Bohemian Rhapsody

[Gawdzillers]

Am I the only one who hates that overplayed garbage? There are far better songs that Queen made (Under Pressure, I'm In Love With My Car, Tie Your Mother Down).

I have to skip over that stupid scene in Wayne's World, even.

[crazylegs]

Ithink you'll findit was one of their best tracks, however as you say over playing it has reduced its lyrical and musical value to somewhere just below the cheeky girls (I can think of worse places to be though :p)

[Norton]

Oh, I could never hate Bohemian Rhapsody. It's a little bit of everything - Rock, soul, funk, opera, blues...


Though I do agree that hearing any song too often will be annoying. Thankfully, the radio stations in my area don't play it that much.

[protege]

Thankfully, the radio stations in my area don't play it that much.

It's never heard here in Pittsburgh. The local stations are too busy blasting Lynyrd Skynyrd all the damn time. "Free Bird" and "Sweet Home Alabama" seem to be popular favorites :rolleyes:

[AFPheonix]

Hey now, Sweet Home Alabama is a good song for drunken karaoke, I'll have you know ;)

[ShockQueen]

I love all of Queen's music, and Bohemian Rhapsody is no stranger to that list. Granted, sometimes it did get overplayed, but overall, still a very strong song, and one I adore quite a bit.

[the_std]

Ohhh, the Bohemian Rhapsody. My parents are true children of the late 70s/80s, and they didn't care who knew it. I was word-perfect on the lyrics to that song before I knew what most of them meant. It holds a special place of honour in my family, along with "Cheech & Chong's Up In Smoke" and "The Labyrinth". Mmmm.

[Gawdzillers]

Oh, I could never hate Bohemian Rhapsody. It's a little bit of everything - Rock, soul, funk, opera, blues...That's also why I hate it. It's not consistent. It starts off pretty well, but it hits the operatic parts and gets stupid.

[daleduke17]

Bicycle, bicycle.....

I want to ride my

BICYCLE!

[Seshat]

That's also why I hate it. It's not consistent. It starts off pretty well, but it hits the operatic parts and gets stupid.

I just think of it as the musical equivalent of a sampler.

(For those who don't know what a sampler is: when needlework aka embroidery was still an essential skill for middle and upper class women, girls were taught to sew many different types of stitch on a single fabric piece. Older women used similar fabric pieces to record their own stitches, especially those of their own invention. See http://www.uri.edu/hss/tmd/Gal6Embroidery.htm or google the phrase 'embroidery sampler' - use google images to see lots of examples.)

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I'd probably like Bohemian Rhapsody more if it weren't so overplayed.

I can't turn on the local classic music station without hearing that song. Or "Sweet Home Alabama", another outrageously-overplayed song.

[Boozy]

I'd probably like Bohemian Rhapsody more if it weren't so overplayed.
I can't turn on the local classic music station without hearing that song. Or "Sweet Home Alabama", another outrageously-overplayed song.

I haven't heard either of those songs on the radio in years.

Thank heavens for Canadian content laws, I guess.

[Shangri-laschild]

I've never been able to get into any of Queen's music actually...

[LadyMage]

Well I like the song, but then I don't listen to the radio much anymore anyways, just cds, so nothing gets overplayed. Besides I have heard worse, a techno pop remix of the very same song we speak of, I am not kidding. That and "My heart will go on" oiy that song redefined overplayed, every ten seconds I swear I heard that song.

[powerboy]

I hate one of the local radio stations around here. Well for one, it is just Rap. But they play the same songs every 10 minutes. Glad I don't work at one of my old jobs, since they always had it on that station.

[protege]

That and "My heart will go on" oiy that song redefined overplayed, every ten seconds I swear I heard that song.

Ugh. I still hate that damn song. The only reason it got so much airtime was because of Titanic. And yes, I got bored with that flick towards the end--sink the damn ship already :p

[Slytovhand]

Personally - I love BR.. and pretty much any other Queen song.

But... though I am an Iron Maiden fan, it shits me to tears that the only IM song that gets played on the radio when they are playing an "Iron Maiden" song is Run to the Hills (the " " is because it's so damn special that they're playing it... ooooohhhhh!!! special!!!!!). Maiden, like Queen, had (and have) a stack of great songs... but the radio always reverts to just the one.

That's what makes it sickening... (well - presuming you like it in general otherwise).

[DesignFox]

<snip> That and "My heart will go on" oiy that song redefined overplayed, every ten seconds I swear I heard that song.

Hehe. This just made me think of the episode of Futurama where Lrr and Ndnd are having a "romantic" dinner and Leela starts singing that song. The Omicronians cover their ears and Lrr (or maybe it was Ndnd) shouts, "The humans are attacking!" :D