Sure, Freddy Mercury is gay as all hell. And this song is basically funk. And it was a favorite of Michael Jackson...but I still kinda like it. Honestly, it's Mercury's vocal that make the song totally work. He doesn't croon or do his usual theatrical melisima shit. He just sings the song with a kind of viciousness, particularly after the first chorus, where he nearly screams. It's a kind of staccato vocal assualt that would be mimiced by countless others down the line. 90's industrial of the NIN stripe would use it a lot. Thom Yorke, an embarrassed but avid Queen fan, apes it in soft/loud songs like My Iron Lung and the second half of 2+2=5. Cobain also was a noted Queen fan, though it would be hard to think of two more different male vocalists, so it's sorta hard to tell where his influence lies...easier to look to Brian May for that.
Anyway....
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