It’s Queen that took my heart!

I did not come from a very musically inclined background, but I liked singing and I was fortunate that my mother formed an integral part in making me realize the love of music and put me into classical music training for two years…my musical senses got better trained as I grew up and gradually made me passionate about music.

Well, my tastes were quite restricted to only Indian music, not classical, but nice old bollywood songs by some great composers like R.D. Burman, Salil Choudhary, Gulzar, S.D. Burman…and many more. It was around the time when I was in the 9th standard, that I started opening up my musical horizons to western rock (it always starts with this genre of music for everyone i guess)…So, thanks to my friends, my sister and sometime later my close friend for whom I listened to some of the greatest tracks ever composed…

I happened to listen to Queen in one of the school fests, not knowing that it was a song by Queen. The song, ‘We will, We will Rock You,’ was pretty much the mantra of any school fest that we went and it was more so because the word ‘Rock,’ was very conveniently replaced by the unspoken taboo ‘F’ word. And, everyone seemed to take pride in singing the altered version, especially the boys.

Anyway, instead of straying any further, I will write about what I initially wanted to write…It was when I heard ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ that Queen took my heart. A song so well composed and written…One of those rare compositions that grips you till the end J I can hear it any time…

I have read that the record company then did not want to release the track as it had an Opera influence in it, but singer & composer Freddie Mercury insisted on the release and soon later it went on to top the UK charts and stayed at the top for 9 weeks!!! I am sure there are 100’s others who love this song and can hear it any time, it’s an evergreen song…

So, for all those out there who share the same thoughts as mine regarding Queen, I share this song and it’s lyrics…Ok, Ok… I know that you can Google it and find the video on YouTube, (that’s where I got it from ) but if you have read it through till here, then do watch the video, sing along and please……don’t hit the back button… J Enjoy!

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Words and music by Freddie Mercury:

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- (any way the wind blows)
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….