Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride it where I like
You say black I say white
You say bark I say bite
You say shark I say hey man
Jaws was never my scene
And I don't like Star Wars
You say Rolls I say Royce
You say God give me a choice
You say Lord I say Christ
I don't believe in Peter Pan
Frankenstein or Superman
All I wanna do is
Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle
........
- Freddy Mercury (of Queen)
The Song:
Bicycle Race was a hit single for the English rock band Queen. It was released on their 1978 album Jazz and written by Queen's frontman Freddie Mercury. .
To release this song, Queen staged a bicycle race with 65 naked girls. A clip from this race was used as the single cover. The video was originally banned, and the video had to be re-edited with colour added to censor out any offensive imagery. The song is famed for its 'bicycle bell solo', which fans would often replicate live at Queen concerts with their own such bells.
Bicycle Race was released as a Double-A side with the song "Fat Bottomed Girls". A still photograph from the naked bicycle race was used for the single cover, a pair of bikini bottoms crudely painted on the photo of the naked rider.
source: www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Bicycle-Race
The lyrics have double meanings, too, which you can figure out for yourself!
(photo taken in the parking lot of Diamond Cycle, Montclair, NJ)
The bicycle mural was done by Isaaco.
Alex Abian (Also on flickr.com/alexabian), marlysmand, Nfoka, goorn23, and 98 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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wa2wider 37 months ago | reply
EXCELLENT IMAGE !!!
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Global Cool 33 months ago | reply
Very cool photo. We're loving cycling at the moment. We used your photo here.. www.globalcool.org/lifestyle/introducing-the-talking-bike
Fotolab Blog 24 months ago | reply
Excellent photo. I've posted it on FotoLab Blog (SP) as an good example about black and white photography. Thanks for the Creative Commons license.
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