In between, you get a tortured ballad, a demented riff on Gilbert and Sullivan, a fierce rocker, and a swooping finish that ties it all together. I think it’s best to leave it with a question mark in the air.”įunny to talk about question marks with “Bohemian Rhapsody,” though, because it is such an exclamatory musical statement, from the opening alien harmonies to the gong finish.

But I don’t think at that point in time it was the best thing to do so he actually decided to do it later. He was certainly looking at re-creating himself. I think that Freddie was certainly battling with problems in his personal life, which he might have decided to put into the song himself. “I find that it destroys them in a way because the great thing about a great song is that you relate it to your own personal experiences in your own life. “What is Bohemian Rhapsody about, well I don’t think we’ll ever know and if I knew I probably wouldn’t want to tell you anyway, because I certainly don’t tell people what my songs are about,” he said. Queen fought for it to be released as a single, and it became a worldwide No.1 (although, ironically, never in the US, where the highest it reached was No. Amazingly, it was composed entirely by Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, although it’s safe to say that the talents of his bandmates Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor were integral to bringing the song to fruition. With each of these returns to popularity, the depths of “Bohemian Rhapsody” are examined anew. How come this doesn’t sound like anything else still?” Their first reaction is usually, “Wow, this doesn’t sound like anything else.” Their second reaction is usually, “Wow, this was released back in 1975. Or you might look at it as new generations discovering this unique composition and recording and being bowled over like all their predecessors.

You can obviously point to the films as the factors that have driven the song back into the forefront of the public consciousness on these occasions.

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