Watch This Guy Perform Bohemian Rhapsody In 42 Different Styles
Massive achievement!
Image: YouTube/Anthony Vincent/Queen
YouTuber Anthony Vincent has become famous for his video series where he takes famous songs and rearranges them as imitations of different styles, genres and artists.
He has some brilliant stuff on his YouTube channel — check out his version of Mr. Brightside by The Killers to get an idea — but nothing compares to his most ambitious project yet: a cover of Queen’s epic Bohemian Rhapsody in 42 styles.
He covers the song through the lenses of artists as diverse as Johnny Cash, Daft Punk, Janis Joplin, System Of A Down, Kendrick Lamar, Michael Jackson and Death.
Check it out here:
The styles Vincent uses in order:
- Queen
- Himself
- The Chordettes
- Johnny Cash
- David Bowie
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Frank Sinatra
- Sam Cookie
- Boyz II Men
- Daft Punk
- Janis Joplin
- Scott Joplic (ragtime)
- Skrillex
- Hendrix (Michael Winslow version)
- Kenny G
- Bobby McFerrin
- Star Wars
- NWA
- Kendrick Lamar
- System Of A Down
- Elvis Presley
- Bollywood
- Bad Religio
- Bruno Mars
- Death Grips
- Chuck Berry
- Michael Jackson
- The Clash
- Ray Charles
- Aretha Franklin
- Soggy Bottom Boys (from the movie O Brother Where Art Thou?)
- Death
- ABBA
- Ghost
- Muse
- Vitas
- Medieval Music
- Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons
- Tool
- Prince
- Nirvana
- Dream Theater
The video is particularly timely given the release of the new Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, which has a full release on November 1.