FIRST TIME HEARING QUEEN "BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY" REACTION | BEAUTIFUL HARMONIES 😍❤️

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  • @tammyjackson3113
    @tammyjackson3113 3 года назад +979

    Fun Fact the guitarist is Dr. Brian May Astrophysicist and has worked with NASA also still Rockin that hair but it's gray now.

    • @TArnoldFerguson
      @TArnoldFerguson 3 года назад +113

      Another fun fact about Brian: he made that guitar himself when he was 17, with his dad's help. He still uses it as his main guitar today.

    • @daandalen3596
      @daandalen3596 3 года назад +12

      @@TArnoldFerguson that’s cool

    • @chuckster255
      @chuckster255 3 года назад +23

      Astrophysicist Dr. Becky Smethurtst discussed Dr. Brian May's thesis on how fast our sun rotates around the solar system on her RUclips channel "Dr. Becky". You can watch her video at ruclips.net/video/noT8kkdl8hE/видео.html

    • @RoverWaters
      @RoverWaters 3 года назад +20

      6:37 Brian May created the solo

    • @pedrogudino1133
      @pedrogudino1133 3 года назад +4

      That's Buckaroo Bonsai.

  • @nw11
    @nw11 7 месяцев назад +47

    This song is almost 50 years old (1975), this is not a song this is ART spread by a genius one of the greatest most talented singer, performer ever. Even in extreme pain, could barely walk or stand he carried on right to the end to be THE BEST ever. Gone too soon but what a legacy he left. Love you for ever R.I P Freddie

  • @coppola9885
    @coppola9885 2 года назад +192

    Freddy probably is one of greatest singing voices ever in history of music. His ability to hit five octaves!!!

    • @Music-Is-Real-Love
      @Music-Is-Real-Love 8 месяцев назад

      💯

    • @samanthaDH
      @samanthaDH 7 месяцев назад +4

      Before Julie Andrews had to get throat surgery she had an eight octave range. Not dissing Freddie!!! He taught himself to sing because he wanted to sing 😢 He put in the operatic part of this song because he wanted to. Such a driven, brilliant legend ❤ This is the best song of all time.

    • @skillstor9269
      @skillstor9269 5 месяцев назад

      He IS def ;)

    • @colinwatt8410
      @colinwatt8410 4 месяца назад

      Brad Delp was the best (Boston).

    • @tracymcintosh3426
      @tracymcintosh3426 3 месяца назад +2

      Also George Michael, such a wonderfully gorgeous voice.
      When he sang with Queen, for the AIDS charity night, WOW !! Freddie would have been over the moon with his performance, he (George) sang, "Find me someone to love" MAGIC ❤❤

  • @ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD
    @ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD 3 года назад +1334

    “That’s the 80s”
    Actually, this is 1975

    • @marcusthrun3887
      @marcusthrun3887 3 года назад +58

      Queen was ahead of her time. 😊

    • @dawnmguzman
      @dawnmguzman 3 года назад +21

      Thank you for calling that out

    • @ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD
      @ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD 3 года назад +14

      @@marcusthrun3887 Ha ha. I think she’s older than me but I’m a wannabe rock historian. It’s a hobby :P

    • @Angelicwings1
      @Angelicwings1 3 года назад +5

      @@ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD please do keep with your passion. If you can get a hold of a concert DVD of The Rock Show by Jon English and a band of young ones... It really will help you. He basically went through some rock history and they did performances of the songs

    • @flossygalloway5967
      @flossygalloway5967 3 года назад +4

      Thank you

  • @jayb-clay2724
    @jayb-clay2724 3 года назад +1764

    This my friends is what they call a "fucking masterpiece"

    • @williamgallucci9913
      @williamgallucci9913 3 года назад +12

      No doubt

    • @shake7691
      @shake7691 3 года назад +28

      That's an understatement....it's fucken MAGIC!

    • @Parkerlee1000
      @Parkerlee1000 3 года назад +26

      No matter what music you like you have to admit his talent was out of this world Rip Freddie Mercury 🙏🏻

    • @NoExitLoveNow
      @NoExitLoveNow 3 года назад +1

      Hardly. What is it about? Why should I care about it? I care very little because it isn't about anything I care about.

    • @duncH73
      @duncH73 3 года назад +7

      @@shake7691 its a kinda magic...

  • @stephaniec5064
    @stephaniec5064 Год назад +125

    No matter how many times you hear this song, you always have to marvel at their musical genius.

    • @clivenewman4810
      @clivenewman4810 Год назад +3

      Only song in UK chart history to have been number 1 in 4 different years by same act.

    • @tonybowshersr5468
      @tonybowshersr5468 Год назад +1

      Freddy had to demand it be put on the album.

    • @missyd1061
      @missyd1061 11 месяцев назад +1

      Freddie was a genius!

    • @julierodda5826
      @julierodda5826 9 месяцев назад

      Freddy Mercury. Check out his musical genius. Totally recognized at Live Aid performance where multimillion peopke watched and began to engage while he brought down the house.

  • @branon6565
    @branon6565 3 года назад +1205

    Here's a fun fact: the guitarist, Brian May, is part of MENSA, his IQ is north of 165-170, and he's an AstroPhysicist in his spare time...that's right, his HOBBY is being an Astrophysicist.....✌🏻🇺🇸

    • @bobhook336
      @bobhook336 3 года назад +44

      And he shops in Waitrose in Sunningdale. His wife is Anita Dobson and his inside leg measurement is 34 inches 🥱

    • @109carlyle
      @109carlyle 3 года назад +9

      Thanks for sharing that! Awesome!

    • @slainesaxon3809
      @slainesaxon3809 3 года назад +21

      Also him and his dad made his 🎸 unique sound, what a geezer, skol!!

    • @ep2560
      @ep2560 3 года назад +35

      Drummer Roger Taylor is a bachelor of Science
      Bass player John Deacon was student at London University ( Electrotechnic )
      Singer Freddy Mercury was a student at the Ealing College of Arts

    • @kurgenimmortals2406
      @kurgenimmortals2406 3 года назад +5

      His new album is out now, "Into The Light" do yourself a favour. Grab it

  • @justinbarabas8943
    @justinbarabas8943 3 года назад +451

    When people say they've never heard this song I don't believe them.

    • @beandean23
      @beandean23 3 года назад +23

      Especially when they sing along.🙄
      Or seem to know whats going to happen next.

    • @chrisspellman8545
      @chrisspellman8545 3 года назад +5

      me neither🙄

    • @tobitobihk
      @tobitobihk 3 года назад +5

      100% agree!

    • @rhondamcbath6279
      @rhondamcbath6279 3 года назад +17

      Dude, you are dead on!!! Everyone on this earth, even the people who are an isolated colonies lol!!! 😎

    • @sylmyl
      @sylmyl 3 года назад +5

      @@beandean23 the lyrics are on the screen

  • @chris-hz2wd
    @chris-hz2wd 2 года назад +53

    Freddie was, is, and always will be, the greatest front man is music history

  • @adamleiper2006
    @adamleiper2006 3 года назад +379

    im always amazed that people still havent heard this song its probably one of the most well known songs ever by all ages

    • @nikkichappi6744
      @nikkichappi6744 2 года назад +23

      They've heard it. There's no way they haven't lol

    • @winningpost1000
      @winningpost1000 2 года назад +3

      They are scamming you. Of course they have heard it

    • @viewfromthehighchair9391
      @viewfromthehighchair9391 2 года назад

      If Asia hung out with white people, then there is no way she didn't hear it. LOL

    • @jir63
      @jir63 2 года назад +6

      Its either a scam...or it may show that there is a huge gap between white and black folks musical preference/ history. But that again is like saying many whte folks havent heard "Love Train" by the O`Jays....or Otis Redding`s "Sittin on the dock of the bay" Seems unlikely right? Oh..and btw.. there is no racist innuendoes to be found here...just casting out a thought that it might actually be true they havent heard it before...even tho how unlikely it will seem for most.

    • @ChristensenFamily001
      @ChristensenFamily001 2 года назад

      U know why they haven’t…..

  • @jimnicosia5934
    @jimnicosia5934 3 года назад +269

    The most educated rock group including PHD's.

  • @johngray34
    @johngray34 2 года назад +238

    I love Asia's reaction to this. BJ, this is the 70's, not the 80's, brother, the styles and hair were a lot different between the two decades. What most people don't realize about this video and it's significance is that this was the first of it's kind. No other band had ever done a "movie", "video" to promote a single, or an album before this. This video inspired every other band in the world to try and replicate this process and it also help to create MTV and VH-1. Without these kind of music videos, there would never have been the cable TV stations. Please react to The March of the Black Queen, 1974, from the Queen II album. That song was the prelude to Bo Rap.

    • @carlosnavarro9376
      @carlosnavarro9376 Год назад +7

      Yep, the song was released in 1975

    • @noway4281
      @noway4281 Год назад +1

      Dab dab

    • @jameskimball762
      @jameskimball762 Год назад +1

      Sweet!

    • @JohnZmace
      @JohnZmace Год назад +1

      agreed with all , BUT The Beatles made a dozen or so "videos" for the release of singles in the 60's. Plus, 5 movies. Peace!

    • @Music-Is-Real-Love
      @Music-Is-Real-Love 8 месяцев назад

      ​@JohnZmace
      Yes, they did, but no one created any fully produced Rock Opera's before this.

  • @atheist101
    @atheist101 3 года назад +294

    Freddie Mercury had one of the most amazing voices. He trained hard, his vocal range was insane.

    • @SoyAntonioGaming
      @SoyAntonioGaming 2 года назад +4

      i like his Planet

    • @maalexandra6374
      @maalexandra6374 2 года назад +1

      Facts, very few have ever been as good as him, he was a gift to this planet, simply incredible

  • @j.akelly9775
    @j.akelly9775 3 года назад +388

    You know Queen’s music. Get into their catalog and you’ll be amazed at how iconic they are and how many songs you actually know.

    • @deborahallen3318
      @deborahallen3318 3 года назад +4

      Absolutely correct, 😊

    • @byakuyatogami1802
      @byakuyatogami1802 3 года назад +14

      Most queen songs people don’t know they made them like we are the champions and we will rock you the most

    • @faiz7180
      @faiz7180 2 года назад +2

      @@byakuyatogami1802 also Another one bites the dust. I was like, "wait, this is Queen?!".

    • @byakuyatogami1802
      @byakuyatogami1802 2 года назад +1

      @@faiz7180 oh have you heard of I want it all? No one knew it was queen who made it

    • @faiz7180
      @faiz7180 2 года назад

      @@byakuyatogami1802 I did listened to the song but aparently I never heard of it. So I didn't go "this is Queen?!" with it. Haha

  • @georgdrache7858
    @georgdrache7858 2 года назад +47

    Without a doubt, one of the greatest piece of music history ever.

  • @sianpearson9927
    @sianpearson9927 3 года назад +444

    I was 16 when this came out in 1975, it was a huge hit with us youngsters , we had never heard anything like this before. I remember at school one day we were lined up outside of a classroom waiting for our teacher to arrive , we got bored waiting and two boys started singing this , we all joined in singing it from the beginning , other pupils passing by stopped and even the headmaster came out from his study to listen to us. It was such fun.

    • @DBLCreations
      @DBLCreations 3 года назад +13

      Must've been great i'm sure! Sadly, by the time i reached 16 it was already the year 2001 and so much had changed already. The only thing i'm really happy for is that i got still a little part of my life that i was "concious" enough (mid 90's to 2000's) where i really really loved everything in life, i was happy! I still was up until 2009. But times had already changed very much and in 2009 i got leukemia. Everything went downhill from there to be honest. I needed a stemcel-transplantation in 2010, i got Graft versus Host Disease in 2012 and ended up in a wheelchair. And since 2012 i got in and out of the hospital each year, sometimes weekly, sometimes every other month. Much recently i got my two Pfizer vaccins and two weeks later i got covid after being safe for 17 months! I finally ended up in coma for 12 days and was tied to my bed for three days straight while intubated. Having claustrofobie, that ain't no joke i can reassure you that! Now i'm still recovering. But while in coma they have seen that my heart has a bad "valve" and i will need open surgery at some point in life. It might be soon or late, that is something we don't know yet. At the moment i'm too weak to even think about surgery. I also have endocarditis (which is a bacteria) on that same valve on my heart. And to make it all complete, my mom passed away almost three years ago. So yeah. The 70's absolutely must've been wonderful times, much more respect for towards each other just in general i think!
      Anyway, sorry to everyone to bother you with my story. I just like to write it off me sometimes. 😀 I wish you all the best! 🙏🏼

    • @manaciel
      @manaciel 3 года назад +2

      @@DBLCreations Please try to listen to Forestella. They sang many songs enjoyable. Including the cover for this masterpiece- Bohemian Rhapsody. When I encountered Forestella, I felt like I found hidden treasures.

    • @DBLCreations
      @DBLCreations 3 года назад +1

      @@manaciel Thanks for the recommendation! I will look for it! 😎

    • @stephenbarrett8861
      @stephenbarrett8861 3 года назад +1

      Nothing like it after either.

    • @diamondhair11
      @diamondhair11 3 года назад +11

      I was a teenager in 1975. We were so blessed to have lived through the 70's. That has to be the greatest time in history....(Even my adult kids say this.)..It's when we all started smoking pot, things were more free, music was so cool, Life was a blast.

  • @jason6848
    @jason6848 3 года назад +92

    Here in the UK you would be hard pressed to find anyone older than 5 years old that doesn't know Bohemian Rhapsody word for word, it is one of the most iconic songs EVER it's literally timeless, Freddie is the definition of pure entertainment. :D

    • @marksoldinger342
      @marksoldinger342 2 года назад +8

      In the US too, probably to world

    • @carolineann5518
      @carolineann5518 Год назад +2

      I was brought up on queen Phil Collins dire straits genesis. I had a son and brought him up on the same music and now my 18 month old grandson listens to it. Good music never goes out of style.

    • @casperwallace9685
      @casperwallace9685 Год назад +4

      It's in the Brits DNA

    • @theresanolan1157
      @theresanolan1157 Год назад

      @@casperwallace9685 I doubt that.

    • @ButterCookie1984
      @ButterCookie1984 Год назад

      They've heard this before.

  • @jameswinburn6843
    @jameswinburn6843 2 года назад +56

    It's a little amazing to have young people who never heard Queen and don't know who they are and yet they sing Queen songs all the time. At sporting events you'll hears "We are the champions" or "Another One Bites the Dust" or everyone's favorite, "We Will Rock You". Queen's music permeates our world today. Glad you're listening to their greatest of all hits.

  • @PNGMusicChannel
    @PNGMusicChannel 2 года назад +287

    Pure human talent. No autotune. No computerised input. Live instruments. Pure masterpiece!

    • @OnlyGoodMusic_
      @OnlyGoodMusic_ Год назад +2

      so kraftwerk for robotizing their voices in the 70s are less?

    • @elizabethchapman9523
      @elizabethchapman9523 Год назад +3

      Exactly pure talent. I was a teenager when this was first released and it was in the charts for weeks. I saw them at Live Aid in the 80s. Pure talent and this video inspired many videos that followed. I am so proud of the British music talent and for such a small island, that this island has produced so much music talent and Queen being one of them.

    • @PNGMusicChannel
      @PNGMusicChannel Год назад +2

      @Only Good Music , no comparison between Queen and Kraftwerk here. This is all about Queen here

    • @ExarchGaming
      @ExarchGaming Год назад +4

      autotune isn't what people think it is. it doesn't make people who can't sing be able to suddenly sing. It just smooths out pitch, the obvious effect of when you use it on someone who can't sing it sounds like a robot, because you have to turn the retune speed down so far.
      Plenty of artists today who have music that is known for their singing ability have auto tune on their studio albums, you'd be insane to say that most of them don't have obvious vocal talent.

    • @OneVoiceMore
      @OneVoiceMore Год назад +1

      @@ExarchGaming zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
      Queen.
      No auto=tune.
      Full stop.

  • @DANIGAL101
    @DANIGAL101 3 года назад +154

    You won’t regret listening to more Queen!! Freddie Mercury was a legend!!!

    • @MultiEMitchell
      @MultiEMitchell 3 года назад +6

      Is*

    • @kc__vlogsss9132
      @kc__vlogsss9132 3 года назад +6

      He still is

    • @opethdan2408
      @opethdan2408 3 года назад +2

      R.i.p. to that amazing being. I wish he was still alive

    • @danielstewart7163
      @danielstewart7163 3 года назад +1

      Freddie is the ultimate showman. The rest of the band ain't bad either.

    • @opethdan2408
      @opethdan2408 3 года назад +1

      @@danielstewart7163 yeah Brian May is a great guitarist

  • @seankesinger4109
    @seankesinger4109 2 года назад +45

    This is what real musicianship and great vocals truly sound like

  • @berniceporter9989
    @berniceporter9989 3 года назад +324

    Real voices. Real instrument playing. No auto tune. Amazing

    • @LordEriolTolkien
      @LordEriolTolkien 3 года назад +9

      no computers of any description

    • @rickybranch4547
      @rickybranch4547 3 года назад +11

      Pure talent.

    • @monketakingyoutoparadise5609
      @monketakingyoutoparadise5609 3 года назад +2

      @@LordEriolTolkien well they did layer voices. That’s using computers of some kind.

    • @connorwalker2297
      @connorwalker2297 3 года назад +6

      @@monketakingyoutoparadise5609 oh my you poor innocent soul

    • @davebriggs2919
      @davebriggs2919 3 года назад +4

      @@monketakingyoutoparadise5609 Yes but every single voice you hear they still had to record and make it sound perfect.

  • @marningritaguy
    @marningritaguy 3 года назад +69

    That's not the '80's, that is the '70's. The most amazing band that you will know so many songs once you listen. They have more songs played at sporting events than any other band ever.

    • @battleangel375
      @battleangel375 18 дней назад

      1975 are the 80s, BJ stand right, you most come from the College? 🤘

  • @edjasper92
    @edjasper92 2 года назад +36

    The perfect blend of rock, classical, and opera.

  • @andorastorm1000
    @andorastorm1000 3 года назад +209

    You guys know Queen, you just don't know it yet. Lol, You guys should check Queen's Somebody to Love live Montreal 81...will blow your mind!

    • @fernandel
      @fernandel 3 года назад +3

      Agree

    • @georgiapeach6441
      @georgiapeach6441 3 года назад +6

      Yes definitely check out Somebody to Love ...Live version in 1981 Montreal.....

    • @dawnray8550
      @dawnray8550 3 года назад

      Somebody to love is my favorite song ever!

    • @sandragruber4596
      @sandragruber4596 3 года назад +1

      A Kind Of Magic is a great album to start... Every song a masterpiece :-)

    • @tracyepaul6310
      @tracyepaul6310 3 года назад +3

      @@georgiapeach6441 And don't forget Live Aid - Webley Stadium - 1985

  • @amandadorsett7983
    @amandadorsett7983 3 года назад +117

    I love older songs when they let guitars sing like a member of the band. Instruments cannot be replaced

  • @ytbenavraham9553
    @ytbenavraham9553 2 года назад +30

    Master class is an understatement. Freddie was and is a legend. He died too soon.

  • @julielazenby4160
    @julielazenby4160 3 года назад +180

    This is absolute perfection!!! Freddy (RIP) is one of the best vocalists ever!!!!!!!!! He is truly missed!!!!!!! Queen is one of the best rock bands forever!!!!

    • @Loxsy1975
      @Loxsy1975 2 года назад +3

      You know that!! I did cry when he passed ☹️. Much love from London U.K. ❤️🇬🇧

    • @OfficialFoshiznik
      @OfficialFoshiznik 2 года назад

      @@Loxsy1975 I remember them playing “show must go on” at his funeral live on tv. The video for it will hit you given the timing of the release. Awesome tribute to Freddy Mercury.

  • @dortheyc5276
    @dortheyc5276 2 года назад +109

    Bohemian Rhapsody is the apex of rock opera. This song is a musical roller coaster. An amazing fact about Queens' lead guitarist Brian May. He was actually working on getting his Ph.D in astrophysics when Queen was formed. Music meant so much to him so he put his doctorate on the back burner. After Freddie Mercury died, Queen disbanded. Even while still part of the group Brian and his father designed and built a new kind of guitar. Brian's IQ has been measured in the 160's. That's even beyond Big Bang Theory smart. So he was a real genius on top of being a musical genius. after Queen disbanded, Brian went back to working toward his doctorate. He finally got it in 2006 or 7. He's now Dr. Brian May Ph.D. He's also written about 6 books on the subject of astrophysics. He's even works with NASA periodically.

    • @mavadelo
      @mavadelo Год назад +1

      Only the last fact I didn't know. I am however not in the least surprised.

    • @marionvanessen905
      @marionvanessen905 8 месяцев назад

      Am I right Roger Taylor the drummer is a dentist?

  • @Christopher-Baltimore
    @Christopher-Baltimore Год назад +9

    truly one of the great songs of the 20th century of any genre
    runs the gamut of emotions
    great reaction ty guys you’re fantastic
    happy 2023 🎉

  • @msmrsro
    @msmrsro 3 года назад +140

    If you’ve ever seen the movie “Wayne’s World” you’ve heard this song. I do believe you are legally required to bang your head when the loud part comes in.

  • @claudiawatenpuhl8170
    @claudiawatenpuhl8170 3 года назад +103

    This was, is and will always be a masterpiece. I was born in 71 so I remember it being released. Such talent. Freddy Mercury was a genius.

    • @jennhurl
      @jennhurl 3 года назад +5

      ✋I a '71 baby as well!
      Happy 50th to you!
      Gen-Z, baby! ✌🎵❤

    • @claudiawatenpuhl8170
      @claudiawatenpuhl8170 3 года назад +2

      @@jennhurl Awesome 💕 Happy 50th to you as well. 🌷

    • @aaronshackelford6106
      @aaronshackelford6106 3 года назад +1

      I will be 50 in 2 months

    • @louofm1
      @louofm1 3 года назад

      1970 here, welcome to the 50s club :)

    • @claudiawatenpuhl8170
      @claudiawatenpuhl8170 3 года назад

      @@louofm1 thank you lol. I'm beginning to understand how my mom felt when I used to ask her about the 'olden days". Lol

  • @ladykiwi_nz4102
    @ladykiwi_nz4102 2 года назад +20

    It is a Rock opera......the whole Bismillah...NO we will not let you go seems to be a struggle of some kind. Absolutely fabulous 💞 a masterpiece 👌

  • @deannawalker7022
    @deannawalker7022 3 года назад +96

    Everybody knows Queen they just don't realize it. React to Another One Bites the dust, We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions you will remember. Love you guys. Awesome reaction.

    • @G-grandma_Army
      @G-grandma_Army 3 года назад +5

      Yes, if you are a sports fan, you know Queen!

    • @williamcabell142
      @williamcabell142 3 года назад

      They suck!

    • @izzyn9000
      @izzyn9000 3 года назад

      @@williamcabell142 stfu, they made more money in a week than your whole family ever will! Go back to listening to your music that's all about sex and drugs

    • @izzyn9000
      @izzyn9000 3 года назад +2

      @@williamcabell142 🖕🏾🙄

    • @Nazman06
      @Nazman06 3 года назад

      lame mainstream choices

  • @andorastorm1000
    @andorastorm1000 3 года назад +325

    Actually this was the 70's and that very beginning was Freddie Mercury's voice , layered over and over,I guess us what you call it. Queen was the 1st to do Opera Rock. They also are the rare band that sounds better live then they do in studio recordings

    • @odochartaighofodonegal9815
      @odochartaighofodonegal9815 3 года назад +15

      That is not layering, it is ALL the band members singing- Brian May's voice is quite high, but the drummer has the highest pitched voice out of all of them.

    • @andorastorm1000
      @andorastorm1000 3 года назад +15

      @@odochartaighofodonegal9815 not at the beginning. It is only Freddie Mercury's voice. The section where it looks like a court room, is where all but the bass player John Deacon sang.

    • @pastense
      @pastense 3 года назад +2

      Freddie only handled the middle register, May lower, and Taylor up top. But the final equates to 160 layers!

    • @andorastorm1000
      @andorastorm1000 3 года назад +3

      @@pastense ok. Must have read it wrong. Either way this song is a pure master piece!

    • @habitsrabbit
      @habitsrabbit 3 года назад +7

      @@andorastorm1000 It really is lol
      Also, if you ever buy new headphones, the first thing you should do is test the quality with Bohemian Rhapsody. It'll pick up all the highs and lows if it's a good pair.

  • @kellyjohnson3617
    @kellyjohnson3617 Год назад +16

    I remember the first time I heard this song on the radio headed to school on the bus back in the 70s. This song was so different than anything I had ever heard. I really perked up with its fusion of rock and ballad and operetta styles. I was like, WHAT IS THIS? And it’s really long. And to think this song almost never got released for being too weird. This group was super talented. Each member had mad skills. But the singer, Freddy mercury had such a unique voice. They did a lot of songs you know but they were so versatile that many of their most famous songs they are just iconic: We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions. Watch their Live Aid performance. It’s pretty phenomenal

  • @GodOfThunder6789
    @GodOfThunder6789 3 года назад +32

    Freddie Mercury arguably had the best rock voice ever. His voice range and stage presence was amazing. Puts a smile on any face. No joke, google happiest song ever. Then react to it. It will be queen, don’t stop me now. ❤️

  • @jimstringer1082
    @jimstringer1082 2 года назад +31

    Not the 80s, this was 1975, a track from their album, "A night at the opera", it spent 9 weeks at number 1 over here in the UK. An absolute masterpiece. Commercial radio stations wouldn't play it at first, as being a 6 minute song, it was considered too long, a pirate radio dj, "Kenny Everett", got hold of it and played it to death, commercial radio couldn't ignore it after this & it went stratospheric. Great reaction both & a great homage to one of the greatest bands ever.👍

  • @joseph5549
    @joseph5549 2 года назад +15

    I was just 7 years old in 1975. This song and what is usually called the first ever video blew us all away.. Totally stunning almost 50 years later. Queen are superb?

    • @moloney118
      @moloney118 Год назад +1

      Me too, 7 in December, this was the Christmas no 1

  • @saflynn14
    @saflynn14 3 года назад +70

    BEST front man of any band!! Nobody can control an audience like Freddie 😁😍

    • @crhu319
      @crhu319 3 года назад +1

      Rammstein
      Babymetal
      Sabaton

    • @michinawi22able
      @michinawi22able 3 года назад +2

      Mick Jagger too

    • @brianmiller5750
      @brianmiller5750 3 года назад +2

      The statement stands for itself. BEST front man, EVER. Period. End of discussion.

  • @jasonq111
    @jasonq111 3 года назад +274

    I think the word Asia is looking for is “power”. Freddy Mercury’s voice was amazing. This was a concept in 1975 that had never been done in rock. It was a “rock opera” as it were…….Queen was an amazing band. No doubt about it….

    • @moondog3056
      @moondog3056 3 года назад +13

      So Tommy by The Who doesn't count?

    • @fordcorsair
      @fordcorsair 3 года назад +7

      @@moondog3056 or Quadrophenia? 🤣

    • @leslauner5062
      @leslauner5062 2 года назад +4

      Wrong. "Tommy" by the Who was the first Rock Opera and it was released in 1969.

    • @joeladams2540
      @joeladams2540 2 года назад +1

      First rock opera?
      Nope

    • @joeladams2540
      @joeladams2540 2 года назад +1

      Tommy
      Jesus christ superstar ?

  • @vincentmaniscalco4421
    @vincentmaniscalco4421 2 года назад +14

    This is a musical masterpiece !! Freddie Mercury’s voice absolutely flawless

  • @jasonq111
    @jasonq111 2 года назад +159

    This song and band was groundbreaking in every way. This is a masterpiece!

  • @pastense
    @pastense 3 года назад +68

    If you’ve ever been to any sports game, then you’ve definitely heard “We Will Rock You” or “We Are the Champions”. And this is the EARLY SEVENTIES!

    • @sir_sack
      @sir_sack 3 года назад +2

      Right smack in the middle of the seventies lol

  • @wanetterobertson
    @wanetterobertson 2 года назад +10

    He loved classical music and created rock's version of a classic masterpiece. Amazing.

  • @sheridetiveaux1839
    @sheridetiveaux1839 3 года назад +51

    Freddie was absolutely magical. Total LEGEND!❤️❤️🔥

  • @RanzigeWurst
    @RanzigeWurst 3 года назад +67

    Freddie Mercury was the singer of the singers.
    His voice was incredible.
    No one will ever reach his level.

  • @martylivanos1279
    @martylivanos1279 2 года назад +10

    Classic Rock!! Freddie had such an amazing clear voice, one of the best singers of all times!!

  • @veannegilchrist9925
    @veannegilchrist9925 2 года назад +48

    Queen is Queen. There is no other band like them. ❤️

  • @geoffsullivan7902
    @geoffsullivan7902 3 года назад +54

    70’s….. and a masterpiece almost like theatre isn’t it ? Queen…that’s it. ❤️🎼🎶🎶🤘😎

  • @robertwhite6248
    @robertwhite6248 2 года назад +7

    Just a quick note that the remaining members of Queen after hearing Angalina Jordan's version, Allowed her to publish and produce her version with their blessing. They went on to say the Freddy would have Loved her version also.. this is the only time in history they allowed this, and she gratefully excepted...

  • @ausgepicht
    @ausgepicht 3 года назад +16

    I'm 50 years old and have been listening to this song (and Queen) my whole life - probably heard "Bohemian Rhapsody" 25,000 times - it STILl gives me goosebumps.
    Thanks for the fun, witty, smart reaction.

  • @davidisaacson5806
    @davidisaacson5806 3 года назад +60

    Watch their LiveAid concert, one of the most iconic moments in music!!

  • @jameskimball762
    @jameskimball762 Год назад +4

    I am delighted you both discovered this masterpiece of music!!! This song believe it or not was the first video ever shot of a band performance! It predates even the 80’s! It was released in the Fall of 1975! Written by lead vocalist Freddy Mercury ( pianist)! He loved opera and moc opera. If you listen to any more of Queen’s otherlywirldly music look for this gem ofc of Queen ll, album called. “ March of the black Queen’. It will melt your minds! Good day my friends!

  • @teensymom1420
    @teensymom1420 3 года назад +44

    I was 15 when this came out and believe me when I tell you, this blew us away. First of all there was no such thing as a music video so I had never seen anything like it. Queen - original and timeless. Miss you Freddie!

    • @SirManfly
      @SirManfly 2 года назад +1

      Me too ! Queen, Boston, Kiss all kept me from going nuts in my teen years !!

    • @weldonbailey1005
      @weldonbailey1005 2 года назад

      Same here. ^ Saw all 3 in concert and sooo many more. Dont forget Led Zep, Bad Company, ZZ Top, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Peter Frampton, Pink Floyd, Nazareth, Deep Purple, Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, on & on & on just wayyyy too many great bands to list and such a quality variety of music to enjoy. I also was born in 1960 and there were just so many great concerts I was fortunate to be able to attend and enjoy. Real music played by innovative talented musicians. Those times cannot ever be duplicated. Mark

  • @ReneHLey8
    @ReneHLey8 3 года назад +38

    Released in 1975 so no yet 80s. From their album A Night at the Opera. A pure masterpiece

  • @ikshields
    @ikshields Год назад +10

    Make no mistake, now - Queen was doing campy weird stuff, and they knew it, and we knew it, and everybody loved it. “Bohemian Rhapsody” was a hoot, and had us all trying to memorize its crazy mini-opera routine.
    This is all before mentioning how good they were (VERY good), and how hard they rocked (VERY hard).
    A truly unique band, and Freddy Mercury was one incredible singer/songwriter.

  • @arir5235
    @arir5235 3 года назад +43

    Freddy is a vocalist we will never see again in our lifetime!! He was one in a million… and his lead guitarist is actually an astrophysicist.. cool fact lol

    • @namelessking1549
      @namelessking1549 3 года назад +2

      If he was 1 in a million, and there’s 7 billion people in the world, wouldn’t there be 7000 Freddie Mercury’s?

    • @arir5235
      @arir5235 3 года назад

      @@namelessking1549 u must be fun at parties ..

    • @inekebaalman3320
      @inekebaalman3320 3 года назад

      I don’t think Brian would appreciate you calling him ‘his lead guitarist’🥴!

    • @arir5235
      @arir5235 3 года назад

      @@inekebaalman3320 if i just said Brian may some people wouldnt know who i was talking about.. 🙄

    • @michaelweller9706
      @michaelweller9706 3 года назад

      @@namelessking1549 1 in 7.674 billion actually work that out smart ass

  • @Smartlysar
    @Smartlysar 2 года назад +4

    The original Rock Opera, a mixture of classical music and rock the best when put together right and this can’t get any righter . Definitely a Classic. This song will go through time .

  • @MrBlenus
    @MrBlenus 2 года назад +17

    This song came out in 1975, I was 14 and Queen came onto the scene like wild fire. I remember waiting by the radio to hear this song, and I went out and bought the album. Everybody liked this song...

  • @danielqvist4180
    @danielqvist4180 3 года назад +34

    This is one of the greatest groups ever. I can’t belive you havent heard of them?!!! 😃

  • @garyholland2796
    @garyholland2796 2 года назад +1

    Queen Freddie Mercury was totally awsome💯 great video guy's👍

  • @davenunn7259
    @davenunn7259 3 года назад +26

    The harmonies were done by over laying each voice 20+ times to get the effect. Roger Taylor, the drummer, hits the highest notes

  • @Danielik25
    @Danielik25 3 года назад +25

    It is unbelievable, this video is from year 1975, so beautiful, so fresh. It was hard work to create song like Bohemian Rhapsody in this time for sure, great band

    • @LMTino
      @LMTino 3 года назад

      $5000 that changed the music industry and still has an impact today. Challenge that.

  • @timothyhedrick5295
    @timothyhedrick5295 2 года назад +9

    Freddy Mercury was such an amazing groundbreaker. Funny that Asia remarked about his big hair because he is almost unrecognizable to me with that. He later went to an almost military crew cut style which is how I always picture him. There is a fantastic biographical movies about Queen and Mercury that came out in 2018 or 2019, also entitled "Bohemian Rhapsody" that is really outstanding. I also recall having the same reaction as Asia when I first heard this song as a teenager in the early 80's like "wth.... is this I'm listening to????" But then it just grows on you.

    • @moloney118
      @moloney118 Год назад

      This song was from 1975, Christmas number 1

  • @andorastorm1000
    @andorastorm1000 3 года назад +36

    I lied...oops...this is last comment though...Freddy Mercury's voice is considered one the best in music period cause of his ability to change so well. Also is the best lead singer of a band ever! Watch the Live Aid vids of their's...the way he controls a crowd is unreal!

  • @edbavoso7679
    @edbavoso7679 3 года назад +36

    YOUR REACTION REMINDS ME WHAT A SPECIAL ERA I GREW UP IN...I WISH YOU KIDS THE BEST..NOTHING BUT LOVE..

    • @karylkline6442
      @karylkline6442 3 года назад +1

      I am incredibly grateful. I was born in 1963, we had so much great music!!! A lot of songs that were popular we sang in chorus, I learned words to some great songs! I always loved it when albums came with the words since we did not have the internet! And I am SO GLAD we did NOT!!!!!
      NO cameras everywhere, what a different time .....

  • @theresanolan1157
    @theresanolan1157 Год назад +4

    This masterpiece was more than really GOOD, what an understatement...

  • @julianaFinn
    @julianaFinn 3 года назад +26

    This gives me the chills every time. Thanks for watching this

  • @JPVLDRodrigues
    @JPVLDRodrigues 2 года назад +26

    Masterpiece. No other way to describe this song. But then again... Queen had a lot of those...

  • @everettscott4745
    @everettscott4745 Год назад

    This is one of the very best reactions to one of the most epic pieces of contemporary rock. Absolutely fantastic critique. Loved it.

  • @awmperry
    @awmperry 3 года назад +78

    "Before people were harmonising..." You're going to really enjoy discovering barbershop, plainsong, classical choral music... harmonising has been around since people started singing. :-)

    • @karylkline6442
      @karylkline6442 3 года назад +2

      Home Free is a great a capella group. I have to check out Pentatonix, I don't know them yet. I just heard Home Free a few weeks ago. They do a great "Man of Constant Sorrow", "The Gambler", "Elvira", "When a Man Loves a Woman", so many awesome covers.

    • @hacksaw5918
      @hacksaw5918 3 года назад +2

      Karyl I caught the Home Free bug six months ago and I am still caught up with them. They have more talent than most bands it is so hard to believe they have no instruments other than their own ability to create it through their mouths. I am a fan of 70's rock and 80's Country but when I came across HF it doesn't matter what they are singing. I had never heard End of the road and when I saw that and man of Constant Sorrow I was hooked

    • @karylkline6442
      @karylkline6442 3 года назад +1

      @@hacksaw5918 They really are great! The harmonica sound is amazing!!!

    • @mgordon1100
      @mgordon1100 2 года назад +1

      Lol, it's funny how so many younger people think that their peers were the first to do anything.

    • @karylkline6442
      @karylkline6442 2 года назад +2

      @@mgordon1100 I was born in the 60s, and some of the songs I heard in the 70s I had no idea they were done before by some really great singers!

  • @loganphillips2166
    @loganphillips2166 2 года назад +53

    The musical chapters in the storytelling always got me. The murder, the jail, the trial, and the verdict afterwards. They change tones for each part to highlight the emotions. From the slow piano as he realizes what he did to amazing guitar as he lashes out at the world after he is sentenced.

    • @beyondlondon8600
      @beyondlondon8600 2 года назад +2

      I also think that the rock part is a flashback to his frame of mind when he murdered (who I believe to be) his lover. I always thought it was his angry reaction to the jury but recently I’ve changed my mind. I think we got a glimpse into the murder itself.

    • @jameskimball762
      @jameskimball762 Год назад +1

      The entire song is in metaphors! Freddy didn’t shoot a man with a gun it’s a metaphors! He was struggling with being gay and he wrote this song as a farewell to his former self by putting a gun to his own head and killing the former self and apologizing to his saddened mother whom he really loved! He had a rebirth in his sad new self in a troubled life yet he didn’t care and carried on! He later died of aids in 1991 by his wrong decision and lifestyle! It was an epic song from mid 1975. The Guinness book of recorded stated that Bohemian Rhapsody was truly a MASTERPIECE and worthy of being the BEST rock song ever written! Even ahead of the Beatles, whom Queen collectively respect and admired!

    • @siangrech3574
      @siangrech3574 8 месяцев назад +1

      The 5 stages of grief

  • @rosaleencrabtree9471
    @rosaleencrabtree9471 2 года назад +2

    I'm in my 60's and you two babies made me laugh with your comments on the 80's. I grew up with Freddie, he was just beautiful and got me through a difficult childhood. A beautiful voice and a beautiful man❤

  • @MrDoolan72
    @MrDoolan72 3 года назад +14

    How you felt was exactly what Freddie intended when he wrote it.. He wanted to write a song that touched on as many human emotions as possible in one track.. Mission accomplished!

  • @heyjer8000
    @heyjer8000 2 года назад +11

    70's man. So cool seeing adults that haven't heard this song before. I'm so happy for you for having heard it now!

  • @skillstor9269
    @skillstor9269 6 месяцев назад +6

    This is the best song ever made. EVER!

  • @lawrencebritt270
    @lawrencebritt270 3 года назад +22

    This song is, was, and always be like floating on a cloud to me. Freddie was a God. And nobody could walk up and down that scale like Freddie. Queen in my opinion was a once in a lifetime deal. You guys are great. How your eyes and souls are engulfing this greatness. Beautiful

  • @silverenigma7729
    @silverenigma7729 3 года назад +24

    Queen was the epitome of combining rock and operatic movements in their music.

  • @denisescutt1865
    @denisescutt1865 Год назад +2

    Best music then . Saw that actual performance. Loved the boys hair then Pure Raw talent composing all their own songs

  • @jrogersdal
    @jrogersdal 3 года назад +17

    Not the 80', it's the 70's. Also harmony groups have been around since the 50's at least. Still love the reaction.

  • @reverandbigshow8171
    @reverandbigshow8171 3 года назад +50

    I remember this song playing on the radio continuously when I was a kid. I've since become a devoted MetalHead but I still rate this as the #1 Rock song of all time!
    You should check out the scene in Waynes World where it is played in the car..., I honestly think it's the best homage to Queen and this song I've ever seen. Also one of the funniest moments in film history!

  • @susiepoulter4548
    @susiepoulter4548 2 года назад +2

    It was about 1975, Queen sang that song. I was 20. Best band ever. I'm old enough to be your grandmother. But there were some great bands back in the 60s and 70s.best time of my life. I'm so pleased you, young people appreciate great music and hearing this for the first time. Not that, there isn't great music around today there is. The Queen was in a class of their own. Xx

  • @veannegilchrist9925
    @veannegilchrist9925 2 года назад +11

    The album is called “A Night at the Opera” ❣️❤️❤️❤️ One of the best albums of all time.

  • @guyofStorm
    @guyofStorm 3 года назад +52

    Freddie Mercury's bohemian Rhapsody performance is so iconic, that it makes it considerably risky for anyone to cover.

    • @debramoore7513
      @debramoore7513 3 года назад +4

      Yep, not a fan of other artists doing a cover of Queen!

    • @habitsrabbit
      @habitsrabbit 3 года назад +4

      Agreed, though I've heard a _few_ good covers, just a few though, many have _tried_ to cover Queen and failed miserably lol.
      The good covers tried but they can't even come close to Freddie and the rest of the band..

    • @bettybaby63
      @bettybaby63 3 года назад

      @@debramoore7513 it’s too personal.

    • @debramoore7513
      @debramoore7513 3 года назад +1

      @@bettybaby63 YESSSS - So I’ve been avoiding Marc Martel for the same “personal” reasons. Then a Queenmate sent me a link of Martel singing Too Much Love Will Kill You!! So, with lots of hesitation & anxiety I clicked the link. Tho Marc is a good singer he’s nothing like Freddie!! The warmth, emotion, texture, vocal range, & power of Freddie’s voice is unmatched! Scientifically it’s been proven that Freddie has the most unique voice in Rock n Roll. So the conclusion is why would I listen to a cover when I can listen to Freddie??

    • @jerickson725
      @jerickson725 3 года назад +2

      I agree that nobody can sing it like Freddie, but Pink has done it live several times on tour and it's quite fantastic. Not just her incredible voice, but her band and back up singers are impressive on this cover as well. You should check it out!

  • @AntonioPerez-yl3dh
    @AntonioPerez-yl3dh Год назад +3

    A late comment but I was 15 when this song came out. Me and my friends were into Zepplin, Sabbath, Arrowsmith etc... when I first heard this song I was blown away. My reaction was the same as Asia's "What just happened?" I still have the record i bought of this album when it came out. And still spin from time to time. My 8 track tape didnt survive.

  • @pleasantvalleypickerca7681
    @pleasantvalleypickerca7681 3 года назад +14

    So glad in the 70's you bought the vinyl and listened to the entire album without stopping it at the best moments!!!!

  • @earlzach
    @earlzach 2 года назад +14

    Thank you guys so much for "Hearing it" This Band pushed the edge their entire career. Great First time view and review. God Bless!

  • @patriciaewing8164
    @patriciaewing8164 Год назад +2

    The song became the 1975 UK Christmas number one, holding the top position for nine weeks. "Bohemian Rhapsody" was the first song ever to get to number one in the UK twice with the same version, and is also the only single to have been Christmas number one twice with the same version. 👍🏻😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @anaas1
    @anaas1 3 года назад +15

    One of the best band in the world! And this music is a masterpiece. Freddie oh Freddie voice is unique. Brian May one of the best guitarists.
    You should listen more Queen musics

  • @box4m
    @box4m 3 года назад +53

    probably the song that most ppl over a certain age in the world knows

  • @gozdekurt123
    @gozdekurt123 2 года назад +5

    "The biggest incident of dramatic license in Bohemian Rhapsody is the timing of Freddie Mercury's HIV diagnosis. In a heart-breaking scene, the singer tells his bandmates that he has the condition at a rehearsal for Live Aid. They perform the biggest show of their lives with this tragic knowledge." some musics are just sounds like life itself... for me this song is one of them.

  • @shawnobrien7930
    @shawnobrien7930 2 года назад +17

    When Freddie died I cried. He did so much for our community

  • @Mortenen
    @Mortenen 2 года назад +38

    The legendary Freddy Mercury. Arguably the best singer in recorded history so far! Sure there are people with a bigger range, but his voice in and of itself is so unique. And his power combined with a slightly raspy, but still clean as a whistle. Add his performance level to that, and you simply can't beat it!

  • @АлексейСоколов-з9б

    This musical experiment can be savored endlessly.🎶

  • @juliaconner8003
    @juliaconner8003 3 года назад +19

    I have to sing along in the car when it's playing! My kids love Queen also. One of the greatest bands ever. So many great songs.

    • @ridedamaverick
      @ridedamaverick 2 года назад

      When I hear it, I gotta stop everything and listen to the end. I don't care WHERE I am!

  • @sharonallforloveandpositiv5497
    @sharonallforloveandpositiv5497 3 года назад +29

    This song is around 45 to 46 years old. It was the first one of it's kind to be over 6 minutes long with different musical sections. Also the first to ever have video made for show on a programme called Top of the Pops.. because they were touring. This song has now reached Diamond status in sales and streams...no other song has achieved this in the UK. This song will live on forever. It is a masterpiece, more so because of all the different genres.. ballad, pop, rock and Opera. Rhapsody actually means different types of genres. This song saved the band from bankruptcy and they almost thought about splitting up. This was around 1975?.. hence the outfits and hair. This type of song has never been done before or since. Freddie Mercury was a genius in music writing and production.. They all in the band wrote no.1 hits.. Another one Bites the dust, Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Ga Ga...amongst other famous songs still used today as anthems, We will Rock you, and We are the Champions.

    • @EspireAnima
      @EspireAnima 3 года назад +3

      Much like Vincent van Gogh Queen was not very appreciated in their time with this being the anomaly as they truly hit their stride late in their careers during Live Aid where they owned the show. True art though stands the test of time and in this case comes to be more and more appreciated as new audiences come to experience it for the first time first hearing its legend then experiencing the majesty of the art before them.

    • @crhu319
      @crhu319 3 года назад

      Some would say Ghost Love Score, and a few works of Ayreon, have this multi-phasic rhapsody quality. Then there's what KZ Tandigan did with Rolling in the Deep on The Singer

    • @ElViperr408
      @ElViperr408 3 года назад

      Not first of its kind over 6 minutes.

    • @sharonallforloveandpositiv5497
      @sharonallforloveandpositiv5497 3 года назад +1

      @@ElViperr408 no, but first of it's kind musically yes.....

    • @stevehughes6627
      @stevehughes6627 3 года назад

      Best answer ever my friend!!

  • @OuterHeavenNET
    @OuterHeavenNET Год назад +6

    I wouldn't even call it a rock ballad. The emotions you feel during the transitions of this song.... It's a Rock Saga!

  • @rjh862
    @rjh862 3 года назад +50

    One of the best rock bands ever...this song is truly a masterpiece !!

  • @markbarrett8655
    @markbarrett8655 3 года назад +7

    I love Queen. One of the most musically diverse bands you’ll hear! Great reaction!