The combination of these words has turned into a sort of a slogan that embraces a powerful message in it. We live freely and never know when the real tragedy might strike and take away the most precious we’ve got – our life. But that’s not as bad as the necessity to live with the knowing of the exact time and way of how you are going to leave this world. What would you do knowing that? How would you live the rest of your life in that knowledge?
Most people struck by the sorrow, panic and self-pity would most likely let their hands down and surrender to the misery and depression. But not people like Freddy Mercury. He know he would die from AIDS soon nut nonetheless he let the show go on. "The Show Must Go On" song is a strong symbolic tribute to the fight for life despite the inevitable. Too weak to perform the song with lyrics by Brian May, Freddy didn’t dodge – he hit a glass of vodka and with the words "I'll fuckin do it, darling!" proceeded to recording the song, handling the complicated vocal pattern skillfully. The resulting track hit the charts equally well both when Freddy was alive and after his death too. This, is the hymn of the generation, an example of willpower and decisiveness.
