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"Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" is a song by British rock group Queen, and is the opening track on their fourth studio album ''A Night at the Opera''. The song was written by Freddie Mercury and allegedly describes his hatred toward Queen's ex-manager, the late Norman Sheffield, who is reputed to have mistreated the band and abused his managerial role from 1972 to 1975. The song was recorded and mixed at Sarm East Studios in late 1975. As with "Bohemian Rhapsody", most of the guitar parts on the song were initially played on piano by Mercury, to demonstrate to Brian May how they needed to be played on guitar. ==Lyrics== The song is considered to be Freddie Mercury's "hate letter" toward Queen's former manager Norman Sheffield, incorporating a vast range of vicious lyrics, and described by Mercury as being "so vindictive that Brian felt bad singing it."〔03-17-1977 Circus Magazine.〕 Though the song makes no direct reference to him, Sheffield was appalled when he heard a playback of the song at Trident Studios at the time of the album's release, and sued both the band and the record label for defamation. This resulted in an out-of-court settlement, thus revealing to the public his connection with the song. In his autobiography published in 2013, ''Life on Two Legs: Set The Record Straight'',〔() Life on Two Legs - Norman Sheffield〕 Norman Sheffield denied that he had mistreated the band in his capacity as manager, and referred to copies of the original 1972 Queen management contracts between Sheffield and Queen — included in the book — to back up his defence. Sheffield died in 2014.〔() Trident Studios founder Norman Sheffield dies〕 During live performances Mercury would usually dedicate the song to "a real motherfucker of a gentleman". This line was censored (using bleeps) on their ''Live Killers'' album in 1979. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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