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“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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prog_wardy wrote:
'A Night at The Opera'. 'My first exposure to a Queen Album. was hooked on the band from that point on. If you don't know the album do check it out. An amazing mixture of styles - just like this song!
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Deefoxy wrote:
"...I'm just poor boy, I need no sympathy... Any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me... Any way the wind blows..."
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lilly2626 wrote:
Great memories, with this amasing song!!!!!
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kemming wrote:
a mindblowing composition
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Belethmirg wrote:
He-man does this! youtube it!!!!!
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Wyrdbeard wrote:
The Muppets do Bo Rap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY
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skorppi wrote:
wow almost 1400 shouts!
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KyleMcCambridg wrote:
One word-AMAZING
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MJandTjrr wrote:
I can stay at the opera for years to listen this masterpiece on and on!..
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dsignrdane wrote:
when asked what my fav song was, this was it... a couple of years ago.
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SASSYSTEPH09 wrote:
lol! my sisters and i all have parts to this song! great to sing while on a road trip
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backtothelight wrote:
The album this song originally came from - A Night At The Opera - is Queen at their best. If you get any Queen album, let it be this one!
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clouddbrittany wrote:
EPIC song :')
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Peperan wrote:
EPIC song :')
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JadeFraga wrote:
o queen faz alguma música chata? naum! eles eh fodão!
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ShaniaEve wrote:
Queen forever!!!
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LPSpanther wrote:
Listen to every word.....
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sarahthustra666 wrote:
Truly one of the greatest songs ever
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winterstorm34 wrote:
simply amazing
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D34d3nd wrote:
this has to be the music gods children singing. ledd zepplin and queen are the gods of music =]
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