Thursday, September 27, 2007

Bohemian Rhapsody is personally one of my all time favorite songs. It is musically enchanting and after closely analyzing the lyrics i found it so much deeper that i originally did. it is a very intense song and i always thought it had some deeper meaning but now i just think that Queen was unbelievably gifted when it came to creating a song that told such an amazing story. That's the magic about this song, not only do they tell a story with their lyrics, but the music plays an (if not the most) important role in narrating this tale. The themes of this song are what many could call "taboo," it is about suicide, murder, religion, existentialism, and self pity. I love that song can be so strong and that it could make the listener feel uncomfortable but at the same time entertain. The song ends with a little sense of mystery, you wonder if the character dies or not. If this song was once considered ONE of my favorite it is now my favorite.

1 comment:

Rebeca said...

I totally agree with you! This song is totally awesome! the song and the narration adds to the whole effect. I find it so awesome that it does talk about the various social taboos in our society and that it does leave you hanging.