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I point out past / future references to James Bond (& associated movies / actors) in the lyrics to Queen's 1975 song Bohemian Rhapsody. The track appeared on the British rock band's fourth album Night At The Opera. Queen scored the 1980 sci-fi / superhero film Flash Gordon. Among this film's cast: Timothy Dalton:

- "Oh, mamma mia, mamma mia" - Actor Pierce Brosnan played Ian Fleming's spy character in 4 films: GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999), Die Another Day (2002). He later starred in Mamma Mia!, the 2008 musical romantic comedy based on the stage musical of the same name, in-turn based on the songs of pop group ABBA.
- "(Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro, magnifico" - apparently a reference to the Italian astronomer. Interestingly, the radio telescope at Arecibo Puerto Rico was the setting for the climax to the James Bond film Goldeneye.
- "But I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me He's just a poor boy from a poor family" - Bond actor Timothy Dalton played Heathcliff in the 1970 adaptation of Emily Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights.
- "Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?" - a reference to the recognizable Italian theatrical clown character. Roger Moore donned clown makeup as James Bond in Octopussy (1983).
- The song Bohemian Rhapsody was featured in the opening of 1992 comedy Wayne's World (based on the Saturday Night Live skit). In the '93 sequel, A View To A Kill (1985) Bond actor Christopher Walken appears in the cast.

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00:00We're talking about knowledge of the future in movies, YouTube channel, Easter Egg Psychic.
00:05In this video, I'll point out some possible future predictive references in Easter Eggs
00:10in the rock group Queens, 1975, song Bohemian Rhapsody.
00:15I thought about this a little bit and came out with some links to the movie adaptations
00:20and some associated films of the Bond actors.
00:24And Bohemian Rhapsody is a very well-known song worldwide.
00:28It appears the lead single off their fourth studio album, A Knot at the Opera, written by Freddie Mercury.
00:36And the other members of Queen are Brian May on guitar and vocals, Roger Taylor on drums, and John Deacon
00:44played bass.
00:45First of all, a big connection between Queen and James Bond.
00:48They did the soundtrack for the 1980 science fiction superhero film Flash Gordon.
00:54This cast included Sam Jones, Melody Anderson, Ornella Moody, Max Fonsito, Heim Topol,
01:02actor Timothy Dalton, who later played Ian Fleming's British spy character James Bond,
01:08in two films, The Living Daylights in 87, and License to Kill in 89.
01:14Alright, so thinking about the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody.
01:18And this song is really amazing because of how it's structured.
01:22Alright, so I'll kind of skip around.
01:24Mamma Mia, Mamma Mia.
01:25This is the name of a 2008 romantic comedy musical film based on the 99 stage musical,
01:34based on the songs of Swedish pop group ABBA.
01:38The cast consisted of Meryl Streep, Kristen Baranski, Amanda Seyfried,
01:44Dominique Cooper, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, and Julie Walters.
01:48Pierce Brosnan has a prominent role in this.
01:51He played James Bond on screen in four films between 95 and 02.
01:58Is Your Golden Eye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day.
02:04Back to the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody.
02:06Galileo Galileo.
02:08Apparently a reference to the Italian astronomer who lived in the 16th and 17th centuries.
02:14Now the climatic scene of the 95 Bond film Goldeneye involved a space communications dish.
02:24And this was shot at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
02:29And the radio telescope there, 305 meters in diameter.
02:34I'm just a poor boy.
02:36Nobody loves me.
02:37He's just a poor boy from a poor family.
02:40I thought these lines possibly applicable to Timothy Dalton's character Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights,
02:50which was a 1970 adaptation of Emily Bronte's novel.
02:54This film included a cast with Anna Calder Marshall, Hilary Dwyer, Harry Andrews, and Ian O'Gilvie.
03:02Scaramouche, Scaramouche, Will You Do the Fandango.
03:05This refers to the stock clown character of Italian comic theatrical arts.
03:12Actor Roger Moore appeared as a clown in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy.
03:19Maud Adams, Louis Jordan, and Bruce Boa also in this.
03:23And of course, Bohemian Rhapsody was prominently featured near the opening of the 1992 comedy film Wayne's World.
03:33This is based off the Saturday Night Live sketch with Mike Myers and Dana Carvey.
03:39Tia Carrera, Roblo, Laura Flynn Boyle, and Brian Duell-Murray were in the first film.
03:45And in the second movie, in 1993, James Bond actor Christopher Walken guest stars.
03:52He played the villain Soren in A View to a Kill in 1985.
03:57Roger Moore starred in this, along with Tonya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick McNee.
04:03Dolph Lundgren has a cameo in this.
04:05My YouTube channel is Easter Egg Psychic.
04:08There I go back and look at movies and television from the past.
04:11I analyze these for possible references to future media.
04:14These may appear in the form of anecdotes, idioms, anagrams.
04:18Hidden in the subtext of the work in question,
04:20I also use an unconventional method where I look at the likenesses of the actors.
04:25What I found is you can take the likenesses, match these up to some of the anecdotal items,
04:31and show past, present, and future information about actors and other personalities
04:37that may resemble the personalities in the movie or television episode that you're watching.
04:42My email contact is easteregguy, that's G-U-Y, at yahoo.com.
04:49Thanks for watching.
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