Freddie Mercury Rage Pose

Freddie Mercury Rage Pose

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Freddie Mercury Rage Pose is a rage comic character made from a photo of deceased British musician and former lead vocalist for the rock band Queen Freddie Mercury. The image is typically used to indicate that an extraordinary feat has been accomplished, similar to the Fuck Yea illustration.

Origin

The photo of Freddie Mercury raising his fist was taken during a Queen concert in Newcastle at St. James Park in 1986. Although the real photo is most likely from an official Queen book, Freddie Mercury can be seen making the pose at 13:38 in the video below from a different angle. Photographic and art prints of the pose, along with other poses from the same concert, can be purchased online on various websites such as Art.com[6], Art-Poster-Shop[7] and Amazon[4].



The photo appeared in the final panel of a Reddit f7u12 comic titled "Trying new things can lead to success"[1] posted by user CyberPope on July 19th, 2011. The comic was able to reach the front page with 6,198 up votes.


My cousin and I havinçg dinner Dude, that hostess is really cute Me Cuz You know what. .I'm gonna try something new. I'11 slip her a business card with a note and my number.. . Just to see what happens. Why don't you go talk to her breh? So I write on a card.. I slip her the business card as im leaving You 're very pretty. Take care. Good night sir! Call me sometime. Derp And now we play the waiting game. As we climb into my car I hear my phone go ofI. i9 * Buzz Thanks for the compliment, you' re not bad looking yourself. )

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A thread was created on July 19th, 2011 by Redditor Huckster titled "We need Reddit's Help!"[2] that linked to an image asking for someone to turn the photo of Freddie Mercury into a rage comic character. Redditor keepyourfork received the top voted comment with the following version of the image:


Hey guys! Since self-posts are frowned upon, I stand here to plead for you made a great rage comic using an image of the great Freddie Mercury You may have seen it r help. CyberPop It ends like this -> It's such an iconically bad-ass icture and would look great as a rage image. Kind of like "F--- yeah" but more triumphant! So, could one of you awesome Redditors out there help us out? It would be much appreciated! Thanks!

Derivative: Faith in Humanity Has Been Restored

"Faith in humanity has been restored" is an expression associated with the Freddie Mercury image that is used to express approval in the opposite sense of I don't want to live on this planet anymore.


Today's hot topics 1. Higgs boson 2. Daniel Sturridge 3. Katie Holmes 6. DAB radios 7. Tour de France 8. Bob Diamond 4. Compact cameras 9.Weather forecast 5. Wimbledon 10. Canvas prints SOME FAITH UN HUMANITY HASBEENRESTORED COM SOME FAITH UN HUMANITY HASBEEN RESTORED School Plays Bieber's 'Baby' As Fundraiser: Students Pay To Make lft Stop WireImage for Turner First Posted: 12/15/11 12:53 PM ET Updated: 12/15/11 12:55 PM ET React Amazing Inspiring Funny Scary Hot Crazy Important Weird Follow > Video, Justin Bieber, Boocoo Evanston, Boocoo Justin Bieber, Eths, Eths Plays Justin Bieber, Evanston Township High School, Evanston Township Plays Justin Bieber Justin Bieber Baby, Justin Bieber Evanston Township High School, Justin Bieber Fundraiser, Justin Bieber Music, Chicago News A suburban Chicago high school fundraising to save a popular arts center is motivating students to donate with an earsplitting incentive: pay up and they1l stop blasting Justin Bieber's "Baby" during passing periods. SHARE THIS STORY 627 people like this. Be the first of your friends. Like Some faith in humanity has been restored MEMEBASE.com

Derivative: So Close

"So Close" is a variation of the Freddie Mercury image that is often used in comics to indicate that someone has been prevented from successfully completing a goal at the last minute. The image was created by Redditor RokeRot on July 20th, 2011 in an f7u12 thread titled "Damn you, inspiration."[3]

SO CLOSE.

Freddie Mercury Statue

A statue of Freddie making a similar raised fist pose, built by sculptor Irena Sedlecka, was unveiled by Freddie's father in Montreux, Switzerland on November 25th, 1996.


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Search Interest

Search queries for "freddie mercury rage" and "freddie mercury meme" rose sharply in July of 2011, the same month the character was created on Reddit.

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