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Dr. Strange

(25,921 posts) Thu Mar 29, 2012, 03:50 PM Mar 2012

Arrested Drunk Man Sings "Bohemian Rhapsody" In Its Entirety In Back Of Police Car

Dude in the video above wasn't happy about being picked up by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for being intoxicated. The best excuse he can muster is something about "brotherhood of men on the planet earth" before he segues right into singing Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." In its entirety. He even provides the instrumentation interlude. There's nothing clever to add here. This performance can't be topped. http://deadspin.com/5897507/

Paula Abdul was quoted as saying she liked his style, and voted to let him through to Hollywood.

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Arrested Drunk Man Sings "Bohemian Rhapsody" In Its Entirety In Back Of Police Car (Original Post) Dr. Strange Mar 2012 OP

Weird? Who CAN'T sing Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" well when they're drunk? rocktivity Mar 2012 #1

Would have been great if one of the cops leaned in and said "No! we will not let you go!" n2doc Mar 2012 #2

OMG! Dr. Strange Mar 2012 #3

BEELZEBUB HAS A DEVIL OF A SIGHT FOR ME... FOR ME!!!!!! Initech Mar 2012 #4

I'm not an expert SCantiGOP Mar 2012 #5

I laughed through the whole thing. zanana1 Mar 2012 #6

How the video got out...! MADem Apr 2012 #7

He is slightly off key in a few parts. nt ZombieHorde Apr 2012 #8

Not surprising jmasterson Jun 2012 #9

Singing "Mama just killed a man" in a cop car probably not a good idea. damaya Jun 2012 #10

3 Worse Songs To Sing in the Back of A Police Cruiser damaya Jun 2012 #11

That performance will be the world's worst earworm. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #12

Gotta love Canadians. They use songs for release where Americans use guns. valerief Jul 2012 #13

rocktivity

(44,576 posts)

1. Weird? Who CAN'T sing Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" well when they're drunk?

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Thu Mar 29, 2012, 04:06 PM

Mar 2012

rocktivity

n2doc

(47,953 posts)

2. Would have been great if one of the cops leaned in and said "No! we will not let you go!"

Reply to Dr. Strange (Original post)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 04:48 PM

Mar 2012

Dr. Strange

(25,921 posts)

3. OMG!

Reply to n2doc (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 04:52 PM

Mar 2012

That would have been the greatest thing in the whole universe!

Initech

(100,079 posts)

4. BEELZEBUB HAS A DEVIL OF A SIGHT FOR ME... FOR ME!!!!!!

Reply to Dr. Strange (Original post)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 06:00 PM

Mar 2012

SCantiGOP

(13,871 posts)

5. I'm not an expert

Reply to Dr. Strange (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2012, 03:34 PM

Mar 2012

but I think dude is pretty damn drunk.
(but, I agree it would have been awesome if the cop had started singing the comeback lines)

zanana1

(6,122 posts)

6. I laughed through the whole thing.

Reply to Dr. Strange (Original post)

Sat Mar 31, 2012, 09:36 PM

Mar 2012

Now that's entertainment.

MADem

(135,425 posts)

7. How the video got out...!

Reply to Dr. Strange (Original post)

Sun Apr 1, 2012, 01:13 AM

Apr 2012

The "Bohemian Rhapsody" Dude Is An Unemployed Home Brewer Who Was Picked Up For DUI

The Smoking Gun has discovered the identity of that guy who fantastically belted out every word of "Bohemian Rhapsody" in the back of a cop car after his arrest. His name is Robert Wilkinson, he's 29, he's unemployed, he's a home brewer, and his unforgettable performance in the back of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police vehicle was very much real. It happened last November after the 29-year-old was busted for drunken driving in Edson, Alberta, Canada.

The video got out because Wilkinson, who is unemployed, decided to defend himself against the charges (of course), and the RCMP gave it to him as part of the case's discovery process. Wilkinson, in turn, did what any serious legal mind would do to prepare his defense: He uploaded the clip to YouTube to amuse his friends. The Smoking Gun interviewed Wilkinson and found out a little bit more about him:

Wilkinson, who was unaware that the police video (see below) had gone viral, said that he is a karaoke singer who has performed all 113 Beatles songs available on karaoke machines. Asked how he was able to recall almost all the "Bohemian Rhapsody" lyrics, Wilkinson sought to display his memory by rattling off a long string of digits in Pi...

More at link (includes one of those DU naughty words, so if you don't like 'em, don't click): http://deadspin.com/5897751/the-bohemian-rhapsody-dude-is-an-unemployed-home-brewer-who-was-picked-up-for-dui

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)

8. He is slightly off key in a few parts. nt

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Sun Apr 8, 2012, 06:16 PM

Apr 2012

jmasterson

(12 posts)

9. Not surprising

Reply to Dr. Strange (Original post)

Thu Jun 7, 2012, 02:08 PM

Jun 2012

I doubt that song has ever been sang buy anyone who wasn't drunk

or stoned

damaya

(107 posts)

10. Singing "Mama just killed a man" in a cop car probably not a good idea.

Reply to Dr. Strange (Original post)

Thu Jun 7, 2012, 05:30 PM

Jun 2012

Hope autotune the news gets a hold of this!

damaya

(107 posts)

11. 3 Worse Songs To Sing in the Back of A Police Cruiser

Reply to Dr. Strange (Original post)

Sat Jun 9, 2012, 09:52 AM

Jun 2012

3 Worse Songs To Sing From The Back Of An RCMP Police Cruiser

1. Dead Horse by Guns N' Roses. This song features the lyric: "Sometimes I feel like I'm beatin' a dead horse." The RCMP loves horses so much that they have chosen a name that reminds us they are mounted on them! And if they're driving some drunk around in a cruiser, that obviously means less quality time riding their horse, which the drunk would be reminding them of by singing this song. This would be especially bad, if they're riding in a cruiser because their horses have succumbed to colic.

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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

12. That performance will be the world's worst earworm.

Reply to Dr. Strange (Original post)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 03:52 PM

Jul 2012

valerief

(53,235 posts)

13. Gotta love Canadians. They use songs for release where Americans use guns.

Reply to Dr. Strange (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 12:33 PM

Jul 2012

He was even disappointed they didn't cuff him!

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