BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Posted: Selasa, 26 Juli 2011 by LAGUPEDIA in Label: brian may, freddie mercury, john deacon, queen, roger taylor
[jadi kau pikir bisa merajam dan meludahi wajahku?]
so you think you can love me and leave me to die?
[lantas seenaknya kau mencintai 'tuk lalu membunuhku?]
Bohemian adalah sebutan bagi para pengelana yang selalu berpindah tempat, walau bukan luntang-lantung. Istilah ini lekat pada budaya Hispanik sejak abad 19, ketika banyak kaum urban menjadi pengangguran akibat krisis revolusi Industri. Mereka mantan buruh yang punya kemampuan kerja, namun menolak jika harus disamakan terutama upah dengan mesin pabrik. Mereka lantas dikenal juga disebut kelompok Gypsy, kelak disematkan pula untuk kaum pergerakan anti kemapanan pada era rock yakni flower generation, yang disebut kaum Hippies. Sementara rhapsody merupakan gaya bahasa terhadap rangkaian essay serta lirik pujian bersifat personifikasi, juga biasa diekspresikan menjadi sebuah lagu. Maka ketika Freddie menciptakan rhapsody ini, menurut pengakuan resminya adalah dalam tujuan fiksi kreatif atau demi permainan komposisi terhadap lirik dan musiknya.


Sungguh tak mudah bagi status rookie untuk menembus blantika musik yang kala itu justru sedang sibuk menjajah hingga ke Amerika (British invasion), walaupun mereka sudah punya album sendiri. QUEEN sempat terancam punah bahkan sebelum eksist. Maka Freddie bersumpah di tengah frustrasi yang makin menggigit untuk pertarungan akhir nan menentukan. Laksana proses eksekusi dari novel The Stranger milik Albert Camus, Freddie mengumpulkan setiap coretan kepedihan lama berupa lirik "Is this the real life, is this just fantasy?", berikut pertaruhan QUEEN untuk berjuang "From nobody to become somebody". Kesemuanya dituang menjadi konsep panjang dalam kehidupan satu malam ala teatrikal secara ekstravaganza, bertajuk "A Night At The Opera". Antara lain memuat anthem kaum terpinggirkan secara rhapsody berupa lirik "I don't want to die (even) I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all".

Is this the real life .. is this just fantasy
Caught in a landslide .. no escape from reality
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy .. I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come easy go, little high little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me ..
*2nd verse: Ballad [ 0'52 – 2'38]
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 oooh .. 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, I've got to go ..
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama oooh (any way the wind blows)
I don't want to die, I sometimes
Wish I'd never been born at all ..
*3rd verse: Brian's Guitar Solo [2'39 – 3'04]
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 figaro .. Magnifico
But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me
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! 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
Never let me go .. no, no, no, no, no, no
O mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,
For me .. for me
*5th verse: Rock [4'10 - 4'57]
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, can't do this to me baby ..
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right out of here
*6th verse: Outro With Guitar [4'58 - 5'55]
Nothing really matters, anyone can see,
Nothing really matters, nothing really matters to me,
Any way the wind blows ..
Caught in a landslide .. no escape from reality
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy .. I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come easy go, little high little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me ..
*2nd verse: Ballad [ 0'52 – 2'38]
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 oooh .. 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, I've got to go ..
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama oooh (any way the wind blows)
I don't want to die, I sometimes
Wish I'd never been born at all ..
*3rd verse: Brian's Guitar Solo [2'39 – 3'04]
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 figaro .. Magnifico
But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me
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! 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
Never let me go .. no, no, no, no, no, no
O mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,
For me .. for me
*5th verse: Rock [4'10 - 4'57]
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, can't do this to me baby ..
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right out of here
*6th verse: Outro With Guitar [4'58 - 5'55]
Nothing really matters, anyone can see,
Nothing really matters, nothing really matters to me,
Any way the wind blows ..
- Highest UK Chart Position: 1 - for 9 weeks (17 weeks on chart)
- Highest USA Chart Position: 9
- Highest Aussie Chart Position: 1 - for 2 weeks (23 weeks on chart)
- Highest Japanese Chart Position: 48 (19 weeks on chart)
- Highest Dutch Chart Position: 1 - for 3 weeks (13 weeks on chart)
* 1991 "Freddie Tribute", reissue
- Highest UK Chart Position: 1 - for 5 weeks (14 weeks on chart)
- Highest Australian Chart Position: 5 (14 weeks on chart)
- Highest Dutch Chart Position: 2 (11 weeks on chart)
* 1992 "Waynes World", reissue
- Highest USA Chart Position: 1 (17 weeks on chart)
- Highest USA Chart Position: 9
- Highest Aussie Chart Position: 1 - for 2 weeks (23 weeks on chart)
- Highest Japanese Chart Position: 48 (19 weeks on chart)
- Highest Dutch Chart Position: 1 - for 3 weeks (13 weeks on chart)
* 1991 "Freddie Tribute", reissue
- Highest UK Chart Position: 1 - for 5 weeks (14 weeks on chart)
- Highest Australian Chart Position: 5 (14 weeks on chart)
- Highest Dutch Chart Position: 2 (11 weeks on chart)
* 1992 "Waynes World", reissue
- Highest USA Chart Position: 1 (17 weeks on chart)
Therefore, *Number 1* in four different years, '75, '76, '91, '92. Belum pernah
ada satupun lagu internasional yang memiliki catatan fenomenal seperti ini.
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