Taking a cue from Oscar Wilde and referencing, with great humor and snark, his own debilitating illness, Freddie came up with a haunting and smart single.
The pumping beat, the haunted house echo, “Mad” is a singularly fantastic track. It’s all Freddie, all over the place. Samples of asides pepper the track, the colorful descriptors of insanity, the disturbing harmonies…it’s all very perfect. Down to the “oo oo ah ah, oo oo ah ah” monkey moment.
One of Freddie’s best tracks, once again mining his terminal prognosis. Ever the jester, this one is one of his best.
And there you have it.
Grade: A
