i was a huge Queen fan...saw them almost a dozen times in concert through the mid to late 70’s...
I state “was” a Queen fan as after News of the World they went straight downhill, which i why i am kind of laughing at those “iconic” moments...
any longtime Queen fan will tell you the first five albums were far and away the best..”Liar” from the first album, the entire second album as well as the third album “Sheer Heart Attack”...and while “Bohemian Rhapsody” got all the pub from the fourth album songs such as “The Prophet’s Song” and “Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)” were right there with it...
A Night at the Opera was their best. Queen II was superior. A Kind of Magic was their worst. (I don’t count the “Flash” soundtrack).
If you give “The Miracle” and “Innuendo” a listen, I think you might like what you hear. They got a lot of their “mojo” back from the early days. Fred knew he was dying and the band was more cohesive...not as much ego-driven, it was more about the music. In my opinion, of course.