Queen is one of the biggest British rock bands formed in 1970. Freddie Mercury had one of the best voices around with an amazing range. He was a real showman as the live concerts show. "Bohemian Rhapsody" is their most famous song but they had so many great hits in the 70's-90's such as "We Are The Champions", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "Love Of My Life", "You're My Best Friend", "We Will Rock You", "Another One Bites The Dust", "Who Wants To Live Forever", "Somebody To Love", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "The Show Must Go On" etc.
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There's no need to use a filter, Queen almost never gets blocked. Their 20 minute set at Live Aid in 1985 sometimes gets blocked, but that's because it was broadcast on MTV.
Now just listen to it by yourself without having to pause. Queen is brilliant and your reaction was all of our reactions the first time hearing it. He's got something to say. The visuals are a little creepy but effective.
Nice reaction! This is actually the first music video that was made for commercial purposes. It is from 1975, before the exitance of MTV. The video and the song is iconic, the song has 5 sections it goes through the 5 stages of grieve. It is one of the most complex popular songs. Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the best selling songs of all time, it has charted in 3 different decades, 1975, 1991 and 2016. You should see Queen live, they were also known as the best live rock band, lead singer Freddie Mercury is an icon, even Michael Jackson drew some inspiration from him. Queen is the fourth best selling artists of all time.
Queen reactions will grow your subscriptions like crazy... they sing every genre... but since you were a little taken aback by BoRhap, head for Somebody to Love, live Montreal 1981.... I'm sure you will fall down the rabbit hole with the rest of us!
Queen are fabulous, this song is like the second British national anthem!!🤣 if you watch the crowd at Hyde Park, London spontaneously sing this song before a Green Day concert you will appreciate how it is now ingrained in the British DNA!🤣❤️
I’m with everyone else on Somebody to Love Montreal. Good luck to you; Queen fans are extraordinarily persistent. You my dude opened a very big box of incredible records.
Your reaction cracked me up. It shocks but listen uninterrupted and the more you do the more you hear their genius. It is such fun. And it was the first music video ever made. Your right there’s a lot going on which hints at how complex and genius Freddie Mercury was. He was absolutely born to meet his incredible band mates and become a rock legend. ❤ They were the pioneers.
Freddie Mercury (lead singer) was writing three different songs when he had the genius inspiration to combine them into this epic masterpiece. The beautiful harmony in the beginning of the song is actually just Freddie harmonizing with himself on multiple tracks. The section that has to do with the shooting came from one of the original three songs that was to be called "The Cowboy Song". Yes, this song is just about as iconic as they come. Don't overthink it, just listen and enjoy.
Bohemian Rhapsody is considered to be a "British national anthem" in the respect that every generation knows the words more than our actual national anthem "God save the King" it wasnt until the "live aid" concert in1985 (check it out) that really put Queen back on the map. Queens popularity to this day with Adam Lambert is second to none. RIP Freddie we will always miss you
In the beginning when you said “their voices sound really good” you actually had only heard one voice, Freddie Mercurys. The opening sequence was done by him alone by layering multiple tracks. The other members of the band did not sing until the Operatic section
You've probably heard it from the movie Wayne's World. Bohemian Rhapsody (and Queen in general) had a resurgence thanks to the popularity of the movie. As you guessed it is one of the most iconic songs in rock history.
Yes its an iconic song. I remember when it came out in 75 and have loved it ever since. Your reaction is great. Its one of the best songs of all time in my humble opinion!
This is an iconic song by an iconic band. This particular song and this particular recording hit number 1 on the charts in 3 different decades. Almost everyone knows this song, most people even know all the words. It has been in movies a few times so you might be right about Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. Freddie Mercury (piano and lead vocalist) wrote this song from 3 songs he had written but never finished that were on a related topic so he sandwiched them together and created a rhapsody. This song has been covered by countless bands but none are as good as the original . I have been listening to this song since 1975 and I never get tired of it. This was the first music video made to promote a rock song. The band was on tour and needed to appear on a British music show but couldn't because they were half way around the world so they put this together quickly to send to the TV program in their absence. The song remained at number 1 for 9 weeks so that program had to show this video 9 times on their weekly program. You probably know Queen songs, you just didn't know it was them, they have a catalog of over 200 songs, all different genres and all excellent. You have likely heard "Another One Bites The Dust," " We Wil Rock You" and "We Are The Champions." Thank you for your reaction.
Iconic song, iconic performance, but not only you didn't know about it! It's fifty years old, and it's mind-blowing! Everybody in each generation's got to hear it for the first time, some time or another. Takes a while!
This video cost $5000 to make in 1975...and here we are today still watching. Yep, iconic with a capital "I", Radical at the time, challenging rock song structure - blew everyone away. Queen songs surround you, so would be fun to see you gain that awareness. All band members are songwriters, different styles but makes one Queen sound. Rock, rockabilly, R&B, metal, music hall, funk, gospel...Great to sample Queen at LIVE AID in 1985 (global benefit concert to respond to the famine crisis in Ethiopia). Bands played a 21 minute set and Queen made rock history that day. Sticke with Queen Official Videos, whether live or studio versions.
Somebody to Love Montreal live HD next. My favourite Queen song One Vision live wembley 86. You would have heard Queen without even knowing it. For example songs like we are the champions and another one bites the dust. Freddie Mercury once said the song somebody to love is probably a better song that he wrote then Bohemian Rhapsody you decide. But I agree with him. X
It IS iconic. It's one of the greatest recordings in rock history. Certain songs, like Stairway to Heaven and Free Bird, stand above all the other rock that is out there. This track is one of the ones that stands above the others.
Yes..... this is an iconic song. It was recorded in 1975. And is consistently rated the greatest rock song every created. Freddie Mercury, the lead vocalist for the band Queen, wrote it and produced and directed the video..... the first commercial music video ever. Freddie was a genius and died too young (from AIDS) in November 1991. He has not been forgotten.......
The one thing this song has, that you did not comment on, was the creativity it took to come up with this song. No one had ever done anything like this before. When this song started playing on the radio, I was amazed. I tol everybody about it and listened to the radio waiting for them to play it again. I love when an artist thinks outside of the box, and makes it work. Queen did that with this song.
My Grandad introduced me to Queen when I was a kid. They have been my favorite band ever since. This band has multigenerational appeal. I am absolutely proud that my favorite band can help to grow a channel, and while I can’t like and subscribe to everyone… I am here for this with the bell rung.
Queen made loads, another one bites the dust, We are the champions, watch live aid the full concert . love of my life at Wembley Listen to their music there is no auto tune and you will become a fan. Live they sound so good.
You will have a die hard audience reacting to Queen. They are much loved by their fans. I just saw the Montreal concert at IMAX. It was spectacular. Freddie Mercury is legendary.
This is one of the first music videos ever created You may not know Queen, but you know their songs. We Are the Champions and We Will Rock You are both Queen songs and Freddie Mercury was the best front man to ever grace the stage. He had crowd control that was next level. He could get the crowd to sing his songs to him. This was voted the greatest song of all time in 2022. Queen performed at Live Aid in 1985. Every band and singer on the planet performed and Queen stole the show. It was rated the best live rock performance ever. Live Aid was a fund raiser for the famine in Africa and was seen around the world. They had a stage in Philadelohia and one at Wembley in London. I believe it was Sting that performed in Phillie, then took the Concord to London and performed there too.
This is an iconic song that has been used in movies, television shows, parodies, and by the Muppets. A roller coaster… listen to it again without stopping.
Yes! Queen is a must as with most of the 70's Bands. The 70's had the most talented bands ever because there was no auto tune or electronic fixing. It was all talent and they played as good if not better live than it sounded on their albums. They had so much competition that if they weren't a fantastic band then they didn't make it. Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, The Bee Gees, The Who, The Eagles, Kansas, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jim Croce, Bread, Cat Stevens, way too many great bands to list here but if you don't hear them all you are missing out. The 60's also had many so don't forget the 60's. Many of the 60's bands got even bigger in the 70's so are listed as 70's bands but their early work is good too. The Beatles, The Everly Brothers, the Doors, Grateful Dead, The Beach Boys, Steppenwolf, Simon & Garfunkel, The Moody Blues, Herman's Hermits, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Paul Revere & the Raiders. Again there are a lot more than this but I am sure that once you start really dipping into these decades there will be people like me that only clicked on your video because I saw Queen from the 70's. Queen has a huge following and those of us that listened to this music when growing up, the baby boomers, are retiring now and have more time to listen to our childhood music. You may want to make that your target to market to since there are so many of us. Watching young people like you discover it, is fascinating to us because it makes us remember the first time we heard it and what our reaction to it was. We like when you like it but we don't want you to say you do if you don't and we understand but there will be other bands from those decade that you do like so we will keep coming back to see your reaction to those. I am subscribing and truly hope you keep it up because like we use to say back then....... You"re really far out and I'm diggin the reaction
“Is this an iconic song that everyone knows about but me?” Yes! That said, you’re young. This was a hit before you were alive but…I hear it often everywhere still so I’m surprised you don’t know it… you have probably heard bits of this song here and there. I LOVED watching your face while hearing this. My guess, every human reacted thus way. When my brother and I were little kids we called it “that song” because we didn’t know the name of it but we LOVED it! My daughter is 18 but when she discovered this song at 12 she came bursting in the door after school and had to play me a “new band with a new song” She was so sad when I told her Freddie died 30 years ago. Queen is still going strong. I’m seeing them in October with the iconic Adam Lambert fronting the band. Guitar and drum player still going!
Your face during the opera section! 😂😂 Made my day!❤ "Those vocals at the end" of the opera section was Roger Taylor, the drummer. He along with lead singer and pianist Freddie Mercury, Brian May on guitar, and John Deacon on bass make up the greatest band ever! For more Queen, try these: Hard - Stone Cold Crazy live at the Rainbow Soft - You Take My Breath Away at Hyde Park Unbelievable - White Queen at Hammersmith Odeon
The reason why songs like these have high ratings is because it is real music. Period. Rockbands like Queen could easily do concerts for an audience of more than 100,000 people at a time. Check out AC/DC playing at River Plate. Today's bands can only dream of such a turn-out.
More Queen please! They have a huge catalogue, and they were very versatile. They also made We are the Champions and We Will rock you. Please react to Under Pressure or One Vision live at Wembley. Much bless ❤
The different types of music blended together is what a rhapsody is. It is a iconic song. Watch Queen live at Live Aid. It's 20 mins long. They stoled the show. I promise you will know 2 of their songs at least. ☮️
Don't let the visuals get in the way of how great this song is. You gotta remember that this is from the 70's so all that visual stuff was fairly new to everyone. Great song
To fully realise how iconic this song is check out the crowd at a Green Day concert singing this, every single word of it, it’s part of the citizenship test (joke)
A couple of things to remember about this song. Firstly all of the voices are real, auto-tune didn't exist back in 1975. As for the video, CGI wasn't common, being to expensive and needing a large computer to be able to do even the simplest graphics. The four members are/were: Freddie Mercury (Piano, lead vocals, song writer, graphic artist), Brian May PhD (lead guitar, vocals, song writer, astrophysicist), Roger Taylor (Drummer, vocalist {falsetto}, song writer, biologist), and John Deacon (Bass guitar, occasional vocals, song writer, electronics engineer). The only part of Bo-Rep not written by Freddie was the guitar solo composed by Brian May himself, played on his home built guitar made from, amongst other bit the wood from a fireplace surround, coupled to a "Deacy" Amp built by the Bassist John Deacon. Check the Wikipedia page for Bohemian Rhapsody: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody
Was from mid 1970's originally, used by loads of films including the driving sequence in Waynes World. Great vocals watch Monteral 1981 "Someone to Love" Steve
Yup, iconic, everywhere. Genius. First if it’s kind. Groundbreaking. Best group and lead vocal ever. Before MTV. A movie made after it about them named BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY. On Wayne’s World. It’s a rock opera. My favorite song ever and since 1975. I give up on anyone not recognizing this genius and gorgeous vocals, especially Freddie’s, but Roger has that falsetto.
I haven’t read all the comments, so forgive me if this was already said. But this song is THE iconic song. Across all genres and age groups people know this song. Queen is one of the best rock bands of all time. And that’s not just my opinion. Love your channel!
I was on a coach in UK with army cadets aged 13 to 17 I'm an instructor and all the cadets and myself sang this song from start to finish with out backing or the words if that's not iconic I don't know what is!
Welcome to the club. Other bands to try are Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin The Who The Beatles The Rolling Stones Small Faces The Animals and Black Sabbath just to name a few. Pick any song from any band above its it will be good.
The Anthem of my generation. No tricks, no auto tune, just them. R.I.P Freddy Did you know that... sorry of course you don't.... you might be surprised to learn thatthe guitar player Brian May is actually Dr. Brian May, he is an astrophysicist. The other members are frontman Freddy Mercury (arguably the greatest frontman in history). Drummer Roger Taylor and Bass player John Deacon
You just experienced GENIUS, Sometime you just have to let it play and let it wash over you to get the real experience!!!!! and you NEVER user the word "good" when describing anything by Queen!!!
Agreed, I realize it's a reaction video but you can't stop at every line or two. You don't get any sense of the song that way just a little constructive criticism.
Back in the day there were a limited amount of track to record on, so what producers would do is what's called bouncing over. I think they had 8 tracks to record this on, so when they used 7 tracks they would bounce everything over to the 8th track so you have 7 more. Finish those, and you bounce it over again. The operatic section has all of the band singing every voice in the harmony together 3 seperate times, creating a choir effect. So they had to bounce it over so much that the tape almost disintegrated. I'm glad we're not living in the timeline where BoRha accidentally got distroyed
Happy Mondy Chris!!! Hope you are well today. This song is iconic. If you have ever seen Wayne's World you have heard this. Everyone is absolutely right. You need to hear Somebody To Love. Another suggestion below was Pink Floyd. Try Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. This song Wind of Change by the Scorpions is also a good one. Have I given any bad suggestions? I won't steer ya wrong!!
You see, back when this came out we thought it was fantastic but weren’t confused as the younger people are today when they see it. That’s because we were open to a far wider spectrum of things in those days. Younger people only experience what they are being fed by the commercial interests, and that is VERY shallow.
Seems the younger generation are a very impatient generation. Just relax, and enjoy the musicality and the journey. Our music was very creative and diverse. We didn’t follow any “rules” for songs.
Don’t worry about the visuals it’s from 1975 the song is the greatest song of all time or one of the greatest and you are worried about the visual cmon.
Yes this is an ICONIC song...lol...QUEEN IS ICONIC, FREDDIE MERCURY IS ICONIC...the song is about him shooting a man, admitting it & going through the trial....
Find some joy in new experiences. It's strange to you and makes you feel different and maybe uncomfortable. I wish you could love the gifts that Queen gave to the world. They are genius. This song was done at a concert with 1000 musicians. Check it out.
YES. This is an iconic song that everybody knows about but you.
It's legendary.
Bow to its greatness.
No, it's THE iconic song that everyone knows but him.
A RHAPSODY is a song in three movements. You started with ballad, the opera, then hard rock. Queen invented the first music video. This one. Iconic!
But this isn't a rhapsody. It's a suite.
Definitely not invent, but yeah they were one of the few bands who made a mv which was very uncommon at the time.
Mike Nesmith did it first. Fact.
So none of you have seen Strawberry Fields?
Doesn't have to be 3 movements, could be a thousand if you're an insane composer
Queen is one of the biggest British rock bands formed in 1970. Freddie Mercury had one of the best voices around with an amazing range. He was a real showman as the live concerts show. "Bohemian Rhapsody" is their most famous song but they had so many great hits in the 70's-90's such as "We Are The Champions", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "Love Of My Life", "You're My Best Friend", "We Will Rock You", "Another One Bites The Dust", "Who Wants To Live Forever", "Somebody To Love", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "The Show Must Go On" etc.
And I hope that he listens to all of them!
When you pull the book 📖📚 out on'em😂 appreciate that someone already took the time to write a better career synopsis in a blip of text then a magazine with paid writer can produce 🥰
i agree
People always leave off their first hit "Killer Queen" in 1974...or am I showing my age again.
In terms of sales worldwide, Queen is only behind the Beatles, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley
Next logical choice would be "Somebody to love" live in Montreal 1981
He need to hear this with Freddy live!
100%
Or Milton Keynes Bowl performance is also amazing
@@karenj3611 I agree I think that is my favorite.
@@jamesgehret479 mine too
There's no need to use a filter, Queen almost never gets blocked. Their 20 minute set at Live Aid in 1985 sometimes gets blocked, but that's because it was broadcast on MTV.
Now just listen to it by yourself without having to pause. Queen is brilliant and your reaction was all of our reactions the first time hearing it. He's got something to say. The visuals are a little creepy but effective.
Nice reaction! This is actually the first music video that was made for commercial purposes. It is from 1975, before the exitance of MTV. The video and the song is iconic, the song has 5 sections it goes through the 5 stages of grieve. It is one of the most complex popular songs. Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the best selling songs of all time, it has charted in 3 different decades, 1975, 1991 and 2016. You should see Queen live, they were also known as the best live rock band, lead singer Freddie Mercury is an icon, even Michael Jackson drew some inspiration from him. Queen is the fourth best selling artists of all time.
Like your reaction… once you get into the song, you will understand it better😊
Yep definitely everything you said best song in history he was a genius with his voice, I never ever get sick of Queens music
Queen reactions will grow your subscriptions like crazy... they sing every genre... but since you were a little taken aback by BoRhap, head for Somebody to Love, live Montreal 1981.... I'm sure you will fall down the rabbit hole with the rest of us!
Queen are fabulous, this song is like the second British national anthem!!🤣 if you watch the crowd at Hyde Park, London spontaneously sing this song before a Green Day concert you will appreciate how it is now ingrained in the British DNA!🤣❤️
I’m with everyone else on Somebody to Love Montreal. Good luck to you; Queen fans are extraordinarily persistent. You my dude opened a very big box of incredible records.
Extraordinarily persistent. 😂😂 You got that right!
Your reaction cracked me up. It shocks but listen uninterrupted and the more you do the more you hear their genius. It is such fun. And it was the first music video ever made. Your right there’s a lot going on which hints at how complex and genius Freddie Mercury was. He was absolutely born to meet his incredible band mates and become a rock legend. ❤ They were the pioneers.
Freddie Mercury (lead singer) was writing three different songs when he had the genius inspiration to combine them into this epic masterpiece. The beautiful harmony in the beginning of the song is actually just Freddie harmonizing with himself on multiple tracks. The section that has to do with the shooting came from one of the original three songs that was to be called "The Cowboy Song". Yes, this song is just about as iconic as they come. Don't overthink it, just listen and enjoy.
Bohemian Rhapsody is considered to be a "British national anthem" in the respect that every generation knows the words more than our actual national anthem "God save the King" it wasnt until the "live aid" concert in1985 (check it out) that really put Queen back on the map. Queens popularity to this day with Adam Lambert is second to none. RIP Freddie we will always miss you
In the beginning when you said “their voices sound really good” you actually had only heard one voice, Freddie Mercurys. The opening sequence was done by him alone by layering multiple tracks. The other members of the band did not sing until the Operatic section
You've probably heard it from the movie Wayne's World. Bohemian Rhapsody (and Queen in general) had a resurgence thanks to the popularity of the movie. As you guessed it is one of the most iconic songs in rock history.
Yes its an iconic song. I remember when it came out in 75 and have loved it ever since. Your reaction is great. Its one of the best songs of all time in my humble opinion!
This is an iconic song by an iconic band. This particular song and this particular recording hit number 1 on the charts in 3 different decades. Almost everyone knows this song, most people even know all the words. It has been in movies a few times so you might be right about Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. Freddie Mercury (piano and lead vocalist) wrote this song from 3 songs he had written but never finished that were on a related topic so he sandwiched them together and created a rhapsody. This song has been covered by countless bands but none are as good as the original . I have been listening to this song since 1975 and I never get tired of it. This was the first music video made to promote a rock song. The band was on tour and needed to appear on a British music show but couldn't because they were half way around the world so they put this together quickly to send to the TV program in their absence. The song remained at number 1 for 9 weeks so that program had to show this video 9 times on their weekly program. You probably know Queen songs, you just didn't know it was them, they have a catalog of over 200 songs, all different genres and all excellent. You have likely heard "Another One Bites The Dust," " We Wil Rock You" and "We Are The Champions." Thank you for your reaction.
You are watching a musical masterpiece
if you download from the Queen youtube channel, you don't have to use filters. They don't block their videos.
Iconic song, iconic performance, but not only you didn't know about it! It's fifty years old, and it's mind-blowing! Everybody in each generation's got to hear it for the first time, some time or another. Takes a while!
"Somebody To Love" Live in Montreal 1981
Your reaction is GREAT ... AND YES THIS SONG IS ICONIC and QUEEN IS ICONIC!!!
This video cost $5000 to make in 1975...and here we are today still watching. Yep, iconic with a capital "I", Radical at the time, challenging rock song structure - blew everyone away. Queen songs surround you, so would be fun to see you gain that awareness. All band members are songwriters, different styles but makes one Queen sound. Rock, rockabilly, R&B, metal, music hall, funk, gospel...Great to sample Queen at LIVE AID in 1985 (global benefit concert to respond to the famine crisis in Ethiopia). Bands played a 21 minute set and Queen made rock history that day. Sticke with Queen Official Videos, whether live or studio versions.
If you listen to it all the way through you get the full story my friend 👍🏻
Do queen “another one bites the dust “ 🔥🔥🔥🔥thanks boss. You don’t know it but you probably heard a bunch of Queen songs before
Somebody to Love Montreal live HD next. My favourite Queen song One Vision live wembley 86. You would have heard Queen without even knowing it. For example songs like we are the champions and another one bites the dust. Freddie Mercury once said the song somebody to love is probably a better song that he wrote then Bohemian Rhapsody you decide. But I agree with him. X
You will have to listen to it again without stopping...... it will get you.
It IS iconic. It's one of the greatest recordings in rock history. Certain songs, like Stairway to Heaven and Free Bird, stand above all the other rock that is out there. This track is one of the ones that stands above the others.
No other band had mixed these components before. It was brand new to everyone when they first did it. People went crazy at the creativity.
Yes..... this is an iconic song. It was recorded in 1975. And is consistently rated the greatest rock song every created. Freddie Mercury, the lead vocalist for the band Queen, wrote it and produced and directed the video..... the first commercial music video ever. Freddie was a genius and died too young (from AIDS) in November 1991. He has not been forgotten.......
The one thing this song has, that you did not comment on, was the creativity it took to come up with this song. No one had ever done anything like this before. When this song started playing on the radio, I was amazed. I tol everybody about it and listened to the radio waiting for them to play it again. I love when an artist thinks outside of the box, and makes it work. Queen did that with this song.
My Grandad introduced me to Queen when I was a kid. They have been my favorite band ever since. This band has multigenerational appeal. I am absolutely proud that my favorite band can help to grow a channel, and while I can’t like and subscribe to everyone… I am here for this with the bell rung.
Queen made loads, another one bites the dust, We are the champions, watch live aid the full concert . love of my life at Wembley Listen to their music there is no auto tune and you will become a fan. Live they sound so good.
You will have a die hard audience reacting to Queen. They are much loved by their fans. I just saw the Montreal concert at IMAX. It was spectacular. Freddie Mercury is legendary.
This is one of the first music videos ever created You may not know Queen, but you know their songs. We Are the Champions and We Will Rock You are both Queen songs and Freddie Mercury was the best front man to ever grace the stage. He had crowd control that was next level. He could get the crowd to sing his songs to him. This was voted the greatest song of all time in 2022. Queen performed at Live Aid in 1985. Every band and singer on the planet performed and Queen stole the show. It was rated the best live rock performance ever. Live Aid was a fund raiser for the famine in Africa and was seen around the world. They had a stage in Philadelohia and one at Wembley in London. I believe it was Sting that performed in Phillie, then took the Concord to London and performed there too.
This is an iconic song that has been used in movies, television shows, parodies, and by the Muppets. A roller coaster… listen to it again without stopping.
He was telling a story and it went straight over your head.
Freddie was so beautiful. The whole world has lost a priceless treasure.🌹❤️RIP❤️🌹
Yes! Queen is a must as with most of the 70's Bands. The 70's had the most talented bands ever because there was no auto tune or electronic fixing. It was all talent and they played as good if not better live than it sounded on their albums. They had so much competition that if they weren't a fantastic band then they didn't make it. Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, The Bee Gees, The Who, The Eagles, Kansas, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jim Croce, Bread, Cat Stevens, way too many great bands to list here but if you don't hear them all you are missing out. The 60's also had many so don't forget the 60's. Many of the 60's bands got even bigger in the 70's so are listed as 70's bands but their early work is good too. The Beatles, The Everly Brothers, the Doors, Grateful Dead, The Beach Boys, Steppenwolf, Simon & Garfunkel, The Moody Blues, Herman's Hermits, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Paul Revere & the Raiders. Again there are a lot more than this but I am sure that once you start really dipping into these decades there will be people like me that only clicked on your video because I saw Queen from the 70's. Queen has a huge following and those of us that listened to this music when growing up, the baby boomers, are retiring now and have more time to listen to our childhood music. You may want to make that your target to market to since there are so many of us. Watching young people like you discover it, is fascinating to us because it makes us remember the first time we heard it and what our reaction to it was. We like when you like it but we don't want you to say you do if you don't and we understand but there will be other bands from those decade that you do like so we will keep coming back to see your reaction to those. I am subscribing and truly hope you keep it up because like we use to say back then....... You"re really far out and I'm diggin the reaction
“Is this an iconic song that everyone knows about but me?” Yes! That said, you’re young. This was a hit before you were alive but…I hear it often everywhere still so I’m surprised you don’t know it… you have probably heard bits of this song here and there. I LOVED watching your face while hearing this. My guess, every human reacted thus way. When my brother and I were little kids we called it “that song” because we didn’t know the name of it but we LOVED it! My daughter is 18 but when she discovered this song at 12 she came bursting in the door after school and had to play me a “new band with a new song” She was so sad when I told her Freddie died 30 years ago. Queen is still going strong. I’m seeing them in October with the iconic Adam Lambert fronting the band. Guitar and drum player still going!
YES!! Yes it absolutely is!!!
Freddie Mercury maybe the best male vocalist ever. !! Ever !!!
Your face during the opera section! 😂😂 Made my day!❤ "Those vocals at the end" of the opera section was Roger Taylor, the drummer. He along with lead singer and pianist Freddie Mercury, Brian May on guitar, and John Deacon on bass make up the greatest band ever! For more Queen, try these:
Hard - Stone Cold Crazy live at the Rainbow
Soft - You Take My Breath Away at Hyde Park
Unbelievable - White Queen at Hammersmith Odeon
The reason why songs like these have high ratings is because it is real music. Period.
Rockbands like Queen could easily do concerts for an audience of more than 100,000 people at a time. Check out AC/DC playing at River Plate. Today's bands can only dream of such a turn-out.
You should check out green day crowd sings bohemian Rhapsody and you will see and feel HOW iconic this song is. It is INCREDIBLE to watch
it is indeed iconic!
A timeless masterpiece 🌻✌️🌻
A Rhapsody is a movement of music from one type to another.
This song is currently 48 years old! Younger generations are discovering it fresh all the time.
The opening vocals are actually sung by Freddie Mercury himself. It was dubbed and blended together in studio.
More Queen please! They have a huge catalogue, and they were very versatile. They also made We are the Champions and We Will rock you. Please react to Under Pressure or One Vision live at Wembley. Much bless ❤
Imagine 70.000 people singing this Just hear a recording
The different types of music blended together is what a rhapsody is. It is a iconic song. Watch Queen live at Live Aid. It's 20 mins long. They stoled the show. I promise you will know 2 of their songs at least. ☮️
Don't let the visuals get in the way of how great this song is. You gotta remember that this is from the 70's so all that visual stuff was fairly new to everyone. Great song
To fully realise how iconic this song is check out the crowd at a Green Day concert singing this, every single word of it, it’s part of the citizenship test (joke)
Is this an iconic song? This is THE iconic song
ALL the singing voices(on the whole video) are Freddie's, overdubbed and redubbed. Amazing man!
OMG. Your reaction is funny. This is way above the norm. Iconic. Forget modern music, this is one of the best ever.
A couple of things to remember about this song. Firstly all of the voices are real, auto-tune didn't exist back in 1975. As for the video, CGI wasn't common, being to expensive and needing a large computer to be able to do even the simplest graphics.
The four members are/were: Freddie Mercury (Piano, lead vocals, song writer, graphic artist), Brian May PhD (lead guitar, vocals, song writer, astrophysicist), Roger Taylor (Drummer, vocalist {falsetto}, song writer, biologist), and John Deacon (Bass guitar, occasional vocals, song writer, electronics engineer).
The only part of Bo-Rep not written by Freddie was the guitar solo composed by Brian May himself, played on his home built guitar made from, amongst other bit the wood from a fireplace surround, coupled to a "Deacy" Amp built by the Bassist John Deacon.
Check the Wikipedia page for Bohemian Rhapsody: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody
Was from mid 1970's originally, used by loads of films including the driving sequence in Waynes World.
Great vocals watch Monteral 1981 "Someone to Love"
Steve
Magnus Opus for Queen! Iconic, very much so!
Freddie was a Legend before his time!!
The three parts of the song are defined as the Crime, the Trial and the Retribution.
Yup, iconic, everywhere. Genius. First if it’s kind. Groundbreaking. Best group and lead vocal ever. Before MTV. A movie made after it about them named BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY. On Wayne’s World. It’s a rock opera. My favorite song ever and since 1975. I give up on anyone not recognizing this genius and gorgeous vocals, especially Freddie’s, but Roger has that falsetto.
That's why it's called a Rhapsody.
I haven’t read all the comments, so forgive me if this was already said. But this song is THE iconic song. Across all genres and age groups people know this song. Queen is one of the best rock bands of all time. And that’s not just my opinion. Love your channel!
M A G N I F I C O OOOOOOO❤❤❤OH MAMA MIA!!!!MAMA MIA!!!!!!!G R E AT FREDDY.GREAT THE QUEEN.THANKS FOR THIS EXPIRIENCEVUNFORGETTABLE👑👑👑👑
Freddie Mercury is recognized as the greatest rock singer of all time.
best live rock band in history.
Very Iconic!
You are so funny in your reactions... 🤣
Oh Yeah, forgot to warn you about the quick change up in the middle of the song. So Sorry!!
Ok now you have heard the original now go watch little Angelia Jordan sing her own version of this song..at AGT2020 Bohemian Raposidy
I was on a coach in UK with army cadets aged 13 to 17 I'm an instructor and all the cadets and myself sang this song from start to finish with out backing or the words if that's not iconic I don't know what is!
Welcome to the club. Other bands to try are Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin The Who The Beatles The Rolling Stones Small Faces The Animals and Black Sabbath just to name a few. Pick any song from any band above its it will be good.
React to ' keep yourself alive and somebody to love but do the videos first and live second. Have you done Pink Floyd or Skynyrd?
No i havent yet but i can definitely give them a try!
Watch Queen at Live Aid concert Africa was in a draught and lots of major bands played for aid for Africa. Queen stole the show
The Anthem of my generation. No tricks, no auto tune, just them. R.I.P Freddy
Did you know that... sorry of course you don't.... you might be surprised to learn thatthe guitar player Brian May is actually Dr. Brian May, he is an astrophysicist. The other members are frontman Freddy Mercury (arguably the greatest frontman in history). Drummer Roger Taylor and Bass player John Deacon
Lol is this an iconic song. I'm a hip hop fan first and foremost. I think this is the best song ever created.
You just experienced GENIUS, Sometime you just have to let it play and let it wash over you to get the real experience!!!!! and you NEVER user the word "good" when describing anything by Queen!!!
I'm in my 60s, I saw them live in 79! You are definitely late to the party but at least you got here. Lol
I'd like to see your reaction, but you pause way too much for my liking. Give the music a chance to develop some continuity. My personal opinion.
Agreed, I realize it's a reaction video but you can't stop at every line or two. You don't get any sense of the song that way just a little constructive criticism.
Back in the day there were a limited amount of track to record on, so what producers would do is what's called bouncing over. I think they had 8 tracks to record this on, so when they used 7 tracks they would bounce everything over to the 8th track so you have 7 more. Finish those, and you bounce it over again. The operatic section has all of the band singing every voice in the harmony together 3 seperate times, creating a choir effect. So they had to bounce it over so much that the tape almost disintegrated. I'm glad we're not living in the timeline where BoRha accidentally got distroyed
this is an iconic song xd :D
Happy Mondy Chris!!! Hope you are well today. This song is iconic. If you have ever seen Wayne's World you have heard this. Everyone is absolutely right. You need to hear Somebody To Love. Another suggestion below was Pink Floyd. Try Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. This song Wind of Change by the Scorpions is also a good one.
Have I given any bad suggestions? I won't steer ya wrong!!
You see, back when this came out we thought it was fantastic but weren’t confused as the younger people are today when they see it. That’s because we were open to a far wider spectrum of things in those days. Younger people only experience what they are being fed by the commercial interests, and that is VERY shallow.
If this one is hard to keep up with June, not watch, falling in reverse, watch the world burn or voices in my head, popular monster
Just close your eyes & let Freddie take you for a ride.
Freddie❤️❤️❤️
The opening is just Freddie the frontman
Seems the younger generation are a very impatient generation. Just relax, and enjoy the musicality and the journey. Our music was very creative and diverse. We didn’t follow any “rules” for songs.
Do a break down of the song and meaning you be surprised. This man was genius
Play dont stop me now ,classic
Lady’s and gentleman…Mr. Freddy Mercury
Don’t worry about the visuals it’s from 1975 the song is the greatest song of all time or one of the greatest and you are worried about the visual cmon.
Yes this is an ICONIC song...lol...QUEEN IS ICONIC, FREDDIE MERCURY IS ICONIC...the song is about him shooting a man, admitting it & going through the trial....
It’s all Freddy’s voice in the intro (fun fact) not the 4 of them
Listen with earbuds on and eyes closed.
A guy kills a man , asks his mommas forgiveness, goes to court, goes to jail, gets offed. To music!
Find some joy in new experiences. It's strange to you and makes you feel different and maybe uncomfortable. I wish you could love the gifts that Queen gave to the world. They are genius. This song was done at a concert with 1000 musicians. Check it out.