Queen, Crazy Little Thing Called Love - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction

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    Such a natural, fluid movement in this piece! I love the way it follows the shape of the language. What a “crazy little thing” it is!
    Here’s the link to the original song by Queen:
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Комментарии • 176

  • @lindieb5278
    @lindieb5278 4 месяца назад +51

    When listening to this live, it's great to listen out for Roger, who always shouts out READY FREDDIE halfway through!😂

    • @mumblbeebee6546
      @mumblbeebee6546 4 месяца назад +12

      There’s a compilation of all the officially recorded times when he called “Ready, Freddie?” on YT :)

    • @lindieb5278
      @lindieb5278 4 месяца назад +7

      @@mumblbeebee6546 Thanks. I'll have to look out for that😅.

    • @Inverse_to_Chaos
      @Inverse_to_Chaos Месяц назад +1

      It hurts post-1992. All of Wembley were calling out for Freddie to be ready when he wasn’t on stage.

  • @Mrvictorfernandes
    @Mrvictorfernandes 4 месяца назад +59

    Deacy's ingenious walking bass line is the unsung hero of "Crazy Little Thing." It's holding down the groove while swinging melodically at the same time. At one point he quotes a bit of "Shortening Bread" while Brian takes the Telecaster solo. Quite remarkable...

    • @langdalepaul
      @langdalepaul 4 месяца назад +5

      I’m not sure I’d describe it as ingenious, as it’s a classic jazz/blues walking bass line and traces its roots back to Baroque music. It goes well with this song, but then the song is a tribute to classic rock and roll.

    • @mightyV444
      @mightyV444 4 месяца назад +10

      I was watching a Beach Boys-related video recently, and it was mentioned that Brian Wilson had a proper obsession with 'Shortening Bread' once and that it still is his favourite song today! 😊
      And I've never understood all those who've been dissing Deacon's playing and describing it as simple! Including bassists! Those folks clearly don't know what they're talking about!

    • @DirectDemocrat
      @DirectDemocrat 4 месяца назад +16

      ​@@mightyV444 I'm a bass player of 50 years standing. Anyone who dismisses John Deacon is an idiot. No proper bassist does

    • @mightyV444
      @mightyV444 4 месяца назад +4

      @@DirectDemocrat - Exactly! I've been playing bass for 40 years myself, by the way 😊

  • @SirWussiePants
    @SirWussiePants 4 месяца назад +54

    Once again Queen tries a new style (this time classic 50s/60s Rock and Roll) and show they are masters of that genre too. Their range and skill in a large part is why I love Queen. They could have written 100 Bohemian Rhapsody clones after having a hit but not Queen. You never get bored listening to Queen

    • @friotaiocht101
      @friotaiocht101 4 месяца назад

      Excellent comment I couldn't agree more... that was Queen....

  • @Walesbornandbred
    @Walesbornandbred 4 месяца назад +43

    I'm really enjoying your journey through Queen.
    Freddie once said he wasn't good at piano too, but he obviously was.

    • @marthajean50
      @marthajean50 4 месяца назад +4

      That's so common with good musicians. They have such high standards, etc., that they usually don't think of themselves as playing well. I remember Stewart Copeland saying drums were "a joke" -- he wasn't bragging, either -- you could tell he just found them to be so easy.

  • @John_Locke_108
    @John_Locke_108 4 месяца назад +7

    When I was a kid, in the 80's, I thought this was a cover of an Elvis song. Such an amazing tribute to the king.

    • @fightscrimewhilesleeping4024
      @fightscrimewhilesleeping4024 3 месяца назад

      I've known a few people who thought that--I bet that's pretty common!

    • @Inverse_to_Chaos
      @Inverse_to_Chaos Месяц назад +1

      The man what wrote this piece was a childhood fan of Elvis and often performed his signature hits with Queen on stage.

  • @ronueberschaer1752
    @ronueberschaer1752 4 месяца назад +40

    Now Amy has to listen to some Elvis Presley. Thank you very much.

  • @grahamokeefe9406
    @grahamokeefe9406 4 месяца назад +14

    I really like the Rockabilly style guitar solo. Slick stuff. Deacon puts on a clinic on how legato and staccato can really change the feel of a walking bass line. The actual line is nothing special. He's just hopping up chord tones, but the rhythm and feel and articulation are all dead on and really makes the song move. Granted the bass on a real rockabilly record wouldn't be that compressed, but I think it works.

    • @LeeKennison
      @LeeKennison 4 месяца назад +1

      Excellent description!

  • @marthajean50
    @marthajean50 4 месяца назад +19

    Not having many options to pull from is actually proven to enhance creativity. I'll never forget hearing a Harvard professor say that in their studies on creativity, they found one key thing that stood out clearly: "Creativity loves constraint".

  • @LeeKennison
    @LeeKennison 4 месяца назад +23

    Another great Queen reaction to another great Queen song. For me this is a throw back to the 50s rock and roll style that you haven't heard very much of yet. Although I was glad to hear that you have heard a little Elvis (being from Tennessee), so that gave you a good reference to this style (depending on the Elvis song). I also think I heard a bit of Little Richard (another 50s rock n roll legend) in Freddie's high pitched yelp. I love John Deacon's jazzy walking bass in this one, so I was really glad you noticed it. I also love Brian's guitar on this, so I really appreciated your comments on his solo. It did have a barbershop quartet vibe, along with a bit of a doo-wop vibe. Great observations all around.

  • @fatimaerdogan8193
    @fatimaerdogan8193 4 месяца назад +12

    When it was new on airplay, many were probably thinking "Oh, there's that great old song,
    why haven't they played it more often". Somehow I even still get that feeling!

  • @VonBlade
    @VonBlade 4 месяца назад +16

    With Queen being my top three all-time bands (I'm old) it's always a delight to see someone else take so much joy in them. Plus, of course, Amy is incredible at explaining the musical subtleties.

  • @michaeldance6879
    @michaeldance6879 4 месяца назад +8

    It just shows how great a composer Freddie Mercury was. The different styles he could access

  • @andreakormosnekacso4804
    @andreakormosnekacso4804 4 месяца назад +34

    According to Brian: "Freddie was very good on the guitar, very unorthodox - all downstrokes. He wrote the riff for “Ogre Battle” [from 1974’s Queen II]. I used to play it with up- and downstrokes, but he was all downstrokes. Imagine how fast his right hand was moving! He had a frenetic energy on the guitar, which came across very well in that song." As a massive fan of Jimi Hendrix, Freddie taught himself to play the guitar, after some point he gave up on the idea. In live situations he only played rhythm guitar on Crazy Little Thing Called Love, however, he was capable of doing more than rhythm guitar

    • @bluebell3720
      @bluebell3720 4 месяца назад +1

      He was talking about riffs on one interview but in another he said Freddie wrote all of 9gre battle on guitar
      Bo Rap riff on guitar..

    • @hmwr0h
      @hmwr0h 12 дней назад

      @@bluebell3720 Freddie didn't write Bo Rap's riff on the guitar.. He had that riff (as everything on that masterpiece) in his mind.. He had probably played it on the piano (or just "sang" it), and then Brian put it on the guitar standarts..

    • @bluebell3720
      @bluebell3720 12 дней назад

      @@hmwr0h
      In one of Brian interviews he says Freddie played it on guitar and it was a pig to play at first

    • @bluebell3720
      @bluebell3720 12 дней назад

      @@hmwr0h
      Brian has said Freddie would normally write their parts on piano
      But he did write some things on guitar
      He wrote all of ogre battle on guitar
      Love of my life piano and guitar

    • @hmwr0h
      @hmwr0h 12 дней назад

      @@bluebell3720 Show me that interview then.. And Freddie wrote Love Of My Life only on the piano, where he used to feel really comfortable.. He couldn't strum a guitar properly, only knew a few simple things.

  • @RPRohrman
    @RPRohrman 4 месяца назад +29

    It’s called Rockabilly

    • @ICRA95
      @ICRA95 4 месяца назад +1

      yes siiir

  • @Quotenwagnerianer
    @Quotenwagnerianer 4 месяца назад +13

    One of those songs that is even better when they played it live. The studio version has this kind of groovy understatement, the live versions are more in your face.

  • @johnsilva9139
    @johnsilva9139 4 месяца назад +16

    Glad she realized the Elvis influence and tribute to him and the original era of rock. Didn't realize she had some knowledge of Elvis. I've been surprised, since she's a rock virgin and started this channel to learn about and analyze rock, that she has completely passed over the original rock era and creators like Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard etc.

  • @incamoran9532
    @incamoran9532 4 месяца назад +11

    Rockabilly never dies :)

  • @BrendanAshton
    @BrendanAshton 4 месяца назад +8

    Everything compliments each other so well in the song, in other peoples hands this would be a throw away track but this band is so tight and so full of talents which works so well together.

  • @kendallneason3645
    @kendallneason3645 4 месяца назад +7

    You are getting good at identifying each member’s traits! Freddie always said he couldn’t play guitar but he wrote Ogre Battle on guitar according to Brian May who also claimed Freddie was a unique pianist who pounded the keys yet had a fluid style of playing as if he had a metronome within him. Brian said Freddie was always humble about his talents unless he was in character. This one is an Elvis homage. John’s bass is so fun! Thanks! ❤😊

  • @marblackCanada
    @marblackCanada 4 месяца назад +6

    At Live Aid Freddie's guitar had a remote power pack that was low on power,so Brian realizing it played louder on his acoustic, then he switches to the Fender,and ends with the Red Special for the end.

  • @user-hr7kb8hv2u
    @user-hr7kb8hv2u 4 месяца назад +9

    Vlad and Amy, please, don't miss Barcelona album, especially Guide me home + How can I go on (two songs as one peace of art), and of course other tracks from it

  • @michlkwitz
    @michlkwitz 4 месяца назад +11

    Elvis was often backed by the gospel quartet, The Jordannaires. The backing vocals that gave you "barbershop" vibes are an obvious callback to The Jordannaires backing vocals on the old Elvis records.

  • @Whitestripe71
    @Whitestripe71 4 месяца назад +6

    This is great, really enjoyed it! My favourite song on this album, and one of my favourite Queen songs overall, is Save Me - a beautiful song from Brian, with some especially poignant and moving lyrics. I feel that some really great Brian songs have been overlooked/omitted from this series - White Queen, The Prophet's Song, '39, to name just a few. I so hope that Save Me doesn't suffer the same fate! But regardless, I enjoyed this, I'm enjoying this series, and I hope you enjoy whatever you listen to next! (But it should be Save Me!)

  • @dianecourtney2724
    @dianecourtney2724 4 месяца назад +4

    Freddie was indeed in the tub and all of a sudden called out for someone to bring me a guitar 😂 Every one who knew Freddie said that’s exactly how it happened… sounds like Freddie . My favorite version of Freddie singing this Live is at Live Aid !! I think you would love it Amy ✌🏼🥰

  • @fretlessfender
    @fretlessfender 4 месяца назад +12

    This might be just the only recording of Queen with electric guitar, that Brian did not use his Red Special... he was convinced to use a Fender Telecaster that Roger had lying around. Still to this day Brian is convinced that his RedSpecial would have done the job... but there you are! The only non RedSpecial song of Queen!😊😊

    • @lawrenceabeyta3808
      @lawrenceabeyta3808 4 месяца назад

      A little note here about the guitars. Although true it isn’t Brian’s Red Special, the recording uses Roger’s 1967 Fender Esquire, while live performances used the 1978 Fender Tele aster. The live performance also replaces the 12 string acoustic with Freddie’s blonde 1983 Fender Telecaster, which eventually was stolen and still missing. Sigh

    • @clintonsmith5163
      @clintonsmith5163 4 месяца назад +2

      There is another Queen song in which Brian used an electric guitar other than his Red Special. That was The Hero from the Flash Gordon soundtrack. If I'm correctly remembering his account of this from his "Queen in 3D" book, May didn't have the RS handy when he recorded the solo for The Hero, so he just grabbed some other guitar that happened to be laying around. The amazing thing is, that solo sounds incredible and it sounds like May is supposed to sound. His sound really is in his fingers, and his head, more than it is in the equipment that he uses.

    • @basstian
      @basstian 4 месяца назад +2

      Actually, there are quite a few featuring him on other electric guitars, instead of or together with the homemade fireplace one he built with his father: 'Long Away', 'Sweet Lady', 'Under Pressure', 'I'm in Love with My Car', 'Mother Love', 'Tear It Up', 'Hammer to Fall', 'Man on the Prowl' and several things from 1984 onwards. And, also, there *were* some takes of Brian using the fireplace guitar on 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love', but they weren't used for the final mix.

    • @michastepinski2772
      @michastepinski2772 4 месяца назад +2

      On "Mother Love" Brian played a Parker Fly electric guitar. Not sure if Red Special was used at the time as well (except in the pre-recorded random outro mix).

    • @basstian
      @basstian 4 месяца назад

      @@michastepinski2772 The Parker Fly was invented in 1993, so Brian only used it for the 1993-1995 sessions and not the 1991 ones (which included guitar work for that song on the 13th and 16th of May that year). 'Hammer to Fall' is an interesting case as you can hear the fireplace guitar on one channel and the Gibson Firebird on the other, playing more or less the same thing. An interesting effect.

  • @alexmctear5420
    @alexmctear5420 4 месяца назад +6

    With almost all queen's songs there are exceptional videos that accompany them, this song has an inspired video which is well worth a look.

    • @gettingkilt
      @gettingkilt 4 месяца назад

      The video is definitely a tribute to Elvis!

    • @bernhardfbuttner5694
      @bernhardfbuttner5694 4 месяца назад

      Only to singles. No videos to most of their songs.

    • @joyceharkin3641
      @joyceharkin3641 4 месяца назад

      Always worth watching Freddie - especially in black leather!!!

  • @Greg042869
    @Greg042869 4 месяца назад +6

    Stray Cats came out around that time with another rockabilly flashback.

  • @JoeBlow_4
    @JoeBlow_4 4 месяца назад +7

    In his Live Aid performance he plays the guitar to this song. Great randition.

  • @mooghead
    @mooghead 4 месяца назад +11

    Listen to John's bass in isolation. It is just 12 bar blues. Brilliant. (I can send you the isolated bass if you want)

  • @julian65886
    @julian65886 Месяц назад

    The tune is a masterpiece. Glorious guitar solo. A virtuoso group.

  • @incamoran9532
    @incamoran9532 4 месяца назад +7

    Message to Vlad: If you line up Queen at Live Aid for Amy to watch, please make sure you choose the version that includes the acoustic encore done by Brian and Freddie afterwards. It's called "The World That We Created" and it puts the entire intercontinental concert into perspective and refocuses the intent of the entire weekend.

    • @kvz9000
      @kvz9000 4 месяца назад

      No. Though nice. Its not the triumphic epic closure of the real set.

    • @incamoran9532
      @incamoran9532 4 месяца назад

      @@kvz9000 It might not carry the euphoria of the main set but it carries emotion of the sort that spurred Geldof to come up with the idea in the first place.

    • @binxbolling
      @binxbolling 4 месяца назад +1

      No, it sucked.

  • @hmwr0h
    @hmwr0h 12 дней назад

    You really NEED to see the live versions!!!

  • @robbiebonham
    @robbiebonham 4 месяца назад +6

    Loved this.

  • @Zundfolge
    @Zundfolge 4 месяца назад +6

    If you enjoyed this, it is indicative of an entire genre called "rockabilly". So you might enjoy listening to some Brian Setzer (in particular his Christmas music is fun as is his original band "Stray Cats").

  • @mattd8725
    @mattd8725 4 месяца назад +2

    Mark E Smith from the fall said that it was impossible to get experienced English musicians to play straight rock and roll music, and he had to basically train band members up from scratch himself. Queen recording a song like this really shows that they were very different to all their contemporary prog this or post that musicians.

  • @mightyV444
    @mightyV444 4 месяца назад +3

    Oh yes! Isn't that gospel called 'Rock My Soul In The Bosom Of Abraham'? 😀
    🎵"So high I can't get over it,
    So low I can't get under it."🎵
    😊

  • @nellgwenn
    @nellgwenn 4 месяца назад +5

    Pure Rockabilly. And Queen pulling out all the stops. Harkening back to Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, and Eddie Cochran.
    It came out at a time when Rockabilly was making a sort of resurgence in popularity. Especially with Brian Setzer and the Stray Cats, and after with his Swing and Rockabilly orchestra. And Adam Ant's Goody Two Shoes.
    People were also rediscovering Led Zeppelin's cover of Eddie Cochran's C'mon Everybody and She's Something Else.
    When Punk emerged with it's rejection and disregard of the great 70's pop music groups and area of influence, early Rock and Roll from the 50's seemed to be music they didn't take issue with. So that situation sort of helped with the resurgence of Rockabilly. Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols even did a cover of She's Something Else.
    Queen took all that Rockabilly greatness and gave it a spa day, polished it and dressed it up to go to the big dance. But without overproducing it. Leaving all the drive and power which allows it to shine in it's own style.

    • @drivers99
      @drivers99 4 месяца назад +1

      Super informative. Thanks.

  • @HelenaDax
    @HelenaDax 4 месяца назад +10

    Remember that Freddie didn't think of himself as a good pianist, so don't let him fool you when he says that he only knows how to play some chords. When they started Freddie wrote most of his songs, if not all of them, on a guitar. It's just he was actually very modest and he probably saw no point in bragging about his decent guitar skills in a band that included Brian and John, who were obviously way better. It's a bit like Brian and Roger's singing skills, I guess. They were -are- very good, but you know, Freddie was there.

  • @paulmcinerney5995
    @paulmcinerney5995 4 месяца назад +2

    The intro is a D Chord adding the pinky for a D4, one of the first songs I learnt on guitar. It does have a tricky Bb in it!

  • @johnanderson290
    @johnanderson290 4 месяца назад +2

    I absolutely love your content! Thank you!🔥🎶❤️

  • @Canucklehead557
    @Canucklehead557 4 месяца назад +4

    Humor and beauty require truth.

  • @GaryNoone-jz3mq
    @GaryNoone-jz3mq 4 месяца назад +2

    I have some classical musicians criticise pop and rock music for only 4 chords. Personally, I think that the number of totally different songs and different pop genres all written on the same 4 chords is just collective genius.

  • @Gatito938
    @Gatito938 4 месяца назад +4

    I find it curious that with 90% the same chords...it has had such a different result in "Seven Seas of Rhye"

  • @Pjaypt
    @Pjaypt 4 месяца назад +9

    Mike Pinder, founding member of the Moody Blues died on April 24th this year.
    It would be nice to make a homage to him.
    Would you recommend one or some of his music in The Moody Blues so Amy could get introduced to this fantastic band with marvelous music?
    Right now I can only think of My Song, from the Every God Boy Deserves Favour... But there are so many others!

    • @bernhardfbuttner5694
      @bernhardfbuttner5694 4 месяца назад +2

      She did one three days ago ...

    • @Pjaypt
      @Pjaypt 4 месяца назад

      @@bernhardfbuttner5694 I can't find it here in RUclips

    • @bernhardfbuttner5694
      @bernhardfbuttner5694 4 месяца назад

      @@Pjaypt Oh, I'm sorry! Wasn't Moody Blues, was Allman Brothers.

    • @Pjaypt
      @Pjaypt 4 месяца назад +1

      @@bernhardfbuttner5694 no problem, can happen to anyone! 👍🏽

  • @michaelrunnels7660
    @michaelrunnels7660 3 месяца назад

    Freddie was in a stand alone bath tub with four legs with a piano behind him. He played the piano behind him backwards with his hands over the top of his head. He learned to do this rather well.

  • @lancehollingworth4043
    @lancehollingworth4043 4 месяца назад +1

    I'm at 7:12, (after the song) and your voice has resonated on your harp stings 3 times now lol - play back and listen :)

  • @79BlackRose
    @79BlackRose 4 месяца назад +3

    Loads of things were added to Another One Bites The Dust. Sound effects created on piano & guitar, backward loops etc.

  • @marcelopc225
    @marcelopc225 3 месяца назад

    Queen a maior banda do planeta!! Abraços do Brasil 🇧🇷!!

  • @Inverse_to_Chaos
    @Inverse_to_Chaos Месяц назад

    A lot of Mercury’s most iconic songs are built from simple chord progressions or arpeggio patterns on piano, and as a pianist, ‘Killer Queen’ and ‘It’s a Hard Life’ (just to name a few), are easy to learn but also fun to play. The same can probably be said for Deacon’s bass lines, May’s guitar riffs, and Taylor’s drum fills.

  • @MissChaoticKitty
    @MissChaoticKitty 4 месяца назад

    I usually am not into reaction videos, but I love this channel SO MUCH

  • @jfziemba
    @jfziemba 4 месяца назад +2

    That's called 'swing,' Amy. Rock and roll before it was just rock.

  • @41Forethought
    @41Forethought 4 месяца назад +1

    Even the birds are singing their praises of your take on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"! 🎶🐦🎶🐦 😉

  • @79BlackRose
    @79BlackRose 4 месяца назад +13

    I wish Vlad had included Dragon Attack. It is one of the best songs on the album. 🙁

    • @Whitestripe71
      @Whitestripe71 4 месяца назад

      I like Dragon Attack a great deal, but I can understand it not being picked for this. It's kind of more of a jam than a structured song. It's very cool, and I enjoy listening to it, but I don't think it's the sort of song Amy would have a lot to say about - from a reaction/analysis point of view, there's not really a lot to talk about in it.

  • @bukeksiansu2112
    @bukeksiansu2112 4 месяца назад +2

    Deacy walking with his bass happily.

  • @mightyV444
    @mightyV444 4 месяца назад +2

    I've been thoroughly enjoying these more recent Queen reactions, as they've been around my preferred era of their repertoire (late 70's ~ early-to-mid 80's) 😊
    A bit of constructive criticism, though: Maybe leave it till _after_ the actual listen to read up on songs' info! I think that especially with a song like _this_ one, reading about it beforehand had spoilt much of its surprise!

  • @bludrugo29
    @bludrugo29 3 месяца назад

    As an excellent musician, you perfectly caught the variation of the initial chord. It is indeed the pinky finger that touches the sixth string and creates the D4 chord.

  • @bettybaby63
    @bettybaby63 4 месяца назад +1

    Such a fun song & really showcases Freddie’s vocal versatility.
    Freddie was
    Always overly modest wrt his piano & guitar skills.
    It became a huge fan favorite during live shows. the piano line was added a few years later.
    lol I always Forget how short the studio cut is vs their live performances of this song.

  • @deboraclark5791
    @deboraclark5791 4 месяца назад +2

    Brian said Freddie was a good guitarist, but he only used down strokes. Freddie wrote Battle Orge on guitar, Brian said it was extremely fast paced. Great reaction 😊

  • @EddieReischl
    @EddieReischl 4 месяца назад +1

    This song was big in the US for sure. The movie "Grease" coming out in 1978 kind of spurred a return to popularity of late 50s/early 60s rockabilly. The Stray Cats had a big debut album with songs like this, songs my parents liked as well.
    My parents liked this Queen song. It took a little more convincing to get them to like Van Halen's 1978 debut album (decidedly not rockabilly), but dad and I managed to work out "Jamie's Cryin'" and "Ice Cream Man" on the guitar. He didn't think he could help me much with "I'm the One".

  • @fretlessfender
    @fretlessfender 4 месяца назад +5

    According to Brian, Freddie was actually a decent guitar player... he went to the piano as choice of weapon by nature...

  • @friotaiocht101
    @friotaiocht101 4 месяца назад +1

    I remember the excellent version that they did on Saturday Night Live... it was a great performance....

  • @ZENOBlAmusic
    @ZENOBlAmusic 4 месяца назад +4

    Great reaction! Many people think this is an Elvis song. Freddie was a better guitar player then he pretended to be, he also did the guitar solo of Crazy Little Thing Calked Love originally, but it was later overdubbed by Brian.

    • @AlbertoJorgeSoares
      @AlbertoJorgeSoares 4 месяца назад

      Not true. The guitar solo was all created by Brian, Freddie just wrote the melody and the lyrics.

  • @babyfacemichael1
    @babyfacemichael1 4 месяца назад +3

    Queen do Rockabily , Jack of all trades and master of all-- yes they are , you know i`m right.

  • @lorijones9579
    @lorijones9579 2 месяца назад

    Freddie did play guitar on this song, and he did a great job. His attack was great. I can understand his feeling that he wasn't a good guitar player since he had to stand next to Brian May on stage every night, but I thought he was pretty good.

  • @GaryNoone-jz3mq
    @GaryNoone-jz3mq 4 месяца назад +2

    Brian was playing a guitar he designed and built himself, and he was only 17 when he did it.

    • @bluebell3720
      @bluebell3720 4 месяца назад

      His father was an engineer Brian wasn't but did help his father build it
      He didnt use it for this song but wanted to

    • @AlbertoJorgeSoares
      @AlbertoJorgeSoares 4 месяца назад

      @@bluebell3720 The guitar was built mainly by Brian, his father just helped him with the electric parts.

  • @peterarndt5979
    @peterarndt5979 4 месяца назад

    Love your details and associations.
    To me the percussion solo in the middle of the song sounds line Steve‘s footsteps while looking for the next „guy“.
    And the last few beats of the song give me the impression that Steve himself is the final „Another one“ who got shot.

  • @eirintowne
    @eirintowne 4 месяца назад +1

    Barbershop is actually a good term to describe the vocals of the song, but to me, this will always the the best song ever to which you dance the Swing! I was learning to dance when this song hit my social circle, and it moved my entire body immediately. Toe-heel, toe-heel, back and forth, toe-heel, toe-heel, back and forth. Perfect speed, and the bassline is definitely a DANCING bass more than a walking one (who walks that fast, and with that much variation?). I recommend you all try dancing to "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" to gain another dimension of kinetic experience!

  • @michavandam
    @michavandam 4 месяца назад +4

    Amy, the last thing you're talking about in this video can be summarized as "the perfect Pop song". This is what many bands are looking for.
    By the way, I disagree with your use of the word "simple". For example, Queen altered the classic 12-bar Blues scheme considerably for Crazy Little Thing Called Love in a sophisticated way. They even added a whole new chord progression to it, just for the guitar solo. And then the clever little things like "Ready, Freddy?"...
    Another example. Changing key in the second bar!... That's what happens in Yesterday. Yet it sounds normal and thus "simple".
    I think it boils down to your perspective. Compared to Classical music these great Pop and Rock songs are simple, but compared to most Rock, these perfect Beatles and Queen songs aren't simple at all, and while covering Beatles and Queen songs by ear, most amateur Rock musicians struggle to find out what they were exactly playing.

  • @31carrier
    @31carrier 4 месяца назад +5

    58th liked 215 watching started 20 mins ago

  • @lwrandall
    @lwrandall 4 месяца назад +2

    Hi Amy. Your analysis on Pink Floyd has brought new meaning to some of the tracks. You are so so close to finishing Pink Floyd the wall. When will you finish the next 2-3 songs? 🙏🏾🙏🏾

    • @user-xi5ev3gp5t
      @user-xi5ev3gp5t 4 месяца назад +1

      Little bit dissapointing and unproffesional, right?

  • @zzzaphod8507
    @zzzaphod8507 4 месяца назад +1

    Thanks for your analysis! Love the bass line as well as the guitar solo.
    I've heard an a cappella version of this song (barbershop quartet, pretty much, as you mentioned at 16:00)--sounded quite good! Josh Turner Guitar on youtube does an interesting cover of this song as well--as it's a video, one can see how all the parts are played.
    Glad to hear we'll get to see the video on "Yesterday" in the near future ("Yesterday" tomorrow perhaps?).

  • @Tijuanabill
    @Tijuanabill 4 месяца назад +6

    I always felt like in Freddie's mind, he was doing this in Elvis' voice. And doing it arguably better, TBH.

  • @mps9994
    @mps9994 3 месяца назад +1

    Written by Mr Mercury whilst in the bath. In 10 minutes! A number 1 hit worldwide. Not bad eh? Amazing.

  • @bighenry6633
    @bighenry6633 3 месяца назад

    When they played this live on the "A Kind Of Magic Tour" Freddie grabbed his guitar and said "this shitty guitar only knows 3 chords"!

  • @sleeper9
    @sleeper9 4 месяца назад +2

    John Lennon heard Paul’s song Coming Up on the radio and it was so weird it made John want to make an album again. Sorry to Queen but I don’t think it was this song that did it. Although his son Julian was obsessed with Queen I haven’t read any quote from John about their music other than he had heard of them. But it might have given him confidence if this song could reach number one than people didn’t mind an oldies sound (which John liked, and which he does in just like starting over)

    • @nellgwenn
      @nellgwenn 4 месяца назад

      I thought John was impressed by SRV and that's what made him want to play again. As they say Oh well.

  • @GiuC39
    @GiuC39 4 месяца назад +1

    This is another one that makes it hard to stay still - you have to dance and sing along, in the middle of the kitchen or the street... no one will judge you

  • @GinMae
    @GinMae 4 месяца назад +1

    Thanks, VR.. Freddie was good at many things... guitar? so-so... but he had Brian doing most of it, so didn't matter... Fred actually could drum a little bit, even.. he was so musical, not much he couldn't do... but as usual, this is where his vocals shine... did it quite well live, too - appreciate your reactions!

  • @antoniocandidoaraujoneto141
    @antoniocandidoaraujoneto141 3 месяца назад

    Queen Brasil❤❤❤

  • @davehughes2602
    @davehughes2602 Месяц назад

    Should have a listen to "calling Elvis" by Mark Knopfler its really clever how he mentions so many elvis songs in his lyrics

  • @christimanley13
    @christimanley13 4 месяца назад +1

    I know exactly what spiritual you mean. We sung it in elementary school as well as Swing Low Sweet Chariot. In the Eighties in the South, so much for separation of church and state. Oh well, I'm probably all the better for it.

  • @tonytjandra4798
    @tonytjandra4798 4 месяца назад +1

    Ada ambisi yang kini baru terungkap dari sosok Freddie Mercury. Pentolan grup band Queen itu menjadikan John Lennon sebagai panutan.
    Freddie sendiri dikenal sebagai salah satu bintang rock terbesar di zamannya. Akan tetapi, ada bagian di mana dirinya ingin bisa setara dengan John Lennon.
    Hal itu terungkap dalam buku otobiografi Freddie Mercury: A Life, In His Own Words. Ia khawatir performanya sebagai penyanyi tak sebaik Lennon.
    "John Lennon adalah sosok yang luar biasa. Dan ia seorang jenius," ungkap Freddie di otobiografi tersebut.

  • @JacoWium
    @JacoWium 4 месяца назад +1

    In the environment I grew up in, I was often taught that simplicity equals inferiority. Nothing could be further from the truth.

  • @marysweeney7370
    @marysweeney7370 4 месяца назад +1

    I wonder if listening to all of the Beatles songs so far enabled you to appreciate the song more because of its old rock n roll elements. 😁

  • @Joe-yk9md
    @Joe-yk9md 4 месяца назад +1

    I hope you react to Save Me also from The Game

  • @jacksonseyl5255
    @jacksonseyl5255 4 месяца назад +1

    You should listen to some 50's rock. Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry; those are some of the first rock stars. But if you do decide to do that era. I suggest you listen to Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and his Comets first. That was the song that started the rock n roll revolution.

  • @SugarDemon04
    @SugarDemon04 4 месяца назад

    Hoping he reacts to the show must go on

  • @lynnbowers4722
    @lynnbowers4722 4 месяца назад +1

    This might be reminding you of "Rock Around the Clock" that I know you listened to.

  • @tommonsen965
    @tommonsen965 4 месяца назад

    Love ur Queen reaction's 🥰 I was lucky to see them Live her in Norway the only time they was here 😋❤ been a Queen fan as long as i can remember , have all their records on Vinly ❤ But here is something different , u might know Queen is very protective off their music after Freddie past away RIP . There is one artist that did an rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody , that they really liked an tagged it on their social medias saying WOW what an rendition ❤ it was so good that they gave this artist the copyright to that artist version . The artist is a 13 year old girl ( she's 18 now ) called Angelina Jordan ( she's Norwegian btw ),best female singer on the planet, and she does all her own arrangement's This is from America Got talent The Champions one . I cried when first heard it, never heard such a beautiful voice in my life🥰 ruclips.net/video/qF0JV28vgLw/видео.htmlsi=4rqpfIcfEkRy_zlv this on one she did then. i also put a link to her doing it 3 years later at en outdoor concert in Norway summer of 2022 ❤ ruclips.net/video/TqMqyAi-bsc/видео.htmlsi=cXVhBrFhQlq_k_1j i hope u watch the first one is very special to us fans called Angels ❤ have a good one take care an stay safe. Greetings from Norway 😊

    • @Inverse_to_Chaos
      @Inverse_to_Chaos Месяц назад +1

      Drammen c. April 1982?

    • @tommonsen965
      @tommonsen965 Месяц назад

      @@Inverse_to_Chaos yeah Drammens Hallen 👍😋

  • @vgovger4373
    @vgovger4373 15 дней назад

    Rock around the clock.

  • @joeljohnson4512
    @joeljohnson4512 4 месяца назад +1

    Can so easily imagine a younger Elvis singing this

  • @DavidLindes
    @DavidLindes 4 месяца назад +1

    5:34 - wait, has Amy heard anything from Elvis Presley yet? or much from the 1950's? A little, I know, of the latter, but I'm wondering here if the tribute aspect of this (mentioned at 0:17) is lost on Amy's ear. If so, might be nice to see that remedied. :)
    [EDIT: 8:58 - oh, I guess she has! OK, cool. Still, maybe more?]
    (And I say this as someone who's not particularly a fan of Elvis. But the sound is so distinct... Amy should hear it.)

  • @GaryNoone-jz3mq
    @GaryNoone-jz3mq 4 месяца назад +1

    You're right. It was Brian May playing the lead, not Freddie.

    • @bluebell3720
      @bluebell3720 4 месяца назад

      Freddie wrote it on guitar but only played rhythm on the track

  • @stlmopoet
    @stlmopoet 4 месяца назад +2

    Freddie was channeling Elvis in his singing.

  • @ICRA95
    @ICRA95 4 месяца назад

    Dear Amy here are my suggestions for more Queen songs : My fairy king -The march of the black queen , The Prophet's Song , White Queen (As It Began) , Jelousy. further albums songs It's A Hard Life , The Miracle , I want it all , One vision , The show must go on ( that song makes me cry) and it would be a great end of the series. or this one "Was It All Worth It ?"

  • @RichardLaurence
    @RichardLaurence 4 месяца назад

    By the way Freddie changes chords on the guitar without looking, shows he was fairly competent

  • @TBaileyIII
    @TBaileyIII 4 месяца назад

    This song reminds me of The Stray Cats...kinda rock-a-billy sound

  • @BlindGordie
    @BlindGordie 4 месяца назад +3

    No mention of Brian playing a fender telecaster, as opposed to his main ax during the solo and interjections for the musical conversation between Freddie and the electric guitar.

    • @bernhardfbuttner5694
      @bernhardfbuttner5694 4 месяца назад +2

      That's just info for guitar-wankers (and maybe diehard-fans).

    • @theresaschmidt1183
      @theresaschmidt1183 4 месяца назад

      Why would you expect Amy to mention that? She has shared that she is not a guitar expert. Kinda arrogant wording on your part!

    • @theresaschmidt1183
      @theresaschmidt1183 4 месяца назад

      Groovy use of ax though! Cool man.

    • @BlindGordie
      @BlindGordie 4 месяца назад

      @@theresaschmidt1183 I knew she wouldn't, but I wanted to make it known to others who may not have heard or read that Brian use this normal guitar on the song, thanks to Mack.

    • @theresaschmidt1183
      @theresaschmidt1183 4 месяца назад

      @@BlindGordie as I said.
      .odd wording.

  • @YourBeingParanoid
    @YourBeingParanoid 4 месяца назад +3

    As a gay man - this song is probably the reason I'm into leather

  • @IanHodgetts
    @IanHodgetts 4 месяца назад

    So when is Amy going to give her rendition of the rhythm guitar from this song? ;-)

  • @timnotbrianmay
    @timnotbrianmay Месяц назад

    Freddie wrote Stone cold crazy!... You tell me 😸😸😸!!! And the influence couldn't have been for very long because John died in December 1980; assassinated! 🙀😿