A Bohemian Rhapsody joke that only insiders understand – the cinema

"Bohemian Rhapsody" was Queens' first hit number 1 and is legendary to this day. It is not for nothing that the film, which is currently ringing at the box office, takes its name from the song. (For a detailed review / critique here is)

Mike Myers – left his EMI boss position in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and right in Wayne's World (1992) (Image: Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures)

After his appearance, the 6 minute number stormed the top of the standings. From the UK, the song began its tour of victory around the world. Also in the United States, he stormed the charts.

That the legendary hit was released as a single, is due to the obstinacy of Queen's musicians. Because EMI, the record company under which the band was under contract, did not believe in the success of the song, which mixed rock with opera and other styles.

"No radio station will play the song, no one will sing"

The film features Mike Myer's EMI director, Ray Foster, who wants to dissuade Freddie Mercury and his friends from the song. He is almost unrecognizable with his curly hair carpet, his beard and his aviator glbades. "It's going to last forever!" Six cursed minutes, "cries Myers, the queen is the number one hit." No radio station will play the song, no one will sing, "is his damning verdict. In the film as in life, Queen Foster ignored and preferred to change the label rather than give up the song.



Mike Myers, 29, brings the queen back to the charts

After the death of Freddie Mercury in 1991, Bohemian Rhapsody had fallen into the forgetfulness of the mbades. A year later, Mike Myers, then 29, made his breakthrough in Hollywood. As Nerd Wayne Campbell and his "Waynes World", he drew crowds of teenagers to the movies. The film has become cult.

The most legendary is the beginning of the film in which Wayne and his friends sing while singing. The music of the cult scene: Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody". Myers said the song had landed on his special request in the film. In his childhood, he was sitting in his car and singing with his brothers, recalls Myers. One can imagine how much the queen-fan was amused by her line of text ("Nobody will sing the song").

"Wayne's World" opening scene "Bohemian Rhapsody"

As soon as Wayne's World was at the movies, teens – many of whom had never heard of the Queen band before – could not get enough of the song. Bohemian Rhapsody joined the US charts one year after the death of Freddie Mercury and climbed to second place.

Try not to sing

To this day, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is next to the hymns of the "We Are The Champions" and "We Will Rock You" stadiums, Queens' biggest hit, which can memorize the next generation, even though it was still in the layers after Freddie's death.

The year 2017 was marked by the Green Day before a concert at "Bohemian Rhapsody" of Hyde Park. 65,000 spectators spontaneously gathered to make the pitch vibrate, even though Green Day was far from being on stage.

"Lift Music" Before a Green Day Concert: 65,000 Green-Day Sing spontaneously on "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1.7.2017)

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