{"id":85464,"date":"2018-12-19T11:43:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T00:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=85464"},"modified":"2018-12-24T11:57:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T00:57:34","slug":"review-bohemian-rhapsody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2018\/12\/19\/review-bohemian-rhapsody\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Bohemian Rhapsody"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bohemian<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Bohemian Rhapsody
\nReview by Bronwyn Eley<\/strong><\/p>\n

OH MY GOD.<\/span><\/p>\n

I kind of just want to leave my review of\u00a0Bohemian Rhapsody<\/a><\/em>\u00a0there but I\u2019ll expand a touch just so you know why I started my review with OMG.<\/span><\/p>\n

Firstly, the music – such music! We all know (I hope!!) that Queen did something incredible for this world. Their songs remain, to this day, anthems that speak to the masses on a grand scale. But the best part about it is that they also speak to us individually on a really personal level.<\/span><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t tell you the number of times I\u2019ve been in my car singing \u201cCan anybody find me SOMEBODY TO LOOOOOOOVEEE!\u201d and believing that the power of their song (if sung loudly enough) would actually make it happen!<\/span><\/p>\n

Every time Another Bites the Dust<\/em> comes on, I feel super bad-ass and my head starts bobbing and my feet start tapping and my mouth twists into this \u2018I\u2019m so cool\u2019 kind of smirk. Just to clarify – I am not cool at all but the point is that Queens\u2019 songs make us feel this way!<\/span><\/p>\n

Now to the movie. This is such an emotional story. I knew that Freddie was an interesting character and that he died young due to an AIDS infection, but I didn\u2019t know much else. Rami Malek was so convincing as Freddie that more than once I had to ask myself if it was actually<\/em> Freddie.<\/span><\/p>\n

As expected, Queen faced a lot of ups and downs throughout their career. Ridicule, late nights, fights, break-ups, heartache – and that\u2019s all within the band! Freddie\u2019s personal story really moved me, for he faced a great challenge being a gay man in the 1970s and 80s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We start at the Live Aid concert in 1985 and then flip back to the beginning, to when Freddie found his place in this band who had just lost their lead vocalist. Hello, fate!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Queen fans will adore Bohemian Rhapsody<\/em><\/a> – it is so much fun, the music is absolute splendour and it will leave you with a song in your heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, if you’ve ever wanted to add some amazing Queen songs to your repertoire, you can get the sheet music HERE!\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Bohemian Rhapsody will be released on DVD on the 13th of February\u00a02019 and is available to order from Booktopia.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bohemian Rhapsody Review by Bronwyn Eley OH MY GOD. I kind of just want to leave my review of\u00a0Bohemian Rhapsody\u00a0there but I\u2019ll expand a touch just so you know why I started my review with OMG. Firstly, the music – such music! We all know (I hope!!) that Queen did something incredible for this world. Their songs remain, to this day, anthems that speak to the masses on a grand scale. But the best part about it is that they also speak to us individually on a really personal level. I can\u2019t tell you the number of times I\u2019ve been in my car singing \u201cCan anybody find me SOMEBODY TO LOOOOOOOVEEE!\u201d and believing that the power of their song (if sung loudly enough) would actually make it happen! Every time Another Bites the Dust comes on, I feel super bad-ass and my head starts bobbing and my feet start tapping and my mouth twists into this \u2018I\u2019m so cool\u2019 kind of smirk. Just to clarify – I am not cool at all but the point is that Queens\u2019 songs make us feel this way! Now to the movie. This is such an emotional story. I knew that Freddie was an…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":85467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[92,6889,53,77],"tags":[9475,978,7898,9477,3790,9478,3822,9476,4482,4484],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/440-boh.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85464"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85728,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85464\/revisions\/85728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}