Queen |Bohemian Rhapsody| - (Rate the Song)

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

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
Little high, little low
Any way 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, ooh
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, ooh (Any way the wind blows)
I don't wanna die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning very, very frightening me
(Galileo) Galileo
(Galileo) Galileo
Galileo Figaro
Magnifico-o-o-o-o

I'm just a poor boy, 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 let you go (Never, never, never, never let me go)
Oh oh oh oh
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Oh, mamma mia, mamma mia (Mamma 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, ooh yeah, ooh yeah

Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters
Nothing really matters to me

Any way the wind blows

 

[triptych]

9

 

[StonedLemur]

I say between a 9 and 10, I mean its almost flawless.

If you played that song during a funeral people would still sing it ffs lol.

 

[zuffazombee]

While I appreciate the talent required to write & perform the song, it represents everything punk rock rebelled against in the late 70's...overly pompous, over produced, takes itself too seriously, etc., etc., etc.

For transparency, I'm NOT a fan of Queen. I acknowledge the collective talent of the band members but there is only a handful of their songs that I like...this isn't one of them.

 

[Sweater of AV]

9/10

 

[Odoylerules22]

9 for me. Of the "epic tier" classic rock songs i like Free Bird and Hotel California better, but it's still damn good.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

8, although I've heard it that many times I could happily never hear it again.

 

[Long Dark Blues]

Masterpiece.

 

[subtlySteve]

It's a fantastic song.

I don't know if Freddy had any formal training in music theory, but the complexity and sophistication evident in his work with Queen strongly suggest an extensive understanding of advanced musical concepts, including harmonies and rhythmic structures.

Some people have it, some don't.