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,
a little high, little low,
anyway the wind blows, doesn't 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 - i've got to go -
gotta leave you all behind and face the truth -
mama, ooo -
i don't want to die,
i sometimes wish i'd 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 -
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
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 - can't 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...
长达六分钟的《波西米亚狂想曲》(Bohemian Rhapsody)
是Queen中期的作品,发布作品正是Queen全盛的时期,那时候Mercury肯定还没得上艾滋病。
关于背景,Mercury从小就热爱歌剧,不过他出身贫寒,没能在歌剧上有更多的发展。所以他在组建乐队以后就把不少关于歌剧的东西搬到了自己的歌中。描写小人物的感情与生活,是Queen音乐最大的特点之一。
这首歌不仅蝉连英国排行榜榜首达九周之久,而且在不少西方国家的排行榜上也名列首位,这首歌在摇滚史上更被称作“摇滚歌剧”。
后来在伦敦的多米尼奥剧院,《吉尼斯世界记录大全》一书宣布了“英国热门单曲”的前十名得主,名列榜首的就是皇后乐队的这首经典之作《波西米亚狂想曲》,
当时的评论说这首歌曲在悠扬中蕴涵无尽伤痛的情绪,充分体现了乐队唯美精致的乐风。
在酷似歌剧唱诗般的华丽配乐中不断加入大段的重金属吉他 riff 和 solo,这正是 Queen 的典型风格。歌曲的制作过程也体现了 Queen 那种典型的精益求精的态度,他们用了 3 个星期的时间来进行录制工作,而且在歌曲的音轨上加入了大量的背景配音,以至于在录制完成后,母带的有些地方磁粉已经薄到可以看穿的地步。