Meaning Of Bohemian Rhapsody

I’m sure it started off life as three separate songs which Freddie didn’t finish so he stuck them together and hey presto Bohemian Rhapsody or something like that

Mercuryworks wrote:

Meaning Of Bohemian Rhapsody

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Dan "The Host" Corson wrote:

Mercuryworks wrote:

Meaning Of Bohemian Rhapsody

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You're sooo old ;)

The song has clearly a deep & hidden meaning, but I believe it's SO

(oops, sorry, where was I?)

The meaning is SO

damn, keep accidentally pushing enter. This TOTALLY distracts from what I'm trying to say.

It's so deep that Freddie didn't understand it's himself. It's more an emotion than a message. Or a meaning that has no words so we do the best we can. Make sense???

If you have to ask.....
You'll never know.

Freddie never asked even himself.
So do you think he would know?
Cheers

p.s. Or maybe it is about something that will only keep us queenzoners guessing, eh? heh

I think this song just calls for people to take whatever message from it. Be it 'a drug trip' or 'paternal issues' 'struggling with his orientation' - whatever. Maybe this is the song where it's just best NOT to know. Who knows?

Good point Zander.
I agree with thee. ;)
Cheers

I really don't think it's important to know Freddie's meaning for BoRhap. I think, and Freddie apparently thought, that people should find their own meaning of song; find out what it means to them personally, not what the writer meant.

I've seen many possible meanings of the song and really none of them are wrong, they just may not be Freddie's meaning of the song.

I saw a quote from Freddie once where he lamented people asking him for the meaning of songs. He said something about them being lazy and needing to find their own meaning of it.


*Just my 2 cents*

OMG

I think he got tired of the questions and i'm positive it was a very personal song for him.

The Story Of Bohemian Rhapsody this Friday on BBC2 i think 10:40PM??

I think it´s some kind of "paternal issue" dialogue betwen a mother and his son. A son that´s fighting with the mother´s idea about his son. A son that kills that imaginary mom´s point of view and then the mother replies with anger" ... so you think you can love and leave to die..."
Montserrat Caballe and Bruce Dickinson were close to this idea as they recorded the song as a duet.

Well, the meaning of the Rhapsody is in the emotion it conveys. The words won't tell you the meaning conclusively. You'll think you understand, then you'll hear another part that seems to conflict with the meaning you thought you found.
The lyrics sometimes seem nonsensical, possibly they meant something to Freddie alone, possibly they have no meaning, they just "filled the empty spaces" Instead of directly communicating meaning in his lyrics, Freddie wrote out his emotions in the melodies and the harmonies. The lyrics sometimes give clues... like wishing he'd "never been born at all", and "I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me", but I don't think Mercury was comfortable with just directly saying, concretely, what he was thinking at the time. Like I said, it's in the music. Anyone knows that the first time they hear those Bb7 chords in the beginning... "Is this the real life?" Rock on!

Sorry. I just remembered. They were Bb6 chords. My god, what was I thinking? WHOLE different meaning there. :)