Talk:Bohemian Rhapsody

acapella intro

yeah, EMI's published transcription gives it as mostly 4-part, going to 3 part in places --feline1 21:47, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

writing credit

It's fairly well documented in various interviews that the writing credits in Queen, for nearly all of their career (up until 'The Miracle' album), reflected merely who wrote the lyrics - apparently they were trying to allocate credits for "Liar", which was an old song from Freddie's previous band ('Wreckage'?), and contained guitar lines written both by Wreckage's guitarist, and new stuff by Brian May - Freddie reportedly declared "as far as I'm concerned, whoever wrote the words has written the song", and May said they stuck to this rule of thumb until 'The Miracle'... ...bearing this in mind, is it not more accurate to state that, although Freddie Mercury formally owns the copyright for authoring the song, that May wrote the music for several of the guitar based bits? (I'd just go ahead and change the article, but don't want to be reverted by Queen fans crying sacrilage ;-) --feline1 13:19, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

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"Kenny Everett claimed that Mercury told him that the song "was just random, rhyming nonsense", and had no deeper meaning. However Brian May counter-claims that the song reflected Mercury's personality and approach to life."

What is the evidence for "Kenny Everett claimed that Mercury told him that the song "was just random, rhyming nonsense", and had no deeper meaning. However Brian May counter-claims that the song reflected Mercury's personality and approach to life." other than hearsay? - 4.250.xxx.xxx

The claim by Brian May is on the Queen Greatest Hits DVD. Not sure about the Kenny Everett claim, though May does say on the DVD that Freddie would often say his songs had no deeper meaning. Evil Monkey∴Hello? 08:28, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)

You'll have to ask user:202.147.84.45 who added it [1]. Evil Monkey∴Hello? 08:42, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)

"Shivers down my spine"

The sound effect heard behind this line is not May playing between the bridge and tailpieece of his guitar, it is a bell tree. See the picture at the following website to see what one looks like : http://www.sunlitedrum.com/drums/productpages/BellTree.htm.

On the Queen Greatest Hits DVD May states that he made the sound using his guitar. Evil Monkey∴Hello 20:37, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

on the "queen - off the record" transcription sheet music that EMI published in the 1990s, its says its a "bell tree", but to be honest it sounds more to my ear like May tinkling his strings above the bridge, which tallies with what he says, so I'd be inclinded to believe him! --feline1 06:30, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

Live

I have to ask -- I know this doesn't really have much to do with the article itself -- but how exactly do they do this song live given how it was made? --Yar Kramer 19:44, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

I explained this in the "trivia" bit--feline1 06:28, 12 August 2005 (UTC)