Like the four elements, the four members of Queen meshed to create a universe of music and production. The strong, silent earthy John whose level-headedness and calmness often quelled problems between the aethereal airy Brian, the ever moving, ever changing flowing of the liquid Roger and the intense passion and fervour of the fiery Freddie joined together to produce some of the greatest music the world has ever known, or will ever know.

Problems

There is a tendency among students of verse and popular culture to make the following errors. The first is to assume that everything means something. The second is to apply the social mores of their time and culture on those of other times or cultures. Both are easily done and very hard to circumvent but an awareness of this, at least, must be made in order for the student ever to reach a satisfactory interpretation.

Not everything means something. This is the problem continually faced by scientists. The theory goes along the lines of the end is influenced by the means. In other words, we want to achieve this goal and so we will make sure that this goal is achieved. We will ignore or not consider other possibilities that may alter what we need to show.

Students of interpretative literature also tend to fall into this trap. There is a belief that if something is written, then it must have a deeper meaning then what it says. This belief is founded on the hypothesis that what we are