Am i the only one who think this sounds like Lionel Richie's 'Hello'. Eh?

ok first of all im a big Queen fan i listen to Queen all day, watch the cocerts on dvd and dance like Freddie Mercury, im even memorizing all the lyrics to every queen song i know the lyrics to have the Queen songs
that being said i know alot about the Queen and Freddie, like he wanted all the albums to start off with Q and he he broke everything untill a song was perfect any True Queen fan knows all the rest
i'v been to the Queen Tribute concert and met his personal assistant / Friend Peter Freestone
i bought the book he wrote saying all the facts any Queen fans out there you should read it, its good
that being said
he collasped at a concert he was doin in 1983 he was rushed to the hospital it was confirmed he had aids, he then went back to the concert anounced he had aids at the concert everyone clapped him on for his bravery, there was 3 pianos on the stage so obvisously he played Bohemian Rhapsody and thats why everyone thinks he wrote it about aids
now Freddie didnt write Who Wants To Live Forever, Brian May Did, and whoever said Brian May wrote The Show Must Go On he didnt Freddie wrote it, you can tell by the lyrics, when he says "i'll top the bill i'll over kill i have to find the will to carry on with the show must go on" that and the fact it says he wrote it
another reason you can tell Brian didnt write the show must go on is because he mostly wrote love songs and yes there good
Roger Taylor mostly write about Fighting his lyrics also ryme
John Deacon i havent really figured out yet cause he never ever stuck to mostly 1 kinda thing
also Frddie and Brian mostly wrote all the songs
and whoever says he announced it the day before he died is not true cause he made his last t.v appearance in 1990, you can even see on http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=18CC146E65E0693D

if you've seen him on the dvd concert Live At The Bowl in 82 he's quite built and also too he's pumped full of energy he comes out dancing and running around the whole time, and Live At Wembly Stadium which was 1986 he doesnt dance or run around as much he also looks skinny'er no mucles really

1 song he was singing about death and struggling with aids is Made In Heaven
Living On My Own on his solo album is such a good song download it everyone and watch the music video its awsome

and passenger146 it doesnt even sound close to Lyonel Richie's, Brian May sings the beginning and Freddy sings the rest and Freddie can hit and hold those notes thats what made him such a damn super Awsome great singer he has a voice that is unique

i analyse the shit out of his songs
i find it doesnt really have a meaning but more a question
and he wasnt gay ppl, he was bi

even tho it as ritten for Highlander there has to be some meaning behind it
im gonna find out if it was writn before or after Highlander
cause Live At The Wembly he says to the addience " ok this a new song were gonna play its called Who Wants To Live Forever"
it was probably written before Highlander cause live at the wembly he said it was a new song
then highlander came out then highlander soundtrack then Queen Kind of Magic
also the reason i think it was wrote before Highlander is cause you can see Frieddie's sick in the dvd live concert live at the Wembly made in 1986
it must have been written before Highlander thats just the reason i think it was but then again Highlander also came out in 1986 so im gonna look up the dates of 86 and find out maybe Queen decided it would be a good song for Highlander and never even wrote for the movie
but like mike said about the losing a close friend bit it really makes sence so they prob wrote it before also why would he say were gonna play a new song and not save it for the movie

one of the most powerfull songs ever- When love must die

This song is about the basics ... life, love, and death. We are all dying. From a physical perspective, love cannot last forever. BUT we can experience a love that is transcendant and eternal. We can experience "forever" (eternity, timelessness) in a day or even a moment.

The final line, I think, is a bit of a warning ... don't wait to long or you may miss out on this experience. Carpe Diem!

Breaking Benjamin did an amazing version of this song
whenever i hear it it makes me realize that life isnt forever and that you have to live everyday to the fullest....when you meet someone do you dare to love them forever?...the people we love will leave their footprints on our hearts and time will set aside a moment between you and them that you will remember and love forever

Hey, true queen fan i don't where you heard that crap about him fainting on stage and then announcing he had AIDS but that is bullshit, he announced he had AIDS the day before he died in 1991 and no one knew before then apart from his close friends and family.

Yeah. Freddie discovered that he had AIDS in 1987.

By the way, who wants to live forever is a line from the movie flash gordon on which queen also made soundtrack.

Definitely in my top three when it comes to Queen songs.Only other version I've heard that I like is by After Forever & Ayreon.

queenown ya but i read that in a book written by Peter Freestone his friend and personal asstant, and when you watch the bio notice when it says the line "it was rumored Freddie was sick" so when you think about it how would 1 of his fans know that, and before you think about that remember i said just in a concert notice not worldwide

I just love this music, it's my favorite in the all world! Brian is God and this music just proves it!
Love is what makes us all a bit immortal
I refuse to belive is about AIDS or gays.
I myself, beeing born in 87, find the though strange...

umm dude it was written for the movie highlander (and the series to)
if you watch the series you would notice that the song comes up numerous times including when darious dies in the first season

As a stand alone song it sounds good but the lyrics dont vary much and is boring but is a good sad song if your depresed

Well I was only a little girl back on that time so I don't remember the movie or the series! I guess that gives a diferent opinion about it, but thanks for the piece of information... :)

woh FRBJ_Queen4ever I never thought of that way that Love is what makes us all a bit immortal dude that is a good way to think about it
I'v listened to this song so much i have all these different interpertaions

What I just thought of is that even tho when Bryan May wrote this song for Highlander, did anyone ever think that Bryan May might of wrote it with another meaning too, like a deeper meaning behind the song
like i know its

It's so deep

It's so cool

Wow. I think it's so sad how underrated Brian May is.. all of you saying "Freddie wrote this about getting AIDS" really need to check your facts. In fact, I think some of Queen's most beautiful songs were written by Brian May. Dude's brilliant.

This song definitely has that certain je ne se qua that sets Queen apart from other bands of their time. I would guess it probably IS about Highlander, but that's kind of a boring analysis.

The "who wants to live forever when love must die" lines seem to sum the song quite well, and it is one of my favorites, despite a difference of opinion with the logic.

"Who wants to live forever". Well, I do, as long as I get a perfect body & intellect to go with it :)

"When love must die?". The answer here is also simple: Don't love at all, and you never have to feel sad when it "dies" (NOTE: "The Love" dies, not necessarily the significant other). Of course, then you end up with people lamenting about loneliness, like Billy Joel with "Piano Man" :)

Seriously though. Many people write this off as a "depression" song, but I just don't think that's the case when you combine it with the emphasis added by the vocals towards the end of the song starting from "But touch my tears with your lips...". To me, it sounds like a song of defiance, and possibly hope.

Another possible interpretation might be that the song is a metaphor for psychological stresses ("cognitive dissonance") of being inherently logical beings, yet still harboring certain illogical "ataval"/primitive characteristics (emotions. and in this case, love). The "no time...no place...no chance..." lines at the beginning could represent the sadness inflicted on the "ataval" self by the cruel realities the logical mind exposes it to. The "touch my tears...." line and beyond then may represent the retaliation by our primitive selves, saying "I don't care about the logic of it, I WILL love forever". This interpretation may fit the song a bit better, since the last line can be explained as the pesky logical mind having to put the last word in, and possibly triggering round 2...

Well, hope someone finds this interesting. I sure hate to see the "It's about AIDS", "It's about being gay", etc, that I see everywhere for Queen songs. Not EVERY song is about sex, unless you INTERPET it that way. It says more about you than the song usually.

This song is clearly shown from the movie Highlander. A man is immortal, yet he falls in love with a woman. However, the immortality can't be passed onto her, no matter what they do. The song is about the woman growing old and dying in the man's arms, while he lives on, still healthy, clean and young. This song was also redone by Sarah Brightman, whom for those who don't know, played as Christine in the original Phantom of the Opera broadway. It's on her album Time To Say Goodbye. Try it :>

reminds me of somthing shakespear said: its better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.

reminds me of somthing shakespear said: its better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.

My interpretation is that this song is about fear of death. The lyrical subject cries cause he doesn't want to die. "It's all decided for us" - we all will die someday. "There is no time for us", "This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us" - We be in this world for a very short time...

I can repeat one or more of the above mentioned comments, but this song was firsrt performed on the concert in Budapest in 1986, and I love this more than the original one... I always think that the songs which are performed "alive" are greater than the ones made in the studio. So, for me, to listen to Budapest version of this song equals to have sex with two young 21-year girls in one bed.... may be I speak too nasty, but those who understand me - it would be clear for them what I am talking about. Of course this song is about love and how long it can be... Pity that it's not forever... One day the flame has to fade... The flower has to wither... the felings have to pass away :(

Breaking Benjamin did a beautiful cover on this song. It was best cover of a song I have ever heard....next to All Along the Watchtower by The Jimi Hendrix experience

This is a heartwrenching, beautiful song. One of my favourites from Queen. Freddie's voice is so powerful here and the arrangement is just fantastic. It's wonderfully dramatic and gives me chills every time. My interpretation is that it's about a doomed relationship, and the two people are trying to make the most of it while they can - very much like Romeo and Juliet, as other people have mentioned.