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Queen — Bohemian Rhapsody
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jnesser
Posted: Apr 29, 2013 - 10:25
 
 Easyrider wrote:
Timeless and simply brilliant..

 





Couldn't agree more.

MsJudi
(Houston, TX)
Posted: Apr 05, 2013 - 22:32
 
 On_The_Beach wrote:
This overripe cheese has been beaten to death by overplay.
How about something else off the album; '39 maybe?

 
I'm a Queen fan from way back, and by way back, we're talking mid-70s, when they started. Been to many, many shows, listened to thousands of hours of Queen music though headphones (Leave It In The Lap Of The Gods was particularly annoying to my mother-headphone drowned out her yelling at me about it), but despite the brilliance of this song and the ground it broke at the time it was made, released, and played endlessly on the radio (which in itself was a huge achievement for a medium that would only allow a 3-minute song), it's time to go deeper into the album, and into the band's past, to find more equally brilliant music. Music that hasn't been played to absolute death. '39 would be a good example of that, but I challenge Bill and Rebecca to look even deeper, into the genius of Queen II and songs like March Of The Black Queen, Fairy Feller's Master Stroke, and Funny How Love Is.

Still, I think it's a huge compliment that this song is followed in the playlist with Mozart.
linzie
Posted: Apr 05, 2013 - 22:32
 
 oldman wrote:

Journey with Gregg Rolie doing the vocal chores or Steve Perry?
Gregg Rolie was vocalist on the first three Journey albums. 
Personally I think Steve Perry ruined a great band. Gregg Rolie has a very mellow voice.
I believe Rolie, and someone correct me if I'm wrong ( I know you will),  was the vocal talent on the first three Santana albums.
However,  I don't find Freddie Mercury in the same class of screechy vocals as Geddy Lee or Steve Perry.

 
Mercury had the best rock vocals of all time...hands down.
Mojo_LA
(Los Angeles)
Posted: Apr 05, 2013 - 22:29
 
I love this song, but I'm equally grateful that I DON'T hear it on Radio Paradise every week!

(Not like say Elbow's "Mirror Ball" which is fine, just tired now!)

oldman
(Lost in Northern Virginia)
Posted: Mar 05, 2013 - 11:04
 
 Segue wrote:
There is no more annoying song. Ever. Even Journey. This is GODAWFUL.
 
Journey with Gregg Rolie doing the vocal chores or Steve Perry?
Gregg Rolie was vocalist on the first three Journey albums. 
Personally I think Steve Perry ruined a great band. Gregg Rolie has a very mellow voice.
I believe Rolie, and someone correct me if I'm wrong ( I know you will),  was the vocal talent on the first three Santana albums.
However,  I don't find Freddie Mercury in the same class of screechy vocals as Geddy Lee or Steve Perry.

Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Mar 05, 2013 - 10:50
 
 JrzyTmata wrote:
 
Bump.



mcullers
(Country-Dominated TX)
Posted: Mar 05, 2013 - 10:48
 
The only good thing about this song is that it is long enough for PSD not to play over the beginning of the next song.

aaronm
(Eugene, Oregon)
Posted: Mar 05, 2013 - 10:47
 
 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:
Not a bad cover I guess, but the original by Jake Shimabukuro is downright awesome.
 
Wasn't the original done by Weird Al Yankovic?



NoEnzLefttoSplit
Posted: Feb 08, 2013 - 19:55
 
Not a bad cover I guess, but the original by Jake Shimabukuro is downright awesome.

dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy)
Posted: Feb 08, 2013 - 19:51
 
Everything has already been said.   {#Guitarist}

Pedro1874
(Newton-le-Willows, England)
Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 03:03
 
No matter HOW many plays this track has had, it is a CLASSIC and deserves its place on the playlist of RP.  BTW, 710 fellow listeners agree! {#Notworthy}

fedtho
(Switzerland)
Posted: Jan 08, 2013 - 12:00
 
 On_The_Beach wrote:
This overripe cheese has been beaten to death by overplay.
How about something else off the album; '39 maybe?
 
I hear you about overplay... but I hadn't listened to it in a long time, was caught off guard in good listening conditions, and it was a blast {#Sunny}
Now, I wouldn't mind hearing '39 at all myself {#Clap}

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Jan 01, 2013 - 18:55
 
A friend and I came to tears when this came on during a stoner drive up into the foothills from Boulder, right after I had these new speakers installed in the rear deck of my old '61 Impala...must have been maybe '83, and we were on the Peak to Peak Highway near a sky-blue-shining lake under a gleaming white glacier...the vibrations from the cavernous trunk, the soaring highs bouncing off the glass, the massive power-amp I had hooked up to my new auto-reverse cassette player — not to mention, Freddy's voice and the music of his bandmates — made me pull it over so we could sit and let this mad mod-rock symphony crush us into the next life like a giant freaking tidal wave...  FANTASTIC!

Segue
(Almost Paradise)
Posted: Jan 01, 2013 - 18:55
 
There is no more annoying song. Ever. Even Journey. This is GODAWFUL.

Easyrider
(Catania,Sicily,Italy)
Posted: Dec 08, 2012 - 02:52
 
Timeless and simply brilliant..

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Dec 08, 2012 - 02:51
 
This overripe cheese has been beaten to death by overplay.
How about something else off the album; '39 maybe?

creekgirl
Posted: Dec 01, 2012 - 10:11
 
OH NO!  You know how sometimes you get a song stuck in your head and it WILL NOT LEAVE but becomes a default setting and you can even hate the song, doesn't matter.  It.  Keeps.  Coming.  Back.  I will grant that Freddie Mercury had amazing pipes and this is a work of some genius, just as I can admit Gilbert & Sullivan were geniuses, but this is still MUSICAL TORTURE!
Arrrggghhhhhhhh..........

cosmiclint
(romeotuma's hotel room)
Posted: Dec 01, 2012 - 10:05
 
Love the Muppets version of this

Xeric
(Montana)
Posted: Oct 06, 2012 - 08:26
 
 ericeobrien wrote:
I admit the importance and quality of this song and band—but I could happily go the rest of my life without ever hearing "Bohemian Rhapsody" again.
 
I'm only gonna give you "quality," but other than that we agree.

Stingray
Posted: Oct 06, 2012 - 08:21
 

uuuuurgh!!!!

Vo-mit habe ich das verdient?

Mamma-Mia let it go - it's sooooo...., ridiculous? 

tdturner
(Vancouver)
Posted: Sep 29, 2012 - 14:38
 
Can't stand this tripe.  

Nuance
(Winnipeg)
Posted: Sep 29, 2012 - 14:36
 
love/hate.

Singing out loud or hitting PSD. Depends on the mood etc for either choice.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 29, 2012 - 14:34
 


This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this autumn day...

 

skooba
(The tip of Americas Wang)
Posted: Sep 04, 2012 - 18:58
 

Ahh, the music of my youth.{#Music}



stunix
(Narrowboat nr Caen Locks)
Posted: Jun 27, 2012 - 05:28
 
Southern Comfort is good too, but too much and yer sick, I dont blame RP, just society in general for overplaying a fine piece of art.

however, twice in 1 month is about right.

Glencoe_JC
(GlasVegas)
Posted: Jun 27, 2012 - 05:26
 
utter utter magic
god rest the big man
we still love you!
{#Sunny} 

Crusy
Posted: Jun 27, 2012 - 05:23
 
good - but no RP-song!

vanmas
(Leiden, Netherlands)
Posted: Jun 27, 2012 - 05:22
 
God I hate this song!
Much to overrated!
PSD button!

ploba
(the other coast and hang a left)
Posted: Jun 27, 2012 - 05:22
 
from a 9 to a 10 ...

Clairon
Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 01:03
 
GODLIKE!!!!!!! 

tomppa
Posted: May 26, 2012 - 08:40
 
If anything ever was Godlike it's this!

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 26, 2012 - 08:40
 


This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this spring morning...

 

BLADERUNNER
(Port City on the Cape Fear)
Posted: May 01, 2012 - 07:26
 
GODLIKE!!

SinisterDexter
Posted: May 01, 2012 - 07:24
 
 DaMoGan wrote:
Drunk guy singing...

Link please! 
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqymcJRSbxI

cheetahwheelies
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Apr 24, 2012 - 15:08
 
Shutting off now.

DaMoGan
(Beer on the east coast, Beer on the west coast.)
Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 14:21
 
 Shaken_Bake wrote:
I saw that too yesterday, and was just going to mention it... you beat me to it!

 Baketown wrote:
I was just watching the drunk guy in the RCP car singing this,  Too Funny Bill,  that has to be why you are playing this!!  
 
 

Link please! 

robco1
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 14:21
 
Dedicated to our friend from Ontario: http://www.torontosun.com/2012/03/30/drunk-bohemian-rhapsody-singer-goes-viral

EDIT: and then I read the comments and realize nearly everyone beat me to it. 

Shaken_Bake
(Mile High City-or is it just me?)
Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 14:20
 
I saw that too yesterday, and was just going to mention it... you beat me to it!

 Baketown wrote:
I was just watching the drunk guy in the RCP car singing this,  Too Funny Bill,  that has to be why you are playing this!!  
 



Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 14:19
 
 Baketown wrote:
I was just watching the drunk guy in the RCP car singing this,  Too Funny Bill,  that has to be why you are playing this!!  
 

Yowza!  I just saw that video also and that dude was not only totally drunker than Cooter Brown but knew the words!  Man, what a Karaoke performance.  Kudos to the cops who let him finish even after they stopped the car at the jail.  Wonder if royalties from his YouTube performance will pay for his DUI fines??

PS, I have been that drunk, also, but a long, long, long time ago.



MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 14:19
 
okay Garth...
wait for it
WAIT FOR IT

Baketown
(Maryland)
Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 14:17
 
I was just watching the drunk guy in the RCP car singing this,  Too Funny Bill,  that has to be why you are playing this!!  

DaMoGan
(Beer on the east coast, Beer on the west coast.)
Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 14:16
 
 fdfanalytics wrote:
Maybe it's time to move over to KCRW Eclectic 24. After 7-8 months, beginning to hear too much of the same old stuff and many repeats of old top 40 bad music on RP, this tune included. Appreciate what RP has been doing, but think it may be time to move on unless there is a different mix coming.
 

That's what the PSD button is for! I personally love this song, but I have to be in the right mood, which isn't now.  I'm now listening to "Joseph Arthur - Redemption's Son".  Hmmm, not sure how I like this one yet...

 EDIT: What's funny is coming back from this PSD exactly to "Nothing really matters, nothing really matters..." Lol

lelkoun
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 14:16
 
{#Drummer} {#Drummer} {#Drummer}

fdfanalytics
(Fortine, Montana)
Posted: Mar 23, 2012 - 22:07
 
Maybe it's time to move over to KCRW Eclectic 24. After 7-8 months, beginning to hear too much of the same old stuff and many repeats of old top 40 bad music on RP, this tune included. Appreciate what RP has been doing, but think it may be time to move on unless there is a different mix coming.

JrzyTmata
Posted: Mar 22, 2012 - 18:25
 


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 27, 2012 - 22:06
 


This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter evening...

 

ofanansky
Posted: Feb 27, 2012 - 22:05
 
 ofanansky wrote:
that was hilarious.
 
but not again

OneTeV
(Naperville, IL)
Posted: Feb 21, 2012 - 07:03
 
"Meh" song for me. Never enjoyed it the way most people seem to.

ofanansky
Posted: Feb 21, 2012 - 05:13
 
that was hilarious.


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