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Queen and Philosophy: Guaranteed to Blow Your Mind is a collection of cutting-edge philosophical essays on the rock group Queen, founded in 1970 and originally featuring lead vocalist Freddie Mercury. Queenâ¿s reputation and fan following continue to grow in the twenty-first century. These insightful and provocative chapters include:â¿? uncover the origins of Queenâ¿s unique style in prog rock, vulgarity, and lower versus higher Romanticismâ¿? examine Queenâ¿s view of love and friendshipâ¿? draw upon three timeless Queen songs, âWe Will Rock You,â? âWe Are the Champions,â? and âDonâ¿t Stop Me Nowâ? and Socratesâ¿s behavior in the Apology, to understand the ârockingâ? nature of philosophyâ¿? identify the connections between ancient matriarchal religion and Queenâ¿s love for strong female imageryâ¿? explore how Brian Mayâ¿s astrophysics brings to bear the issues of absolute versus relative spacetime and how the philosophies of Newton, Mach, and Einstein contribute to Queenâ¿s creative outputâ¿? analyze the structure of Queenâ¿s sound to answer the inevitable question, How can four people make all that music?â¿? expose what Queenâ¿s songs tell us about the contemporary theory of mental illness and therapyâ¿? scrutinize Roger Taylorâ¿s stark impressions of ordinary life and death, and their alignment to the cynical musings of Diogenes of Sinope and Senecaâ¿s blunt observations on the shortness of lifeâ¿? look at the movie Highlander through the music of Queen and reveal how both song and cinema convey the philosophy of bushido, the soul of the samurai
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