Hannah B.

Ariz January 7, 2019

BSLM-1A CSU-Andrews

“There Must Be More To Life Than

This”
"There Must Be More to Life Than This" is the eighth track on Queen singer Freddie
Mercury's debut solo album Mr. Bad Guy, released on April 29, 1985 by Columbia Records. The
song was originally recorded by Queen for 1982's Hot Space, but failed to make the final
version of the album. It was previously recorded as a duet between Freddie Mercury
and Michael Jackson.
This song is by all means a classic which will endure in the hearts of many, as long as it is
still around. It has many aspects that make it the ideal song for such a project, from its musical
quality, to its imperative message of peace, happiness and “looking beyond life”. Its melodic
style conveys a poignant innocence, which complements the theme of the song “positivism”
and “peacefulness” perfectly. Although it only uses a few poetic devices, they enhance the tones
of the song which are serious, uplifting, convincing, and opens the eyes of the listeners. The
music stays simple and seems to grasp the lyrics without a seam. It is the type of song that will
appeal to almost anyone who hears it because of its rhythmic sound. I don’t know what the
music of the future will sound like, but I believe a song like this is one that can be enjoyed by all
generations to come. It isn’t the music of our generation today; not rock with heavy distortion,
or rap with deafening bass, nor is it the synthesized RnB many of us choose to listen to. It is the
type of song that touches a person’s heart, the kind of music we listen to because we can feel
and relate to it. This selection is more in vocal medium that is set apart from all other genres,
deserving of the reverence received in the past and for those to come. In that regard, isn’t this
the type of musical merit we should consider when selecting a one song to represent the
thought that should be entailed in us? The song itself is asking us that we should see the world
consciously and don’t just coast by on what others have established. It tells us that there is
something beyond contentment and grief. All those broken hearts, crying faces, killing and hate
as heard in the lyrics of the song, there is still more. When we think we are contented of the
state of the world, it is not true. Beyond the limit, there is something magical that we forgot to
see. Always remember that “Whatever that we have today, there is still something higher and
better that we can make. Whatever that we have today, is just a piece of what we can do and of
what we can have.”
The lyrics of the song make us deeply realize important insights we can apply in our own
lives: We may witness everyday news about killings but life is not all about this. Widen your
perspective and you can see that life is about giving, sharing and loving. Life is not just a case of
black and white. Thus, life is as colorful as you make it. Life is not just about people dying; life is
about hearing a new life, a newborn crying. Most importantly, we should not go on saying
“c'est la vie” which means “that’s life”. Therefore, we should shout and say “There must be
more to life!” 