https://old.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/1j3q1ia/the_song_bohemian_rhapsody_is_a_terrible_song/

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You like heavy metal but dont like tempo changes? (3469)

I dont hate tempo changes, i hate it that they make 0 sense in this song (-41)

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How tf is a metal fan complaining about changing tempos? I'm guessing you hate Tool and Primus too. (659)

Nope, love tool. But their songs flow (-24)

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Queen are a band when you get a bunch of highly talented, sophisticated, and educated individuals together. Probably why they are regarded as one of the best bands to have ever existed due to the genius of songs like Bohemian Rhapsody. The fact that it is layered and branches a few genres so effortlessly, along with its sale numbers, proves that, objectively, it is one of the best song ever produced. (76)

Effortlessly? Man there is like 4 themes and none of them fit imo. Randomly jumping between them and just solo stuff. Total crap imo (-29)

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If I remember correctly, and I have drank a lot since then, the song is basically based on the story of Faust where 5he man he kills is himself, ie selling his soul to the devil and then when he tells his mum about it she asks the angels to save him but he doesn't want this as the devil will bring more pain on to her. There ends up a whole tug of war thing going on between the angels and the devil which is the mama Mia let me go thing. (1)

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I don't agree with your reasons but I hate it too! I just find it annoying. The worst is when someone does it at karaoke and then they monopolize the stage for ages.I also hate sweet Caroline 🤷🏽‍♀️ (1)

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I think your issue with the song is that you're both not understanding the references or what the song is trying to communicate: it's the story of someone struggling with their identity, specifically after discovering that they're not exactly who they or even those closest to them think they are. The song is chaotic and inconsistent on purpose: the song, like the person, is in a state of flux and metamorphosis.What you say is "shouting idiotic stuff" is just references to very specific art forms you're not familiar with:there's a reference to Commedia dell'arte (a very old tradition of italian comedy theatre with stock characters, including Scaramouche),Galileo is a reference to the real-life man Galileo Galilei (some parents like to sabotage their kids when naming them) who was arrested by the catholic church for challenging their doctrine and vocally supporting heliocentric models of astronomy - this parallels the character in the song doing something and becoming someone that the... (1)