Queen: Killer Queen Meaning

Song Released: 1974

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Killer Queen Lyrics

She keeps her Moet et Chandon
In her pretty cabinet
'Let them eat cake' she says
Just like Marie Antoinette
A built-in remedy
For Kruschev and Kennedy
At anytime an invitation
You can't decline

Caviar and cigarettes
Well versed in...

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   anonymous

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   Sep 16th 2012, 04:08 report

   
   

   Everyone here seems to miss the obvious: All the songs Freddie wrote are personal and derived from his own life. They all have at least a dual meaning - not just because he was gay, but because he was very different in real life from his stage persona.
   
   At the time Freddie wrote Killer Queen, he knew for sure he was gay and even though still lived with Mary Austin, he was heaving a relationship with David Minns. The latter was a high class music industry executive and if you read the full quote of Freddie's explanation of the meaning of the song, he says: "I'm trying to say that classy people can be whores as well."
   
   In an interview, Mr.Minns said that the song was most likely written about him, because he kept Moet et Chandon in his cabinet, and I would not be surprised one bit. This was the first homosexual relationship for our beloved Freddie and he was head over heels in love with David. He even wrote the song You take my breath away for him. If you watch the performance of that song in Hydepark, there is such a raw emotion in Freddie's voice and face - something I had never seen before in him.
   I think he finally came to grips with who he was sexually and stopped suffering from the constant doubts and inner fight, due to the traditional values instilled in him by his parents and the Catholic boarding school he attended until he was 16 years old.
   
   Something else that comes to mind for the reason the song was written is that David could have cheated on Freddie. The latter still loved him very much, but was also bitter and that prompted the name, Killer Queen.
   
   This is my take on it, but we will never know for sure what any of his highly intelligent and complex songs meant really.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Aug 23rd 2012, 13:41 report

   
   

   Its about a high priced hooker

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Aug 18th 2012, 10:21 report

   
   

   Irene Adler from BBC's 'Sherlock' comes to mind...

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Jun 19th 2012, 02:04 report

   
   

   it is about Cleopatra's reincarnation going around killing people while eating caviar and smoking cigarettes.Cleopatra's reincarnation has a built in remedy for Kruschev and Kennedy.We can tell from the lyrics that she keeps her her Moet et Chandon
   in apretty cabinet. Or it may be about Christmas. Not sure which

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Jun 19th 2012, 00:08 report

   
   

   Does this song really need more interpretation? It's just talking about a woman who is amazing in every way. Even amazing enough to remedy the tension between Kruschev and Kennedy, Cold War guys!
   I mean does it really matter if it was about a whore or not? The point is just that she's a classy, killer queen! Teasing, playful, speaks eloquently, hard to satisfy. Guaranteed to blow your mind!

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Jun 15th 2012, 00:26 report

   
   

   it's about the Cuban missile crisis.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   May 5th 2012, 01:58 report

   
   

   "It's about a high class call girl", Freddie said, "I'm trying to say that classy people can be whores as well. That's what the song is about, though I'd prefer people to put their own interpretation upon it".
   
   Therefore, this song is about classy celebrity-like whore, but people can have their own meaning, so this song has a primary meaning, (the above), and there are secondary meanings from what people comprehend out of it.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   May 4th 2012, 13:04 report

   
   

   I don't think it's about someone in particular, it looks like a description of a high class call girl that uses to get involved with public and influential people, like politicians. There are many of then in Washington DC. Remember the DC Madam scandal?

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Feb 20th 2012, 01:45 report

   
   

   i fell in love with Queen because of this great song. Yes, as someone said this song is about high class whores who enjoy sex too. Very sophisticated women who are secretly dirty on the inside, but luxurious on the outside. Frddie also reveals this songs meaning in one interview.

   
   
   
   

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    anonymous

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    Apr 17th 2011, 12:20 report

    
    

    Freddie Mercury said in an interview, the song is about a high class call girl.

    
    
    
    

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    anonymous

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    Apr 17th 2011, 03:07 report

    
    

    A high society prostitute.

    
    
    
    

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    anonymous

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    Mar 13th 2011, 03:24 report

    
    

    Its about the french revolution/ marie antoinette.. Cos she did horrible things during her reign.. She spent the money by herself.. And look at the first verse of this song.. People hated her very much.. And (not sure with this) she even molested her son..she was beheaded..

    
    
    
    

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    Mike Johnson

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    Jan 15th 2011, 12:17 report

    
    

    A confusing song any way you look at it. I always thought it may have been about a female assassin. Here, in order of appearance, are the clues:
    
    "A built-in remedy
    For Kruschev and Kennedy" could be referring to Kennedy's assassination. Both men caused 'difficulties' for one another, and Kennedy WAS assassinated. Perhaps in fiction, at least by the female assassin.
    
    Also, the line "Anytime an invitation you can't decline" could be a reference to the line from the 'Godfather' film about 'make him an offer (an invitation IS an offer) he can't refuse (decline).
    
    Also, "dynamite with a laser beam" could be a reference to her skill with a laser rifle scope. Thus 'Guaranteed to blow your mind ('anytime'..you'd never see it coming!) The reference to 'gunpowder' may also be applied here.
    
    "Recommended at the price" is self explanatory...she's good at what she does, so she's quite expensive!
    
    "Insatiable an appetite" could be a reference to her blood lust, and/or the riches she acquires for her services. Hence the "Moet et Chandon in a pretty cabinet."
    
    "Never kept the same address" would fit with an assassin who is always on the move.
    
    "For cars she couldn't care less" could imply that an assassin who owned a car could be the target of a car bombing if her identity became known.
    
    "Fastidious and precise" are the hallmarks of a great assassin!"
    
    Of course, this could all be rubbish, as many of the other lyrics don't really fit the scenario, but that's my two cent's worth.

    
    
    
    

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    anonymous

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    May 6th 2010, 11:02 report

    
    

    It's about the French revolution.

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
    
    
    
    

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    anonymous

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    Nov 10th 2009, 01:43 report

    
    

    We used to refer wemen specially the lovely ones as to be made of gellatine and extraordinary nice, but they are poeple with selfish ambitions and cruel emotions as well as feminine needs and delicate specifics.
    When you can judge wemen from outside (ie not being emotionally involved) you can see their true mixture of lifestyle, this is not odd.
    Thanks Freddie!

    
    
    
    

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    blackqueen

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    May 28th 2009, 23:52 report

    
    

    Of course Killer Queen is Marilyn Monroe. She was in the position to know both men. Also widely believed that she and John Kennedy had an affair.

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    teodora

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    Apr 12th 2009, 01:52 report

    
    

    Of course, it's Merilyn Monroe. That's so logical. Kennedy love's her, so she has power.

    
    
    
    

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    KissMe

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    Mar 18th 2009, 05:21 report

    
    

    The song is about a high class call girl. he's trying to say that classy people can be whores as well. there is reference to Mary Antoinette, the queen of france during the french revolution. She was there living the high life and when informed of the peasants not having bread, she ignorantly replied with "then let them eat cake". hense the line.

    
    
    
    

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    moonbath65

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    Nov 6th 2008, 22:08 report

    
    

    Totally about a prostitute the band met in Fez...geeezz I thought everyone knew that???

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    anonymous

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    Nov 5th 2008, 15:44 report

    
    

    It seems as though the lyrics are referencing some kind of spy, or double agent. Kind of a 'From Russia, With Love' type of thing. A dangerous woman - sexually, psychologically, and militaristically.
    I realize the two have nothing to do with one another, but Glen Close's Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil in Les Liaisons Dangereuses comes to mind.