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Hammer to Fall is a 1984 hard-rock song written by Brian May and performed by the British rock group Queen with Freddie Mercury on lead vocal. It appeared in their 1984 album The Works. Image File history File linksMetadata Liveham. ...
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The Works is a rock album by British band Queen released in 1984. ...
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Its a Hard Life is a song by English rock band Queen, written by lead singer Freddie Mercury. ...
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The Works is a rock album by British band Queen released in 1984. ...
It was the fourth and final single to be released from that album. Different sleeves were used to package this single and the live picture sleeve is now a collector's item. The song was also the subject of a popular music video. The song harks back to the Queen of old, with a song being built around a hard angular and muscular riff. A collectors item is an object or item of any kind that has become valuable -- often unexpectedly. ...
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The song was a concert favorite and was also played at Live Aid. A different version of the song with the first part played in the style of a ballad was played by Queen + Paul Rodgers in 2005. The song peaked at number 13 in the UK and was later featured in the movie Highlander. U2 at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium Live Aid (not to be confused with Live 8) was a multi-venue rock music concert held on July 13, 1985. ...
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Interpretation
The lyrics refer to the Cold War era in which the band members grew up, fueling the popular conception that the song was about nuclear war: The Cold War (Russian: Ð¥Ð¾Ð»Ð¾Ð´Ð½Ð°Ñ Ð²Ð¾Ð¹Ð½Ð° Kholodnaya Voina) was the protracted geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle that emerged after World War II between the global superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States, supported by their military alliance partners. ...
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For we who grew up tall and proud
In the shadow of the mushroom cloud
Convinced our voices can't be heard
We just wanna scream it louder and louder and louder The song, however, contains many more references to death and its inevitability: Death is the full cessation of vital functions in the biological life. ...
Rich or poor or famous
For your truth it's all the same (oh no oh no)
Lock your door the rain is pouring
Through your window pane (oh no)
Baby now your struggle's all in vain The issue was effectively settled when May wrote on his website that "Hammer to Fall is really about life and death, and being aware of death as being part of life. [...] The Hammer coming down is only a symbol of the Grim Reaper doing his job!!"[1] Death, personified is an anthropomorphic figure or a fictional character who has existed in mythology and popular culture since the earliest days of storytelling. ...
Reference - ↑ Brian May: Brian's Soapbox, April 2004, brianmay.com
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