Meaning Of Bohemian Rhapsody

i know this must have been asked a thousand times but what do you think it is about i think the song is about death. Because The beginning is about someone one seeing someone else's death and the operatic part is about someone experiencing death and the after life. and the last rock part is about someone surviving death
Your Thoughts

Honestly, we'll probably never know the true meaning of the song, but I don't think it's about death. The rock section doesn't seem to be about surviving death, but more about standing strong against something, be it his (Freddie's) sexuality or even his religion. And in the beginning, I think it's more of a symbolic death, not literally witnessing a death.

I wish we knew what was going on in Freddie's head when he was writing Bohemian Rhapsody, but I think anybody who knows plans on taking it to the grave.

i think that if we knew what it was about we wouldn't love it as much. the whole idea of a good song is that we apply our own meaning to it and it becomes something different to every person.

Modern art must not be interpreted but experienced (Susan Sontag dixit).

the_hero wrote:

Some say it's a song about death (maybe aids) could be a "I'm stoned let's write down what comes in my head) <---- then again that might be march of the black queen... But we all know it was meant to be 3 songs but sounded good enough for a single song. So it's very difficult to say what it was about, cause while writing a song you have to be in a certain mood. Ah well, enough rambling.

It isn't about AIDS... can't be, because the disease wasn't discoved yet in the seventees. I don't know what's te meaning of Bo Rhap. I think the songs doesn't have a message.

I don't think you can find a meaning when there isn't one. Freddie always said he was fed up of people asking him this question, because he didn't know himself...

I agree that knowing the meaning might spoil the magic and beauty of the song. Personally, I think it's about Freddie struggling to come to terms with his sexuality. I think Roger himself said that the operatic bit was just a load of nonsense.

and knowing what a song is about doesn't make it any "less great"

fairy fellers masterstroke - being a case to point

Watch "Freddie's Loves" documentary!
Phoebe explains it all! :)

Watch "Freddie's Loves" documentary!




Does anyone have a copy of that for download because when it was on i was on holiday and missed it. I would love to see that.

I don't really think Bohemain Rhapsody is really about anything.

It's on the hub!

What do you do on the hub. How do you become a member and download stuff etc. I'm not sure how to do it.

www.queenhub.tk

I've just joined. I'm awaiting an email back from them. Thanks Fairy King.

You're welcome :)
See u on the hub!