波西米亞狂想曲 長達六分鍾的《波西米亞狂想曲》(Bohemian Rhapsody)
是Queen中期的作品,發布作品正是Queen全盛的時期,那時候Mercury肯定還沒得上艾滋病。
關於背景,Mercury從小就熱愛歌劇,不過他出身貧寒,沒能在歌劇上有更多的發展。所以他在組建樂隊以後就把不少關於歌劇的東西搬到了自己的歌中。描寫小人物的感情與生活,是Queen音樂最大的特點之一。
這首歌不僅蟬連英國排行榜榜首達九周之久,而且在不少西方國家的排行榜上也名列首位,這首歌在搖滾史上更被稱作“搖滾歌劇”。
後來在倫敦的多米尼奧劇院,《吉尼斯世界記錄大全》一書宣布了“英國熱門單曲”的前十名得主,名列榜首的就是皇後樂隊的這首經典之作《波西米亞狂想曲》,
當時的評論說這首歌曲在悠揚中蘊涵無盡傷痛的情緒,充分體現了樂隊唯美精致的樂風。
在酷似歌劇唱詩般的華麗配樂中不斷加入大段的重金屬吉他 riff 和 solo,這正是 Queen 的典型風格。歌曲的製作過程也體現了 Queen 那種典型的精益求精的態度,他們用了 3 個星期的時間來進行錄製工作,而且在歌曲的音軌上加入了大量的背景配音,以至於在錄製完成後,母帶的有些地方磁粉已經薄到可以看穿的地步。
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歌詞
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...