The story is that the Tour de France bycicle race was passing by the city where Queen was beginning to record their new album, and Freddie was fascinated by the event and decided to write a song, and encouraged Brian to write something as well. The result was that Freddie wrote Bycicle Race, and Brian wrote Fat Bottomed Girls.
Glorious reaction to this video. Why are they naked, why not, the song is all about doing what you want, not what everyone expects. It probably even inspired the annual World naked bicycle ride. Once more Queen led the way.
Haha David! I wanted to see you react to this and be shocked! Queen, especially Freddie loved to shock and awe their audience! I was a bit surprised that you were that worried about it being blocked. This song was very popular on the radio in the U.S. The video was banned here, as was the album cover until they drew panties on the bycicler. Thanks for giving us the reaction I had hoped for, LOL.
You really had me laughing at this one. Having lived in Europe for a bit, I didn’t think this nudity would be so shocking to you, especially in someone so young!! Thanks for the levity today - much appreciated.
Freddie came up with the idea for the video and they got every model in London who was prepared to pose naked on video. Raleigh loaned the bikes for the video and after their return complained that they had to replace all the saddles!! The video by the way was banned in the UK and in most other countries!
I'd better watch it quick, before it gets pulled! I've never seen you look so relieved during a Brian May solo!😆 I'm bookmarking this reaction for any day I really need cheering up. That was a great reaction!! 👍👏👏
It was a bit risque when Queen made the video, in fact Top of the Pops wouldn't play the video. The single cover of Fat Bottom Girls/Bicycle Race had a photo of a naked woman on it and they made them paint red shorts on the female rider. So I do wonder if there are some single covers without the red shorts or if they forced them to paint them on before the single release and whether if they are the single covers are worth more for their rarity value.
😂😂 ... just when you thought Queen couldn't shock you any further .. 🤣 Ogre Battle, Fairy Fellers Master-stroke and Nevermore , all 3 as a single reaction please.. And then just to hear Freddie showing off even further, Teo Torriate ... 🤯👌
Some copies of the Jazz album came with a large still photo of naked women on bicycles. It was quite a surprise as a young girl to open up my copy and find one.
Queen was not in town when this was filmed...and in many interviews, Roger Taylor expresses his "disappointment " with not being at the shoot. LOL. Also, the bicycle shop that loaned them the bikes was pissed afterwards and made Queen buy all new seats for each bike. The call went out for any models in the area to come to Wimbledon for a music video.
The ladies on the bicycles portion was actually filmed in Wimbledon Stadium but the boys were not present for the filming. Each of them has been recorded stating that they wish they had been there. Well, of course they would have wanted to be there, who wouldn't? Why are they naked??? What are you a cop!!???? It is for fun and the shock factor I am sure.
Minor thing; It was filmed at Wimbledon Stadium in SW London (aka Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium). Wimbledon was a race track (Greyhounds, plus stock cars, motorcycles, etc).
@@wnsafford1854 Thank you!! Do they still allow dog racing in the UK? I am not sure if they do here in the US any longer but still allow horse racing. I used to love the horse races they are so brief and so exciting, plus I lived across the street from a horse race track as I do once again, so I used to go (there was just something about hearing that bell and the announcer saying...And they're off!!). Then one day I saw a beautiful mare cross the finish line and collapse from shattered front legs and have to be put down. That was my last horse race. I will never go again. I wish animal racing and animal fighting was no longer allowed, as I feel about all animal entertainment these days, even rodeo which I used to love as a child...but I digress..
@@sherryheim5504 I don't know if they still allow dog racing in the US or UK. Years ago, I had friends in a Greyhound Rescue group, placing former racers into family homes. They're such a gentle, loving breed, that even those who'd only lived in kennels, quickly adapted to a home. The group got our local Dog track shut down, mainly by making the public aware that most dogs didn't retire, when they were no longer money makers. They were usually killed. Unlike horses, which can still bring $$ after racing (from Stud & breeding), dogs don't. So, the owners would just kill them & take their $ value as a business loss on their taxes. Disgusting, all of it. The More You Know!
Awesome! I don't think the nudity is really very different from going into an art museum and looking at the nude and semi-nude paintings and sculptures. A great, underrated, and funny song that is a companion to "Fat bottom girls". The nude idea was just Freddie being his own outrageous, nonconformist self. One idea behind the message of the song is about embracing nonconformity, going against the grain! I think it champions individuality and is exactly what Queen was and still is! In case you didn't catch it, the lines about not liking Star Wars or believing in Superman were meant as a joke (Brian May clarified that on Twitter). Freddie actually loved Star Wars. During the Jazz tour concerts, Freddie would ride on the shoulders of a big burly guy dressed as either Superman or Darth Vader during the finale singing We will rock you. Also, Brian May is of course a huge fan of Star Wars and sci-fi in general!
Oh David, you have no idea how much you have brightened my day! I've had a long shift at work listening to customers whinging and then you are waiting for me with a new reaction. I have laughed so much thank you. Maybe not one of my favourite songs but your face and reaction is priceless. Naughty Queen boys out to shock. Thank you!
Rather than why naked, maybe why not naked ;) They were ahead of their time. Now we have the World Naked Bike Ride of people doing that all over the world each summer lol.
La canción está incluida en el album Jazz de 1978, del cual una cantidad limitada del disco traía a modo de promoción, un póster con las chicas desnudas sobre sus bicicletas en directa referencia a "Bicycle Race", por lo que muchos en esa época compraron el disco por el poster mas que por la música. Otra curiosidad es que la canción "Bicycle Race" hace referencia la canción "Fat Bottomed Girs" (Fat bottomed girls, they'll be riding today), mientras que "Fat Bottomed Girl" hace referencia a "Bicycle Race" (Get on your bikes and ride). Como es habitual, excelente reacción David. Saludos
Roy Thomas Baker said that Roger exclaimed, “Wouldn’t it be great to have a bicycle race full of naked women?” And that the people hi provided the bicycles saw the footage and complained because they had to change all the bicycle seats after the shoot. Don’t know if that last part is true, RTB said it with a twinkle in his eye. The vinyl album Jazz had a poster you could hang on your wall of the ladies at the starting line.
As Kenney Everett would say "its done in the best possible taste" There is a video where the nudes are blurred out. Great reaction mate I knew this one would get you.
It may be the most naked Queen video, but not their strangest. E.g. try the Official video for "I want to break free". Queen are well known for imaginative and sometimes strange videos.
Freddie Mercury wrote this in France after watching the Tour de France bicycle race ride by his hotel. It was released as a double A-side single together with the song "Fat Bottomed Girls". The video featuring a bicycle race with nude women was held at Wimbledon Stadium, which was controversial at the time. Brian May has said that the song was not an autobiographical portrait of Mercury and that Mercury did not particularly enjoy bicycling, also noting that despite the lyric "I don't like Star Wars", Mercury was a Star Wars fan.
The bicycle company that lent them the bikes for the video, made Queen pay for new bicycle seats for all the bikes. The band was playing elsewhere and very sorry they had to miss the shoot.
Not sure if someone has said this but allegedly the bikes were hired from a bike company and when they were returned they complained and said that the seats had to be replaced, he he...
Queen's record promoter certainly pulled out all the stops for the Jazz album. First with the over the top launch in New Orleans and with the nude Bicycle Race at Wembley Dog Track video. The band were in Europe because they would have been taxed over 90% if they stepped a foot in England. The band thought it all pretty humorous at the time but Brian and Roger admit they wouldn't do it these days. I remember loving Bicycle Race when it came out. Great chord progressions, shifts in time, the lyric had to do with real time references. A real Freddie song. Brilliant. The crowds would buy bicycle bells and ring them during concerts. Lol. Love your reaction! Yes, it's a bit racy!
Seventies seems far more accepting of nudity and ambiguity. Lots of shock at it all now, wasn't a big deal then. It's like Freddie himself, most knew he was gay and didn't give a monkeys.
Wow David that certainly woke you up this was Freddie’s mischievous side very controversial in it’s day not seen you laugh like that for a long time great reaction keep the reactions coming take care x
just Freddie 'n the guys snarkin' at the squares! those stuffy, set-in-their-ways older - or boring - folks 🌞[we actually called 'em "straights" at the time, but it didn't mean not-gay, it meant not-cool 😉] This was filmed about the same time, maybe even the same day [Freddie's wearing the same gear, the leather pants and sparkly suspenders] from FAT-BOTTOMED GIRLS and there's refs in each song to the other one. They were having a great time imo, and I think both videos are a real hoot! Great reaction, as always. 💕ya, from that crazy old lady in Boston
Are you blushing? :) When I saw you were doing this song and the official video I was already laughing (and yes. Others have done the official with no issues) Then you said you hadn't woken up yet and I thought "just give it a minute" Others have mentioned about the Tour de France and I specifically remember an interview with Roger in particular who said he was VERY disappointed he was not there for the video shoot. I watch it (as a female) and just think "ouch"! Mention of this is in Fat Bottom Girls and damn. Can't think of the other song where reference to this is mentioned. Want to get really weirded out? All those bums you just saw now belong to about 70 year old women. What did you just watch? Typical Saturday afternoon in the world of Queen????
I bought the Jazz album which had a poster of these naked women. After a while it was withdrawn and you had to send away for a copy. It was on my living room wall for months!
Don't known if someone already mentioned this, but I heard that they rented all those bikes and the company opted to replace all the seats rather than clean them!
That reaction was priceless; I laughed out loud several times at the expressions on your face! I hadn't seen the video in years and I don't remember there being a particular outcry about it, most people just found it quite amusing when it came out. No doubt it would be looked on as very un-PC these days
what's wrong with naked girls? o_O i don't get it! ^^+gg btw: the borrowed the bikes for this shooting, but had tot replace all seats as they returned the bikes! ^^+gg
Hilarious video. Love your reaction, made my day. Sounds like a simple song but if you listen to each instrument separately it's so intricate and one of their best examples of multi track harmonies. OK not lyrically challenging and in my opinion could have lost the bells in the middle but another great song from the Jazz album
You needn't worry about censorship with this video. I remember they showed this on TOTPs when it was released, and there's absolutely nothing in it that, even back then, would be deemed as inappropriate. Seeing a quick flash of the occasional buttock was about as bad as it got! 🤣
The album, Jazz, has a gate fold poster of naked women cyclists - I know coz I’ve got it & why not? Just a bit of fun, but some get so offended by anything…
Lol! Gestures at the band: “They aren’t naked.” Gestures at the girls on bikes: “Why are THEY naked?” Excellent point! Equal nudity for all. I vote to make the band naked, too! 😄
I heard they rented the bikes, but when they tried to take them back. The store refused to take them back until queen replaced all the Bicycle seats ! 😂😂😂
Thanks for this, David -- I might still have the nude race poster than came in the album -- BTW, "Jaws was never my scene and I don't like Star Wars" was apparently for effect - Freddie said later that he actually loved Star Wars - lol - pretty sure the nude race was for just for attention - and they totally got it! meant to shock.. and of course it did draw lots of attention at the time...
If memory serves me right, the ladies on the bikes are all models and were doing a naked sponsored bike ride in aid of Breast cancer or something like that and the only people let in were a few reporters to cover the event. I do remember buying the Jazz album with a large colour photo of them inside, still go it somewhere.
This actually isn't the original version of the video - the nudity was heavily obscured in the 1978 original. This version was a special cut made for the 2002 DVD release of Greatest Video Hits 1.
The boys didn't see the girls being filmed at Wembley they were elsewhere. They wouldn't have been allowed anyway. Some of these girls are probably grandmas now. Poor Roger 😅🤣 I have this on my Queen Greatest Video Hits 1.
Minor thing; It was filmed at Wimbledon Stadium in SW London (aka Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium). Wimbledon was a race track (Greyhounds, plus stock cars, motorcycles, etc).
I'd never seen this until the greatest video hits dvd came out in 2002. The main version that was available before that was the one on the Greatest Flix vhs. That's the one I grew up with. This is it: ruclips.net/video/OkKP3fb3Cq0/видео.html
CALM Down what a prude your being!!! This came out when I was freshman at Purdue Univ. with a poster of all the naked women on their bikes! Those months we got this album, Rocky Horror Picture show plus Animal House. God 78 was a great year! AND yes we streaked the community building!
It was a bit risque when Queen made the video, in fact Top of the Pops wouldn't play the video. The single cover of Fat Bottom Girls/Bicycle Race had a photo of a naked woman on it and they made them paint red shorts on the female rider. So I do wonder if there are some single covers without the red shorts or if they forced them to paint them on before the single release and whether if they are the single covers are worth more for their rarity value.
The story is that the Tour de France bycicle race was passing by the city where Queen was beginning to record their new album, and Freddie was fascinated by the event and decided to write a song, and encouraged Brian to write something as well. The result was that Freddie wrote Bycicle Race, and Brian wrote Fat Bottomed Girls.
I think they were the queen who proposed this race
I heard that Queen sponsored the nude bicycle race to promote the album - pretty sure there was a poster in the album :) --
Love Fat Bottomed Girls especially Live at the Bowl Freddie doing abit of pole dancing brilliant loll 👍🤣
Yes a poster and 2 A4 photos
I have always appreciated a man that can still blush. Thank you Queen.
MTV as per usual got their collective knickers in a knot, the rest of us took it as the giggle it was meant to be.
Glorious reaction to this video. Why are they naked, why not, the song is all about doing what you want, not what everyone expects.
It probably even inspired the annual World naked bicycle ride. Once more Queen led the way.
Haha David! I wanted to see you react to this and be shocked! Queen, especially Freddie loved to shock and awe their audience! I was a bit surprised that you were that worried about it being blocked. This song was very popular on the radio in the U.S. The video was banned here, as was the album cover until they drew panties on the bycicler. Thanks for giving us the reaction I had hoped for, LOL.
You really had me laughing at this one. Having lived in Europe for a bit, I didn’t think this nudity would be so shocking to you, especially in someone so young!! Thanks for the levity today - much appreciated.
Freddie came up with the idea for the video and they got every model in London who was prepared to pose naked on video. Raleigh loaned the bikes for the video and after their return complained that they had to replace all the saddles!! The video by the way was banned in the UK and in most other countries!
I'd better watch it quick, before it gets pulled! I've never seen you look so relieved during a Brian May solo!😆 I'm bookmarking this reaction for any day I really need cheering up. That was a great reaction!! 👍👏👏
It was a bit risque when Queen made the video, in fact Top of the Pops wouldn't play the video. The single cover of Fat Bottom Girls/Bicycle Race had a photo of a naked woman on it and they made them paint red shorts on the female rider. So I do wonder if there are some single covers without the red shorts or if they forced them to paint them on before the single release and whether if they are the single covers are worth more for their rarity value.
😂😂 ... just when you thought Queen couldn't shock you any further .. 🤣
Ogre Battle, Fairy Fellers Master-stroke and Nevermore , all 3 as a single reaction please..
And then just to hear Freddie showing off even further, Teo Torriate ... 🤯👌
Some copies of the Jazz album came with a large still photo of naked women on bicycles. It was quite a surprise as a young girl to open up my copy and find one.
I still have this poster ... in my youth it was hanging in my room on the wall ... proud as a teen could been! ^^+gg
Absolutely loved the reaction!!
Queen was not in town when this was filmed...and in many interviews, Roger Taylor expresses his "disappointment " with not being at the shoot. LOL. Also, the bicycle shop that loaned them the bikes was pissed afterwards and made Queen buy all new seats for each bike. The call went out for any models in the area to come to Wimbledon for a music video.
Was filmed at Wimbledon dog track .
@@ianjones4304 oh ya, you're right...thanks. I'll fix it
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Sister song to this "Fat bottomed girls" of course.
Love listening to this on headphones, with the sound switching between left and right channels. Same with Bohemian Rhapsody.
The ladies on the bicycles portion was actually filmed in Wimbledon Stadium but the boys were not present for the filming. Each of them has been recorded stating that they wish they had been there. Well, of course they would have wanted to be there, who wouldn't? Why are they naked??? What are you a cop!!???? It is for fun and the shock factor I am sure.
Minor thing; It was filmed at Wimbledon Stadium in SW London (aka Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium). Wimbledon was a race track (Greyhounds, plus stock cars, motorcycles, etc).
@@wnsafford1854 Thank you!! Do they still allow dog racing in the UK? I am not sure if they do here in the US any longer but still allow horse racing. I used to love the horse races they are so brief and so exciting, plus I lived across the street from a horse race track as I do once again, so I used to go (there was just something about hearing that bell and the announcer saying...And they're off!!). Then one day I saw a beautiful mare cross the finish line and collapse from shattered front legs and have to be put down. That was my last horse race. I will never go again. I wish animal racing and animal fighting was no longer allowed, as I feel about all animal entertainment these days, even rodeo which I used to love as a child...but I digress..
@@sherryheim5504 I don't know if they still allow dog racing in the US or UK. Years ago, I had friends in a Greyhound Rescue group, placing former racers into family homes. They're such a gentle, loving breed, that even those who'd only lived in kennels, quickly adapted to a home. The group got our local Dog track shut down, mainly by making the public aware that most dogs didn't retire, when they were no longer money makers. They were usually killed. Unlike horses, which can still bring $$ after racing (from Stud & breeding), dogs don't. So, the owners would just kill them & take their $ value as a business loss on their taxes. Disgusting, all of it. The More You Know!
@@sherryheim5504 Brian May would love your remarks! I do too!
Awesome! I don't think the nudity is really very different from going into an art museum and looking at the nude and semi-nude paintings and sculptures. A great, underrated, and funny song that is a companion to "Fat bottom girls". The nude idea was just Freddie being his own outrageous, nonconformist self. One idea behind the message of the song is about embracing nonconformity, going against the grain! I think it champions individuality and is exactly what Queen was and still is! In case you didn't catch it, the lines about not liking Star Wars or believing in Superman were meant as a joke (Brian May clarified that on Twitter). Freddie actually loved Star Wars. During the Jazz tour concerts, Freddie would ride on the shoulders of a big burly guy dressed as either Superman or Darth Vader during the finale singing We will rock you. Also, Brian May is of course a huge fan of Star Wars and sci-fi in general!
Oh David, you have no idea how much you have brightened my day! I've had a long shift at work listening to customers whinging and then you are waiting for me with a new reaction. I have laughed so much thank you. Maybe not one of my favourite songs but your face and reaction is priceless. Naughty Queen boys out to shock. Thank you!
David.... I loved your reaction .
You had me hysterically laughing.
❤🤣🤣This was a great reaction.
Rather than why naked, maybe why not naked ;) They were ahead of their time. Now we have the World Naked Bike Ride of people doing that all over the world each summer lol.
The band should have been naked, too!
La canción está incluida en el album Jazz de 1978, del cual una cantidad limitada del disco traía a modo de promoción, un póster con las chicas desnudas sobre sus bicicletas en directa referencia a "Bicycle Race", por lo que muchos en esa época compraron el disco por el poster mas que por la música.
Otra curiosidad es que la canción "Bicycle Race" hace referencia la canción "Fat Bottomed Girs" (Fat bottomed girls, they'll be riding today), mientras que "Fat Bottomed Girl" hace referencia a "Bicycle Race" (Get on your bikes and ride).
Como es habitual, excelente reacción David. Saludos
Roy Thomas Baker said that Roger exclaimed, “Wouldn’t it be great to have a bicycle race full of naked women?” And that the people hi provided the bicycles saw the footage and complained because they had to change all the bicycle seats after the shoot. Don’t know if that last part is true, RTB said it with a twinkle in his eye. The vinyl album Jazz had a poster you could hang on your wall of the ladies at the starting line.
With the Jazz album, this song was on, came a huge poster with all the ladies butt naked! Ha, ha. Had a sense of humor, these fellas :)
He said he doesn't understand why the women were naked, but the band members weren't.
As Kenney Everett would say "its done in the best possible taste" There is a video where the nudes are blurred out. Great reaction mate I knew this one would get you.
It may be the most naked Queen video, but not their strangest. E.g. try the Official video for "I want to break free". Queen are well known for imaginative and sometimes strange videos.
when the original album came out there was a giant poster of the girls on bikes showing everything
Freddie Mercury wrote this in France after watching the Tour de France bicycle race ride by his hotel. It was released as a double A-side single together with the song "Fat Bottomed Girls". The video featuring a bicycle race with nude women was held at Wimbledon Stadium, which was controversial at the time.
Brian May has said that the song was not an autobiographical portrait of Mercury and that Mercury did not particularly enjoy bicycling, also noting that despite the lyric "I don't like Star Wars", Mercury was a Star Wars fan.
The bicycle company that lent them the bikes for the video, made Queen pay for new bicycle seats for all the bikes. The band was playing elsewhere and very sorry they had to miss the shoot.
Your reaction is PRICELESS!!! Loved it!!
This is the hardest I’ve laughed in a long while- great reaction!! Your sweetness is showing--
I still have my Original album with the nude bicycle race poster !
Not sure if someone has said this but allegedly the bikes were hired from a bike company and when they were returned they complained and said that the seats had to be replaced, he he...
The video idea came from the fact that this is the flip side to Fat Bottom Girls
Queen's record promoter certainly pulled out all the stops for the Jazz album. First with the over the top launch in New Orleans and with the nude Bicycle Race at Wembley Dog Track video. The band were in Europe because they would have been taxed over 90% if they stepped a foot in England. The band thought it all pretty humorous at the time but Brian and Roger admit they wouldn't do it these days. I remember loving Bicycle Race when it came out. Great chord progressions, shifts in time, the lyric had to do with real time references. A real Freddie song. Brilliant. The crowds would buy bicycle bells and ring them during concerts. Lol. Love your reaction! Yes, it's a bit racy!
Seventies seems far more accepting of nudity and ambiguity. Lots of shock at it all now, wasn't a big deal then. It's like Freddie himself, most knew he was gay and didn't give a monkeys.
Yes, good old times …
Wow David that certainly woke you up this was Freddie’s mischievous side very controversial in it’s day not seen you laugh like that for a long time great reaction keep the reactions coming take care x
just Freddie 'n the guys snarkin' at the squares! those stuffy, set-in-their-ways older - or boring - folks 🌞[we actually called 'em "straights" at the time, but it didn't mean not-gay, it meant not-cool 😉] This was filmed about the same time, maybe even the same day [Freddie's wearing the same gear, the leather pants and sparkly suspenders] from FAT-BOTTOMED GIRLS and there's refs in each song to the other one. They were having a great time imo, and I think both videos are a real hoot! Great reaction, as always. 💕ya, from that crazy old lady in Boston
When Queen performed this song in the shows there were half naked girls on bicycles on stage.
Are you blushing? :) When I saw you were doing this song and the official video I was already laughing (and yes. Others have done the official with no issues) Then you said you hadn't woken up yet and I thought "just give it a minute" Others have mentioned about the Tour de France and I specifically remember an interview with Roger in particular who said he was VERY disappointed he was not there for the video shoot. I watch it (as a female) and just think "ouch"! Mention of this is in Fat Bottom Girls and damn. Can't think of the other song where reference to this is mentioned.
Want to get really weirded out? All those bums you just saw now belong to about 70 year old women.
What did you just watch? Typical Saturday afternoon in the world of Queen????
This Was BEFORE MTV !!!!!
All the bikes were hired, the company they hired them from refused to take the bikes back unless the band paid for all the seats replacing
I bought the Jazz album which had a poster of these naked women. After a while it was withdrawn and you had to send away for a copy.
It was on my living room wall for months!
Queen always said they wish they had been on set while this was filmed. But they were not in town. Roger was more disappointed than anyone.
“PLENTY OF BUMS ABOUT” ….. 🤣
🤣 HAHAHAHAHA 🤣 😂 🤣 😂
🚴🚴🏻♂️🚴♀️🚴🚴🏻♂️🚴♀️🚴🚴🏻♂️🚴♀️🚴🚴🏻♂️🚴♀️
Don't known if someone already mentioned this, but I heard that they rented all those bikes and the company opted to replace all the seats rather than clean them!
That reaction was priceless; I laughed out loud several times at the expressions on your face! I hadn't seen the video in years and I don't remember there being a particular outcry about it, most people just found it quite amusing when it came out. No doubt it would be looked on as very un-PC these days
Yeah. There was more outcry for "I want to break free" than this one.
😂😂😂😂😂 Everyone’s been waiting for you to react to this !! Only Queen !! LOL
Puts a smile on my face when listening to this once seen never forgotten . Your grin said that you woke up quick.
Haha 😂😂😂😂 Bicycle Race had to be done David so funny your reaction brilliant 😂😂❤️❤️ forgot you were uploading today so just watched it
Your best reaction of them all!
I bet you woke up fast! 😂🤣😂
Nice to see YOUR REACTION!.👌Great song!
Why were they naked? Publicity! And it worked.
what's wrong with naked girls? o_O i don't get it! ^^+gg
btw: the borrowed the bikes for this shooting, but had tot replace all seats as they returned the bikes! ^^+gg
Every time I see a reaction of "Bicycle Race', I just have to watch it. and, It never fails me. I could not stop laughing. Cheers mate.
I’ve been waiting for you to react to this one-🤣🤣🤣
Only Queen- 🤣🤣
So funny David..thanks😂😂😂Get on your bikes and ride
Hilarious video. Love your reaction, made my day. Sounds like a simple song but if you listen to each instrument separately it's so intricate and one of their best examples of multi track harmonies. OK not lyrically challenging and in my opinion could have lost the bells in the middle but another great song from the Jazz album
Like the bells 😊
Lol. Your reaction was hilarious! Thanks!
Thought it was. Great ❤️
You needn't worry about censorship with this video. I remember they showed this on TOTPs when it was released, and there's absolutely nothing in it that, even back then, would be deemed as inappropriate. Seeing a quick flash of the occasional buttock was about as bad as it got! 🤣
The album, Jazz, has a gate fold poster of naked women cyclists - I know coz I’ve got it & why not? Just a bit of fun, but some get so offended by anything…
David. You really got worried because of those bums
Lol!
Gestures at the band: “They aren’t naked.”
Gestures at the girls on bikes: “Why are THEY naked?”
Excellent point! Equal nudity for all. I vote to make the band naked, too! 😄
I heard they rented the bikes, but when they tried to take them back. The store refused to take them back until queen replaced all the Bicycle seats ! 😂😂😂
It was another time, 70's, but I believe it was censured…
Thanks for this, David -- I might still have the nude race poster than came in the album -- BTW, "Jaws was never my scene and I don't like Star Wars" was apparently for effect - Freddie said later that he actually loved Star Wars - lol - pretty sure the nude race was for just for attention - and they totally got it! meant to shock.. and of course it did draw lots of attention at the time...
That was hilarious David!!! You have a great laugh! 😂 I still want you to react to Put Out The Fire. Thanks for the laughs on this one:)
The video is perfect for the song .😉
I enjoyed watching your reaction. Are you going to do Body Language? I think that one will surprise you as well.
Another great react and song. Jazz album is full of great songs.
I love the Jazz album. Mustapha, Dead On Time, Dreamers Ball, Jealousy...so good!
@@betseyclark2832 jealousy is one of my fav of all.
😂😂😂😂😂❤ Freddie's idea
😂😂😂😂 David 😂😂😂😂 love it mate 😂😂😂😂
@Michael Malone Evening brother,, back in the day that video could have been seen as a Scandal😅
@@padraigfeeney9631 yes pardraig YOU AND I agree 😂😂😂 evening brother 😊
@@michaelmalone3089 Well when his next reaction comes along,, and David says this was requested ny YOU AND I, we know what song is hitting the screen😅
I'm laughing watching you try to pause the video where there isn't a nude on screen!
If memory serves me right, the ladies on the bikes are all models and were doing a naked sponsored bike ride in aid of Breast cancer or something like that and the only people let in were a few reporters to cover the event. I do remember buying the Jazz album with a large colour photo of them inside, still go it somewhere.
No, it was strictly as Queen thing. There is/are video(s) about the making of the naked parts.
Las palabras de amour next please
Great reaction!!!! 🤣🤣
Bicycle race/fat bottomed girls..double "a" side single release
This actually isn't the original version of the video - the nudity was heavily obscured in the 1978 original. This version was a special cut made for the 2002 DVD release of Greatest Video Hits 1.
The boys didn't see the girls being filmed at Wembley they were elsewhere.
They wouldn't have been allowed anyway. Some of these girls are probably grandmas now.
Poor Roger 😅🤣 I have this on my Queen Greatest Video Hits 1.
Minor thing; It was filmed at Wimbledon Stadium in SW London (aka Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium). Wimbledon was a race track (Greyhounds, plus stock cars, motorcycles, etc).
😂😂 It's a Crazy one alright, live they had girls ride on stage. It's all about having freedom.
Hilarious 😂
Bwahahaha 😂I knew this would be epic
The album had a gatefold poster of the girls.
Defo try ride the wild wind it's my favourite driving song get it on full blast lad lol
Lol 😆 so hilarious 🤣 loved it
I'd never seen this until the greatest video hits dvd came out in 2002. The main version that was available before that was the one on the Greatest Flix vhs. That's the one I grew up with. This is it: ruclips.net/video/OkKP3fb3Cq0/видео.html
Ha ha . You got a big poster with the early releases of the Jazz album, of the said race.
CALM Down what a prude your being!!! This came out when I was freshman at Purdue Univ. with a poster of all the naked women on their bikes! Those months we got this album, Rocky Horror Picture show plus Animal House. God 78 was a great year! AND yes we streaked the community building!
I didn’t get the impression that he was prudish about the nudity, just that he was worried that RUclips would block the video because of it.
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Wow, this one is fabulously mad. And the video, ha, hilarious, thanks David. Other side of Fat bottomed girls.
BTW they are not stark bollock naked, for obvious reasons. If you saw any bollocks then you need your eyes tested! 8-)
Why are they naked? Why not?
react to queen you don't fool me
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David you're too cute
Gahahaha cute
Hello, If you think this is strange, try body language
It was a bit risque when Queen made the video, in fact Top of the Pops wouldn't play the video. The single cover of Fat Bottom Girls/Bicycle Race had a photo of a naked woman on it and they made them paint red shorts on the female rider. So I do wonder if there are some single covers without the red shorts or if they forced them to paint them on before the single release and whether if they are the single covers are worth more for their rarity value.