History Main / BohemianParody

"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Music/{{Queen}} is quite an EarWorm. Pretty much everyone can recognize the distinctive and complex melody, most people know the lyrics (at least approximately), it's a melding of numerous musical genres from rock to opera, and it also has a rather famous and recognisable music video. As a result, thanks to it's distinctive nature and SmallReferencePools, it's become quite a common subject for {{Parody}}.

"[[Music/{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]]" is quite an EarWorm. Pretty much everyone can recognize the distinctive and complex melody, most people know the lyrics (at least approximately), it's a melding of numerous musical genres from rock to opera, and it also has a rather famous and recognisable music video. As a result, thanks to it's distinctive nature and SmallReferencePools, it's become quite a common subject for {{Parody}}.

[[Music/{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]] is quite an EarWorm. Pretty much everyone can recognize the melody, and most people know the lyrics, at least approximately. Thanks to SmallReferencePools, it's [[{{Parody}} parodied]] rather often, most commonly by various fandoms. More specifically, the part being parodied is at 3:02, from "I see a little silhouetto of a man" to "Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me for me, for me!". The lyrics are changed, the melody left fully intact, the whole thing is pretty much always named [adjective directly related to the theme] Rhapsody.

Another common type is to make a cover and change the melody drastically or to use voices that just don't fit.

A visual stock parody is having four people pose as four heads above each other in the darkness, just like Queen does at the start of their "Bohemian Rhapsody" music video.

* An episode of''LiveActionTV/FatherTed'' features the hyperactively annoying Father Noel Furlong subjecting everyone he's stuck in a cave with to an impromptu solo rendition of the song in which he does all the parts himself.

[[caption-width-right:250:''Is this real life? Is this just'' -- wait.]]

* [[Franchise/MegaMan Titanium]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiqBJNpzWK8 Rhapsody]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfLX7zE6jxw Bohemian Polka]] from Music/WeirdAlYankovic is an inversion in that lyrics are unchanged, but it's re-arranged to be a polka.

* An old issue of ''Dragon'' magazine had a version sung by the cast of the ''{{Dragonlance}} Chronicles''.

[[{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]] is quite an EarWorm. Pretty much everyone can recognize the melody, and most people know the lyrics, at least approximately. Thanks to SmallReferencePools, it's [[{{Parody}} parodied]] rather often, most commonly by various fandoms. More specifically, the part being parodied is at 3:02, from "I see a little silhouetto of a man" to "Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me for me, for me!". The lyrics are changed, the melody left fully intact, the whole thing is pretty much always named [adjective directly related to the theme] Rhapsody.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfLX7zE6jxw Bohemian Polka]] from Music/WeirdAlYankovic is an inversion in that lyrics are unchanged, but [[InTheStyleOf the whole melody is remade.]]

Another common type is to make a cover and change the melody drastically or to use voices that just don't fit.

!Examples:

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfLX7zE6jxw Bohemian Polka]] from WeirdAl is an inversion in that lyrics are unchanged, but [[InTheStyleOf the whole melody is remade.]]

* StarTrek [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU2MQ03d0bg Rhapsody]]

* StarTrek [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU2MQ03d0bg Rhapsody]]
* Brohemian [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvaB2o6HZHI Rhapsody]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfLX7zE6jxw Bohemian Polka]] from WeirdAl is an inversion in that lyrics are unchanged, but [[InTheStyleOf the whole melody is remade. ]]
* [[StarWars Midichlorian]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpvlTVgeivU Rhapsody]]
* Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}} [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMgWaxtLbwE Rhapsody]] (warning: spoileriffic!)

* Mountain Dew [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1tg2l_yqZY ad.]]
* The Argentinian Show Todox2$ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiiMBBUQlsQ
* ZeroWing [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/222458 Rhapsody!]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfLX7zE6jxw Bohemian Polka]] from Weird Al is an inversion in that lyrics are unchanged, but the whole melody is remade.

[[{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]] is quite an EarWorm. Pretty much everyone can recognize the melody, and most people know the lyrics, at least approximately. Thanks to SmallReferencePools, it's [[{{Parody}} parodied]] rather often, most commonly by various fandoms. More specifically, the part being parodied is at 3:02, from "I see a little silhouetto of a man" to "Mama mia, let me go". The lyrics are changed, the melody left fully intact, the whole thing is pretty much always named [adjective directly related to the theme] Rhapsody.

* StarTrek [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW_EigrG8VQ Rhapsody]]

* Bo{{He-Man}} [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeFH-QoAPCk Rhapsody]]

* "Rap Soda y Bohemia" by {{Molotov}}.

* BattlestarGalactica [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMgWaxtLbwE Rhapsody]] (warning: spoileriffic!)

* An old issue of ''Dragon'' magazine had "Companions' Rhapsody", sung by the cast of the ''{{Dragonlance}} Chronicles''.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_kI1Gmr9PA Novocaine Rhapsody]], a fusion of Bohemian Rhapsody and Gree Day's [[AmericanIdiot "Give Me Novocaine."]]

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

* [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/222458 Zero Wing Rhapsody!]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_kI1Gmr9PA Novocaine Rhapsody, a fusion of Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Day's "Novocaine."]]