Queen: The Prophet's Song vs Bohemian Rhapsody

Two great Queen's prog pieces. Which one do you prefer?

My vote goes to The Prophet's Song!

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.





Edited by SolariS - November 17 2006 at 00:46

Of the two, Bohemian Rhapsody wins the game, but The Prophet's Songs is also superb!!

strange fact: both are in the same album

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...

Bohemian Rhapsody, hands down. It's not prog IMO, but very innovative, daring and totally beyond any categorisation. Totally inspired and just - perfect.

´` 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.

Bohemian Rhapsody for me too

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.

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).