Killer Queen

Music is claimed to be subjective, meaning that everyone has his or her own personal style and taste. Musical subjectivity claims that everyone’s’ favorite singer is the best to them, and that another persons preference has no relevance to another. That statement denies that there could objectively be a best singer of all time. Which can be a very dangerous slope to go down, for if one claims that no one could ever be the best, they are denying the fact that Freddie Mercury is indeed that greatest singer of all time. With his 4-octave vocal range to his vocal transparency, and with his vocal dynamics, proves that he is in fact the greatest of all time. “A killer queen” and “dynamite with a laser beam”, perhaps Freddie was referring to his own powerful vocal presence with these lyrics. Rightly so, for no other singers dynamic voice has stirred emotions like Freddie Mercury’s. It has been said that “Bohemian Rhapsody” still showcases unrivaled vocal talent since its release 41 years ago. Indeed its true, for no pop song since then has been written in 6 distinct parts, each showcasing a different aspect of Freddie Mercury’s extraordinary vocal talent. Others claim that music genius Brian Wilson’s “Good…

The Tale of Ophelia There was once a Kingdom in Denmark named Venlighed, meaning kindness. The kingdom was ruled by a fair King and Queen. One day, the King and Queen were blessed with a gift of a daughter, and they named her Ophelia. But something wasn’t quite right with Ophelia. She was born with a deathly illness, so the noble King and Queen asked for the most powerful fairy godmother in the Kingdom. “I do not have the power to cure the princess from her illness, but I can give her a gift to…

played. One of the obvious metaphors in this scene is the direct comparison between the pieces in the chess game and the players in the wire. The king is Avon and as D’Angelo says “The king stays the king”. No matter how much you do, no matter how many of the Kings enemies you kill or how much money you make for the organization you will never be king. The king does not do any work, he uses his pawns or soldiers and even the queen to do his dirty work. As you see in The Wire, Avon rarely…

“Words can lie.” It is unknown who said this quote. Mare Barrow the main character arrives at the Silver Palace, the Silvers Palace is for the people whose blood is Silver. Mare meets Cal the first silver prince and Maven the second silver prince, Mare has to marry Maven because she is the Red princesses because Mare has red blood. Maven tells Mare lies and when she finds out it is far too late, Mare and Cal then have to fight for their lives. In the novel Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, a theme…

Once upon a time in a place far, far away called Ireland. Three witches were walking through the forest. Thier paths were about to cross with Macbeth and Banquo. This crossing of paths would not only change their lives but everyone in that far, far away place called Ireland. Macbeth notices the witches first. They meet up then little red riding hood come right through their path she saw the two strange characters figured out she was in the wrong story. Turned around and went back to the…

In the Grimm, this is especially a main component because it is what causes the stepmother to decide to kill Snow White because whenever she asked her magic mirror the question, he states that it is Snow White that will become the fairest of them all. The first time this occurs is when the young girl turned seven years old and the mirror changes what it had always stated. This time when it asks the question, it says, “My queen, you’re the fairest one here, but Snow White is a thousand times more…

Throughout the study of king Lear and the queen, an increased knowledge and understanding of universal ideas about humanity have been gained. The three main ideas that Shakespeare and Frears present include, civil unrest, challenge to authority and the divine right of kings. Despite these texts being set in different times, universal ideas are extrapolated from the two texts. During the 1990’s and early 2000’s, Great Britain experienced a period of civil unrest in which the British people…

White called “Snow, Glass, Apples” by Neil Gaiman, the author reversed the good and evil characters of the story. The stepmother queen is now the heroine and Snow White is now this evil bloodsucking vampire. The story is in 1st person being narrated by the Queen who is afraid of Snow White which shows in the quote “I had been frozen by her, owned and dominated.” (Gaiman). The sad part of this story is how it all comes back to this quote at the end with the stepmother being put in jail as Snow…

Ice Ice Baby goes Under Pressure Hip-Hop star Vanilla Ice came out with a new album called To the Extreme in the 1990’s. Their biggest hit was Ice Ice Baby. It also was known for copying the song Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie. Vanilla Ice took samples of the song without having permission and changed up the baseline beat a little thinking he would not have to give credit to the song Under Pressure the original song writers Queen and David Bowie. . . . . . . . . The way Vanilla Ice…

Little did they know how much trouble that was going to cause me. Growing up, evil people always tried to do me harm, when baby, the Evil Queen tried to kidnap me and raise me as her own, as a toddler, the Wicked Witch of the West from the Land of Oz, dressed herself as my nanny and tried to use me for her benefit. Once a teenager however, I had learned ways to protect myself, I already knew my way through every single town. Specially through Peter Pan’s village, when kids, peter and I had an…