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Bohemian Rhapsody
Review for "featured article" criteria.— miketm - Queen WikiProject - 00:24, 7 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Great song. My comments on the article:
 * In the intro: "world's biggest bands" = "world's most popular bands" ?
 * The second paragraph of "Recording" mixes various tenses and is generally poorly worded.
 * "...but declares that he "need[s] no sympathy" because nothing matters." I thought he says he needs no sympathy because he's "easy come, easy go". No?
 * easy come, easy go is something that you say in order to describe someone who thinks that everything is easy to achieve, and who therefore does not worry about anything.
 * I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
 * Because I'm easy come, easy go
 * A little high, little low
 * Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me
 * — miketm - Queen WikiProject - 03:31, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I think that's different than "because nothing matters": he needs no sympathy because he doesn't care, not because nothing matters. Maybe I'm splitting hairs... -- bcasterline • talk 03:54, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Some explanation or context for the lyrical allusions in the Opera would be nice.
 * "This was a very small sum compared to the multi-million dollar industry music videos have become" commentary seems out of place to me.
 * The section "Promotional video" would benefit from some more inline citations, especially:
 * "It was created for the sole purpose of allowing the band to be on tour and appear "live" on the BBC's Top of the Pops."
 * Removed "sole" and added ref.— miketm - Queen WikiProject - 03:11, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * "The "Bohemian Rhapsody" video is often cited as "the first ever music promo video.""
 * The section "Live performances" has a lot of awkward wording -- for example, the sentence beginning "During the Jazz and Live Killers tours..."
 * I'm not a huge fan of lists of trivia, and I think most of that information can be added elsewhere. (The first point is especially interesting.)
 * Otherwise looks pretty good. -- bcasterline • talk 02:30, 7 September 2006 (UTC)