Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody

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Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
A little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me

Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooo
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters

Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time
Goodbye everybody I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooo (anyway the wind blows)
I don't want to die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo Figaro - magnifico

But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come easy go will you let me go
Bismillah! No we will not let you go - let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go - let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go let me go
Will not let you go let me go (never)
Never let you go let me go
Never let me go ooo
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me
For me
For me

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh baby can't do this to me baby
Just gotta get out just gotta get right outta here

Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters nothing really matters to me

Anyway the wind blows

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Track duration: 05:55

"Bohemian Rhapsody" as written by Freddie Mercury

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    General Comment:This song is about life.
    Flag cammi20on May 23, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:What do you think of my interpretation of bohemian rhapsody ?

    1st part : He's easy come, easy go : he cheats on his boyfriend

    2nd part : he dreams or imagine he kill his boyfriend

    3rd part : he's sentenced to penalty death and killed (or commit suicide)

    4th part : he's now dead and meet the devil and the other people that stay in hell

    Part 5 & 6 : he say to the devil he doesn't want to go to hell

    Part 7 : he doesn't dream anymore and say to his boyfriend who just left him because of his cheatings : so you see now, do you still think you can leave me so easily ? i gonna kill you or commit suicide

    Part 8 : because now that his boyfriend left him, nothing really maters anymore. He can kill himself or his bf. Nothing really matters anymore.
    Flag meneceeon May 21, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:I heard somewhere that, when asked what this song was about, Freddy Mercury said he didn't know what it was about, which I think means that they were kind of fantastical lyrics that represent a surreal kind of life. It doesn't necessarily mean it's about how he had AIDS. It could be just me, but FM should be remembered by being in one of the best bands ever (in my opinion), instead of dying of AIDS.

    No matter what it means though I like the melody and the singing. Good song!
    Flag giftofsongon May 14, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:I agree that the AIDs interpretation is bull. However, I've long wondered if this song were a metaphor for being gay and coming out. Even to this day, coming out as gay could be a death sentence, both literally and figuratively. Homosexuals have often been considered dead in eyes of their families. And of course, in many countries gay people are murdered or even executed. I have no idea if Freddie Mercury had this intent or not. Probably not. But it is an interesting twist. Thinking of it in this light alters the tone of the lyrics from whimsical melodrama into real tragedy.

    But yeah, the AIDs interpretation is completely bogus.
    Flag turantualon May 13, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:I think the song is about a man who's killed someone and is getting trialed then executed
    Flagged spider486on May 04, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:I feel like the song is about suicidal thoughts. when it says "is this the real life?" it makes me think of the different emotions that a conflicted and suicidal person could be experiencing. the man he just killed is himself, and he's telling his mother that he won't be back. the song changes very quickly from a sad theme to an upbeat chant-like thing. This swing in emotion has been found in some people with suicidal thoughts. also "he's just a poor boy from a poor family, sparing his life from this monstrosity" makes me think the song is about being sick of this world, and ending your life. this song is beautiful. and for me, it opened my eyes to this screwed up world we live in.
    Flag anana220on April 19, 2013   Link
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    My Opinion:Simple - I think this is an inner conflict on doing a crime
    So, i sugest not to do any crime, because u'll singing this rhapsody . . .
    *love u queen
    Flag GBimaN7on March 25, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:Could this maybe have been a confession to a crime and a final letter because he knew he would die from his illness? Could Freddy Mercury have learned about his terminal illness, Aids, and killed the lover who gave it to him and then wrote a song to say, "Goodbye," and ask for forgiveness from his mother? Just asking.
    Flag celeste1on March 16, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:Very well the best instance of opera rock, at first they weren't sure if the they should do something like this, but it turned out to be Queen's masterpiece.
    Flag CrimsnEdgeon March 14, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:I haven't read all (nearly 1,000) of the comments on the meaning of this song, so 1 or more people may have already mentioned what I have to say. FM would never discuss the song's meaning himself or offer an interpretation. And since the other members of the band seemed to feel that the lyrics related to FM's personal experiences, they never really offered interpretations either. But of all the possible ways to view the lyrics that I've seen, my favorite two are pasted below, for what they're worth.

    This was from a BBC piece on the band: "When the band released a Greatest Hits cassette in Iran, a leaflet in Persian was included with translation and explanations. In the explanation, Queen states that "Bohemian Rhapsody" is about a young man who has accidentally killed someone and, like Faust, sold his soul to the devil. On the night before his execution, he calls for God in Arabic, "Bismillah," and with the help of angels, regains his soul from Shaitan."

    And here's the only direct comment I've ever seen that Freddie personally offered about the lyrics: “It’s one of those songs which has such a fantasy feel about it. I think people should just listen to it, think about it, and then make up their own minds as to what it says to them … Bohemian Rhapsody didn’t just come out of thin air. I did a bit of research although it was tongue-in-cheek and mock opera. Why not?” – Freddie Mercury [Davis, Andy (1993). "Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody". Record Collector (167): 20]

    FYI.
    Flag CinCmcon February 22, 2013   Link

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