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My point is that no one knows where an artistic creation will go, or how it will be perceived in the future. It's a mystery. So, no, it doesn't surprise me.
My theory about artistic creations is that the cream eventually rises to the top out of the crowded space of the present.
You start to see this happening after 30 years, but it probably takes 100+ years for the dust to settle more.
I think Wayne's World (1992) kind of gave Bohemian Rhapsody a resurgence,
This is how I was introduced to Bohemian Rhapsody and the only way I will ever remember it, so in regard to the original post: Yes, I am surprised! lol
I wasn't there for all that 70s glory, we had other things going on for us kids in the 80s, 90, and 2000s. I can respect the artistry, but no lie, I turn it off whenever it comes on the radio, hahahah
I have heard Bohemian Rhapsody more than enough. If it comes on the radio, I'll usually get up and change to something else. But that is also true with quite a number of famous but heard too many times songs.
I feel that way about Ozzy Ozbourne and a LOT of other artists. 50 to 60 years of rock n roll, and I hear the same ol songs by the same ol artists.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" with it's many wildly different musical sections, is really like 5 songs in one...a lot of longer, more progressive rock songs in the 70s had that, groups like Yes...their big hit "Roundabout", or Rush's "2112"..both good examples...
even Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven ...has sections ...in this case, building from quiet ballad to bombastic hard rock finale..and one poster mentioned "Bohemian Rhapsody being impressive considering it was recorded back in 1975...recording technology was pretty good by then ...24 track studios ....even some 48 track...analog of course...today's studio recording technology is more advanced but it doesn't translate to better recordings or better songs ....I'm not hearing any Bohemian Rhapsodys or Stairway to Heavens or Won't Get Fooled Agains today.
Queen spent a week recording the operatic portion of the song layering 160 tracks of 4 voices to create it.
Toto's "Africa" is another one -- you very occasionally heard it, but it's only in the last 5 years that you hear it *all the time.* On the flip side, apparently a Peter Frampton live album was an astronomical success in the 70's, but is never played on the radio today, except maybe "i want you to show me the way."
I think what you've been hearing for the past 5 years is Weezer's cover of "Africa." It was released in 2018 and IMHO, it's difficult to tell the difference between the two. Weezer had earlier recorded a cover of "Rosanna" and was then goaded by a twitter user to "bless the rains down in Africa."
In return, Toto did a cover of their 2001 "Hash Pipe."
I put it a #1 with Radio Gaga as #3. The 1981 Montreal concert video is great. Google "reaction to Somebody to Love" for videos of people seeing it for the first time.
I turned off Ozzy this afternoon, maybe for the first time. Because it was an ultra soft recent ballad and I wasn't in the mood for that.
I wasn't focused that much on Ozzy in 70s and 80s (the image / reputation was pretty poor in many eyes compared to other considered great rock bands) but I go for most of his radio play catalogue these days.
Keep what you like, change off what you don't. Radio stations often try to please several different audiences in a mix but I am less willing to sit thru songs I don't like. That I give radio a chance at all is a rarer thing these days I am told.
I turned off Ozzy this afternoon, maybe for the first time. Because it was an ultra soft recent ballad and I wasn't in the mood for that.
I wasn't focused that much on Ozzy in 70s and 80s (the image / reputation was pretty poor in many eyes compared to other considered great rock bands) but I go for most of his radio play catalogue these days.
Keep what you like, change off what you don't. Radio stations often try to please several different audiences in a mix but I am less willing to sit thru songs I don't like. That I give radio a chance at all is a rarer thing these days I am told.
You're right. And in this day and age with Amazon, Spotify, Youtube...I can get as much variety as I want, or listen to my favorite song over and over and over until I get tired of it. lol
I feel that way about Ozzy Ozbourne and a LOT of other artists. 50 to 60 years of rock n roll, and I hear the same ol songs by the same ol artists.
The only Ozbourne I really listened to was Black Sabbath, in high school. I liked it a lot then, but when I got into college, I got into Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zepplin, Carlos Santana, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, CSN - and I lost my taste for Black Sabbath pretty quickly. Even those latter bands - while I still think they were great, and really enjoy them as a change of pace even today, I just can't listen to the same thing for 40+ years - I want to hear new artists and new music styles, plus my taste has gradually evolved over my life.
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