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UnFictional

Rhapsody in Bohemia

UnFictional

KCRW

Society & Culture

4.4923 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2013

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

What do you get when you take one of the greatest and strangest rock songs of all time and let fans and critics pull it apart, examine it, critique it and cover it?

Transcript

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0:00.0

From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Bob Carlson, and this is Unfictional.

0:07.0

Unfictional is KCRW's program of stories and original documentaries.

0:15.0

It's a part of KCRW's independent producer project,

0:19.0

a laboratory for independent radio producers, writers, and performers, creating funny, emotional, and surprising

0:25.9

stories of places and people, both ordinary and unusual.

0:32.1

And along with commissioning works from audio producers in this country, in the last few

0:36.6

months we've been enjoying documentaries from producers across the globe, from Australia,

0:41.8

the Netherlands, Ireland, and England.

0:44.0

In particular, I'm a big fan of the work of Alan Hall and

0:48.0

Falling Tree Productions.

0:49.0

They produce beautifully woven pieces for the BBC.

0:52.0

We've heard a couple of them already on this program. beautifully woven pieces for the BBC.

0:52.7

We've heard a couple of them already on this program,

0:55.3

and today, not so much the story of a person,

0:59.2

but a song.

1:00.6

A song you probably know very, very well.

1:03.0

And in this half hour, that song will be pulled apart, examined, critiqued, covered, and recovered.

1:10.0

Today on KCRW's unfictional, it's Rhapsody in Bohemia.

1:15.0

B, pukk, kah, tah g Anything with sybulence, of course, comes through very well.

1:26.0

Such a scurramush. It has a kind of rhythmic drive about it, doesn't it?

1:31.0

Scaramush.

1:32.0

I think we'll go with a little bohemian Rhapsody gentleman.

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