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In honour of his highness birthday this September 5, I present to you Freddie Mercury's “Love Kills“ from the original soundtrack of “Metropolis“. I had never seen the 1927 silent film from German director Fritz Lang until Giorgio Moroder obtained the rights to the movie and re-scored the silent film by adding mood music peppered with songs by a variety of hot rock stars: Bonnie Tyler, Pat Benatar, Jon Anderson, Loverboy, Adam Ant, Billy Squier and Freddie Mercury. It was a labour of love for Moroder, who attempted to bring the timely message of the film which is “the mediator between the head and the hands must be the heart“ to a completely new audience. His version used then recently found photographs to replace scenes cut from the movie to help the audience understand what was going on. The film was butchered for its original American release leaving the audiences bewildered at the spectacle. Moroder connected the plot dots and had some very famous singers on hand to under
