Next month will mark half a century since the release of Bohemian Rhapsody and with that in mind, Brian May and Roger Taylor have given a lengthy interview to Rolling Stone in which they talk about the song’s genesis and debate its still contested meaning.
Bohemian Rhapsody was the culmination of a particularly progressive period in rock’s development, when bands were afforded time to experiment and slather overdubs over a single track, and there was still a sense of progression in the medium, and, Roger Taylor adds, “you actually had to be good at your instrument – that doesn’t seen to be a necessary requisite these days.”
