Bohemian Rhapsody
I was listening to Bohemian Rhapsody today for the first time in about a whole week. (Yes, that's a long time.) And, as usual, it blew me away. But this time I decided to do a little research of the song. And if you think the song is amazing, wait until you see this. (Thank you, WikiPedia) The song went straight to number 1 in 4 seperate country's top 100 lists, and stayed there for as long as nine weeks. After Freddie Mercury's death, the song went to number 1 once again in America and Britain, staying there for 4 and 5 weeks. Wow. That is absolutely ridiculous.
The part where they all start chorusing over eachother's voice "Galieo, Galieo, Galieo, let me go" took 3 WEEKS to record and perfect. At that time, a single album could be recorded in less than 3 weeks. But for 8 seconds of the song, they spent 3 whole weeks recording. Amazing.
The song has anywhere between 80 and 90 individual chords in it. Most songs today have anywhere between 3 and 7 or 8 chords. 80 chords? That is just so... overdone. But it is Queen, so there you have it.
I could go on and on about this one song, but I already sound like a geek and the Sandman is smashing my head with a hammer trying to get me to go to sleep. So, until next time.
~Jameson
Days of School Left: 162
The part where they all start chorusing over eachother's voice "Galieo, Galieo, Galieo, let me go" took 3 WEEKS to record and perfect. At that time, a single album could be recorded in less than 3 weeks. But for 8 seconds of the song, they spent 3 whole weeks recording. Amazing.
The song has anywhere between 80 and 90 individual chords in it. Most songs today have anywhere between 3 and 7 or 8 chords. 80 chords? That is just so... overdone. But it is Queen, so there you have it.
I could go on and on about this one song, but I already sound like a geek and the Sandman is smashing my head with a hammer trying to get me to go to sleep. So, until next time.
~Jameson
Days of School Left: 162
posted by Jameson at
9:24 PM
3 Comments:
I can always count on you for interesting music facts. And yes you are a nerd, but I am too so it's cool. I LOVE YOU!!!
Emma
I love that you love and appreciate the creative genius behind great music.
I remember standing in your kitchen (the house in Orem) with your dad listening to Queen. I made a crude comment about Freddy's homosexuality, to which your dad responded, "Yeah, but he's a cool fag." Ah! The memories.
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