I just read Camus's Stranger and while digesting the story, unconsciously bohemian rhapsody's part "nothing really matters to me" started playing in my head.
Now that i look at the lyrics, it seems they have a lot in common.
Meursault really didn't care much about reality or real life besides any physical experiences,and when he couldn't get them while imprisoned, he really started thinking about meaning of life.

Mersault shot a man, he could be confessing to his dead mother

When Mersault finally realized he is indeed going to die, he literally shivered as far as i can recall
Mersault was offered pardon or at least redemption if started believing in god, but he refused which led to him getting executed
I think this is the most interesting part, as Mersault did get pretty angry to the priest and after letting all his hatred out, he felt calm and ready to leave this world, as nothing really matters...


Could be far fetched, but i think Freddie at least must've read the book.

We've had a few discussions on nihilism in this forum, check the archives.

I don't know the song and haven't read Camus (though I know who he was as an existentialist), but the concept he's singing about is standard in the West at least since Nietzsche.

A good commentary on this is a chapter from Craig's book which you can read here:

http://www.bethinking.org/spirituali...ithout-god.htm

try listening to killing an arab by the cure

You don't know the song Bohemian Rhapsody?

Both also perfectly match up with the movie "the wizard of oz".

I checked wikipedia's references in popular culture for Stranger and that was one of the few songs it mentioned. Have to check it out.

Thats a really great book

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=boh...p=mss&ei=UTF-8

one of camus better books.. man some of his stuff is really blah blah blah depressing stuff.

he was like the first emo kid ever.

i like the plague the best in fact it's probably my favorite book, which isn't saying much because i don't read a lot.

Not much of a rock fan. Some Dylan, some Talking Heads, the odd number I can't avoid hearing from time to time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD03b...eature=related

I watched a video of Q yesterday and didn't recognize it. I have seen that movie and now remember that scene. Kinda proves my point about me and rock music - though I like parts of the movie, that music didn't stay with me.

NR is the General Grant of poker. Grant said he only knew two songs, "One is Yankee Doodle, the other isn't."

Interesting OP, your lit professor would be proud.

I remember when the Cure got all incensed when racists started appropriating their song "Killing an Arab." The Cure started asking radio stations not to play it. Class act. Good song.

There's more music, Horatio, in heaven and earth, than is dreamt of in your repertoire.