deleted user 15.11.2006 20:17 |
Does anyone else hear the similarity between the end of March of the Black Queen and Bohemian Rhapsody? The part where the music ends and there's a pause and then it goes back into the music again.It's almost the exact same music. I wonder if Freddie was trying it out a little to see what the reaction would be...hmm |
NJQueenFan 15.11.2006 20:47 |
The March Of the Black Queen was kind of the prototype to BoRhap, it's no wonder they're similar. |
deleted user 16.11.2006 13:58 |
You are correct in that... It was as though Freddie was working up to some overblown masterpiece to wow the world with. He tried some daring stuff in 'My Fairy King' to begin with, moved on with the brazen 'March Of the Black Queen' and brought his ideas together with Bo Rhap which was, in a way the climax of his songwriting... So yes there are some definite similarities between the two songs. |
Poo, again 16.11.2006 16:47 |
After writing Bohemian Rhapsody, Freddie was inspired to create his masterpiece - March of the Black Queen. |
thefairyfeller 16.11.2006 17:37 |
<font color=pink>Account Deleted wrote: After writing Bohemian Rhapsody, Freddie was inspired to create his masterpiece - March of the Black Queen.Is it not the other way around? |
Rick 16.11.2006 18:02 |
The roots of Boh Rhap already started in My Fairy King. |
FriedChicken 16.11.2006 18:56 |
the roots of Borhap already started in Wreckage. Where he wrote a song with his friend (and bandmember) called "The real Life". Which later became the intro for Borhap |
deleted user 16.11.2006 20:11 |
FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: the roots of Borhap already started in Wreckage. Where he wrote a song with his friend (and bandmember) called "The real Life". Which later became the intro for BorhapInteresting... |
FriedChicken 16.11.2006 20:27 |
yeah |
john bodega 16.11.2006 21:15 |
"The part where the music ends and there's a pause and then it goes back into the music again" I was under the impression that the music keeps going till the song ends. Then you have the next song. Hmmm. "It's almost the exact same music." Well... I don't really see a lot of Bo Rhap in this song, except for right near the end. The only real similarity is that it's long, and it has fairly different points of the song that seem to be held together by those little themes that Freddie was so good at writing. |
FriedChicken 17.11.2006 04:41 |
Hmmm... I think Freddie wrote those kind of songs because he wasn't good in writing back then.. I'd love to put my theory here, but then again. I'm sure a board full of crazy Freddie lovers who think he's God, and who thinks Freddie reads this forum every day probably won't like it |
Sebastian 18.11.2006 05:45 |
So 'Bo Rhap' was written that way because Freddie couldn't write well ... interesting theory. BTW 'Real Life' is REMINISCENT of the intro of 'Bo Rhap', but it doesn't mean it's the same. Likewise, 'Let Your Heart Rule Your Head' is reminiscent of '39 but it doesn't mean Brian started writing LYHRYH in 1975. |
Poo, again 18.11.2006 06:47 |
thefairyfeller wrote:Nope, I'm pretty sure Bo Rhap came first.<font color=pink>Account Deleted wrote: After writing Bohemian Rhapsody, Freddie was inspired to create his masterpiece - March of the Black Queen.Is it not the other way around? |
john bodega 18.11.2006 08:30 |
"Bo Rhap which was, in a way the climax of his songwriting..." I wonder if it's too late to ask them to rename "Millionaire Waltz" to "Chopped Liver"..... Geeze! |
deleted user 18.11.2006 16:35 |
Zebonka12 wrote: "Bo Rhap which was, in a way the climax of his songwriting..." I wonder if it's too late to ask them to rename "Millionaire Waltz" to "Chopped Liver"..... Geeze!Sorry... Edit: Bo Rhap AND the Millionaire Waltz were the climax of his songwriting... I second that geeze... |
skiqueen 18.11.2006 20:23 |
this is mentioned in the night at the opera dvd by brian...just to let you know....or remember... |
Donna13 18.11.2006 20:36 |
I always thought Somebody to Love was the climax! Ha. Anyway, I don't agree that March of the Black Queen was just a prototype. I think Freddie was a great song writer very early on, and in my opinion, he was trying to show just what he was capable of (to show his genius). |
brENsKi 19.11.2006 12:38 |
very old topic...but for clarification Fairy feller's Masterstroke/Nevermore/March of the Black Queen are accepted as Freddie's genesis of Bo Rhap (albeit) in an very embryonic stage as for Fairy King (a gem) - this is a direct life from Robert Browning's - Pied Piper of Hamelyn hope this helps |
FriedChicken 20.11.2006 04:47 |
Sebastian wrote: So 'Bo Rhap' was written that way because Freddie couldn't write well ... interesting theory.Maybe not Bohemian Rhapsody. But definatly the a-cyclic songs from the first 2 albums. Don't you think it's a coincedence (sp?) that Freddie wasn't able to write normal pop tunes in the late 60's. So he put several ideas together. And when he was in Queen. He didn't make a lot of normal pop/rock tunes. And the ones he did were also just a short idea. Sometimes modulated a lot of times (like Funny how Love Is for example) and sometimes kept as a short song (Nevermore) It's also strange that he stopped doing acyclic songs when he started writing normal pop tunes. I'm not saying he was a bad songwriter, cause he most definatly was great, even if it was the case that he wrote those songs because he couldn't do anything else. |
Sebastian 20.11.2006 07:05 |
Indeed there are people who can only write that way when they're starting. After 'II' Freddie had definitely learnt how to use his creativity in a more accessible way without losing sophistication. People tend to overrate 'II' too much, and underrate 'SHA' when it comes to songwriting, but actually I think Mercury was far better in 'Sheer': he could do trickier stuff and at the same time being catchy and listeneable. 'Bo Rhap' is definitely much more complex musically than 'Black Queen' (even though it's shorter), and it's much more "pop" too! |
FriedChicken 20.11.2006 07:48 |
But you agree that Freddie wrote stuff like My Fairy King and March of the Black Queen because he was incapable of writing real pop tunes? Because I don't think this was what Freddie wanted, to be honest. I think he did it because he couldn't do something else. (That doesn't mean it is worse, or better than other songwrite) |
FriedChicken 20.11.2006 07:49 |
Sebastian wrote: So 'Bo Rhap' was written that way because Freddie couldn't write well ... interesting theory. BTW 'Real Life' is REMINISCENT of the intro of 'Bo Rhap', but it doesn't mean it's the same. Likewise, 'Let Your Heart Rule Your Head' is reminiscent of '39 but it doesn't mean Brian started writing LYHRYH in 1975."ut I don't think we actually finished anything. There was a cowboy-type song called 'The Real Life', which was actually reminiscent of the first part of 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. That was the chorus at that time, although it could have been one of Brian's songs." Thats the quote. If he says 'That was the chorus at the time' I think it's fair to say that it evolved and that parts of it became the BoRhap intro. If Let Your Heart was the chorus at the time of '39 it would also be a totally different story. |
Sebastian 20.11.2006 11:05 |
I stick with " which was actually reminiscent of the first part of 'Bohemian Rhapsody'", but anyway I agree to disagree there. Regarding your other point ("I don't think this was what Freddie wanted, to be honest. I think he did it because he couldn't do something else") I agree with half of that: I do think that he polished the songs until they were exactly as he wanted them (remember how a meticulous perfectionist he was), but I do agree that he probably wouldn't be able - yet - of doing a pop tune (it's not as easy as many tend to think). So he chose to focus the songs in what he could do best at the time: complex forms, long non-repetitive melodies, elaborate cross-references ... perhaps that was his "defence mechanism" to hide the fact that he couldn't come up with a catchy verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus thing. In 1972, Brian definitely hadn't got enough expertise to write something as complex 'My Fairy King', but Freddie definitely hadn't got enough expertise to write something as catchy (yet somewhat sophisticated in its own way) and timeless as 'Keep Yourself Alive'. That's why I think they complemented each other quite well. Most of the forum posters would probably dislike 'Liar' or 'Black Queen' if they were from a different composer. But most of us would love 'Keep Yourself' even if it were an NSYNC tune ;) |