Bohemian Rhapsody - Steve Bean - Classical Guitar

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Bohemian Rhapsody by Freddie Mercury.
This is a short film of Edgar Cruz's fantastic arrangement of Bohemian Rhapsody. Shot, recorded and produced by my good friend Rob Wright at Mama Liz's Voodoo Lounge.

My guitar is custom made by AJ Lucas, of Lincoln, England

[mrjohnop]

Thank you so much Steven Bean for 6 minutes and 32 seconds of pure magic.

[zharborneo]

"You can do Anythinh with my Music. Remix it, cover it, re-releaseit. Just.. Never make me boring." -Freddie Mercury

[SteveBeanGuitar]

Thanks for all of your comments & views. Just hit a million! :-) thank you x

[igorkhomenko]

Six minutes of heart thudding... Another chance to appreciate the complexity and beauty of this piece. Thank you so much!

[bernhardtmoore]

Classic guitar without stained glass windows, candles and flowers? But beer kegs? Oh, god, I love it. Easy on the ears as well. Rated 5 pints.

[SteveBeanGuitar]

Thanks again for all of your wonderful comments, likes and views!
Please see description for Tabs and credits.  Also, now available from iTunes!

[alankcpa]

Freddie would be most pleased. Amazing.

[bricknboxer]

I was a teenager when I saw Queen perform it in 1975.  A Night at the Opera had just been released.   Over the years it's gotten so much airplay it's easy to forget what a great composition is really is.  Thank you for making it "fresh" again.  Well played sir!!

[plipsig]

this was tears-in-my-eyes and lump-in-my-throat beautiful. Absolutely magnificent. thank you.

[LuigiMustapha]

The way you feel what you play, the way you tap every single fret... You're an artist, not only because you play amazingly well, but also because of how you show your emotions using the most beautiful language on earth: music.
Freddie must be proud of you.

[paradoxicalenigma]

I could watch you play guitar forever. So intense, and lovely.

[johannesthiele]

I can hear freddy mercury singing from your guitar

[SteveBeanGuitar]

TEN MILLION TODAY!!
Galileo Figaro Magnifico-o-o-o-o! I am overwhelmed

[MrJoeyBoombotz]

The most stunning and heartfelt interpretation of anything ever. Played with grace and technical sophistication. Bravo. Bravo. I'm 62 and have listened and played music my whole life. I just love when someone takes something like this to a whole new level. I didn't like Freddy much even though I recognized the talent in him and his band. You captured the real essence of that entire piece, with nothing lacking. Amazing work. What a joy it was to enjoy that piece in such a different way. 

[eidurnavkijd]

Very well done and this with such a difficult composition. A rocksong transposed to a beautyfull classical performance. chapeau.

[DudeStuff]

Dude I rarely comment after watching a video...but Damn man that was masterfully executed!! Dynamics were brilliant! I have been playing for over 30 years now and that... was mint!!

[yt.boykunat]

Mama, just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head,
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead.
Mama, life had just begun,
But now I've gone and thrown it all away.

Mama, ooh,
Didn't mean to make you cry,
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow,
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters.

Too late, my time has come,
Sent shivers down my spine,
Body's aching all the time.
Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go,
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.

Mama, ooh (anyway the wind blows),
I don't wanna die,
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.

I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning,
Very, very frightening me.
(Galileo) Galileo.
(Galileo) Galileo,
Galileo Figaro
Magnifico.

I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me.
He's just a poor boy from a poor family,
Spare him his life from this monstrosity.

Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go. (Let him go!)
Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let him go!)
Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let me go!)
Will not let you go. (Let me go!)
Never, never let you go
Never let me go, oh.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Oh, mama mia, mama mia (Mama mia, let me go.)
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby,
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here.

(Oh, yeah, oh yeah)

Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters,
Nothing really matters to me.

Anyway the wind blows.

[DrugzRailz]

Best transposition of a piece iv seen  bravo, bravo,

[chrisjames]

Guitar Techniques magazine have a now legendary tab of BoRap. I've been learning it for the past 14 years, dipping back in every few days, yet I'm still only a 1/3 of the way through it. Hats of to this guy - he well and truly nails it. It's a song of nuisances, highs and lows, and Steve masterfully demonstrates all its quirks and complexities.

[BibaswanNarayanDatta]

Steve Bean, it's so beautiful ... I swear I had tears in my eyes :) :)