Musical Monday with Queen

This month, it's 30 years since Queen released one of their great songs, along with one of their greatest videos in support. It's a surreal bit of film that focuses on Freddie Mercury singing and being weird, with the three other band members eventually joining in as things get REALLY strange.

The song and video feel like a light-hearted romp--and it's genuinely funny at times, in keeping with the lyrics--but it also manages to put a little attention on the very serious subject of mental illness. (The most telling moment in the video is when Mercury--the guy who says he has gone mad--tries to sit down next to friends on a couch--and they all move away. A spotlight being on him at that point is also a great touch.)

Please take a view minutes to check out this classic video and song, either to rediscover it or to experience it for the first time!

I'm Going Slightly Mad (1991)

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Directors: Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher

Rating: Nine of Ten Stars

(In writing "I'm Going Slightly Mad", Freddie Mercury reportedly took some inspiration from his deteriorating physical and mental state from his battle with the then-mysterious illness that would eventually come to be recognized as AIDS. I knew nothing of this when I fell in love with this song, way back when.)