Why 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Is The Best Song Ever Written | The Art Of Film
Summary
TLDREl legendario sencillo de Queen, 'Bohemian Rhapsody', sigue siendo una de las canciones más influyentes y memorables de nuestra generación. Su estructura única, combinando ópera, ballad, rock y a cappella, y su producción innovadora, inspirada en el 'Wall of Sound' de Phil Spector, la convierten en un hit inusual y un icono cultural que ha perdurado en el tiempo. La canción, esencialmente un experimento sonoro de Freddie Mercury, refleja su personalidad intensa y su habilidad para romper fronteras musicales, convirtiéndose en un clásico que sigue fascinando al público incluso después de 40 años.
Takeaways
- 🎶 'Bohemian Rhapsody' es una canción icónica de Queen que sigue siendo influyente y memorable incluso 40 años después de su lanzamiento.
- 🎵 La canción fue escrita por Freddie Mercury como una pieza operática titulada 'Real Life' en el verano de 1975, después del éxito de su álbum anterior 'Sheer Heart Attack'.
- 🎼 A diferencia de la mayoría de los éxitos pop de la época, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' es una canción de seis minutos que incluye una ópera en su medio, lo que la hace única.
- 🎹 La estructura de la canción es atípica, ya que combina diferentes géneros musicales como el a cappella, balada, ópera y rock en una sola canción.
- 🌐 La innovación de 'Bohemian Rhapsody' continuó la tradición de suites en la música pop, alejándose de la estructura de canción convencional de verso, coro, verso, coro, puente.
- 👨🎤 La sección operática de la canción es especialmente notable por提名 las voces de solo tres miembros de la banda: Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor y Brian May.
- 🎹 La técnica de armonía de la canción fue inspirada en gran medida por el método de producción 'Wall of Sound' desarrollado por el productor Phil Spector en 1960.
- 📈 Para lograr el sonido que buscaban, Queen utilizó una técnica conocida como mezcla de reducción, también llamada grabación de ping pong, que implicaba la combinación de varias pistas de audio en una.
- 🔪 El proceso de grabación era destructivo y requería un compromiso y un conocimiento profundo para poder ensamblar las pistas y hacer que suene fluido.
- 🌟 Freddie Mercury, como figura icónica y talentosa, es considerado la mente detrás de 'Bohemian Rhapsody', una canción que refleja su personalidad y vida.
- 🎶 El éxito y la perdurabilidad de 'Bohemian Rhapsody' provienen de su habilidad para unir a las personas a través de su innovación y deseo de empujar los límites del género musical.
Q & A
¿Cuál es la canción mencionada en el comienzo del guión que ha sido influyente y memorable en nuestra generación?
-La canción mencionada es 'Bohemian Rhapsody' de Queen.
¿Por qué 'Bohemian Rhapsody' se considera una canción que rompe con las expectativas y convenciones de la música popular?
-Se considera una canción que rompe con las expectativas porque, a diferencia de la mayoría de los éxitos pop que duran aproximadamente tres minutos, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' es una canción de seis minutos que incluye una ópera en su medio, combinando diferentes estilos musicales y letras sin incluir un coro.
¿Cuál fue la estructura de 'Bohemian Rhapsody' y cómo difiere de la estructura de canciones tradicionales?
-La estructura de 'Bohemian Rhapsody' está dividida en cinco secciones diferentes: una introducción a cappella, una balada, una ópera, una sección de rock duro y finalmente una coda reflexiva. Esto difiere de la estructura tradicional de canciones que siguen un patrón de verso, coro, verso, coro, puente.
¿Qué técnicas de producción musical utilizaron Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor y Brian May para crear el efecto de una sala llena de coro en la sección operística de la canción?
-Utilizaron técnicas de armonía en las voces y instrumentos, inspiradas en el método de producción 'Wall of Sound' desarrollado por Phil Spector, y grabaron múltiples voces y capas de guitarras para lograr un efecto de una sala llena de coro con solo tres personas.
¿Qué desafío representó el proceso de grabación de 'Bohemian Rhapsody' en términos técnicos?
-El desafío fue el uso de una técnica llamada mezcla de reducción o grabación de ping pong, que requería de una planificación cuidadosa y una gran habilidad técnica para combinar hasta 180 pistas individuales en una cinta de grabación de 24 pistas, sin la capacidad de regresar y corregir errores como lo permiten las técnicas digitales modernas.
¿Cómo se relaciona 'Bohemian Rhapsody' con la personalidad y la vida de Freddie Mercury?
-La canción es una extensión oral de la autoconciencia de Freddie Mercury sin vergüenza, y refleja su intensidad y sensibilidad, algo que no había sido visto antes en el ámbito de la música y el desempeño.
¿Qué elementos contribuyeron a la longevidad y el impacto perdurable de 'Bohemian Rhapsody' en la cultura popular?
-La combinación única de estilos musicales, la innovación en producción, la estructura no convencional y la personalidad marcada de Freddie Mercury han hecho que 'Bohemian Rhapsody' se mantenga fresca y atractiva para los oyentes, más allá de las décadas.
¿Qué es 'Wall of Sound' y cómo influyó en la producción de 'Bohemian Rhapsody'?
-'Wall of Sound' es un método de producción desarrollado por Phil Spector que implica grabar a múltiples músicos tocando la misma parte en instrumentos similares para crear un sonido majestuoso y denso. Queen adoptó esta técnica para lograr su efecto de armonía en 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.
¿Qué es la técnica de 'reduction mixing' o 'ping pong recording' y por qué era desafiante en el contexto de la grabación de 'Bohemian Rhapsody'?
-La técnica de 'reduction mixing' implica grabar varias pistas en una sola para ahorrar espacio en las limitadas cintas de grabación de la época. Era desafiante porque requería de una planificación meticulosa y una gran habilidad para mezclar y balancear los sonidos, sin la posibilidad de regresar y corregir errores como en la grabación digital actual.
¿Cómo se relaciona 'Bohemian Rhapsody' con la música de los Beach Boys y los Beatles?
-La canción de Queen tomó la idea de piezas épicas que combinaban diferentes ideas en un todo coherente, que se había visto previamente en canciones como 'Good Vibrations' de los Beach Boys y 'A Day in the Life' de los Beatles, y la llevó a un nivel aún más allá.
¿Qué hace que 'Bohemian Rhapsody' sea considerada una canción legendaria y por qué sigue siendo relevante incluso después de 40 años?
-La canción es considerada legendaria debido a su innovación sonora, su estructura única y su impacto cultural perdurable. Sigue siendo relevante porque representa el talento y la audacia para romper fronteras y crear algo que unifica a las personas a través de la música.
Outlines
🎶 La creación de un clásico: 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
Este párrafo aborda la historia y el impacto cultural de 'Bohemian Rhapsody' de Queen. Narra cómo la canción, que no se esperaba que fuera un éxito, se convirtió en uno de los temas más influyentes y memorables de su generación. Destaca la estructura única de la canción, que combina diferentes géneros musicales en una sola obra, y cómo su innovador enfoque en la producción musical la hizo una pieza icónica que aún hoy en día es considerada una obra maestra. Además, se menciona la influencia de la música pop de los años 60 y 70, y cómo Queen llevó esa innovación al extremo con 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.
🎧 Técnicas de grabación y la visión de Freddie Mercury
Este segmento se centra en las técnicas de producción y grabación utilizadas por Queen para crear 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. Explica el proceso de reducción de mezcla y grabación de ping pong, que era necesario debido a las limitaciones tecnológicas de la época. Además, se discuten los desafíos técnicos que implicaba este método, y cómo la canción demostró un gran compromiso y habilidad para crear una obra que fusionara múltiples capas de voces e instrumentos. También se habla sobre la importancia de Freddie Mercury en la creación de la canción, presentándola como su creación personal y su experimentación en sonido que reflejaba su vida y personalidad.
🌟 La legado perdurable de 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
Este párrafo reflexiona sobre la perdurabilidad de 'Bohemian Rhapsody' y su capacidad para unir a las personas incluso después de 40 años. Se sugiere que la canción ha logrado lo que pocos artistas han conseguido: convertirse en leyendas. La sección también hace notar la falta de canciones actuales que suenen igualmente innovadoras y que, por eso, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' sigue siendo tan apreciada y escuchada.
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Keywords
💡Bohemian Rhapsody
💡Queen
💡Freddie Mercury
💡Estructura de canción
💡Innovación musical
💡Producción musical
💡Wall of Sound
💡Reduction mixing
💡Cultura popular
💡Género musical
💡Experimentación sonora
Highlights
Queen's legendary single, "Bohemian Rhapsody," is one of the most influential and memorable songs of our generation.
The song was not initially expected to be a hit, yet it became one of the most famous songs ever written.
Freddie Mercury began writing "Bohemian Rhapsody" in the summer of 1975 as an operatic piece titled "Real Life."
After the success of "Sheer Heart Attack," Queen was given complete creative freedom for their next album.
Irwin Fisch, an Emmy-nominated composer, describes the unique effect "Bohemian Rhapsody" had on listeners.
The song's structure is neither a cappella, ballad, opera, nor rock, but a combination of all these elements.
Unlike most pop hits, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a six-minute single with an opera in the middle.
The song advanced the tradition of suites in pop music, consisting of different sections rather than a standard verse-chorus structure.
The operatic section of the song references characters from classical Italian theaters, quotes from the Quran, and the demon Beelzebub.
The operatic section, sounding like a choir, was performed by only Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, and Brian May.
The production technique used was heavily inspired by Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound," which involved recording multiple musicians playing the same part on similar instruments.
Queen used reduction mixing, also known as ping pong recording, to achieve the desired sound with limited audio tracks.
The process of bouncing tracks was destructive and required a deep skillset to ensure a smooth final product.
Freddie Mercury considered "Bohemian Rhapsody" as an experimentation in sound, aiming to realize his sonic preconceptions.
The song embodies Freddie Mercury's personality and life, making it an oral extension of his self-consciousness without shame.
With "Bohemian Rhapsody," Queen and Freddie Mercury achieved legendary status, pushing boundaries and creating a timeless piece.
The song's enduring popularity suggests that its unique blend of talent and boundary-pushing creativity continues to resonate with listeners.
Transcripts
Narrator: It's a song you've all heard at least once.
♪ Is this the real life? ♪
And it was probably not like anything you've heard before.
♪ Is this just fantasy? ♪
I'm of course talking about Queen's legendary single
"Bohemian Rhapsody," a song that, even 40 years later,
is one of the most influential and memorable songs
of our generation.
But have you ever wondered why this six-minute single
that no one ever thought would be a hit
became one of the most famous songs ever written?
♪ I'm just a poor boy ♪
♪ I need no sympathy ♪
♪ Because I'm easy come ♪
(record scratching)
"Bohemian Rhapsody" was a song long in the making,
but it officially kicked into gear in the summer of 1975,
when Freddie Mercury began writing it
as an operatic piece titled, "Real Life."
After the success of their last album "Sheer Heart Attack,"
Queen was given complete creative freedom
and control over their next piece.
And it's obvious that they took that creative freedom
and ran with it.
Fisch: "Bohemian Rhapsody" had a very rare effect on people,
which is that it was one of those songs where
the first time you heard it,
you hadn't heard anything like it.
Narrator: This is Irwin Fisch.
He's an Emmy-nominated composer
and professor at NYU Steinhardt.
Fisch: In my image is that it's the kind of song
that makes you pull over to the side of the road,
because you go, "What the devil is this?"
Very few songs have done that, and that did.
Narrator: And he's right.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" was different for its time
and still is today.
Unlike most pop hits that lasted around three minutes,
it was a six-minute pop single that has an opera,
an opera, right in the middle of the song.
Fisch: It actually in some ways hasn't been influential,
because it was so fully realized
that it was a little bit of, "Where do we go from here?"
It managed to become a ubiquitous part of the culture
and something that never gets off the radio
and never stops in the karaoke bars and is used in movies,
and it's all over the place, because nobody has still done
anything that sounds like that.
Narrator: One of the reasons why "Bohemian Rhapsody"
sounds so different is in its structure.
The song is neither an a cappella,
a ballad,
an opera
or rock.
It's actually all of them in one song.
Fisch: It advanced a tradition of suites in pop music,
meaning not a continuous song,
not a verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge structure,
which was the norm.
A put together group of different songs, in essence.
So if people refer to "Bohemian Rhapsody" as a song,
that's a bit of a misnomer.
It's actually three or four songs.
Narrator: "Bohemian Rhapsody" can actually be divided
into five different sections: an a cappella introduction.
♪ Is this the real life ♪
Ballad.
♪ Mama ♪
Opera.
♪ Thunderbolts and lightning ♪
♪ Very very frightening me ♪
Hard rock.
♪ So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye ♪
And finally a reflective coda.
♪ Nothing really matters ♪
It was also highly unusual for a popular single
to not include a chorus, while combining
different musical styles and lyrics.
It is by definition a mind-blowing genre bender.
Fisch: This innovation started around the mid-'60s.
It started basically with the Beach Boys and the Beatles.
Beach Boys with "Good Vibrations."
♪ I'm picking up good vibrations ♪
♪ She's giving me the excitations ♪
The Beatles with "A Day in the Life."
♪ A crowd of people stood and stared ♪
Epic songs that pieced together different ideas
into a cohesive whole.
Queen, in "Bohemian Rhapsody," took that idea
and pushed it way over the top.
Narrator: And to see just how over the top they went,
you need to look no farther than
this operatic section of the song.
The lyrics name characters from classical Italian theaters,
quotes from the Quran, and the demon Beelzebub.
And this section that sounds like it's been sung
by a roomful of choir was actually just three people:
Freddie Mercury, drummer Roger Taylor,
and guitarist Brian May.
It's not just the vocals; there's harmony everywhere,
even in the instruments that almost sound like echoes.
This technique was heavily inspired by a production method
called the "Wall of Sound," developed in 1960
by producer Phil Spector.
He put masses of musicians in one room,
three keyboard players playing the same part
but in various similar instruments,
like the harpsichord or an electric piano,
and recording them together to create a sound
the likes of which had never been heard before.
That was exactly what Queen wanted to accomplish.
Fisch: When people talk about what a great song
"Bohemian Rhapsody" is, they're talking equally,
or even more, about the production.
Narrator: To achieve the sound that they wanted,
Queen used a technique known as reduction mixing,
also called ping pong recording.
Most of the pop songs you listen to today
use a lot of audio tracks, each track reserved
for different instruments and vocals,
combining to make one song.
But back then, technology limited the amount
of audio tracks that could be used.
For example, Beatles' legendary "Sgt. Pepper's"
was recorded on an analog four-track record.
And to fit more than four tracks in a four-track record,
they would record all four tracks, then bounce
all their tracks into one, record, bounce again, and repeat.
The bounce tracks would combine all of the tracks into one,
meaning if you raise the sound of that particular track,
it would raise the volume of all
the individual tracks within.
Fisch: Part of the great challenge of that process
was that you had to make commitments to your mix,
to the blending of everything as you went along,
so you needed to have a lot of foresight
and a great image of where you were going.
By the time Queen made "Bohemian Rhapsody,"
we were up to 24-track tape.
By today's standards, that's still not many tracks.
They had so many vocals and they had
so many layers of guitars.
I've heard that they had about 180 individual tracks
that got put onto a 24-track, two-inch tape.
Narrator: But of course this method
of bouncing tracks came with its own challenges.
Once it's done, you can't go back
to just fix it, like we can do now.
Fisch: Two-inch, 24-track tape that they were working on,
it was a physical process.
It was a razor blade.
It was an edit block where the tape would sit there.
You would slice through the two-inch tape.
You would cut out what you wanted to cut out.
And you would splice it together
with a little piece of white tape.
Now it's very easy digitally.
You chop it on the screen.
If you made a mistake, you can fix it.
Everything now is non-destructive.
Everything they did then was destructive,
so it took a lot of commitment and a lot of knowledge
and a very, very intense, deep skillset
to be able to piece that stuff together
and have it sound smooth.
Narrator: Just how much tracking went into the song
becomes more evident when you remove the instruments
to just listen to the vocals.
♪ I'm just a poor boy ♪
♪ I need no sympathy ♪
♪ Because I'm easy come, easy go ♪
♪ Little high, little low ♪
Fisch: And before the Beatles and before the Beach Boys,
a song was a song.
It needed to be presentable on the piano.
If you sat down and played "Bohemian Rhapsody"
from start to finish on the piano, you probably would say,
"Wow, that's really wild and interesting."
But you probably wouldn't say that's going to be a hit
that's gonna endure for 40 years.
What made it that had a lot to do
with the sound they created.
Narrator: And of course, it's hard to talk about
"Bohemian Rhapsody" without talking about
the man behind the song, Freddie Mercury,
because this song was his baby, his brainchild.
Unlike most of Queen's songs that were written
collaboratively in the studio, this was a song that,
according to the guitarist Brian May,
was "all in Freddie's head" before it even began recording.
Fisch: Freddie Mercury talked about the song
in an interview as "experimentation in sound."
I think that could be taken to mean that the experiment
was to see if he could get what was in his head,
his sonic preconceptions, out there.
I don't think it was the kind of experimentation
where they went into the studio to just see
what would happen, because he was famously buttoned-up
and had the production and the notes
and the arrangements and sound of the thing in his head.
I think the experiment was really about seeing
if something unique could be realized in the studio.
An important reason that "Bohemian Rhapsody" resonates
and has resonated for over 40 years
is that it embodied something very intense,
which is Freddie Mercury's personality and life.
That record is an oral extension of Freddie Mercury's
self-consciousness without shame.
It's music in some ways the sensibilities
are out of the closet.
As a performer, there hadn't been
a Freddie Mercury before Freddie Mercury.
Narrator: And perhaps beyond all the notes,
lyrics and performances, what truly makes
"Bohemian Rhapsody" great is that it embodies
what every musical piece should be:
the talent and the drive to push boundaries
and create something that brings us together,
even 40 years later.
In a time where pop songs just all generally
sound the same, maybe that's why we still
can't stop listening to "Bohemian Rhapsody."
With just this one song, Freddie Mercury and Queen
became something that very few artists
managed to achieve: a legend.
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