10 Greatest Love Songs In Rock
2. Love Of My Life - Queen
It's safe to say that Queen have dipped their toes into more genres than any rock artist would ever dare to touch. Rather than just rely on the bluesy foundations that other bands of their ilk had set for themselves, the eclectic personality of Freddie Mercury was enough to strike a nerve with fans all around the world. That's just one side of Freddie's personality...the real heart comes in the deep cuts.
Across A Night at the Opera, these rock royals tackle everything from vaudeville to prog metal, with Love of My Life fitting somewhere in between the two. Being a Mercury-led affair on the piano, this is the real brainchild of the entire album, as Freddie wears his heart on his sleeve when both describing his love in the present and projecting to where he sees it going in the future. That's not to say the others don't give their all to this either, as Brian May's guitars create a symphony behind the vocal to hit that final raw nerve.
Ever since Freddie's passing, this has also served as a bit of an emblematic song for him, with Brian May taking the lead and performing it for his fallen friend whenever the band takes to the stage now. More than any other song, the fact that this tune has managed to withstand Freddie's passing is proof enough that the strongest love can transcend mortality.