Who Wants to Live Forever

I'm still waiting to see Bohemian Rhapsody, the movie about Freddie Mercury and Queen - there's quite a wait at Netflix - but today I was thinking of a song by Queen that I especially liked. It was the theme for one of my favorite movies, Highlander - Who Wants to Live Forever. For those who aren't Highlander fans ...

Christopher Lambert plays swordsman Connor MacLeod from the Scottish Highlands, known as the Highlander, one of a number of immortal warriors who can be killed only by decapitation. After initial training by another highly skilled immortal swordsman, Ramirez (Sean Connery), MacLeod lives on for several centuries, eventually settling in New York City, managing an antiques shop. In 1985, he falls in love with a police forensic scientist named Brenda. He also finds out that he must face his greatest enemy, Kurgan (Clancy Brown), who wishes to kill MacLeod and to obtain "the Prize" – a special ability which is given to the last living immortal warrior, vast knowledge and the ability to enslave the entire human race.

Here's Freddie at Wembley Stadium, 1986 ...



And here's the Highlander video of the song, showing Connor and his wife Heather, who ages and eventually dies while he remains immortally young ...



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