We’ve covered Google Doodle’s off before on the Red C ‘We Like’ section, so it’s clear we’re a fan of the sheer brilliance of these little drawings. Today, though, the doodles have gone to another level and embraced the sheer showmanship of Freddie Mercury who would have been 65 today.

I’ll be honest with you, I’m not a massive Queen fan. Although I have to admit they do a mean Greatest Hits compilation… none of their albums that I have listened to have ever grabbed me. Regardless of that, even I can appreciate that one of the greatest front men ever to have graced a stage is Freddie Mercury and the stories of his hedonistic lifestyle are legendary.

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Say Google to almost anyone and they’ll know what you mean. OK, so great grandma Ruby may look at you vacantly, but that’s about it. Google has become synonymous with the web and the term ‘google it’ is now an everyday phrase. Google became the No. 1 brand in the world in 2007, according to Millward Brown Brandz Top 100.

But start to talk about the Google logo to someone and they will immediately have a favourite. A version of the logo which has stuck with them. They may have hovered over to see what it’s all about, clicked through to find out more or discussed it with colleagues and waxed lyrical about how clever it all is.

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