And the record company and the radio stations at the time were having fits because the song rang longer than the standard 3 minutes. You just can't put a time limit on greatness.
First time I heard it I threw the record to the side thinking what’s this, nothing like I’ve ever heard before, wasn’t till I got to my teens that I really started to appreciate this song.!
I totally agree as I was 20 and we NEVER saw anything like this or heard anything like this in any rock song. This is Freddie's Masterpiece mini Operetta. This has been on my playlist as long as technology allowed.
Saw Queen live and heard them perform this at Cardiff Castle in 1976 in the early days of their rise to mega mega mega stardom! Never forgotten it!! is has ever since been my claim to fame😍😍😍
Queen dropped the song almost 50 years ago. Magnificooo! It scarred us forever and set the first stone to Fredie's musical immortality. Sophisticated, dramatic, intelligent, emotional, confusing, captivating and the rest. RIP Freddie! Forever in our hearts!
Freddie will never die. He's waiting on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge to gather our beloved departed cats into his care when they cross over. 🐾🏳️🌈
@@jenniferanderson1499a friend actually painted me a picture of my cats with Freddy rocking in heaven when they passed. Freddy was the first man to break my heart, but he's been healing it also whenever I hear their music.
Now you need to watch Somebody to Love live in Montreal. You will be blown away. Their performances from concert to concert usually are different and are always different from the studio.
@@fayesouthall6604 at that time, the radio rarely played anything over 4 minutes. The advertisers didn't like anything over 3 minutes. That's more of the reason why.
As a testament to the greatness of this song, search RUclips for Greenday, crowd sings Bohemian Rhapsody. As it turns out, the sound guys at Greenday concerts started playing BhoRap and one time (at least) there was a camera rolling from behind the drum kit. The crowd sang every word with near perfect pitch and timing. It's a wonder to behold. Long live Queen!
Dude, you didn't watch the entire music video all the way to the end, the song ends with a gong! You missed the perfect ending by stopping the video way too early. Unbelievable and yet it happened. You may have watched the 1992 movie titled "Wayne's World" with Mike Myers and Dana Carvey that is where the certain part of the song was used that you are so familiar with. This song is a well written masterpiece of three different songs meshed together according to Freddie Mercury himself. You gotta love Queen, they are awesome! Peace. ☮
The fact that you were legitimately sad at the fact that it ended. This song is art. You point at art in a directionary and it's this song. How could a robot ever do this?
This is a classic rock ‘n’ roll song when you take your time to listen to the whole thing,you will never forget it. Even when you repeat it over and over again, you will hear something amazingly new.
There's a vid here on youtube of an audience of 50k+ waiting for a Green Day concert to start in England when this song starts playing in the the background. And EVERYONE in the entire audience sings along word for word. Quite literally gives you goosebumps.
This is one of the most mysterious songs ever. Freddie had 3 unfinished songs and then he put them together into this masterpiece. The recording process of the song took a very long time because of Freddie's and Brian's perfectionism, but the video which was the first promotional music video in the history was completed in a few hours only. Somebody To Love at Montreal 81. is worth to watch to.
Welcome to Queen and the greatest song of all time🙂and out of interest on RUclips watch Green Day crowd sing Bohemian Rhapsody, 65 thousand people, it will bring a tear to your eye, I hope Freddie was up there watching
Oh, no... But they just declared Journey's Don't Stop Believing as the best song ever written and performed ever earlier this summer. There was even a ceremony and everything. [Just giving you a hard time] Assholes, referring to the current members of Journey didn't even have the class too late Steve sing the song They had Arnel sing it and he is a joke. You can already hear the cracks and wear in Arnell's voice. I've always had three and now its 5 favorite male singers; Steve Perry at number one of course, David Bowie rip, Freddie Mercury rip, and from all the way over into the country scale, Toby Keith rip and Trace Adkins. Such raw beautiful genius we've lost over the years. We can just appreciate what we have in the archives and keep an eye out for all those once in a lifetimes
The a cappella intro is only Freddie overdubbing himself singing lead and harmonies. Even though Wayne’s World was released in 1992, Brian prior to release was able to take the scene to Freddie in is final days and reported he laughed and loved it. "'You can do anything with my music, but never make me boring” ~ Freddie
Queen could not get it played at regular Radio stations due to the length of the track. So they approached Kenny Everett on Capital, and he played it fourteen times in two days.
Oh he was!!! Did you notice the cloud formation and light in the sky as a backdrop to the whole performance? It was simply stunning! If that wasn’t a sign that Freddie was listening, I don’t know what was.
Actually, the vocal left to right at the beginning isn't a Remastering, that was how Freddy and the Brian did it originally. They played with different sound effects. Creative perfection was achieved when these 4 men became Queen.
The song hit #1 when released. Charted Again after Freddie's passing. Again after Wayne's World. Again after the movie of the same name. And we're still loving it!!
Prince dressed in the early eighties like a “Mozart”, he wore clothes inspired by the baroque era. But he wasn't the only one, it was just a fashion trend. In the seventies they went even further. They wore high collars with lace, brocade jackets, and shirt cuffs with jabot. When a song or a movie is well done, at the end you say “this can't be the end” and it's been three and a half hours. That's art. I'm a fan of Queen since I was a child, since "News From The World" (1977).
Queen live is the best but their recordings are masterpieces too because of Freddie's amazing talent in the studio, he was literally one of a kind in the studio. 🫶👑🌈💙
This dropped in '75, I saved up my allowance for 2 months, rode my bike to the record store to buy it and a new needle because I knew I was gonna wear out a whole needle playing the hell out of it. I was 10 yo so I got in trouble playing it so loud and my mom thought the lyrics were evil so I had to tread lightly 🤣
In 2017, more than 40 years after the song was released, someone decided to play an instrumental version over the sound system at a Green Day concert. SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND Green Day fans provided the vocal track.
Oh man, I caught this just as you posted. I search for these vids when I get drunk because I love certain musicians and I love seeing people react to iconic shit I've grown up with....this should be good. If I date a girl and she doesn't like Queen, shes an Ex. Right on the spot.
Almost every time I listen to this song I hear something new, there are so many layers. The latest I picked up is Roger going into a drum shuffle just before the rock section begins.
I love this song and I love this band. Iconic, masterpiece...all the alcolades apply. There has never been another song like this one and never will be. You might have heard that middle section from the Muppets? also this song was in the movie Wayne's World. Thank you for your reaction
Apparently, Prince watched a lot of videos of live Queen shows. He also listed Brian May as one of his guitar influences. The great fashion designer Zandra Rhodes did their costumes for this video. I love your reaction, 'No, no, no!!!!'
Didn’t know Prince liked to watch their live shows, because I remember reading a few articles on Freddie watching Princes live shows over and over. Freddie was a big fan of Prince according to people who knew him personally. I guess it goes to show true artists recognizes true artists
You should watch the 2017 Green Day crowd in Hyde Park sing this song. Completely different generations 26 years after Freddie passed and 40+ years after this song came out
My strongest childhood memory is when my grandparents visited across country. We hired a van so we could all fit. Road trip! 4 rows of seats 4 rows of harmony! We sang this song endlessly. Every row had a part. Still makes me feel all the feels. English parents and heritage. Love my parent's generation of English music!!!!
Here are a few others to check out. White Queen live at the Hammersmith Odeon 1975, Dragon Attack live at Montreal 1981 and Now I’m Here live at Wembley 1986.
The video ended right before the loud Gong! This is one of the masterpieces created in the 70’s. Even though I was a loyal Zeppelin fan I remember hearing this song for the first time and just being in awe. I felt like Freddie Mercury sang like an English Choir boy, magnificent! Great reaction!
And Freddie's life had no business ending the way it did. He was a gift taken from us when there could have been so much more . . . like this masterpiece, words and music all by Freddie Mercury himself. Enjoy your revisits to Bohemian Rhapsody.
Imagine hearing this when it actually came out and you were a kid. I was 8 when I first heard this in the 70’s. This, along with “stairway to heaven” and other epic songs of that era made growing up in that time of music absolutely magical. Another brick in the wall, Knights in white satin, Bat out of Hell. We were blessed.
I'm 33. My dad played queen alot and other 80s music. I always loved bohemian rhapsody. I'm happy to see u enjoyed what music I did as a kid who was raised by 80s kids/parents. The most incredible part is they made that song without a ton of the equipment voice stuff today. They recorded over n over again their own music to get the musical affects. They were ahead of their time.
This is pure Queen. They broke all of the rules. The biggest one? It was too long for radio play. Nobody had heard anything like it before. It blew our collective minds. I immediately went out and bought A Night At the Opera and proceeded to wear out the tape. BTW, the outfits at the time were from something called "glam rock."
So glad you experienced, and enjoyed this amazing masterpiece. If you do listen again, I'd suggest you make sure this time you don't cut off the beginning and the end of the song. (Don't worry, lots of reactors do this, for some reason!) The song starts with the great question: "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?" and it ends with the almost whispered "Anyway the wind blows..." followed by Roger hitting the big gong. They're such important and evocative parts of the song, I wouldn't want you to miss them!
Just think how we felt in 1975 when this came out. It wasn't just because the song was so insane and awesome. There had never been an actual promo video for a song until Queen made this video. 🤷♀️ Per Universal Music: The accompanying video for their 1975 single, “Bohemian Rhapsody” is generally recognised as the first ever promotional music video, kick-starting and setting the gold-standard for the genre for decades to come. Most credit the video as the inspiration fir the creation of MTV. Mike Nesmith of the music group The Monkees had produced a show on Nickelodeon in 1980 called Pop Clips that was very successful. He sold the idea to Time Warner and boom..MTV was created in 1981.
Wayne’s World 1 and 2, the muppets, as far as I know, but many memes of that section too. My favorite song of all time since 1975. My ringtone since you could buy them. But Queen, so many masterpieces. Just so many. And this was a pioneer in “promotional videos” they used to put out at this time in the 1970s, they called it a short film. But MTV would never have come along if not for this groundbreaking masterpiece and others trying to follow suit in their “promotional videos”. And Freddie ostly arranged the video himself, at least the concept. The band makes it great, though it was shot in 6 different studios, different instruments and parts, no one understood the picture Freddie had in his head.They said it was “his thing”, barely understood what the final product would be until it was done. And then…everyone’s great hear, Freddie’s vocals and that piano tune is just…recognizable anywhere, that’s how great it was. Brian’s guitar solo…wow. The song speaks for itself; you said it. Thanks!
Somebody needs to look at Jimi Hendrix and his clothing, He got it from Little Richard, who told him to be freaky, dress freaky and don't let the bastards wear you down.
When this song first came out and released every music critic pretty much panned it and said it was a horrible song. Now, every single one of those critics admit how this is one of the greatest songs ever written in the world
Just subbed because I can't resist watching people go down the rabbit hole of classic rock. It may be remastered but the original panned as well and was just as impressive. Anyone else dying because he's asking where he heard it and headbanging exactly like Wayne's World 😂😂Great reaction and Peace out ✌️ ☮️ 🙏
Queen, and Freddie Mercury, arrived on the scene in 1973, 5 years before Prince released his 1st album in 1978. This recording is from 1975. Both Queen and Prince were phenomenonal. The style and music Queen brought to the world influenced everyone.
Thanks, Devante! so glad you listened with headphones.. important to appreciate the genius composition! Song holds up after almost 50 years! really appreciate your reaction and look forward to more... (p.s. "Wayne's World" lol)
'I heard this somewhere' 🤦🏻♀️ welcome to planet earth, it's literally one of the most played songs ever. If you've ever been where a radio is playing or watched TV, you've heard the song. It was literally everywhere 5-6 years ago when the film came out.
If you would really like to hear the talent and the power they possess, please check out "White Queen " A Night at the Odeon, Hammersmith, Live 1975. This song is hauntingly beautiful and very unique, it was written by lead guitarist, Sir Dr. Brian May Phd, Astrophysics. Oh yeah, and they're all talented off the stage as on it. Please, I promise you won't regret it. I throughly enjoyed your reaction and please more Queen. 🫶💙🌈👑
The funk face and head bob combo got me. I'd seen them live several times and the feel of Freddys voice was in the air. This was recorded at a time when layering tracks was fairly new but when they did it live they often had a full on choir for those parts. You have to do some one to love next!
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"Where did I hear this?"
*Starts headbanging after the opera section*
Wayne's World. Definitely Wayne's World.
Actually, it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land."
@@cbdevidaljk1 "We're not worthy! We're not worthy!"
Let me GO! 😁
Came to say the exact same thing! We're not worthy!
@@cbdevidaljk1 Thank you, Alice.
You're blown away !! Imagine how we felt in 1975
What a great comment. It gave me shivers.
And the record company and the radio stations at the time were having fits because the song rang longer than the standard 3 minutes. You just can't put a time limit on greatness.
First time I heard it I threw the record to the side thinking what’s this, nothing like I’ve ever heard before, wasn’t till I got to my teens that I really started to appreciate this song.!
I totally agree as I was 20 and we NEVER saw anything like this or heard anything like this in any rock song. This is Freddie's Masterpiece mini Operetta. This has been on my playlist as long as technology allowed.
Saw Queen live and heard them perform this at Cardiff Castle in 1976 in the early days of their rise to mega mega mega stardom! Never forgotten it!! is has ever since been my claim to fame😍😍😍
you just joined the 8 billion.
Pure greatness
Fun fact, guitarist Brian May is also an astrophysicist who helped land a probe on an asteroid.
Dr. Sir Brian May :-)
VERY VERY COOL!!!!!
Created 3d imaging ti help them plan the landing
@@nzmoggy3898 The Sir goes first. 😁
Didn't know that but not surprised in the least.
Queen dropped the song almost 50 years ago. Magnificooo! It scarred us forever and set the first stone to Fredie's musical immortality. Sophisticated, dramatic, intelligent, emotional, confusing, captivating and the rest. RIP Freddie! Forever in our hearts!
You took the words right out of my mouth! He was a genius.
I can not believe that there are people who have never heard this song before.
Oh good LORD! Do not remind me how old I am.
Freddie will never die. He's waiting on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge to gather our beloved departed cats into his care when they cross over. 🐾🏳️🌈
Bonjour, l'immortalité de Queen !
@@jenniferanderson1499a friend actually painted me a picture of my cats with Freddy rocking in heaven when they passed.
Freddy was the first man to break my heart, but he's been healing it also whenever I hear their music.
Now you need to watch Somebody to Love live in Montreal. You will be blown away. Their performances from concert to concert usually are different and are always different from the studio.
definitely!!
He has already reacted to Somebody To Love x
The official video please @@26shedan
@@lindsaycrellin4588 I don’t think it was Montreal though.
@@Mikey-DiLo ok I just saw Somebody To Love didn’t see which version thanks for pointing it out Montreal is a must fabulous version ❤️ x
Listen to it again, and again, and again. I’ve heard it at least 1000 times in my lifetime. Never gets old
You've now witnessed the greatness of Queen and Freddie Mercury......
Wayne’s World - the car scene. That my friend is the greatest song ever written and recorded ❤
Mr Blue Sky...
and the record company did not want this song because it was too long-LOL
I thought exactly the same thing when he said it was too short. Radio stations hated the song because of their advertisers.
Ridiculous how narrow minded they are!
@@fayesouthall6604 at that time, the radio rarely played anything over 4 minutes. The advertisers didn't like anything over 3 minutes. That's more of the reason why.
@@proofprof50 BBC radio 1 doesn't have advertisers - what it does have is 6 minutes to get from studio to toilet and back.
@@charlestaylor3027 it was much different here in the United states. Especially in the south.
Still listening to this in awe and I am 73yrs young
Keep checking out all genres.
I am 84. I just discovered Queen this year and am captivated. I guess I was busy raising kids when this came out.
@@jazzbeaux6154that's so awesome. Live long & Rock on!
This song is a masterpiece!!!!
R.I.P FREDDIE WE MISS YOU
As a testament to the greatness of this song, search RUclips for Greenday, crowd sings Bohemian Rhapsody. As it turns out, the sound guys at Greenday concerts started playing BhoRap and one time (at least) there was a camera rolling from behind the drum kit. The crowd sang every word with near perfect pitch and timing. It's a wonder to behold. Long live Queen!
Love this video so much
I just watched it like 5 times! …and I’d seen it before😂❤
The Green Day band members are huge Queen fans. They play the soundtrack of Bohemian Rhapsody before each of their concerts.
Dude, you didn't watch the entire music video all the way to the end, the song ends with a gong! You missed the perfect ending by stopping the video way too early. Unbelievable and yet it happened. You may have watched the 1992 movie titled "Wayne's World" with Mike Myers and Dana Carvey that is where the certain part of the song was used that you are so familiar with. This song is a well written masterpiece of three different songs meshed together according to Freddie Mercury himself. You gotta love Queen, they are awesome! Peace. ☮
The fact that you were legitimately sad at the fact that it ended. This song is art. You point at art in a directionary and it's this song. How could a robot ever do this?
This is a classic rock ‘n’ roll song when you take your time to listen to the whole thing,you will never forget it. Even when you repeat it over and over again, you will hear something amazingly new.
All from the mind of Freddie Mercury!
The g o a t
THE FINEST PLAYER OF AN AUDIENCE EVER TO TAKE THE STAGE .
There's a vid here on youtube of an audience of 50k+ waiting for a Green Day concert to start in England when this song starts playing in the the background. And EVERYONE in the entire audience sings along word for word. Quite literally gives you goosebumps.
This is one of the most mysterious songs ever. Freddie had 3 unfinished songs and then he put them together into this masterpiece. The recording process of the song took a very long time because of Freddie's and Brian's perfectionism, but the video which was the first promotional music video in the history was completed in a few hours only. Somebody To Love at Montreal 81. is worth to watch to.
Welcome to Queen and the greatest song of all time🙂and out of interest on RUclips watch Green Day crowd sing Bohemian Rhapsody, 65 thousand people, it will bring a tear to your eye, I hope Freddie was up there watching
I'm a songwriter myself, and this is hands down the greatest song ever written!! It's unbelievable.
Oh, no... But they just declared Journey's Don't Stop Believing as the best song ever written and performed ever earlier this summer. There was even a ceremony and everything. [Just giving you a hard time]
Assholes, referring to the current members of Journey didn't even have the class too late Steve sing the song
They had Arnel sing it and he is a joke. You can already hear the cracks and wear in Arnell's voice.
I've always had three and now its 5 favorite male singers; Steve Perry at number one of course, David Bowie rip, Freddie Mercury rip, and from all the way over into the country scale, Toby Keith rip and Trace Adkins.
Such raw beautiful genius we've lost over the years. We can just appreciate what we have in the archives and keep an eye out for all those once in a lifetimes
The a cappella intro is only Freddie overdubbing himself singing lead and harmonies.
Even though Wayne’s World was released in 1992, Brian prior to release was able to take the scene to Freddie in is final days and reported he laughed and loved it.
"'You can do anything with my music, but never make me boring” ~ Freddie
As soon as I saw that head bop, I knew you got it.
Queen could not get it played at regular Radio stations due to the length of the track. So they approached Kenny Everett on Capital, and he played it fourteen times in two days.
Any song by Queen performed live is great!!!
Best live band ever and best frontman ever...Freddie Mercury!!
Yes!!!
It’s a crime he never performed Under Pressure with Bowie 😭 😭
Oh he was!!! Did you notice the cloud formation and light in the sky as a backdrop to the whole performance? It was simply stunning! If that wasn’t a sign that Freddie was listening, I don’t know what was.
Actually, the vocal left to right at the beginning isn't a Remastering, that was how Freddy and the Brian did it originally. They played with different sound effects. Creative perfection was achieved when these 4 men became Queen.
The song hit #1 when released. Charted Again after Freddie's passing. Again after Wayne's World. Again after the movie of the same name. And we're still loving it!!
The timing of the head bob was perfect, that's the international response to that change up!
Prince dressed in the early eighties like a “Mozart”, he wore clothes inspired by the baroque era. But he wasn't the only one, it was just a fashion trend. In the seventies they went even further.
They wore high collars with lace, brocade jackets, and shirt cuffs with jabot.
When a song or a movie is well done, at the end you say “this can't be the end” and it's been three and a half hours. That's art. I'm a fan of Queen since I was a child, since "News From The World" (1977).
Somebody to Love, ‘live’ in Montreal 1981 is a must watch performance
Anything Queen live is amazing 😊 thanks 😊
Queen live is the best but their recordings are masterpieces too because of Freddie's amazing talent in the studio, he was literally one of a kind in the studio. 🫶👑🌈💙
This dropped in '75, I saved up my allowance for 2 months, rode my bike to the record store to buy it and a new needle because I knew I was gonna wear out a whole needle playing the hell out of it. I was 10 yo so I got in trouble playing it so loud and my mom thought the lyrics were evil so I had to tread lightly 🤣
In 2017, more than 40 years after the song was released, someone decided to play an instrumental version over the sound system at a Green Day concert. SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND Green Day fans provided the vocal track.
Oh man, I caught this just as you posted. I search for these vids when I get drunk because I love certain musicians and I love seeing people react to iconic shit I've grown up with....this should be good. If I date a girl and she doesn't like Queen, shes an Ex. Right on the spot.
As many times as I've listened to this song, you'd think I'd tire of it. Nope! I sing along every time!
It's a legal requirement! Including the operatic section Freddie then Roger vice versa
Almost every time I listen to this song I hear something new, there are so many layers. The latest I picked up is Roger going into a drum shuffle just before the rock section begins.
I love this song and I love this band. Iconic, masterpiece...all the alcolades apply. There has never been another song like this one and never will be. You might have heard that middle section from the Muppets? also this song was in the movie Wayne's World. Thank you for your reaction
the Waynes World video of this is so catching that I've found myself "headbanging" whilst driving!
Now you need to see some of the 1981 Montreal concert... somebody to love or save me!
or better yet, their Live Aid segment, when Freddie totally controlled the audience
Welcome to the Queen rabbit hole you have so much more to see and enjoy.
Apparently, Prince watched a lot of videos of live Queen shows. He also listed Brian May as one of his guitar influences. The great fashion designer Zandra Rhodes did their costumes for this video. I love your reaction, 'No, no, no!!!!'
Didn’t know Prince liked to watch their live shows, because I remember reading a few articles on Freddie watching Princes live shows over and over. Freddie was a big fan of Prince according to people who knew him personally. I guess it goes to show true artists recognizes true artists
"dont tell me this is the end...noo...nooooo....nooo" thats a great reaction
You should watch the 2017 Green Day crowd in Hyde Park sing this song. Completely different generations 26 years after Freddie passed and 40+ years after this song came out
My strongest childhood memory is when my grandparents visited across country. We hired a van so we could all fit. Road trip! 4 rows of seats 4 rows of harmony! We sang this song endlessly. Every row had a part. Still makes me feel all the feels. English parents and heritage. Love my parent's generation of English music!!!!
Here are a few others to check out. White Queen live at the Hammersmith Odeon 1975, Dragon Attack live at Montreal 1981 and Now I’m Here live at Wembley 1986.
While Queen is my favorite hidden gem and one of the best songs in their catalog from their early days, these songs are a must!
Every Queen song is GOLD!!!
Queen music is everywhere!!!!
I could listen to this song 1 million times.
I probably have 😂
You know it's genius when you listen to a six minute song and aren't ready for it to end.
Love your reaction!! The best!
The beauty of songs is that you can play them again and again!
the head boppin is classic lol. You KNEW it was coming. Even if you're not sure you know it, the head bopping WILL COME!
This is the best song ever made...hence all the views
🤣😭I've seen tons of reactions to this but you're my favorite! "NO! NOOOO! NOT LIKE THIS" you're about to cry❤🎸
The video ended right before the loud Gong! This is one of the masterpieces created in the 70’s. Even though I was a loyal Zeppelin fan I remember hearing this song for the first time and just being in awe. I felt like Freddie Mercury sang like an English Choir boy, magnificent! Great reaction!
"Wayne's World' is the movie
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Welcome to the QUEEN path. I hope you stay on the path. Pay attention to the recommendations written here. Don't stray away. good luck
Head banging at precisely the right moment .. you sir are a Queen fan now
Total awesomeness.
And Freddie's life had no business ending the way it did. He was a gift taken from us when there could have been so much more . . . like this masterpiece, words and music all by Freddie Mercury himself. Enjoy your revisits to Bohemian Rhapsody.
I love your reaction! This is perfection, isn’t it?! I wish I could’ve seen Queen live before Freddie passed!
Heard this song hundreds of times, still get chills listening to it. Not my type of music but I think this is the best song ever created
Freddy was a brilliant singer. He basically fused Opera singing into rock and roll. Even live he was perfect
Imagine hearing this when it actually came out and you were a kid. I was 8 when I first heard this in the 70’s. This, along with “stairway to heaven” and other epic songs of that era made growing up in that time of music absolutely magical. Another brick in the wall, Knights in white satin, Bat out of Hell. We were blessed.
I'm 33. My dad played queen alot and other 80s music. I always loved bohemian rhapsody. I'm happy to see u enjoyed what music I did as a kid who was raised by 80s kids/parents. The most incredible part is they made that song without a ton of the equipment voice stuff today. They recorded over n over again their own music to get the musical affects. They were ahead of their time.
This is pure Queen. They broke all of the rules. The biggest one? It was too long for radio play. Nobody had heard anything like it before. It blew our collective minds. I immediately went out and bought A Night At the Opera and proceeded to wear out the tape. BTW, the outfits at the time were from something called "glam rock."
Gotta let the gong go off at the end! Loved seeing you rockin out! Lol
You are adorable. I love your reaction.😁This is from Queen. I’m 68. So glad I grew up in Southern California during the best music ever. 💕👍
Not only did Prince Jack Freddie’s style, but he’s the Prince and they’re Queen.
So glad you experienced, and enjoyed this amazing masterpiece. If you do listen again, I'd suggest you make sure this time you don't cut off the beginning and the end of the song. (Don't worry, lots of reactors do this, for some reason!)
The song starts with the great question: "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?" and it ends with the almost whispered "Anyway the wind blows..." followed by Roger hitting the big gong. They're such important and evocative parts of the song, I wouldn't want you to miss them!
Mind blowing isn’t it! Love this song and Queen is incredible!
"I got to go, I got to get my life together," epic 😂 Great reaction!
Just think how we felt in 1975 when this came out. It wasn't just because the song was so insane and awesome. There had never been an actual promo video for a song until Queen made this video. 🤷♀️
Per Universal Music:
The accompanying video for their 1975 single, “Bohemian Rhapsody” is generally recognised as the first ever promotional music video, kick-starting and setting the gold-standard for the genre for decades to come.
Most credit the video as the inspiration fir the creation of MTV. Mike Nesmith of the music group The Monkees had produced a show on Nickelodeon in 1980 called Pop Clips that was very successful. He sold the idea to Time Warner and boom..MTV was created in 1981.
The opening is Freddie Mercury, who wrote the entire song, sang all of the parts. Later in the song, the other members sang with him.
From late 70's, early 80'z. This is a classic, my Man.
For us Queen fans...Don't you wish you could hear Freddie's again for the very first time???
Wayne’s World 1 and 2, the muppets, as far as I know, but many memes of that section too. My favorite song of all time since 1975. My ringtone since you could buy them. But Queen, so many masterpieces. Just so many. And this was a pioneer in “promotional videos” they used to put out at this time in the 1970s, they called it a short film. But MTV would never have come along if not for this groundbreaking masterpiece and others trying to follow suit in their “promotional videos”. And Freddie ostly arranged the video himself, at least the concept. The band makes it great, though it was shot in 6 different studios, different instruments and parts, no one understood the picture Freddie had in his head.They said it was “his thing”, barely understood what the final product would be until it was done. And then…everyone’s great hear, Freddie’s vocals and that piano tune is just…recognizable anywhere, that’s how great it was. Brian’s guitar solo…wow. The song speaks for itself; you said it. Thanks!
To see how ingrained this song is, check out the 2017 Green Day concert where the audience sings the entire song. Very impressive!
Somebody needs to look at Jimi Hendrix and his clothing, He got it from Little Richard, who told him to be freaky, dress freaky and don't let the bastards wear you down.
That is the beauty of Queen. You want to hear it again. 😊
This is not just a sung,it is an experience.
It’s in Wayne’s World
😂😂😂 I love it! No it can't be over! Welcome to Queen.
It was worth every last one of the 8 billion + views..❤
Wow just wow your reaction was heart warming queen were unbelievable
Queen songs have been used in everything, Movies, TV Programmes, Commercials. They are even sung at Sports Games.
When this song first came out and released every music critic pretty much panned it and said it was a horrible song. Now, every single one of those critics admit how this is one of the greatest songs ever written in the world
@@CalebDenn They ate their words after all of their success. It just goes to show you that you should never trust a critic.
Somebody to love- Live 1981 Montreal. All 4 geniuses are ridiculously awesome.❤😊
Just subbed because I can't resist watching people go down the rabbit hole of classic rock. It may be remastered but the original panned as well and was just as impressive. Anyone else dying because he's asking where he heard it and headbanging exactly like Wayne's World 😂😂Great reaction and Peace out ✌️ ☮️ 🙏
You witnessed greatness. Nothing else to say. Now go back and listen to it over and over again. It keeps betting better.
Queen, and Freddie Mercury, arrived on the scene in 1973, 5 years before Prince released his 1st album in 1978. This recording is from 1975. Both Queen and Prince were phenomenonal. The style and music Queen brought to the world influenced everyone.
Wayne's World movie
Thanks, Devante! so glad you listened with headphones.. important to appreciate the genius composition! Song holds up after almost 50 years! really appreciate your reaction and look forward to more... (p.s. "Wayne's World" lol)
“I’ve heard this from somewhere!” 😂😂😂
You have officially been Queened! ❤❤
Waynes World most likely. It was used in the movie and the song instantly became crazy popular again after years of almost being completely forgotten
'I heard this somewhere' 🤦🏻♀️ welcome to planet earth, it's literally one of the most played songs ever. If you've ever been where a radio is playing or watched TV, you've heard the song. It was literally everywhere 5-6 years ago when the film came out.
Great reaction! Loved the head-banging after the middle opera section!
Whenever this song comes on in my car, I can’t help but head bang the way they do in Wayne’s World.
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Welcome to the music I grew up with!
I was a teenager when this came out and it still gives me chills. You without realising, did the same head banging as Waynes world 😊
If you would really like to hear the talent and the power they possess, please check out "White Queen " A Night at the Odeon, Hammersmith, Live 1975. This song is hauntingly beautiful and very unique, it was written by lead guitarist, Sir Dr. Brian May Phd, Astrophysics. Oh yeah, and they're all talented off the stage as on it. Please, I promise you won't regret it. I throughly enjoyed your reaction and please more Queen. 🫶💙🌈👑
White queen yes, cool cat is an awesome one too
The funk face and head bob combo got me. I'd seen them live several times and the feel of Freddys voice was in the air.
This was recorded at a time when layering tracks was fairly new but when they did it live they often had a full on choir for those parts.
You have to do some one to love next!