Queen - Death on Two Legs (Official Lyric Video)

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  • Taken from A Night At The Opera, 1975.
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    Queen - Death on Two Legs (Official Lyric Video)
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  • @camsi2929
    @camsi2929 6 лет назад +3447

    The best part about this song is that you can hear Freddie's contempt and disgust. Amazing!

    • @rinnittt
      @rinnittt 5 лет назад +99

      Renee Sethis Ikr he sounds genuinely pissed

    • @spikegore7280
      @spikegore7280 5 лет назад +72

      He is probably gonna Kill a man.

    • @genevieve2106
      @genevieve2106 5 лет назад +35

      Spikewing The Dutch Angel Dragon MAMA OOOOOO

    • @oregano6836
      @oregano6836 4 года назад +42

      yeah he sounds like he's going to kill whoever pissed him off

    • @GrayWolf1521
      @GrayWolf1521 4 года назад +21

      @@spikegore7280 Yeah he's gonna put a gun against his head

  • @chrisdamon5367
    @chrisdamon5367 6 лет назад +3240

    Only Freddie could record a song in which he is spitting venomous hatred toward someone, and still make it sound beautiful and uplifting. A perfect album opener for one of the most perfect albums ever made!

    • @awsmdude12345
      @awsmdude12345 5 лет назад +60

      Chris Damon lets not forget the part where they suggest suicide...

    • @mixxxo
      @mixxxo 5 лет назад +39

      @Sound N Vision
      huh, i heard another story where brian was the one who actually encouraged freddie to finish the song bc he thought it was too bitter and full of hatred.

    • @kman24
      @kman24 5 лет назад +8

      He wrote this song to the record companies

    • @kman24
      @kman24 5 лет назад +6

      @Sound N Vision it is it's based on the big record corporations listen to the words

    • @ilchsm6330
      @ilchsm6330 5 лет назад +9

      @@kman24 "listen to the words" he's clearly talking to one person personally.

  • @Boudi-ca
    @Boudi-ca 3 года назад +422

    Freddie was mad, mad.
    I love how he says he changed the words everyday to make it as vicious as possible 😂

  • @zsuzsannabenke9966
    @zsuzsannabenke9966 5 лет назад +4288

    Freddie Mercury wrote this and dedicated it to Norman Sheffield, Queen's former manager and a co owner of Trident Studios. Queen felt that Norman had not provided them with the support they needed.The surviving band members noted the unhappy atmosphere in the Days of our Lives documentary, explaining that the band felt hard done by when they were producing hit singles without seeing any of the money - and with incidents such as Roger Taylor being told he couldn't hit the drums too hard as they supposedly "couldn't afford" new drumsticks. But as Taylor noted, "you see them (the management) running around in stretch limos and think 'hang on there's something not right here!'" The split occurred under very acrimonious circumstances, and this song acted as something of a final word from the band. The lyrics form a harsh character portrait that outline the band's full animosity towards their former acquaintance. Mercury was reportedly not a fan of the song after writing it, having felt it was too angry and bitter, but May encouraged him to complete it.
    On the Live Killers version, Freddie Mercury introduced this song by saying, "This is a song about a real motherf--ker of a gentleman!"

    • @robertoricci3393
      @robertoricci3393 5 лет назад +143

      Lol! I know Queen never mentioned who was the target of the song, or at least his name was always censored in the recordings. RUclips is a fountain of secrets.

    • @arbeez4827
      @arbeez4827 5 лет назад +74

      Thank you for giving me the real history of this song. I knew it was about their manager but I didn't know all this. I sincerely thank you,
      Space Cow The Unicorn

    • @tonystark1180
      @tonystark1180 5 лет назад +45

      Thanks for the info about the Live Killers version. I've often wondered what Freddie said, because on my copies (LP and CD), it's censored. He introduces it like this;
      "This next song is from A Night At The Opera. This is about a BEEP BEEP BEEP. We call him Death on Two Legs" :)

    • @robertaconway1804
      @robertaconway1804 5 лет назад +27

      Everybody knows someone like that.

    • @seekthegeek
      @seekthegeek 5 лет назад +19

      They were refused airplay for Bohemian (etc) so they went to Kenny Everett who was a DJ at the time and he gave them airplay and WOW! As stated in a doco about Queen and on the Bohemian movie right?

  • @blindandwatching
    @blindandwatching 7 лет назад +2699

    This song was about the band's manager at the time. He was a real piece work. They couldn't fire him so they sang about him instead. The bloke quit. So the song worked.

    • @homogenicward1586
      @homogenicward1586 6 лет назад +33

      Read this www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-2368614/Queen-Freddie-Mercury-felt-like-god-Then-started-behaving-like-man-signed-band.html

    • @Proudtrekkie96
      @Proudtrekkie96 6 лет назад +49

      Prometheus damn. I hope this plays a part in bohemian rhapsody movies

    • @justinnamuco9096
      @justinnamuco9096 5 лет назад +50

      Mario Gonzalez It's not even in the soundtrack :(

    • @emmaridley_youtube
      @emmaridley_youtube 5 лет назад +39

      they rejected him- left him beacuse he didnt believe in the albums success I KNOW THIS FROM THE MOVIE.

    • @Whipslinger1
      @Whipslinger1 5 лет назад +10

      Like Killer Queen.

  • @brodylawless9061
    @brodylawless9061 4 года назад +1244

    One of the most underrated queen songs

    • @alexanderkolganov3654
      @alexanderkolganov3654 3 года назад +11

      Who said it's underrated?

    • @joeyuzwa891
      @joeyuzwa891 3 года назад +76

      @@alexanderkolganov3654 it definitely is. nobody ever talks about this song when discussing their best songs

    • @alexanderkolganov3654
      @alexanderkolganov3654 3 года назад +6

      @@joeyuzwa891 They talk about rap all the time nowadays I couldn't care less about, who gives a shit? ; )

    • @MarioLuigi-yz9pz
      @MarioLuigi-yz9pz 3 года назад +52

      @@alexanderkolganov3654 he said when people discuss their best songs, where the hell did you get rap from?

    • @tokunagaster
      @tokunagaster 3 года назад +28

      Arguably the most underrated. The guitar is just fantastic.

  • @shahar5834
    @shahar5834 5 лет назад +3467

    “We’d like to dedicate this song to our beloved manager. We love you darling”

    • @deborauseinovski9267
      @deborauseinovski9267 4 года назад +72

      IM SCREAIMGINGGFJDK

    • @Ahilik
      @Ahilik 4 года назад +136

      Oh God I can hear him say this😂😱❤️

    • @Ermmmm...79
      @Ermmmm...79 4 года назад +88

      Im trying to imagine how hilarious that would be

    • @gherbiebachar8744
      @gherbiebachar8744 4 года назад +15

      lmao hahahaha

    • @saraa136
      @saraa136 4 года назад +62

      LMAO I imagined this with his sassy voice. Did he really say that?

  • @gymnassfan
    @gymnassfan 6 лет назад +2980

    The perfect combination of opera and hard rock.

    • @Suchagreatchannelling
      @Suchagreatchannelling 6 лет назад +49

      more Heavy metal than hard rock

    • @nicholashamilton40
      @nicholashamilton40 6 лет назад +15

      BLoooDYSaBBaTH what are you talking about?

    • @firstlast8720
      @firstlast8720 6 лет назад +45

      I think he means it has a sinister tone like a lot of heavy metal songs

    • @47and28
      @47and28 6 лет назад +55

      this intro is badass.

    • @omdintegral104
      @omdintegral104 6 лет назад +3

      Punteos de guitarra de Tango

  • @Keston1302
    @Keston1302 Год назад +626

    This is probably the best opening to any song ever. That guitar playing is insane!

    • @MaPercheNo2004
      @MaPercheNo2004 Год назад +4

      勳則天天空調味?

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 Год назад +3

      Hi I recommend an indie song called The Bond Villain By Robert Nix

    • @KKFWB
      @KKFWB Год назад +3

      What about money for nothing tho

    • @vanplq8841
      @vanplq8841 Год назад +5

      Absolutely not

    • @Theprophet3928
      @Theprophet3928 Год назад

      ​@@vanplq8841😂

  • @HaSabeanies
    @HaSabeanies 5 лет назад +1417

    I love how this and seaside rendezvous are on the same album

    • @perfectpixels6531
      @perfectpixels6531 4 года назад +37

      those are my 2 favorite songs on anato omg

    • @Alfonso162008
      @Alfonso162008 4 года назад +95

      It's even better that the song that immediately follows this one is Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon 😂

    • @NathanielKeatley
      @NathanielKeatley 4 года назад +3

      My two favorite songs!!!

    • @menachemdo
      @menachemdo 4 года назад

      They aren't lol

    • @saraa136
      @saraa136 4 года назад

      menachemdo They are

  • @corvixcorux8850
    @corvixcorux8850 5 лет назад +1497

    Just picture four betrayed, penniless and enraged young men in their twenties- furiously composing and recording this song in some small studio..
    Pouring their rage out in the form of music.

    • @genevieve2106
      @genevieve2106 5 лет назад +11

      Corvix Corux now I’m sad

    • @discodeakyinthestreetsfrea5638
      @discodeakyinthestreetsfrea5638 5 лет назад +31

      Truly beautiful

    • @julianadequeiroz772
      @julianadequeiroz772 5 лет назад +25

      now I'm feeling like trash because that turned me on. Damn it brain

    • @discodeakyinthestreetsfrea5638
      @discodeakyinthestreetsfrea5638 5 лет назад +24

      @@genevieve2106 There's no need to be, dear. If anything in Queen's timeline happened slightly differently, the good and (unfortunately) the bad, things wouldn't have turned out the way they did. You see, these experiences made them stronger. Yes, unfortunately, they were betrayed, but, it made them the strong musicians they became.

    • @arthurmorgan7812
      @arthurmorgan7812 4 года назад +2

      @Chris Anagn. They musta been like 🤯

  • @ArizonaRain220
    @ArizonaRain220 3 года назад +299

    I have to admit, I am VERY impressed with just how creative these lyrics are. It’s a bop

    • @corey-bird3489
      @corey-bird3489 Год назад +4

      Freddie wrote “This thing called Love” in the bathtub; I’d like to know where he wrote this, one might claim a Dr. Seuss con!

    • @wong6645
      @wong6645 Год назад

      @@corey-bird3489 crazy little thing called love

  • @lufia7387
    @lufia7387 7 лет назад +5727

    Who needs a therapist when you have queen

    • @lemonbleach6337
      @lemonbleach6337 7 лет назад +27

      Nelosn Portis and Jojo

    • @Kira-ky3ok
      @Kira-ky3ok 6 лет назад +21

      And Jojoke

    • @lemonbleach6337
      @lemonbleach6337 6 лет назад +20

      Svetlana Ajinça life is a jojoke

    • @Kira-ky3ok
      @Kira-ky3ok 6 лет назад +7

      Lemon Bleach life jojo is life
      And Merry Christmas

    • @lemonbleach6337
      @lemonbleach6337 6 лет назад +5

      Svetlana Ajinça you speak truth. Merry Christmas too you too... better late than ever

  • @axobottled5240
    @axobottled5240 5 лет назад +2549

    The intro is good
    The chorus too
    The end too
    ...
    the whole thing is great, really.

    • @pk-nn7qf
      @pk-nn7qf 5 лет назад +14

      what the intro! want to ringtone

    • @odhranmartin1154
      @odhranmartin1154 4 года назад +12

      the intro is scary

    • @linzi2720
      @linzi2720 4 года назад +38

      The only problem is. It ends. That's the problem with all queen songs.

    • @joseph3062
      @joseph3062 4 года назад +10

      @@linzi2720 yeah it really ruins the songs

    • @Weirdsoul91
      @Weirdsoul91 4 года назад +1

      @@linzi2720 All songs have that problem. Not only Queen songs

  • @errohaze2683
    @errohaze2683 Год назад +147

    The intro is just fantastic! First the piano, then it shifts to guitar, so chaotic and angry, it builds in intensity, to the overbearing... I don't know what instrument it is, but it's like a musical shriek. Then it abruptly stops, the piano begins again as though the song has reset. It's like the anger gets so intense that it has stop and restart to get focused to deliver the delightful comebacks. Such a fantastic song!

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 Год назад

      Hi I recommend an indie song called The Bond Villain By Robert Nix

    • @alextheguitarist7282
      @alextheguitarist7282 Год назад +1

      That's Rog.

    • @theslava4208
      @theslava4208 6 месяцев назад +1

      All instruments for the song other than piano, drums and bass were performed by Her Highness the Red Special gear.

    • @paul9570
      @paul9570 3 месяца назад

      Great piano

    • @AhDollar
      @AhDollar Месяц назад

      aside from Roger screaming his heart into the microphone, that was probably a post production effect, with the audio sped up through the tape machine, they did the same thing in Prophet's Song as well

  • @thil123456789
    @thil123456789 7 лет назад +552

    "...and we'd like to dedicate this next song to our beloved manager. Love you loads!"

  • @nicolasgotte4000
    @nicolasgotte4000 6 лет назад +596

    I'm French and i learned how to speak english with this song. listening to it everyday, for 5 years, on CD, reading the lyrics on the Cd's book. Eternal gratitude to Queen, the best band in the universe period.

    • @theocoxd
      @theocoxd 6 лет назад +42

      Just did the same to me, my big brother posted Bohemiam Rhapsody's lyrics on our bedroom's wall, so, when I woke up in the morning I'd read it every single day since I was 6 years old.
      Salutations du Mexique. (Correct me if I'm wrong)

    • @justsomeonewhopopsupeveryw1444
      @justsomeonewhopopsupeveryw1444 6 лет назад +23

      Juan Jacobo Guzman your English is PERFECT 👌

    • @alexkaram-9945
      @alexkaram-9945 5 лет назад +13

      Very nice to see someone learning a new language with music :)
      C’est très bien de voir des gens apprendre à parler une langue grâce à la musique :)

    • @ZzippystardustT
      @ZzippystardustT 5 лет назад +16

      Nicolas GOTTE well now I’m doing the opposite, I’m listening to French music trying to Learn French

    • @clairefrewin4049
      @clairefrewin4049 5 лет назад +10

      @@ZzippystardustT Well, good luck ! As a French speaker, I can tell that French is pretty hard to learn :) Btw, if you don't know these French bands, I suggest you to listen to Téléphone and Indochine

  • @manboss52gaming30
    @manboss52gaming30 2 года назад +82

    Crazy how music can heal your feelings of contempt and disgust againt someone, like it gives you the confidence you needed.

  • @voidexius5389
    @voidexius5389 5 лет назад +1194

    Freddie: hmmm I just wrote a hate letter to my manager
    Freddie: oh I know let’s write a song about lazing on a Sunday afternoon next

    • @unicornnationsii8806
      @unicornnationsii8806 4 года назад +12

      69 likes lol

    • @maid_kr4t0s10
      @maid_kr4t0s10 3 года назад +42

      he just wants to ride his bike... on every wednesday evening

    • @trentoninnewjersey
      @trentoninnewjersey 3 года назад +34

      @@maid_kr4t0s10 and go waltzing to the zoo on Thursday, and go painting in the louvre on Friday

    • @ryasanovar8175
      @ryasanovar8175 3 года назад +6

      whats the lazing on sunday song pls someone tell me 🥺🥺🥺🥺

    • @maximusheaton8375
      @maximusheaton8375 3 года назад +4

      That’s the point it’s meant to be a juxtaposition

  • @Endy_123
    @Endy_123 6 лет назад +158

    This is the most underrated Queen song and it's my favorite. Freddie you genius

  • @aquariusbree
    @aquariusbree 4 года назад +1234

    *Not-so-fun fact:* Freddie dedicated this song to Norman Sheffield (Queen's former manager and a co-owner of Trident Studios who was basically robbing them of their money at the time) after being released from that management, Freddie wanted to express his feelings towards the man in a song. Gary Langhan remembers when Freddie took his headphones off after laying his vocal tracks on DOTL, he witnessed blood pouring out from Fred's ears just from the sheer anger he put into the song, and sometime later on Freddie said that his throat was literally bleeding because he went so hard on the song.

  • @calfman3333
    @calfman3333 5 лет назад +1551

    When you think about it, this is one of the first diss tracks ever.

    • @1960deek
      @1960deek 5 лет назад +118

      I wrote these same lyrics to a girl that broke up with me. She wasn't familiar with Queen so I though it was safe lol

    • @abdulbasheer6551
      @abdulbasheer6551 4 года назад +58

      Think Queen did it first with Flick of the Wrist from the previous album.

    • @lightningbugs925
      @lightningbugs925 4 года назад +13

      Luiz_27 I mean the oc said *one* of the first diss tracks so like-

    • @maggi1302
      @maggi1302 3 года назад +2

      YASSSSSS

    • @patriotboy93
      @patriotboy93 3 года назад +8

      That was George Harrison with Only a Northern Song.

  • @bookishnymph8533
    @bookishnymph8533 5 лет назад +724

    "A sewer-rat decaying in a cesspool of pride"--has got to be the best lyric ever . . .

    • @PatrickMorcillo
      @PatrickMorcillo 5 лет назад +14

      It is a classic sentence, yes

    • @realmrjangoon
      @realmrjangoon 4 года назад +22

      Sounds kinda disgusting but that's kinda the reality lmao

    • @lenaxo8260
      @lenaxo8260 4 года назад +18

      By far my favorite lyric here. The line is sung with so much anger and dirt and I love it!

    • @rafiderianto3604
      @rafiderianto3604 3 года назад +3

      yeahh my favo line of this song!!

    • @davidiswaluigi5982
      @davidiswaluigi5982 3 года назад +2

      Yes! The best! It’s truly the peak of insults.

  • @jenniferreierson1755
    @jenniferreierson1755 4 года назад +539

    We all have someone on our mind when hearing this song

    • @ketrapope2260
      @ketrapope2260 3 года назад +42

      And if not, someone thinks of you when it plays!!

    • @THEL0VETHIEVES
      @THEL0VETHIEVES 3 года назад +8

      yup !!

    • @jimdennis121
      @jimdennis121 3 года назад +9

      Indeed, my former employer.

    • @_.lizziejohnson
      @_.lizziejohnson 3 года назад +4

      at first thing song reminded me of the girl that was going after my ex boyfriend and now ironically this song reminds me of my ex boyfriend 🤡

    • @MaeAlessa
      @MaeAlessa 3 года назад +3

      Me having this song represent my OC:

  • @mr.midgetmayo8145
    @mr.midgetmayo8145 6 лет назад +643

    I know this song is about the manager, but hear me out, This song always reminds me of my friends in high school, they ignored me, constantly talked shit about me behind my back, treated me like shit when i was around and tell me to shut up whenever i was talking about something i was passinate about, took me until last year to just leave them behind. And this song helped me realise that. Thank you.

    • @phoebemerchant6368
      @phoebemerchant6368 5 лет назад +60

      Exactly the same with me, whenever I used to talk about things like queen or the Beatles they would ignore me and laugh at me and I would feel like they were friends and I was kind of the loner of the group so then one day at the school dance I asked the DJ to play this and he hadn’t heard the song so I asked him to dedicate it to my 3 best friends (then I said their names)... they hate me, but everyone was laughing so hard lol

    • @IAmInfinitus208
      @IAmInfinitus208 5 лет назад +3

      @@phoebemerchant6368 Damn!

    • @BaileyTheBat
      @BaileyTheBat 5 лет назад +8

      @Mr.midget Mayo keep parasitic people like that out of your life, they aren't even worth the effort to try to tolerate.

    • @MeyyyMing
      @MeyyyMing 5 лет назад

      Same...

    • @imgoodatmoaning9561
      @imgoodatmoaning9561 5 лет назад +4

      Those people sound horrible. Glad that phase of your life is over.

  • @gemini945
    @gemini945 6 лет назад +5627

    I feel so happy for my ex wife that Queen wrote a song for her.

  • @_Harmony_-
    @_Harmony_- 3 года назад +64

    Thank you Norman Sheffield for bring us one of the best jewels of queen

    • @bluebell3720
      @bluebell3720 3 года назад +5

      Yeah Freddie was pretty mad!
      The others thought it was too harsh but went along with it anyway!

  • @manifestgtr
    @manifestgtr 5 лет назад +416

    “Mister KNOWWW alllllll”
    I always loved that note.

    • @janemay8950
      @janemay8950 5 лет назад +16

      right when i read this comment, that same note played!

    • @nancy8605
      @nancy8605 2 года назад +2

      This reminds me of " mr superior thinking or mr perfectly fine . By taylor swift

    • @theanimatronics6076
      @theanimatronics6076 2 года назад

      I was just hearing that part when i read it

  • @musicalprostitute7860
    @musicalprostitute7860 5 лет назад +168

    Brian’s guitar is venomous and johns bass is DEADLY and Rogers drums are killer and Freddie’s voice is HEAVENLY AND MAD........ yet this song is still amazing 😂

  • @maick6131
    @maick6131 2 года назад +70

    This piano intro give me goosebumps!!!

    • @sirens4680
      @sirens4680 2 года назад +4

      It was excellent!!

  • @82nddave38
    @82nddave38 6 лет назад +348

    Brian May is the most under looked, not underrated, but definitely under looked classic rock guitarist. Its always Gilmore, Page, Clapton, exc. Nobody ever mentions Brian May but when that someone does mention him as a top 3 great. Most people then recognize what else, but Bohemian Rhapsody. Thank you Wayne's World! Although this is my absolute favorite May riff and solo.

    • @kangurukaiser9395
      @kangurukaiser9395 5 лет назад +4

      I agree with you in that he's underrated and a fantastic guitar player but um...top 3 is a stretch there bud. The people you just mentioned: Gilmore, Clapton, and Page, are way better guitar players, and lets not mention Jimi Hendrix or Eddie Van Halen

    • @neuralmute
      @neuralmute 5 лет назад +12

      @@kangurukaiser9395 I'd rate May over van Halen. Brian might not be quite as technical, but he's got more depth of feeling to his playing, and I'd say he's a better songwriter by far. Of course, when we're discussing the best of the best, so much comes down to personal taste, as there IS no way to objectively rate guitar players. All I can say is that Hendrix is God, and let the rest sort themselves out from there!

    • @shadow102994
      @shadow102994 5 лет назад +10

      I've never noticed that. He always comes up in conversations I've had about the greats. Maybe not the most technical, but fuck man. May has a tone that is unmistakable

    • @gabriellaveres9179
      @gabriellaveres9179 5 лет назад +1

      @@kangurukaiser9395 not mention Mark Knopfler Dire Straits

    • @judycolella5554
      @judycolella5554 4 года назад +1

      As great as they all are (and I totally agree Brian May deserves waaaay more recognition), the ultimate guitarist in my book was Stevie Ray Vaughn. He was kinda in his very own category.

  • @killerqueen4692
    @killerqueen4692 5 лет назад +569

    I love how the name on the album says “dedicated to...” they were so extra aahahha

  • @luciaortiz6409
    @luciaortiz6409 Год назад +75

    This is probably the heaviest song from this whole album!!! And you know what? This song is so awesome!!! I really like it!!!

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 Год назад

      Hi I recommend an indie song called The Bond Villain By Robert Nix

    • @annabelej8021
      @annabelej8021 Год назад

      From this album. Listen to the 1974 Rainbow concerts. / The first 3 Albums .There are heavier songs.

  • @simonw7284
    @simonw7284 8 лет назад +245

    I have been obsessed with this song for 25 years. Such a work of art, so powerfull

    • @kobesamurai
      @kobesamurai 7 лет назад +18

      Been 41 years for me - my first ever album purchase! STILL seems like yesterday when I hear it!

    • @glencuthers8775
      @glencuthers8775 7 лет назад +5

      yep Auckland Nz l did the same thing 55 now lols

  • @monstergod888
    @monstergod888 8 лет назад +1206

    When an album starts with a song like that,you know that you have a great taste for music!

    • @MarkCox21125150
      @MarkCox21125150 8 лет назад +31

      well said!

    • @Mark-ek2eo
      @Mark-ek2eo 7 лет назад +99

      *you know that the artists are amazing
      Get over yourself

    • @MarkoKovachki
      @MarkoKovachki 7 лет назад +15

      tchaco lynma
      Your taste of music has nothing to do with any song of any album on the world... unless you're Freddie,which i reckon You're not...

    • @dexterdog717
      @dexterdog717 7 лет назад +2

      fart in your face

    • @xavierlopez7717
      @xavierlopez7717 7 лет назад +4

      Marko Kovachki,
      you are god damm right

  • @michddd5534
    @michddd5534 4 года назад +80

    One of the best lyrics ever written imo.

  • @matthewrose4797
    @matthewrose4797 6 лет назад +3432

    Boy freddie mercury sounds like hes legit pissed in this song

    • @tsukigalleta
      @tsukigalleta 5 лет назад +439

      And rightfully so. That manager was sucking them dry

    • @iampewdiepie2645
      @iampewdiepie2645 5 лет назад +165

      tsukigalleta when ur 14 that sounds a lot different

    • @tsukigalleta
      @tsukigalleta 5 лет назад +181

      @@iampewdiepie2645 Haha! When you're 41 it does too, but don't stop me now, honey ;)

    • @terryperring104
      @terryperring104 5 лет назад +39

      Sounds as sober as a judge to me

    • @Crazy-SixtyFour
      @Crazy-SixtyFour 5 лет назад +59

      Yeah it sounds like he's pissed

  • @maeve1214
    @maeve1214 5 лет назад +4538

    Queen made disstracks before it was cool y’all

    • @starling_song
      @starling_song 5 лет назад +89

      Maeve G By your PFP, and this comment, it's safe to say you have good taste in music.

    • @mummylovescuddles6834
      @mummylovescuddles6834 5 лет назад +6

      😂 lol

    • @burningoldsage4012
      @burningoldsage4012 5 лет назад +29

      Check out "Positively 4th Street" and "Like A Rolling Stone" by a guy named Bob Dylan. Brutal.

    • @hannah-bz3tt
      @hannah-bz3tt 5 лет назад +47

      THE coolest diss track (in my opinion)

    • @Hi-hl8jw
      @Hi-hl8jw 5 лет назад +34

      Jaden Man that was after Freddie died. John made Backchat when Freddie was alive...Not being mean but like every Queen fan knows this😂

  • @radio_gabba
    @radio_gabba Год назад +22

    The guitar in this is just INCREDIBLE.

  • @paulsantos4396
    @paulsantos4396 9 лет назад +411

    "But now you can kiss my ass goodbye"........Awesome strong lyrics!

  • @thitsugaya1224
    @thitsugaya1224 6 лет назад +57

    Brian's guitar work in this was just masterful.

  • @emefcue
    @emefcue 10 месяцев назад +18

    I love the lyrics of the song , the guitar, piano, everything

  • @maolsheachlannoceallaigh4772
    @maolsheachlannoceallaigh4772 5 лет назад +372

    The irony is that Death on Two Legs is a kind of cool name to be given.

    • @zbr76
      @zbr76 4 года назад +54

      The guy this is dedicated to - Norman Sheffield - actually called his autobiography 'Life On Two Legs'. He knew this was about him.

    • @francescapatti2934
      @francescapatti2934 4 года назад +34

      Just not at all related right now but Roger's nickname was sex on legs 😂😂😂

    • @owenflude7501
      @owenflude7501 3 года назад +7

      Yeah, if I were to have a nickname, it would be death on two legs.

    • @MonsieurEldritch
      @MonsieurEldritch 3 года назад +1

      @@zbr76 Lol what an ass

    • @AhDollar
      @AhDollar Месяц назад

      @@owenflude7501 his wrestling catchphrase is "i am one mother ducker of a gentleman!"

  • @mr.whatareyadoin889
    @mr.whatareyadoin889 9 лет назад +749

    Brian is badass in this song

  • @jft-n4s
    @jft-n4s 4 года назад +99

    The intro is one of the most brutal I have ever heard

  • @Alteori
    @Alteori 6 лет назад +1631

    See ya, Norman Sheffield.

    • @toptop961
      @toptop961 5 лет назад +49

      He's dead

    • @downed7590
      @downed7590 5 лет назад +60

      @@toptop961 dead as shit

    • @odescobridordobrasil8193
      @odescobridordobrasil8193 3 года назад +31

      @@toptop961 death on two legs

    • @amdinu
      @amdinu 3 года назад +36

      @@odescobridordobrasil8193 more
      Like dead on two legs ahahaha

    • @Pyro_Mothman
      @Pyro_Mothman 3 года назад +2

      I'm so surprised to see a comment from you, didn't know you liked queen

  • @lucymcdonald6398
    @lucymcdonald6398 5 лет назад +35

    this song heightens any mood I’m feeling. Whether it’s happy, sad, angry or excited. Freddie’s ability to tailor every song to fit each and every persons likings is unbelievable.

  • @little_swan07
    @little_swan07 3 года назад +40

    This is my type of music.
    Chaotic yet still enjoyable.

  • @liana7794
    @liana7794 5 лет назад +3720

    “Do you feel like suicide (I think you should”
    *makes a song called **_don’t try sucide_*
    Everyone is confused now

    • @carolinering6129
      @carolinering6129 5 лет назад +249

      They were like, "That was a little harsh, I guess."

    • @neuralmute
      @neuralmute 5 лет назад +177

      They really only wanted Norman Sheffield to kill himself. Everyone else, they were pretty alright with keeping around at this point.

    • @neuralmute
      @neuralmute 5 лет назад +88

      @Jacob Playz Well, he was a shitty manager who screwed them out of *a lot* of money. They were extremely pissed off at him.

    • @genevieve2106
      @genevieve2106 5 лет назад +22

      Jacob Playz do you know how horribly he treated them?

    • @auroramcct1982
      @auroramcct1982 5 лет назад +73

      The old manager told Roger to not bang his drums too hard because he didn’t have the money for buy new drum sticks!

  • @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X
    @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X 9 лет назад +945

    That piano intro...

    • @James-fx8eb
      @James-fx8eb 9 лет назад +49

      X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X Along with the roaring bass

    • @mirkav273
      @mirkav273 6 лет назад +7

      ... Is perfect

    • @albertochirinos80
      @albertochirinos80 5 лет назад +13

      ..hauntingly beautiful....isn't it?

    • @MultiKmicic
      @MultiKmicic 5 лет назад +3

      Taken from Ferenc Liszt :-)

    • @chpman2013
      @chpman2013 5 лет назад +11

      Followed by Brian May...

  • @jajaleco
    @jajaleco 6 месяцев назад +12

    This follows up to Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon, and it's in the same album as Bohemian Rhapsody and Love or my Life... Pure genius

  • @aaronlaluzerne6639
    @aaronlaluzerne6639 5 лет назад +900

    The anthem of every divorce ever.

    • @pk-nn7qf
      @pk-nn7qf 5 лет назад +8

      😂😂😂 that's good

    • @neuralmute
      @neuralmute 5 лет назад +19

      I danced my last number ever in the world's bitchiest burlesque troupe to this song. Queen were always my favourite go-to band for stage music, so it just felt right to end with two middle fingers raised high to a couple of "directors" who didn't deserve the title. And the audience ate it up with a spoon.Taking the backstage drama onstage, and then leaving it there! ;D

    • @dark6091
      @dark6091 5 лет назад +2

      😂

    • @BiGAlelen
      @BiGAlelen 4 года назад +3

      👌🏻 noice

    • @1vrsc
      @1vrsc 4 года назад +5

      and cocksucker bosses

  • @alinedomingues9543
    @alinedomingues9543 8 лет назад +73

    A NIGHT AT THE OPERA the best album ever and ever

  • @Inikage11918
    @Inikage11918 4 года назад +236

    News headline: "BREAKING NEWS:
    Legendary singer songwriter has found a way to make the best hate letter in history."

    • @talastra
      @talastra 4 года назад +1

      Check out "The Letter" by King Crimson.

    • @vinzcastro9304
      @vinzcastro9304 4 года назад +1

      @@talastra Nice

  • @leukkemiaa
    @leukkemiaa 9 лет назад +436

    I was 6 when I got this vinyl as Christmas gift.
    EPIC.

  • @caseyshewak6862
    @caseyshewak6862 9 лет назад +395

    Brian May top 5 guitar player of all time

    • @deathtrap2672
      @deathtrap2672 8 лет назад +5

      +Rush Ron So innovative alongside Tom Morello of course .

    • @ryannewton1202
      @ryannewton1202 7 лет назад +17

      I think that Jimmy page was better in the studio, but Brian could wipe the floor with him live.

    • @qwertyuio2758
      @qwertyuio2758 7 лет назад +5

      Casey Shewak he's my top 1 of all time

    • @ViniciusTeixeira1
      @ViniciusTeixeira1 7 лет назад

      Buckethead is my favorite :) Brian May is problably in third place for me

    • @marknicholson9205
      @marknicholson9205 7 лет назад +4

      jimmy page couldnt dream of inventing a solo like this

  • @AlexanderArsov
    @AlexanderArsov 3 года назад +192

    1:00 One of the most hair-raising guitar moments in Queen's discography. Fabulous song, of course, every single second, in each and every way. There is something seriously depressing about the fact that 817 people heard it and clicked the "thumb down" button. Musical tastes differ all right, but whatever yours may be, isn't it obvious this is truly great music?

    • @truthsayer2548
      @truthsayer2548 3 года назад +6

      AGREE.

    • @juanete838
      @juanete838 Год назад +1

      I once disliked a song because it always came in autoplay. But I liked it.
      Didn't work, kept appearing.

    • @adriandent3028
      @adriandent3028 Год назад

      Must have been a misclick
      or 817 misclicks

    • @gloriapascoe2614
      @gloriapascoe2614 Год назад +1

      75yrs and listening now. INCREDIBLE IN EVERY WAY

    • @wumbomandlx
      @wumbomandlx 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@adriandent3028Guess you cpuld say they were Misfires

  • @antoinevs7201
    @antoinevs7201 6 лет назад +148

    "You're just an overgrown school boy" how rude and cruel incredible.

    • @alex28530
      @alex28530 4 года назад +1

      Antoine VS “you’re a sewer rat decaying I a cesspool of pride” is an absolutely raw line

  • @McMerlin11
    @McMerlin11 5 лет назад +373

    Queen: “Do you feel like... suicide? (I think you should)”
    Also Queen: DONT TRY SUICIDE, NOBODY’S WORTH IT!

    • @rakdoxx873
      @rakdoxx873 4 года назад +19

      HawkyPlays he made dont try suicide for his suicidal ex boyfriend

    • @eduardovillarruel4640
      @eduardovillarruel4640 3 года назад

      JaAJJS

    • @ahard-daysnight6659
      @ahard-daysnight6659 3 года назад +8

      “Ayo don’t try suicide it’s not good”
      “Except for you norman go f*ck yourself”
      -freddie mercury, probably

    • @avpaavcomics1299
      @avpaavcomics1299 3 года назад +3

      Infact, both were written by Freddie.

    • @valeriebarcenas5566
      @valeriebarcenas5566 2 года назад

      Don't forget Keep Passing The Open Windows and Don't Try So Hard

  • @queenareforever2211
    @queenareforever2211 4 года назад +98

    What to say.... thank you Queen for writing a song dedicated to my father

    • @sharisterling5797
      @sharisterling5797 4 года назад +10

      HaHa... And all this time I thought Queen wrote this song about "MY" father!!😉

    • @SariahTallon
      @SariahTallon Год назад +2

      Honestly, mate, same

    • @alferdjuhimovich9037
      @alferdjuhimovich9037 11 месяцев назад +1

      Ask him if he's satisfied? 😅

  • @James-fx8eb
    @James-fx8eb 9 лет назад +43

    So underrated it hurts.

  • @nykterion7
    @nykterion7 7 лет назад +561

    BUT NOW YOU CAN KISS MY ASS... GOODBYE!
    NEXT: LAZING ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON..HAHAHHA WHAT AN ALBUM
    BEST BAND IN ROCK (AND NOT ONLY) HISTORY

    • @joyceg8546
      @joyceg8546 5 лет назад +18

      Revisited this album with my brother the other day and the contrast between the songs really stood out. HATE SONG, followed by Lazing, followed by the ferocious I'm in love with my car, followed by the sweet You're my best friend, etc. Pure genius!

    • @th3odoros
      @th3odoros 5 лет назад

      Έχεις δίκιο Μιχάλη

    • @Deity.I
      @Deity.I 4 года назад +1

      Seaside rendezvous

  • @clarenceeugene9692
    @clarenceeugene9692 6 месяцев назад +10

    This has got to be one of the best intros to an album ever.

  • @Mongobee
    @Mongobee 8 лет назад +86

    I love the intro with the piano and the guitar and glaven! It's amazing

  • @tullfan7872
    @tullfan7872 7 лет назад +87

    This song has the most brutal guitar interlude/transition in it I've ever heard! I first heard A Night At The Opera in the late-70s and have never forgotten this song. Bohemian Rhapsody and '39 were the other great songs on the album.

    • @OcramMusic
      @OcramMusic 7 лет назад +8

      dont forget the prophet's song

    • @spencerdobkin9479
      @spencerdobkin9479 5 лет назад +5

      Love of my Life

    • @carlomagno5870
      @carlomagno5870 5 лет назад +2

      Lazing on a Sunday afternoon it's also really good.

    • @josiee059
      @josiee059 2 года назад +1

      @@spencerdobkin9479 Yesss

  • @lizzystringfellow1624
    @lizzystringfellow1624 2 года назад +35

    The fact that I can sing this whole song from memory is 😳😳. I LOVE THIS SONG, thank you Queen for amazing music

  • @martinfalk8597
    @martinfalk8597 5 лет назад +153

    Queen: made a diss-track over 40 years before it was cool

    • @CurrencyChronicles1
      @CurrencyChronicles1 3 года назад +1

      Indeed

    • @pufflord4230
      @pufflord4230 3 года назад

      11 years*

    • @c9k984
      @c9k984 3 года назад +1

      @@pufflord4230 I am confused as to what you mean by "11 years*". This song was released in 1975

    • @girl-xk2db
      @girl-xk2db 3 года назад

      @@pufflord4230 what "diss track" was released in 1986?

    • @sj49770
      @sj49770 3 года назад +3

      "How Do You Sleep?" was a diss track in 1971. It's nothing new.

  • @Fookar
    @Fookar 8 лет назад +2626

    Freddie looks like lord farquad on the first picture

    • @MrAnapires
      @MrAnapires 7 лет назад +78

      OMG LMAO

    • @aaah4987
      @aaah4987 7 лет назад +78

      Fookar And Brian looks like Dan from game grumps

    • @Crizlo121
      @Crizlo121 7 лет назад +31

      ArtJams queen fan and grumps fan, boi you going places :*

    • @MGstaR17
      @MGstaR17 7 лет назад +40

      Yes, this was Lord Farquad when he was young XD

    • @ozzydetxemendy9471
      @ozzydetxemendy9471 7 лет назад +104

      MGstaR17 No Lord Farquad WANTED to be Freddie when he was young

  • @Galron1979
    @Galron1979 3 года назад +65

    1:53 The choir part is pure eargasm.

  • @Ellenred5257
    @Ellenred5257 5 лет назад +43

    I was 16 years old when A night at the opera came out. My friends and I knew Queen and Freddie Mercury would be a legend. no, we didn't know any of that. They were amazing, fascinating, talented, brilliant. The instruments, the voices, the lyrics....brilliant.......we knew that, but at 16 I never much thought about it...I, we just knew we loved their music. We didn't have the media nor knew much of their personal life. I don't remember when I learned Freddie was gay or do I care. I am saddened by how he died. I just watched Bohemian rhapsody. I loved it, it wasn't perfect, wasn't "accurate" but loved it just the same. I think back... 16 years old, '67 super sport Camaro, 8 track deck, spending Friday nights with my friends and listening to A night at the opera, cant get any better than that ;)

  • @jayash6108
    @jayash6108 7 лет назад +26

    Great Song............Great Album..............Great Band

  • @theinfamousarmyof1band481
    @theinfamousarmyof1band481 6 месяцев назад +6

    I can't believe how much I forgot how much I love the sound of Brian May's guitar and Freddie's arrangements.

  • @johnathandunlow4725
    @johnathandunlow4725 8 лет назад +336

    Love how the song has such rude crude lyrics. Barely something Queen would do. Love the beat, love the song. Looking for a Queen song listen to this one.

    • @JKTube
      @JKTube 8 лет назад +19

      +Johnathan Dunlow: Clearly, something REALLY bad had to happen for them to write a song like this.

    • @johnathandunlow4725
      @johnathandunlow4725 8 лет назад

      Naw dip

    • @crescentfreshbret
      @crescentfreshbret 8 лет назад +35

      +Jason Kreitzer I'm pretty sure this is about their asshole former manager that screwed them out of a ton of money. But I could be wrong.

    • @johnathandunlow4725
      @johnathandunlow4725 8 лет назад +1

      I totally agree with you.

    • @AD65
      @AD65 8 лет назад +10

      Try 'Flick of The Wrist' on SHA

  • @vovindequasahi
    @vovindequasahi 9 лет назад +59

    This song kicks ass.

  • @sirenix4453
    @sirenix4453 3 года назад +80

    Well the only good thing Norman Sheffield did is give Freddie a reason to write this masterpiece

  • @NeneSimone
    @NeneSimone 9 месяцев назад +9

    This is the best and classiest diss track in my book.

  • @alexn44405
    @alexn44405 4 года назад +85

    Man, i can't believe my ex is so famous Freddie wrote a *song* for him!

    • @freddiemercury808
      @freddiemercury808 3 года назад +4

      Lmao

    • @amogus3596
      @amogus3596 2 года назад

      @PrezDaNT the GOD - 卐卐 - 1488 HEIL SATAN 14 year old edge lord spotted lol

  • @spinny003
    @spinny003 4 года назад +19

    Love that beginning, man. Starts nice and soft, into a chaotic jumble of sound and then just cuts off abruptly for the lyrics to kick in. It give you a quick taste of the song's intense nature.

    • @keith9482
      @keith9482 4 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/NSacKiioW90/видео.html awesome 👍🏻👍🏻

    • @spinny003
      @spinny003 4 года назад +1

      @@keith9482 Thanks.

  • @catherinekuzmin1946
    @catherinekuzmin1946 7 лет назад +26

    Celebrating a 41st birthday to this amazing album. This is real music!

  • @josiehoyle9314
    @josiehoyle9314 Год назад +28

    It's worth being a horrible person if you get a brilliant song like this dedicated to you ❤️

    • @AhDollar
      @AhDollar Месяц назад

      I feel like it sort of evens out though now that the dude's legacy because of Queen is being "one mother forklift of a gentleman"

  • @billybobjoethethird1679
    @billybobjoethethird1679 3 года назад +76

    This ain’t just a diss track... this is a full on assault!

  • @joaopedrofontoura34
    @joaopedrofontoura34 6 лет назад +65

    A Night At The Opera is the Best album of Queen

    • @AA-io8rl
      @AA-io8rl 6 лет назад +2

      Sr. Paçoca queen and queen 11are better

    • @lucy-du8ye
      @lucy-du8ye 5 лет назад +1

      There all super good to me

    • @PrimedPixelMusic
      @PrimedPixelMusic 5 лет назад +2

      @@lucy-du8ye Hot Space?

    • @miguelsolis1832
      @miguelsolis1832 5 лет назад

      Jazz and day at the races are my personal favorite

    • @elrohirshouldercheaptrick9452
      @elrohirshouldercheaptrick9452 4 года назад

      It's funny that they made an album called A Night The Opera and after that an album called A Day At The Races.

  • @MagnusOfficial
    @MagnusOfficial 5 лет назад +422

    1975: a diss track for their manager.
    2019: a diss track for Jake Paul.

  • @cauldronofcreations6138
    @cauldronofcreations6138 Год назад +36

    This year my resolution is to learn drums (mostly to help with some issues) and when this song came up on my Spotify I absolutely *froze* at how good it was and basically, I dedicate this to the person who I thought was a good person for a good 11 years and now I wanna learn the drums to this song.

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 Год назад +1

      Hi I recommend an indie song called The Bond Villain By Robert Nix

  • @axfl6733
    @axfl6733 8 лет назад +69

    Diss track is fire

  • @docky4835
    @docky4835 5 лет назад +292

    i need a 10 hour version of this

    • @lucy-du8ye
      @lucy-du8ye 5 лет назад +4

      Same

    • @joyceg8546
      @joyceg8546 5 лет назад +4

      That would be awesome.

    • @_balloon_7698
      @_balloon_7698 4 года назад +7

      Just repeat it -_-

    • @realmrjangoon
      @realmrjangoon 4 года назад +15

      @@_balloon_7698 I think i have concussion because I don't remember asking

    • @Nobody-wc2qi
      @Nobody-wc2qi 4 года назад +5

      @@realmrjangoon 👏👏👏👏

  • @joem2087
    @joem2087 4 года назад +40

    Think only "rappers" can make diss tracks? Side not,dont piss a lyrical Genius like Freddie off.

    • @AhDollar
      @AhDollar Месяц назад

      this isn't a "diss track", this is raw destruction

  • @loqutor
    @loqutor 5 лет назад +25

    1:30 Growing up, I always thought that Freddie actually said "With your narrow-minded cronies you are booze on the bus division." I think that works just as well as the actual lyrics.

  • @schreckeninecken2583
    @schreckeninecken2583 2 года назад +18

    That guitar intro is savage!

  • @manuelis9414
    @manuelis9414 4 года назад +39

    I feel that Freddie was very angry when he wrote this song ... and it is my favorite!

    • @keith9482
      @keith9482 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/NSacKiioW90/видео.html agree👍🏻👍🏻😎

  • @cwdan1964
    @cwdan1964 3 года назад +35

    This song accurately describes my anger and resentment towards all those people in my life who betrayed me, stabbed in back and became turncoats for their own selfish desires. It counts in some people from elementary school, high school and two of my former roommates.

  • @stryker1121
    @stryker1121 6 лет назад +28

    One of my favorite '70s-era Queen tunes, and a wonderful kiss-off song to boot. I forget how "grimy" the band's sound could be, especially as I mostly listen to their '80s stuff.

  • @thestevenjaywaymusic7775
    @thestevenjaywaymusic7775 6 месяцев назад +4

    Freddie wrote two amazing song about that manager. This song, plus flick of the wrist. It really pissed Freddie off, big time. Bless him.

  • @nonolegal3rien297
    @nonolegal3rien297 3 года назад +26

    The intro is amazing ! This is one of the most underrated song of Queen

  • @frogfrog4456
    @frogfrog4456 5 лет назад +11

    Queen invented the disstrack 🤗🤗 also Freddie sound so pissed and honestly I'm living for it

  • @duchesshateshim8045
    @duchesshateshim8045 4 года назад +63

    I'm so happy Freddie Mercury wrote this for my 4th grade bully

  • @harrythebatt22
    @harrythebatt22 5 лет назад +91

    Queen wrote the most fire diss track before they were even a thing

  • @threesugarssevensugars
    @threesugarssevensugars 4 года назад +20

    I reckon this is actually one of my favourite Queen songs

  • @Rob-ih6dl
    @Rob-ih6dl 2 года назад +16

    We all know who Freddie was really singing about here, he was spot on, legend!

  • @ckamalek162
    @ckamalek162 5 лет назад +44

    A night at the opera is pure art!!