Queen: The Prophet's Song vs Bohemian Rhapsody
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Topic: Queen: The Prophet's Song vs Bohemian Rhapsody
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Subject: Queen: The Prophet's Song vs Bohemian Rhapsody
Date Posted: November 16 2006 at 18:01
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Two great Queen's prog pieces. Which one do you prefer?
My vote goes to The Prophet's Song!  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
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Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: November 16 2006 at 18:04
| Bohemian Rhapsody for me. |
Posted By: SolariS
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 00:46
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Bohemian Rhapsody is a great song, but it's over played. I think prophet song has an unfair advantage in this poll because of BR's popularity. -------------  
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 04:20
| Both are amazing, but I like The Prophet's Song better. |
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 04:25
Of the two, Bohemian Rhapsody wins the game, but The Prophet's Songs is also superb!!
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Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 04:29
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i prefer The Prophet's Song for the crazyness ------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 04:30
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strange fact: both are in the same album ------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 04:32
| In fact, A Night at the Opera is their Best album ever!! |
Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 04:50
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Bohemian Rhapsody is the best prog song ever, Queen is one of the best art rock bands ever and any of the "Queen II", "A Night At The Opera" and "A Day At The Races" could easily be in the Top10... ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 14:57
| Both are lovely, but The Prophet's Song doesn't get the attention it deserves, so I voted for it. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 15:52
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Bohemian Rhapsody, hands down. It's not prog IMO, but very innovative, daring and totally beyond any categorisation. Totally inspired and just - perfect.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 16:44
Why is that strange? |
martinprog77 wrote:Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: November 18 2006 at 03:25
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´` Maybe because other bands certainly wish to have been able to write at least one of those songs in their entire career? I fell in love with Bohemian Rhapsody first, but after I bought the album, The Prophet's Song absolutely amazed me. I remember that when I was in the army I played TPS to a couple of guys and one of them, a really down to earth type, simply got blown away and I think he might have gotten into prog that night. ------------- "We've got to get in to get out" |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: November 18 2006 at 07:07
| Bohemian Rhapsody |
Posted By: Open-Mind
Date Posted: November 18 2006 at 07:10
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Bohemian Rhapsody for me too
------------- "I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll this time, I feel my luck could change.. " |
Posted By: Paradox
Date Posted: November 18 2006 at 07:37
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I voted "The Prophet's Song". Bohemian Rhapsody doesn't really have too much happening in it. It all seems to build up to a frankly disappointing guitar riff. ------------- 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 18 2006 at 08:00
 It's fascinating how different we all seem to perceive music. Well, of course if one only knows Bohemian Rhapsody from Wayne's World, that person could think that it's all just an intro for the guitar riff.  ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: November 18 2006 at 15:31
| What dissappoints me a bit about Bohemian Rhapsody is not the riff itself, but the fact that it's too short. Way too short. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: November 20 2006 at 07:23
Bohemian Rhapsody was a landmark recording, all the more so for the fact it went straight to the UK number one slot & stayed there for (I believe  ) 9 weeks - helped in no small way by the now iconic video.
Personally, though, my favorite has always been 'The Prophet Song'; the brilliance of its writing & production propel it way ahead of the rest of the album (which in my opinion was the peak of Queen's creativity). ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Paradox
Date Posted: November 20 2006 at 09:38
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I agree. Perhaps the height of their creative career -------------
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Posted By: master_k
Date Posted: November 24 2006 at 07:45
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Definetly The Prophet's Song! Mercurys delayeffects are priceless and untouchable. Bohemian Rhapsody is a bit overplayed, yes. ------------- Situation that rules your world (despite all you've said) 
I would strike against it but the rule displaces... |
Posted By: yarstruly
Date Posted: November 24 2006 at 10:42
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Prophet's Song Easily for me! ------------- Facebook hashtags: #100greatestprogrockchallenge #scottssongbysong #scottsspotlight |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: November 24 2006 at 13:57
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Bohemian Rhapsody!!!! ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: November 24 2006 at 19:23
| BR is overplayed, but The Prophet's Song tends to drag, though it is still Freddie's third greatest vocal performance behind Somebody to Love and BR. |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: November 24 2006 at 20:59
Voted for Prophet's song. It's prog, it's heavy-metal but it's not prog-metal!One more thing:It's impossible to tell where the Prophet's Song is ending and where the next track is beginning! I never heard any other song ending so smoothly! ------------- |
Posted By: ZowieZiggy
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 09:41
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I voted for "Bohemian" : I guess that it is the most emblametic Queen song.
I like "The Prophet's Song" a lot though.
Cheers. ------------- ZowieZiggy |
Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 09:47
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Bohemian Rhapsody for me ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 16:45
Well said. The prophet's song is easily in my top 5 favorite Queen songs. Especially that vocal delay/loop effect section. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 21:58
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Tough call, I don't dare to vote. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: The Bard
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 22:06
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prophet's song. very underplayed. delay singing is amazing, the way he makes a sentence of off beat and on beat echoing that overlap to say,"I hear you, come here". its genious. ------------- Let the music be your master. |
Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: March 25 2007 at 01:27
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Eh! Another delicious tie to break! In favor of..... mmm...... Bohemian Rapsodhy!! A fantastic mini-epic. 16 x 17 is the score right now |
Posted By: Draconean
Date Posted: March 25 2007 at 15:44
I could repeat almost everything mentioned above ... concerning The Prophet's Song! TPS is prog IMO, very innovative, daring and totally beyond any categorisation. Totally inspired and just-perfect.
But this "victory" is not hands down, because both songs come very close to my all time fave.
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Posted By: Allu
Date Posted: March 29 2007 at 15:34
| Bohemian Rhapsody for the win! |
Posted By: docsolar
Date Posted: April 01 2007 at 00:02
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Bohemian Rhapsody is a conceptual masterpiece. The Prophet's Song is still great, but didn't enthrall me as long as BR has.
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: April 01 2007 at 02:03
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The Prophet's Song ! ------------- 
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Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: April 01 2007 at 08:13
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The Prophet's Song! ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: April 04 2007 at 08:57
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Bohe... Proph... Bohemian... Prophet's S... Bohemian Rhap... Prophet's song.
It's longer.
And doesn't have R(h)ap in the title.
But BH is an astonishing piece of work too. ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: April 04 2007 at 20:37
| Both are good, but Bohemian is better. |
Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: April 04 2007 at 20:44
Both amazing songs, but Bohemian Rhapsody touches my heart and is one of my fave songs ever! 
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Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 08:31
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The Prophet Song for mine! ...and that's evened it up again at 22 a piece
I think both are great but TPS is tops.
I suppose I should mention I'm old enough to have seen Queen on their A Night At The Opera tour when I was still at school  Are you jealous   ------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 10:50
 Gargantuan jealousy aside, how was it?  ------------- |
Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 19:27
It was great ... brilliant even. A lot of the details are blurred these days as it was over 30 years ago that I saw them but the memory of the occasion lives on
 ------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |