Was Roy Thomas Baker Really The Sole Genuis Behind "Bohemian Rhapsody"?
December 15, 2009 1:11 PM   Subscribe

Newly found video raises the question...
posted by O Boingo (20 comments total)

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Newly found video raises the question whether Roy Thomas Baker was the sole genius behind "Bohemian Rhapsody".
posted by O Boingo at 1:13 PM on December 15, 2009


Newly found video proves the comic genius behind it wasn't aware that it was Roger Taylor, not Freddie Mercury, who sang the falsetto "Gallileos."
posted by Oriole Adams at 1:22 PM on December 15, 2009 [2 favorites]


Um, please explain. On the surface this appears to be an unfunny amateur video about the making of a Queen song, but I know there's some in-joke I don't get.
posted by turducken at 1:26 PM on December 15, 2009 [1 favorite]


Yeah, I'm searching for both the question raised and the funny.
posted by Elmore at 1:27 PM on December 15, 2009


I read somewhere that Brian May uses a coin instead of a pick, is that true?
posted by fixedgear at 1:30 PM on December 15, 2009


Newly found video raises the question...was this video worth being found?
posted by m0nm0n at 1:32 PM on December 15, 2009 [1 favorite]


And Paul McCartney was the sole genius behind "Yellow Submarine". So?
posted by oneswellfoop at 1:32 PM on December 15, 2009


I read somewhere that Brian May uses a coin instead of a pick, is that true?

I couldn't tell from the video.
posted by Elmore at 1:33 PM on December 15, 2009


Anything that sparks a little Queen discussion can't be all bad. That video wasn't funny or well-done, but it got me to revisit some of the related videos on the right (1986 Wembley performances - whooh whooh), so I still come out ahead on the deal.
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 1:33 PM on December 15, 2009


Indeed, fixedgear... May uses a sixpence coin. He also still plays the same guitar he built when he was a lad... the "Fireplace Guitar", so-called as the neck was literally built from mahogany that was originally part of a fireplace surround.
posted by Bora Horza Gobuchul at 1:41 PM on December 15, 2009 [2 favorites]


Despite newly found video, Queen are still the second worst band ever.
posted by scruss at 1:42 PM on December 15, 2009 [2 favorites]


TYT,DW
posted by signal at 1:49 PM on December 15, 2009


I was just looking at the Live Aid footage of Queen, are those vocals really live or did they go polish things up afterwards? I'm not a HUGE Queen fan, but those vocals in that performance just impress the hell out of me.
posted by marxchivist at 1:49 PM on December 15, 2009


OK OK, the sixpence coin and the Red Special are pretty amazing.
posted by Elmore at 1:50 PM on December 15, 2009


The recording studio used to record Bonemian Rhapsody used an Apple keyboard to start and stop digital recordings? God, that group really was from the future!
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:52 PM on December 15, 2009


I thought this was going to be the one with the Muppets.
posted by shakespeherian at 2:01 PM on December 15, 2009


I don't have anywhere else to put this, but here's Metafilter favorite StSanders performing "The Behemothian Potpourri".
posted by flatluigi at 2:08 PM on December 15, 2009


Gawd I remember how cool it was when Bohemian Rhapsody came out. I downloaded it immediately into my iPod and listened to it about 5 times on my way to work at Microsoft. Hell, I even told the barista at Starbucks how cool it was, he was listening to Flock of Seagulls!

But the world was a very different place back then, and I'm sorry to report they didn't have mice like that shown in the video. They weren't all polycarbonate, ABS, and silicone, they were simple creations of celluloid and Bakelite. But the trackballs were revolutionary, being made of rubber treated with a new process called "Vulcanization."
posted by Tube at 2:08 PM on December 15, 2009 [1 favorite]


The only question this raises for me is why would O Boingo break from 7 years of inactivity to post (and self-favorite) this video? It's a puzzler.
posted by team lowkey at 2:08 PM on December 15, 2009


It's the longest, slowest, most subtle self-link in history, I expect. That means we must get our pitchforks and fire and chase him in uuuuuuuuuuuulllllllllllllllllttttttttttttttrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaa sssssssssllllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooowwwwwwwwww mmmmmmmmmmmmmoooooooooottttttttttttttttiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiioooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnn,
posted by Astro Zombie at 2:17 PM on December 15, 2009


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