The way you feel what you play, the way you tap every single fret... You're an artist, not only because you play amazingly well, but also because of how you show your emotions using the most beautiful language on earth: music. Freddie must be proud of you.
I was a teenager when I saw Queen perform it in 1975. A Night at the Opera had just been released. Over the years it's gotten so much airplay it's easy to forget what a great composition is really is. Thank you for making it "fresh" again. Well played sir!!
The most stunning and heartfelt interpretation of anything ever. Played with grace and technical sophistication. Bravo. Bravo. I'm 62 and have listened and played music my whole life. I just love when someone takes something like this to a whole new level. I didn't like Freddy much even though I recognized the talent in him and his band. You captured the real essence of that entire piece, with nothing lacking. Amazing work. What a joy it was to enjoy that piece in such a different way.
His name was Freddie, not Freddy, and his band as you put it, they have a name, he was the lead singer but the other members had just as much input into every song... I'm not exactly sure how you think this is taking Freddie's masterpiece to a new level, it's good but it's definitely not better than the original song!
Matic Gabor It'd be a pleasure, But I'm pretty limited to UK gigs unless you can afford to pay for my travel... in which case you could get Edgar Cruz, he's the guy who arranged it.
Guitar Techniques magazine have a now legendary tab of BoRap. I've been learning it for the past 14 years, dipping back in every few days, yet I'm still only a 1/3 of the way through it. Hats of to this guy - he well and truly nails it. It's a song of nuisances, highs and lows, and Steve masterfully demonstrates all its quirks and complexities.
Thank you!! You are absolutely right because I used to practice every single day for up to 4 or 5 hrs.from 11pm to 4 am. And then from Monday to Friday because as time passes by I really start feeling tired,I have two jobs and the only time I have free is during nite time, soon I started to feel overwhelmed, I don't know if it happened to you, but I mean I really want to be good at it and maybe someday make a living,that's why I'm so hard on my self,but you're right just like u say I will start doing. Thank you!!
Great performance, Mr. Bean. You showed by your terrific skills what genius Fred Mercury was. As well as why the guitar is a so much loved instrument, for I bet it's the one and definitive instrument that can mostly inspire and tell so many, many about someone's soul!
Dude I rarely comment after watching a video...but Damn man that was masterfully executed!! Dynamics were brilliant! I have been playing for over 30 years now and that... was mint!!
Ohhh My GOD!!!! Mr. Steve. This is for me, the best song ever, it was the first song of Queen that I've ever heard! I listened this song for the first time when I was 5 years old and the melody really got me... forever. And now, when I was listening your amazing performance I thought: "I have to tweet this video to Brian May" 'cause this cover it's really awesome. (Probably he already knows this cover) I've never thought in the posssibility of making a bohemian's cover on guitar. The reason? It's so perfect on piano that you don''t waste your time thinking in that kind of scenario, and for that... Thank You!!! because it was a really nice surprise!!!! That prove me that anything is possible!!!! P.S: I wish I had your skill to play the guitar. I'm learning!!! Have a Nice Day and since this very right moment... I'm Your Fan!!! #Blessings
wow man. I'm totally new to really appreciating flamenco and Spanish guitar. That said, you really got me choked up with an emotional rendition of what truly is an emotional and tragically beautiful song. Bravo!! Bravissimo!!!!
OMG, Steve Bean, an artist with the guitar... like itsjoe, you bring Freddy back to life... gracious for your talent and Freddy gets bells ringing in heaven! XO
TEN MILLION TODAY!! Galileo Figaro Magnifico-o-o-o-o! I am overwhelmed Thank you all so much for watching; and a very special ten million thank you's to my very good friend Rob Wright for making this video. ruclips.net/user/RobbieDingovideos
Mama, just killed a man, Put a gun against his head, Pulled my trigger, now he's dead. Mama, life had just begun, But now I've gone and thrown it all away. Mama, ooh, Didn't mean to make you cry, If I'm not back again this time tomorrow, Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters. Too late, my time has come, Sent shivers down my spine, Body's aching all the time. Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go, Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth. Mama, ooh (anyway the wind blows), I don't wanna die, I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all. I see a little silhouetto of a man, Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango? Thunderbolt and lightning, Very, very frightening me. (Galileo) Galileo. (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro Magnifico. I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me. He's just a poor boy from a poor family, Spare him his life from this monstrosity. Easy come, easy go, will you let me go? Bismillah! No, we will not let you go. (Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let me go!) Will not let you go. (Let me go!) Never, never let you go Never let me go, oh. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, mama mia, mama mia (Mama mia, let me go.) Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me. So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye? So you think you can love me and leave me to die? Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby, Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here. (Oh, yeah, oh yeah) Nothing really matters, Anyone can see, Nothing really matters, Nothing really matters to me. Anyway the wind blows.
It's good to see a guy who has short nails on his picking hand. I've felt pressured to grow my nails out, but it's just a pain with the kind of outdoor work I do. Also, I just feel better with short nails. I'm thinking about running my picking hand fingertips up and down the strings to develop calluses; perhaps this will have a similar effect that a long nail would have. Nice performance, thanks.
Wow .... I thought it would have been impossible to have recreated the kind of dynamic range that exists on this song on classical guitar until I heard this ... amazing.
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, No escape from reality. Open your eyes, Look up to the skies and see, I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy, Because I'm easy come, easy go, Little high, little low, Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me. Mama, just killed a man, Put a gun against his head, Pulled my trigger, now he's dead. Mama, life had just begun, But now I've gone and thrown it all away. Mama, ooh, Didn't mean to make you cry, If I'm not back again this time tomorrow, Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters. Too late, my time has come, Sends shivers down my spine, Body's aching all the time. Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go, Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth. Mama, ooh (any way the wind blows), I don't wanna die, I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all. I see a little silhouetto of a man, Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango? Thunderbolt and lightning, Very, very frightening me. (Galileo) Galileo. (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro Magnifico-o-o-o-o. I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me. He's just a poor boy from a poor family, Spare him his life from this monstrosity. Easy come, easy go, will you let me go? Bismillah! No, we will not let you go. (Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let me go!) Will not let you go. (Let me go!) Never let you go (Never, never, never, never let me go) Oh oh oh oh No, no, no, no, no, no, no Oh, mama mia, mama mia (Mama mia, let me go.) Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me. So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye? So you think you can love me and leave me to die? Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby, Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here. (Ooooh, ooh yeah, ooh yeah) Nothing really matters, Anyone can see, Nothing really matters, Nothing really matters to me. Any way the wind blows.
~~~~~< Just absolutely, beautifully performed! Ya know when it's perfect, when you feel goose bumps coming on, and you sing the song in your head, while listening!!! KUDOS!!!
I loved your version. Congratulations I arranged BohRap for one guitar, a Tapping Guitar Version in my channel, but it's a fast jazz version, Have a nice 2017. Cheers from Brazil.
Some notes were a little buzzy and muffled but damn was that so well arranged! Very awesome! I can hardly be picky when this looks so difficult to play!
Thank you so much Steven Bean for 6 minutes and 32 seconds of pure magic.
"You can do Anythinh with my Music. Remix it, cover it, re-releaseit. Just.. Never make me boring." -Freddie Mercury
Thanks again for all of your wonderful comments, likes and views!
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please do more queen songs :)
FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!
Sorry but that's the only way I can describe how I feel after watching this.
amazing !
Luv ya guy!
AMAZING!!! got goosebumps listening to this...
The way you feel what you play, the way you tap every single fret... You're an artist, not only because you play amazingly well, but also because of how you show your emotions using the most beautiful language on earth: music.
Freddie must be proud of you.
Freddie would be most pleased. Amazing.
Thanks for all of your comments & views. Just hit a million! :-) thank you x
Good work Steve!
BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO!
CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!
chabap Clap clap clap! Bravo!
Marc Duperron my thoughts exactly as he played that last chord :) Bravo !
That was brilliant.
I was a teenager when I saw Queen perform it in 1975. A Night at the Opera had just been released. Over the years it's gotten so much airplay it's easy to forget what a great composition is really is. Thank you for making it "fresh" again. Well played sir!!
Six minutes of heart thudding... Another chance to appreciate the complexity and beauty of this piece. Thank you so much!
Those beer kegs in the background look delish!
this was tears-in-my-eyes and lump-in-my-throat beautiful. Absolutely magnificent. thank you.
The most stunning and heartfelt interpretation of anything ever. Played with grace and technical sophistication. Bravo. Bravo. I'm 62 and have listened and played music my whole life. I just love when someone takes something like this to a whole new level. I didn't like Freddy much even though I recognized the talent in him and his band. You captured the real essence of that entire piece, with nothing lacking. Amazing work. What a joy it was to enjoy that piece in such a different way.
His name was Freddie, not Freddy, and his band as you put it, they have a name, he was the lead singer but the other members had just as much input into every song... I'm not exactly sure how you think this is taking Freddie's masterpiece to a new level, it's good but it's definitely not better than the original song!
I could watch you play guitar forever. So intense, and lovely.
Dude, I would like you to play this at my wedding
Matic Gabor It'd be a pleasure, But I'm pretty limited to UK gigs unless you can afford to pay for my travel... in which case you could get Edgar Cruz, he's the guy who arranged it.
Steve Bean that was not meant for real, im actually 18 and i think im a long time from getting married :P
That would make the best wedding ever XD
@@MaticGabor , you've posted this 8 years ago. You're now 26. Getting married soon or actually married already?
Too long. Di-worse?
Guitar Techniques magazine have a now legendary tab of BoRap. I've been learning it for the past 14 years, dipping back in every few days, yet I'm still only a 1/3 of the way through it. Hats of to this guy - he well and truly nails it. It's a song of nuisances, highs and lows, and Steve masterfully demonstrates all its quirks and complexities.
Classic guitar without stained glass windows, candles and flowers? But beer kegs? Oh, god, I love it. Easy on the ears as well. Rated 5 pints.
Now, i KNOW he can't hear it, but i'm applauding anyway. well done, bravo and excellently played sir!
Best transposition of a piece iv seen bravo, bravo, bro!!!!!!
Thank you!! You are absolutely right because I used to practice every single day for up to 4 or 5 hrs.from 11pm to 4 am. And then from Monday to Friday because as time passes by I really start feeling tired,I have two jobs and the only time I have free is during nite time, soon I started to feel overwhelmed, I don't know if it happened to you, but I mean I really want to be good at it and maybe someday make a living,that's why I'm so hard on my self,but you're right just like u say I will start doing.
Thank you!!
Great performance, Mr. Bean. You showed by your terrific skills what genius Fred Mercury was. As well as why the guitar is a so much loved instrument, for I bet it's the one and definitive instrument that can mostly inspire and tell so many, many about someone's soul!
Guitar Virtuoso -- It's like you've combined the vocals, guitar, and bass at the same time. It's beautiful!
Dude I rarely comment after watching a video...but Damn man that was masterfully executed!! Dynamics were brilliant! I have been playing for over 30 years now and that... was mint!!
One man orchestra! I felt like I was listening to the band playing. Amazing. Absolutely amazing.
I can hear freddy mercury singing from your guitar
This is just ridiculously fantastic. I am in awe of the dedication needed to master the classical guitar to this level.
Ohhh My GOD!!!! Mr. Steve. This is for me, the best song ever, it was the first song of Queen that I've ever heard! I listened this song for the first time when I was 5 years old and the melody really got me... forever.
And now, when I was listening your amazing performance I thought: "I have to tweet this video to Brian May" 'cause this cover it's really awesome. (Probably he already knows this cover) I've never thought in the posssibility of making a bohemian's cover on guitar. The reason? It's so perfect on piano that you don''t waste your time thinking in that kind of scenario, and for that... Thank You!!! because it was a really nice surprise!!!!
That prove me that anything is possible!!!!
P.S: I wish I had your skill to play the guitar. I'm learning!!!
Have a Nice Day and since this very right moment... I'm Your Fan!!! #Blessings
Steve Bean, it's so beautiful ... I swear I had tears in my eyes :) :)
This is absolutely amazing! Oh my gosh I could play for 100 years and never be that good! Your amazing
You're
Brilliantly executed, to one of the best songs ever!
Excellent Performance. It is not just the technique but mainly the dynamics. you could notice how the guitar "sings" with so much emotion.
Truely beautiful! I never imagined that lovely piece of music was hidden by the recorded song!
One of my favorite songs played very well !
a very tender rendition.
Very well done and this with such a difficult composition. A rocksong transposed to a beautyfull classical performance. chapeau.
Me quito el sombrero!!!!
Vacan
Muy chevere
Best fingerstyle cover for this song!
I think that`s the best way to play the song on guitar... the arrangements principally.... just awesome !!
Take a shot every time the camera angle changes
wow man. I'm totally new to really appreciating flamenco and Spanish guitar. That said, you really got me choked up with an emotional rendition of what truly is an emotional and tragically beautiful song. Bravo!! Bravissimo!!!!
Well said!
You make me cry
OMG, Steve Bean, an artist with the guitar... like itsjoe, you bring Freddy back to life... gracious for your talent and Freddy gets bells ringing in heaven! XO
It's crazy that geniuses like you exist!
my jaw just dropped, nice one!!!
Stop thanking us, WE THANK YOU Steve !! :)
WOOOW! Im gonna use this song for studying! For sure it will help :)
+ I'm subscribing
Yep , i'll do the same
I didn't find the tabs anywhere, so im gonna learin it by ear :3
Fernando Alastor it's bohemian rapsody, arranged by Edgar Cruz, there are few tabs online.
Vale, las buscaré, gracias Victor xD
Víctor Santos Ramírez Ya la encontré en PDF, te amo c:
Nessun commento superfluo, un vero capolavoro riarrangiato in maniera divina.... Onore a te Maestro
Mr Bean,,,,I'm speechless....great talent you have sir
Simplesmente Perfeito! Bravo!! Bravo!!
The whole 6:33 in one take...
I’m wowed
TEN MILLION TODAY!!
Galileo Figaro Magnifico-o-o-o-o! I am overwhelmed
Thank you all so much for watching; and a very special ten million thank you's to my very good friend Rob Wright for making this video. ruclips.net/user/RobbieDingovideos
Very beautiful. Having played guitar for a few years myself I can only imagine what kind of hard work it would take to pull this off. Well done
Huge respect. Freddie mercury would be smiling at you watching this.
I'd say 2-3 years of practice on this tune alone in a 6.32 vid. Nicely played.
outstanding. That's about all I can say
Smooth, i’d love to listening this oftenly
Incredible!!!! Pinky at 6:05 is everything to me.
Fantastic unbelievable nobody else done this before alone ....you are a Hero
And on the seventh day, God went to the theater to watch this performance.
This is just earthly music,but god prepares for those who believe in him something that eyes and ears have never heard or seen before!
Mama, just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head,
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead.
Mama, life had just begun,
But now I've gone and thrown it all away.
Mama, ooh,
Didn't mean to make you cry,
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow,
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters.
Too late, my time has come,
Sent shivers down my spine,
Body's aching all the time.
Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go,
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.
Mama, ooh (anyway the wind blows),
I don't wanna die,
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.
I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning,
Very, very frightening me.
(Galileo) Galileo.
(Galileo) Galileo,
Galileo Figaro
Magnifico.
I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me.
He's just a poor boy from a poor family,
Spare him his life from this monstrosity.
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go. (Let him go!)
Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let him go!)
Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let me go!)
Will not let you go. (Let me go!)
Never, never let you go
Never let me go, oh.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Oh, mama mia, mama mia (Mama mia, let me go.)
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby,
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here.
(Oh, yeah, oh yeah)
Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters,
Nothing really matters to me.
Anyway the wind blows.
mind blowing perfomance
It's good to see a guy who has short nails on his picking hand. I've felt pressured to grow my nails out, but it's just a pain with the kind of outdoor work I do. Also, I just feel better with short nails. I'm thinking about running my picking hand fingertips up and down the strings to develop calluses; perhaps this will have a similar effect that a long nail would have. Nice performance, thanks.
Classic guitar player at its best! Relaxes my mind!
360 People killed a man and couldn't tell mama
Oh god dude I just clapped and I'm by myself.
Steve
Wonderful music and playing.
Thank you-John
How has this video been in existence for 6years and this is the first time me seeing this????!!!?!?!?!? Man are amazing!
Perfect rendition.
Ohh man.
I feel like Freddy is still alive..
I hear freddy was singing from your guitar..
#salute from indonesia 🇮🇩👍
thanks , I enjoyed this classic jam
Simply amazing! I'd like to echo John's remark about how much time and effort this must have taken. Excellent!
extraordinary performance... been playing over 40 years and that is up there with the best!!
in a word: INCREDIBLE.
that's the best one ever heard.Wow
Maestro! que sutil y armoniosa interpretación.
I could watch this for hours on end
Wow .... I thought it would have been impossible to have recreated the kind of dynamic range that exists on this song on classical guitar until I heard this ... amazing.
last year at band regions this kid played this on the guitar and got a command performance. it was really awesome
Wow goosebumps
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide,
No escape from reality.
Open your eyes,
Look up to the skies and see,
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy,
Because I'm easy come, easy go,
Little high, little low,
Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me.
Mama, just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head,
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead.
Mama, life had just begun,
But now I've gone and thrown it all away.
Mama, ooh,
Didn't mean to make you cry,
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow,
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters.
Too late, my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine,
Body's aching all the time.
Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go,
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.
Mama, ooh (any way the wind blows),
I don't wanna die,
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.
I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning,
Very, very frightening me.
(Galileo) Galileo.
(Galileo) Galileo,
Galileo Figaro
Magnifico-o-o-o-o.
I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me.
He's just a poor boy from a poor family,
Spare him his life from this monstrosity.
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go. (Let him go!)
Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let him go!)
Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let me go!)
Will not let you go. (Let me go!)
Never let you go (Never, never, never, never let me go)
Oh oh oh oh
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Oh, mama mia, mama mia (Mama mia, let me go.)
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby,
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here.
(Ooooh, ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters,
Nothing really matters to me.
Any way the wind blows.
perfeito lindo som e técnicas arrojadas, e a música é linda. Parabéns.
I especially like the way you used the harmonics in the "Mama, just killed a man..." section. Very nice touch. Beautiful.
A wonderful solo guitar arrangement that truly captures the emotion and strength as well as downright fun of the classic Queen composition🤗🤗
Honestamente nunca achei que alguém tocaria tão bem essa musica com um violão TO DE QUEIXO CAÍDO.
~~~~~< Just absolutely, beautifully performed! Ya know when it's perfect, when you feel goose bumps coming on, and you sing the song in your head, while listening!!! KUDOS!!!
3:00 wow
Awesome man x every single note !
You send shivers down my spine.
I loved your version. Congratulations
I arranged BohRap for one guitar, a Tapping Guitar Version in my channel, but it's a fast jazz version,
Have a nice 2017. Cheers from Brazil.
I looked up "awesome" in the dictionary, and it just had a link to this.
Holy shit dude! How long did it take you to learn that?
Dude, you didn't miss a single note, freddie must be proud, awesome job!!!
Never before saw that technique for playing the harmonics like in 2:31 Amazing song, thanks!
IMPRESIONANTE , GRACIAS
In the intro I thought he's gonna seat on that thing until he stepped on it...
Khent Reyes lol
job paolo u suck
job paolo and it is right over your head...
Khent Reyes I love you man. Need more funny peeps like you in this world
i love you too man. no homo c:
Some notes were a little buzzy and muffled but damn was that so well arranged! Very awesome! I can hardly be picky when this looks so difficult to play!
Pero, ante semejante interpretación, uno que puede decir? Que maravilloso. Muchas gracias y muchas felicidades.
2021 e é a melhor versão disparada já feita!!!
toca pra
caralho
Bravo!!!
perfect
That absolutely bloody brilliant!
No entra en mi cabeza como es que hay gente que no le guste esta obra maestra