Why Did Freddie Mercury Write Bohemian Rhapsody?
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- Let’s look at the story behind this amazing song. Queen Bohemian Rhapsody.
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The HollyHobs I think Freddie was confessing he has AIDS.
The link to Toto- Africa is wrong (it is a duplicate of Blackbird).
+ItsBaddKarma the song was released in 1975. It would be another decade before he was infected
+ItsBaddKarma the song was released in 1975. It would be another decade before he was infected
Bill Bill BillBill true but we didn't know he was infected til the 90s. He announce he was gay in the late 70's. Who's to say he contracted the disease in the 70's.
"Do whatever you want to my music, just don't make it boring."
- Freddie Mercury
@J M what are they doing to make it boring
HalfRuthless 67 they’re playing with Adam lambert
@@guillaumeqc2202 So what there keeping queen alive Freddie will still be the best
Every Freddie Mercury related video I see this stupid ass comment is on there
Bryce D and?
It's really unfair that our parents got Freddie Mercury and we get Cardi B
YES
we also get hamilton tho
@@savannah9134 the vast majority of "artists" present in our time are all shit.
At least Cardi B is fighting for the people by endorsing Bernie Sanders
@@AlessioMorello while being homophobic and TRANSPHOBIC? No thanks
Is Bohemian Rhapsody the greatest song?
Yes *:* like
Yes *:* comment
No *-* see a therapist
Come on man dont use this as a way to promote yourself
Nowhere near the greatest song
Good but not greatest
Yes rhe gretest song until today
Good, But not the greatest.
He never died cause he put his soul into his music
Your name is Hitler😂
Solar is that meant to be funny?
@@solar6988 ok?
@@solar6988 is that suppose to be funny?????? What if I said look at yo name solar be nice..
Yes, you are right.
"Thankfully Freddie did not continue down the cowboy path."
Thank goodness he didn't.
Freddie could have pulled it off.
He understood his feelings and understood how to put it all together.
Amen!!
Yee haw🤠
Freddie mercury was the best singer and entertainer
He would have redefined country
Why did Freddie write Bohemian Rhapsody? Because that's what he was born to do..to dazzle and mesmerize the human race...and he did it damn well
BEYOND EXPECTATIONS
Sammeeee
He's still dazzling and mesmerizing from beyond the grave! I will play queen for my children my grandchildren and hopefully my great grandchildren. LONG LIVE QUEEN!
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And God bless
“I pity your wife if you think 6 minutes is too long”
ikr there is literally a metal song that is 22 minutes long
Ahah the film
Jayden Barreiro you got the quote wrong... It’s “I pity your wife if you think six minutes is forever”
Arabian songs in the 60s were literally 2-3 hours
Real TALK !
R I P Freddie Mercury 👐
When I was younger, I didn't realise that Freddie wrote this before his HIV diagnosis. I always thought that the lyrics were like the thoughts that go through the mind of someone who know's they're going to die soon.
When Queen came out everyone knew him and at least one of his band members were gay. We knew Elton John was too and highly suspected Rod whats his name...sang tonight's the night. Never cared for him much. But loved Elton . We also suspected David Bowie and wondered about several others.
@@RepentfollowJesus Rod Stewart......but I presume you know that.....just being facetious.
@@RepentfollowJesus Queen is not gay
Fred: I am not the leader, I'm just the lead vocalist. 💗
5minutes later "I am the leader of Queen"
@@mecate818
Somebody told that he said;
I'm the Queen leader?
P.S...., or was it the leader Queen...???
4:41 Freddie wrote the RIFF not the SOLO, big difference, you did a stupid mistake
Yes he was THE LEADER OF QUEEN
@@4rgentus yess right! !!!!!
He thought his piano playing was ok. IT WAS FREAKING BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gaming With lex dude! I was thinking that too!! Like how did he think it was just okay
@@tinabahena1254 Cos he was sweet, unbelievably talented, modest behind his on stage persona, and he loved cats. What more could you ask for?
Gaming With lex when a musician says something of theirs is okay it actually means, wow this is a fucking work of art I’m so proud of it
Brian May wrote the guitar solo
Yeah insane right?
Side note about Freddie Mercury: " A study by Austrian, Czech, and Swedish researchers released in 2016 concluded that Freddie Mercury had a rare and unique singing voice. The study stated that Mercury likely employed subharmonics, in which the ventricular folds vibrate along with the vocal folds. Most human vocal patterns never use the ventricular folds, with the exception of Tuvan throat singers. In addition, Mercury's vocal cords just moved faster than other people's. While a typical vibrato will fluctuate between 5.4 Hz and 6.9 Hz, Mercury's was 7.04 Hz. To look at that in a more scientific way, a perfect sine wave for vibrato assumes the value of 1, which is pretty close to where famous opera singer Luciano Pavarotti sat. Mercury, on the other hand, averaged a value of 0.57, meaning he was vibrating something in his throat even Pavarotti couldn't move."
His teeth made his vocals
Bonnie Bickett false
@@bonniebickett4520 they would have affected his enunciation and speech patterns, but it's the vocal Folds that determine the vocals of a person.
His teeth is harmonica
@Ken Cheek yep
Bohemian Rhapsody is so relatable in so many different ways each person interprets it differently but the main theme is about Identity and self acceptance
Yes!
Yes it's true !! Mama. hou hou and HE askS pardon to his mother !! This song is very heartrending and it 's make me crying every time when I i listen to this song !!
*1975 Bohemian Rhapsody is the #1 song*
*1992 Bohemian Rhapsody is the #1 song*
*2018 Bohemian Rhapsody **_is the #1 movie_*
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November 2018 Bohemian Rhapsody is the #1 stolen comment
All the way.. damn right
I remember when this came out! One of my favorite Queen songs! The movie is a must see. It won’t disappoint!
BR is now my 20 year old son's favorite song.
Aids killed so many of my personal friends, my brother too. RIP, Freddie, you'll always be remembered.
terryfriend16 am so sorry mate, may God be with them and you too. Trust Jesus and he will help you😁
so your brother was gay?
What the fuck were your friends doing?
I’ve seen this comment some where else but I’m sorry
@@whyyes6429 bro aids doesnt come from gay boys . it could be w a woman that has aids
Bohemian Rhapsody is a song about coming out, letting go of the previous persona he put on for everybody. The man he killed was himself, the heterosexual he was so he could fit into the world. As he found himself (bisexual) he was also becoming successful as an artist, "life had just begun, but now I've gone and thrown it all away", and feared that as people found out about his sexuality his career would be over. Very difficult to come out back then, "I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all".
Treatment of gays was and can still be harsh, "so you think you can stone me and spit in my eye, so you think you can love me then leave me to die": after finding out I'm not straight like you? "Just gotta get right out of here".
Accepting his reality and in an effort to not be affected by the situation he feigns "nothing really matters to me, any way the wind blows", indeed.
RIP Freddie, and thanks.
Conor K thank you. I’ve been trying to find the meaning of this song & now I understand.
I already knew the message of the song but the way u put it just made me cry
Thank you..
@Seamus Chase u gotta be kidding
Thanks for that. I had suspected for a long time that this song was reactive and about his illness later in his life ("just killed a man" = killed himself - it's a pretty compelling song taken from that point of view) - but according to this video (your explanation makes it much more clear) he wrote it early, and it's positive and totally different.
What a terrible shame he died so young, he was a memorizing artist that we really didn’t know, and so talented, a true master of music, he is missed 😢
It’s crazy how society judges someone who is true to himself.
Maria Reyez what morels do you have to back that up with?
We all must repent and turn to Jesus and fallow Gods word. And we all have to realize we are sinners. And change
@@journeygang149
Those who hide their lights under a bushel sin against the God who made them.
Beautiful artists & musicians, gay, straight, anything in between, are created of the Father's hand.
We straighties have the unique burden of learning not to hate & judge
@@journeygang149 bruh
don neuenschwander another religious freak
Society
I'm not a big Queen fan, but anyone who says Bohemian Rhapsody isn't one of the greatest songs ever recorded in history is a liar.
Jonathan Morales or know about Stairway to Heaven or Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd
Father won't you let me in LIAR!
It is a suite as much as 1812 overture and Rhapsody In Blue
Guys he said “ONE OF the greatest songs ever recorded”
Why does everybody have to inject different songs in this certain comment? He's just talking about Bohemjan Rhapsody being one of the greateat songs ever recorded... Simple as that.
Me at 3am watching this: I don't need sleep I need answers
Edit:thanks for the likes, I forgot I even made this comment😂
Skittles S 😂😂😂😂
A Man of culture
I see ...
Wrong meme
Me at 3:28 am
It's 1:40am now... LoL
He was a baritone and he could sing in any key he wanted,, that alone is amazing,,, and a touch of Freddie to add, one could say that he was and continues to be the best frontman ever.
"So, Why Did Freddie Mercury Write Bohemian Rhapsody?"
Darling, he just was doing his work.
@@victordwyer1018 right?
Dry
No it was beyond any kind of work my friend
I love the piano part I need to learn it after I master für elise
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Why did Freddie Mercury write Bohemian Rhapsody?
Simple. He's a genius. You can't understand how geniuses work, it just beyond us.
Hmmmmm!!! It was a mystery then.
TimoManuel33 - bingo! And as a long time Queen fan, been listening to & loving their music for the past 31 years, I get rather perturbed when those who don’t agree with his lifestyle say it written about him giving HIV to all the men he slept with. They say that’s what they mean by mama, just killed a man. First, HIV/AIDS hadn’t emerged or been heard of when he wrote the song. Second, he was still with Mary then & had not yet come out as bisexual/gay. He may have had urges he didn’t understand then, but he had not realized at the time what that meant.
@Shaun Murphy Fan *Man's not hot*
It’s for the listener we don’t need to know why he wrote it though we may be curious. What will always be more interesting is what it means to the individual
unless you're a genius yourself. it looks like nobody here is tho.
Pop songs nowadays: “I’m in love with the shape of you.”
Bohemian Rhapsody: “Mama, just killed a man.”
songs back then: iM iN lOvE wItH mY cAr
@@nyateehee8578 Gucci gang
Chan Kai Xi freddie mercury also wrote a song about a fucking bicycle
Pumped up kicks
Cain Kerner and they also managed to get 500 babes to pose on bicycles nude. Freaking history!!
This world was blessed to have Freddie Mercury in it. And not only because of the incredible talent he had.
I believe so many people would still be pretending to be someone they weren’t, just so they would have a chance to get somewhere in the world.
In Rhapsody, you can hear the emotional pain he was in. When asked, in interviews, what the song was about...what it meant, he lied. In at least one interview, he said Rhapsody was a combination of many songs that he had written over the years.
It makes me sad that he felt that he had to hide his truth.
And of course, he was a huge reason for people opening their eyes to a “new” killer called AIDS. His death helped save many lives because people took notice. He did not die in vain.
Thank you Freddie for sharing your incredible talent with us. Thank you for helping in the fight against “hate”. I don’t know if you knew that you were doing that. Maybe none of us knew it, at the time.
I hope that someday I will hear you sing - face to face.
They put alot of work into that song and it was all worth it
huey long the lyrical genius will never be found again, I fear.
One of the most beautiful and full of facets songs I've ever heard, this song is felt deep in the soul of those who think about the path to be taken in life and its meaning. Freddie showed us that life has the meaning you give to it, and even so it doesn't matter after all. This is just a existancialistic/niilistic interpretation of this masterpiece.
Anyway the wind blows
My kids are post 2000 and they also like it. It is somewhat timeless
It's a song all can enjoy
Yes did an album in 74(?) called Tales From Topographic Oceans. It consisted of 4 songs averaging approximately 20 minutes apiece.
Here's a direct quote to Freddies words on writing Bohemian Rhapsody: "Basically I was writing three songs and they were meant to be different and I just, I just couldn't finish them and I just thought "oh dammit I'll just put the three together!"
so you are a big fan
By the way you can see him saying this in a video called "Queen Interview in Leiden 1984" at about 5 minutes into the video :)
wow
Bis mil lah, in the name of Allah, he will not let me go, bis mil lah, NO, he will not let me go
and in this Australian interview 4 minutes in
czcams.com/video/_xLvYQMHmwk/video.html
Freddie has been dead for almost twenty years and whenever Queen tours he still controls the audience with his A-OHs! The quote legends never die Freddie is a prime example of that quote!
Christmas Ebes dumbass nearly 30
@@teenjackass4913 why call people names.? You feel superior cuz you corrected nothing.?
Almost 20 years he died in 1991 it’s 30 years 😾
@@paulwhite9264 no its not yesterday marked 29 years....next year is 30
@@paulperry9861 sorry chief 😎
Intelligence and true talent that Freddie learned to play music upside down while lying in bed. He had a piano as the headboard of his bed and, when inspired, would reach back and play what he'd heard in his dreams. His vocal range was so impressive that in 2016 it even inspired a team of European scientists. He poured his heart out into the songs. They’re whimsical. They’re ethereal at times. They’re painful. He was a charismatic genius, not afraid to go after what he wanted. Freddie inspired not only as a writer and as a musician and as a performer but ultimately as a man. He died young, he lived his life to the full and he crammed in an amazing amount of music. More than most people could in five lifetimes. What a brave and courageous man. He never dies because he lives in his songs and our hearts. Love you...Xoxox ❤
But radio stations over play it , screw you Mike Myers
Freddie was one of the greatest talents the world has ever seen.
Tina Walters without a doubt
Dickie I have to believe that Tina is stating a fact, not an opinion.
Ask any composer that question...
"Is Freddie Mercury one of the best composers ever?"
...2/3 or 4/5 times, they'll say yes!
They might not necessarily like what he has composed,
but they'd respect it! Add in his Stage Presence,
his Vocal abilities, and his Professionalism in his Performance Skills...
how can you not say he's very talented? The proof is there!
I can see how you would feel that OPINION is involved here, though!
In my opinion, Beethoven was one of the most talented composers ever, also.
Well, most people would agree with that!
Wouldn't that lead to the assumption that THAT would be a fact?
If Everyone agrees on something,
that would inevitably lead to it being accepted as a fact!
Plus the proof that exists that shows us he was...
(Even though it IS Opinion) but with everyone agreeing... :-)
Most people believe in God, because a few books say so!
Well, Where's the Proof?
How do we know that there is a supreme being?
We just accept it! ...because a few books say so!
and most everybody believes it, therefore it's fact... W R O N G ! ! !
There's no proof that there IS a God,
You know, this invisible man who lives in the sky who also, by the way,
needs all your cash! Religious Dogma, right?
"Freddie was ONE OF the most talented people EVER!"
Sorry, but the proof is there, so, yeah, that's a fact! LOL :-)
Yes, that was my intention. Thank you
No problem! Sometimes people see only what they want to see...
you didn't say he was THE MOST Talented, and I 'll bet that THAT's what
Dickie thought you meant... or he's just trying to Troll you! LOL :-)
He could sing in registers made for the gods alone.
Bohemian Rhapsody is a masterpiece and Freddie Mercury was a genius.
Arlene Perez Cintron Freddie was a musical prostitute
Freddie was working on three songs at the same time and had the genius inspiration to combine them into this epic masterpiece. He was in love with and living with Mary Austin when this was written, there was no issue with his sexuality at that time so it wasn't a "coming out" song.
"There will never be a band called queen!!"
(throws rock at the window)
YOU CAN TAKE THAT OUT OF OUR ROYALTY!!
There will be many queens,,but only one mercury.
RIP WINDOW WE WILL MISS YOU
Simple, Freddie was a Genius, his pinkey toe has more talent than 95% of Todays Artists
No auto tuning here !!!
The Kniving Complex 100% true
Until you include the whole foot, then its 99%.
@@scottymack9410 why so salty dog?
You seem like the type of person to sit out on their porch and yell, “ Back In My Day!!!!...”
When I was a teenager I fractured my neck headbanging to bohemian rhapsody.. went to the hospital and everyone there tried to hold back the laughter when asking me “ so how did you injure yourself “? Then they’d go in the hall and bust out laughing and were like damn .. that girl legit loves some queen ...
I've actually occasionally worried about that happening when my friends and I do that, lol.
TheaterPup hahahaha well ima survivor lol 😂 my daughter has probably told all her friends of my experience lol.
@@breAnnasmama That's a hell of a story!) You are one passionate and ethusiastic fan!)
TheaterPup that shit is real haha. I may represent that .5% that has that kind of “ side effect “ to bohemian rhapsody lmao ( they should include in the parental guidance warning label , the additional warning - common side effects include::spontaneous repetitive headbanging and rare but serious potentially dangerous side effects include-fracture of cervical and thoracic spine , whip lash And reoccurring vertical convulsions of the head and neck brought on by exposure to bohemian rhapsody... long term effects have shown a percentage of patients to go on to suffer from mental defect aka diagnosis -“ insane in the membrane “ ( while these conditions are not connected , research has shown significant correlations between patients exposed to these stimuli and findings may be linked to significant “pressure”.., ( huh huh ..sorry lol. I know I threw in a non queen song title lol but if ya smell what I’m stepping in, you’ll feel me lol ) anyway haha yes, I may be among the small percentage of “ serious injuries “ ever rendered from a one person head banging incident haha but the struggle is real lmao 🤣 stay safe Haha
Eugeniya Leshenko hahah yes, I’m glad the ED wasn’t busy that night , as news of my injuries spread to most of the staff that night and of course , everyone and their mama had to come and get the details for themselves, followed by contagious loud laughter both to my face lol and way down the hallway upon exiting lol. I did leave the hospital feeling like I had mad respect among staff but I’m probably the only patient to receive care instructions to the effect of rock on ..., but only after being cleared via x Ray ... or please excuse Kri from rocking on for x amount of time , may resume activity after being cleared by physician , or whatev to that effect Haha. sadly I’m a repeat offender hah. Haven’t broken my neck again lol but Have had re injured the area lol and can’t say oh it was 15 years ago or anything ! I’m 39 and I still get all caught up when that song comes on and hits the lead into that instrumental break for the badass guitar feature all the way through to retardando haha! These youngsters today don’t get the privilege of knowing what good music sounds and feels like Haha. It’s up to dedicated fools like me to put it in perspective haaaa ha
I don't care who says what about Freddy. He was one of a kind and I am so blessed to have been apart of his journey. Such a pure heart and spirit. I thank my folks for gifting with his music. You were a legend to us here in Cape Town, South Africa. For me personally you were a Legend.
Bohemian Rhapsody is the only song that you can put with what ever story into it cause for everybody Bohemian Rhapsody carries a different relative meaning
That's true
Thank you because that's exactly what I thought too
*”I don't want to die, I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.”*
Carry on carry on. Nothing really matters. Nothing really matters to meee.
Carry on carry on
Damn, after watching this video that lyric hit even harder
I love that part in the movie when he sings that for the first time. It's like it was so good he shocked himself!
Waayyyywww .. weeeewww.. ra re reeeeeeeeeew .......
WE NEED SONGS LIKE THESE IN THE NOW!!!,The artist today aren't cutting it
Brenden urie
No one is CAPABLE or not yet born... shame on musics today and composer......!!! Beyond freddies imagination..............
@@sherylcasia8265 maybe look up other music genres, don't just look at the mainstream
raffael smith artists now don’t have the same ability that Freddie does and there will only ever be 1 bohemian rhapsody
Artists workings these days are a joke, most of them anyway :(
I never truly appreciated Queen when I was younger...or really realised just how brilliant Freddie was. Or how much of a sensitive soul he was..I couldn't let a week go by now without listening to some Queen.
So glad I saw them live, Knebworth in the 80s, even though I went to see someone else..
What a genius Freddie was with this song!!!! The work of beauty.
He was so brilliant and died way too young!!
There will never be another Freddie Mercury ever his are perfect and his vocal range was amazing
Robert Ramirez mark martlel?
*He is*
Michael Jackson
@Prashasya Gautam u bugging 😂😂😂 he had LARGE range
@Prashasya Gautam and u sir hold this L forever
Freddie was a beautiful and super talented man born ahead of his time. He broke down so many barriers just being himself. I have the utmost respect for Freddie.❤
"true poetry is for the listener"
I'm 24 and this song is 40 years old. Timeless. Never doubt it, so much soul was put into it. I love it so much.
Freddie Mercury was a singer like no other.
True
Freddie Mercury wasn't famous for being a singer. He was famous for being on the the most incredible "Song Writers" in history. Without Freddie's God Given Gift for writing music, he would have just been a mediocre singer. No different than you or me.
@@seanstinebuck4890
Sorry but you're crazy.
Sean Stinebuck
You are grossly mistaken. If you ever listen to the tracks if just him singing without any instruments you'd have to agree. But if you still don't, meh. A lot of people like today's music, too. To each his own.
Too bad Marc Martel sound exactly like him.
The best singer in history. Fucking legend
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
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, mama mia, mama mia (Mama 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.
(Ooooh, ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters,
Nothing really matters to me.
Any way the wind blows.
a true masterpiece
I can't be the only one knowing about this in 2019 right? Back me up!!!
My brother surrendered to aids in 1994. He's in my prayers.
Oh hey look at me mentioning the current date on this slightly aged video! I’m totally not whoring myself for likes! /s
I came to know about Freddie last week
Who cares if Freddie Mercury was gay, he was one of the greatest frontmen in music, not just rock and roll, ever
why would it matter if someone was gay, a great musician, who changed lives for millions of people, or just a simply a person, trying to live their life to their fullest. i dont get why anyone should care about what goes on in your personal life
He was gay???
cody white compared to who was the greatest frontman compared to all the other idiots that couldn't sing there's thousands of singers did he couldn't can be compared to cuz he sucks literally and physically
Who cares? His gayness is what killed him
Mr Dave did u even watch the video?
Makes so much sense when you think about it. I followed Freddie Mercury's life story over the years He was the Queen of the stage where he portrayed himself to be one magnificent performer. He learned to accept himself for who he was,it was the world (other than his fans) that he felt like he was a cast over shadow to,he hid his true self away from the public eye so he could be Himself!! He gave us all the gift of his music and a chance to know at least that much about him. Behind closed doors he was just the man behind his music and had a love for his cats and his family.
I still miss Freddie. The world is just better with some people living in it, Freddie was one of those people. I just watched a clip of a 60'000 audience at a Green Day concert singing Bohemian Rhapsody to an empty stage. Freddie, still holding people in the palm of his hand, bringing joy & he is not even there. Freddie is Pure Magic. RIP you Beauty.
"Why did Freddie Mercury write Bohemian Rhapsody?" What kind of question is that? Why did Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel? Because he could!!
They created masterpieces that became the story of their own lives. Truly amazing.
Yeah. Why not? But interesting video.
Because he was paid to?
Michaelangelo was summoned to paint it.
Dude...it's called sarcasm. You're not as smart as you think dummy.
My heart breaks for this man.
So sad that he really couldn't live as himself for so many, many years.💜
Why did he write bohemian rhapsody?
Bc others cant
XD
the guitar solo was written by Brian May
@@roverwaters3875 so
@@noname.___ idiots believe Freddie wrote it
This is big brain time
Freddie didn't die, he became the inspiring, tunes that come out of the air when you're sitting in class, pondering the greatest mysteries of music
Back in 1976 when my clock radio would go off in the morning everyday for what seemed like forever I was awakened by a beautiful voice singing "Mama, I killed a man. Put a gun up to his head. Pulled the trigger now he's dead". I listened to every word, every morning". I didn't try to analyze it. I just enjoying the complexity, the harmony and the song. I had never heard a rock band do anything that sensational and I feel the same way today at age 65.
For me, Bohemian Rhapsody is the best rock song ever, Stairway To Heaven is a second for me.
Spider Boy and 3rd. freebird!
wow, same here!
bohemian rhapsody, africa, don’t stop believin :3
DENIED!
Nothing can beat Stairway to Heaven.
Maybe this guy was on Earth only for this mission : make genius music, and let people enjoy it for ever.
Mission done ✔✔
This song is pure MAGIC!
A true masterpiece. Bohemian Rapsody was way ahead of its time and can never be repeated. Freddie Mercury and Queen were utter geniuses. xx
when the photo of Freddie and two fluffy cats appeared, my heart melts:(
I love cats and love the fact that he did too.
@@goodwilj Right before he died he made a song FOR his cats you have to check it out! I think it's called Delilah and I know it's got cat meowing noises on it. He ALSO used to call home when they were out on tour to check in on them with the ppl cat sitting AND have the person put the cat UP to the phone so he could talk to them!
amantyari yea their probably dead too by now......... just saying.....I think 22 or so is the record
SOOOO true - my heart melts when a man admits to loving cats. Guy Pearce, our wonderful Aussie actor, also adores cats. Even Albert Einstein says "the smallest feline is a masterpiece"
@@kevingee4294 please don't say "just saying" it''s so stoopid and annoying. We KNOW you're saying it. Put a dollar in a tin every time you say it and save up for something you want for good behaviour.
Freddie did a masterpiece. He was brilliant,
Only one?
It is the most perfect song in music history.
I just want to know how he wrote it. How on earth does such brilliance exist?
It no longer does.
It depends on the composer. I wrote the lyrics to Let it Go and the scripts for the first two seasons of Glow (Netflix) and Lucifer plus the bulk of what became La La Land (plus a lot of other stuff) in about 4 days and only redrafted once. Some people need more than that and need extra time and input to refine their vision. For me I was told my hayfever tablets might kill me prematurely when I was 18 and the apparently dead end job I was doing felt like there was no escape unless I made it myself. Necessity was not the mother of invention for me talent, boredom, escapism and an education in economics (I am one of the few people who correctly predicted 2008) were all contributory factors. I can't speak for Freddie and nor could or should I want to. Sometimes an individual experiences something (or series of somethings) that they feel the need to communicate about then they adopt a chosen medium and it becomes art. Then they refine the art to a point where they become a master craftsman if that's their desire. In Freddie's case he had extra teeth that helped his resonance and vocal range but there are lots of people with talent ultimately practice hard work and perseverance are usually what gets recognised. In terms of writing Queen were the first band to use 16 tracks (4 tracks each into a 4 track tape recorder). How you write is ultimately up to you, some start from the lyrics to suggest the chords and solos; some start by writing the chord progression and writing lyrics over the top;others still start with a guitar riff and go from there. Brilliance takes many forms and none involving autotune.
Obviously... it was a Gift from God, and he Tapped into it. Many people receive similar gifts, but fear and low self-esteem freezes them into doing nothing. Sometimes you just got to let go and fly with that intuition gift whatever you want to call it towards your destiny. So glad he did. We are all the Richer for it.
May he RIP
@@andrewharper1609 what happened in 2008, that you predicted?
@@ellalynn5418 The financial crisis
Your work went a long way Freddie. You were loved, are still loved and will always be loved.
He killed a man, himself, metaphorically through that song. And then came to grips with his sexuality. RIP Freddie!
Joe Famous Is no one realising the fact that the lines about killing a man was written in the late 1960s as a cowboy-themed song? Freddie wasn't gay at the time that part was written, so how could it mean he was coming out? And if you want to claim that he's always been gay, but just suppressed it for so long, I don't think you know who Freddie Mercury was. In the late 1960s, he was already disobeying his parent's wishes and joined several rock bands, attending parties and going to clubs. He met and fell in love with a woman, Mary Austin, and was engaged with her until 1976 when he first came out. Freddie Mercury was a man known not to care what others think of him and would gladly express himself and all that he was. You're telling me that that is the same man who was gay for about 7 years before coming out and was just too ashamed to tell anyone. That doesn't sound like Freddie at all.
It is known now that Freddie was in gay relationships even when living with Mary.
Jeanne Olson If you're going off of the movie itself, that isn't a valid source of information. But still, he wrote much of the song in the 60s, before he even met Mary and it was meant to be a Cowboy song, which makes it very likely to be literal. Freddie was never ashamed to be who he was. The only reason he would be ashamed of his sexuality would be to not disappoint Mary, which wouldn't be a problem before he met her, largely suggesting he wasn't gay until after they started touring, where he would go to a lot of parties and meetups with groupies backstage, both male and female.
I have always tought the same... The music and lyrics of a real artist always come from the subconscious mind and is projected onto the great creations they developed, even if they denied it or say its meaningless. In fact, most of our acts and concepions of reality come mostly from our subconscious mind.
@@TheBlackQueen He also had a girl before Mary, I don't remember her name, you'll find her in photos of Ibex or Wreckage
The first time I heard the song it was played over the phone from my brother who lived in Michigan. He had been to a Chicago concert where he heard Mercury and his band play, 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.
He was a 14 year old brat who took a tape recorder in....
I was 16 and we shared the love of music.... He played it over the phone and it was instant gratification. I was living in Miami at the time and instantly got on the phone and called all the stations that play rock... No one knew what I was talking about, two weeks later they were playing it and and never let up from that time on.
Freddie Mercury: artist; singer, musician and composer.
We are given to few of these wonderful, talented people.
The movie was EPIC!!! (Just came home from it)
Jimmy Louis how did they get Brian May to dye his hair and play himself? 😜great casting
I saw it a couple of weeks ago and am still under its spell...have no idea WHAT exactly touched me so deeply. Very emotional to me...and I was not a big Queen fan at all...only own 1 album out of probably 500.
kayakchrispy ; thought so, too!! Movie seemed more a documentary!!! Just like being right there!
DoofsterDan him winning over his father at the end was a big part of the emotional attachment for me...
Iv seen it 4 times in the theater....first time iv seen a movie that much in the theater
Hearing some lyrics on this song saddens me.. " I don't want to die, sometimes I wished I wasn't born at all"... " To late my time has come, Goodbye everybody I've got to go, got to leave you All behind" knowing he's not with us anymore and with these lyrics is Very Sad😌
Lizette Martinez I had always heard the song is about him coming to terms with his inevitable death because he knew he was sick tor a long time but kept it a secret. the part with "I see a little silhouette" is actually describing the scene of judgement day (thunderbolt and lightning/very very frightning)as he pleads with God - im just a poor boy"let me go" (He says Bis mil laah) Arabic for in the name of God as he is told no no no. then he sees Hell "Oh mama mia" and finally acknowledged he is going to hell ( a devil put aside for me)? the last uptempo section is a confrontation with the man he contracted hiv/aids from. the first line of the song is the clue Is this the real life? or is this just fantasy? and when we die the reality begins.so the reality of this world is "Nothing really matters"
@@openmindedone that's a very interesting theory of the song and actually fits the lyrics.
@@openmindedone nice analyzes
Just a wild thought ☹️Maybe he might have already seen that he is not going to live any longer. He was a different breed of musician a class of his own, where no one will even come close to his music composing talent.
Paul...those lyrics are a complete match. This fact always blew my mind, mostly because I'm pretty sure the didn't even know he had/was gonna get aids back in 1975. I don't even think he had it for such a long time. In those times, he wouldn't have lived for 16 more years. So he just foresaw. I think he got it sometime in the '80s.
I'm not 100% sure though. If anyone has a more info about it, please share it.
Blessed were those people who knew personally such extraordinary talents alive! I wish I could meet him in another life.
It was a masterpiece. Freddy was one of a kind. He was such a phenomenally talented musician.
It took balls to make a 6 minute song back then.
One of my favorite singers from the late 60s/early 70s had an amazing hit and it was over 9 minutes long. While rare, the long song is not unheard of.
And who doesn't love Bohemian Rhapsody? Everyone stops what they are doing and sings along to the song anytime it is played.
The explanation is a bit screwy, but people make suppositions based on what they want to be true. If he had been a wife beater or a pedophile, people would not have embraced such an attitude of "I gotta be me".
And before anyone freaks out, I was making a point of there are limits to "I gotta be me".
But Freddie did make it a life work to be himself. This much we know.
His voice and his privacy gave him that slight air of mystery. He loved what he did, but I am betting he felt that the world did not own him, as so many do to famous people.
Well, yes and no. It wasn't brave for anyone to record a long song... it was a huge risk to put it out as a single, because the goal was to get it played on the radio and hit singles tended to be around 3 minutes long. The label's fear was that Bohemian Rhapsody would never get played and therefore hurt the album's potential sales. They were wrong, obviously.
Don't forget Hotel California. The Eagles refused to shorten it for radio airplay. They were right not to. True artists stand their ground. The music endures & speaks for itself.
Actually 7 and a half minutes
Color Not Colour you’re missing the point about radio play, and Queen as far as I can tell aren’t a prog rock band. The only time you hear shine on you crazy diamond or echoes on radio is on Sirius Xm and they consider them deep cuts lol.
Bohemian Rhapsody IS THE greatest rock composition that was ever written and will ever be written. It is unreachable!
Yes,I agree I was so enriched and lucky to be able to enjoy Queen from the beginning. I was also lucky enough to see Queen in 1975.Cant believe it has been so long. I will always love Queen!
We will always remember
The Poor Boy,
The Killer Queen,
Mr. Bad Guy,
Larry Lurex,
Invisible Man,
Farrokh Bulsara,
And Freddie Mercury
A smash hit is a *slight* understatement, it is one of the best-selling songs of ALL TIME.
Freddie Mercury was a genius. Period. His music appears in countless movies, commercials, etc. Bohemian Rhapsody is the best rock song in history Queen was a group of virtuoso musicians as well as incredible entertainers. Yes, I am a fan :-)
DreamWork Wellness LLC scratch the „rock“
Imo, it’s the best song ever written.
The darn thing is, the only real virtuoso among them was Brian. If you put Freddie behind a screen and listened you would know he was good, but you wouldn't think GOAT. But put him on stage and WOW! Roger and John were really quite ordinary. But together they really made great music. I mean they wrote some admittedly really stupid songs (I'm looking at you Leroy Brown:), but for a stretch of 6 albums in a row, they wrote iconic songs that we'll listen to for the rest of our lives. I'm not going to try to figure it out anymore, but I'm glad I'm old enough to have had their albums with all the extra songs that you won't hear these days. For example, people know Bohemian Rhapsody and You're my Best Friend, but may never have heard Death on Two Legs, '39, Prophet's Song, Love of my Life, Good Company which are all on the same album. That side 2 is one of the best album sides going. (I know, what's an album side? - sigh)
WOW BH WAS THE BEST ROCK SONG IN HISTORY?? IT WAS GOOD BUT CERTAINLY NOT THAT GOOD.. BOWIE WAS FAR BETTER...
STOP TAKEING DRUGS K N.. NO SERIOUSY JUST STOP IT..
4:41 Freddie wrote the RIFF not the SOLO, big difference, you did a stupid mistake
Rest in Peace Freddy. We miss you and thank you for the amazing music you left behind. I'm happy you are at peace and not as misunderstood as you were in life by many. Much love to you 💕🙏🤘🤴
A legendary song written by a legend.
Beautiful video! Freddie Mercury was such a genius and it hurts me to think of the pain he felt before he came "out". His music is poetry and Freddie, Brian, Roger and Deacon together were perfection. I miss Freddie so very much.
What are you talking about? He never “came out“.
I know I would feel a lot of pain if I let some dude ram his boner up my bunghole. . . .OUCH!! Happy to say I'll never know.
The meaning of the song was hidden in plain sight after all.
kirby march Barcena so much has even watch all in family or twlight zone these satanic govenment has hid so much but now we can see it now
@@Teresahorner get help.
Teresa Horner chase wot
I think it means perfect harmony or something
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I've always felt like it was him coming out as HIV positive, Not gay. And being scared of AIDS consequences.
{"If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on"
"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, ooo
I don't want to die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all"}
Maybe I'm wrong but that's the way I interpret the lyrics.
This was Freddies masterpiece.
Freddie was a master ....an a free spirit..who took us all on a journey..
Perfect. Freddie Mercury. Always ❤️
Even tho I wasn't born when Queen made music (I'm 14 rn), but I love listening to their songs. They're so talented. Bohemian Rhapsody is the best composed song ever in my opinion. Everyone knows it, and I think many people will also know it in 30 years or even more.
Same
Music is timeless
Yo, Giorno!
Freddie lives. And he's a man loved throughout the planet. Thanks for this.
He had the music in his mind many years before QUEEN...
Bohemian Rhapsody is indeed a confession but not only about his sexuality but what he had sacrificed to for his life of fame. When he is saying goodbye everybody I’ve got to go he is actually admitting he made a decision he had to live with. The sacrifice you ask was the exchange of his soul for his success. Confirmed in the hook him begging to be let go, let him out of what had already been done. Which is why he also mentioned beelzebub has a devil put aside for him, meaning he is awaiting his time for beelzebub to come collect. To me it seems he was being literal and had not understood what he was doing, also why he says it’s too late my time has come. These classic bands are going to be known until the end of time for this amazing piece. I love Queen and Freddie he is an amazing composer and musician.
This is very possible. After the first line in the song saying he'd killed a man (the old Freddie), then he says he's gone and thrown it all away. Who knows?
Gina Dixon Are you an MK Ultra freak or just a religious freak?
*100%*
Freddie wrote the RIFF not the SOLO, big difference
I agree with what you have to say, but also, it's like a foreshadowing of his life, from the fame and the fortune, to where you can relate this song to where he loses his life and battle with AIDS in the future. Bone chilling in a sense, you can say he wrote his death song, and didn't even know it, or did he? As you say, look at the lyrics, and relate it to his life's journey,
Just a breakdown of some of his lyrics, and how it could be his foreshadowing:
Fantasy (rock star life), poor boy (he was poor growing up), killed a man (bisexual and description of how it happened HIV), too late my time has come / body's aching all the time(AIDS and eventual death), Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me (he was afraid of his lifestyle), Easy come easy go will you let me go
Bismillah, no we will not let you go, let him go (deal with the devil for his soul), Oh baby can't do this to me baby (he loved his life, he doesn't want to die), Nothing really matters to me
Anyway the wind blows
(In the end, face the truth about his life, I did, I entertained, a legacy will live on.)
He was an amazing entertainer.
I went to the pre-screening of Bohemian Rhapsody last year in Sydney/Australia . It was one of the best movies I've ever seen xoxo
I saw it 3 times in a row. I have never done that before.
Freddie is as important as Lennon and McCartney in the history of modern music. Not less not more....genius. All of them
Only the good die young
No Lennon and McCartney are alot more important, they inspired Freddie, without them, he wouldn't have done anything
@@westter8164 yes Lennon and McCartney were pioneers in music, and yes Mercury was inspired by them. But I think even if The Beatles never happened, Queen would probably have taken up the spot as the Number 1 band. I think Freddie's talent as a musician definite rivals that of both Lennon and McCartney. And this is coming from a huge Beatles fan.
@@niamunt ok but see you are talking about talent, not importance, and the fact is that Lennon and McCartney are way more important to the way music is written than I think Freddie could have ever been, because again without those two maybe he would be more important but that doesn't matter anyway since without them he wouldn't have written, the thing is that I don't feel that Freddie was very innovative with his writing, he wrote well but it just wasn't innovative enough to call him as important as Lennon and McCartney
@@westter8164 you're right about Lennon and McCartney having such a huge impact, musically and culturally (I mean it's pretty difficult to overstate The Beatles' importance; from Rubber Soul in 65 to Abbey Road in 69, you won't find any innovation on such a scale in such a short period of time) and Freddie didn't have as much an impact as they did (no one has) but I think talent-wise, Freddie was definitely up there. Vocals, melodies, writing, and showmanship (Queen at Live Aid 85 being in my opinion the best live performance EVER), Freddie definitely had more talent than anyone in the last regard, and had The Beatles continued touring after 66 I still don't think they would have achieved Queen's level of putting on a show; so in at least one regard I think Freddie outshone.
People who lived in 70s-80s are lucky to have Queen and others. Meanwhile, we have crappy artists nowadays 😂😭
OMG this was a beautiful piece and ALL OF US NEED TO LEARN TO LOVE AND APPRECIATE EACH OTHER NO MATTER OUR DIFFERENCES! Freddie May you Rest In Peace and may your light shine FOREVER 💋
bohemian rhapsody was the first and so far only song that had made me cry when i was little and really listened to the song. I remenber being in the car looking out the window so my family wouldn't see my tears
Now your CZcams family knows
Jenic Darling same. I was young. Heard it. Moved me. And I cried.
That’s what my uncle use to tell me and I was terrified for years after that.
Samee
@WE WUZ VIKANGS!!! n shiet. no, its a song for his coming out song. also, scaramouche, galileo, figaro, and beelzebub symbolize each band member.
Such a great song!!! I’m so glad that Freddie wrote that song
Everybody likes his body.. but his real beauty was his voice and abilty to convey feelings through his voice .he defines the real music by his beaitiful songwriting and singing them with full soul into them.
No one else could write bohemian rhapsody, what a legend
I can't even imagen the song being shorter it should be longer!!
Imagine
in stead of 5:55 it should have been 6:66 minutes.. lol beelzebub would have loved that
@@sadev101 7:06 then...
@You are good hahahaha i didn spot my error when i typed. , i need to think more before i type it seems or not stay up so late.. feeling silly now
@@sadev101 lol Lord have mercy !
This song is genius..no matter what mood I'm in when it plays on the radio i crank it up and immerse my self in every note.