To be fair, Bob, the "familiar" phrase is both times used to refer to the same cross-handed piano vamp. I think a better word would have been "iconic".
Interestingly, as a 29 year old with a minor in Music, I have read many Music Theory / Musicology essays on Bohemian Rhapsody, in part because after Wayne's World, everybody born in the '80s knew the song (it seems). It seemed to be one of the go-to contemporary pieces of my era, along with Madonna's "Like A Prayer" and the Sgt. Pepper album. I wonder what the next generation is going to focus on... Gangnam Style?