Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

Recording Artist: Queen
Album: "A Night At The Opera" - 1975

Our explanation: This is rather self-explanatory- the singer has murdered someone, and is on death row, awaiting execution. In the operatic portion of the song towards the end, he appeals. It is rejected, and he fades away... Here are some meanings of some of those names:

1. Scaramouche - originally 'Scarramuccia', one of the stock figures in Italian Commedia del'Arte theatre; a swashbuckling beau dressed in black who was never quite as brave as he pretended

2. Figaro - a Spanish first name, best known from the witty and rebellious barber in Beaumarchais' novels Le Barbier de Séville and Le Mariage de Figaro, both later made into operas

3. silhouetto - Italian for silhouette, an outline seen against a lighter background, named, for unknown reasons, after Etienne de Silhouette, 18th century French finance minister. The cutting of silhouette shapes and profiles became a fad.

4. Bismillah - an Arabic interjection meaning 'in the name of God'

5. Beelzebub - chief spirit of evil, the name means 'lord of the flies' and was first used for a Philistine god. Milton uses the name for Satan's right-hand fallen angel in Paradise Lost. The name is sometimes used as a synonym for 'Satan'.

6. magnifico - Italian word for magnificent or, by extension, a Venetian nobleman or any high ranking person

7. fandango - a Spanish courtship dance in triple time, performed by a couple, often employing castanets

8. Galileo - Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and philosopher (1564 - 1642)