| deleted user 24.02.2006 04:09 |
What is bohemian rhapsody about Lets spend yet more time guessing what it is about. I think that i have a pretty good idea but i want to see if anyone else mentions the idea that i think. |
| RETROLOVE 24.02.2006 04:27 |
People are always trying to figure out what the song means...this is my take on it, its not the gospel: Theres this Bohemian that roams the street, and somehow he ends up killing a man, maybe he was trying to rob him, but killed him by accident???...well, I think the setting of bohemian rhapsody is like in a courtroom, and like, he's pleading to his mother saying that he doesnt want to die...(so I'm guessing that most have sentenced him to death) and he's having regrets about what he did, but he also facing up to it...but in the opera-like verse(where things start to speed up) of the song, were the band is like "let him go" I think thats when the Bohemian's mother is saying let him go...and the judge is like no, no no,....thats my take on in.... Basically the song is about a Bohemian who commits a crime and has to pay for what he did...I just find the lyrics very haunting, because 15 years after song came out, Freddie actually did pass away, and in the song, he's talking about how he doesnt want to die...very haunting!!! |
| RETROLOVE 24.02.2006 04:29 |
Well...actually 16 years...1975-1991, yeah, 16 if my math is correct...and numbers have never been my friend, lol... |
| great king rat 1138 24.02.2006 06:08 |
your mom...............sorry, I couldn't resist that one! |
| Asterik 24.02.2006 06:28 |
Please don't anyone say it's about AIDS! |
| RETROLOVE 24.02.2006 06:46 |
Oh, no...its not about AIDS...not that, I hate it when people say that too, I just find the lyrics very haunting! Naw, I hate when people say its about that, myself!! |
| deleted user 24.02.2006 07:30 |
I agree with onelonelypussycat.I think after he kills the person,he's questioning himself and if his life is worth living,then he is in front of a court but manages to escape it and so on. |
| it was electric7 24.02.2006 08:33 |
I don't know why so many people WANT to know what its about...doesnt it ruin the magic?! |
| Dear Friends 24.02.2006 08:34 |
Freddie Mercury's battle against AIDS. |
| its_a_hard_life 26994 24.02.2006 08:43 |
Does it even matter? It's a just a song, just enjoy it! |
| goodco 24.02.2006 08:48 |
It's about 5:55 minutes long, give or take a few seconds, depending on the country it was released, and the type of format it's on. Live performances vary even more. |
| Jazz 78 24.02.2006 10:25 |
Oh Christ here we go again!!! It's about Freddie coming to terms with his sexuality. It's been noted by Brian that this was a difficult period in his life personally and Freddie was grappling with his sexuality. The man he killed off was Farouk (sp) Bulsara. He's saying goodbye to that person and he has finally become Freddie Mercury. To the public he was ALWAYS Freddie Mercury but in his private life Bulsara was still in the closet. The opera section is just a lot of word play but the front of the song is pretty tongue in cheek. Queen weren't a band to really make up stories in their music. They wrote from personal experiences. And this was the most personal Freddie could get. Especially in '75 when being a young gay man was difficult. Today people "come out" much easier. Society is more understanding and accepting now than 30 years ago. |
| Asterik 24.02.2006 10:48 |
Dear Friends wrote: Freddie Mercury's battle against AIDS.Interersting theory tee hee. |
| -luke_taylor- 28432 24.02.2006 12:10 |
its about immortals who cannot die, they are princes of the universe and there fighting for freedom, and his wife dies and he sings the song bohemian rhapsody followed by who wants to live forever. everyone knows that, cmonn you call yourself queen fans lol |
| Serpent_of_the_Nile 24.02.2006 12:26 |
It's about selling his souls to the devil to become famous, but then he realizes he made a mistake and regrets it. Freddie decide he wants to be free again because he doesn't want to die (Mama, Just killed a man...) He finds out that is too late and there's nothing he can do about it (Too late, my time has come...Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth) Then He tries to fight Beelzebu (or the Devil)and ask for his release, but the devil is inside of him already: (easy come easy go, will you let me go? Bismillah! No-,we will not let you go.... Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me) After asking for his release and knowing he won't get it, Freddie decides to fight the devil: (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) Finally, he loses his battle and knows that he is going to die so he accepted (....Nothing Really matters, anyone can see, nothing really matter to me) The "nothing really matter" and "any way the wind blows" means that he has to carry on with his life and become famous and wait until the devil decide to take his soul, which he finally did in 1991 after a tremendous musical career of "fame, fortune and everything that goes with it." This is just an opinion, I was inspired by the movie "Crossroads" The only person on this planet who really knows is Mr Roger Taylor. |
| ~Blue_Acid~ 24.02.2006 12:37 |
thats fricken deep there, but to shorten it to the surface its a murder/suicide song. |
| deleted user 24.02.2006 12:48 |
it could be about anything......... |
| Asterik 24.02.2006 15:02 |
La Rox(Empress Of The Universe) wrote: it could be about anything.........That is just about the most accurate post we've had so far! And isn't that the song's magic? |
| jimmy sexton 24.02.2006 16:23 |
everything, when there, is nothing................ |
| jimmy sexton 24.02.2006 18:20 |
one lonley pussycat hey awesome your into queen but if you think the lyrics to bo rhap are haunting listen to [let us cling together] from a day at the races .............peace/light jimi love,........... teo torriate, i believe brian actually wrote this masterpiece |
| bryans permed poodle 15069 24.02.2006 19:28 |
I believe BO RAP was about a person on DEATH ROW regretting his actions and waiting to be executed.. |
| dougie 24.02.2006 20:46 |
I recall in a fairly recent interview Brian admitting that he and Freddie NEVER discussed one another's song lyrics. Does anyone else find that disheartening? I mean these guys worked together for about 20 years and were the main creative element of the band (especially in the 70's), yet they were never close enough personally to discuss each other's lyrics . . . ? Sad. |
| Sithmarauder 24.02.2006 22:11 |
Jazz 78 wrote: Oh Christ here we go again!!! It's about Freddie coming to terms with his sexuality. It's been noted by Brian that this was a difficult period in his life personally and Freddie was grappling with his sexuality. The man he killed off was Farouk (sp) Bulsara. He's saying goodbye to that person and he has finally become Freddie Mercury. To the public he was ALWAYS Freddie Mercury but in his private life Bulsara was still in the closet. The opera section is just a lot of word play but the front of the song is pretty tongue in cheek. Queen weren't a band to really make up stories in their music. They wrote from personal experiences. And this was the most personal Freddie could get. Especially in '75 when being a young gay man was difficult. Today people "come out" much easier. Society is more understanding and accepting now than 30 years ago.Yes! I agree with you, It's very likely about Freddie coming to terms with himself being gay. The man he killed was the heterosexual that the public knew and basically the rest of the song is about how the world would judge him being a homosexual. I realize that this is subject to opinion but I always believed that this is the best guess to what the song means. |
| Jazz 78 25.02.2006 08:29 |
I see you're an older fan like me. Actually you have 3 years on me. LOL! But if Roger is the only one that Freddie told the meaning to then obviously he must have come out to him at that time. Even Roger said that on the Bo Rap dvd that it's not that hard to figure out what it's about. Everybody here has their own definition as to what it's about but he wrote it in such a clever way that it leaves so much speculation as to what it's about. It would be fun to collect everybodies interpretations and post them on one page. |
| LadyMoonshineDown 25.02.2006 12:43 |
The meaning of Bohemian Rhapsody is entirely up to the listener. Some interpret it as a man lamenting his fears which may very well be his last. Others think it's about Freddie's sexuality and/or AIDS, though it would be highly preposterous for Freddie to be singing about AIDS years before he contracted it; years before it became a widespread epidemic. Others will simply tell you that you're wrong. Whatever the interpretation may be, it's STILL an interpretation. What does it mean? I don't know. Ask yourself. Cheers |
| deleted user 25.02.2006 13:02 |
It's about accepting yourself. |
| Sithmarauder 25.02.2006 16:30 |
<font color=black>Dennis Daja<h6>QZs God wrote: It's about accepting yourself.Bottom line |
| blerp 26.02.2006 01:29 |
Jazz 78 wrote: Oh Christ here we go again!!! It's about Freddie coming to terms with his sexuality. It's been noted by Brian that this was a difficult period in his life personally and Freddie was grappling with his sexuality. The man he killed off was Farouk (sp) Bulsara. He's saying goodbye to that person and he has finally become Freddie Mercury. To the public he was ALWAYS Freddie Mercury but in his private life Bulsara was still in the closet. The opera section is just a lot of word play but the front of the song is pretty tongue in cheek. Queen weren't a band to really make up stories in their music. They wrote from personal experiences. And this was the most personal Freddie could get. Especially in '75 when being a young gay man was difficult. Today people "come out" much easier. Society is more understanding and accepting now than 30 years ago.Yeah, you got it. Yes, someone who actually listened to Brian say, 'I was dealing with hard times and Freddie was also dealing with his personal life, etc.' Erm, yeah, I agree. |
| RETROLOVE 26.02.2006 18:09 |
jimi love, I'll have to listen to that!! ...And yes, I agree with the "coming out thing" on Freddie's part, that does make a lot of sense!!! It could mean that also, that he's killing his old self...but still haunting lyrics! |
| deleted user 27.02.2006 03:30 |
When i watched some interview with Roger not long ago he stated that he was the only person that freddie told what it was about and that he would take the secret to the grave he also said that: "it isnt that hard to figure out. Poeple look to deeply into this song!" I found that interesting, cos when you look at the song lyrics without thinking about what they mean it sorts of clicks that it is telling the story of a Bohemian. I cant believe that it took me so long to guess this much seeing as the name of the song is BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY!!!!! lol |
| val 29467 28.02.2006 10:30 |
Dear Friends Posted: 2/24/2006 8:34:03 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freddie Mercury's battle against AIDS. yeah, right. like he had AIDS in 1975... |