Bohemian Rhapsody

[Nurse Duckett]

I really enjoyed the analysis of this Queen number this morning on R4.

I even enjoyed the Rolf Harris interpretation, which was done well when it could have been excrutiating.

I learned a lot about Queen and some lines from the track which I'd never heard properly before. I didn't even know that the drummer provided backing vocals.

Billy, what did you think?

[Billys Friend]

nurseduckett said:

I learned a lot about Queen and some lines from the track which I'd never heard properly before. I didn't even know that the drummer provided backing vocals.

Billy, what did you think?

Dear Nurse Duckett

I’m afraid Billy is unavailable to reply to your posting, due to an unprecedented demand for his latest fashion concept – the A-Line Pencil Skirt. One leading fashion commentator in ‘Vogue’ wrote: ….’when it comes to fashion, it’s clear that Billy understands the thoughts and desires of a woman’.

Billy is so happy that rejection is now in the past and has taken his own personal aircraft – an Aviation Traders ATL98 - on a world tour, promoting this latest fashion extravaganza.

Sincerely,

Billy’s third best friend.


P.S. As you know, Billy often makes notes in his copy of the Radio Times – the programme you cite is marked AAAAArrrrrrrrrrrgh!!!!

[Crusoe]

I listened to a little of this programme, Nurse D., but I’m afraid that’s all I could bear. I suppose musical taste is a personal thing and I have always loathed Queen with a passion and “Bohemian Rhapsody”, in particular. But it is a very popular piece of music and I suppose R4 should be praised for making a programme like this.

[sea horse]

I only half-heard this somewhere in the misty background while I was otherwise occupied, but I didn't mind as I was never a great fan of the song, or of Queen.

Also, the lyrics always puzzle me, for instead of:

He's 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! No, we will not let you go, let him go

I always hear:

He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from his warm sausages
Easy come easy go, will you let me go
Mitch Miller! No, we will not let you go, let him go
Mitch Miller! No, we will not let you go, let him go

(Mitch Miller made records one's (grand)parents liked, e.g. The Yellow Rose Of Texas and the Colonel Bogey March, from the film The Bridge on the River Kwai)

[Nursie]

Spare him his life from his warm sausages

LOL!

[Captain Nudnick]

urchin said:

I only half-heard this somewhere in the misty background while I was otherwise occupied, but I didn't mind as I was never a great fan of the song, or of Queen.

Also, the lyrics always puzzle me, for instead of:

He's 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! No, we will not let you go, let him go

I always hear:

He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from his warm sausages
Easy come easy go, will you let me go
Mitch Miller! No, we will not let you go, let him go
Mitch Miller! No, we will not let you go, let him go

(Mitch Miller made records one's (grand)parents liked, e.g. The Yellow Rose Of Texas and the Colonel Bogey March, from the film The Bridge on the River Kwai)

Mitch Miller's chief claim to fame was making people record songs they loathed, that then clung to them like ordure to a blanket - poor Rosemary Clooney's 'Come On A My House' for example, and the atrocious 'Mama Will Bark' for Frank Sinatra.