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"Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra

Strong Songs

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The Bohemian Rhapsody Chorus

Douglas Rushkoff: I really like that chorus, obviously it's a great chorus. There are two specific things that I like about it, the first is how it's arranged musically and the second ishow it's arranged vocally. The melody is staying kind of static in a certain way because it's just repeating the same motive over and over again,. But it's moving up because each time they do it at a higher octave So listen to it again and listen for that, how the vocal melody is climbing while the bass is actually moving downward.

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