lundi 12 novembre 2012

Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" rocked America and much beyond

By James Albert


"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a timeless masterwork belonging to the legendary rock band "Queen" which was published in 1975. The cd "A night in Opera" is widely known as an excellent duper song and this song was taking over on the music charts. Freddy Mercury was the lyricist and the key phrases included in this song created a significant controversy. There was a claim that quite a few words were taken from the holy Quran, this was not appropriate. This tune was successful and an incredible number of records were sold in just nine weeks time period, which was an incredible success for composers and also the music company.

The record was a revolution in the music business. It was a mixture of hard rock, ballad and guitar solo, this was highly valued by experts. Bohemian Rhapsody was written and published by Freddie Mercury and the recordings were finalized after constant rehearsals of 4 months. It required more than 1 studio to record the song, which makes it unique and different. Six minutes of this masterwork had taken lot of work from the band. The song has it all and eliminates each and every mood. Combination of a ballad and hard rock was something very fresh and new which took a very long time to incorporate and form this masterwork. Freddie tamed this particular piece of music just like his child and the result was a song which was the most significant success of the rock band ever. This was extravagant and everything seemed to be just perfect. Many people state that some of the words were offensive as it targeted a particular religion but in accordance with Freddie Mercury they were just used to finish the rhyme.

The song was brought out in the UK and was popular in other nations around the world also. Other tunes from this album also became popular but this one particular became a smashing song of mid 70's. The record is getting Freddie's classic singing. This track was divided in 5 segments. All parts of the song are arranged in a way that it mixed perfectly with the ambiance. The harmonies and all other parts were result of Freddie's ingenuity. The background music were just done with piano and bass and it was completed with hard rock music which was absolutely amazing and different.

The introduction of Bohemian Rhapsody was also splendid. It required nearly 3 weeks to complete this song that was having trails of 120 repetitions. The coming of a innovative period of music was completed with this album.

At that time when the band, Queen, recorded the song, it became popular as Freddie's master-piece mainly because it was composed by him and he was the main one, who had the complete song in his brain before penning it down. It was just a notion which transformed into reality, and came in a very special moment in his daily life.

Nobody has found out precisely what the lyrics implies. Freddie has admitted that it is linked to people's relationships but he has not unveiled the mystery around it. As stated by band's members this song was unique because Freddie had the vision in regards to the song and authored the beginning while he was playing a piano.

The song gained popularity for a second time in late 90's after the death of Freddie Mercury. This song continued to be on music charts of the England and some other nations around the world for week after week. The track smashed all the records. This song is exactly about relationships and the unique selling point of Bohemian Rhapsody were its wonderful and unique lyrics. The interpretation of the song is complicated and very hard to understand. As described, this will certainly at all times remain a big mystery and with the death of Freddie, the reality vanished eternally. Bohemian Rhapsody was undoubtedly a record-breaking number of its time and acquired success for each and every individual associated with it.




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