Original title of Queen's biggest hit revealed
Among more than 1.500 items from the private collection of singer Freddie Mercury, which will be sold at auction this summer, the original manuscript of the song was found Bohemian Rhapsody, one of the group's biggest hits Queen, writes The Guardian.
Namely, it was revealed that the song was originally supposed to bear the title "Mongolian Rhapsody". The frontman of the group Queen he wrote the song under that title, but later changed it to the well-known title. On one of the 15 pages of the manuscript, it can be noted that he wrote the title "Mongolian Rhapsody", to then cross out the word "Mongolian" and write "Bohemian".
Mercury, also imagined the verse ""Mom, I just killed a man.", which was originally intended to read: ""Mom, war has started, I have to leave tonight."
By the way, the song Bohemian Rhapsody, released in 1975, is the UK's third best-selling single of all time, and the manuscript is valued at more than £XNUMX million at an upcoming auction.
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