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When looking intellectually at songs of the rock and roll genre, it is rare for a song to stand up under close scrutiny. Many songs of said genre are little more than a catchy riff overly repeated and inane lyrics about relationships. When looking for a song that has been truly orchestrated the first and foremost song that comes to mind is Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. This is a song in which the lyrics, not the music carries the song. Lyrically, Bohemian Rhapsody is a journey through the plight of a man tormented by a single ill-fated action. One of the most unique aspects of this song is that it does not follow the classic pattern of consisting primarily of verses and choruses, but rather five distinct parts, an intro, a ballad, an opera, a rock, and then ends with an outro. First off is the Intro. The song opens with a harmonized and sweeping, dream-like acappella melody in which a choir of layered voices sings, "Is this the real life? / Is this just fantasy? / caught in a landslide, / no escape from reality." This verse seems able to double both as an immediate reaction to the man’s act and a foreshadowing of his eventual and final state. During the intro Queen uses the technique of shifting the sound from the le