"Which breakthrough hit for Queen contains the phrase ""Let them eat cake"", a quote often attributed to Marie Antoinette?"
Killer Queen it has been suggested that he wrote the song about EMI promoter Eric Hall. The song's first verse quotes a phrase falsely attributed to Marie Antoinette: "" 'Let them eat cake,' she says, Just like Marie Antoinette". The song marked a departure from the heavier material of the band's first two albums, as well as the beginning of a more stylistically diverse approach in songwriting. At the same time, "Killer Queen" retained the essence of Queen's trademark sound, particularly in its meticulous vocal harmonies. Unlike the first two Queen albums, this song was partly recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales.
Let them eat cake Let them eat cake "Let them eat cake" is the traditional translation of the French phrase ""Qu'ils mangent de la brioche"", supposedly spoken by "a great princess" upon learning that the peasants had no bread. Since brioche was a luxury bread enriched with butter and eggs, the quotation would reflect the princess's disregard for the peasants, or her poor understanding of their situation. While the phrase is commonly attributed to Queen Marie Antoinette, there is no record of her having said it. It appears in book six of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "Confessions", his autobiography (whose first six books were written in