One of the rare people in the world that can nail Freddie's Range...I heard him years before the Bohemian Rhapsody movie...His Someone to Love rendition is killer!.
@@TheSpeakEasyLounge It's his best, and you can see how Awesomely he did Bohemian!...The only thing it's missing is someone that can sing like Bowie...:)
Marc fronted his own multiple award winning Christian band (called "downhere") for over 10 years. Then he auditioned for Roger Taylor and won the lead with "Queen Extravaganza," Queen's "official" tribute band, in late 2011. He sang with them until the end of 2016. When they were not going to tour in 2017, he started his own cover band, "Ultimate Queen Celebration." He's performed with them since, along with "Black Jacket Symphony" (they do EXACT recreations of famous albums, in live concerts), "Symphonic Queen" (in Mexico, with a full symphony orchestra), and as part of "One Vision Of Queen" (basically a re-named UQC), touring eastern Europe. He has several albums of his own music out as well. Marc also did vocals for the "Bohemian Rhapsody" movie. The 30+ year old analog magnetic tape master recordings would not have been up to modern "Dolby Atmos" digital quality standards, so they used a technique called "vocal layering," where they blended Marc's voice with Freddie's. If they didn't have a good copy of Freddie singing something they wanted in the movie, it was purely Marc singing it. for some reason, they gave Marc almost ZERO credit in the movie and after. But, if it wasn't for Marc, that movie could never have been made. You can see the tracks in this photo from the Live Aid scene mixing board, where Freddie's track is "LV-STEM LVAID DRY FREDDIE_01" and Marc's track is "LV-STEM LVAID_01," directly beneath it. i.imgur.com/Oqxw81z.jpg In December 2019, Marc was the special guest star for the Michael W. Smith and Amy Grant Christmas tour. He brought the house down every night. The three of them released their cover of "Silver Bells" which went to number one on the Christian Music chart. For Christmas 2020, Marc teamed with Amy Grant to release their cover of "The Christmas Waltz," a Frank Sinatra song. Marc's RUclips Channel: ruclips.net/channel/UC2Xqkyhusuu1dvIgp6USEeg Marc's Website: marcmartelmusic.com/ Tour Info: marcmartelmusic.com/tour/
Yep, Marc's the real deal. I've seen him live/front row 3x, a few vids on my YT channel. It's the Queen sound we grew up with. Watch all he's done, his Seal, Whitney, George Michael, Richard Marx.. and of course his own material (Paradise - that's a real rocker!).
@@TheSpeakEasyLounge ohhhhh girl! Did you hear his George Michael covers yet? I love those even more than his Queen covers! He's done Freedom, a short version of One More Try, a clip of Kissing a Fool, and two versions of Last Christmas: one is an actual "imitation" as he created it for the Just Dance video game, and recently - a duet with Arnel Pineda of Journey.
It's amazing, yep! Have you seen the version he's done with Warren Huart of Produce Like a Pro and Warren's "Queen supergroup" Natalia Posnova, Tony Franklin, Jamie Humphries and Pete Riley? It's also phenomenal.
My mom who was classically trained in Opera and Musicals from the 50's LOVED Freddy...more than even I could know, I think. Before she died in 2012, I got a chance to play some Marc for her and she said he was the closest she'd ever heard to Freddy and she was a harsh critic. I am so glad she got to hear it. She was very sad when Freddy died.
Aren't Mom's the best? I sure miss mine! I don't know if you saw my reaction to Sohyang's "Bridge over troubled water", but I totally lost it, BC my mom used to love that song and She just hit me hard in the "Feels" LOL!
Same! lol. Hank Williams, (SR) Southern Gospel, Celine Dion and ME! She used to MAKE me sing Bette Midler's "Wind beneath my wings" whenever I took her to Karaoke with me. I always said that song was from me to her, so even though my vocal range could never hit those high notes, I did it anyway! lol. God I wish she was still here... :(
100% agree. Just the tip of the iceberg. All his stuff, covers and originals, are outstanding! Met him last year and saw him perform 5 Queen tunes at a benefit . Great dude! Awesome talent. Queen hand picked him to be in the Official Queen Cover Band. But his talent goes way beyond that. 🤘
Love your reaction when he starts singing. Saw Marc live when he was with Downhere back in about 2003 when they opened for another band. Amazing talent
What really impresses me about Marc, is that he doesn't just do a Freddy Mercury imitation. The way he riffs and improvs and creates stunning piano arrangements that just feel "right", and like Freddy might actually have done it that way, just pierces my soul.
I'm new here, and after watching this, I spent some time watching some of your other vids. I see you are a fan of Joe Bonamassa. Joe collaborated with Marc on Marc's Christmas EP Hark! - a cover of Blue Christmas.
WOW- I didn't know that! There are so many great artists out there that I was never even aware of! I am so thankful for all of you guys! Welcome to the Lounge!
Writing this before I get to the actual reaction because you seem pretty tough on Queen covers yes that's his natural voice and his vocals in other covers and solo work are just as phenomenal as his queen covers. Just throwing it out there because some ppl not everyone has the misconception Marc tries to be Freddie when he is a truly humble talented and blessed individuals singing and paying tribute to his favorite songs and artists. His talent is often but as said not always discredited which is unfair because he truly is one of the most down to earth and talented individuals. That being said I can tell your a big Queen fan and Marc is that guy definitely react to some more Queen covers but also check out some of his other covers as well so you can truly see how talented power and dynamic his vocals can be.
Thanks for the great comment Michael. I have "Right here waiting for you" up soon, so be sure to Sub and check out some of my other reactions! More to come soon! Cheers and Welcome to the Lounge!
Marc's original album Impersonator (intentionally ironic title) may be the most underrated album of that past decade. Also, Marc's voice was used in parts of the Bohemian Rhapsody movie. As for George Michael: Official Cover ruclips.net/video/PZINSIog68s/видео.html Impromptu off-the-cuff performance when coming across a pipe organ ruclips.net/video/2l5CciXFIvA/видео.html
My pleasure!! So glad that you enjoyed it! As I said in the other comment, he did some of Freddie's vocals in the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody". I am pretty sure he has sang with the rest of the band before too.
This guy is great. The man had Celine Dion in tears in his cover of Somebody to Love. My favorites are Too Much Love Will Kill You with him and Johnathon Cilas. And his cover of Don't Let the Sun Go Down is incredible too. Great reaction, will have to check out more. ☝️👆
@@TheSpeakEasyLounge hey by the way ..those are some BADASS Gibson SGs you got hanging out in the background. I've got 3 myself... my weapon of choice. 🤘🤘
This gentleman has a great voice but no one knows who the voice belongs to. Only heard him a few times and all have been covers. This cover for me just doesn’t do it. What did he add to the song. The only cover that cleared or set a bar was Hendrix doing All along the watch tower. Great potential but not original enough.
You can’t be serious, mate! What has he added? He unplugged it. It’s just him and the piano. He sings the song in its entirety and has rearranged and incorporated various harmonies and multiple instrumental partitures to fit a single voice and piano. He does it formidably, with great energy and phenomenal prowess and skill. Sorry to disappoint you, but Freddie could never do this. He has not sung BoRhap in its entirety even once in his career. More so, Marc has 15 albums of original music. Google much? Go do some research before you express your dissatisfaction with someone singing covers. Furthermore, Freddie wrote some brilliant music and made some fantastic musical choices in his career. Don’t you think it’s nice to hear his musicality live on? Don’t you think Freddie deserves being represented by another, equally brilliant musician rather than bloody reality TV contestants who don’t play an instrument and keep singing the song “their own way” unable to pay justice to the original creation?
Has he ever done the song in front of 100,000 fans in a soccer stadium and having them focused on him on stage as he romps around stage keeping them loocked on him. @@papabearM3 I may be a simple person who doesn't know the ins and outs on the technical side of the music but to me he didn't come close to reaching the original. Maybe that's because I'm used to the finished product. He has a great voice but to me it didn't excite me or move me. Check out Diana Krall A Case OF you A cover that does not mess with the original but adds her personality and emotion to an Iconic song.. Would love to give his original stuff a listen. His voice is great would love to hear it when the song is written or picked for him Anyway I appreciate your imput and I will check out his solo work. cheer!
@@rickfairman5640 As a matter of fact, he has. ruclips.net/video/xxzhl0sJGlw/видео.html He also had audiences that big with his former band downhere, not singing Queen songs.
@@rickfairman5640 Marc has done halftime shows for the nfl as well as the national anthem plus multiple Ultimate Queen Celebration concerts in Germany with a big crowd.
@@rickfairman5640 Funny you should ask. Marc has sung in front of 90K. He tours the world (when COVID permits) and packs large arenas. Not only that, he holds the audience in the palm of his hand. Does that count for anything? I think it does. I never said you were a simple person. But you judged Marc on one song wrongly assuming you had seen the very potential of his talent. Yet, you didn’t bother to even look him up? C’mon! You don’t have to believe me, but go and find this infamous “original” you are so infatuated with. Please, link me to that original where Freddie sings BoRhap in its entirety solo and to self-accompaniment. Re: Diana Kroll and originality. Well,.. imagine she put her own spin on Chopin or Rachmaninoff just to be original. What would be the point of that? Classics are perfect as they are and should be shared with future generations. “Rewriting classics” is a great party trick. A true respectful tribute though is a celebration of musicality left to us by one human and IMO must convey the original essence of the composition. Lastly, WHY do you think that Marc isn’t genuine singing BoRhap? This is his own honest-to-god voice, his instrumental skills, his energy. So what if it is someone else’s song? Marc invests just as much into his covers as he does into his originals of which he has 100+. There are myriads of singers who have performed BoRhap without changing it at all: no one is complaining. Yet, because Marc sound like Freddie he is compared to him all the time. And if you actually compare the two on their performance, Marc is the stronger singer and instrumentalist. Both are spectacular though, each in his own right. Cheers Nice talking to you, mate!
The man has a great voice but he just repeats what Freddy has already done without the charisma character that made Freddy Mercury who he was. My question is who is this guy but a lesser version of who he covers. Until he can duplicate Hendrix taking All Along the Watch tower he is a man with a great voice to repeat the original.
It pays to do a little research before making inane statements. Marc has been a professional musician for decades and had a multiple award nominated , and winnning , band,, with many albums on which he wrote or co wrote almost all the tracks, before being selected by Queen to front their own tribute band in 2011. He also has an amazing original solo album and has done many spectacular non queen covers, a suite of Christmas music, toured and collaborated with other famous artists and is respected by his peers. And just to round it out , he plays Piano, acoustic/electric guitar, bass, organ, piano accordion, ukulele, guitarlele, some drums, trumpet, glockenspiel , tambourine, a great kazoo to name the ones I can remember seeing him play, and whistles better than Roger Whittaker. Your cynicism has the same ring as many other people who prefer either another Queen cover artist or refuse to accept that someone else could be vocally comparable to F Mercury. And don't mistake flamboyance for charisma. Marc doesn't sell out concerts around the world because he has no charisma. He does not want to BE Freddie Mercury. His choice is to pay tribute to the music in the way that nostalgic Queen fans and new fans from the film desperately want to relive Queen. They would rather hear the echoes of Freddie than settle for glitter and moustaches and yellow jackets and pantomime of a legendary performer with little or no comparison to his true musical legacy.
@@marcfan1822 I was giving my reaction to this video. I agree he is talented and even said I would look into his personal music. Watching his video did not inspire me. I’m not a music student but have been listening to music for 65 years and have listened to many covers. Wilson Pickett doing Hey Jude, Aretha Franklin covering the Weight. Those were covers that caught my attention. In this video he did not catch my attention. Nothing against the man or his ability. Just my opinion on his interpretation
@@JoshCarlos1998 Thanks for the compliment. Was never questioning his talent just my reaction to this version. I would appreciate if you could request one of his original tunes. Would love to hear him in his element. Be Well Cheers
Love Marc's originals and covers! I loved that you intentionally went in with an open mind, though 50 million views doesn't necessarily mean that something is great, imo. 😂 🫣
Isn't that the truth! I have found some that I just Couldn't! LOL. You should join us for the Live on Friday! I do it each week. It's a lot of fun, we all hang out and people request songs and we chat about the Music! I don't have this weeks link up yet, but it runs from 6pm -? EST. Hope you can join us! Cheers!
Hello over there that says, without the drum guitars and the rest.. just with his piano it is incredible... thank you nice reaction...👍
Yes, he really did an excellent job at this!
Great, I’m impressed. Unbelievable. 😋🤙
You and me both!
One of the rare people in the world that can nail Freddie's Range...I heard him years before the Bohemian Rhapsody movie...His Someone to Love rendition is killer!.
That's one I'm saving to do soon!
@@TheSpeakEasyLounge It's his best, and you can see how Awesomely he did Bohemian!...The only thing it's missing is someone that can sing like Bowie...:)
@@godbluffvdgg got you covered ruclips.net/video/V-_Y5sCaLpE/видео.html
Did you see Under Pressure yet? I did it in my Live Stream last week, There was a guy that did an awesome job! Watch for it soon!
The "Under Pressure" cover he did with UQC is amazing, like Bowie and Freddie came back for one more song.
Coming soon!
so good I say it is a 10.
I was so shocked when I heard him! This was my first Marc Martel reaction. I have several, I hope you'll go check them out! Cheers!
Hi Jennifer!I'm thrilled!Super! Thank you, dear, for the excellent reaction!👏🌹🇷🇺
It's an amazing cover. Loved it
Me too!
Marc fronted his own multiple award winning Christian band (called "downhere") for over 10 years. Then he auditioned for Roger Taylor and won the lead with "Queen Extravaganza," Queen's "official" tribute band, in late 2011. He sang with them until the end of 2016. When they were not going to tour in 2017, he started his own cover band, "Ultimate Queen Celebration." He's performed with them since, along with "Black Jacket Symphony" (they do EXACT recreations of famous albums, in live concerts), "Symphonic Queen" (in Mexico, with a full symphony orchestra), and as part of "One Vision Of Queen" (basically a re-named UQC), touring eastern Europe. He has several albums of his own music out as well.
Marc also did vocals for the "Bohemian Rhapsody" movie. The 30+ year old analog magnetic tape master recordings would not have been up to modern "Dolby Atmos" digital quality standards, so they used a technique called "vocal layering," where they blended Marc's voice with Freddie's. If they didn't have a good copy of Freddie singing something they wanted in the movie, it was purely Marc singing it. for some reason, they gave Marc almost ZERO credit in the movie and after. But, if it wasn't for Marc, that movie could never have been made. You can see the tracks in this photo from the Live Aid scene mixing board, where Freddie's track is "LV-STEM LVAID DRY FREDDIE_01" and Marc's track is "LV-STEM LVAID_01," directly beneath it.
i.imgur.com/Oqxw81z.jpg
In December 2019, Marc was the special guest star for the Michael W. Smith and Amy Grant Christmas tour. He brought the house down every night. The three of them released their cover of "Silver Bells" which went to number one on the Christian Music chart. For Christmas 2020, Marc teamed with Amy Grant to release their cover of "The Christmas Waltz," a Frank Sinatra song.
Marc's RUclips Channel: ruclips.net/channel/UC2Xqkyhusuu1dvIgp6USEeg
Marc's Website: marcmartelmusic.com/
Tour Info: marcmartelmusic.com/tour/
Yep, Marc's the real deal. I've seen him live/front row 3x, a few vids on my YT channel. It's the Queen sound we grew up with. Watch all he's done, his Seal, Whitney, George Michael, Richard Marx.. and of course his own material (Paradise - that's a real rocker!).
He does George Michael too? I def have to check out more, Thanks!
@@TheSpeakEasyLounge ohhhhh girl! Did you hear his George Michael covers yet? I love those even more than his Queen covers! He's done Freedom, a short version of One More Try, a clip of Kissing a Fool, and two versions of Last Christmas: one is an actual "imitation" as he created it for the Just Dance video game, and recently - a duet with Arnel Pineda of Journey.
Great reaction video! Marc is crazy talented! You did what I do...laugh out loud in joy while listening.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Listen to his cover of "Don't stop me now" it is AMAZING.
Soon, Bruce!
It's amazing, yep! Have you seen the version he's done with Warren Huart of Produce Like a Pro and Warren's "Queen supergroup" Natalia Posnova, Tony Franklin, Jamie Humphries and Pete Riley? It's also phenomenal.
My mom who was classically trained in Opera and Musicals from the 50's LOVED Freddy...more than even I could know, I think. Before she died in 2012, I got a chance to play some Marc for her and she said he was the closest she'd ever heard to Freddy and she was a harsh critic. I am so glad she got to hear it. She was very sad when Freddy died.
Aren't Mom's the best? I sure miss mine! I don't know if you saw my reaction to Sohyang's "Bridge over troubled water", but I totally lost it, BC my mom used to love that song and She just hit me hard in the "Feels" LOL!
@@TheSpeakEasyLounge I hear all kind of songs that remind me of my mom. She really loved all music. Well except heavy metal. grin.
Same! lol. Hank Williams, (SR) Southern Gospel, Celine Dion and ME! She used to MAKE me sing Bette Midler's "Wind beneath my wings" whenever I took her to Karaoke with me. I always said that song was from me to her, so even though my vocal range could never hit those high notes, I did it anyway! lol. God I wish she was still here... :(
Marc has over a dozen albums of original music. Check out his _Impersonator_ album or anything by dOWNHERE, his former band.
Great info, Thanks!
100% agree. Just the tip of the iceberg. All his stuff, covers and originals, are outstanding! Met him last year and saw him perform 5 Queen tunes at a benefit . Great dude! Awesome talent. Queen hand picked him to be in the Official Queen Cover Band. But his talent goes way beyond that. 🤘
@@chriszilar3657
That’s right! a unique and an outrageously talented musician!! End of!
Love your reaction when he starts singing. Saw Marc live when he was with Downhere back in about 2003 when they opened for another band. Amazing talent
Yes, he is for sure! Welcome to the Lounge!
What really impresses me about Marc, is that he doesn't just do a Freddy Mercury imitation. The way he riffs and improvs and creates stunning piano arrangements that just feel "right", and like Freddy might actually have done it that way, just pierces my soul.
I'm new here, and after watching this, I spent some time watching some of your other vids. I see you are a fan of Joe Bonamassa. Joe collaborated with Marc on Marc's Christmas EP Hark! - a cover of Blue Christmas.
WOW- I didn't know that! There are so many great artists out there that I was never even aware of! I am so thankful for all of you guys! Welcome to the Lounge!
Marc is as close as you can get to Freddie! NO ONE COMES CLOSE.
Writing this before I get to the actual reaction because you seem pretty tough on Queen covers yes that's his natural voice and his vocals in other covers and solo work are just as phenomenal as his queen covers. Just throwing it out there because some ppl not everyone has the misconception Marc tries to be Freddie when he is a truly humble talented and blessed individuals singing and paying tribute to his favorite songs and artists. His talent is often but as said not always discredited which is unfair because he truly is one of the most down to earth and talented individuals. That being said I can tell your a big Queen fan and Marc is that guy definitely react to some more Queen covers but also check out some of his other covers as well so you can truly see how talented power and dynamic his vocals can be.
Thanks for the great comment Michael. I have "Right here waiting for you" up soon, so be sure to Sub and check out some of my other reactions! More to come soon! Cheers and Welcome to the Lounge!
He’s amazing!
Make sure you smash that thumbs up button people
Marc's original album Impersonator (intentionally ironic title) may be the most underrated album of that past decade. Also, Marc's voice was used in parts of the Bohemian Rhapsody movie.
As for George Michael:
Official Cover ruclips.net/video/PZINSIog68s/видео.html
Impromptu off-the-cuff performance when coming across a pipe organ ruclips.net/video/2l5CciXFIvA/видео.html
Thanks for the links Guido! Watching them now!
Esse cantor é completo, muito talento, me lembrou do nosso grande Fred
*_That's the weirdest stuff I've ever heard. Uncanny. Eerie. All that and more. Thanks for introducing me to him, Jennifer! Love from Norway !_*
My pleasure!! So glad that you enjoyed it! As I said in the other comment, he did some of Freddie's vocals in the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody". I am pretty sure he has sang with the rest of the band before too.
Don't forget that Marc is the voice of Freddie in the movie Bohemian Rhapsody.
Makes sense that Marc Martel sang in bohemian rhapsody movie
This guy is great. The man had Celine Dion in tears in his cover of Somebody to Love. My favorites are Too Much Love Will Kill You with him and Johnathon Cilas. And his cover of Don't Let the Sun Go Down is incredible too. Great reaction, will have to check out more. ☝️👆
Thanks Joseph! Welcome to the Lounge! I appreciate the suggestions.
The ghost of freddy
I so agree with you 🌹
He SHOCKED me!
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This is the closest to Freddy we'll ever get back. Dude is a gift from God
Agreed Ty!
@@TheSpeakEasyLounge hey by the way ..those are some BADASS Gibson SGs you got hanging out in the background. I've got 3 myself... my weapon of choice. 🤘🤘
Warum zum Teufel haben ihn queen nichtgenommen????
Nice voice, but not even close to Freddie. Just singing is different from feeling the passion for the song.
I hear you! No one will ever replace Freddie, but it is nice to hear his take on these legendary songs!
This gentleman has a great voice but no one knows who the voice belongs to. Only heard him a few times and all have been covers. This cover for me just doesn’t do it. What did he add to the song. The only cover that cleared or set a bar was Hendrix doing All along the watch tower.
Great potential but not original enough.
You can’t be serious, mate! What has he added? He unplugged it. It’s just him and the piano. He sings the song in its entirety and has rearranged and incorporated various harmonies and multiple instrumental partitures to fit a single voice and piano. He does it formidably, with great energy and phenomenal prowess and skill. Sorry to disappoint you, but Freddie could never do this. He has not sung BoRhap in its entirety even once in his career.
More so, Marc has 15 albums of original music. Google much? Go do some research before you express your dissatisfaction with someone singing covers.
Furthermore, Freddie wrote some brilliant music and made some fantastic musical choices in his career. Don’t you think it’s nice to hear his musicality live on? Don’t you think Freddie deserves being represented by another, equally brilliant musician rather than bloody reality TV contestants who don’t play an instrument and keep singing the song “their own way” unable to pay justice to the original creation?
Has he ever done the song in front of 100,000 fans in a soccer stadium and having them focused on him on stage as he romps around stage keeping them loocked on him. @@papabearM3 I may be a simple person who doesn't know the ins and outs on the technical side of the music but to me he didn't come close to reaching the original. Maybe that's because I'm used to the finished product. He has a great voice but to me it didn't excite me or move me.
Check out Diana Krall A Case OF you A cover that does not mess with the original but adds her personality and emotion to an Iconic song..
Would love to give his original stuff a listen. His voice is great would love to hear it when the song is written or picked for him
Anyway I appreciate your imput and I will check out his solo work. cheer!
@@rickfairman5640 As a matter of fact, he has. ruclips.net/video/xxzhl0sJGlw/видео.html
He also had audiences that big with his former band downhere, not singing Queen songs.
@@rickfairman5640 Marc has done halftime shows for the nfl as well as the national anthem plus multiple Ultimate Queen Celebration concerts in Germany with a big crowd.
@@rickfairman5640
Funny you should ask. Marc has sung in front of 90K. He tours the world (when COVID permits) and packs large arenas. Not only that, he holds the audience in the palm of his hand. Does that count for anything? I think it does.
I never said you were a simple person. But you judged Marc on one song wrongly assuming you had seen the very potential of his talent. Yet, you didn’t bother to even look him up? C’mon!
You don’t have to believe me, but go and find this infamous “original” you are so infatuated with. Please, link me to that original where Freddie sings BoRhap in its entirety solo and to self-accompaniment.
Re: Diana Kroll and originality. Well,.. imagine she put her own spin on Chopin or Rachmaninoff just to be original. What would be the point of that? Classics are perfect as they are and should be shared with future generations. “Rewriting classics” is a great party trick. A true respectful tribute though is a celebration of musicality left to us by one human and IMO must convey the original essence of the composition.
Lastly, WHY do you think that Marc isn’t genuine singing BoRhap? This is his own honest-to-god voice, his instrumental skills, his energy. So what if it is someone else’s song? Marc invests just as much into his covers as he does into his originals of which he has 100+.
There are myriads of singers who have performed BoRhap without changing it at all: no one is complaining. Yet, because Marc sound like Freddie he is compared to him all the time. And if you actually compare the two on their performance, Marc is the stronger singer and instrumentalist. Both are spectacular though, each in his own right.
Cheers
Nice talking to you, mate!
The man has a great voice but he just repeats what Freddy has already done without the charisma character that made Freddy Mercury who he was. My question is who is this guy but a lesser version of who he covers. Until he can duplicate Hendrix taking All Along the Watch tower he is a man with a great voice to repeat the original.
It pays to do a little research before making inane statements. Marc has been a professional musician for decades and had a multiple award nominated , and winnning , band,, with many albums on which he wrote or co wrote almost all the tracks, before being selected by Queen to front their own tribute band in 2011. He also has an amazing original solo album and has done many spectacular non queen covers, a suite of Christmas music, toured and collaborated with other famous artists and is respected by his peers. And just to round it out , he plays Piano, acoustic/electric guitar, bass, organ, piano accordion, ukulele, guitarlele, some drums, trumpet, glockenspiel , tambourine, a great kazoo to name the ones I can remember seeing him play, and whistles better than Roger Whittaker.
Your cynicism has the same ring as many other people who prefer either another Queen cover artist or refuse to accept that someone else could be vocally comparable to F Mercury. And don't mistake flamboyance for charisma. Marc doesn't sell out concerts around the world because he has no charisma. He does not want to BE Freddie Mercury. His choice is to pay tribute to the music in the way that nostalgic Queen fans and new fans from the film desperately want to relive Queen. They would rather hear the echoes of Freddie than settle for glitter and moustaches and yellow jackets and pantomime of a legendary performer with little or no comparison to his true musical legacy.
@@marcfan1822 I was giving my reaction to this video. I agree he is talented and even said I would look into his personal music. Watching his video did not inspire me. I’m not a music student but have been listening to music for 65 years and have listened to many covers. Wilson Pickett doing Hey Jude, Aretha Franklin covering the Weight. Those were covers that caught my attention.
In this video he did not catch my attention. Nothing against the man or his ability. Just my opinion on his interpretation
@@rickfairman5640 I like that you’re honest and respectful man. Very rare to have that on the internet these days.
@@JoshCarlos1998 Thanks for the compliment. Was never questioning his talent just my reaction to this version. I would appreciate if you could request one of his original tunes. Would love to hear him in his element. Be Well Cheers
@@rickfairman5640 this is marc doing an original song by him. In the same style as this video.
ruclips.net/video/xQiG50vmZ48/видео.html
Love Marc's originals and covers! I loved that you intentionally went in with an open mind, though 50 million views doesn't necessarily mean that something is great, imo. 😂 🫣
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Isn't that the truth! I have found some that I just Couldn't! LOL. You should join us for the Live on Friday! I do it each week. It's a lot of fun, we all hang out and people request songs and we chat about the Music! I don't have this weeks link up yet, but it runs from 6pm -? EST. Hope you can join us! Cheers!
@@TheSpeakEasyLounge that sounds fun! I'll put it on my calendar! 💜💜
@@artfulstories Marc will be requested on the stream Friday so you should definitely check it out.
@@JoshCarlos1998 💜✨ I'll try to make it.