What do you think the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen is about?

Question

Recently Ask Yahoo! answered that no one really knows and the former band members aren't talking. To me it's pretty clear. What do you think?

Answer 1

Bohemian Rhapsody:

1st part is where the "bohemian" has gone mad after the murder
he's done-"Is this the real life, or is it just fantasy?"

2nd part is where the "bohemian" has been imprisoned, & guilty
for the murder of a man...He's going to be executed in 2 days.
He's talking to his mother...
"Didn't mean to make you cry, if I'm not back again this time..."

3rd part is the night before the execution, where he's so sad,
"Good-bye everybody, I've got to go,gotta leave it all behind
& face the truth..."

4th part is when Brian May is crying wirh his guitar...
"Guitar solo"

5h part is when he gets crazy & depressed, & sees imaginary
stuff, like satan, beelzebub, or Galileo!,
"I see a little silhouetto of a man.."

6h part is where demons (actually his consience) are hurting
him...Then he prays the god:Bismillah! , to set him free,
"We will not you go, let me go!"

7h part is when he gets rid of bad feelings & beelzebub itself!
"So you think you can stone me & split in my eye?"

8th part is when his soul is free, & he's ready to die...
"Anyway the wind blows..."

In fact this song could be really HORRIBLE, but Queen has
made it into a Brilliant ballad.
Actually if you listen to Queen's first 6 albums (up to a day at the
races.) You should see that Freddie's lyrics consider about
Fairies & demons, (Bohemian rhapsody, My fairy king, March
of the black Queen, White man, In the lap of the gods...)
And you may have noticed Freddie's finger prints,Black!
I mean, don't you get it...

Answer 2

I think Bohemian Rhapsody is about Freddie Mercury and his inner turmoil, his sexuality. There are analogies appearing everywhere in the song. This rock opera follows him through the phases of one part of his life which scares him: "I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me." And in the end he may have felt guilty for "coming out." 'Nothing really matters.....to me.'

'Momma, just killed a man.' Here Freddie is talking about himself! But in the end: 'Too late, my time has come.' He's saying his goodbyes. Actually, it's a good rockin' song no matter what it means!!

Answer 3

The narrator explains that he has "just killed a man," and with that act thrown his life away. The narrator makes the first of several invocations to his mama explaining his regret over "making you cry" and urging her to "carry on as if nothing really matters." The narrator shows how tired and beat down he is by his actions. The narrator bids the world goodbye and prepares to "face the truth" admitting "I don't want to die / I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all."

Answer 4

It seems to be about a man confronting his guilt and fear of mortality after committing a murder. He's tormented by fear of damnation and the unknown, and pleading for his life, but most of the action seems to be taking place inside his head. He may or may not already be crazy or have been driven crazy by his predicament.

Answer 5

Well, since music is my life I would be more than happy to tell y'all what it means. You see, this guy died of aids right? He got the silently fatal virus by drugs/promiscuous sex with men. The song is about the time right before his mother died. He was dying, on drugs, suicidal tendencies, thoughts of death.....He never killed himself. He died 11 years to the day from his mother, which is pretty ****** eerie if you ask me. It was all about him trying to kick drugs for his mother....

Answer 6

My take is that Freddie Mercury killed somebody or he knows someone that did that was never punished by the law but that their afraid they will be punished by the devil when they die.

Answer 7

I think its about a poor man that comitted a murder and has to pay for it.

Answer 8

rapsodia bohemia trata sobre la asuncion por parte de freddie mercury de su homosexualidad. en la 1ra partre coral el sujeto (Freddie mismo) hace un alto para encarar su realidad sexual (su homosexualidad) y afirma que como quiere que sople el viento (sea cual sea su sexualidad) a el no le importa. en la 2da parte (balada al piano) acude a su madre para confesarle que el freddie heterosexual no existe mas porque el freddie gay ha acabado con el; recordemos que para los zoroastrianos (conmo su padre y en particular su madre) los gay son demonios, por lo que freddie por su respeto y amor a ellos no les puede confesar abierta,emte su orientacion sexual y debe hacerlo tangencialmente por medio de una cancion autobiografica. la 3ra parte operatica es el juicio moral de la sociedad contra la homosexualidad,( de alli las alusiones al juicio de galileo) lo cual el autor siente como si tuviese al diablo a la par como su acusador. en la 4ta parte el sentimiento del autor se exalta en una suplica heavy metal para que se le deje en paz. finalmente en la 5ta parte, otra vez balada al piano, el sujeto de la cancion hace las paces consigo mismo y acepta su sexualidad (anyway the wind blows). por lo visto, la cancion es una confesion autobiografica de la orientacion sexual de freddie

Answer 9

death and dealing with what you have done.

Answer 10

Suicide