Rolling Stoneのインスタグラム(rollingstone) - 4月25日 22時30分

"'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions' are #Queen's most widely known songs, and their most contentious.... 'We Are the Champions,' by #FreddyMercury, proved controversial even within the band. #BrianMay was afraid it might be taken as oversized arrogance, and told Mercury, 'You can't do this.' Mercury said, 'Yes, we can.' The two songs proved massively popular – and off-putting to some, helping inspire one Rolling Stone critic to scorn Queen as 'the first truly fascist rock band.' Both songs, May has said, were designed to be stadium chants, 'with audience participation in mind.' In both songs, Taylor has said, 'It's meant to be a collective "we" – meaning us, the audience, whoever's listening. It's not meant to say, "We are the best fucking group, so up you" – more a sort of general bonhomie.' Some listeners have also heard 'Champions' as Mercury's sly, subversive avowal of gay forbearance, though all these interpretations have been upended by how the songs became the universal bully chants of victors at sporting events." From the July 3rd, 2014, issue of @Rolling Stone. Photograph by Richard E. Aaron

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