Ultimate Diss Song! Reaction to Queen "Death on Two Legs"
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2024
- The viewers said this was one we needed to hear to see another side of Queen, and this might be the ultimate diss track. "Death on Two Legs" is fierce and funny at the same time.
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Don't mess with Freddie!
The song was inspired by Norman Sheffield, Queen's first manager (from 1972 until 1975).
They were four struggling musicians when Norman Sheffield found them. In March 1968, Norman Sheffield opened a ground-breaking, new recording facility in London’s Soho with his brother Barry. Artists were drawn to the studio due to its relaxed vibe and ability to be creative while surrounded by the latest technology and superior producers and engineers. But, the cost of recording there was prohibitively expensive and was way out the reach for the band Queen.
When Norman offered the quartet a publishing contract, they naively jumped at it and since they had no manager, they asked Norman to manage them (BIG MISTAKE).
The contract gave them access to record at Trident (though only during off-hours) and they would receive a salary of £35 a week each (a little less than $44 a week). In addition, Norman provided them the instruments and technology they needed to make their music. All their music would belong to Norman and he had full authority to negotiate record deals.
Getting a record contract for Queen's music proved hard for Norman (even with his contacts). Unfortunately, the name of the group was an obstacle and their sound was so different from what was being played that the record companies did not know what to do with them. Record companies would admit that they were talented, but they did not want to take a chance producing an album.
Eventually, Norman decided to finance Queen's first album (titled QUEEN) himself. The album sold moderately and it did make enough money to reimburse Norman for his outlay. Queen's second album (Queen II) sold better and their name recognition was rising. Their third album, Sheer Heart Attack was a success hitting the US Top 20, and peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes Chart in 1975. It launched Queen to mainstream popularity in the UK and throughout the world.
Queen was unhappy with the money they were receiving. The members of the band were now being paid £65 a week (a little more than $81) but Norman was driving around in a new Rolls and was digging a new pool at his home. The band came to the conclusion they were being ripped off,, and they were grumbling and getting madder by the day. Queen had received almost none of the money they earned for their previous albums.
Poor Roger was breaking drumsticks regularly but could not afford to buy replacements. When he asked for additional money to buy drumsticks, he was told to quit hitting the drums so hard.
When poor John went to Trident for a loan of £10,000 to buy a house for his new bride (Veronica Tetzlaff, married since 1975. with 6 children) they turned him down.
As you know, John was like a young brother to Freddie and this rejection of a loan for John was the last straw for Freddie. He informed Norman that he would not be getting any more music from him.
The band then contacted Elton John's former manager and business lawyer (Elton was a big friend of Freddie), Jim Reid, to get them out of their contract with Norman Sheffield and Trident. They also contacted Jim Beach (whom Freddie nicknamed "Miami") to manage them when they were free.
John Reid told them to let him handle everything and to go off and make the best album they could (which turned out to be "A Night At the Opera").
"A Night At The Opera", named after the Marx Brothers' film of the same name, was recorded at various studios across four months in 1975. Upon release, "A Night at the Opera" topped the UK Albums Chart for four non-consecutive weeks. It peaked at number four on the US Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart and became the band's first platinum-certified album in the US. It also produced the band's most successful single in the UK, "Bohemian Rhapsody", which became their first number-one song in the country. Despite being twice as long as the average length of singles during the 1970s, the song became immensely popular worldwide.
It cost Queen a lot of money to get out of their contract with Sheffield but they still also got a huge advance from EMI Records in the United Kingdom and Elektra Records in the United States. John, Roger, and Brian bought their first houses and Freddie bought a new bigger flat (apartment) along with a Rolls Royce and hired a bodyguard-chauffer (Freddie never did learn to drive).
Yet, all this money and success did not quell Freddie's anger. That's when he wrote "Death OnTwo-legs".
Freddie described the song as, “so vindictive that Brian felt bad singing it.”
Following that statement, Freddie continued, "I don’t like to explain what I was thinking when I wrote a song. I think that’s awful, just awful. When I’m dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance."
Freddie also stated that he believes this song was an inspiration for Brian to write “Tie Your Mother Down”.
Though the song makes no direct reference to him, Sheffield sued both the band and the record label for defamation. This resulted in an out-of-court settlement, thus revealing to the public his connection with the song. Oddly, until the suit, very few people knew who the song was about.
FYI- Rumor has it that Freddie's habit of bending over and flashing is ass is his salute to Norman!
Before this song, there was ‘'Flick of the Wrist’‘. It is the 4th track on Queen’s 3rd studio album “Sheer Heart Attack” - ruclips.net/video/mrApaXj5QmA/видео.html
This song is a stab at a former manager. This song's lyrics are also quite hilarious when you consider that they had entered a predatory contract with then-current manager Norman Sheffield,.
This is a perfect example of how the Queen fans know every little bit of trivia. Pinning this post as a thank you for such an informative and enjoyable post. 😉
😮😮😮The big thing was they denied John Deacon's request for a down payment on a house. You don't mess with Queen's baby brother and not have three furious brothers especially the eldest
Freddie's hate letter to their management. 🤣 He said:"I tried to be as vicious as a I can."
The recipients were the Sheffield brothers who owned Trident records ,Queen were signed to them for their first 3 albums,the brothers were buying themselves Rolls Joyce's and paying the band £60 each a week they got out of the contract by signing with Elton John's manager for"A night at the opera where Freddie vented his anger.
Wow!
Quite correct.... And that's why Freddie does his mooner every live performance..... Also the ex manager tried to sue queen also for deformation of character...... Didn't work though that's why in the title it's (dedicated to)
The song was written by Freddie Mercury about the band's fall-out with their original manager and Trident Studios owner Norman Sheffield. Though the song makes no direct reference to him, Sheffield sued both the band and the record label for defamation. This resulted in an out-of-court settlement, thus revealing to the public his connection with the song. Mercury said that his lawyer had cautioned him against discussing the lyrics, but that it was written from a "very emotional" place for which he felt music was the best outlet.
Freddie himself said he was a terror for the three days he was writing this song, constantly making changes to make the song as vicious as possible.
Roger Taylor also noted that despite the success of "Killer Queen" and Sheer Heart Attack, the album preceding A Night at the Opera, the band was lacking money before the album was made. John Deacon was going to get married and asked for a loan, but their manager said no. That angered Freddie and resulted in this song. Brian May originally didn't want to perform the song due to how vicious it was but was talked into doing it by the band. The unwritten rule with Queen was if band members disagreed with how a song should be done, the writer of the song got his way.
Sheffield denied that he or his companies had mistreated the band in his capacity as manager, and cited the original 1972 management contracts between himself and Queen
Wow, what a story. It was clearly personal, you can tell from the lyrics.
On the Live Killers album, Freddie introduces this song by saying "This next song is dedicated to a real motherf**ker of a gentleman." It has three bleeps in place of MF'er, of course.
Also according to Brian & Roger: it wasn’t just about the money, Freddie felt disrespected & refused to write any new material.
Brian’s guitar fills are incredible.
Brian's guitar is growling, hissing and spitting fire ... 😂 It's almost as angry as Freddie's lyrics and the way how he is singing it ... 🔥🔥
All Queen fans love this song Queen was being screwed over . Lesson … Don’t piss Freddie off ! Great song ✌🏼
FYI Freddie held a grudge. Every concert he bent over and showed his ass to the audience. It was for this guy to kiss it.
Glad you liked it. Kids these days think their diss tracks are hardcore. So cute of them.
Absolutely tremendous album and a true classic. Great reaction also.
Dedicated to Norman Sheffield. He was their old manager at Trident (I believe he was also the owner of Trident) and the band didn’t like how he took advantage of them: Roger had commented once how they (the band) barely had any money and Sheffield had bought himself his third Rolls Royce after they started to get big after Sheer Heart Attack and the success of Killer Queen.
Takes me back to xmas day 1975 when I received the album 'A Night At The Opera' which this song is from. I was 14 back then. They were also #1 in the Pop Charts with Bohemian Rhapsody at the time. I got to see them live the following year, in September 1976 at Cardiff Castle, Wales, UK. Great days!
You're getting into the real good stuff now 😄. Can't be far off March of the Black Queen now !!😉
Moral: don't piss off Freddie 🤬
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Yes - exactly what I said.. and don't forget "Flick of the Wrist" lol
@@GinMae Oh yeah 😂
This is the second song about that manager Norman Sheffield, the first one Flick Of The Wrist, was from previous album Sheer Heart Attack (1974)!
A blast! A verbal assassination. The guy practically made Roger whittle new drum sticks 😅
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When your management is buying a rolls Royce off your music and none of you can afford them you become death on two legs
I have my favorite Queen songs and haven't strayed for many years- Still a great sound whatever the song is
Hi Mr & Mrs Coach 😊 thanks for reacting to this, I enjoyed your reaction 👍🏻 it really goes to show if anyone messes with Freddie & Queen, this is what happens 🤣 Live versions are even better 🎶 Another fun tune by the GOAT's (from the same album & has a much nicer vibe to it) is Seaside Rendezvous - also written by Freddie and is a jolly ditty about going on holiday to somewhere sunny. Please check that out soon. Have a good day 🌞
Jollification!
Thanks! You too!
@@CoachCastTVYou're welcome. Thanks.
A very underrated Queen banger. The instrumental is amazing.
Brian said about this song that he was reluctant about it, wanted to tone it down, but thats how freddie wanted it and thats what they did.
Freddie later recalled that he had tried to make the lyrics as “coarse as possible”, and that the other band members were initially shocked at the harsh lyrics. However, the band agreed that the song should be performed as Freddie intended, and it was recorded as such. In May 2013, Norman Sheffield published a book called LIFE ON TWO LEGS: Set The Record Straight. Sheffield died in 2014 at the age of 74.
Brian said the lyrics were so vicious that he felt bad just singing them
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Freddie at his most cutting ❤
'A Night at the Opera' is a fantastic album. This was the opening track.
Please do I want to break free most Americans don’t know the song because MTV banned it (it has nothing to do with Freddie’s sexuality)
So awesome! That's one of the the best things about Queen: even when you think you have them somewhat figured out, they're still full of surprises! The song "Flick of the wrist" is also considered a stab at Norman, indicating that with a Flick of the wrist, they signed a deal with the devil. Live at the rainbow is a fantastic, raw rendition! ruclips.net/video/2MwIk14iRMQ/видео.html They say that whenever Freddie would sometimes show the crowds his ass at concerts, he was still getting back at Sheffield and anyone else who mistreated them, doubted or spoke badly about them.
I always thought the segue from Death On Two Legs to the next track Lazing On a Sunday Afternoon one of the best in music. In fact the first three songs on the album, Death On Two Legs/ Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon/ I'm In Love With My Car I always played back to back as they're such total contrasts with each other. It's too late I suppose for your reaction, but maybe off camera you could play them together!
A bold choice as the opening track on "A Night At The Opera". Ole Norm bought a Rolls whilst doling out a stingy allowance to the boys. I laughed so hard at your reaction that I had to redo my makeup!
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"Flick of the wrist" is in a similar vain, great songs
I hightailed it over here when I saw you were doing this song! I just _knew_ Coach would have a blast with it. You two did not disappoint!! Thanks for doing this. It sure brightened my day!
This was a fun one. Thanks for joining us.
This was aimed at Norman Sheffield. Queen got sued and settled out of court. Later, Norman wrote a book called 'Life on Two Legs'.
I love LOVE that dirty guitar sound 😊😊😊😊
You need to do Freddie Mercury last ever vocals on the song 'Mother Love'. He never finished the song, so Brian May had to finish it. There is an ear piercing piece in the middle of the song from a man months from death. It's very sad but magnificent all in one. 'MOTHER LOVE'...
You should listen / react to Innuendo - it's Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody of 90's!! Spectacular! Magnificent! Epic!!!
As always absolutely fantastic reaction. Keep them coming!!
Thank you! Will do!
Great reaction thanks. I don't understand all the idiomatic expressions in the lyrics but of course I get the mood and the purpose of the song and I love it ! The intro during the London concert in 79 is amazing !
I just love the lines: " Is your conscious all right? Does it plague you at night?" 😅 and "You are sewer-rat decaying in a cesspool of pride." 😮 but I'm not sure if in US you or your parents know the words "Let me tan your hide!" 😮... It means if you need a bit of beeting on the rear... 😂 Parents used to say that to their naughty children ... 😅😂
And I find it hilarious that at that line Roger goes bam-bam- bam-bam-bam on the 🥁 like he is spanking someone ... 😜🤣
Oh yes, Papa Coach used to use that line on Coach quite often...LOL.
@@CoachCastTV 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is a song for their Manager Norman Sheffield. This song is not only about money. But the lack of respect and fraud of a Manager to his talent. That's why Freddie got angry. Despite their album making money, Queen is still in debt. Freddie is a good person but this kind of thing cannot be ignored, especially it affects not only him but also his brothers in the band.
Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Coach and you liked the song. I'm also happy with your facial expressions because you probably didn't think that the content of the song was sarcastic. Thank you for making me and other Queen fans happy. Stay safe and see you for your next video. Love you both❣❣
We appreciate you being with us.
Queen met Norman Sheffield again many years later in 1986 and it was pretty good natured. They even credited him with helping them with their career. But the anger when this song was recorded was very real!
I think you need to hear (and watch) an encore at Hammersmith Odeon 1975 (just after the Lap Of The Gods 👑 Christmas presents for the audience fell of the ceiling 😂). The medley Big Spender/Jailhouse Rock ... 😅
Stole all of my father's records immediately after listening to this opening song.! 😅🔥👑
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We are on Freddie’s side .
For extra fun, you can also imagine it being about any politician or celebrity you despise.
🤣 Very true.
Love this song. Thanks for the review. "Breakthru" "Resurrection" (Brian May) "Hitman" " Princes of the Universe" Keep em coming!! Boomer Sooner.
Breakthru is next from them.
This is don't upset FREDDIE 😅 The band broke and the Sheffield brothers in brand new cars.The song Killer Queen made good money the boys saw very little money.John Deacon asked the record company for money for a deposit on a house he was told no.Thiis is when the band knew they were being ripped off .They dumped Trident and found another record company.
Great way to start the "A Night At The Opera" album. It cuts off at the end because it goes straight into track 2, and its quite a style change...
Yes!!! A GREAT song from their Bohemian Rhapsody album. ‘70s Queen, the REAL Queen!!!
Ferocious and fun. 😁
An example how perfectly unique this band was especially in their early days. And how incredibly talented! Zeppelin may be my favorite band, but those Queen live shows in the 70s were mind blowing!
You can never say the album a kind of magic is "not real queen". sorry.
@@NativC2ndChannel well I absolutely hate that album lol! Hey, it’s all Queen. But I got into Queen in the early days of the 70s and the band that they became in the 80s was not for me. It’s what makes the world go round I guess.
@@EdA1 Bro, what youre saying is that the best permformer ever is not for you. that the show must go on, innuendo, that the miracle and I want it all, that the second best queen album I mentioned all that is not for you. that queen in wembley. queen in rock in rio, all that is not for you? their unfforgetable best performances ever? you say that you will dissregared the best rock performance of all time in live aid? you just ignore every single thing this super band has done because of just simple taste? then bro you need to reevaluate yourself and your affection. because you take half their career to the garbage and their most segnificant moments to the trash. that's not being a fan, it's not like they changed 2 members. they just evolve. how can you like queen and not enjoy is this the world we created, radio gaga or.. what? you don't even like I want to break free? bro... you really should pick up on what you lost. I don't know what stage you mean, any stage is wierd. plus, besides freddie becoming a super performer, in some sences also a better singer, and losing his problem on stage with the british english accent he had right untill 1980, you just lose on super great music. from 1977 queen went on a big change of being a band of a simpler approach. this got us we will rock you and we are the champions. 2 very big 1970's queen tunes. you must appreciate that. also, freddie was keen to leave the piano, to get more stage time so they diched a bit the piano driven hits for more practical approach. but everybody did this in the 80's including Billy Joel. now if you'd say you don't like 80s billy joel past 1982, I would get you. it is a quality issue. but queen? man. you are just wrong and I think taste got little to do with that. even if you regard 80s and 90s queen as a completely different band, they are still a super band, a great band. how can you not listen to queen's made in heaven? to face it alone? to heaven for everyone? how can you miss freddie's time, or in my defence? how can you diss the remix of living on my own? bro you may disslike hot space album though I lovvvee it, but you can never disregard the freddie mercury monserat caballe state of the art album Barcelona. sth is just completly wrong with you values and your taste. you must do something about this, my friend.
Freddie was just a it angry!!!❤️🎼❤️🇬🇧😂😂please try Roger Taylor & Jeff beck Say it not try written by Roger after Freddie passed away 😢🙏🏻
Like Sharon Osborne’s father said to the Sheffields was… you could have at least bought them a car…the Sheffields bought new Rolls Royce and a shopping spree for their wives
Hey team. I was gonna ease you into this one 😂but what the heck. Great reaction as usual 💥💥
😂 Thanks!
Don't you just love it? You can't help but be impressed by the sheer imagery and variety of the insults...
You should know that when Freddie turns his back on the audience during a performance, and bends over to 'moon' the crowd... as he did during Live Aid... that's his 'salute' to Sheffield, as an invitation for him to 'kiss his ass'.... 😉
Haha...that's awesome! He was certainly creative here.
As said above the final straw for Freddie was refusing John a loan to get a house following his wedding.
Funny thing is they never named the manager and had he not tried to sue them the rest of the world wouldn't have known either😂😂😂. If you are going to cross Freddie you should
1. Pay attention to the song Flick of the wrist ( great song there are a few live performances though the lyric video is best)which was on the previous album. Ignore at your peril.
2. Don't piss iff one of the best song writer of the time
The showing/sticking out of his backside is a reference to the line "you can kiss ...." He did this at every concert after the release of the album.
Great fun and a good song x
Flick of the wrist is another great diss song
First song on N.A.T.A and my first album I ever bought. Every single song on this album is pure genius!
This song is one of my four favourite ones by the band. Perhaps, you could react to the other three of them, which are: My Fairy King, The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke, Was It All Worth It. Among the other prominent songs are: Seaside Rendezvous, The Prophet's Song, Innuendo, Somebody To Love, I Want It All, White Queen, Under Pressure.
Meanwhile, I also recommend to listen to the other band, somewhat (mysteriously?) linked to Queen. The famous American rock experimentator Frank Zappa was once asked on what music he listened to except his own. His answer was shockingly short, "I like Queen. I like Gentle Giant". I have no idea whether any members of Queen had ever heard of Gentle Giant or heard Gentle Giant's music - but indeed, at least two of Queen's landmarks looked like a... borrowing of some sort. Queen ended their album A Night At The Opera (the one that began with this song you've just reacted to) with the instrumental variation of the British National Anthem. Gentle Giant did the same trick on their debut album five years earlier! Also, Queen's 1991's hit song "I'm Going Slightly Mad" had suspicious musical and vague yet clear lyrical similarity to GG's 1978's song "Giant For A Day".
Gentle Giant were famous for several reasons. First of all, they played sophisticated eclectic progressive rock, but unlike other legends of that genre of music, they have never reunited after their disbanding in 1980, they have never made a studio song longer than 10 minutes, and their music was unexpectedly lighthearted and hit-wise contrary to what the bands of the genre usually did. They tried to make hit-wise songs with memorable melodies in the genre of eclectic progressive rock. Also, The Beatles existed from 1960 to 1970, to never reunite again - Gentle Giant effectively repeated The Beatles' path by existing from 1970 to 1980 and never reunite again after that. The main composer of Gentle Giant was PhD in composition from London Music Academy, Kerry Minnear - unexpectedly humble, friendly and kind person, Christian Protestant believer. Gentle Giant became a cult phenomenon. It would be nice if you explored their works, for sure.
Very interesting story. Thanks for sharing info about them.
@@CoachCastTV My pleasure.
I suggest reacting to anything from the Gentle Giant's ZDF concert, especially Funny Ways and So Sincere:
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I love Queen you guys probably already know this Iv never heard this sing wow lol Thanks for this!
Wow is right. 😆
Queen had 3 records out, having 2 top 10 hits with Seven seas of rhye, and Killer Queen, became a rock phenomenon exsiting for 4 years when they realized even though they still couln't afford to pay of rent of the samall flats they were living in at the time, their manager Normand Seffiled was seen in luxery cars which made them say wait a minute.. this is wrong. so they had a new record deal done and a new manager and they not only did this great diss song, as you reffer to it, to me it's a genious hard rock song with one of the best openings ever, but not only that they also did their probably greatest ever album with the propehts' song+love of my life and their breakthrough gamble 6 minute long Bohemian Rhapsody. So they scored big time, the best way do diss your formar manager. they baceme a world wide phenomenon and one of the greatest bands all over the world.
So my suggestion is a double track and I know it is not a Queen official video, they just never released it together and I thing it is best listend to as one whole long track. Queen · The Prophet's Song + Love of my life
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Yes, Freddie could definitely stand up for himself! He wrote another diss song about the same people called flick of the wrist. It deals with signing away your life literally wait flick of the wrist, or signing a bad deal. It’s a great song as well. They had I think already made three albums and still weren’t getting any money, John wanted to get married and buy a house and couldn’t get them to give him the money he should have been owed to buy it. The boys were still living hand to mouth literally and they had enough, especially Freddie so they had to go to court and fight and pay to eventually get out of that contract and signed with Elton John’s manager, John Reid. Freddie literally got the last word though through these songs. Brian May said the songs were so brutal he almost felt bad singing them. Almost. Lol
LOL, that's too bad it happened, and of course, that manager probably would have made a lot more just treating them right and being honorable.
Absolutely! They made the biggest mistake of their career not keeping Queen.
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As it's been said elsewhere, live versions of it are recommended in order to appreciate their instrumental and vocal expertise. The studio one is marvellous, of course, but it's so nice to see your reactions to their outfits, poses, raw vocals (especially Roger's, and he sings a lot of great backing vocals here) and on-stage banter. There are two filmed versions that are widely known: Earls Court and Houston. The former's got some more banter, is better played (instrumentally speaking) and is the full song IIRC; the latter's better filmed, better sung (even though they're both from the same year) and has better sound, but it's shortened as it's part of a medley. I think you'd enjoy either one of them.
Appreciate the suggestion.
Fabulous reaction to one of my favourites! So glad you enjoyed it too! X
Thank you!! 😊
i‘m pretty sure you‘d enjoy the song „fight from the inside“, written by roger, very much. afterwards you could listen to „who needs you“ to once more recognize their versatility because the latter is a song that has got some reggae vibes.
That sounds fun. 👌
Hey, Coachies.. a super "diss" song.. but not Freddie's first.. when you have time & inclination, check out "Flick of the Wrist" from their second album... lesson here: Don't piss off Freddie! appreciate your reaction, as always... (p.s. "Death" was on the Night at the Opera album, where they did NOT use any synthesizers.. so all those extraordinary sounds came from Brian's guitar).. also, there was NO space between songs, so this goes straight into "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon"..lol
LOL...that's awesome.
I couldn't miss this one. You didn't want to make Freddie mad.
FYI - Here is Norman Sheffield's side of the story:
In 1975 they went to Japan and found 3,000 fans waiting for them, all chanting the band’s name. It was like Beatlemania. Freddie had finally found the acclaim he’d craved all his life. He felt like a god. Unfortunately, he soon started behaving like one, too.
The more successful they became, the more agitated Queen had grown about money. One of the most heated rows came when John got married. In the run-up to the wedding, he announced he wanted me to spring £10,000 (about £90,000 in 2013 values) for him to buy a house. I didn’t react too well.
Then Freddie demanded a grand piano. When I turned him down, he banged his fist on my desk. ‘I have to get a grand piano,’ he said.
By the time I realized things were badly wrong, it was too late
I wasn’t being mean. We knew there was a huge amount of money due to come flooding our way from Queen’s success. I explained that some of it was already coming in but the vast majority of it hadn’t arrived yet.
‘But we’re stars. We’re selling millions of records,’ Freddie said. "And I’m still living in the same flat I’ve been in for the past three years.’
The amount of money we’d invested in the band was huge.
We’d advanced them equipment and salaries right at the beginning and had continued to pour money into them for four years.
The fact the band owed Trident close to £200,000 (£1.75 million today) didn’t seem to register with Freddie.
I can remember the conversation.
‘The money will come in December,’ I said. ‘So wait.’
Then came a phrase he would make famous around the world in years to come, although no one would have known where it was born.
Freddie stamped his feet and raised his voice: ‘No, I am not prepared to wait any longer. I want it all. I want it now.’ (FYI - The Queen song "I Want It All" was inspired by Brian's second wife, actress Anita Dobson. It was her catchphrase.)
By late 1975 I was hearing that they were making all sorts of derogatory comments about Trident.
Then I heard a track from A Night At The Opera called Death On Two Legs. The opening two lines summed up what was to come.
‘You suck my blood like a leech/you break the law and you breach’, then, ‘Do you feel like suicide?’ it went on, ‘I think that you should’. It was some kind of nasty hate mail from Freddie to me.
Soon Bohemian Rhapsody roared to the top of the UK charts and stayed there for nine weeks. A bittersweet moment, it came as news was beginning to leak that we had split from Queen.
We should have talked more. And I should have been more attentive to their feelings. By the time I realized things were badly wrong, it was too late.
In March 1977 the company settled with the band for the sale of all of its future rights, the rights to the old albums and the settlement of the management debt.
Interesting. There are always multiple versions of events. Thanks for sharing.
I think the truth is somewhere in the middle but leaning more to 👑 side...
I don't buy that crap "money is coming in December" or "John just before his wedding demanded a loan (that is really not John's behaviour)" and even Freddie stumping his feet and demanding all and now is questionable... Norman wrote his book years after Freddie's passing and I think that out of court settlement was very gracious to him. He just put all the facts as he was 👑 saviour but he really was a 🦈 ...
The fact is Trident treated the Queen like stupid milking cow. That's how music businesses sadly work ...
and there is a prequel!!!... from the previous album, Freddie had already written a song "protesting" about how he felt cheated with the contract signed with his production house (Trident Studios) and of which the Sheffield brothers were owners . The song is "Flick Of The Wrist." From my point of view, I think it's darker than "Death in two legs."
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Queen do this one in concert and it's a lot of fun. I like the version from Live At Earl's Court 1977 - Freddie's fast on that piano opening & super growly in his vocals (and cute in his orange/green harlequin unitard).
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Early Queen is my favourite era (basically the first 5 albums, with II being my favourite), so they were creating really good stuff under this crappy manager, but I'm glad for their sake they got out. On the album it leads into a very light, fluffy, silly song, while you're still reeling from the impact of this one.
I hesitate to mention this when Mrs Coach is just getting into metal thanks to them, but Nightwish did a diss track about Tarja's husband/manager which is the hardest track they've ever released: _Master_ _Passion_ _Greed._ It has similar levels of bile - I don't know if they regretted putting it on the album, because they never played it live. Perhaps leave it a while before reacting to that, though!
Oh, that is good to know. You have piqued our curiosity.
I always thought the part from about 1:13 to 1:30 was similar to the theme tune to the movie Psycho. Intentional or unintentional it seems apt!
Freddie pulls out all the stops on this song.. Brian felt it was too disrespectful to play but he eventually went along with it. When Freddie was asked about Brian feeling uncomfortable he said "Brian is a Gentleman, sometimes too much of one." Freddie also said that if they got sued then in fact that would be the guy admitting to the song being about him...well he did so Freddie felt vindicated. I don't think Queen got too much of a slap in the lawsuit, the judge awarded a very small amount to the guy which then allowed Queen to keep the song on the album and perform it.
LOL...what a way to get the guy to admit to it.
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May I suggest " In my defence " by Freddie, an amazing song.
Oh yes one of my favorites ! Phenomenal vocals in this one !
Moral of this story:
NEVER PISS OFF FREDDIE!
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Hello Mr & Mrs Coach. Well you know how to insult someone now. Yes the bloke who was insulted did write a book. Called life on two legs in response.
Thank you for another great reaction video.
Oh that's an interesting piece of trivia. Thanks for sharing. 👍
@@CoachCastTV I bought the book over ten years ago back when it came out. The bloke in question passed away shortly afterwards. I suspect (though I've no way of confirming or denying it at the moment) he wrote that book because he knew the end was near and wanted to tell his side of the story before it was too late.
@@basstian Quite interesting all the back stories to some of these songs. It's amazing what inspires people to write.
As far as diss songs go this is tame by the standards of the many previous diss songs, especially by the rappers. If you want to hear a verbal mauling then I recommend No Vaseline by Ice Cube.
Freddie is a genius. What lyrics! They went on and paid to get out of their contract. If they didn’t make night of the opera and a hit they would have been in debt for a ton of money.
Yes they would have been in MORE dept because they were not just broke at the time but deeply in dept themselves: they owed money to all the subcontractors (light crew, ...) they had so it was the risk they almost had to take ... and it paid off...
Hi coach , i love ur channel , actually I have a request that I’d be really happy to see u react to it , since im Persian and im from Iran i wanted to suggest u an Iranian song , i think its gunna be ur first time reacting to a Persian song , it would make me really happy if u do this , the song is called “Behet Ghol Midam” by Mohsen Yeganeh live version .
Thank you so much. We appreciate you watching. We'll keep this in mind. Our list is very long, but we always appreciate new suggestions.
Haven't heard this song for many years, if i remember rightly it relates to their management team refusing to give John Deacon a loan for a house in their early days although it could go a bit deeper than that after reading the lyrics😅, freddie could literally write a song and sing it about anything, anyways they soon swapped management and moved on to bigger and better things , i bet the new manager who i think was elton johns manager at the time was terrified to put a foot wrong after this.
LOL, no doubt.
Hahha the lesson is: Don't piss Freddie, don't have Queen on 50£ a week while you're buying your Rolls Royce with their money... 😂 They didn't say who's the song about but Norman Sheffield sued them and the record company for defamation of caracter... They settled out of court, hired Jim Reid as their new manager, had Jim Beach as their lawyer who negotiated them out off bad contract and their album A Night At The Opera skyrocketed them at the top of the world! Sheffield outed himself with the lawsuit and is known to this day as an idi0t who lost Queen ... 😅
Freddie was changing the lyrics when he was writing the song almost every hour just to be as venomous as possible...😮Brian said that he taught lyrics were too harsh but Freddie insisted ... and because it was his song he was to decide how it should sound 😅
Yes, Queen can sting! (if it is really necessary)
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Also: Freddie from then on in every concert turned his rear to the crowd reminding that "motherf**ker of a gentleman" what he did and lost... 😂😂
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@@CoachCastTV I also like how Brian's Red Special 🎸 (which he made with his father at 16 because he couldn't afford to buy an electric guitar ... He is playing it till this day and reffers to it also as "An Old Lady" 🙃)
is growling, hissing and spitting 🔥 ... and backing up Freddie's lyrics 😜
The other song about the same person is even better, though not as furious. "Flick of the wrists".
Most of us just give two weeks notice in our resignation letter. Not Freddie!
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good evening both of you!
yes good suggestion this song! but the live version is much better, no problem!
yes it is dedicated to their former manager who abused their recipes, like many groups of the time, notably 1 that you loved Mrs Coach! eh yes! Except that Queen denounced it and had the courage to say it! respect......
My suggestion is always the same! there you go...Son and Daughter live.. for you Sir I leave you the link above
Thanks so much 🙏
Everytime I hear this song now days, all I can say it fits Donald Trump..
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Creo que hubo que negociar bastante para sacar esta canción, empezando por sus compañeros,a May no le gustaba esa letra tan directa. Es la canción con la que comienza ese album,el de Bohemian Rhapsody...a partir de ese álbum es cuando se hicieron famosos,por así decirlo,no sé,no es la canción más comercial para comenzar un álbum, creo yo 😄😉
LOL, very true!
But it's the most appropriate song to cut the cord with the past mistakes (sighing that awful contract) ... 😅
Pissed off Freddie was never a good thing. 😂
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It's been a while since you've done a J cole reaction but if u see this can you please react to Breakdown by J cole
Freddie didn't fuck about did he!!!!!!!! Don't fuck with Freddie.