with what you are saying. When I use the word warts, we know that Freddie used cocaine. He never used IV drugs. What I’m stating is that the movie doesn’t even come close to the history of Queen. There was never going to be a break up. Freddie even states this in live at Wembley. I just was stating that the film was more fiction than fact.

[weewoo]

The movie did say at the end that some things were changed for dramatical purposes

[HotSpaceDaveB]

You also missed the Hot Space TV interview where Freddie got angry - that never happened.

[vickielawson]

Don’t forget that they got Freddie’s eye color wrong. Close-ups of Rami as Freddie show that he has grey eyes instead of brown.

[literallyadrunkie]

here are some things that i found:
1. they didn’t sell rogers van to make an album, they were allowed to do demos in the recording studio allowing then to make their first album.
2. freddie didn’t know he had aids before the live aid concert.
3. he never told his queen mates that he had aids until days before his death.
4. he never disregarded mary.
5. roger was the first to do a solo album, they never ‘broke up’. annoying how roger and brian depicted freddie to be that bad guy.
6. freddie didn’t live in his parents house during the 1970 period. he lived in a flat with the band he was in before queen.
7. he was good friends with roger before they became a band. they owned a clothing store too.
8. mary didn’t just magically meet freddie after the smile concert. they were introduced together by brian, who had been dating her for not long.

[danielnobile]

What I didn't like was the portrayal of freddie during the recording of the mr bad guy album. It shows him as depressed and hateful towards the project (all during a separation from queen which didn't really happen). In real life freddie loved the mr bad guy album, and the way the film portrays it ruins it's legacy.

[nicksgamesandmusicreview]

THANK YOU! Some of the “facts” in the movie I was questioning glad u made a video about this!

[pjimmbojimmbo]

They were one hell of a Band, and the World lost an Incredible Voice when Mercury died. RIP Freddie

[LandonW]

Don’t forget that the queen members made the movie and they had to change some things to actually make it a movie

[carolmasse]

Very upset with the movie. The time line was so wrong and being a huge Queen song since 1974 with Sheer Heart Attack. I wanted to see the REAL FREDDIE, warts and all. If you were a Queen fan we know their history so they should have told the truth. We still loved them because they were and remain phenomenal.

[caz]

The main storyline was wrong, Freddie was the 3rd member to make a solo album and Queen didn't break up before Live Aid, they finished the a tour in May of 85 and Live Aid was July 85, so having Freddie asking to come back to the band was not only completely wrong but incredibly insulting. Brian himself said in some interviews that Freddie was not the diva people might expect but usually the peacemaker. Also British people don't say "counter clockwise" they say "anticlockwise" 🙂

[slumdogjay]

To be honest I found the film a complete mess.

[hoosfoosfull]

Any proper Queen fan should outright hate this movie.

[thechopperharrispunctualta]

so untrue they should have used a pseudonym for Queen as it's an insult to musical history.