Posted on 08/24/2004 2:13:01 AM PDT by F14 Pilot
Tehran -- Rock band Queen, fronted by outlandish gay icon Freddie Mercury, have become the first rock band to be given the official seal of approval in Iran with the release of an album of their greatest hits.
Mercury, who died of AIDS in 1991, was proud of his Iranian ancestry and supposed Zoroastrian origins.
Queen is one of the most popular bands in Iran, but western music is largely frowned upon in the Islamic republic, where homosexuality is considered a crime.
"Authorities approved of the tunes that had a social theme, leaving out the love songs," an executive in the company said. AFP
Mercury was a Zoroastrian, as the article states. I know a bit about the band, and he definitely wasn't a Christian.
I've heard the song is a mixture of Arabic, English, Farsi, and gibberish.
For a song to be inclunded on an album is no small feat. Even "The Prophet's Song" on their "A Night At The Opera" (their best album imho) shows a knowledge and sensitivity about the Judeo-Christian worldview.
Mercury didn't write the Prophet's Song. Brian May did.
Right. And nothing made it onto an album without Mercury's approval. His work, especially on that song, is indisputable.
3 Words: Sheer Heart Attack.
Eh. Mercury wasn't the boss of the band.
lol.
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