Break Away II

It was on their fifth album and lead track, that the classic Queen Bohemian Rhapsody appeared. This song was like no other at the time and the single alone spent a full nine weeks in the UK singles chart. The album was of course ‘A Night At The Opera’. The song also had a striking video,which must have helped things along.

“Bohemian Rhapsody” was written by Freddie Mercury alone. Unusually, it was written on a telephone book in blocks. Each day he would add a new part to the composure. All the other parts like bass, guitar and drums, were thought up by Freddie as he went along. The rest of the band refereed to it as Freddie’s thing. Having now idea how the song would turn out, the other members of the band recorded their various parts as directed by Freddie. What started out as a small pause or interlude,”Galileos”, were introduced and became an operatic feature of the entire song. This intertwined with the hard rock and ballad parts of the song during the final mix.

A Queen Songs revival!

During the the making of “Wayne’s World 2″ in 1992, this track was used while the crew were going down town in the ‘Murph Mobile’. Parts of the original video were in the film, while the boys sang along, doing their stuff in the car. It was a bit of a blast from the past and not quite in tune with the film but what a way to wake the fans up!

The title only came to light towards the end of the recording of the song. “Queen Bohemian Rhapsody” is now looked upon as one of popular music’s all time greats. Of course the band had other outstanding tracks and songs in the history of their long and colorful career. Radio Ga Ga,Crazy Little Thing Called Love,We will rock you, Love of My life and many others too.

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