How could we forget?

[opinionista]

Great Freddie Mercury would've turned 60 on September 5th and nobody posted a pic!(not even me!)

Long live Freddie Mercury, and Queen!

[opinionista]

Bohemian Rhapsody

Words and music by Freddie Mercury

Is this the real life-
Is this just fantasy-
Caught in a landslide-
No escape from reality-
Open your eyes
Look up to the sky and see-
Im just a poor boy ,i need no sympathy-
Because Im easy come, easy go,
A little high,little low,
Anyway the wind blows, doesnt really matter to me,
To me

Mama, just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head,
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead,
Mama, life had just begun,
But now I've gone and thrown it all away-
Mama ooo,
Didn't mean to make you cry-
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow-
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters-

Too late, my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine-
Body's aching all the time,
Goodbye everybody-Ive got to go-
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth-
Mama ooo- (any way the wind blows)
I dont want to die,
I sometimes wish Id never been born at all-

I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche,scaramouche will you do the fandango-
Thunderbolt and lightning-very very frightening me-
Galileo,galileo,
Galileo galileo
Galileo figaro-magnifico-
But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me-
Hes just a poor boy from a poor family-
Spare him his life from this monstrosity-
Easy come easy go-,will you let me go-
Bismillah! no-,we will not let you go-let him go-
Bismillah! we will not let you go-let him go
Bismillah! we will not let you go-let me go
Will not let you go-let me go
Will not let you go let me go
No,no,no,no,no,no,no-
Mama mia,mama mia,mama mia let me go-
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,for me,for me-

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye-
So you think you can love me and leave me to die-
Oh baby-cant do this to me baby-
Just gotta get out-just gotta get right outta here-

Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters-, nothing really matters to me,

Any way the wind blows..

[delalluvia]

Wow, thanks for the info, and the lyrics!

[ednbarby]

Thanks for the reminder, Natali.

Here's a video at youtube of my very favorite Queen song (and I love most of them).  Also a very nice tribute to vintage Freddie Mercury - in my mind, the greatest rock singer ever, and no song of theirs proves it quite as well as this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxbFLYa0_bw

Miss you, Freddie.

[j.U.d.E.]

Thank you Natalie! It's a while ago, but it's still sad to have lost such a great character and artist.

j. U. d. E.

[Mandy21]

Couldn't figure out how to embed the video link, but you can probably pull it up yourselves here:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/man-sings-bohemian-rhapsody-police-car-being-arrested-193858892.html

Man sings ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ in police car after being arrested for public intoxication

By Eric Pfeiffer, The Sideshow – 18 hrs ago

In this hilarious video, a Canadian man arrested for being drunk in public is seen arguing (gently) in front of a squad car police camera. At first, the man denies "having been sort of intoxicated, as you proclaim." After stumbling over his words, he segues into a rendition of Queen's 1975 hit "Bohemian Rhapsody." As in singing the entire song. (He does get a few of the lyrics wrong.) He even attempts an a capella rendition of the song's musical breakdown.

Near the end of the video, a police officer asks him to "calm down," to which the man responds, "I can't," before finishing the song up with a pun on the initials for Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

He then returns to a seeming state of calm, putting on his glasses and asking the officer, "Do you have to cuff me? Physical violence is the least of my priorities."

As one astute commenter noted, he may have been suffering from Mercury poisoning. If all else fails, this guy would make an excellent addition to the cast of Trailer Park Boys.

One bit of music trivia, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is the only song to ever twice reach No. 1 on the U.K. charts, first in 1975, then again in 1992, when it appeared in the film "Wayne's World." Elton's John's "Candle in the Wind" technically achieved the same feat, but the latter rendition was an altered version marking the death of Princess Diana.

[ifyoucantfixit]

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Here is that video.  The drunk singing Bohemian Rhapsody..  Hillarious.........Somebody commented how much of a tool the
cop was, for not chiming in.   

[Penthesilea]

Funny that this old thread would be revived just today. In half an hour I'm going to a Queen show with my daughter. She's a huuuuuge Queen fan and the event was a birthday present to her.
The title is "I Want It All" and from what I read, it's a kind of musical. Plenty of Queen songs, and the reviews have been great, saying the songs were perfomed as good as it gets without Freddy.

Looking forward to it.

[ifyoucantfixit]

   I think that is the show that Roger Taylor worked so hard to find a replacement for Freddie to do.  If that is the
one.  That guy is amazing.  He sounds as much like Freddie as anyone in the world.  He is a Canadian guy.

[Mandy21]

Thanks for posting the video, Janice.  When I read this news on Yahoo this morning, I recalled there's lots of Queen fans on BetterMost, so I searched for "Bohemian Rhapsody".  There's actually several threads that mention this song.  Hope Chrissie is having fun at her musical/concert.  Thank the drunk for reviving the thread; it's all his fault:)