Queen, Fat Bottomed Girls - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction

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    Funny, naughty, and “picturesque” - not just in the lyrics, but the music as well!
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    • Fat Bottomed Girls
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  • @grahamokeefe9406
    @grahamokeefe9406 4 месяца назад +109

    I have been SO looking forward to this one!! You have a very... wholesome demeanor, and I've been looking forward to seeing your reaction to this in the expectation that it will be hilarious and I'm only ten minutes in, and you haven't diappointed.
    Personally, I think the real reason Dr. May wrote this song is because he thought it would be really funny to hear Freddy sing it. And if you're gonna go lowbrow, you should really commit to it. Listen to all of Freddies little macho, James Brown-style guttural grunts and stuff. Freddie is totally owning it. And as Frank Zappa wrote, "Sometimes you just have to put on the lampshade and play stooge rock." An interesting band parallel here is AC/DC.
    Obviously it's not meant to be taken too seriously or thought about too deeply, but they took it seriously enough to give it a great performance and phenomenal studio production. The guitar sound made an entire generation of guitarists buy Vox AC-30 amp (as if The Beatles hadn't given Vox enough business by then).
    Side trip for you: "Big Bottom" by Spinal Tap. (If you're not familiar, "This is Spinal Tap" is a film by Rob Reiner that follows a fictitious band through a disastrous tour.) Also "Brick House" by the Commodores (A rock-adjacent R&B/funk band).

    • @UKJesterVids
      @UKJesterVids 4 месяца назад +5

      were you thinking of AC/DC's 'Big Balls' perhaps?

    • @happymortal8030
      @happymortal8030 4 месяца назад +3

      @@UKJesterVidsYou can throw Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" in with that as well.

    • @grahamokeefe9406
      @grahamokeefe9406 4 месяца назад +1

      @@UKJesterVids LOL, perhaps. Just their overall vibe.

    • @thomasfioriglio
      @thomasfioriglio 4 месяца назад +4

      Oh, I would love to see and hear her reaction to the triple bass magic of Spinal Tap's "Big Bottom." Genius!!

    • @doccross
      @doccross 4 месяца назад +1

      I really want to watch her listen to "Big Balls" or "Dinah Moe Humm"

  • @notanotherenigma7759
    @notanotherenigma7759 2 месяца назад +12

    As an Astrophysicist, Brian May should know what makes the world go round.

  • @nicholashylton6857
    @nicholashylton6857 Месяц назад +4

    Awe!! She's blushing! 🤭
    Sooo cute!

  • @karenlkvm
    @karenlkvm 4 месяца назад +37

    Had forgotten this song until about a decade ago. Was visiting my sister. My niece who was about 11 had a group of friends over. Lots of giggling rising to wild peals of laughter. My sister asked me if I would ask them to hold it down. As I knocked on the door I recognized this Queen classic. Then I opened the door to half a dozen skinny preteen girls who had all stuffed pillows in their pants. - doing their best to help the rocking' world go round!

  • @phillipharrison7283
    @phillipharrison7283 4 месяца назад +35

    Amy, we 70s Queen fans are the old folk now🤣 Cheers ✌

  • @kaiying74
    @kaiying74 4 месяца назад +55

    Fun Music!!!!! There's not enough fun music!! It doesn't have to be serious all the time. Celebrate the fun, that's why we do it after all!!

  • @wz2001
    @wz2001 4 месяца назад +6

    the older folks were the ones listening to it. This song after all is over 46 years old.

  • @procrastinator9
    @procrastinator9 4 месяца назад +48

    Amy blushed all through this. So adorable.

  • @chrisbanks6659
    @chrisbanks6659 4 месяца назад +49

    Great A Capella intro. For me, the 'cheekiest' of Queen's songs!! Such fun to see Amy unashamedly giggling throughout.

  • @nicksmith6526
    @nicksmith6526 4 месяца назад +26

    What this song has is what the best Rock music has in spades…ATTITUDE!

  • @shhhhhh62
    @shhhhhh62 4 месяца назад +38

    I can confirm that I do indeed make the rockin’ world go round and you’re welcome. 👍

    • @keydobutkrak
      @keydobutkrak 4 месяца назад +6

      Get on your bike and ride 😘

  • @robdas1
    @robdas1 4 месяца назад +7

    Both songs were on the Jazz album when i bought it in 1978. There was an insert poster in the album sleeve of 100 nude fat bottomed girls riding bicycles. I was barely a teenager and I never stopped playing the record. 🙂

    • @joepollard3228
      @joepollard3228 Месяц назад

      I went steady with that poster for at least two years.

  • @johncondon4081
    @johncondon4081 4 месяца назад +31

    Yeah finally!
    The song that makes the world go round

    • @teknikel
      @teknikel 4 месяца назад +4

      The rockin' world.

    • @johncondon4081
      @johncondon4081 4 месяца назад

      @@teknikel no the whole world!

  • @kentnottingham9635
    @kentnottingham9635 4 месяца назад +24

    As tight as Queen is, they still didn’t take themselves too seriously. The silliest Queen song was a massive production. What a band!

    • @mightyV444
      @mightyV444 4 месяца назад +3

      At the same time, they did leave a mistake in it too, though: When you listen closely to the Right channel, straight after the 1st chorus has finished and drums and bass have stopped, you can hear the guitar playing a wrong F note for a short moment, as opposed the correct G 🙂

  • @kelleychilton2524
    @kelleychilton2524 4 месяца назад +6

    I have watched many, many of your reaction videos, but I've never laughed so hard as I have at this video. 😂🤣👍

  • @commentatron
    @commentatron 4 месяца назад +31

    The word you're looking for is _cheeky_ ;-)

  • @specter.salvation
    @specter.salvation Месяц назад +2

    The 1907 hymn 'Will the Circle Be Unbroken' might be what you're thinking of. Many later songs have similar sound...like Daddy Sang Bass, I'll Fly Away, Amazing Grace, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, This Little Light of mine....

  • @rcpsammy7186
    @rcpsammy7186 4 месяца назад +9

    Amy's reactions are priceless 😂

  • @helenespaulding7562
    @helenespaulding7562 4 месяца назад +18

    I know it’s not their usual style, but it has always been one of my favorite Queen songs. The wonderful deep bass, the driving rhythm, the wonderful gospel harmonies….closer to the blues rock genre than normal for Queen….which is my jam. LOVE this song!!!
    And learning that Brian May wrote it…..That’s the cherry on top! Sit Brian has hidden depths 😁

    • @matthewwilliams80
      @matthewwilliams80 28 дней назад

      When the drums kick in that bass is wonderfully deep.

  • @ianjonas7380
    @ianjonas7380 4 месяца назад +8

    The most delicious drum fills on this one

  • @GlennErikMathisen
    @GlennErikMathisen 4 месяца назад +13

    I just love the breadth of Queens music 😂. From the beautiful and intricate to the cheeky, silly and simple

    • @jay-remedy-plz
      @jay-remedy-plz 4 месяца назад +5

      They have a harder heavier sound in songs like The Prophets Song and White Man. Truly a band of such a huge ability to cover so many bases.

  • @jamesknox7171
    @jamesknox7171 4 месяца назад +7

    This makes me smile to see you giggling and enjoying this so much.

  • @thomasfioriglio
    @thomasfioriglio 4 месяца назад +13

    This was so enjoyable. A purely fun song that doesn't demean or poke fun at fat bottom girls but gives them respect. As someone commented, not every song needs to be serious. And Queen pulls this off brilliantly. It is an absolute joy to watch you react and then hear your insights. These are not just RUclips videos but classes in music. Thank you.

    • @user-er3ri6sc3j
      @user-er3ri6sc3j 4 месяца назад

      He's seen every blue eye floozy on the road.

  • @stefanmartelius9552
    @stefanmartelius9552 4 месяца назад +7

    This song always made me smile. Often that's all you need 🙂

  • @chergui77
    @chergui77 4 месяца назад +6

    One of my top Queen favorites. Living in the South, this reminds me of Southern Rock and positively “cheeky.”

  • @satorimystic
    @satorimystic 4 месяца назад +36

    Nothing better than a song that expresses the PLAYFULNESS that music IS, and Queen is a level up on PLAY :)

    • @bettybaby63
      @bettybaby63 4 месяца назад +5

      Yes exactly. I always say rock & roll is essentially about having fun.

  • @Sassypaws4927
    @Sassypaws4927 4 месяца назад +10

    I always felt that this song as more bluesy basis than a gospel one.
    Brian definitely had a naughty streak, since he is also the composer of the song "Tie Your Mother Down".
    Brian wrote the guitar riff for the song, 'Tie Your Mother Down" in the first place when, he was staying at his place in Tenerife, preparing for his Ph.D. dissertation. Late one night, he was lying in bed reviewing the details of one of his assignments when a particular guitar riff suddenly popped into his head. He immediately got up and started playing it. Before he knew it, he had been playing that same riff for hours. He had the entire piece down as far as playing the guitar went, but he couldn’t come up with any words except for just a few-- tie your mother down. He thought it was absurd, but those words popped into his head. It wasn’t that he had tried to force anything, it just happened.
    When he got back with the band, he started telling Freddie about this guitar riff he had thought of. He also told him that he couldn’t come up with any words except for “tie your mother down'. Brian said that he told Freddie that there was no way we could possibly use those words in a song because it was just wrong to do so. But he claims that Freddie responded with, “Yes we can,” and then proceeded to do exactly that. What emerged was this rocking tune about wanting some privacy with your girl,, even if it means taking some aggressive measures…
    Freddie once said when referring to "Tie Your Mother Down", "Well this one in fact is a track written by Brian actually, I dunno why. Maybe he was in one of his vicious moods. I think he’s trying to outdo me after “Death On Two Legs” actually."
    "Tie Your Mother Down" begins with the lyrics:
    Get your party gown, get your pigtail down
    Get your heart beatin', baby
    Got my timin' right, I got my act all tight
    It's gotta be tonight, my little school babe
    Your momma says you don't, and your daddy says you won't
    And I'm burnin' up inside
    Ain't no way I'm gonna lose out this time, oh n
    Elsewhere in the song, you will hear:
    Tie your mother down, tie your mother down
    Take your little brother swimmin' with a brick (that's all right)
    Tie your mother down, tie your mother down
    Or you ain't no friend of mine
    FYI - It's a great rock 'n roll song!
    If you do "Bicycle Race" you must watch the video. Queen hired 65 female models to ride in the bicycle race at Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium in southwest London completely nude. The group rented the stadium and several dozen bicycles for one day to film the scene; however, when the renting company became aware of the way their bikes were used, they requested that the group purchase all the bicycle seats.

    • @jonathanhill9748
      @jonathanhill9748 3 месяца назад

      Shortsighted of them.. they could have made a fortune…😂

  • @andrewcarr5923
    @andrewcarr5923 4 месяца назад +9

    Its always a great pleasure to watch you enjoying and appreciating the music of my favourite band, your zest and enthusiasm for Queen matches my own, I thank you.

  • @gordonbain
    @gordonbain 8 дней назад

    So fun that you chose to do this one and in such a good humoured way. Listening to it, I can't help thinking that this is an(maybe deliberate) homage to Rod Stewart and the Faces. They were the bad boys of rock in the early 70s, with many songs in this "naughty" vein. ( Followed of course by AC/DC) It is very much the Faces sound and attitude. Freddie even sings like Rod Stewart at times. Great playing from Brian May. As you have pointed out Queen are able to play in many styles. 🙂

  • @itsjustmeMaryAnn
    @itsjustmeMaryAnn 4 месяца назад +55

    The beat is “ Delta Dawn” whats that flower you got on could it be that faded rose from days gone by… and did i hear you say you were a meetin me here today to take me to that mansion in the sky
    Tanya Tucker is who i remember singing it first

    • @therealpbristow
      @therealpbristow 4 месяца назад +9

      It's very similar, rhythmically and harmonically, but that's *mainly* because both songs follow one of the oldest and most common structures in English folk song... But it's the similarities of *melody* that really seal their kinship.

    • @pwoody9416
      @pwoody9416 4 месяца назад +1

      Thank you for this.

    • @seangates1451
      @seangates1451 4 месяца назад +7

      And “Daddy Sang Bass” by Johnny Cash.
      “I remember when I was a lad / times were hard and things were bad / But there’s a silver lining behind every cloud / Just poor people that’s sll we were / trying to make a living off of black land dirt / we’d get together in the family circle sing it loud”

    • @stanleymyrick4068
      @stanleymyrick4068 4 месяца назад +6

      Delta Dawn is close. Only @VirginRock would know what she was referring too but couldn't remember. I believe Unclouded Day is a spot on match though and it is a religious song. Could be either, only she knows.

    • @richdiddens4059
      @richdiddens4059 4 месяца назад +2

      I agree with Delta Dawn but I also have a vague memory of this pattern in a film about the US cavalry, possibly one of the John Ford/John Wayne trilogy.

  • @jonathanmaybury5698
    @jonathanmaybury5698 4 месяца назад +10

    To me, it sounds like American deep Sothern type of music with a bit of gospel thrown in the mix. If you look at today's beauties you'll notice that they've all got fat bottoms, queen certainly were ahead of their time, and definitely a supergroup. I'm very glad you could get the song on this one.

    • @garynevister2123
      @garynevister2123 4 месяца назад

      American deep southern style makes sense, I get a country feel out of it, twangy honky tonky kinda. Think a fun country take on this song would be great.

  • @user-bv3ts9dp3j
    @user-bv3ts9dp3j 4 месяца назад +3

    Jazz is an under rated album. Over the years it has really grown to be one of my favourites. This is the first time that I thought this is like HO Down music. I can see people line dancing to it. The raunchiest line dance but that is what comes to mind.

  • @LeeKennison
    @LeeKennison 4 месяца назад +17

    This was a fun one to a song many of us know well. I really enjoyed your reaction. I'm glad you enjoyed the humor of this song. Good observations Amy on all the instruments. I like how you have really been focusing on Brian's guitar, and are noticing his various techniques and signature sounds. He has a big tool chest of different textures he brings to a song, and he does have some signature ones that clearly identify it as being uniquely him. On the drums, when playing the kick (bass) drum on every quarter note downbeat it is called "four on the floor".

  • @andreakormosnekacso4804
    @andreakormosnekacso4804 4 месяца назад +20

    Listening to Queen's songs brings us so much fun. Freddie was able to adapt anybody's songs, and put his own fingerprints onto them.

  • @JS-TexanJeff
    @JS-TexanJeff 4 месяца назад +1

    A truly fun song. I was fortunate to see Queen (Brian, Roger, Adam Lambert) last year in Dallas. During Fat Bottom Girls, all the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders came on stage. So FUN!!!!! And so cool of a band to be 'tuned' in to the local scene, and make it happen.

  • @kendallneason3645
    @kendallneason3645 4 месяца назад +5

    What a song-story and leave it to Queen to make such a hilarious song. You couldn’t do that anymore 😂, but Freddie made it sound like a rockstar’s story and so fun to sing and dance to. Love your magic ears pointing out cool sounds and tricks as always thanks you.

  • @rods6741
    @rods6741 4 месяца назад +8

    Nice to see you appreciate the silliness of the song. It always makes me grin.

  • @josedinis9418
    @josedinis9418 4 месяца назад +4

    This is by far the most amazing and hilarious reaction I saw from you.

    • @helenespaulding7562
      @helenespaulding7562 4 месяца назад +2

      Hilarious for sure. I don’t think Amy is as “straight-laced” as some here might think’ 😜

    • @josedinis9418
      @josedinis9418 4 месяца назад

      o @helenespaulding7562 I don't make value judgments, much less about people I don't know, just referring to this vide

    • @w.geoffreyspaulding6588
      @w.geoffreyspaulding6588 4 месяца назад

      @@josedinis9418 I wasn’t implying that that you make value judgements about people you don’t know! Yikes. I was agreeing with your comment. It tickles me when we see this side of her.

  • @TheMister123
    @TheMister123 4 месяца назад +3

    I only wish that you could have analyzed "Get Down Make Love" from the previous album.

  • @stevewarren6730
    @stevewarren6730 4 месяца назад +7

    You are hilarious and so intuitive, probably in relation to your knowledge of music

  • @shawnmccarthy650
    @shawnmccarthy650 4 месяца назад +3

    I think the song you’re thinking of is Delta Dawn, sung in the 70s by Helen Reddy. So, so glad you had fun with this 🚴‍♀️😊

  • @wolke9270
    @wolke9270 4 месяца назад +4

    I love the straightforward stomping beat of this song. I don‘t know any other song witch has a similarly consequent beat.
    I don‘t even imagine it as 1-2-3-4 but as 1-1-1-1.

  • @deepprey2776
    @deepprey2776 4 месяца назад +4

    It’s sophistication is in its simplicity.

  • @markmartinblacksmith
    @markmartinblacksmith 4 месяца назад +7

    Drop D tuning gives the guitar a fatter bottom.

  • @nathanfisher1826
    @nathanfisher1826 4 месяца назад +17

    Sang in Bars all over America 😊

    • @Dentarthurdent99
      @Dentarthurdent99 4 месяца назад +1

      Put this on the jukebox and you're virtually guaranteed to get everyone singing, and possibly a few ladies up on tables.

  • @pulsarlights2825
    @pulsarlights2825 4 месяца назад +23

    What does a truly honest man say when his wife asks him, "Does my 'bottom' look fat in these pants?"......?

    • @richardlaswell463
      @richardlaswell463 4 месяца назад +5

      My wife and I have this little retort between us;
      She will say, "Does this [incongruous object] make my a$$ look fat?"
      And I always respond with, "You betcha!"
      Sometimes it is reversed.

    • @meanderer06513
      @meanderer06513 4 месяца назад +4

      I dated a woman who'd asked me, one time (and one time only, I might add...!) "Do these pants make my a$$ look big?" I replied "Don't blame all of that on those poor pants". Hey - if you don't want the truth, don't ask me questions...

    • @jeffidyle4957
      @jeffidyle4957 4 месяца назад +6

      Apparently, "why don't you go in the other room so I can see it all" is not the correct answer.

    • @Torfmoos
      @Torfmoos 4 месяца назад +1

      No it not the pants - but i love it

  • @fatimaerdogan8193
    @fatimaerdogan8193 4 месяца назад +3

    Using alternative tunings like open or as this half open, always gives more static and modal harmonies
    often over a drone. With Queens usual fond of transpositions there's a reason BM mostly stay in standard tuning.
    Again fun to watch!

  • @user-qb4mn9cs9g
    @user-qb4mn9cs9g 4 месяца назад +10

    I think the song you were talking about is Delta Dawn --Helen Reddy

    • @A.D.D.I.E.
      @A.D.D.I.E. 4 месяца назад +1

      Yes! That's the exact song I thought of!

    • @stanleymyrick4068
      @stanleymyrick4068 4 месяца назад +2

      Delta Dawn is very close to it. Also, the religious song that has the melody is Unclouded Day. ruclips.net/video/2J6RSS_Qkeg/видео.html

    • @stephencolbertcheese7354
      @stephencolbertcheese7354 4 месяца назад

      or Kumbaya, my Lord - or Unclouded Day
      but my vote is with Delta Dawn: ruclips.net/video/Ir3gAak9LkY/видео.html

    • @stephencolbertcheese7354
      @stephencolbertcheese7354 4 месяца назад +2

      well, that was the tanya tucker version, but wiki says:
      "Delta Dawn" is a song written by musician Larry Collins and country songwriter Alex Harvey.[a] The first notable recording of the song was in 1971 by American singer and actress Bette Midler for her debut album. However it is best known as a 1972 top ten country hit for Tanya Tucker[1] and a 1973 US number one hit for Helen Reddy.
      however,
      Uncloudy Day, also known as Unclouded Day, is a gospel song. Originally popular in church hymnals, it has come to be recorded many times over the years since, including being an early attention-getter for future star act the Staple Singers. In 1956, their version served as an inspiration to Bob Dylan, who called it "the most mysterious thing I'd ever heard".
      &
      "Kum ba yah" ("Come by here") is an African American spiritual song of disputed origin, but known to be sung in the Gullah culture of the islands off South Carolina and Georgia, with ties to enslaved Central Africans.

    • @djsantz14
      @djsantz14 4 месяца назад

      ​@@stephencolbertcheese7354impressive analysis. Cheers

  • @TheMister123
    @TheMister123 4 месяца назад +3

    0:27 - "Just put it all out there..." Yep, more accurate than you knew at that point! 🤣

  • @StephenBrancati
    @StephenBrancati 4 месяца назад +14

    Yeah, this could be considered a classier version of "Whole Lotta Rosie" by AC/DC, lol.

  • @GinMae
    @GinMae 4 месяца назад +3

    Thanks for this.. it's so much fun! (the word "raunchy" comes to mind.. lol) You should also see them perform it live.. Freddie is awesome.. I read a quote somewhere, and I'm paraphrasing, but it went something like this: "in the 1970's, astrophysicist Brian May, assisted by F. Mercury, posited that the earth's rotation is in fact due to "Fat Bottomed Girls".. after nearly fifty years without being disproven - or even disputed - it must now be accepted as scientific fact" -- lol (p.s. the melody in the "verse" is very like "Delta Dawn" by Helen Reddy.. and also Tanya Tucker remake when you think about it...never did think it until you brought it up .. but a whole different style.. lol)

  • @rickchapman4369
    @rickchapman4369 4 месяца назад +6

    Please, please, please explore early AC/DC, Bon Scott era 🙏

  • @KitsyX
    @KitsyX 4 месяца назад +9

    A great song in combination with this one is Big Bottom by Spinal Tap lol... I expect it was heavily inspired by this one, although I've never heard it said... That I remember anyway... Spinal Tap might be a fun project to do sometime ^_^;;

    • @silasgarrett2431
      @silasgarrett2431 4 месяца назад

      I find Big Bottom the "cheekier" of the two

  • @PhilWare1
    @PhilWare1 Месяц назад

    Love the way that John slides in with the bass half way through :-)

  • @IAMSEYMOURMUSIC
    @IAMSEYMOURMUSIC 4 месяца назад +17

    This is actually a core part of the rock attitude, in your face, no apologies

    • @pulsarlights2825
      @pulsarlights2825 4 месяца назад

      The song is about childhood sexual abuse and the the lifetime of dysfunction that follows....that is the "rock attitude"

    • @jay-remedy-plz
      @jay-remedy-plz 4 месяца назад +1

      @@pulsarlights2825Yes honestly if you dive into it. Songs like Stray Cat Blues from Rolling Stones, Christine Sixteen from KISS and She’s Only Seventeen from Winger are examples. I’m less familiar with Elvis but a certain Chuck Berry song is an example.

    • @jay-remedy-plz
      @jay-remedy-plz 4 месяца назад +1

      @@pulsarlights2825It’s no surprise that Rock n Roll is filled with dysfunctional themes and cringe. No shortage of documentaries on the topic going back to Elvis, Chuck Berry and others. Sex Drugs Rock n Roll trifecta. Rap and Country music likewise often in more subtle language.

    • @HareDeLune
      @HareDeLune 4 месяца назад

      @@pulsarlights2825
      Abuse is non-consensual.

    • @randomname4726
      @randomname4726 4 месяца назад

      ​@@pulsarlights2825 It's just a joke. Sounds like Bryan May making up a silly story to make fun of Freddie's love of fat bottoms.

  • @vaughnnewman8903
    @vaughnnewman8903 4 месяца назад +2

    Loved your reaction; not sure if I've ever seen you laugh this much-lol. It's a tribute to Queen's talents to be able to make a tongue-in-cheek song but also to add a serious Rock song to the lyrics. Firmly in Queen's wheelhouse and another reason why they are adored by so many fans, young and old alike.

  • @tdratt
    @tdratt 4 месяца назад +4

    Enjoyed that Guys, that was fun.

  • @terrykennedy-lares8840
    @terrykennedy-lares8840 4 месяца назад +6

    Vlad, please explain to Amy about that point in adolescence-young adulthood where all young people's hormones kick in. It seems growing up in Amish country she missed out on it. But seriously, the big imputus for Rock's insertion into dominence in the 60's 70's was the Hippie Movement "Peace, Love and Rock and Roll", and when we were talking "Love" back then we meant Sex. Sure, Rock also carried the message of the heavier sides of life and important ideals, but under it all Rock, being a popular music form, is based on Love, Sex, and all those emotions that are basic to adolescent-young adult life. Songs like this are much more prominent in Rock than what you've listened to so far. That melody that you were so entranced in is the base to all old traditional folk music. Check out most Irish, Scottish, English folk music.

  • @dsanford12
    @dsanford12 4 месяца назад +8

    I do believe your blushing Amy

  • @Kris_T_
    @Kris_T_ 4 месяца назад +5

    It always reminds me of highland reels and bagpipes

  • @kengoach
    @kengoach 4 месяца назад +1

    This song is another example of how amazing Roger's drums sounded on all the Queen records from the 70s. Those toms on the fill sound clear and shine through.

  • @patriciakent6728
    @patriciakent6728 4 месяца назад +3

    I love your intellectual point of view.Of course, I love anything that Queen does and Freddie Mercury.Thank you so much nice video

  • @faz7248
    @faz7248 4 месяца назад +5

    The way you are singing it the melody looks a lot like the Schotish Loch Loch Lomond.

    • @stuartmcivor2276
      @stuartmcivor2276 4 месяца назад

      That's exactly what I was thinking: "O ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low road, And I'll be in Scotland afore ye,"

  • @surferles589
    @surferles589 4 месяца назад +9

    One of the best reactions. Watching Amy laugh in embarrassment is hilarious and endearing. It's similar to Mozart making the eunoch singer in his opera a baritone (funny back then)

  • @IanHodgetts
    @IanHodgetts 4 месяца назад +1

    Your reactions were delightful, joyous and hilarious in equal measure! Also as insightful as ever. I genuinely hadn't picked up on the "gospel" sound in all these years, but as soon as you explained it, it's obvious!

  • @kentl7228
    @kentl7228 4 месяца назад +2

    Also, dropped D guitar brings a perfect 5th dyad to the two deepest strings. It is versatile to use and deep notes with distortion brings a bit of a thrill. It is why the song says on the D sound. Deep distorted notes like this are a bit of a primal thrill, like hearing a roaring V8 or watching a fighter plane.

  • @ederss7
    @ederss7 4 месяца назад +3

    The lyrics are pure genius.

  • @DirectDemocrat
    @DirectDemocrat 4 месяца назад +4

    It's worth remembering that all of them put into these songs.
    When asked about the song writing process, Roger Taylor said, "Well, someone comes up with a basic song and then everyone else tries to change it."
    Which really why they started just putting "Queen" on every song as the writer.

  • @homegrownpa
    @homegrownpa 4 месяца назад +1

    It amazes me, all these music lovers and their first listens to hit songs that have been around for decades!

  • @broncobra
    @broncobra Месяц назад

    Your enthusiam is infectous? I almost snorted beer on my keyboard? Naughty girl? lol. Good Luck and God Bless.

  • @markmeisels1737
    @markmeisels1737 4 месяца назад +9

    lol, admit it; Mozart would have loved it

  • @cutthr0atjake
    @cutthr0atjake 4 месяца назад +3

    Listening to your reaction I'd *LOVE* to see your reaction to the film THIS IS SPINAL TAP - a fake fly on the wall documentary of a British metal band touring the States. 😁

  • @davidmaholchic6146
    @davidmaholchic6146 4 месяца назад +2

    Love your queen analysis love you

  • @misery.machine15
    @misery.machine15 4 месяца назад +1

    I wish everyone could hear Brian play this song live. Recordings really don’t do it justice.

  • @suefantastic4584
    @suefantastic4584 Месяц назад

    I loved that a song brought out your humor. Nice to see your 'naughty' side of music!! xo

  • @kenmurchison3943
    @kenmurchison3943 4 месяца назад

    Thank you, Amy. I've been waiting for this and seeing your reaction made my day.

  • @RussellDuffer
    @RussellDuffer 4 месяца назад +2

    The gospel song that you sang was "When the Roll is Called Up Yonder". Those lyrics also fit well into this melody.

    • @stanleymyrick4068
      @stanleymyrick4068 4 месяца назад

      Do you think Unclouded Day is more spot on to the melody she is humming?

  • @LemmyD_from_Germany
    @LemmyD_from_Germany 3 месяца назад

    When you like gospel you might like the song of Queen - Let me live. Not only Freddie has a singing part but also Roger and Brian. And they had a big Gospel Choir that makes a really good job.
    Greetings from northern germany ♥️

  • @clintonsmith5163
    @clintonsmith5163 4 месяца назад +5

    I'm intrigued by the theory (which I first heard many years ago) that FBG is Brian's homage to his guitar (or perhaps guitars in general.) First of all, a guitar has the general shape of a fat-bottomed girl. Then there is the line "down beside that red firelight." Part of Brian's Red Special guitar is made of a very old piece of wood from a fireplace mantel. Next, consider the line "Fat-bottomed girls, you make the rockin' world go 'round." What instrument, more than any other, is most strongly associated with rock music? The electric guitar, of course. This next one might be a stretch, but what about "I've been singin' with my band, across the wire, across the land." Aren't guitar strings a kind of wire? Finally, there is the fact that the song is in Drop D tuning, which produces a sound sometimes described as having a "fat bottom."

    • @Quotenwagnerianer
      @Quotenwagnerianer 4 месяца назад +2

      Fascinating. I think you might be on to something.

    • @simonwatkins3236
      @simonwatkins3236 4 месяца назад

      On the other hand maybe it's a song bout fat-bottomed girls.

  • @jaymurray6051
    @jaymurray6051 4 месяца назад +4

    Here’s my Queen top 50 so far. I’m excited to see what else they’ve recorded so this list will change but here it is for now
    Liar 73
    Doing all right 73
    Father to son 74
    Seven seas of Rhye 74
    Killer Queen 74
    Now I’m here 74
    You’re my best friend 75
    Love of my life 75
    Bohemian Rhapsody 75
    Tie your mother down 76
    The Millionaire waltz 76
    You and I 76
    Somebody to love 76
    Good old fashioned lover boy 76
    We will rock you 77
    We are the champions 77
    Spread your wings 77
    My melancholy blues 77
    Fat Bottom Girls 78
    Bicycle Race 78
    If you can’t beat them 78
    Dead on time 78
    Don’t stop me now 78
    More of that Jazz 78

    • @ianjones6107
      @ianjones6107 4 месяца назад

      Love father to son 74. Absolute belter

  • @jiml9856
    @jiml9856 4 месяца назад +1

    I just discovered your channel. Your recording space makes me want to practice guitar. 😊

  • @jkmil4981
    @jkmil4981 3 месяца назад +1

    Fat Bottom Girls, on bicycles is a reference to Fellini"s penchant for displaying them, as seen in some of his films.

  • @richardlaswell463
    @richardlaswell463 4 месяца назад +1

    This is by far my favorite reaction you've done!

  • @michaelfloyd4917
    @michaelfloyd4917 4 месяца назад

    This is so refreshing and wonderful. I love your willingness to listen with open ears.

  • @zowieknox
    @zowieknox 4 месяца назад +2

    It sounds like 'She'll be coming round the Mountain! that ol country song

  • @johnnieangel99
    @johnnieangel99 4 месяца назад

    I Simply adore your commentary on songs like this

  • @chip2139
    @chip2139 4 месяца назад +1

    Queen obtained The Gospel Choir sound is multiple overdubs in the recording studio. It's one of Queen's signature sounds. Bohemian Rhapsody took hours and 180 overdubs.

  • @AliT0555
    @AliT0555 4 месяца назад +26

    You’re right. Queen is a very educated band. Brian has his PhD in Astro physics, John has an honors degree in Engineering, Roger has a degree in Biology and, of course, Freddie’s degree is in Graphic Design. Interestingly, one of their favorite pastimes while on tour was to play Scrabble. I wonder, will Vlad have Amy watch the official video for Bicycle Race??

    • @DrNothing23
      @DrNothing23 4 месяца назад +4

      Roger's also studied dentistry, before getting the bio degree.

    • @DirectDemocrat
      @DirectDemocrat 4 месяца назад +1

      Electronic Engineering

    • @sandgroper1970
      @sandgroper1970 4 месяца назад

      Yes the video clip for Bicycle Race is great

    • @user-er3ri6sc3j
      @user-er3ri6sc3j 4 месяца назад

      Well bred stock bloodline.

  • @RidleyStephen
    @RidleyStephen 4 месяца назад +4

    I have some recommendations:
    Fleedwood Mac - Dreams
    The beach boys - God only knows
    Neil Young - old man
    Prince - Purple rain
    Oasis - Don’t look back in anger
    A$ap rocky - everyday
    Strokes - someday
    the white stripes - seven nation army
    The libertines - can’t stand me now
    Pearl Jam - Black
    Red hot chilli peppers - otherside
    Linkin Park - in the end
    queens of the stone age - no one knows
    the verve bitter sweet symphony

    • @jaymurray6051
      @jaymurray6051 4 месяца назад +3

      Don’t forget to add Electric light orchestra this channels biggest miss and my fave band Marillion

    • @jprph1
      @jprph1 4 месяца назад

      @@jaymurray6051 Fugazi and Script are my favs.

  • @diamonddavefuller6136
    @diamonddavefuller6136 4 месяца назад

    Positively cheeky! One of the funniest Queens songs. Great reaction Amy.

  • @denisepallin5316
    @denisepallin5316 4 месяца назад +1

    Love this song 😂 I was in my college marching band and this was on our playlist. A great fun song. Best memory of it was when the announcer at the game said “and now the XX Marching Band will perform Fat Bottom Girls with the XX cheer leaders” and the cheer squad got an attitude and refused to dance! Funny, I never took offense to this song! It’s fun and cheeky

  • @mlambrechts1
    @mlambrechts1 4 месяца назад +2

    Drop D tuning is when you tune your guitar in the regular way but you tune down the low E string to D; ergo "drop D". So the rest of the instrument remains in regular tuning, but the guitarist can play one note lower.

  • @nashdrifter3629
    @nashdrifter3629 4 месяца назад

    Wonderful, I enjoyed your observations so much, you're a delight. New sub here.

  • @gregvergara7596
    @gregvergara7596 4 месяца назад

    I knew your facial expressions would be priceless for this reaction. And you did not disappoint. Thank you! You are such a sweetheart.
    😊

  • @YourBeingParanoid
    @YourBeingParanoid 4 месяца назад +4

    Always had a country music line dancing feel to me

  • @RatelRegalement
    @RatelRegalement Месяц назад

    that frankly /huge/ drum fill always sounded to me like not only did he use the entire set, but continued happily on to a whole second set of drums to the side!

  • @stanleymyrick4068
    @stanleymyrick4068 4 месяца назад +6

    Not sure if my first comment is showing, because I put a link in it. Unclouded Day is the religious song that has this melody. As others have stated, Delta Dawn is also very similar, but not a religious song.

  • @Kennethweaver680
    @Kennethweaver680 4 месяца назад +1

    Us older folks as you called us grew up in the 60s and 70s believe me nothing shock’s us about the music and lyrics
    PS loved your break down of Neil’s drum solo I’ve been playing drums for 60 years and no one else can play like him

    • @therealpbristow
      @therealpbristow 4 месяца назад +1

      I think she's talking about the older folks from when the song came out, i.e. your and my parents' generation.

    • @helenespaulding7562
      @helenespaulding7562 4 месяца назад +1

      @@therealpbristowthat’s the way I understood her comment as well.

  • @AlbertoJorgeSoares
    @AlbertoJorgeSoares 4 месяца назад +6

    With this album it ends classic Queen style (the best, for me). In the 80s' they were more pop/rock oriented.

  • @bettybaby63
    @bettybaby63 4 месяца назад +10

    lol your thumbnail expression.
    Yup Brian isn’t as innocent as he appears. This track is straight up fun, & the video & live are Sassy Freddie at his best.
    At its heart, rock & roll is all about fun.

    • @DrNothing23
      @DrNothing23 4 месяца назад

      Their Wembley Stadium gig, promoting this album, featured a bevy of naked women riding bicycles around the stadium track, at one point.
      Fun Stuff...