https://modestwalrus.com/tags/freddie-mercury/Recent content in Freddie Mercury on Modest WalrusHugoen-usSat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/bohemian-rhapsody-by-queen/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/bohemian-rhapsody-by-queen/<h2 id="why-i-reacted-to-this-song">Why I Reacted To This Song</h2> <p>It&rsquo;s a work of pure musical genius, unlike anything that came before it.</p> <h2 id="original-by-artist">Original by Artist</h2> <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fJ9rUzIMcZQ?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> <h2 id="about-this-song">About This Song</h2> <p>&ldquo;Bohemian Rhapsody&rdquo; was written by Freddie Mercury and released in 1975 on Queen&rsquo;s album A Night at the Opera, produced by Roy Thomas Baker and the band. Running close to six minutes with no traditional chorus, it moves from a piano ballad into an operatic section and then a hard rock finale. It spent nine weeks at number one in the UK and returned to the top of the charts in 1991 after Mercury&rsquo;s death.</p>