"Bohemian Rhapsody" Quotes

Context

This line is from the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, from the album A Night at the Opera (1975).

"Bohemian Rhapsody" (also a great name for a show dog or used-clothing store) hits pretty much every musical note possible, from its operatic beginning all the way to its poignant close, crashing through line after line of utter nonsense along the way. Just because it doesn't make a lick of sense doesn't mean it isn't catchy, though. Before a brief ode to Galileo (a subject not referenced enough in pop rock, in our opinion), the band breaks into a brief chant of "I see a little silhouetto of a man, Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?"

Yes, we will do the Fandango. Is this some prediction of buying movie tickets online? Not exactly. A fandango is a kind of Spanish dance, and a scaramouche is a type of clown character that popped up Italian comedies (a little inside baseball, we know). But we don't care what he calls us; we'll do anything lead singer Freddie Mercury asks us to do.

Where you've heard it

You've heard Wayne and Garth sing it in Wayne's World, and it also happens to be one of the greatest songs of all time.

Additional Notable References

• "Weird Al" covered it as "Bohemian Polka."
• It was also covered by Pepe the Prawn of the Muppets.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

It's catchy, but a little obscure as something to say to someone. If you bust this out, you might not have a dancing partner—just a couple of groans and eye rolls.