As Freddie himself said about the meaning of any of his songs, including Bohemian Rhapsody "If you see it darling, then it's there".

@RaBob

5 жыл бұрын

@matthew4482

5 жыл бұрын

T Sommers I always love it when Freddie says darling.

@prodby.alienn8992

3 жыл бұрын

I dont get it😂

@codymcdowell316

3 жыл бұрын

@@prodby.alienn8992 because you don’t see it. If you saw it you would get it. That’s the point of the quote. You see what you see.

@lordgreedon3653

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthew4482 same

This is more than just literal interpretations, this is really a masterpiece, the beginning voices are angels who wants to save this boy who starts confessing his mom that he killed a man, the name bohemian is because in Bohemia there was a pact done by Fausto with the devil, so this guy basically did a pact with the devil and Rhapsody is because this song has a lot of different parts with different Rhythms, just like a rhapsody. Going back to the meaning, this guy tells his mom what he did and after that you can hear a solo with the guitar, this is the mom's voice who doesn't understand what he is saying and is asking him to save his soul and undo the pact with the devil. This is where the opera begins, these voices and chants can be seen as jokes but the truth is that everything has a meaning, when he says "Galileo" he is talking about the judgement done to Galileo where he was killed by the pope's order. After that you can hear Mercury saying "Bismillah!" Which is a very old way to refer and call god. Then you hear the devil saying "No, we will not let you go" and then the angel voices say "Let him go". Everything is about Opera. After all the Opera chords the rhapsody changes again and the devil starts talking to this boy. From "So you think you can stop me and spit in my eye..." to "Just gotta get right outta here" is the devil telling him that he cannot scape. At the end you can hear the voice of the mom again in the guitar, talking to him again as the angels save his soul. The final part where the voice of the mother says "Any way the wind blows" this is in the Opera means to let the soul be free, to save the soul. And when you hear the Gong sounding this represents the wind taking his soul free. Yeah I know it's quite long but this is the actual meaning of the song according to music and Opera experts, including Mercury who had to know a lot about Opera to make this incredible master peace. If you read all this I am sure you will laugh when you hear someone saying "I sing, I compose"... Not many people does, this is art.

@myathegrandma

6 жыл бұрын

True

@pedroff_1

6 жыл бұрын

TheJosemv21 not to forget the little details: just before the "mamma mia, mamma mia ..." part, the choir says "no" precisely 7 times, a somewhat religious number, reinforcing the religious symbolism of this part of the music.

@elmonosas8374

6 жыл бұрын

Can you see that this is the way that Mercury lived his life? I mean, if you see it from a different perspective you’ll see that the judgement of the angels and the devil is Mercury homosexual confession, the mother just don’t get it so she cries just as her real mother and not just is the mother crying but Mary Austin (the one who Mercury dedicated love of my life and the one that in his own words was and forever will be the love of her life) that’s the reason why mercury sing with such passion in this song, that’s another reason why he says that he kill a man, just see the lyrics from this perspective and they perfectly fit in (sorry if my grammar/English is not that good,I’m from Mexico)

@mmorales81mm63

6 жыл бұрын

TheJosemv21 you gave a better explanation than the video

@autisticboy839

6 жыл бұрын

El mono Sas I agree with you! He said to not interpret the song literally, but he did the same. It's a masterpiece, and it's about Freddy Mercury! Mercury loved that woman more than his own life.

I have to disagree, this song is far deeper than what you suggest; this song is about a Moral Crisis. There are five sections to this song with each covering an emotional point. Denial The song starts off just after an event that has rocked the narrator to the very core of his being. He is confused, alone and overwhelmed, wondering if what has happened has really happened. Anything else in the world is unimportant compared to his problem. Depression The second part is not about killing someone; the narrator has destroyed his own future. He is not running away from a crime but from his friends and family who he feels would reject him. But in the end he has to face what has happened Bargaining Before the bargaining part theres a bit of random stuff that just bridges into the important stuff. The narrator is asking to be spared from a monstrosity, he want to go back to how things were before. He is not on trial wiath anyone other than himself and his friends and family. Anger How dare people judge him, how dare his friends and family turn on him this way. If they will not accept who he has become he will just leave them and make his own way. Acceptance Now the narrator has accepted what has happened and is a peace with who they are. The problems of the world are of no concern because he has learned to accept things that he cannot control. These five stages are also the 5 stages of grief

@MrKovc

7 жыл бұрын

I think Freddie was talking about him coming out of the closet, he was talking about revealing himself as gay to public and what problems it might bring him.

@yannisvill6806

6 жыл бұрын

Rok Kovačevič yeah

@21crybabaieswithsirenroman15

6 жыл бұрын

Rok Kovačevič I thought of that one too

@renee6883

6 жыл бұрын

Thats amazing. I never looked at it this way! The fact that several people see different things in this song makes this song an artistic masterpiece

@revaniaazzahra4628

6 жыл бұрын

I agree! I hate when my friends just summed up this song that its about killing a man. I always know theres a deeper meaning. But i dont wanna talk too much to people who dont wanna think too much

The meaning of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’s lyric is, to my mind, very clear. Let’s examine it sequentially: 1. “Is this the real life?” etc Lyrically, the opening section is a condensed version of the story we’re about to hear; it functions as an overture. 2. “Mama, just killed a man” etc The young protagonist has committed a crime punishable by death, and “thrown [his life] away”. Was this “crime” a metaphor for Freddie’s emergent inclination towards homosexuality? Is this something his “mama”, a devout Zoroastrian, might have considered unforgivably abhorrent? The protagonist has some vague hope of a pardon, but considers this unlikely (“if I’m not back again this time tomorrow, carry on”). “As if nothing really matters” recapitulates the theme that his life is meaningless (“anyway the wind blows/nothing really matters to me”). This theme’s significance is underscored by its recapitulation at the song’s closing. 3. “Too late, my time has come” etc The protagonist’s execution is imminent, possibly in the coming morning. Although this terrifies him, he bravely acknowledges that, with all other options exhausted, he must “face the truth”. (Somewhat prophetic, given how Freddie, in his final days, terminated all pharmaceutical interventions except for analgesics.) 4. The Operatic Section Opera is, of course, theatrical. And it is common for opera to employ supernatural characters to theatrically illustrate humankind’s relationship with Fate and Destiny. So, at this point, the scene abruptly shifts from the protagonist’s darkened cell (and the imminent threat to his *physical* being) to a spiritual locale, where the fate of his immortal *soul* - also imperilled by the crime - will be debated by a supernatural court. “I see a little silhouetto of a man”: someone in the court mockingly acknowledges the protagonist’s arrival. The preeminent surroundings intimidate him (i.e. he is “little” and, being in silhouette, he is facing darkness). (Compare with Pilate’s condescension upon meeting Christ in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’: “who is this broken man, cluttering up my hallway? Who is this unfortunate?”) “Will you do the fandango?” The court taunts and humiliates the protagonist, entreating him to dance for their pleasure. (Compare with Herod’s taunts to Christ in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’: “Prove to me that you’re no fool/walk across my swimming pool”.) “Thunderbolt and lightning”: the protagonist expresses his reaction to this fearful environment. “I’m just a poor boy”: he pitifully beseeches the court for mercy. “He’s just a poor boy”: the protagonist’s ‘legal team’ begins its defence. “Easy come, easy go”: the protagonist recapitulates the idea that his life is essentially meaningless and therefore not worthy of this trial. As such, with trepidation, he asks, “will you let me go?” “No!” ... “Let him go!”: the defendant’s and plaintiff’s teams debate among themselves. The protagonist, his confidence somewhat restored, loudly adds his voice to the cacophony: “Let me go!”. But plaintiff’s team emphatically and conclusively tells him “no, no, no, no, no, no, NO!” “O mamma mia ... Beelzebub”: the protagonist acknowledges that his soul is now irredeemably lost to eternal damnation. 5. The Hard Rock Section We abruptly return to the material world to find that the protagonist is momentarily (and inexplicably) emboldened: he will NOT be judged by others, he will NOT accept condemnation, and he is determined to “get right out” of his predicament. 5. “Nothing really matters” etc The protagonist’s momentary bravado deflates and, with morose resignation, he recapitulates the prevailing theme one final time: that his life is ultimately without meaning. Of course, as suggested earlier, the entire lyric may be a metaphor for Freddie’s struggle to reconcile his emergent homosexuality with his parents’ religious position. And we know that Freddie loved his parents and strove to shield them from embarrassment, so this idea has some validity. Alternatively, the lyric may not be autobiographical at all. If the latter, the lyric nonetheless has an internal logic that, I hope, is illuminated by the above analysis. Kind regards, Jason Paris www.eltonoutofthecloset.com jason@eltonoutofthecloset.com

Maybe this song is about the 5 stages of guilt? 1.denial.(Thinking it's not true) 2.anger. (I'm sure everyone knows this one) 3.bargaining.(trying to gain control) 4.depression.(very long unstable sadnesses and negativity) 5.acceptance.(to except everything)

@RaBob

5 жыл бұрын

five stages of death you mean... that seems to be in there. And Elizabeth Kubler Ross had, indeed, already written "On Death And Dying" ... which was quite an influential and important book when Bohemian Rhapsody was written. I think you're correct that Elizabeth Kubler Ross "On Death And Dying" is a subtext in this song... it is, afterall, the entire structure of the story. excellent point violet skull. Thanks for that insight.

@EFCkingTom

4 жыл бұрын

“To except everything” lol

@koderex581

Жыл бұрын

Nah, too cliche ngl bro... 💀

The beauty of the song is it means a lot more than simple words can express. Yes, I agree with the literal meaning, but the poetic meaning is so versatile that it resonates different meanings to different minds. Therefore it is the greatest masterpiece in the history of music.

I got a book about Freddie's life, Roger Taylor the drummer says in the book, that the song is about Freddie's coming out as gay

@Lulu-vi4wb

5 жыл бұрын

Kilgore G I agreed. If you put the meaning of coming out of the closet in this song, every thing makes sense. make a pact with the devil, killing the man ( the straight man he thought or presented himself to be), threw his life away as it just began, etc. He was saying goodbye to his old life and face the truth that he was gay. in his culture, what would be the reason people stoned a man to death and spitted in his eye? Why he wished he was never burned? My interpretation was that in his time, even if the song was about his coming out, he would have never be able to tell the public. As he came out, some people would say “let him go” and some would say “don’t let him go” (condemning his choice). At the end, he didn’t care which way the wind blowed. He sent the message so theatrical and cleverly. Just my opinion and interpretation.

@becco3463

5 жыл бұрын

That is what I thought when I heard the song. The man he killed is the son she thought she knew. The person he was pretending to be.

@mansonindahouse6407

4 жыл бұрын

Name of the book, please

@hend6475

4 жыл бұрын

When I heard it was about him coming out I couldn't figure how...but this video made that make more sense to my pea brain

@samikage8609

4 жыл бұрын

Name the book

I think the opera part is the angels and demons fight over if he should go to hell or heaven

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

That would make sense.

@RaBob

5 жыл бұрын

Bismillah ("In the name of God"... the first word in the Koran)

@conserztasfia0078

2 жыл бұрын

@@RaBob quran*

OH MY GOSH this was my dream song for you to explain. Thank you so much! :D

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

No problem!

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, sometimes I find that people need to hear what the lyrics are actually saying, and that helps the most.

@gpaderx6105

7 жыл бұрын

someone told in comments section of Bohemian Rhapsody's official video, and he said that this is a story of a man, his girlfriend left him for another guy. the guy want's to kill the man until the man knows what the guy will gonna do to him.. until the man said goodbye to his mother.. He thinks that if this is in reality because he don't believe that this will gonna happen to the man.. the guy has gang waiting for the man to go to them and in the first part of Opera, The man see a sillioetto or the shadow of guy.. then the guy tried to shoot the man but he failed, so the man said in the song "Thunderbolt and Lightning, very very frightning!", it was the gun shot.. until they fight each other with the guy's gang until man said "The devils put aside of me" means he will going to revenge to the guy until the man shot them all (the gang), He said on the Rock part "So you think you can can stop me and spit and my eye!"... but the slow rock part tells that the man want's to go back again to his mother but he is in the law, so he hides until he did not see his mother again. +ThePopSongProfessor

@metalmatic8993

6 жыл бұрын

thewire.in/culture/is-bohemian-rhapsody-really-all-about-freddie-mercury

To me the song is about a depressed person wanting to commit suicide but has inner conflicts within himself. He cant decide whether to die or live a miserable life. Don't know how correct I am but its a great song

@slappyfizz841

7 жыл бұрын

Amrit Neupane I played this song in my 8th grade band concert and my teacher and a friend had a argument about what it means and your correct my friend was correect

@Acridix.

7 жыл бұрын

Amrit Neupane i thought it was about him coming out

@nathanbeer3338

6 жыл бұрын

Amrit Neupane There's no correct or wrong when it comes to art, I believe the song means something different but it doesn't mean I was or not. Freddy composed this song to make the people to feel something, have their opinions of what Freddy really meant. That's art.

@NeguSUN

6 жыл бұрын

i knew it im not the only one

@sauravkhadka6911

6 жыл бұрын

Sai ho man

_I pity your wife if you think six minutes is forever._

@callistas1733

6 жыл бұрын

ZILLA Productions 303 I understood that refrence

@aliens_took_me6204

5 жыл бұрын

Hahah I just came form that

@anto1904

5 жыл бұрын

I pity your english teacher with that spelling lmao

@danid8908

5 жыл бұрын

THIS REFERENCE

@veritateseducational217

5 жыл бұрын

I pity you if you think your spelling is good

This song is also amazing because everyone has a slightly different interpretation. I’ve read a few comments and people describe the song in many ways(I recommend scrolling down and reading them). I believe this song means something unique to everyone and it touches a special *note* or might I say brings out a kind of *harmony* buried deep within ourselves..

When he said Bohemian Rhapsody is a mysterious song I really cannot agree more What I think is that Freddie wrote the lyrics with many ways for us to understand, thus making a lot of people feels deep and relatable Think about it Coming out of the closet (targeting people who are insecure of their sexuality) Committing murder (targeting people who feel guilty of something they had done) Killing oneself (targeting people who are either suicidal or depressed) I’m not saying I’m right it’s just my thought on this song, which is one of the reasons why I love it so much

I thinks, like others have suggested, that the song has nothing to do about him, it’s just a story that they created that’s matches other stories that were told before. But as you say it is a complicated song but also a mysterious one. Great video

I love these! You're so good at explaining these. I subscribed :D

@CliffordStumme

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Just a question...........this is a joke, right? Because this is not even the meaning of Bohemian or Rhapsody!!!. This play have A LOT history and music on to. For example: 1) Rhapsody, by definition since over 2500 years ago, the recitation of diferent fragment of a work that ar conected but complete diferent one from the other. And in music is, and i quot: "episodic yet integrated, free-flowing in structure, featuring a range of highly contrasted moods, colour and tonality" and Frank Litz is one of the more notable on this (this is important). 2) Bohemia, althoug it could refer to the cultural movement, its also the second hit about the play. Because "bohemia" is one of the places in Germany were Faust make his deal with the devil for his soul (the legend of Faust, specially Goethe if i record correctly). The motivations of Faust to make the deal is close to what "it seems" the protagonist of the song wanted. 3) Also from the star are a chorus. This voices sing on an harmony and style that remains a lot the the "angels" section, specially from 19th century. They are soft, warm, and will stablish a battle, a case, for the soul of the protagonist in the operistic part. 4) The phrase "anyway the wind blows" wich also is the last phrase in the song, its also conected with 19th century mithology, its the wind that takes a pure soul to heaven. It was used a lot, for example, to express that "no matter what, my soul will go to heaven". No matter what pain, what sufer, what trouble, whatever hard time/death im having or will have.......my soul will go to heaven. And this phrase is present all over the song (for example, when the protagonist tell his mother that he didnt meant to make her cry. 5) The two note that Freddie did with his left hand, also, seams to much "mama". 6) And Mamma, its not, or not only, refers to "his mother". Its also "Mamma Lucia" from Cavaleria Rusticana, in wich a love history end up in a duel and, of course, one kill the other. 7) As in Cavalleria Rusticana, the person who kill, says to thing. That he "has to go" and that "i wish i never been born". 8) All of those who figh for the soul of the protagonist in the Opera section: Scaramouche from Comedia Dell Arte, and to whom the protagonist ask if he will do the "Fandango", wich not only refer to thestructure of Fandango popular in Spain, but also to the classical, specialy to Mozarts Fandango in La Nozze di Figaro, specially when the next phrase introduce Galileo and Figaro!!!. And, with the angels pleaing for the poor soul, and all the other character, somebody, or something, says: "Bismillah", wich came from the Coran and translate as "In the Name of God", and others say "NO we dont let him go", and the angelics plea for them to let him go (see how they sang in the same tone as at the begining), and then, when the voices opens in that long "let me go" they do as in the Magnificat of Bach. And, at the end of this battle, the protagonist say that Beelzebub has a devil put aside for him. He almost give up and seem to admit that all along he was making the bad decisions, taking the bad road. 9) After that Operistic section, start the Heavy Rock section, and more information of the background: "so you think you can stone me and spit in my eye, so you think you can love me and leave me to die, you cant do this to me, i have to get out of here" Who said this? What crimes in Jewis law were panished by Stone? What was the meaninf for someone to spit on some other on the eye? Not only a great scorn, disrespect, or contemp, but also mean to brake a pact. 10) At the end, after the fight, the confes, the repentase, the straggle, all of the moods and emotions that the music help to identify, the calm came back after the bride that Mercury and May did on Piano and Guitar. The angelic chorus cameback, and the protagonist, again, says that "nothing really matter thi him anymore.................anyway the wind blows". After all, his soul go to heaven. This is the short version to explain the song. Mercury LOVED opera, and is not coincidence that all this are present, and related, in the song. Its very posible that the protagonist (Freddie him self, in some way) considered himself as a "New Faust". Sorry for my bad english.

@charless6072

6 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Greco I totally accept this interpretation. All the facts are there. I'm glad someone with the relevant classical knowledge put it all together thanks mate

@TheJamesAraujo

6 жыл бұрын

I saw somewhere else, that this song is associated with his homossexuality. And ''Just killed a man'' is metaphor to abandoned his attempets of act like a straight man.

@Marzisbored2313

5 жыл бұрын

b+

@mortenriisberg

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. Even if you think of this listening the whole song through, everything makes a lot more sense. This added to the operatic interpretations by Sebastian Greco, gives a very good picture of what I believe B.R. is about. A Freddie masterpiece.

@milanelsen1796

5 жыл бұрын

DAIL Bohemia (Čhechy) was part of the Königreich Böhmen and thus part of the Holy Roman Emire of german Nations at Göhtes times and later part of Austria-Hungary until WWI.

I WAS LOOKING FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THE SONG AND I DIDNT KNOW YOU MADE A VIDEO ON IT YES THANK YOU

Just as mysterious as life, this song just made Freddie and the Queen a one in a lifetime artist.

Another interesting thing : the song goes through the five stages of grief...in reverse. Starts by accepting the truth (confessing the murder), then depression (the sad/ballad parts), then bargaining (will you let me go ? + crowd responding), anger (the epic rock part), and finally back to denial : if nothing really matters, he can keep ignoring what he has done.

You're awesome, thanks for explaining!

you deserve more views. you are AMAZING!

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Dude, thanks! I really appreciate it. :)

is this the hardest interpretation you've ever done? even to this day, i still wonder what the song is trying to deliver. nice job

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Hmmm...I think when I was first starting out there were some songs from the new Mumford & Sons album that were at least as hard, but this was super difficult. Yeah! Thanks!

I believe that this song is about the time in Freddie's life when he was diagnosed with HIV. The man he killed was himself and his "risky lifestyle" is the gun he put against his head. By the end of the song Freddie has come to terms with the fact he will die and has accepted his fate.

@eddi3th3h3ad

7 жыл бұрын

Legit Parrot this song was released in the 70s. he didnt get hiv until the 80s

@wedhgostupidgocrazy6810

7 жыл бұрын

I found that out the second after I posted this comment but I still believe this I how I take it

@alejandrasamsung4060

6 жыл бұрын

I belive this to. I have HPV and this is how i take it...you know maybe he already had an aids test and came out positive but didnt say nothing cuz he was in meds

@randomcharacter6501

6 жыл бұрын

I believe that is what the song is about. I believe Freddy found out a lot earlier than he revealed to the public. The carefree motif of the first part is the risky lifestyle. He's just going along and having fun until he's faced with the disease. I think the man that was murdered in the song is either someone he passed the disease to or himself having contracted it from someone else. He even go into symptoms of HIV with body aches. He's confessing to his mom the life that he may have kept secret from her as well as the consequences of it. He feels extremely guilty and responsible for his and someone else's demise. The opera part is the court of public opinion as well as his impending demise. He then lashes out at these things. He wonders "why me?" and is bitter because all he wanted to do was create and love who he felt it was right to love. His love has condemned him. And he is angry because of it. The last part is acceptance. Life doesn't have any meaning there are no villains, no heroes. Things just kind of happen. So the poor boy stops feeling sorry for himself and accepts that he will be gone soon and there's no changing that. The world will continue on.

@bowchickabowwowthatswhatmy3219

6 жыл бұрын

You're close. It's not about HIV but it s revealed that it was about Freddie fantasizing what would have happened if he had come out openly to everyone, including his family. 'Mama, just killed a man' Freddie killing his straight pretend self.

This book is a LOT like the book The Stranger by Albert Camus. The protagonist doesn’t see the meaning of life and then kills a man for no apparent reason and until his date of execution was set he realizes the meaning of life. Great read

Nobody can explain Bohemian Rhapsody, everyone views this song differently. Because... It’s Queen.

@kurookami2762

2 жыл бұрын

"Queen doesn't have a meaning"

In my opinion, Bohemian Rhapsody is about Freddy coming out of the closet and tells is mother that he is gay and his true self had killed the man his mother wanted him to be by shooting him in the head, changing it. That's why he asks I'd this is the real life is this just fantasy and claims there no escape from reality, he knows who he really is but he doesn't know if he should except reality or stick to the fake fantasy. He feels guilty for making his mother cry and asks her to accept his new identity as if nothing really matters and he fears that his reality will die and wishes that his true identity would have existed on the first place. Then comes the point when he gets mad, speaks in many languages, says the name of the philosopher Galileo many times for no reason and argues with himself weather he should come out or not and then he comes to the mindset of how he, who loved himself (not in the narcissism way) leave his true self die and be forgotten. Just gotta get out just gotta get of here, he understands that he has to get out of the fantasy his mother wished to be.

@RaBob

5 жыл бұрын

we all see things from our own points of view.... Freddie's mother was a Zoroastrian. not christian, not muslim.

@knower1514

5 жыл бұрын

I don’t think he wanted to talk about it

@CAV3

5 жыл бұрын

Jesus christ improve you grammar for fuck sake

@zionnniscool1636

5 жыл бұрын

Nathan beer... Yeah no, that's not it

@RaBob

5 жыл бұрын

@@CAV3 you should say: "Jesus Christ! Improve your grammar, for fuck's sake!"

there is an element in here that no one has picked up on yet.........the line- YOU THINK YOU CAN LOVE ME AND LEAVE ME TO DIE is referring to his mom.....his mom gave up on him too and denounced him"....making the song even more tragic ........ and thats why he ends by saying NOTHING REALLY MATTERS ANYONE CAN SEE.......NOTHING REALLY MATTERS TO ME NOW

There are so many layers to this song literal and deep.

Awesome vid thanks

Thankyou sir, you are great

So Great more Bohemian explanation please

One of the most satisfying 5 minutes I've spent in my whole life.

@fxj___

3 жыл бұрын

Its a wrong interpretation tho

Very Good. The song is about a Boy from a Troubled Childhood. He's obviously got low self esteem because "nothing really matters...because he doesn't matter." He kills another in a fit of Rage (because this is what people with low self-esteem do...no regard for life...until Reality hits them between the eyes...'OMG...what have i done'). He goes to the only one who he knows loves him and confesses...but he thinks "he doesn't matter anyway....so mama, go on about your business." He goes before the COURT (and they judge him....he pleads with them for his life...but they give him DEATH). After hearing his sentence, he goes into ANGER, "no baby...can't do this to me baby.....just got to get right out of here!" In his final moments he repeats what he has told himself his whole life; "Nothing really matters...anyone can see...nothing really matters to me...Anywhere the wind blows!" And that's the way it is in life. MORAL; watch what you do and what actions you take,...because we all reap what we sow !

God. I knew Freddie Mercury was a genius and a God BUT DAMN. Also, wonderful, wonderful explanation.

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Lucia-pp1ej

7 жыл бұрын

The Pop Song Professor ;)

@TheJpep2424

5 жыл бұрын

gods don't die from aids

WOW!! I always thought this song was impossible!

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

yay u did this song! thank you!!!:)

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for suggesting it! It was a great idea!

The speculation some people come up with astounds me, mind blowing amazing imaginations 😂

@TheJpep2424

5 жыл бұрын

Yet you offer no speculation

I was told in my AP Lit class in High school that it's about the book The Stranger by Albert Camus and I think it's pretty compelling.

That was great thank youuuu

The comparison between bohemian rhapsody and faust by goethe would explain the structure of the song. Both art pieces are divided into five parts that follow the structure and the suspense curve of a classic drama.

Yay!!! Thanks for that. Now subscribed.....

awesome video pls do more

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Will do!

Well said clifford.

What an amazing song

This video needs more likes and views.

Nice video.

This channel is great. Blink 182 - All The Small Things. This has me thinking about the meaning for a while now.

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

I'll see if I can look into it. :)

I see the trigger as being figurative, and not necessarily from an actual gun. I don’t think anyone would refer to the trigger on their gun as “my,” but rather one normally would use “the.” The use of “my” rather than “the” seems to add some meaning to what is really occurring. Consequently, I see this part as saying he killed a part of himself.

I think it's up to interpretation and it can be taken literally or metaphorically

Good analysis. Do Beatles - Across the Universe and also Simon and Garfunkle -The Sound of Silence. Would love to see an analysis of those.

Wooooowwww very good professor !! :)

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

excellent.

honestly... I thought the song was about a guy who was thinking about life after he kills a man and him telling his family that he would commit suicide and they will not let him do "WILL NOT LET YOU GO" and his inner conscience screaming "LET HIM GO" and at the end of the song he shoots himself in the head with a gun

It's not an "ode to nihilism", although despair is certainly a sub-theme. It's the most brilliant coming-out autobiography ever written - then set to perfect, timeless music (because its genius author/composer/auteur decided that it needed to be even more brilliant). Ask any literary theorist about the line "Mama, just killed a man. Put a gun against his head. Pulled my trigger now he's dead," and they would tell you to think about the deliberately ambiguous reflexive pronouns that pop up throughout the song/poem, and the first sexual experience of a very young, emerging gay man shocked by his new reality. The experience of sexual awakening and the subsequent murder of perceived (and then very real) social taboos forms the thematic core of this masterpiece. So there :)

Brian May, John Deacon, or Rodger Taylor. Please tell us.

It is also in Rhapsody form - episodic and through composed.

can u explain "riptide" by Vance Joy please, i'd love to know the meaning, thanks!

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Love that song!

Bismillah!

@RaBob

5 жыл бұрын

NO MERCY!!!! NO NO NO NO NO, WE WILL NOT LET YOU GO!!!!

@noble_piano9542

5 жыл бұрын

Let him gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

@sixthdegreesunburn

3 жыл бұрын

Bismillah! We will not let you go!

correction: definition of rhapsody as used in music (dictionary.com): "an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation". Alternatively, British definition on the same site (Freddie Mercury was British, after all): "music: a composition free in structure and highly emotional in character"

I thought its a song about coming out of the closet

Stairway to heaven I've been stumped on this for a long time

how about "The Camera's Eye" by: RUSH or Jacobs Ladder also by:Rush

What about Galileo Galileo and Scalamoose Scalamoose will you do the fandango

Professor Stumme, can you explain this song please? "Maybe It's Time by Bradley Cooper"

why does the song says "Bismillah" in the lyrics? what does it convey?

2020 Interpretation of the song: Freddie is describing artistically his experience on following the Freemasonry. So many clues appear throughout the song

As far as I know, Bohemians are a type of Gypsies that, through travel, have gathered a large sum of musical styles, which refers to the different styles in the song. According to my music teacher in 10th grade.

Explain a Travis song please.Side would be good

I always thought the man he killed was himself ''I don't wanna die, I sometimes wish i'd never been born at all"

@mughat

5 жыл бұрын

He killed the "man" in himself and came out as gay.

I always thought this song was about three people handling their problems differently? The first guy started off not really caring all too much about life until something happened which left a heavy mark on him. which led to some sort of depression which eventually left to him committing suicide and leaving a note for his mother. The second man faced his problems by playing the victim through his life trying to gain sympathy to get what they want. and the third man faced his problems head on releasing all of his anger in a rant to someone who left him behind.

I love queen so much they are the best band in my opinion

Can u explain "cant stop by rhcp" plz

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Added to list.

I wish he was still here

Great Interesting Expansion / Interpretation. Idk. I think (even tho you tried to make this video as basic as possible I think it's a great video for people to watch & become inspired to give a more complicated Explanation interpretation

I think you missed possibly the biggest theories of the meaning. It was around this time that Freddie Mercury got/ figured out he had Aids. I personally think that he wrote the song about himself, that he killed himself by getting the disease.

nice

Its the magic of Queen

I liked this video. Definitely gonna watch more. Lol i keep thinkin u were wearing a clerical collar throughout.

This is art so... you can see this in whatever way you want. (Don't think the meaning of this is so simple tho, we are talking about Queen, you know?)

I thought when he said “just killed a man” it meant that he killed himself. And he is trying to speak to his mother from heaven and the song is all revolved around the limbo from life to death.

I’m trying to find the best video that breaks down the understanding of this song how would you rate this I’m just some random ass dude in the middle of Oregon

Please explain One Direction's No Control

ummm .. no.. simple story of Galileo .. Freddie Mercury practiced Zoroastrianism.. Angra Mainyu Destructive Spirit, aka Devil/Satan etc.. Spenta Mainy Bounteous Spirit, aka God ... look it up .. Scaramouch from the Italian word "Scaramuccia" which means skirmish, fight, battle .. Silhouetto of a man could mean Satan, or in this meaning Beezalbub .. his hell is the prison .. his punishments were demons, his defense were angels, in his mind.. piece it together yourself..

Can you do White Winter Hymnal?

Hello. I'm a college student in the states and I'm doing a project on analyzing the meaning behind text. I desperately want to use this as a source, but I have no way to prove your credibility as a literary professional. I was wondering if you could add something in the "About" section of your youtube channel that would give me this ability.

It was very easy to break the staff, the meanings are in it.

Can you explain Queens song Innuendo please 🙏

someone told in comments section of Bohemian Rhapsody's official video, and he said that this is a story of a man, his girlfriend left him for another guy. the guy want's to kill the man until the man knows what the guy will gonna do to him.. until the man said goodbye to his mother.. He thinks that if this is in reality because he don't believe that this will gonna happen to the man.. the guy has gang waiting for the man to go to them and in the first part of Opera, The man see a sillioetto or the shadow of guy.. then the guy tried to shoot the man but he failed, so the man said in the song "Thunderbolt and Lightning, very very frightning!", it was the gun shot.. until they fight each other with the guy's gang until man said "The devils put aside of me" means he will going to revenge to the guy until the man shot them all (the gang), He said on the Rock part "So you think you can can stop me and spit and my eye!"... but the slow rock part tells that the man want's to go back again to his mother but he is in the law, so he hides until he did not see his mother again..

The song was stepping into adulthood and how everything is seen as a bigger deal than it actually is.

Bohemian rhapsody it three songs slammed and harmonied together, it was a make or break song, they were starving no money in bedsits this song was desperation to make it big, luckily it did

@RaBob

5 жыл бұрын

not true. Queen's last album before this was album a big hit in the USA and around the world. sorry. (and it's more like five songs slammed together, see violet skull's point above about Elizabeth Kubler Ross)

I feel that the song means more then just the lyrics. I feel like the instruments and what they are playing means a lot too.

Can you explain "Echoes" by Pink Floyd. Your approach to understanding what is a song about is not wrong, but you take words too literally. That is the main reason why I have chosen "Echoes", one f the best masterpieces of all times. Thanks

It is what it is. Grass some people see as a football pitch others see to feed people. Both are right the song a a basic meaning that apples to ur life in the way you make it fit.

A very good interpretation on a song but there is varied opinions. If you want a separate outlook, i suggest looking at Polyphonic's recent video. I tend to agree with the ladder being the truth but this is still interesting.

I love Queen! When i first heard bohemian rhapsony, i felt like i understood it. I was much yonger though

Good video but I have some suggestions, you should have some of the more important lyrics show up on screen and also maybe the definitions of words show up as well when you talk about them. I like the two minute meanings idea but I think some songs with really deep meanings deserve a longer video, I would keep the two minute meaning videos for simple songs which have meanings that are easy to grasp. While the songs with deep and confusing definitions should have a longer video and be explained slower, it's really easy to get lost. I like what your doing and I really hope you succeed doing these song meanings!

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks and thanks for the tips. I've often wondered if I should put those lyrics up. I might do that actually. Do you think anyone would watch longform videos about song meanings?

I honestly think it’s about a guy who killed a man but he knew he was gonna die(sort of) for what he did but then he couldn’t run forever so he gave in and was later sent to hell(so close to his meaning)

great video! taking a womens study class and its about lgbt community and how they are involved in cultural production. I picked Freddy mercury as my person to present about and learning more about how he influenced many people. look at us in 2016 still trying to find meaning from his lyrics. Amazing! we do a lot of this in our class, breakdown lyrics and try to create our own interpretation of it. Im finding that knowing more background about the singer are clues to solving these lyrics. crazy. I still love this song because of the harmonies and drama .thank you

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Elisamarie!

Bohemia was also a country and the inhabitants were Bohemians. I know this because i am a quarter Bohemian. Bohemia became Czechoslovakia but then that split into Czech Republic and Slovakia Sorry if this was boring i just like talking about Bohemia😅

I think the title should be "Summarizing of Bohemian Rhapsody in three minutes."