Christian singing Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

The Fire Rises said:

Also, his parents were members of a strange religion I've never heard of, and so I think he may have been influenced by that to some degree.

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Apparently he was raised as a Zoroastrian--an ancient monotheistic religion which still has adherents in Iran and India. The musician/conductor Zuben Mehta is also a Zoroastrian.

i did not read everyone's post but to answer the question, no you won't have a devil put aside for you if you recite the line.

Bettys60 said:

i did not read everyone's post but to answer the question, no you won't have a devil put aside for you if you recite the line.

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Life and death is in the POWER of TONGUE.
I don't understand and cannot comprehend or even fathom WHY a Born again Christian and one who follows Christ will even want to, or even think of, or even feel its ok to recite those words.
I just don't get it
Which is why even BEFORE anyone gives their life to Christ, they have to OPEN THEIR MOUTH and proclaim Him their Lord and Saviour.

Best to steer clear of heavy metal. I gave it up and have never been happier!

Not everyone has the revelation on the power contained in your words. Binding and loosing and the power of blessing and cursing. Having a "froward mouth" and the fruits it brings. On both sides, just having a tongue is a very powerful thing and it yield it to God looses Him to do wonders on the earth. To yield it to the devil causes fiery darts, and the very fire of Hell to be loosed.

The enemy will try at times to serve you up and to get you to say something bad, and the moment it goes out, you can feel the corrupting influence. You'll enjoy the fruit thereof for better or for worse. It would do everyone well to do a study on your mouth and words and to take heed what comes out from the lips, because their is tremendous potential for better or for worse.

The song is about a man on death row. I wouldn't continue to sing such songs, but you should be fine. Proverbs 18:21, "The power of life and death are in the tongue" So speak good things into your life through the Power of the Holy Spirit and watch them take root!

I have heard many times that the song is about him having AIDS. I'm pretty sure that the line you bolded was a sort of symbolism.

I don't think that saying a song lyric flippantly will cause you to be possessed or anything like that - it's about our intentions and heart.. but I don't see why a christian would be singing a song like that in public.
In my opinion, it's just an issue of it being a bad witness to others - maybe even causing a christian brother/sister to stumble if any were present.

I used to be extremely into classic rock and, actually, to say that I was obsessed with Pink Floyd would be putting it lightly. I knew all of their songs on all of their albums, I had a bunch of their posters, books, dvds, movies. I listened to their music nonstop and learned all the lyrics to all their songs and even learned how to play probably around 100 of their songs on piano. I bought solo albums of several of the members. I knew the band history in detail. Since becoming christian, I have not listened to their music and I have packed up all the cds I own in preparation to get rid of them (I haven't gotten there yet cause life is crazy at the moment). I have given away all the books of theirs that I owned and thrown out all the posters of theirs. There is a point to all of this.

I also knew a lot about many other bands. I had probably 200gb worth of music on my computer and various dvds and a few hundred physical cds.

I believe that Freddie Mercury had immense musical talent, as did many other classic rock bands/musicians.
However, once I became a christian, fairly quickly, that type of music lost its allure for me. I started to find it hollow, meaningless and boring. This is coming from someone who lived and breathed this music for a decade (I was a late bloomer but I made up for lost time, hardcore).

I don't see how most rock music is attractive to a christian if he's a changed person. I'm sure there are certain elements of truth in some of it, but in my opinion, it's bland. I used to find hymns and worship music boring but now, that and traditional classic music (which most people call "classical") are all I find remotely enjoyable. The reason for this is that hymns speak to my heart and they are a form of spiritual food. They cause me to reflect on my relationship with God and also to think about what I should be focused on in life. Secular music in general does nothing for me at all anymore.

It's all about intent. If you intend to have demons infest you, then yes, demons will cloud you. If you're singing karaoke with friends, then your words hold no weight. No demons will come. But way to be a man and stand against something you felt was wrong.

I don't see how most rock music is attractive to a christian if he's a changed person.

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We had a very similar musical thing going on. I learned most of their stuff on both guitar and keyboard and I could "Shine On" all the way down the road without interruption. I felt a HUGE load off of me when I yielded to getting rid of that music. I NEVER would have guessed this would happen. I thought it would be like pulling teeth, but if you just do it, the cords can be broken and the soul ties eliminated.

The reason for this is that hymns speak to my heart and they are a form of spiritual food.

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I had backslidden for a long time. The biggest disappointment I had was the music had changed to more rock as a mainstream format. You might say well that is the contemporary thing. They rocked when I came to the Lord and it wasn't a replacement for worshipful music then. I felt that whenever music shifted gears to a more rock thing, that it was a step back not forward. I've seen it in services. It graduates to more reverential stuff where you're not just praising, but worshipping, then they'll start rocking, and it's like, "Let's go back to the Outer Court", rather than get into the Holy of Holies.

The music used to have more scripture in it and God ministered more life in through these types of songs. I started becoming overly vocal about the heavy music at Mardel's Christian bookstore and the Lord rebuked me in the store. He's using it all (although some death metal is clearly a deception) and I'm not to judge His church. I still believe you'll have a closer walk if you go the reverential route though. People move up close to the throne in experience when they reverence Him and it's all we crave for.

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I used to love, love, LOVE Queen. I listened to them a lot. But then as I understood and heard God, I was soon convicted. The music was pulling me away from God. Not to mention, there are some bad influences to their songs...

You can't deny that some musicians are brilliant and talented, but that's not everything to our lives. The influences that musicians may bring to our lives could be dangerous to our spirituality in some degree if we're not careful.

I don't listen to them these days, and if I do, it's would be a very rare occasion. I can't listen like I used to...

Jupiter Drops said:

I used to love, love, LOVE Queen. I listened to them a lot. But then as I understood and heard God, I was soon convicted. The music was pulling me away from God. Not to mention, there are some bad influences to their songs...

You can't deny that some musicians are brilliant and talented, but that's not everything to our lives. The influences that musicians may bring to our lives could be dangerous to our spirituality in some degree if we're not careful.

I don't listen to them these days, and if I do, it's would be a very rare occasion. I can't listen like I used to...

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God is all wisdom and truth and goodness. God alone.

Love is all.

and
Bismillah! No - we will not let you go - let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go - let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go - let me go

bis·mil·lah

exclamation

1. in the name of Allah (an invocation used by Muslims at the beginning of any undertaking).

I just watched Bohemian Rhapsody the other night. Poor Freddie. Tormented indeed.

guitarintro said:

Yesterday I was with my friends celebrating someone's birthday and we decided to go for some karaoke. I wanted to have a little fun. Being the guitarist that I am, I decided to find a few rock songs including the popular Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. Now I never sang this song from start to finish, nor did I understand what the lyrics meant. As a guitarist, I always focus on melody over lyrics when composing and this was a catchy tune.

As I was singing the song, I noticed half-way through the lyrics were:

"Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me"

Once I saw this line, I told my friends I wanted to skip the song.

If I did sing this line out loud, will something bad happen? Like will a devil really be put aside? Or will I be demonized?

Maybe I am just psyching myself up as usual, but just some clarification would be nice.

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1 John 4:4 (AV)
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

That being said...

Don't go looking for demonic confrontation.

Acts 19:11–16 (AV)
11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

Jude 9 (AV)
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

Don't be afraid... again:

1 John 4:4 (AV)
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

But as to your specific question... I would exercise caution but not fear. The very days of the week are named after false gods. Your photo in the margin here is called an avatar...

We are in the world, not of the world.

The Apostle Paul spoke of this very kind of thing using the specific example of meat from animals sacrificed to false gods (demons see 1 Corinthians 10:20). This was pretty much all the meat in the marketplace.

1 Corinthians 8 (AV)
1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

It really depends on several things singing that kind of thing in public.

Most of us never really understood the lyrics of popular tunes enough to know what was being sung.

Tootie Fruitie (from the extremely moral 1950's) refers to female body parts. "Whenever I want you all I have to do is dream. dream dream dream" is about masturbation.

Point being, there haven't been lightning bolts from God striking people down for these things or Bohemian Rhapsody that I'm aware of for some 60 years.

Bottom line:

Let the Holy Spirit and your conscience and your example to others (particularly weaker believers) be your guide.

It got me wondering about who the most popular groups were.

List of best-selling music artists - Wikipedia

guitarintro said:

As I was singing the song, I noticed half-way through the lyrics were:

"Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me"

Once I saw this line, I told my friends I wanted to skip the song.

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hello! I think you did the right thing skipping the song! Well done having the integrity to do that.

I always have to remind myself of what the bible says in every book, it talks about the two camps, the righteous and the wicked, light and darkness, the saved and the unsaved, the narrow path to life and the broad road to destruction.

There is no grey area, no neutral ground. A lot of stuff that seems harmless is in fact dangerous. God Bless