Nov 26, 2018 | Ayden Harvey | 978 views
ROCK'N'ROLLer WINNERS!!!
Picture this....
1977.
London, England.
12 Stafford Terrace.
Tea kettle piping in the background.
Little sandwiches with all the crusts cut off on the table.
One woman in her palace down the street, and five guys in a music room in a Kensington flat fulfilling their roles as Queen.
A thirty-one year old Farrokh Bulsara tinkers at a piano using two moments for inspiration - one that had already happened and one that wouldn't happen for another forty-one years.
Trying, through his songwriting, to capture the essence of a sporting anthem that had seen hundreds of thousands of people sing to the athletes in front of them. Singing as one. To a team. Unified. Driven. Passionate. Champions.
And it wasn't just about the athletes and winning or losing. It was about the connections. Between athletes. Between families. Friends. Fans. It was about the time they all spent together. It was about the memories. It was about being there. In that moment. As a part of something larger than just one person.
At the same time...Farrokh, better known as Freddy, has an eye forty-one years down the road. Cleveland. The city that would hold memorialize him their musical shrine. Putting a melody to a determined group of young boys. Finding a way to capture who they are and what they accomplished this weekend. Playing as one. As a team. Unified. Driven. Passionate.
Champions.