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The "Bohemian Rhapsody" music video was shot at Elstree Studios in November 1975. The band used Trillion, a subsidiary of Trident Studios, their former management company and recording studio. They hired one of their trucks and got it to Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, where the band were rehearsing for their tour.
Mercury said that his lawyer had cautioned him against discussing the lyrics, but that it was written from a "very emotional" place for which he felt music was the best outlet. [4] Roger Taylor also noted that despite the success of " Killer Queen " and Sheer Heart Attack , the album preceding A Night at the Opera , the band was lacking money ...
The song's title is used as a running joke in the 2018 Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, starting with an argument between Taylor and May over the song's lyrical content. Later in the film, fictional EMI executive Ray Foster ( Mike Myers ) suggests to have it or " You're My Best Friend " released as the first single to A Night at the Opera ...
The music video, directed by Bruce Gowers, shows the band in a huge ballroom surrounded by over one thousand candles, including a huge chandelier hung from the ceiling. [12] The video was filmed in April 1976 [12] at Elstree Studios, near London. Additionally, Deacon is seen playing a grand piano rather than the Wurlitzer he used on the recording.
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody is narrated by Richard E. Grant, and runs for approximately 56 minutes. [1] Throughout the programme, Brian May and Roger Taylor revisit the place where they recorded the 1975 album A Night at the Opera, and discuss the song and the video.
"Innuendo" is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor but credited to Queen, it is the opening track on the album of the same name (1991), and was released as the first single from the album.
The video is a montage by about 70 different Muppets characters singing their part of the lyrics against a black screen, in the same style used by Queen for portions of their promotion video [80] of the song as well as mimicking the four-person layout used for the cover of Queen's second album.
The song's music video featured a "morphing" effect of the band's famous pose in 1975's "Bohemian Rhapsody" video to a 1985 version of the same pose. The song was included in all Queen's live concert performances of The Magic Tour, as the first song of each concert. [7]