@@geraldherrmann787 Very true. [nod] And I read somewhere that Roger had a side band where he sang and played guitar. It's boggling how talented all these guys were/are. :)
The problem is that Y/T removes anything that has just the orig song so they have to actually change it slightly albeit some go waaaay overboard on the reacting during the song. Kills it for me too
There are dozens and dozens of somehow even better Queen concerts than this one. It's just a shame that their audio isn't great since they weren't specially recorded like this one. If Newcastle 1979 was recorded like this, one of if not the best live vocal performance from Freddie ever, then my life would be complete.
Yeah you’re right...Freddie was absolutely firing on all cylinders. Love, wherever it may be...FREDDIE Calling...and of course Roger with that distinctive falsetto. Thirty-four years on and this performance is so powerful. Could anybody else match up to this?
You should also check out “You Take My Breath Away” live at Hyde Park 1976. This one is just Freddie Mercury on the piano with an amazing love song! He performed this before it was recorded in the studio. He was excited to do this song and he nailed it! I am amazed by his passion and vulnerability in this performance.
That song at Life Park is so soothing and beautiful!! Queen is my favorite rock band of all time and it's because they did everything and I didn't like everything they did but I like most of what they did. a group of the best musicians and vocalists of all time!! The multi-layer harmonies with all of the musicians were incredible.
Queen is Legendary and always will be..Amazing chemistry, totally focused, very harmonized, and a lot of energy. Freddie, Brian, Roger and John, best musicians by far. Don't forget Roger's backing vocals while playing the drums. Concerts are not like that today. No lip syncing whatsoever. Pure talent. ❤️🔥
A couple of live performances you might want to check out, White Queen live at Hammersmith Odeon 1975, Save Me live at Montreal 1981 and Love Of My Life live at Wembley 1986. My first memory of Queen was running round my living room as a small kid screaming along to Tie Your Mother Down (you might want to check out the Wembley 1986 version), I was about 7/8 and too young to know what it was about, I just loved the tune and the energy of it. Also watching the Live Aid concert on the telly, I watched it at a friends house and we were both mesmerized when Queen came on, singing along and clapping just like the crowd did. So many great memories.
Roger Taylor was deep deep deep in the pocket. And nailing vocals at the same time. One of those rare beautiful moments where everyone is in the feel, including the audience. Incredible energy. What a band.
Freddie Mercury was of Persian heritage and was born in Zanzibar. All members were students when they first met. Freddie studied art and he designed the logo for Queen. Brian studied astronomy og physics, John studied electronic og Roger dentist, but became a biologist.
Ilove this special performance, in my eyes the best single song live performance of all time in rock History. And dont forget to say that Roger M. Taylor also got the Pipes singing in this. I Think all 3 ( The Bassist never sung anything) are amazing good singers in their own way.
Great reaction guys, you should react to Queen live at Wembley 1986: Another One Bites The Dust, A Kind of Magic, Under Pressure and Who Wants To Live Forever. Also, White Queen, Live at the Odeon Hammersmith 1975 beautiful vocals from a Freddie and a great jamming session from the four of them, so talented! x ❤️Freddie ❤️
I was 12 years old when night at the opera dropped. BoRap from this show is also fantastic. Pretty much every song is worth reacting to. Save Me Dragon Atrack/now I’m here reprise Love of my life
Great reactions guys! Yes more Queen please! I agree with the others White Queen live in Hammersmith but this one gets block often. All this Montreal concert was amazing, Save me and Dragon attack two completely different songs but oh my , so good. Everything from their Wimbley concert : It's a king of magic, Another one bites the dust, Who wants to live forever. Can't wait for your next Queen reaction.
LOVED watching your faces as this song progressed! That's why I love reaction videos! I can't wait to see your next Queen reaction. Live is always better with a few exceptions. If you watch Killer Queen go for the Top of the Pops video, classic, and if you react to the "dis of all time" video choose the lyrics version of "Death on two legs"! But I would recommend Under Pressure, Its a kind of magic, and Another Bites the dust = all from Wembley 1986!
The stars aligned and the gods smiled when these 4 lads got together and formed a band, it happened once before when 4 other lads started a band, they called themselves The Beatles. Roger Taylor's drumming and backing vocals are epic. If you were in the audience that night you will remember that forever.
Awesome reaction guys, all four of the band wrote number one hits, no other band has ever done this. For live performances, try Hammer to Fall, Under Pressure, Who Wants to Live Forever at Wembley 1986, Fat Bottomed Girls at The Bowl 1982, Save Me and Play the Game at Montreal 1981.
Queen live Aid all of the set its about 20 min..in 85' they only played one more year live before Freddy Mercury got to sick to tour and passed away in november 91'
Woaw this is so incredible great you can cry, you can react on the hole Montreal-concert its the best ever, I nearly see the concert every day…..and its like I see it for the first time everytime…this is like bee in heaven for a while ❤️❤️❤️ and of course Live Aid is a MOST….Queen is a MOST
What makes Freddie even more impressive is that he was singing with nodules on his vocal cords which made singing painful. He was diagnosed in 1975 but refused to have them removed for fear it would damage his vocal cords. He was the ultimate entertainer and continued to do what he loved at the risk of his health.
I'm new to your group....Queen has been my band since 1975, I was late. This is the most beautiful live performance!! BTW...Brian's voice is killer too. I know it's hidden a lot by Freddie, but he's awesome. What a range.
Tie Your Mother Down also at Montreal. One of my MANY Queen favorites ! I am exactly 10 days older than Brian and I was about 27 when I first heard them on the radio. St the time Elton John was my favorite so I mostly followed him.
This is so awsome, 7 minutes something of pure bliss and chills. Its 39 years ago, but totally goes through the screen into the core of my heart and soul. This is the best performance i have ever seen in my whole life.
No auto tune, no ear pieces that artists today actually blame bad performances on. Just 4 incredibly talented guys playing their instruments. Freddie was once asked what his favourite instrument to play is! He answered “the crowd, darling!”❤
I remember seeing them in 1982 in Atlanta. I had been a fan for years but seeing them in concert was an amazing experience. Brian May blew me away with his guitar solos and Freddie......well what can you say about him. Please react to some older stuff from the Rainbow.
Don’t forget John Deacon’s bass playing. Also he was a fantastic songwriter. In fact each member wrote a number one hit. The only band of true professional musicians that together were genius.
O.m.g. Queen, Freddie......been a fan since I was 15, but don't like Adam Lambert's performing stylen or voice. Still play the real stuff. Found you doing Nightwish....few weeks ago.... they compare Freddie and Floor.....both epic performers and bands and yeah, love it all. But each having a style of their own.
A story for you...MTV hardly played their video for "I Want To Break Free" and killed their sales in the U.S. I don't think Freddie ever played in the states again. John wrote the song, Roger had the concept for the opening/closing segment (parody of British soap opera), "Metropolis", The Royal Ballet, Roman orgy, bunny slippers...lol, it's got it all. Their video for "Body Language" ('82) was banned by MTV but was a success on radio & reached #11 on the "Hot 100".
The best ever…never could be replaced imo. #1 all around, but Freddie….I still cry over his being gone and how he suffered so, with bravery and eloquence. I miss his voice so much.
Back in the day, before the internet, before auto tune, when you HAD to actually listen to the radio for concert announcements.....back in the day there were a number of “music” magazines each one held a “poll” of the “best song”, “ best new act” and so forth....Queen consistently brought home “Best Live Act.” Every year ...
I'm a bit late. But I first heard Queen when I was at primary school in the late 90's. My teacher at the time use to stick some Queen on and turn it up loud while us kids were on our lunch break. I mostly kept to myself so I use to regularly stay in the classroom with him listening to it. Have loved them ever since. Their music has helped me and continues to help me get through some really tough times as we all get from time to time. I owe them a lot. About a year and a half ago I achieved my lifetime dream of seeing them live. It was the best night of my life. Only Brian & Roger have kept the band going, but a very talented singer by the name of Adam Lambert has joined them. His vocal range is seriously impressive. He handles all of Queen's songs with ease. I'm sure if Freddie was still around he would approve. Hello from New Zealand by the way.
FACT: This single and the album it's from was met with a fercely hostile reception in the press. Critics hated it and accused the band of pomposity. Released at the worst time possible because Punk and The Sex Pistols had just changed everything. Queen inadvertently helped the Pistols gatecrash the UK's conciousness. They were meant to go on to the Bill Grundy show instead of the Sex Pistols but pulled out at the last minute. Everyone knows how the shit hit the fan afterwards!
OK I'm old, I saw Queen live 5 times. I suggest you watch them at Live Aid, to this day it's the largest concert ever held. It was in aid to raise money for the Ethiopian Famine in the early 1980's. At the time of Live Aid I was serving in the British Royal Marine Commandos in a refugee camp in Ethiopia. We listened to it on the radio. We were surrounded be the horror of the Famine, but when Queen came on the radio those poor soles who were there even reacted in a very positive way. I remember that a lot of us Royal Marine Commandos were crying watching some of the children dancing along, I'm teary eyed just remembering. I looked around at men I had fought alongside, who were tough, hardened Royal Marine Commandos who I had fought along side in a war against Argentinian's in 82. By the end of Queen's set we were dancing with the children. It went along way to help build their trust in us. The famine is one of the two worst memories I have. I only watched it for the first time last year, my son put it on the TV. A lot of memories came back and a lot of tears.
I'm 23, and I grew up with this kind of music because of my parents. My mom was a huge George Michael fan and my dad listend to a lot of music but especially Queen. That's also how I got in to the Queen fandom. I remember my first youtube video I watched was Queen - Don't stop me now. Also I live in the Netherlands, and each year around christmas until 00:00 new years eve, a radio station plays 2000 songs. We can vote on songs to be in the top 2000, and it will be ranked from 2000 to 1, it has started in 1999 and Bohemian Rhapsody has ranked number one , 17 times. Last year Queen had a total of 37 songs in the top 2000.
I was lucky enough to hear Queen for the first time at Manchester University where they played live on March 20 1974. I had never heard them before but went on a recommendation from a friend.
Freddy was THE queen of QUEEN!!! They are the best and I'm glad people today especially young people play their songs and videos, kids today would love them
Freddie Mercury was an amazing performer and singer. At his tributeconcert only George Michael was able to match his vocals the rest was simply not good enough
from the Queen movie I understood that Freddy respected the audience a lot. Not surprise that he perform a different version when he was doing it live... also, I live in Montreal...so... you are welcome :)
I am more into Queen now than I was many moons ago. Sad, really. But B & S..off subject.....Was thinking Dimash would do an epic Bohemian Rhapsody. Ya think?
Kudos to my boy Roger for his drumming and amazing vocals. What a great voice ! Has a great solo catalogue too where you can see just how good he really is. His side band The Cross was where he was lead singer and guitarist, Just so talented.
This is their BEST performance of this song! They are all such brilliant musicians, and of course no one could ever sing and perform like Freddie! You need to react to Play The Game live in Montreal1981, also .... that whole concert was pretty much brilliant. Love Freddie / Queen forever!! :-)
Can anyone imagine why someone would give this thumbs down??? This is just an unbelievably great performance of a great song by the greatest band ever!
Queen live - a treat! This is a well orchestrated jam session and they have a ball with this song! In Australia we still have some "pub bands" and they play great music - that is where most of the older bands started playing to the audience that they had on a particular night and reading them - I think that is where the best bands hone their skills, pity that so many bands are "created" these days instead of growing together organically with great musicians coming together for the love of their craft.
Nice reaction! You guys should react to Now Am Here live at Wembley 1986, or Liar live in London 1977, or Stone Cold Crazy live at the Rainbow 1974 for something a bit more rocking from Queen.
in that beginning, he's taking us to church with those gospel changes Love it!! OK live performances for a live performance novice you have to start with the Live Aid performance, it's long, but worth it, Roger, the drummer, works his tail off with power drumming And singing I don't know how he does it. George Michael covers Somebody to Love when he sings it at the Freddie Mercury Memorial Concert. Check out the audience and how they are with him every note. Who Wants to Live Forever..so sad when you realize that Freddie knows he is HIV positive then, but the song is from the movie soundtrack Highlander written by Brian May, the guitarist.
Yes! More Queen please. So many beautiful songs and performances to check out. Save Me and Dragon Attack from this same concert, White Queen and Liar at the Hammersmith 1975 to just name a few.
I seen Queen in concert in 1978 in Toronto Canada they were amazing I would love to see your reaction to Live Aid at Wembley 80.000 people at the concert and televised to 1.5 billion people it was to raise money for the famine in Africa
Yes, great reaction!!! Freddie-Queen are timeless, zo diverse and their catalogue is hugh. Please react to their Live Aid Performance for charity. 20 minutes of music history. Epic!
Roger's backup vocals and drumming were exceptional!
Hugely underrated! Nothing but love for Freddie but QUEEN was an amazing BAND!!!!
Yer Roger really pulled out the stops on this one.
Was one of the lucky one to witness this performance, will never forget it.
You are so lucky man!
Bruh I'm so freaking jealous
Wish I could have experienced it live, but I was a month old at the time of the concert.
Old Rock Geeser so jealous!
Lucky man you 🙏
This one of my top Queen performances! Freddie!!! Roger Taylor on those drums!!! Best ever!
Roger Taylor SINGING! Yes, he was a great drummer, but I love his voice, especially in this performance. :D
@@angiepen in any other band he´d have been the lead. hands down. but well ... there was freddie in his band :-)
@@geraldherrmann787 Very true. [nod] And I read somewhere that Roger had a side band where he sang and played guitar. It's boggling how talented all these guys were/are. :)
@@angiepen He did indeed: The Cross. They're definitely worth checking out.
I love Roger so much. Such a great drummer and singer.
A graphic designer, an electronics engineer, a biologist and an astrophysicist met and became QUEEN🤩
First time I've seen Someone doing the "Americans react to something" who actually just listens to the bloody thing rather than talk all over it.
The problem is that Y/T removes anything that has just the orig song so they have to actually change it slightly albeit some go waaaay overboard on the reacting during the song. Kills it for me too
Exactly
Thank you David. So many resident experts with no knowledge.
Quite arguably the greatest live performance of any song ever!!!!
along with Under Pressure live Wembley 1986. Fantastic and most amazing performance live
There are dozens and dozens of somehow even better Queen concerts than this one. It's just a shame that their audio isn't great since they weren't specially recorded like this one. If Newcastle 1979 was recorded like this, one of if not the best live vocal performance from Freddie ever, then my life would be complete.
Not even arguably.xxx
@@mizutori9841 I feel you
Milton Keynes Bowl 1982 was a much better version of this song
And we should always admire Roger Taylor’s husky vocals
Husky?
@@MegaSlowburner ikr
Yeah you’re right...Freddie was absolutely firing on all cylinders. Love, wherever it may be...FREDDIE Calling...and of course Roger with that distinctive falsetto. Thirty-four years on and this performance is so powerful. Could anybody else match up to this?
You should also check out “You Take My Breath Away” live at Hyde Park 1976. This one is just Freddie Mercury on the piano with an amazing love song! He performed this before it was recorded in the studio. He was excited to do this song and he nailed it! I am amazed by his passion and vulnerability in this performance.
Just what I was going to suggest. An extraordinary performance - nothing like it anywhere else.
That song at Life Park is so soothing and beautiful!! Queen is my favorite rock band of all time and it's because they did everything and I didn't like everything they did but I like most of what they did. a group of the best musicians and vocalists of all time!! The multi-layer harmonies with all of the musicians were incredible.
I LOVE how he looks up at the camera right before he hits the big note at the beginning of the song...like he’s saying ‘Okay....here we go’!!!
It's amazing that every band member wrote a nr.1 song for Queen. Thanks guys for this reaction
Queen is so far the ONLY band who has every member in the songwriter's hall of fame.
Queen is Legendary and always will be..Amazing chemistry, totally focused, very harmonized, and a lot of energy. Freddie, Brian, Roger and John, best musicians by far. Don't forget Roger's backing vocals while playing the drums. Concerts are not like that today. No lip syncing whatsoever. Pure talent. ❤️🔥
A couple of live performances you might want to check out, White Queen live at Hammersmith Odeon 1975, Save Me live at Montreal 1981 and Love Of My Life live at Wembley 1986. My first memory of Queen was running round my living room as a small kid screaming along to Tie Your Mother Down (you might want to check out the Wembley 1986 version), I was about 7/8 and too young to know what it was about, I just loved the tune and the energy of it. Also watching the Live Aid concert on the telly, I watched it at a friends house and we were both mesmerized when Queen came on, singing along and clapping just like the crowd did. So many great memories.
All so freakin fantastic, I agree!
Yes, White Queen is AMAZING!! 💯
I have just found white queen at Hammersmith and im 39 years old. Unbelievable is an understatement
Roger Taylor was deep deep deep in the pocket. And nailing vocals at the same time. One of those rare beautiful moments where everyone is in the feel, including the audience. Incredible energy. What a band.
Freddie was wearing his Superman shirt- after this amazing performance you know Superman must be wearing a Freddie Mercury tee shirt!!!!❤️
Freddie Mercury was of Persian heritage and was born in Zanzibar. All members were students when they first met. Freddie studied art and he designed the logo for Queen. Brian studied astronomy og physics, John studied electronic og Roger dentist, but became a biologist.
Ilove this special performance, in my eyes the best single song live performance of all time in rock History. And dont forget to say that Roger M. Taylor also got the Pipes singing in this. I Think all 3 ( The Bassist never sung anything) are amazing good singers in their own way.
John Deacon (bassist) sang sometimes, but he didn't like to, and did it as little as possible.
John Deacon, greatest bass player ever, didn't sing often......his bass guitar did the singing for him. 🎼🎶🎶🎶😍
Kai Zyla I totally agree, best performance i’ve ever seen.
Freddie was incredible! This is one of my favorite performances of my favorite Queen song : )
Great reaction guys, you should react to Queen live at Wembley 1986: Another One Bites The Dust, A Kind of Magic, Under Pressure and Who Wants To Live Forever. Also, White Queen, Live at the Odeon Hammersmith 1975 beautiful vocals from a Freddie and a great jamming session from the four of them, so talented! x ❤️Freddie ❤️
Don't forget Radio Gaga at live aid!!
For the Wembley reactions, I'd say Friday is better for A kind of magic and Who Wants to Live Forever and Saturday for the other two.
Ditto these request!!!
ABTD is mediocre live
@@RoverWaters no way, it's awesome!
I was 12 years old when night at the opera dropped. BoRap from this show is also fantastic. Pretty much every song is worth reacting to.
Save Me
Dragon Atrack/now I’m here reprise
Love of my life
Easily my favorite live performance from any rock band, awesome song and talent!
My favourite performance ever. The whole band are on fire. Freddy must of loved this song judging by the emotions he shows.
Great reactions guys! Yes more Queen please! I agree with the others White Queen live in Hammersmith but this one gets block often. All this Montreal concert was amazing, Save me and Dragon attack two completely different songs but oh my , so good. Everything from their Wimbley concert : It's a king of magic, Another one bites the dust, Who wants to live forever. Can't wait for your next Queen reaction.
FREDDIE will live forever! Love Queen!
Queen is the best band ever! Freddie is amazing and so is Roger, John and Brian ❤️❤️
This is in my all time RUclips moments. Absolute magic! Freddie Forever! ❤️
LOVED watching your faces as this song progressed! That's why I love reaction videos! I can't wait to see your next Queen reaction. Live is always better with a few exceptions. If you watch Killer Queen go for the Top of the Pops video, classic, and if you react to the "dis of all time" video choose the lyrics version of "Death on two legs"! But I would recommend Under Pressure, Its a kind of magic, and Another Bites the dust = all from Wembley 1986!
One of the best live performances in the history of rock. And to think...it was them singing without any equipment to adjust their sound.
The stars aligned and the gods smiled when these 4 lads got together and formed a band, it happened once before when 4 other lads started a band, they called themselves The Beatles. Roger Taylor's drumming and backing vocals are epic. If you were in the audience that night you will remember that forever.
Awesome reaction guys, all four of the band wrote number one hits, no other band has ever done this. For live performances, try Hammer to Fall, Under Pressure, Who Wants to Live Forever at Wembley 1986, Fat Bottomed Girls at The Bowl 1982, Save Me and Play the Game at Montreal 1981.
You should check out Queen live in Hyde Park and listen to Freddie sing “You take my breath away “. It is astonishing and so incredibly beautiful!
FREDDIE MERCURY is the best ever THE LEGEND!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ R.I.P FREDDIE
Great reaction!! Please do White Queen by Queen at Hammersmith Odeon 1975 and/or You Take My Breath Away at Hyde Park 1976. You won't regret it.
Check out Queen drummer's song I'm in love with my car live in montreal
Roger Taylor
Great reaction! That's one of my favorite performances. Check out Queen's set at the Live Aid Concert 1985!!! Fantastic!
Queen live Aid all of the set its about 20 min..in 85' they only played one more year live before Freddy Mercury got to sick to tour and passed away in november 91'
I’m exhausted just watching ,an amazing performance by Queen ,an out of body performance by Freddy !!!
Four incredibly talented musicians totally in the zone!
Greatest band of all time or that's my option.
Definitely need to check out Queen,White Queen live at the Hammersmith Odeon 1975
One of the best live bands ever. Great reaction.
White queen live by Queen is amazing.
No gimmicks just pure talent.
The best 😘 thank you for your reaction, hugs from Sweden
Woaw this is so incredible great you can cry, you can react on the hole Montreal-concert its the best ever, I nearly see the concert every day…..and its like I see it for the first time everytime…this is like bee in heaven for a while ❤️❤️❤️ and of course Live Aid is a MOST….Queen is a MOST
This fantastic! Hard to match the beautiful voice.
What makes Freddie even more impressive is that he was singing with nodules on his vocal cords which made singing painful. He was diagnosed in 1975 but refused to have them removed for fear it would damage his vocal cords. He was the ultimate entertainer and continued to do what he loved at the risk of his health.
White queen, live at the Hammersmith Odeon. An example of a band on a different stratosphere.
That song plays your soul during the instrumental! lol
Right? Chills the whole song
I'm new to your group....Queen has been my band since 1975, I was late. This is the most beautiful live performance!! BTW...Brian's voice is killer too. I know it's hidden a lot by Freddie, but he's awesome. What a range.
My favorite performance hands down. Love Freddie and Roger. I miss Freddie.
Tie Your Mother Down also at Montreal. One of my MANY Queen favorites ! I am exactly 10 days older than Brian and I was about 27 when I first heard them on the radio. St the time Elton John was my favorite so I mostly followed him.
This is so awsome, 7 minutes something of pure bliss and chills. Its 39 years ago, but totally goes through the screen into the core of my heart and soul. This is the best performance i have ever seen in my whole life.
As a huge Queen fan I loved your reaction! Thanks! ❤👑
No auto tune, no ear pieces that artists today actually blame bad performances on. Just 4 incredibly talented guys playing their instruments. Freddie was once asked what his favourite instrument to play is! He answered “the crowd, darling!”❤
Oh more queen please... also do react to Hammer to Fall at Budapest 1986...so enjoyable can't go wrong with queen...tnx..
I remember seeing them in 1982 in Atlanta. I had been a fan for years but seeing them in concert was an amazing experience. Brian May blew me away with his guitar solos and Freddie......well what can you say about him. Please react to some older stuff from the Rainbow.
Freddie was incredible
Freddie + Roger vocals = HEAVEN!!!!
Brian's guitar + John's bass = HEAVEN
All together = BIGGER THAN THE UNIVERSE 💖💖💖👑👑👑
Don’t forget John Deacon’s bass playing. Also he was a fantastic songwriter. In fact each member wrote a number one hit. The only band of true professional musicians that together were genius.
Wow 🥰 beautiful Freddie ❤️ Freddie Mercury ❤️
QUEEN LIVE AT LIVE AID 1985 (full 20 minutes) ... lo and behold
queen at band aid concert 1985, also green day memble 65.000 crowd singing bohemian rhapsody at wembly
For queen unlike other bands their live versions are mind blowing....
I grew up listening to this band, I had all over their albums .Freddy was the best Frontman ever,there will never be another FREDDY MERCURY.
O.m.g. Queen, Freddie......been a fan since I was 15, but don't like Adam Lambert's performing stylen or voice. Still play the real stuff. Found you doing Nightwish....few weeks ago.... they compare Freddie and Floor.....both epic performers and bands and yeah, love it all. But each having a style of their own.
A story for you...MTV hardly played their video for "I Want To Break Free" and killed their sales in the U.S. I don't think Freddie ever played in the states again. John wrote the song, Roger had the concept for the opening/closing segment (parody of British soap opera), "Metropolis", The Royal Ballet, Roman orgy, bunny slippers...lol, it's got it all. Their video for "Body Language" ('82) was banned by MTV but was a success on radio & reached #11 on the "Hot 100".
The best ever…never could be replaced imo. #1 all around, but Freddie….I still cry over his being gone and how he suffered so, with bravery and eloquence. I miss his voice so much.
Back in the day, before the internet, before auto tune, when you HAD to actually listen to the radio for concert announcements.....back in the day there were a number of “music” magazines each one held a “poll” of the “best song”, “ best new act” and so forth....Queen consistently brought home “Best Live Act.” Every year ...
I'm a bit late. But I first heard Queen when I was at primary school in the late 90's. My teacher at the time use to stick some Queen on and turn it up loud while us kids were on our lunch break. I mostly kept to myself so I use to regularly stay in the classroom with him listening to it. Have loved them ever since.
Their music has helped me and continues to help me get through some really tough times as we all get from time to time. I owe them a lot.
About a year and a half ago I achieved my lifetime dream of seeing them live. It was the best night of my life.
Only Brian & Roger have kept the band going, but a very talented singer by the name of Adam Lambert has joined them. His vocal range is seriously impressive. He handles all of Queen's songs with ease. I'm sure if Freddie was still around he would approve.
Hello from New Zealand by the way.
FACT: This single and the album it's from was met with a fercely hostile reception in the press. Critics hated it and accused the band of pomposity. Released at the worst time possible because Punk and The Sex Pistols had just changed everything. Queen inadvertently helped the Pistols gatecrash the UK's conciousness. They were meant to go on to the Bill Grundy show instead of the Sex Pistols but pulled out at the last minute. Everyone knows how the shit hit the fan afterwards!
OK I'm old, I saw Queen live 5 times. I suggest you watch them at Live Aid, to this day it's the largest concert ever held. It was in aid to raise money for the Ethiopian Famine in the early 1980's. At the time of Live Aid I was serving in the British Royal Marine Commandos in a refugee camp in Ethiopia. We listened to it on the radio. We were surrounded be the horror of the Famine, but when Queen came on the radio those poor soles who were there even reacted in a very positive way. I remember that a lot of us Royal Marine Commandos were crying watching some of the children dancing along, I'm teary eyed just remembering. I looked around at men I had fought alongside, who were tough, hardened Royal Marine Commandos who I had fought along side in a war against Argentinian's in 82. By the end of Queen's set we were dancing with the children. It went along way to help build their trust in us. The famine is one of the two worst memories I have. I only watched it for the first time last year, my son put it on the TV. A lot of memories came back and a lot of tears.
Just another great Queen show. Think they did 800 of these.
not a backing singer in sight, all vocals and harmonizing done by the band. Freddie was amazing, but Roger and Brian had great vocals too
What a voice he had
Other then love aid this is my favorite live performance from Queen
We had so many great bands back in the 70’s! Plus local bands for dances! They don’t have any of that any more!
There will never be any one who can sing that like Freddie Mercury!
Will never see the likes of this group again, they were better live than on recordings.
I'm 23, and I grew up with this kind of music because of my parents. My mom was a huge George Michael fan and my dad listend to a lot of music but especially Queen. That's also how I got in to the Queen fandom. I remember my first youtube video I watched was Queen - Don't stop me now. Also I live in the Netherlands, and each year around christmas until 00:00 new years eve, a radio station plays 2000 songs. We can vote on songs to be in the top 2000, and it will be ranked from 2000 to 1, it has started in 1999 and Bohemian Rhapsody has ranked number one , 17 times. Last year Queen had a total of 37 songs in the top 2000.
I was lucky enough to hear Queen for the first time at Manchester University where they played live on March 20 1974. I had never heard them before but went on a recommendation from a friend.
Freddy was THE queen of QUEEN!!! They are the best and I'm glad people today especially young people play their songs and videos, kids today would love them
Freddie Mercury was an amazing performer and singer. At his tributeconcert only George Michael was able to match his vocals the rest was simply not good enough
He did indeed, with this very song, but in interview George Michael said it was really difficult because the vocal range is so great.
QUEEN is a Legend, Freddie is the G.O.A.T., & together they were an experience you never forget!!! Great reaction guys ❤️
from the Queen movie I understood that Freddy respected the audience a lot. Not surprise that he perform a different version when he was doing it live... also, I live in Montreal...so... you are welcome :)
Breach - It's me god!!!!
I am more into Queen now than I was many moons ago. Sad, really. But B & S..off subject.....Was thinking Dimash would do an epic Bohemian Rhapsody. Ya think?
Freddie is such a superstar! They don’t perform like this anymore!
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Kudos to my boy Roger for his drumming and amazing vocals. What a great voice ! Has a great solo catalogue too where you can see just how good he really is. His side band The Cross was where he was lead singer and guitarist, Just so talented.
This is their BEST performance of this song! They are all such brilliant musicians, and of course no one could ever sing and perform like Freddie! You need to react to Play The Game live in Montreal1981, also .... that whole concert was pretty much brilliant. Love Freddie / Queen forever!! :-)
Can anyone imagine why someone would give this thumbs down??? This is just an unbelievably great performance of a great song by the greatest band ever!
Queen live - a treat! This is a well orchestrated jam session and they have a ball with this song! In Australia we still have some "pub bands" and they play great music - that is where most of the older bands started playing to the audience that they had on a particular night and reading them - I think that is where the best bands hone their skills, pity that so many bands are "created" these days instead of growing together organically with great musicians coming together for the love of their craft.
Love Freddie he was so talented.
Powerful musicians! Each one . . . bringing it together for a solid blow-your-mind conclusion.
Amazing -surpasses the recording vocally and musically. Mesmerizing from start to finish
Queen rules...Freddie was unmatched in the industry which is why he is still considered the best frontman in rock history!
Nice reaction! You guys should react to Now Am Here live at Wembley 1986, or Liar live in London 1977, or Stone Cold Crazy live at the Rainbow 1974 for something a bit more rocking from Queen.
in that beginning, he's taking us to church with those gospel changes Love it!!
OK live performances for a live performance novice you have to start with
the Live Aid performance,
it's long, but worth it, Roger, the drummer, works his tail off with power drumming And singing I don't know how he does it.
George Michael covers Somebody to Love when he sings it at the Freddie Mercury Memorial Concert. Check out the audience and how they are with him every note.
Who Wants to Live Forever..so sad when you realize that Freddie knows he is HIV positive then, but the song is from the movie soundtrack Highlander written by Brian May, the guitarist.
Yes! More Queen please. So many beautiful songs and performances to check out. Save Me and Dragon Attack from this same concert, White Queen and Liar at the Hammersmith 1975 to just name a few.
I seen Queen in concert in 1978 in Toronto Canada they were amazing I would love to see your reaction to Live Aid at Wembley 80.000 people at the concert and televised to 1.5 billion people it was to raise money for the famine in Africa
Yes, great reaction!!! Freddie-Queen are timeless, zo diverse and their catalogue is hugh. Please react to their Live Aid Performance for charity. 20 minutes of music history. Epic!
“Who wants to live forever” Live Budapest, 1986.
That's exactly what I was going to suggest:) I watch it everyday :)