Despite the complexity of such structure, Bohemian rhapsody has such a fascination to constitute a true and own turning point not only in the Queen career, but in all the english musical view of the second half of the 70s. Compared to the previous one The prophet' s song, the sequential changes are here sharper and evident: a choral acapella intro, a piano ballad that flows in another opera segment characterised by an infinity of choirs, an hard rock veer and at last another ballad. In fact, it is exactly with an acapella chorus that Bohemian rhapsody starts, absolutely the most representative work of the style created by Mercury and members. Both thanks to Mercury's falsetto, whose refinement seems to come back to opera, and thanks to the harp played by May, which gives an even more accentuated clearness to the track's structure, and still thanks to the choral dimension, now become a genuine trademark. The opera dimension is more than ever present in this touching piano ballad. But this musical dream is not finished yet, after the final hard surge, the acoustic guitar is free to arpeggiate softly, leading to the next track: Love of my life.
Over the choral structure complexity, The prophet's song shows also a complex instrumental system, which it moves between acustic segments, hard rock marches and, therefore, snap beat changes which culminates into a nth power final. In The prophets' song, this element reaches its climax in the central part, where the acapella voice of Mercury has been subject to a shocking number of overdubs. As in the previous one The march of the black queen, this two tracks are nothing more than some progressive mini-suites, but the decisive and absolutely original element is the choral one. The most representative tracks of this new stylistic approach are, of course, The prophet's song and Bohemian rhapsody: two of the best masterpieces ever written by Queen. The hard aim of this album is to propose an absolutely new genre, no longer inspired to the first two albums' fantasy imaginary, but to an alternation, apparently irreconcilable, of rock and classic music: as a matter of fact, this album looks like a real one theatrical pièce. Review Summary: A great and ambitious masterpieceĪ night at the opera is absolutely the most ambitious and original work made by Queen.
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