Talk:Bohemian Rhapsody

message: i wonder if we're missing something really obvious here. Hungarian Rhapsodies was a classical music ensemble by Franz Liszt. Bohemia is near Hungary.  The name could thus be a tribute to Liszt's work.  This theory does not negate the explanation we have written up, ... it complements it by helping explain why the band chose the unusual word "Bohemian" when some more commonplace word could have done. anyone know if this has been dealt with somewhere, e.g. in a music magazine? —Soap— 13:46, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I've never seen such an explanation, and if Mercury had talked about it in a music magazine, I think it's absolutely certain that one of his or the band's biographers would have found it by now, given that there has been so much interest in the song's title for decades. Richard3120 (talk) 13:58, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

text: Bohemian means doing nothing. Rhapsody is the event which takes place when you do that for a period of time. Buddha did it and confronted Mara (the Buddhist name for Satan) Christ did it and confronted Satan. Mr. Mercury states "..leave you all behind to face the truth." The song then goes on to describe the fight which ensues within the self once the ego is challenged by starving it. There is a book which details this, and describes the process in detail. If you do it, you will see the truth. Book: Conflict: A Life Nearly Wasted on Dualism.2A00:23C7:5981:A01:25DA:8506:141:2FA1 (talk) 01:48, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  explanation of name 

message: The image that is supposed to be displayed, probably the single cover, is broken and links to a page to upload the file, rather than the file itself.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xwedodah (talk • contribs) 06:05, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: it was a result of vandalism which changed the file name... it's been fixed now. Richard3120 (talk) 14:59, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
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message: I think it would be useful for somebody to research the meanings of the song. Mercury may have said something, others may have multiple conflicting ideas. Much of the article is about the commercial side of the song, but there must be something to say about the meaning. 17:04, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: My digital signature was rejected. trying again. Pete unseth (talk) 17:05, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Journalists and people have been searching for decades for the meaning of the song, and nobody has ever found it. The band members have said they know but they aren't saying, so the likelihood is that nobody will never know, sorry. Richard3120 (talk) 19:38, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It is the event which takes place within the self, also described with Buddha's "enlightenment" and Christ's fasting in the desert. Rhapsody is a psychological event, described in the book below, which is experienced when the ego (Mara/Satan) is starved in the correct manner. Book: Conflict: A Life Nearly Wasted on Dualism2A00:23C7:5981:A01:25DA:8506:141:2FA1 (talk) 01:51, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

text: I'm sure Freddie would have been mightily impressed with the reference to the coriolis effect. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:55, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

text: He Kills his ego (personality), not someone else. Like Buddha and Christ did.2A00:23C7:5981:A01:25DA:8506:141:2FA1 (talk) 01:53, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  The meaning(s) of the song 

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