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About This Track
“Bohemian Rhapsody” is a song written by Freddie Mercury and originally recorded by the band Queen for their 1975 album A Night At The Opera.
The song is in the style of a stream-of-consciousness nightmare, and has unusual musical structure for popular music (it has no chorus, instead consisting of seemingly disjointed sections including operatic segments and an a Capella and heavy metal part) which works beyond the range of this reviewer. Despite this, it was released as a single and became a huge commercial success.
Bohemian Rhapsody is widely hailed as Queen’s “magnum opus”, and it marked a decisive point in the band’s career and set them on the way to become one of the world’s most popular music groups. The single was accompanied by a groundbreaking music video (then termed a “promotional video”) which helped establish the visual language of the modern music video.
A truncated version of the song was included in all Queen’s subsequent live concert performances (as the band could not recreate the middle section live, because of the many overdubbed voices) and still enjoys great popularity around the world.
In January 1976, Freddie Mercury was interviewed by Sounds regarding the writing process of the song.:
“I’m going to shatter some illusions, it was just one of those pieces I wrote for the album: just writing my batch of songs. In its early stages I almost rejected it, but then it grew. We started deciding on a single about halfway through. There were a few contenders - we were thinking of ‘The Prophet’s Song’ at one point - but then ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ seemed the one.
The song is in the style of a stream-of-consciousness nightmare, and has unusual musical structure for popular music (it has no chorus, instead consisting of seemingly disjointed sections including operatic segments and an a Capella and heavy metal part) which works beyond the range of this reviewer. Despite this, it was released as a single and became a huge commercial success.
Bohemian Rhapsody is widely hailed as Queen’s “magnum opus”, and it marked a decisive point in the band’s career and set them on the way to become one of the world’s most popular music groups. The single was accompanied by a groundbreaking music video (then termed a “promotional video”) which helped establish the visual language of the modern music video.
A truncated version of the song was included in all Queen’s subsequent live concert performances (as the band could not recreate the middle section live, because of the many overdubbed voices) and still enjoys great popularity around the world.
In January 1976, Freddie Mercury was interviewed by Sounds regarding the writing process of the song.:
“I’m going to shatter some illusions, it was just one of those pieces I wrote for the album: just writing my batch of songs. In its early stages I almost rejected it, but then it grew. We started deciding on a single about halfway through. There were a few contenders - we were thinking of ‘
The Prophet’s Song’ at one point - but then ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ seemed the one.
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naldo_mmwp wrote:
When I was 10, I said that this song was terrible. Now I'm 20 and I'm crying.
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Moravianuncle wrote:
all-time greatest
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didin_mcrmy wrote:
emakkkkkkkkkkk just fall in love
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Pattyluvsmusic wrote:
Luv Queen!
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licoricepizza wrote:
William Shatner kills it. :P
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bkelleher wrote:
NO ESCAPE FROM REALITY
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Ze_Sales wrote:
ohhh goddd
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keanequeen wrote:
Galileo, Galileo Galileo, Figaro, magnifico
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benburkhardt13 wrote:
<3 Love Queen! Bohemian Rhapsody on right now <3
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Starlow13 wrote:
if only this generathad such music. now you have to sing about love or partying in order to get somewhere. that's sad.</3
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DaLammel wrote:
Open your eyes, I see Your eyes are open ...wait different song :7
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kikikirsche wrote:
♥
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martolia wrote:
i love cream,queen,pink floyd,etc...but i really want to hear the beatles on the beatle station...their songs are few and far between...and please!!! no more yoko ono interviews...she is the beginning of the end!!!
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w84night wrote:
Open Your Eyes, Look Up To The Skies And See...
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Feeh- wrote:
perfeita :)
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sstrosser1 wrote:
Another example of the perfect mind of Freddie. Only one man could write and sing to perfection a song like this !!! A true visionary
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xtwntraphq wrote:
Perfection !
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fat-old-sun- wrote:
no escape from reality
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CcoolCzrs wrote:
caught in a landslide....
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w84night wrote:
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
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