Why Queen Rocked the World

I watched the episode of American Idol featuring the music of Queen without Freddie Mercury who has gone to the great beyond thanks to AIDS. I admit that I enjoy listening to their music especially the iconic We Will Rock You, Bohemian Rhapsody, A Crazy Thing Called Love, We are the Champions (the universal anthem of, well, champions!). Too bad that some of the contestants bastardized their songs, particularly the guy who rendered a timid version of We Will Rock You and worse, some of the aspirants who could have done a better performance picked the wrong piece.
But Queen is Queen and Freddie Mercury is Freddie Mercury. The contestants, even the judges, know this and Randy, Paula and Simon must have cringed on their seats when a contestant gave a performance that would make Freddie rise from the grave and grab the microphone from their hands and do the act himself. In fairness, some gave a rousing rendention of the hugely successful band's songs.
Brian May and the rest of the band must be lucky to bag Freddie Mercury as their frontman. Freddie can change the tone of his voice to the heart-thumping tune of We Will Rock You to the maudlin We are the Champions. I also enjoyed their cross-dressing act in the video of I Want to Break Free. My younger sister opined that he must have been an extremely engaging performer onstage and I could only agree with her.