It was on display above the Dominion Theatre when We Will Rock You was staged there. I think Roger said he was chuffed he got the statue when the show ended before Brian could - it would have ended up with one of them. LOL
Where 'Only the Good..' brings tears of sadness, this song from Roger brings a gentle smile to my face. It's such a beautiful and loving tribute to a dearly loved friend.
Roger and Freddie were soulmates. The four of them were brothers and yes the void is there. Thirty years later Roger and Brian still tear up when talking about Freddie
A beautiful, beautiful tribute to Freddie by one of his soulmates, Roger. This one gets me every time, I swear I tried not to cry, I really tried, but of course totally failed. The lyrics are so touching, and Roger's voice so sweet but sad at the same time. Gets deep into the soul and heart. Thanks, Hap for the reaction, and thanks to Roger and Freddie for the tears...sometimes we need to cry.
@@queenfan3324 Honestly, I don't think any band has such loyalty from fans, even the original fan group that started in the 70s has millions of followers. I listen to them everyday too.❤️🙂🌹
I love this song and I think that, as a tribute, it's way more better than Only The Good Die Young. It's absolutely perfect, you can sense that he is thinking about Freddie in every line. Just yesterday, just like you said, I was thinking that if we still miss him so much, for the people who had him in their lives it must have been unbearable.
I adore this song. So heartfelt. I’ve always thought that Brian’s tribute to Freddie is like him, more cerebral. Conversely, Roger is more of an Everyman. Thanks for doing this one, great request Dee!
So love this song,but everytime I hear it,it makes me cry!!!! Roger and Freddie were such good friends,glad u finally listened.love your reaction as always!
Their friendship didn’t fade Roger and Brian said that till this day Freddie is their mental wallpaper , and he’s still very much in their daily thoughts . 💕Freddie and Roger were soul mates .
Thank you so much my dear friend! This is always the last song I listen to before I go to bed. Roger and Brian loved Freddie so much they both put their feelings into songs! Roger wrote and sang this one and Brian wrote No One But You (Only The Good Die Young) which Brian wrote and he and Roger sang. They lost a Brother. Yes, Meddows is Roger’s middle name. And both still miss Freddie terribly to this day! I loved your reaction to this song Hap! Thanks for doing it for me and our family. Love ❤️ from across the pond, Dee My gorgeous angel 🧖🏻♂️💋
An amazing, beautiful song Roger wrote about Freddie. I can’t really say much more , I never can say much when I hear this . Yes, Meddows is Rogers middle name. It’s a family name and it’s his sisters middle name too. Thank you for this Hap.
Oh Thank you for this one. I had that friend for 32 years, lost her 2 days after Malcolm passed away, Nov. 2017. I play this for her every year and her son.
They were friends all the way back to the mid 60’s, working in an antique clothing stall together at Kensington Market whilst each were attending different Universities. I always loved this beautiful tribute to Freddie.
Like a lot of the other comments Can not hear/read or watch this without just becoming a puddle. As I age, this song just keeps coming back and is more meaningful. We all lose friends as time marches on. Time waits for no one.
Freddie always looked ahead he really didn't look back .You got to realize that he knew Freddie even before they b ecame Queen. Freddie would go to Rogers or Brians flat and stay there and sleep on the floo r. He and Freddie had a stall where they would sell clothes to just make alittle bit of money. They were best friends and brothers.. k
Every word Roger sings .. has deep feelings. Thank you, Dee Years for this request. I can't even watch the video without tears coming down. Heartfelt reaction Hap ❤️
Love this song since ur reaction to this, I have played it everyday. It makes me feel so calmed, warm hearted&loved. This is such a thoughtful song written& sang by Roger for Freddie.. 🙏🏼 RIP Freddie 💙
Hap, now that I’ve had some time to settle down I can honestly say that I too have lost a very dear Old Friend within the last few years. And I believe now after listening to your reaction that is why I feel so deeply about this song. Love ❤️ from across the pond, Dee
I love this song, so hard to listen to it sometimes. Freddie and Rogers were great friends, close friends right to the end. I had to watch this reaction, even though I know that it would bring the tears. thank you for the great reaction.
Omg Hap I cry my eye’s out, so tuching omg what they and all felt. And stil feels 🥺😭 Thank for this beautiful song Roger, and big Thank to you for react on it, beautifullest as always ♥️🌸
I veri amici sono per sempre... e Roger ( ma anche John e Brian ) non potrà mai dimenticare Freddie. Parole vere e sincere e una dolcissima armonia 🤩 grazie Hap per questa splendida reazione 🌹🌹🌹💖
This song always brings tears. It is so touching and a wonderful tribute to their friendship. Absolutely love it. Thank you for reacting to this song.........as always you are right on the mark with both content and sentiment. 💛❤️💛❤️💛
Thank you for reacting to this one ❤️ Rogers tribute to his friend & soul mate Freddie ❤️❤️ I hope you react to more of Rogers solo work such an amazing singer ❤️❤️ yes his name is Roger Meddows Taylor x
That’s what I’ve gotten from all the interviews and articles I’ve seen from those that were actually there and saw them interact. John and Freddie were little brother/big brother, Freddie was a mentor that John looked up to. Brian and Freddie were true creative partners, like Lennon and McCartney. They brought out the best in each other’s work through friendly competition, and Brian was like a brother towards the end. But Roger and Freddie were truly friends. Soul mates, they regarded each other as absolute equals. You can see it in all their photos together and their interactions, on stage and off. They look at each other like honest to goodness friends, neither of them acting subordinate to the other, both completely confident in themselves and accepting of the other one as himself.
This song - remembering two young friends who worked together running a clothing stall selling bits of edwardian clothing. Remembering two young friend who formed a band, who partied together, who shared good times. Remembering two friends. Lift a glass!
Beautiful song!! There is another song No One But You ( Only the Good Die Young) written by Brian and done by Brian Roger and John. It is also a very moving beautiful song. Hope you react to it soon.
he has a 20 foot statue of freddie in his garden! Roger didn't explain properly but said he helped Freddie carry a piano up stairs up to his flat I'm assuming it's the piano from freddies college that his mother wouldn't let him have! she said in an interview that he really wanted it,she said they couldn't afford it,he said it was free but she still wouldn't let him have it this may be when he left home Freddie didn't tell this story but said in an interview that his parents didn't support his music,that's why he knew it was right! but in the film his parents have a piano in their home!? he stayed with roger for a while he and Roger ran a stall selling Freddies drawings and clothes apparently Freddie hung his coat up,came back and Roger had sold it so freddie went running after the guy and took it off him when they made their demo Roger said it was him and Freddie going round everywhere on the bus trying to flog it!
@@deeyears3978 Ive only seen clips,but I think it is his parents house when its his birthday and he plays the piano His mother said she didn't let him have the piano
Thank you! So heartbreaking, but so full of love from Roger! You can hear on the live version from Shepherd’s Bush that pictures of Freddie must be being shown during the performance because of the crowd’s reactions throughout the song. Haven’t been able to find the video - if you or anyone else here has, would love to get the link, and would love to get your reaction!!
Frankly, I am completely baffled as to how they got Roger on board with the film Bohemian Rhapsody, which takes artistic license to the level of character assassination. Some of the very story lines pursued in the film Roger has debunked during interviews throughout his life.
I don't understand why this wasn't on greatest hits 3 I'm upset they didn't have freddies winters tale on their either it was no 6 uk and the last song Freddie wrote and sang it doesn't make any sense it wasn't included it would have been nice to have included bo rap as well
It wasn’t on greatest hits 3 because it wasn’t released as a single and so wasn’t a hit. Show must go on with Elton wasn’t either but was probably included to promote the ballet it was from. Winters tale wasn’t the last song Freddie sang, that was Mother Love...he didn’t finish it hence Brian sang last verse. A winters tale wasn’t included (wrongly IMO) because of marketing, would encourage people to buy the album....same reason why Scandal wasn’t included....too many off one album. No reason to include Bo Rhap as it’s on Greatest Hits 1.
@@markpalmer7215 I think they should have included Bo Rap they had 3 greatest hits albums it would have been nice to have it on their first and again on their last as it was re released in 91 after Freddies death technically it was their first and last no 1 though it was released with days of our lives I wish they hadn't done that though I think it should have been seperate Bo Rap is now the first us diamond awarded single,having the equivelant sales of 10m singles no sense for winter tales not to be inc the whole point of the album is to include their hits! it was no 6 there was no need for them to release it in 1999,they could have waited,still four years after their last album it was Freddies last song that he wrote and sang,he also played keyboard mother love was Brians song,and freddie didn't finish it if they can have singles on there that are with other artists and haven't been released,also Freddies solo work and odd re mixes etc I don't see why they couldn't have Rogers tribute song it's a very strange album scandal was on greatest hits 2 album the ballet was first performed in jan 1997 their album was released in Nov 1999 maybe they thought having Elton on their would have helped sales? imo they should have had Bo Rap,winters tale,the other singles off their last album and tracks that became fan favoutites but weren't released at the time,or perhaps didn't do well at the time And the tribute songs
Oh wow beautiful song by Roger Taylor im crying. Missed you too Freddie. Loved your voice. Queen forever My greatings from norway 🇸🇯🌹❤️
Roger has Freddie ´s statue in his garden, he said Freddie would love it
Now that is what I call GOOD friends. A statue.. cor blimey.
@@HAP3SPEAKZ 20ft high😀
@@HAP3SPEAKZ it’s a smaller version of the one in Switzerland 🤗
It was on display above the Dominion Theatre when We Will Rock You was staged there. I think Roger said he was chuffed he got the statue when the show ended before Brian could - it would have ended up with one of them. LOL
That’s awesome!!
Where 'Only the Good..' brings tears of sadness, this song from Roger brings a gentle smile to my face. It's such a beautiful and loving tribute to a dearly loved friend.
"Old friends, in better times". That is a great phrase.
Roger and Freddie were soulmates. The four of them were brothers and yes the void is there. Thirty years later Roger and Brian still tear up when talking about Freddie
I have never seen Brian tear up. Not once.
@@micheleshelley6156 you must not have seen the interviews that I saw. I watched plenty recovering from covid19
A beautiful, beautiful tribute to Freddie by one of his soulmates, Roger.
This one gets me every time, I swear I tried not to cry, I really tried, but of course totally failed.
The lyrics are so touching, and Roger's voice so sweet but sad at the same time. Gets deep into the soul and heart.
Thanks, Hap for the reaction, and thanks to Roger and Freddie for the tears...sometimes we need to cry.
Great tribute to his dear friend.
Great anthem for his friend!!!
HAP 😫😫 OMG - I cannot imagine what Queen went thru🥺 Every time I hear this song!! 🥺 Freddie’s “shake a leg” OMG 😭😭😭😭 “Sleep in peace my friend!!” 💛
Beautiful tribute to Freddie from Roger. So true we fans can't let Freddie go, he was very important to us, for the band members even more than us.
@@queenfan3324 Honestly, I don't think any band has such loyalty from fans, even the original fan group that started in the 70s has millions of followers. I listen to them everyday too.❤️🙂🌹
@@deboraclark5791 me too. I credit the band getting me through covid19
@@theresarandall7448 Queen music does make you happy, and watching Freddie in concerts just tickles your heart, so fun.
@@deboraclark5791 or a worldwide fanbase and multi-generational and grows daily
@@theresarandall7448 it's wonderful that young people have discovered Queen and they love their music.
Wonderful song from Roger to Freddie. Love it!
I love this song and I think that, as a tribute, it's way more better than Only The Good Die Young. It's absolutely perfect, you can sense that he is thinking about Freddie in every line.
Just yesterday, just like you said, I was thinking that if we still miss him so much, for the people who had him in their lives it must have been unbearable.
Love your reaction. There will always be a void for all of us
I adore this song. So heartfelt. I’ve always thought that Brian’s tribute to Freddie is like him, more cerebral. Conversely, Roger is more of an Everyman. Thanks for doing this one, great request Dee!
Thanks Betty, I truly love this beautiful song and it’s the last thing I listen to before I go to sleep
So love this song,but everytime I hear it,it makes me cry!!!! Roger and Freddie were such good friends,glad u finally listened.love your reaction as always!
thank so much. x
That was beautifully written and beautifully sung. Probably my favorite vocal performance by Roger and he's had some great ones.
Beautiful and emotional 😢 💗
I haven't even watched he'd it yet and I can feel the tears are going to come.
Bawling!
😭😭😭😭
@@debramoore7513 glad not the only one
Their friendship didn’t fade
Roger and Brian said that till this day Freddie is their mental wallpaper , and he’s still very much in their daily thoughts . 💕Freddie and Roger were soul mates .
Thank you so much my dear friend! This is always the last song I listen to before I go to bed. Roger and Brian loved Freddie so much they both put their feelings into songs! Roger wrote and sang this one and Brian wrote No One But You (Only The Good Die Young) which Brian wrote and he and Roger sang. They lost a Brother. Yes, Meddows is Roger’s middle name. And both still miss Freddie terribly to this day! I loved your reaction to this song Hap! Thanks for doing it for me and our family. Love ❤️ from across the pond, Dee My gorgeous angel 🧖🏻♂️💋
thank you so much for this one, by the end something came over me, and I could not really hold the tears.
I know my friend, first time I heard it I bawled my eyes out! Love ❤️ from across the pond!
Thanks for putting this song in Haps ear. LOVE this song.
Thanks Dee for this special request!! It’s truly an amazing tribute!
@@leed119 Most welcome Lee ❤️🥰
That was a superb song for Freddie from Roger. I know they were all devastated even tho they knew what was to be. Very heartfelt reaction HAP. ❤️❤️❤️
An amazing, beautiful song Roger wrote about Freddie. I can’t really say much more , I never can say much when I hear this . Yes, Meddows is Rogers middle name. It’s a family name and it’s his sisters middle name too. Thank you for this Hap.
Oh Thank you for this one. I had that friend for 32 years, lost her 2 days after Malcolm passed away, Nov. 2017. I play this for her every year and her son.
The other song is No One But You, so beautiful, try I'm Going Slightly Mad about how Freddie was dealing with his meds it's so funny💛
They were friends all the way back to the mid 60’s, working in an antique clothing stall together at Kensington Market whilst each were attending different Universities. I always loved this beautiful tribute to Freddie.
Like a lot of the other comments Can not hear/read or watch this without just becoming a puddle.
As I age, this song just keeps coming back and is more meaningful. We all lose friends as time marches on. Time waits for no one.
So sad but very true.
We can feel the pain Roger felt at that time, so we are more appreciated to this song. 💕
My heart. To better times...cheers.
Freddie always looked ahead he really didn't look back .You got to realize that he knew Freddie even before they b ecame Queen. Freddie would go to Rogers or Brians flat and stay there and sleep on the floo r. He and Freddie had a stall where they would sell clothes to just make alittle bit of money. They were best friends and brothers..
k
“Friends Will Be Friends” was never more true!!
@@debramoore7513 Friends Will Be Friends was written by Freddie and Deacy. Not Freddie and Roger
@@deeyears3978 Yeah I know ... Roger, Brian, & Deacy seem to all have written a FRIEND type song about Freddie or involving Freddie! It’s cool ....
I love this song! There is a 13 minute video called Freddie and Roger being besties, hilarious
I’ve seen that it is hilarious 🤣
Every word Roger sings .. has deep feelings. Thank you, Dee Years for this request. I can't even watch the video without tears coming down.
Heartfelt reaction Hap ❤️
Joy you are so welcome!
Love this song since ur reaction to this, I have played it everyday. It makes me feel so calmed, warm hearted&loved. This is such a thoughtful song written& sang by Roger for Freddie.. 🙏🏼 RIP Freddie 💙
Thanks Hap. One of my favorite songs from Roger. Always brings a pang to the heart and a year to the eyes. RIP Freddie.
THAT WAS BITTERSWEET! EXCELLENT PERSONAL TRIBUTE BY A TRUE FRIEND! FANTASTIC REACTION, HAP! 💜👍🎶 great song choice Dee!
Thanks Deni😗
Written from Roger’s ❤️ and Soul. 😍🥲
❤️😢, they must have had some amazingly, wonderful times together.
Hap, now that I’ve had some time to settle down I can honestly say that I too have lost a very dear Old Friend within the last few years. And I believe now after listening to your reaction that is why I feel so deeply about this song. Love ❤️ from across the pond, Dee
I love this song, so hard to listen to it sometimes. Freddie and Rogers were great friends, close friends right to the end. I had to watch this reaction, even though I know that it would bring the tears. thank you for the great reaction.
Proud of you, Hap! I knew you weren't ready for this yet so you did well getting through it. Also loved your reaction to it. Thanks too, Dee Years. 🧡
You’re very welcome Chris
Omg Hap I cry my eye’s out, so tuching omg what they and all felt. And stil feels 🥺😭 Thank for this beautiful song Roger, and big Thank to you for react on it, beautifullest as always ♥️🌸
Awww..love this. Thanks Hap!
Heartbreaking 😢❣️
This is so sweet, I don't want to cry but i can't help💛
I veri amici sono per sempre... e Roger ( ma anche John e Brian ) non potrà mai dimenticare Freddie. Parole vere e sincere e una dolcissima armonia 🤩 grazie Hap per questa splendida reazione 🌹🌹🌹💖
That is a song that you need to listen to every word
This song always brings tears. It is so touching and a wonderful tribute to their friendship. Absolutely love it. Thank you for reacting to this song.........as always you are right on the mark with both content and sentiment. 💛❤️💛❤️💛
love Roger, His CD Happiness is one of my favorites and on steady rotation in my car.
Thank you for reacting to this one ❤️ Rogers tribute to his friend & soul mate Freddie ❤️❤️ I hope you react to more of Rogers solo work such an amazing singer ❤️❤️ yes his name is Roger Meddows Taylor x
Thanks Hap for playing "Old Friends" by Roger Taylor. I love this dedication to Freddie.
You had me at Roger Taylor. Roger Taylor had me at this song. Beautiful.
That’s what I’ve gotten from all the interviews and articles I’ve seen from those that were actually there and saw them interact. John and Freddie were little brother/big brother, Freddie was a mentor that John looked up to. Brian and Freddie were true creative partners, like Lennon and McCartney. They brought out the best in each other’s work through friendly competition, and Brian was like a brother towards the end. But Roger and Freddie were truly friends. Soul mates, they regarded each other as absolute equals. You can see it in all their photos together and their interactions, on stage and off. They look at each other like honest to goodness friends, neither of them acting subordinate to the other, both completely confident in themselves and accepting of the other one as himself.
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Sums up how Rog felt about this great and beautiful man.❤️
Love this
What a beautiful song!!
Beautiful
This song - remembering two young friends who worked together running a clothing stall selling bits of edwardian clothing. Remembering two young friend who formed a band, who partied together, who shared good times. Remembering two friends. Lift a glass!
Beautiful ❤❤❤❤ 😢
This makes me cry just think how hard it was for roger and he missed saying goodbye to him freddie died before he got there 💔
Beautiful song. Please react to No one but you - tribute to Freddie
Beautiful song!! There is another song No One But You ( Only the Good Die Young) written by Brian and done by Brian Roger and John. It is also a very moving beautiful song. Hope you react to it soon.
Awesome&insightful reaction Hap 👍🏼🙏🏼👏🏼
he has a 20 foot statue of freddie in his garden!
Roger didn't explain properly but said he helped Freddie carry a piano up stairs up to his flat
I'm assuming it's the piano from freddies college that his mother wouldn't let him have!
she said in an interview that he really wanted it,she said they couldn't afford it,he said it was free but she still wouldn't let him have it
this may be when he left home
Freddie didn't tell this story but said in an interview that his parents didn't support his music,that's why he knew it was right!
but in the film his parents have a piano in their home!?
he stayed with roger for a while
he and Roger ran a stall selling Freddies drawings and clothes
apparently Freddie hung his coat up,came back and Roger had sold it so freddie went running after the guy and took it off him
when they made their demo Roger said it was him and Freddie going round everywhere on the bus trying to flog it!
I don’t believe in the movie there was a piano in the Bulsara’s home
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Ive only seen clips,but I think it is his parents house when its his birthday and he plays the piano
His mother said she didn't let him have the piano
Amigos en todos los sentidos, todavía se nota la tristeza en su cara cuando habla de Freddie. Excelente reaccion 👍👏👏
Saludos desde 🇲🇽
Thank you so much for this! I've never heard it before! Wonderful! ❤️
At last your looking at Roger Taylor's solo work, Foreign Sand highly recommended
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Yep, Roger Meadows Taylor is his name. I love this song but it always makes me melancholy. Beautiful job by Rog on this.
Well done Hap
Thank you - I love your reactions - and your thoughtfullness - is that a proper word?? - Keep it coming.❤
Yes! Thank you!
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Excellent review. So well said.
Thank you! So heartbreaking, but so full of love from Roger! You can hear on the live version from Shepherd’s Bush that pictures of Freddie must be being shown during the performance because of the crowd’s reactions throughout the song. Haven’t been able to find the video - if you or anyone else here has, would love to get the link, and would love to get your reaction!!
Roger has got such a soothing voice
Hey HAPS, love the videos, keep em coming haha! (If you haven't yet you should react to Sweet Lady by Queen, one of favs!) Have a great day 💛
Not yet! - thank you. Hopefully in time.
Have you reacted to Brian's Tribute, "No one but you (only the good die young)" , yet? Bring Kleenex, it's heartbreaking.
It wasn't released as a single,it was a track on his solo album
Brian May also wrote Nothin but blue around Freddie...give it a listen too..thank you luvvie.
Frankly, I am completely baffled as to how they got Roger on board with the film Bohemian Rhapsody, which takes artistic license to the level of character assassination. Some of the very story lines pursued in the film Roger has debunked during interviews throughout his life.
Roger and Freddie had same connection like terror twins Phil and Steve did.
I don't understand why this wasn't on greatest hits 3
I'm upset they didn't have freddies winters tale on their either
it was no 6 uk and the last song Freddie wrote and sang
it doesn't make any sense it wasn't included
it would have been nice to have included bo rap as well
Blue bell you are most welcome! Freddie lives forever in our hearts 💕 and souls!
It wasn’t on greatest hits 3 because it wasn’t released as a single and so wasn’t a hit. Show must go on with Elton wasn’t either but was probably included to promote the ballet it was from.
Winters tale wasn’t the last song Freddie sang, that was Mother Love...he didn’t finish it hence Brian sang last verse. A winters tale wasn’t included (wrongly IMO) because of marketing, would encourage people to buy the album....same reason why Scandal wasn’t included....too many off one album.
No reason to include Bo Rhap as it’s on Greatest Hits 1.
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I think they should have included Bo Rap
they had 3 greatest hits albums
it would have been nice to have it on their first and again on their last as it was re released in 91 after Freddies death
technically it was their first and last no 1
though it was released with days of our lives
I wish they hadn't done that though
I think it should have been seperate
Bo Rap is now the first us diamond awarded single,having the equivelant sales of 10m singles
no sense for winter tales not to be inc
the whole point of the album is to include their hits! it was no 6
there was no need for them to release it in 1999,they could have waited,still four years after their last album
it was Freddies last song that he wrote and sang,he also played keyboard
mother love was Brians song,and freddie didn't finish it
if they can have singles on there that are with other artists and haven't been released,also Freddies solo work and odd re mixes etc
I don't see why they couldn't have Rogers tribute song
it's a very strange album
scandal was on greatest hits 2 album
the ballet was first performed in jan 1997
their album was released in Nov 1999
maybe they thought having Elton on their would have helped sales?
imo they should have had Bo Rap,winters tale,the other singles off their last album and tracks that became fan favoutites but weren't released at the time,or perhaps didn't do well at the time
And the tribute songs
Heyup Haps, how the hell did I miss this one?
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Could you find Rogers song say it's not so. Really hope you do this, but I'll check your list first
The one you are thinking of is Say It’s Not True, my favourite!.
Gorgeous song, still very relevant today. "It's hard to believe the size of the crime."