On 01-Jan-09 16:40, Warp wrote:
> andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> 1       Queen                   Bohemian rhapsody
> 
>   I must wonder about that choice myself as well. IMO Queen had much more
> epic songs, such as "I want it all", "I want to break free", "The show
> must go on" and perhaps the best known one, "We will rock you" (although
> that one has been abused way too much).

I am not a Queen fan, but I think all of these are straight and standard 
pop songs. Chorus refrain chorus refrain repeat until bored. Bohemian 
rhapsody is different and when it came out and was first shown on TV it 
touched a great many people. I know it was one of the few songs that my 
father was really impressed by, my wife told me that in the weeks after 
she had seen it the first time she tried to watch every music program 
hoping they would show it again. I think i did the same and so were 
many, many others. So, if there is one Queen song that stands out from 
all other Queen material it is this one. At least for my generation. As 
I remarked to Andy, if you weren't there you will not be able to 
understand what an impact this song had. Just as that I won't be able to 
experience the shock of hearing Beethoven's fifth or Heartbreak Hotel or 
Hey Jude for the first time.

Note I am writing this from a Dutch perspective, which is the only one I 
have. It may be that in other countries Bohemian Rhapsody is perceived 
differently, but here it is the one that stands out over all the other 
work. BTW the same holds for Hotel California that is also perceived 
here as the best Eagles' song. That is why they are at nrs 1 and 2, the 
Beatles, Presley, or the Floyd don't have a change of getting close to 1 
because everybody has it's own favorite.

Post a reply to this message