Heh...so many people complain about this being used as a sports anthem (including me) but Freddie actually wrote it as a sports anthem: "...I was thinking about football when I wrote it. I wanted a participation song, something the fans could latch on to. It was aimed at the masses; I thought we'd see how they took it. It worked a treat. When we performed it at a private concert in London, the fans actually broke into a football chant between numbers. Of course, I've given it more theatrical subtlety than an ordinary football chant. You know me." Though he said he may also have been commenting on Queen's success: "I suppose it could also be construed as my version of 'I Did It My Way.' We have made it, and it certainly wasn't easy. No bed of roses as the song says. And it's still not easy." (queen.musichall.cz/index_en.php) Though all of the other meanings of the song could still apply, even if they weren't what Freddie originally intended.
Heh...so many people complain about this being used as a sports anthem (including me) but Freddie actually wrote it as a sports anthem: "...I was thinking about football when I wrote it. I wanted a participation song, something the fans could latch on to. It was aimed at the masses; I thought we'd see how they took it. It worked a treat. When we performed it at a private concert in London, the fans actually broke into a football chant between numbers. Of course, I've given it more theatrical subtlety than an ordinary football chant. You know me." Though he said he may also have been commenting on Queen's success: "I suppose it could also be construed as my version of 'I Did It My Way.' We have made it, and it certainly wasn't easy. No bed of roses as the song says. And it's still not easy." (queen.musichall.cz/index_en.php) Though all of the other meanings of the song could still apply, even if they weren't what Freddie originally intended.