“We Will Rock You”: 48 años del himno que une a multitudes

(Leído en el muro de Facebook de Radio DKas hace unos días)

 

“Cuando la música invita a golpear el suelo y aplaudir, el mundo entero se sincroniza”.

 

Un 7 de octubre de 1977, Queen presentó “We Will Rock You” como parte de su álbum “News of the World”, y hoy celebramos 48 años de este himno inmortal. Creada por Brian May tras una potente conexión con su público en el Bingley Hall, la canción fue pensada para convertir a la audiencia en cómplice del espectáculo: el inconfundible ritmo de dos pisadas y una palmada es ya patrimonio universal de estadios, conciertos y celebraciones. Alcanzó el Top 4 en Billboard y el número 2 en Reino Unido, y sigue reuniendo a generaciones enteras con la fuerza colectiva de su estribillo.

 

Como curiosidad, “We Will Rock You” fue una verdadera rareza para su tiempo: se grabó sin bajo ni batería, usando solo las pisadas y palmas de los miembros de Queen sobre tablas de madera para lograr su fuerza rítmica. El famoso solo de guitarra aparece solo al final como firma personal de Brian May. Su lanzamiento fue doble con “We Are the Champions” y ambas canciones casi siempre se escuchan juntas, funcionando como gritos de victoria en miles de eventos deportivos y festivales. ¿Recuerdas la primera vez que te uniste al “boom-boom-clap” de este himno imparable?

25 Shakespeare Plays Explained in One Hilarious Sentence

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1. Macbeth → Guy kills king because of witchy peer pressure, then can’t sleep ever again.

2. Hamlet → College student overthinks revenge for four acts, then everyone dies in Act 5.

3. Romeo and Juliet → Two teenagers make five bad decisions in three days and call it love.

4. Othello → Guy listens to his toxic coworker instead of his wife — tragic mistake.

5. King Lear → Old man divides his estate using a compliment contest and regrets everything.

6. Julius Caesar → Group project goes wrong when everyone stabs the leader.

7. The Tempest → Wizard dad traps everyone on an island to teach them manners.

8. A Midsummer Night’s Dream → Love potion turns forest into chaos and one guy into a donkey.

9. Twelfth Night → Girl disguises herself as a guy, causes bisexual confusion, and everyone’s fine with it.

10. Much Ado About Nothing → Two people fall in love by roasting each other for three acts.

11. The Merchant of Venice → Man risks a pound of flesh for his friend’s love life.

12. As You Like It → Everyone flees to the forest and falls in love out of boredom.

13. The Taming of the Shrew → Gaslighting, manipulation, and somehow still called a “comedy.”

14. Richard III → Guy murders his way to the throne, then loses it in one horse-related panic.

15. Henry V → British guy gives one really good speech and suddenly everyone’s patriotic.

16. Coriolanus → War hero fails PR class and gets exiled by his own fans.

17. Antony and Cleopatra → Two drama queens fall in love and destroy an empire.

18. Titus Andronicus → Revenge, cannibalism, and a pie you really don’t want to eat.

19. Measure for Measure → “Let’s fix corruption with even more corruption.”

20. The Comedy of Errors → Two sets of twins prove identity crises are timeless.

21. Love’s Labour’s Lost → Guys swear off women, immediately regret it.

22. The Winter’s Tale → Jealous husband ruins everything, then a statue comes to life.

23. All’s Well That Ends Well → Woman chases guy who doesn’t like her — and it somehow works.

24. The Merry Wives of Windsor → Town moms unite to prank a sleazy knight.

25. Pericles, Prince of Tyre → Man survives shipwrecks, riddles, and pirates just to find his family agai