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8 months ago by recursive_recursion to c/bicycles

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/51267350

Brian May has said that the song was not an autobiographical portrait of Mercury and that Mercury did not particularly enjoy bicycling, also noting that despite the lyric "I don't like Star Wars", Mercury was a Star Wars fan.

The song references the band's song "Fat Bottomed Girls" with the line "fat bottomed girls, they'll be riding today". "Fat Bottomed Girls" reciprocates with "Get on your bikes and ride!" The two songs were released together as a double A-sided single.

panda_abyss 7 points 8 months ago

I had never seen the album artwork before, I like it

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daveywaveyboy 8 points 8 months ago

The girls who ride the bikes were all naked. In most countries they added a red bikini bottom on the artwork. I believe in the US they had to add bikini tops too. Good ol’ US. Home to the world’s porn but not able to permit a girl to be seen on TV in bed without a bra on. After all that - not Queens finest hour either of those songs.

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panda_abyss 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, not my favorite songs of theirs. Bicycle race makes me think of karaoke with friends, so I've come around to it. We get drunk and sing it loudly.

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