The intro of the operette bit of A Day in the Life is also a lot like Borhap...
Anyway, thanks for the tip, it's a great song
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It's immaterial. Freddie was listening to a lot of the Cabaret soundtrack at the time he wrote Bohemian Rhapsody.
It seems a very different song to me.
Much more similar, in my opinion, is a song by an italian "love songs" band called "cugini di campagna" (country cousins). The track was called "innamorata" and it reached n.3 in 1974 (!) italian charts. The band got a "Sweet" look and the vocalist sing like barry gibb.
Anyway, when I was listened on the radio Bo Rhap for the first time (maybe in 1976), I was hit especially by the verse "If I'm not back again this time tomorrow..".
Listen this clip and tell me what do you think.
Much more similar, in my opinion, is a song by an italian "love songs" band called "cugini di campagna" (country cousins). The track was called "innamorata" and it reached n.3 in 1974 (!) italian charts. The band got a "Sweet" look and the vocalist sing like barry gibb.
Anyway, when I was listened on the radio Bo Rhap for the first time (maybe in 1976), I was hit especially by the verse "If I'm not back again this time tomorrow..".
Listen this clip and tell me what do you think.
Nicely spotted. That one bit of melody is pretty much the same, though it's interesting - in the Italian song, it seems to be the main thing that's repeated in the chorus, whereas in Bohemian Rhapsody it's merely one part of it.
Interesting listening, thanks!
Though... I'm not sure if Queen would've heard this, if it were merely an Italian hit.
Interesting listening, thanks!
Though... I'm not sure if Queen would've heard this, if it were merely an Italian hit.