Danny Boy sends this in: “Does the guy for some reason think that Queen were unpaid?”
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I do not think it is a matter of his not liking Queen. I think he is not enjoying HER singing Bohemian Rhapsody and would prefer to listen to a professional musician.
No, he’s denying that Queen made music.
Nothing to do with Queen, it’s playing into the meaning of “bohemian” as an artsy person who just hangs around coffee shops playing bongos or whatever. Kinda a “Hey, Geezers!” reference.
I took it in an entirely different direction. I thought she was singing, and he’d rather hear someone professional. Not many people can sing BR well.
Mark H. – That’s my interpretation too. She was singing while doing household chores, as a lot of people do, and this is his way of saying, “Can it.”
Isn’t the standard trope when asked for requests to reply, “The sound of silence”…?
Note the tense: “makes music”. Does someone for some reason think that Freddy Mercury is still alive and doing something for a living?
I think Dvandom has it. It’s a play on the definition of “bohemian.” Why would he want to hear a rhapsody performed by someone who’s just messing around and not making a living at it?
I agree with M. Clay and others. It’s a request for her to not sing.
It’s a CIDU though, as we have a divergence of opinion here.
This is the second strip in an arc that started Oct 21.
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I do not think it is a matter of his not liking Queen. I think he is not enjoying HER singing Bohemian Rhapsody and would prefer to listen to a professional musician.
No, he’s denying that Queen made music.
Nothing to do with Queen, it’s playing into the meaning of “bohemian” as an artsy person who just hangs around coffee shops playing bongos or whatever. Kinda a “Hey, Geezers!” reference.
I took it in an entirely different direction. I thought she was singing, and he’d rather hear someone professional. Not many people can sing BR well.
Mark H. – That’s my interpretation too. She was singing while doing household chores, as a lot of people do, and this is his way of saying, “Can it.”
Isn’t the standard trope when asked for requests to reply, “The sound of silence”…?
Note the tense: “makes music”. Does someone for some reason think that Freddy Mercury is still alive and doing something for a living?
I think Dvandom has it. It’s a play on the definition of “bohemian.” Why would he want to hear a rhapsody performed by someone who’s just messing around and not making a living at it?
I agree with M. Clay and others. It’s a request for her to not sing.
It’s a CIDU though, as we have a divergence of opinion here.
This is the second strip in an arc that started Oct 21.
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I was wrong: he’s objecting to her singing, as M. Clay had it.
I don’t know how “Bohemian Rhapsody” could make ironing more interesting.
Mama, I’ve killed a man, held an iron to his head, plugged the cord in, now he’s dead.