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Queen - The Making Of 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
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Posted on 11/04/2012 3:04:15 PM PST by real saxophonist

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To: bigbob

In the time you’re wasting watching that video, every rap artist in America could write, record and mix an album!


21 posted on 11/04/2012 4:43:34 PM PST by rabidralph (I passed Tagline training on the third try. Ask me how!)
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To: real saxophonist

Fascinating. Thanks for posting. I had no idea.

I hope I wasn’t the only one singing along with that. Sheesh, when I think of the amount of brain-space I have tied up with the lyrics, timing, breathing, melodies, harmonies, and vocal muscle control for the songs of the 70’s and 80’s...if I could free up that space I’d be actually smart. :-)


22 posted on 11/04/2012 4:48:45 PM PST by ottbmare (The OTTB Mare)
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To: real saxophonist

In case anyone here needs to find somebody to love, check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRt2jX1kaYo


23 posted on 11/04/2012 4:49:26 PM PST by nvskibum
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To: bigbob

Dangit, I admit to searching for the “Like” button.


24 posted on 11/04/2012 4:56:18 PM PST by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: Doulos1

You are an ass. Anti-gay or not, that was uncalled for.


25 posted on 11/04/2012 4:58:15 PM PST by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: real saxophonist
Thanks, really enjoyed the post!!

Enjoyed Hayseed too but hard to compare to the orginal.

26 posted on 11/04/2012 5:04:39 PM PST by jwsea55
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Queen has always sucked. Why anyone would want to watch a buck-toothed homo hop around in spandex singing crappy pop is beyond me. Then again, some people like Lady Gaga.


27 posted on 11/04/2012 5:04:58 PM PST by Henry Hnyellar
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To: real saxophonist

Some have noticed similarities, and I agree. As a fan of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Madness” has grown on me.

Muse - Madness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek0SgwWmF9w


28 posted on 11/04/2012 5:13:42 PM PST by maggief
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To: silent_jonny; retrokitten; ken5050

FYI


29 posted on 11/04/2012 5:21:08 PM PST by maggief
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

“...Brian is a good guitarist,,, but that’s it! Hated Vanilla Fudge too!”

How about King Crimson? Just what is your comfort level with rock operettas?


30 posted on 11/04/2012 5:27:36 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: real saxophonist
My favorite cover version: Bohemian Polka, by Weird Al Yankovic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZsN3S0WJ_o

31 posted on 11/04/2012 5:48:34 PM PST by Joseph Harrolds
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To: mrsmith

“Just what is your comfort level with rock operettas?”

My comfort level is very low for pseudo-intellectual rock junk. I have recorded with Neil Zaza, a classically trained guitarist. His work blows Queens stuff outa the water,,, but Mercury woulda liked that description, Queen. He took a fairly good Rock band, Smiles, and turned it into a homosexual-oriented pop band. I think the management was looking for a sales benefit. Freddy was incredibly creepy! I’m quite surprised by how many FReepers like the cr@p they spewed! A couple of good players, and a raging “Queen”! Indeed!


32 posted on 11/04/2012 5:55:59 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Naj ti poljub narise ustnice ... Lacni Franz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4k6SG6C3EQ


33 posted on 11/04/2012 6:01:02 PM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood ("Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???")
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To: mrsmith

Von Thronstahl - Europa Calling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4332jB-czI


34 posted on 11/04/2012 6:14:37 PM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood ("Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???")
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To: Joseph Harrolds; real saxophonist
This is my favorite cover version:

Richard Castellano {currently of Blue Oyster Cult} does "Bohemian Rhapsody".

This guy has talent, did the whole thing, every part himself, and did it well. (I am not a fan of Queen, per se, but I appreciate their work)

35 posted on 11/04/2012 6:15:02 PM PST by rlmorel (1793 French Jacobins and 2012 American Liberals have a lot in common.)
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To: real saxophonist

Queen’s episode of VH1’s Behind the Music (if you’re old enough to remember the show) is my all time favorite because it went so far against the norm. All the other episodes of that show run a very solid pattern: band struggles, band makes it, band enjoys the excesses of wealth, band recovers from drugs, struggle for power as members that weren’t the leader vie for power so they can “express themselves”, band finds new path. Queen’s episode was totally out of the norm, they didn’t freak out with drugs, Freddie eventually walks into the studio and says “well what do you guys want to do”. Really if it wasn’t for Freddie’s illness and death there would be nothing bad in the entire episode. It’s actually kind of comical if you watched enough of the show, even though you never hear or see the interviewers you can clearly tell they’re very confused.


36 posted on 11/04/2012 6:26:49 PM PST by discostu (Not a part of anyone's well oiled machine.)
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To: real saxophonist

Thanks,Queen is on my iPod.....I can’t carry a tune but that doesn’t stop me from singing along and enjoying every minute of it.


37 posted on 11/04/2012 6:42:53 PM PST by MaggieMay (A blank tag is a terrible thing to waste)
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To: real saxophonist
How about Rockabilly -> Rick Bounty - It Will Be Me
38 posted on 11/04/2012 6:57:57 PM PST by vigilante2 (Re-elect nobody)
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To: real saxophonist

BFL


39 posted on 11/04/2012 7:21:36 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Really the only cool part was the last part. May was able
to dial in a good tone but that was about it. In fact really,
Mays tone was about the only thing that made Queen
interesting to me. Nowdays all you need is a Mesa Roadking Yeaaaa. Mays tone with massive bottom end. Hay, delta blues is cool, if you play it real fast...


40 posted on 11/04/2012 7:25:24 PM PST by Slambat (The right to keep and bear arms. Anything one man can carry, drive or pull.)
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