I DEFY you to post a song that is more fricking amazing than "Bohemian Rhapsody"

[LynneSin]

You can't. Trust me, if you try you're just trying to *$%# with me!

[Arugula Latte]

1. "Christmas Shoes"

:evilgrin:

[brendan120678]

3. I really want to kill myself every time...

I hear that song.

I seriously want to jump through the radio, and tell that kid to buy his own damn shoes. Don't go begging some poor guy at the checkout counter doing his last-minute shopping to buy your mommy's shoes for you. Your mother would probably be much more appreciative of a picture or something that you drew, not a pair of shoes that she'll probably never wear because she's gonna kick the bucket soon.

[Arugula Latte]

5. I know!

But Midlodemocrat actually likes it. She started a thread on it last year. She is evil. Eeeeevil, I tell you!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=8290769#8290853

[Deep13]

12. That song has been known to induce vomiting. nt

[Schema Thing]

23. meh, close second, but no Bohemian Rhapsody

[ironflange]

70. Have you seen this commentary?

Patton Oswalt - may be NSFW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq10bz3PxyY

[jakefrep]

72. That song makes my teeth rot.

I think the renowned dreckmeister Lee Greenwood recorded it.

[Iggo]

2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts I-VI?

Maybe?

Nah. I just like it better. BoRhap is still way more amazing.

[hippywife]

4. Which version?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY

[elleng]

43. THAT ONE!!!

hw

:hug:

[rcrush]

6. any song on the Waynes World soundtrack.

[HopeHoops]

7. Genesis - "Supper's Ready"

There are several versions on YouTube, but all in multiple parts (usually three). It is about 26 minutes long and the section done in 9/8 time is incredible.

I saw The Musical Box perform this live a couple years back. They are the only tribute band fully endorsed by all current and past members of Genesis. They also reconstructed The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway with the original slides for the three-screen display (provided by Genesis). They try to achieve as close to an original performance as possible with the same (or as close as possible) equipment and full costumes and props. Amazing shows.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

18. I was going to post that, then I remembered "Thick as a Brick".

Nevertheless, I approve your musical taste. :thumbsup:

[Call Me Wesley]

8. Sure, easy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVUnXCvII7c

[Sebastian Doyle]

9. Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

No not the studio version with the choir and all that shit. The live version from 1973, as heard on the greatest bootleg album of all time "Brussels Affair"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPCRIFLjfPo

[hunter]

21. Yeah, wow, and that version too.

You Can't Always Get What You Want resonates most deeply with anyone who's lived through that hell, maybe anyone who can imagine it too.

But then there's Bohemian Rhapsody, a fantastic whirlwind of light and dark that tears through everything.

[Happyhippychick]

10. Scadamoush! Scadamoush! Can you hear the fandango?

Best. Song. Evah.

[Orrex]

42. And there's that line about Scaramouche, too!

And will he or won't he do the fandango?

:evilgrin::evilgrin:

[Happyhippychick]

54. That'll teach me to type after a big ol' glass o' white wine!

[BuelahWitch]

11. I have to agree with you

What other song mixes opera with rock n roll? :shrug: It would have been great to see it live, with Freddie of course...

[arcadian]

13. Beethoven - Ode to Joy

Kick's Bohemian Rhapsody's ass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9KU3vik3mI

[enigmatic]

14. "Maggot Brain"- Funkedelic

Eddie Hazel was God:

http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2009/10/maggot-brain-full-band-version.html

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

15. "Thick as a Brick" by Jethro Tull.

44 minutes of awesome WTF-ness. Beat that.

[Inchworm]

59. Can't find 44min of it

but the youtube still makes me like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toHlMD50eYY

:blush:

[Seedersandleechers]

16. Barf

I can think of a million. Here's just one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Ncxw1xfck

[LynneSin]

44. I do love Mr. Blue Skies

ELO is in my top 5 of all time favorite bands.

Concerto for a Rainy Day (Side #3 of "Out of the Blue") has to be the perfect album side

[madinmaryland]

17. Violin Concerto by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

One of the most difficult pieces for a violinist to master. I'm not sure how well even GoG can play it.

[Seedersandleechers]

19. Here's another one.

So much fucking talent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8s9dmuAKvU

[Dr. Strange]

20. How's about a Christmas version of Bohemian Rhapsody?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWWoMHmlbvI

[TZ]

22. Thats really cute...but it still does not beat Bohemian Rhapsody

done BY THE MUPPETS....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zekMgHTvqUA

My family and I watched this and rofl'd Thanksgiving day...:)

[LynneSin]

24. I'll top your Muppet's singing "Bohemiam Rhapsody" with Kermit singing "Hurt"

Only way you could beat me is if you can do a RickRoll with the muppets!

[eyesroll]

38. ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymg8IumVtVU&feature=related

[Ken Burch]

58. There was also "Hibernian Rhapsody" by De Dannan

(The song as arranged for and perfomed by a ceili band):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icNKgwDpTrg

[guitar man]

25. Pffft...that's easy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBRss3HUipw

;)

[LynneSin]

45. Oh crap, you had to go there and find that

:cry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ta7mkgrOU

There's Kermit singing Hurt

[intheflow]

46. Hmm... what about

the Muppets sing Bohemian Rhapsody? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY

:shrug:

[Chan790]

26. The Decemberists - The Tain

I just checked there is no complete version of it on YouTube, probably because they only do it in concert and it's not on any of the widely-produced albums, it was released as a single on a small label. It's also almost 20 minutes long.

It's a complete telling of one of the great myths of western civilization, the Irish myth of Táin Bó Cúailnge or The Cattle Raid of Cooley...the story of the great Irish hero Cú Chulainn who single handedly defeated the forces of Queen Medb, most of the Gods and the most of the entirety of the male population of Connacht...single-handedly, in duels at river-fords.

Never mind, I found it here:

http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/musicvideo/317-the-decemberists-the-tain-kill-rock-stars

Edit: This is kicking Queen's asses right out of the water...there are other mentions in this thread that I think might be comprable but Bohemian Rhapsody isn't one of them.

[IcyPeas]

27. Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve /eom

[GoCubsGo]

28. Gershwin's "A Rhapbsody in Blue"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U40xBSz6Dc

I am quite fond of the Glenn Miller version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEpdXgj94xE&feature=fvw

[edhopper]

29. Yes, Close to the Edge

The Who, Babba O'Reily
The Police, Synchronicity
Procol Harum, Whiter Shade of Pale


And many, many more

[HughBeaumont]

30. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield.

Something by Isaac Hayes.

[Arkansas Granny]

33. Tubular Bells makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

31. Tav Falco's Panther Burns, "Ditch Diggin'" Madrid 1988

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0nH6xOqGp0

[Fire Walk With Me]

32. Kevin Gilbert, "Suit Fugue"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp_pczrUug4

From "The Shaming of the True". So poignant if you're at all familiar with the music industry.

[rucky]

34. Paranoid Android

Stars of Track & Field
From a Motel 6
Only Shallow
B-Boy Bouillabaisse
Father to a Sister of Thought

[Dr. Strange]

35. The definitive version of Bohemian Rhapsody:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wM58YXp2x0

[triguy46]

36. If we drive a wooden stake through Bohemian Rhapsody's heart, will it kill it?

[mike_c]

37. I have NEVER liked Bohemian Rhapsody very much....

I mean, I don't turn the dial when it plays on the radio. Mostly. But despite Freddy Mercury's talent, I've never been much of a Queen fan.

[cemaphonic]

71. somebody once dubbed it

"the most convoluted novelty song ever" and I think it's hard to argue with that. I like it somewhat, but it's a long way down the list of "best song ever."

[Zomby Woof]

39. I don't have time to post 1,000 songs

On the other hand, I would be hard-pressed to come up with any song more pretentious or pompous than that one though.

[Ahpook]

40. This one

At least for the moment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wZ3ZG_Wams


See, even the end of the URL agrees:)

[TCJ70]

41. The Muppet Bohemian Rhapsody...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY

Done.

[HuckleB]

66. +1,000,000,000

[Tikki]

47. It must be this one...

because these cute young ones are covering that bass line so earnestly.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fvxOaXqwxY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Eczh18ZTI


P.S....my 7 year old grandson thinks Freddy is a superhero because he
watches a video of Freddy on stage jumping around and wearing
silver tights...

Tikki

[LostInAnomie]

48. Right here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTD39QwEYn8

[JVS]

49. Piece of cake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XfeWp2y1Lk

[cherokeeprogressive]

50. 21st Century Schizoid Man... In the Court of the Crimson King... to name just two. n/t

[LoZoccolo]

51. Champagne Supernova

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cJauX_q6wI

The video is even better.

[ohheckyeah]

52. I love Bohemian Rhapsody

but when I want to get mellow, I need Pink Floyd's Eclipse.

[jobycom]

53. Never seen so much fail following such a true OP. nt

[LynneSin]

65. There's a reason I've always considered you one of the greatest DUers of all time

:woohoo:

[kedrys]

55. The original, or the Muppet version?

:hide:

[Danger Mouse]

56. I think 'Who Wants to Live Forever' is even more frickin amazing than BR.

Sorry.

[Ken Burch]

57. The original Dobie Gray version of "Drift Away"

Especially the part where he sings the last chorus acapella.

[Lethe]

60. easily done

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6R-LZ25Te0

any top 10 def leppard tune.

[yawnmaster]

61. Do they have a dog barking version of Bohemian Rhapsody?

Now THAT would be frikin' amazing!

[TommyO]

62. Renaissance: Song of Scheherazade

[tmyers09]

63. To follow the Queen theme...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxbFLYa0_bw

Somebody To Love - Queen

[Tommy_Carcetti]

64. Nothing beats Starla. Nothing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnFeCex032g

On edit, maybe banging Jessica Simpson beats Starla. But only that.

[semillama]

67. Johnny Cash's version of "hurt" n/t

[Blue_Tires]

68. The "Flash Gordon" soundtrack....

I Won

[Fire Walk With Me]

73. Yep, you won

:rofl:

[krispos42]

69. It needs more "oomph"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfLX7zE6jxw