Me too! I love it when people catch what is going on with this talent. “My Last Amen” hooked me when he fronted his band DOWNHERE. When I first heard that song, I thought it was Kevin Max’s new band! Been a fan since! I got to meet him a few months ago and told him that….he was so humble. What a talent! We are lucky to see it happen in my humble opinion….God has truly blessed this great dude!
@@nicholaspemberton4161 Q+ is Maylor’s show. They want to be the stars of it. Marc would just upstage them both, unwillingly ofc. Listen to him! All you can think of is how astronomically talented this dude is and how much he resembles Freddie. No offense, but who would bother with Maylor’s talent if Marc’s on stage?!
In the words of Legendary Queen drummer Roger Taylor about Marc, “That voice. You listen, close your eyes and you think it’s Freddie. It’s really uncanny.”
@@martymcpeak4748 I've actually just seen this in the last week and have been watching every RUclips video he has done. I'm pretty sure Freddie has actually haunted his soul. Feel so happy to see that someone like this from a different generation can pass the torch. Makes his memory last even longer. Although this guy is clearly playing it for his channel i dont really care. The more hits this gets the better.
He's a Christian singer from Canada. People kept telling him that he sounded like Freddie Mercury. He did a contest and was discovered by Brian & Roger.
Jaron you are in the same boat as me and many others. When you said I have nothing to say it means you were not reacting but rather just enjoying. I am 68 so yea I was there when Queen was in their prime. They were different that most Rock and Roll. As a musician myself I picked up on it and have loved their style to this very day. But along comes Marc and he blows me away. Now I am speechless....cheers.
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/
You my friend are in "AWE", there's so many superlatives that you can't speak, this man is a living DNA of Freddie Mercury, you are in shock, watch him do Bohemian Rhapsody
If you look closely he even kinda looks like Freddie check out his facial structure they probably have similar vocal resonances why he sounds so similar to Freddie
His clear respect for the music is what keeps Marc from being kitschy or a cheesy copycat, like so many Elvis impersonators. He is a ridiculously talented musician AND sounds like Freddie Mercury. How blessed can one guy get? Definitely check out Bohemian Rhapsody if you haven't already. Loved your reactions to different parts of this song. It is by no means an easy one to sing, let alone this well. His version of I Want To Break Free is a must-watch as well as the rest of his covers. Also react to his live version of Love of My Life in Mexico City. Subbed just to see you react to more Marc Martel.
Marc is unbelievably gifted! He is making all the Queen songs fresh and new for both young people and also us old timers. I Iove his voice and interptetation of Freddies words and stylings.
Dude! Welcome to Marcs world. Check out his solo stuff and his old band Downhere….My Last Amen and Cathedral made of People! Also he kills the song Whitney Houston covers…I will always love you…..which nobody should do…but he does and kills it! Also the Seal song from Batman…..just the tip of the iceberg!
Facial expressions from 1:05 to 1:26 tell the tale, followed by the "What?! Who the hell is this guy?". "Are you shitting me?" at 3:30 was great, too. I had a similar reaction to his stuff when I first heard it. Marc Martel is just phenomenal.
please, please keep on enjoying marc's talents...he's a vocal beast, & can easily cover any queen songs you can think of (most likely), along with also having stellar original music & also epic covers from all genres (i'm very partial to his covers of "i will always love you", "unchained melody", "karma police", & his very interesting pavarotti/freddie mashup of "nessun dorma")!
First time here in your channel, and I'm going to subscribe just to watch you react to Marc. I was one of his first "supporters" and have seen him live 4 times, and been to dinner with him. 😉 You will NEVER meet a more humble, and talented man. I'm proud to have become his friend and to have followed his journey for about the past 9 years or so. You have only scratched the tip of the iceberg my friend. Marc doesn't only sing Queen perfectly, but he also does several other artists fantastically and has very good original music. Can't wait to watch your upcoming reactions. I've got a hundred suggestions, but I'll hang on while others keep giving you the newer stuff before I unleash some of his real gems, like "The Mercurotti"! Oops, did I let one slip?! 😁😉😂
If you thought that was incredible, you MUST check out his Bohemian Rhapsody one take video, it’s out of this world, it’s had 10’s of millions of views - you literally close your eyes when he sings it and it could be a young Freddie
Yes, Yes he does. You should watch his audition tape for Queen Extravaganza, ruclips.net/video/dREKkAk628I/видео.html. Just made me cry he sounds almost exactly like Freddie.
Such a great reaction to an amazing voice, never mind Marc’s instrumental talents. Now, ask yourself why some reality TV personality is the lead singer for Queen when Marc Martel is walking this earth.
It's an absolute disgrace the way Lambert defiles Queens music when Marc is so clearly better in every facet of music, that it's laughable. One day...one day. 🤞
@@darksoulnj Adam is not defiling anyone, nothing is laughable, Brian and Roger would never work with a Freddie imitator, whether you like it or not he is an imitator and has been doing it for a long time. Yes you like him nothing wrong with that but please stop putting Adam down, B & R chose him for a reason a very good reason, he sings Queen's music his own way and does a good job of it, if you want to hear the real thing then check out Queen videos with Fred there are plenty here on YT. BTW Adam will be in QAL till they retire.
@@xmasbunnyscotland5355 Just like all glamberts, you couldn't be anymore clueless and wrong. Brian and Roger would never work with him?? Lmao! THEY'RE the ones that hand picked him to do what he does, and THEY'RE the ones that hand picked him to do the singing he did in the movie. You're hero is a 2 bit, 2nd raye pop singer, that belongs in dive night clubs. NOT being handed the keys to one of the biggest bands in history. Absolute rubbish. But, enjoy nonetheless. 😉😂
@@darksoulnj How come I never received a Notification from you? Only came across this now, firstly I am not a Glambert but I will stick up for Adam when I see the likes of YOU BAD MOUTHING him all the time, WHY? I already told you I don't care what MM does he's your obsession not mine. Adam doesn't rely on QAL for anything, he has a very successful solo career which is flourishing all the time. QAL need him they are going out on Tour again this October with more to follow next year. He has worked his butt off to be where he is today and definitely deserves to be the Frontman of Queen, simple answer to you is 1. You like MM so keep supporting him. 2. Stop putting Adam down he will be in QAL till they retire.
Muito obrigado por fazer react do Marc Martel, ele é incrível ele nos trás de volta um pouco do Freddy com certeza! Por favor faça mais react do Marc cantando Queen 😁
If you enjoyed this, you might enjoy the cover of this song by The Tenors and violinist Lindsey Sterling. It's hauntingly well done and quite cinematic.
Who doesn’t recognize his talent? Taylor snatched Marc off the market as soon as Marc submitted that tape for QuEx. May claimed Marc was “a gift from the gods.” Fans adore Marc and keep going ti his concerts repeatedly. The only people who can’t wrap their mind around Martel’s astounding talent are either Lambert’s fans or tone deaf people.
He can also sounded like other musicians, most of the commenters forget this...sounded just like Keith Green, and Seal, and a few others, but Freddie best
Marc didn't try to sound like Seal. Lol Seal was asked in a recent New York Times interview if he knew of any good covers of Kiss From a Rose, and he said Marc's was very good! 💥
You need to listen to Adam Lambert sing this song at the Isle of Wight concert with Queen. He is singing live. Adam isn't a Freddie Impersontor. Marc is a great singer, but he should do his own music and stop impersenating Freddie.
![[First Time] Marc Martel - Bohemian Rhapsody Queen Cover Reaction (Freddie? Is that you?!)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/139veeOZV54/mqdefault.jpg)
Life can be divided into two parts: before I knew of Marc Martel and after. lol.
Haha!!! I couldn't agree more! August 21, 2018 was the day for me!!
@@artfulstories Been a fan since 2014
Lmao seriously!!!
lMAO So true!!!!! What a brilliant comment!
Should watch Marc sing under pressure
Marc did the most of the vocals for Freddie in the Bohemian Rhapsody movie ... He is incredible
He only did things Freddie didn't do
They use Freddie vocals for the rest
@@bluebell3720 They mixed both voices in some situations 'cause of the audio quality of the master tapes ... and he did things Freddie didn't do 😊
I love when new folks finally meet Marc Martel!
Me too! I love it when people catch what is going on with this talent. “My Last Amen” hooked me when he fronted his band DOWNHERE. When I first heard that song, I thought it was Kevin Max’s new band! Been a fan since! I got to meet him a few months ago and told him that….he was so humble. What a talent! We are lucky to see it happen in my humble opinion….God has truly blessed this great dude!
me too!
Love Marc Martel I don’t understand why queen didn’t have him instead of Adam lambert I would love to see queen and marc
@@nicholaspemberton4161
Q+ is Maylor’s show. They want to be the stars of it. Marc would just upstage them both, unwillingly ofc. Listen to him! All you can think of is how astronomically talented this dude is and how much he resembles Freddie. No offense, but who would bother with Maylor’s talent if Marc’s on stage?!
And there's no tricks. Saw him live in December. Unbelievable!
Welcome to the wonderful musical world of Marc Martel.
You should hear his Bohemian Rhapsody with 52 million views
He was often used as Freddie's vocal double in the movie.
In the words of Legendary Queen drummer Roger Taylor about Marc, “That voice. You listen, close your eyes and you think it’s Freddie. It’s really uncanny.”
Roger Taylor actually cried the first time he heard Marc do this song. Roger said he sounded so much like Freddie.
@@martymcpeak4748 I've actually just seen this in the last week and have been watching every RUclips video he has done.
I'm pretty sure Freddie has actually haunted his soul.
Feel so happy to see that someone like this from a different generation can pass the torch.
Makes his memory last even longer.
Although this guy is clearly playing it for his channel i dont really care.
The more hits this gets the better.
He's a Christian singer from Canada. People kept telling him that he sounded like Freddie Mercury. He did a contest and was discovered by Brian & Roger.
This guy will blow your mind every damn time you listen to him. Not even the Freddie Mercury stuff.
Jaron you are in the same boat as me and many others. When you said I have nothing to say it means you were not reacting but rather just enjoying. I am 68 so yea I was there when Queen was in their prime. They were different that most Rock and Roll. As a musician myself I picked up on it and have loved their style to this very day. But along comes Marc and he blows me away. Now I am speechless....cheers.
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/
He is incredible. I will be doing more reactions for sure.
You my friend are in "AWE", there's so many superlatives that you can't speak, this man is a living DNA of Freddie Mercury, you are in shock, watch him do Bohemian Rhapsody
His band has already performed around the world to millions, and the people love opportunity to hear Queen music the way it was recorded, but live.
Being a HUGE fan of marcs i knew you was about to have your mind blown
I totally agree!! blown away
There's lots more where that came from. You're on a rewarding journey with Marc!
If you look closely he even kinda looks like Freddie check out his facial structure they probably have similar vocal resonances why he sounds so similar to Freddie
The ghost of freddy
Love love lovemesomemarcmartel!!!
👍Marc ! ❤❤❤
His clear respect for the music is what keeps Marc from being kitschy or a cheesy copycat, like so many Elvis impersonators.
He is a ridiculously talented musician AND sounds like Freddie Mercury. How blessed can one guy get?
Definitely check out Bohemian Rhapsody if you haven't already. Loved your reactions to different parts of this song. It is by no means an easy one to sing, let alone this well.
His version of I Want To Break Free is a must-watch as well as the rest of his covers.
Also react to his live version of Love of My Life in Mexico City.
Subbed just to see you react to more Marc Martel.
Great Performer
Marc is unbelievably gifted! He is making all the Queen songs fresh and new for both young people and also us old timers. I Iove his voice and interptetation of Freddies words and stylings.
WOW! Dude's voice is so rich!!! Loved your reaction JB
Dude! Welcome to Marcs world. Check out his solo stuff and his old band Downhere….My Last Amen and Cathedral made of People! Also he kills the song Whitney Houston covers…I will always love you…..which nobody should do…but he does and kills it! Also the Seal song from Batman…..just the tip of the iceberg!
💥💥💥 YES TO ALL THOSE SUGGESTIONS! 💥💥💥
Marc is a brilliant singer and musician. Thank you for the reaction video! I always enjoy people’s disbelief when they first hear him. 🥰🥰
Facial expressions from 1:05 to 1:26 tell the tale, followed by the "What?! Who the hell is this guy?". "Are you shitting me?" at 3:30 was great, too. I had a similar reaction to his stuff when I first heard it. Marc Martel is just phenomenal.
Incredible, yes!
You should hear his Bohemian rhapsody. 52 million views.
Will Subscribe for Marc Martel and Home Free.
Great reaction. Greetings from Germany
please, please keep on enjoying marc's talents...he's a vocal beast, & can easily cover any queen songs you can think of (most likely), along with also having stellar original music & also epic covers from all genres (i'm very partial to his covers of "i will always love you", "unchained melody", "karma police", & his very interesting pavarotti/freddie mashup of "nessun dorma")!
Fantastic reaction, really enjoyed it!!
First time here in your channel, and I'm going to subscribe just to watch you react to Marc. I was one of his first "supporters" and have seen him live 4 times, and been to dinner with him. 😉
You will NEVER meet a more humble, and talented man. I'm proud to have become his friend and to have followed his journey for about the past 9 years or so. You have only scratched the tip of the iceberg my friend. Marc doesn't only sing Queen perfectly, but he also does several other artists fantastically and has very good original music. Can't wait to watch your upcoming reactions. I've got a hundred suggestions, but I'll hang on while others keep giving you the newer stuff before I unleash some of his real gems, like "The Mercurotti"! Oops, did I let one slip?! 😁😉😂
His George Michael is OUT OF THIS WORLD! 😭 UNDESCRIBABLE. ❤
You are one lucky SOB to be his friend. 😂🙏 💥
If you thought that was incredible, you MUST check out his Bohemian Rhapsody one take video, it’s out of this world, it’s had 10’s of millions of views - you literally close your eyes when he sings it and it could be a young Freddie
Do a serach for Under Pressure with Marc. React to that.
Just WOW!!!!
💜 U Marc. 💖
Yes, Yes he does. You should watch his audition tape for Queen Extravaganza, ruclips.net/video/dREKkAk628I/видео.html. Just made me cry he sounds almost exactly like Freddie.
He brilliant love him to do some stuff with queen
Watch his version of Bo Rhap. Love it
Such a great reaction to an amazing voice, never mind Marc’s instrumental talents. Now, ask yourself why some reality TV personality is the lead singer for Queen when Marc Martel is walking this earth.
It's an absolute disgrace the way Lambert defiles Queens music when Marc is so clearly better in every facet of music, that it's laughable. One day...one day. 🤞
@@darksoulnj Adam is not defiling anyone, nothing is laughable, Brian and Roger would never work with a Freddie imitator, whether you like it or not he is an imitator and has been doing it for a long time. Yes you like him nothing wrong with that but please stop putting Adam down, B & R chose him for a reason a very good reason, he sings Queen's music his own way and does a good job of it, if you want to hear the real thing then check out Queen videos with Fred there are plenty here on YT. BTW Adam will be in QAL till they retire.
@@xmasbunnyscotland5355 Just like all glamberts, you couldn't be anymore clueless and wrong. Brian and Roger would never work with him?? Lmao! THEY'RE the ones that hand picked him to do what he does, and THEY'RE the ones that hand picked him to do the singing he did in the movie. You're hero is a 2 bit, 2nd raye pop singer, that belongs in dive night clubs. NOT being handed the keys to one of the biggest bands in history. Absolute rubbish. But, enjoy nonetheless. 😉😂
@@darksoulnj How come I never received a Notification from you? Only came across this now, firstly I am not a Glambert but I will stick up for Adam when I see the likes of YOU BAD MOUTHING him all the time, WHY? I already told you I don't care what MM does he's your obsession not mine. Adam doesn't rely on QAL for anything, he has a very successful solo career which is flourishing all the time. QAL need him they are going out on Tour again this October with more to follow next year. He has worked his butt off to be where he is today and definitely deserves to be the Frontman of Queen, simple answer to you is 1. You like MM so keep supporting him. 2. Stop putting Adam down he will be in QAL till they retire.
Muito obrigado por fazer react do Marc Martel, ele é incrível ele nos trás de volta um pouco do Freddy com certeza! Por favor faça mais react do Marc cantando Queen 😁
Freddie gives this his Makers Marc... ;)
Quero cantar pra mim 😍 sensacional e magnífico ❤❤
Best reaction ever😂
If you enjoyed this, you might enjoy the cover of this song by The Tenors and violinist Lindsey Sterling. It's hauntingly well done and quite cinematic.
I subscribed
Well hell yea!
What made Fred better is his fearlessness when going to his high distorted
Interesting you would say that when he usually ducked high notes and falsetto live, allowing Roger to hit the high notes.
Ele é fantástico! Pena que nem todo mundo reconheceu esse talento. Só o viam como um cover
Who doesn’t recognize his talent? Taylor snatched Marc off the market as soon as Marc submitted that tape for QuEx. May claimed Marc was “a gift from the gods.” Fans adore Marc and keep going ti his concerts repeatedly. The only people who can’t wrap their mind around Martel’s astounding talent are either Lambert’s fans or tone deaf people.
He can also sounded like other musicians, most of the commenters forget this...sounded just like Keith Green, and Seal, and a few others, but Freddie best
Marc didn't try to sound like Seal. Lol
Seal was asked in a recent New York Times interview if he knew of any good covers of Kiss From a Rose, and he said Marc's was very good! 💥
Marc doesn't sound like Seal at all.
It's kinda funny seeing how many comments saying he sounds like Freddie Mercury singing Seal though!
You need to listen to Adam Lambert sing this song at the Isle of Wight concert with Queen. He is singing live. Adam isn't a Freddie Impersontor. Marc is a great singer, but he should do his own music and stop impersenating Freddie.
Funny, but I am 100% sure Martel has NEVER impersonated Freddie, nit once. Adam actually has the impersonated Mercury at least once.