MTV was taking over. People stopped listening to radio and waited for new songs to come out on video. They switched from radio to television for their music.
The first video of yours that I watched was when you introduced a young man to Bohemian Rhapsody for the first time. I am 79 years old and when I was a teenaged girl all we had was radio. We got our first tv when I was 10, and by then I had a radio in my bedroom, where I spent most of my time. Radio was often just AM not FM, So sometimes the reception wasn't good, and you had to wait for your favorite songs to come on. This was my entertainment. Growing up in the 50"s we had all the wpnderful Motown groups:the Platters, the Supremes, Smoky Robinson, and so many more. And we had Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, the Coasters and too many awesome r & b rockers to name, and the beginning of rock and roll. And then along came Elvis, Pat Boone And all the smooth mellow tunes of Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, and others. This is too long, sorry. Music was very important, the backdrop of our lives, and to this day certain songs evoke specific memories of those times. I love your videos, and all the memories you have awakened in me. I grew up in such a time of great change. the 50's, 60's and all the turbulence of that decade. And each one had its own music. I went to a lot of concerts in the 70's. And I am a massive Queen fan. I could talk about them all night long. You probably know that Roger Taylor wrote Radio Gaga. He got the idea when his toddler son was carrying a toy radio around And saying "radio, gaga". All 4 of these guys wrote songs and were extremely talented. They still perform but have never been the same for me without Freddie. He was irreplaceable. I thank you so much for what you do, and I hope that you are settling in to your new home in N C ! Music brings together people of all ages, races, and backgrounds. I think that music should make us happy, make us think, be fun, uplifting, and comforting. Have something to say, You are a very nice young man, and I am glad that I found you!
Such an in-depth and intelligent commentary. You just keep reacting and learning about all music. You’re eloquent and intelligent enough to form a relevant discussion.
ABSOLUTELY AGREE, this young man has blossomed musically with each and every selection he listens to and reacts to as well. It is so refreshing to come to a channel that is done by an eloquently spoken and respectful person. It is why I come here for my reaction channel feeding, and also to see how Mr. Too Blunt is coming along in his musical journey.
Did you know that Brian May is not only the lead guitarist for the greatest rock band but also a highly respected astrophysicist who has been consulted by NASA for troubleshooting. How freaking COOL is this Dude!?!?
When I was a teen, every new song was heard first on the radio and then an album was finished and came out. We bought the album to hear what else was on it. Video came later and took away from radio.
The inspiration for this song (per Roger, who wrote it) was one of his very young sons who was listening to the radio and said ‘radio.. ca-ca’. Roger said that little phrase stuck with him.. leading him to write this. It’s not one of my favorites.. but, it definitely tells a story, and it’s another great audience participation song!! Thanks for another great reaction; for a (relative) youngster.. you are very knowledgeable and articulate! (BTW.. I’m probably old enough to be your Gma…), but I’ve enjoyed joining you on your Queen journey! PS .. you should listen to Freddie’s song about their management early on - a song called Death on Two Legs! (Try to find a live version of it) - you’ll enjoy it!
@@Danielik25 I was just about to say something similar although I would suggest the official lyric version so that you don't miss any of Freddie's creative vitriolic words.
We had the best music im 62 and anything from the 60s 70s and the first couple of years of the 80s just perfect, i love watching all you younger people appreciating these eras of music , my grandkids love QUEEN.
My Dad introduced Queen to me in 1990. I intently fell in love with Freddie's voice. I was devastated when he died of AIDS. He is the true definition of an artist. His best work was when he was performing live! No one can peacock like Freddy! 💕
I do not remember anything about music being garbage - I’m 62. I think what he’s saying was radio is still important in spite of video - WHICH QUEEN STARTED!
The Videoclip contains scenes from the movie Metropolis produced in 1927 , one of the first Science Fiction movies in history of mankind. It was also the most expensiv production in its time. I recommend highly watching it. The Female-machine you see inspired C3PO in Star Wars. Movie contains love story, critics about social injustice, exploitation of workers by small ruling elite, uses mythological, biblical metaphors as well. Its a back-white silent movie.
Great reaction. Very informative. You really 'get' the way music was back in the day. Queen was such a good band, that wasn't appreciated like they deserved to be. Freddie is an awesome LEGEND!! Can never be compared to anyone.
Before TV if the music wasn't on the radio there was no way to hear it and a lot of stations were top 40 stations and thats all they played. Before top 40 there was radio theater, shows like the lone ranger and the shadow...
Thanks TooBlunt for another great reaction; I like to think this song is a tribute to the radio industry as Queen would probably just have been another starving-artist band had Kenny Everett not immortalized Bo-Rhap on the radio for them. The radio was the quint-essential social media as twitter and the internet are today... As Freddie said, when we get tired of the visuals (MTV), we can always go back to radio... Blessings to you.
I find your reactions very interesting. Each and every one I have seen is unique and genuine and valid. Each song is an artistic piece and how you "see" them is as valid as any one else reacting to the same song. Thank you for your genuine reactions. And the ramblingness which brings out a depth I have not seen elsewhere.
Love your reaction again to this music. Some of the old movie that Queen used in their video was from an very old movie called Metropolis. It was a very popular 1929 movie trying to depict the decay of civilization. Basically the way you have described how music has decayed. Thank you again.
When Queen were young, there was a lot more than music on the radio. People depended on radio for their news, for plays and comedy etc. we still have that here in the UK with BBC Radio 4 (and 3 and 4 Extra). Then commercial radio came in and it was all music, which was great for young people, but it diluted the original power of radio. Then, of course, TV became ubiquitous and people did not listen to the radio in the same way. Also, I was utterly spoiled as a child having people like Queen and The Jam (please listen to The Jam!) & David Bowie to listen to. Not to mention Led Zeppelin etc.
Yep!! Lady Ga Ga is still a huge fan of Queen!! I saw Lady Ga Ga with Queen + AL perform Another One Bites The Dust on TH-cam!! The best live version of this song is at Live Aid 1985. Thank you!! 👏👏🙌
To this day I listen to the radio every night. I prefer complicated music, prog and jazz. I "see" it better when my eyes are closed. We learn to hear better by practicing.
This song for me has always been the struggle between the dilution of music via TV and music videos. The fear that the visual is more important than the actual music and the quality of music will decline because people are focused on the wrong thing, and the music becomes an afterthought to the visual images accompanying it.
You are an excellent commentator! I appreciate your thoughtful approach to the music. You truly are not trying to ride on the popularity of the artists you review but to listen, consider, and share the beauty/skill/artistry/message you see in what you experience. Thanks so much!!!
Back then, the rado was more than music. There were talk shows, soap operas, kid's shows, news, etc. Kind of like TV. It was just always on as a connection to the outside world.
We loved our transistor radios, which actually worked with batteries. It meant we could be outside in parks whatever and still listen to our radios. Wonderfull!!!. I think that Freddie is talking about the fact that we had lots of strange noises coming out from our little radios hence ga ga , goo goo. Radio tunning.
LIke I saw from other commenters, MTV started their operation with Video Killed the Radio Star, by The Buggles. Actually, some radio stars that hadn't produced in a while came back, such as ZZ Top, Dire Straits and Yes to name a few. I believe this was Roger Taylor's answer to that, because over time, there have only been 3 cable channels that played videos, but in any city area, there a lot of radio stations to choose from and people who commute to and from work, are going to listen to radio in the car. They are more likely to play a radio quietly in the office, they are more likely to hear new music there first. I do like how you put a lot of thought into your reaction, and a lot of it made sense. I was a teenager when cable became a major media player.
The more I hear this song and the lyrics the more I love it. I grew up in the late 70's and through the great 80's. We loved MTV and waiting for the number one video. We loved different sounds in music that were around and I appreciate them more now than I did at the time. We didn't have internet and Twitter and snap chat. The bands got their names out there by playing anywhere they could getting their song on the radio top 40. I do miss how music was made back in the day. The record labels are going to crush the music industry if they don't allow these groups more freedom with their talents.
I love watching you experience Queen for the first time. I also enjoy watching the process of creating their videos and recording sessions. The making of Radio Gaga is one of my favorites because it shows the playfulness of Freddie and Roger. They went from selling used clothing in Kensington Market in the late 60's to the top of the rock world, laughing all the way. I included a link to the video. Enjoy! th-cam.com/video/EmzS5CsHXX4/w-d-xo.html
Glad You Got the Song...so many are puzzled by lyrics, Enjoyed you input....👋 & "Nutrients" ... I like that! And Yes...still watching and totally agree about Reaction Channels and their Purpose !!!
I am fortunate and appreciative of growing up in the 80's with the radio and all the awesome it had to offer. This is where I heard all new music from established artist's and up and coming. By the 90's at work I needed no watch to tell time as the radio would tell me exactly what the time was by the song they where playing, day after day for weeks, nothing changing. The 2000's was a progression to tv and little about the song and lyrical content but whether it was entertaining visually. Now is the era of the internet and interestingly I feel I have wrestled some control over what I want to listen too or what I think I might want to experience for the first time at any time I might choose. Since the 80's it is the first time I have been really keen to hear new music again. Banging channels like this bring extra joy watching someone else experience and appreciate music of the past. Very much enjoying the rambles and your thoughts. You are one of very few who offer an intelligent response.
Dude... keep rambling on and breaking it down... what you do is so much better than the usual "ooo its awesome " or the catchphrases that usually happens on reaction videos. I've caught all your videos since February ( karen vs support dog), almost all of them are pleasant surprises... keep being you...
Amazing review...thank you for "caring" for what you say...you seem to get what Queen stood for...please dont stop "rambling" you are very knowledgeable and really hit on what you are saying . Great Job!! keep up the great work..and yes i stayed till the end...you had me very interested in what you said..
Omg you really are a terrific reactor, great input & I would love to hear your reaction to White Queen at Odeon Hammersmith. I think it was one of their most passionate performances & the instrumentation is not to be believed.
I really appreciated what you had to say regarding today's music. I was in college when MTV showed up and cable was a luxury that college students couldn't afford so really the only time I saw music videos was when I was home on break or if a friend had splurged on cable until I joined the"real world". It took me a long time to appreciate music videos for what they could offer. To me seeing a video of a song I loved & had listened to over & over was like seeing a movie or TV show based on a book I loved & had read multiple times. They never lived up to my imagination and I stubbornly hung onto listening rather than watching music (could have something to do with the fact I was a music major in college 😉). In the intervening years, I have come to appreciate music videos as their own art form and most importantly they have allowed people in later generations such as yourself exposure to some extremely talented artists. I know that my exposure to artists "before my time" was very limited & I'm sure I missed out on a lot of good music. The current technology of recording and the social media of today is a double edged sword. It can allow an artist incredible creativity, but it also can allow them to be lazy. Then again there was good & bad "back in my day". 😝
I absolutely love you, you know what you’re talking about. Queen will warm your heart and get into your soul. Freddie was all about love and acceptance of all people. Have you done O e Visio li e at Wembley based on MLK written by Roger, also Innuendo is a masterpiece. So, so many great songs from Queen!
This was also a time where radio was a pretty corrupt business. Payola was a common practice. So many bands ended up broke. I would think any band of the 60s, 70s and 80s would tell you they were probably screwed over by the labels and airplay on the radio .
Television promotes 'bubble gum' it has to appeal to a mass audience, but radio contains lots of niche stuff. new music or specialist, doesn't matter if the initial audience is small! Lots of punk and heavy rock still struggles on TV, but if you want to find out about Albanian folk-music or 15th century religious music, or the latest ethnic styles of small island nations, etc. etc. radio has a lot to offer. The deeper meaning is to keep playing non-mainstream interests for people who really LISTEN (to anything that they find interesting).
I love your reactions and your energy is very much appreciated. You are about my sons age. Inspiring that young people are listening to Queen and Freddie.
I'm a Queeny! Yet there are so many old songs out there that there is really no reason to listen to new stuff, at least until today's music figure it out that it. Takes talent..but the choosing of older song must be done by request because every artist then didn't have all hits like Queen..so please ask for the "best of" from your listeners. Please ask for requests so we can bring back good music like Queen:) at least almost like Queen) Righteous Brothers.. Roy Orbison:)......
Very interesting song, thank you. This song is also about how you don't need to use your ears because you no longer have to figure out what the lyrics mean, the video tells you what you are supposed to believe the song means. This is where Queen did us all a favor. Their videos don't tell us what the song is about as a rule, they still leave that up to the listener.
You must be a very intuitive young man. I love that you really get the message behind this older music and roll with it. God bless you. With your spirit and willingness to experience new things in life, you’ll go far
One has to remember that the world wasn't as quick to transition from media to media like now. Radio was a multi-generational thing - as the song says, everything you needed to know you got on radio. News, sports, music - whatever. I knew people in the mid-70's that still didn't have a TV. Music Videos kind of were the first dong of the bell for the down slide of radio, and Queen wasn't the only ones to comment on it. 'Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles, 1980 - four years before Radio GaGa.
You get it, A Australian band you will not heard off Shyhooks, listen too Thier songs, Living in the seventies, horror movie, smut, etc would like too see your reaction to them, also Redgum, icehouse and midnight oil some other groups you may want too listen too.
Love your discussions and your open minded curiosity. I wonder if you'll get curious as to the thanks to Metropolis flashed at the end of the video. Queen were very well educated and had a lot of input to their videos and costumes production design and would have been very mindful of the significance of including iconic imagery and sets homaging the 1927, yes, 1927! now 95 year old black and white movie made pre the Depression and pre WW2 in Germany. Worth a rabbit hole all its own as we watch what people thought the future would be like and here we are struggling with the same themes. Queen knew what they were adding to the decades long discourse. Enjoy.
Love love love your take on Queen. I fell totally in love after I saw Bohemian Rhapsody. There was a silent movie made in the 1930’s called Metropolis. It was redone with 80’s artists including Freddie and the radio Gaga official was straight out of the movie. Keep on keeping on
Discovered your channel today and already watched all you Queen videos! I like your personality keep up the good work :) I would also like to recommend you to check out Michael Jackson & Freddie Mercurys song 'there must be more to life then this'. Of curse the list go on and on.. so many wonderful deep meaning songs.
I suggest you listen to Teo Torriatte by Queen, it’s a song they made for their Japanese fans because they loved Queen and appreciated them before they became very popular so Queen made it as a dedication to them. They even sang some verses In Japanese and it is an amazing song. I also suggest you check out Stone Cold Crazy because it will show you how diverse Queen was with their genres in music and how this song was the first Thrash Metal song invented even before Thrash Metal even became a genre.
Interesting listening to you grasp the realities of the music biz. A lot of people just don't get that part of doing music, and it doesn't change just because technology, platform, and format changes. What some are doing now getting an audience through social media was once done when CDs first came out and musicians were able to record and burn their own CDs to send to broadcast radio & TV or sell directly to fans at their live concerts. But the smarter musicians were quite aware of the jackals and vultures in the music industry. I want to make you aware of Billy Joel, who knew what he was doing from the start and was lucky enough to make the right decisions at the right time and grow his brand and fanbase. You may have heard of his most popular song "Piano Man". He wrote this song after his first discouraging encounter in the music industry. He ended up having to sit out a year at the start of his career to run out time on an unfair music contract. He took that time working in piano bars in California, where he ended up writing his observational "Piano Man", a song that culminates in his piano bar audience recognizing his obvious performance talent and asking why the hell he's working in a piano bar instead of recording or doing full concerts (I'm filling in what I think he means by the lyric "They put bread in my [tip] jar and say 'Man, what are YOU doing HERE?'). th-cam.com/video/gxEPV4kolz0/w-d-xo.html Billy Joel has always been aware of the need to balance the creative urge with commercial realities. Still, he managed to do honor to both, so he was able to continue to make a living doing music. "Cold Spring Harbor" was his first album, but put out with an error: the recordings were slightly speeded up, which gave him a 'helium'/'chipmunk' quality which the record company refused to correct, so he refused to do anything else until the contract lapsed. "Piano Man" was his 2nd album, but he got some criticism for being "too commercial' with some of the songs. So he addressed this issue on his 3rd album "Streetlife Serenade" in a song titled "The Entertainer". th-cam.com/video/d_VHFyaSXQw/w-d-xo.html Please do a reaction to "The Entertainer" at least and see what I mean by having self-awareness of the practicalities of making a commercial musical career. I think it's an interesting counterpoint to Queen's "Radio Gaga". I hope you'll also do "Piano Man" and enjoy the music and the poetry of that song. I have to say it's a period piece, from when group sing-alongs in a piano bar was the karaoke of its day, when people's social life was hanging out in bars, and the waitresses bringing drinks had to 'play sexual politics' to keep men's hands to themselves yet still encourage getting tips. I always thought of the bar in "Piano Man" as kind of a loser's bar, since everyone there seemed to suffer from dreams they each had no real confidence in reaching. Great lyrics.
More Billy Joel suggestions: "Miami 2017" (1976) th-cam.com/video/46IGAbJbykI/w-d-xo.html "Prelude/Angry Young Man" (1976) th-cam.com/video/XUp9RuUSdvM/w-d-xo.html (live; broken thumb) "Always a Woman" (1977) th-cam.com/video/Cx3QmqV2pHg/w-d-xo.html "Tell Her About It" (1983) th-cam.com/video/p0pM5dm--yQ/w-d-xo.html "River of Dreams" (1993) th-cam.com/video/hSq4B_zHqPM/w-d-xo.html
When I was around 10 or 11 I got my first 9V Transistor radio, AM only - the best tunes were on WOKY with DJ Bob Barry, Milwaukee. Then in the late 60's early 70's it all changed for us. Radios started to have an FM band included with the AM band in the late 1950s and 1960s. By the 1970s, FM audience size surpassed that of AM, and the gap has been growing ever since. Am being mostly relegated now to talk radio, sports, religion, and "oldies" station. Check out a great song by Steely Dan called "FM (No Static At All)" Because it was true, we didn't lose the station because we drove under a bridge, and the static was virtually gone. And coincidentally, that's when the world exploded with great music!
Yes, for example the whole story about Live Aid, their break-up and Freddie ´s diagnose before this concert is a one of many lies only for more drama. I don ´t like this story about one bad guy in the band, nobody was saint
VIDEO KILLED TYHE RADIO..... a song that came out in the era of transition from RADIO TO VIDEO in the MTV heyday. I remember the first music video played on MTV. I wonder if any of your viewers know the name of the song, the artist/band and the year and album name of the artist/band? This is a game that my friends and I played when we would hear music on the RADIO. We would find out the information about the music we were listening to and it was kind of a trivia challenge of sorts. I absolutely love the way you break down songs, the artist or band informatyion when you have the information in front of you but also when you ask us for input and our basic knowledge of the music you are listening to and reviewing. PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE WAY YOU DO YOU AND YOUR CHANNEL. WE ALL LOVE YOU FOR THE WAY YOU DO WHAT YOU DO AND WE WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING YOU FROM THE FIRST REACTION YOU HAVE LISTED HERE ON YOU TUBE, IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO SEE HOW YOUR TASTE IN MUSIC HAS DEVELOPED... Welcome to the world of being an eclectic. You have a long way my friend and I have tons of suggestions for you ranging all the way back before I was born, music I grew up listening to on the Victrola on 78's. Dating the shit out of myself here, but still music is there for us to cut our teeth and grow as human beings I do believe. As always, respectfully submitted to you Mr. TooBlunt with love and admiration for your channel. Debra
Don’t make me say it…..don’t make me….. aside from another great reaction, did anyone ever tell you about Marc Martel ;) first stop should be his one take Bohemian Rhapsody video. Then proceed from there good sir!
Thru all the years before this song, radio disc jockeys could play whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted. This song is about corporate taking over & telling disc jockeys what they could play & when. Every station eventually had a set playlist that repeated over & over.
I enjoy your reaction to Queen. The video is hard for me to understand. I prefer to see the band preform. other videos are similar...duet with David Bowe is very similar. This song is one that encourages the audience to participate. Lynn
In terms of attempting to avoid copyright strikes, some channels have some success by blurring the video so it is not clear, or otherwise make it less clear, bars or such, I think. Just something to think about going forward, maybe blurring the videos will help you. It is a minor annoyance on our end, some do love to complain, but with knowledge, it is understandable. Up to you, man. Keep being awesome.
@@TooBlunt I was suggesting that you do it all the time, why wait and see, just do it normally and save some hassles. You can see it normally, right? Only we see the blurred version? If that's the case, go for it; of course there will be complaints, but be honest about it and most people should understand. Many people don't really understand some of the problems creators face, reactors especially. A couple of channels I watch are open about it and I have a small idea of how bad/annoying it is, not being a creator myself. Cover your arse first; you're an awesome, intelligent, thoughtful reactor and many people prefer that over other factors, they'll/we'll stick around regardless. Or, at least, I hope so.
not sure if you have seen Queen live aid, the best live rock show in history? If you watch it, it shows you where they come from and you appreciate them even more. Radio GAGA is one of their best songs and all the fans engage with it.
Dude... on your old channel you were the teacher of "grime". On this channel you want to be the student of what your watchers listen to. I still get a kick out of watching you get into music that was around before you were born. ( still hoping to see some Meatloaf)...
@cheryl flam is completely correct. I stopped listening to radio back when MTV came out. That completely took over music (in my mind). I could finally put a face or band to the music. Now I stream and can choose my music and can even ask for a genre to get new music. I choose the type of music I consume and imho it all started w MTV. Today I wouldn’t watch MTV or VH1 if you paid me but things changed. If they hadn’t gotten so far from their original format I still would. Anyway, who knows what tomorrow will bring in music. Great reaction as always! Can’t wait for the next. Oh btw, I went to look at a new car the other day. The dealership only allowed their cars to play country music on the radio. All I heard was country and ridiculous “humor “ and at that time I thought to myself…who listens to radio like this anymore? So kind of ironic 😂. I turned it completely off after I changed it to something a little better so I could test the speakers.
Hey Too Blunt, how about some Hopsin (*especially* early or @2015)? There *IS* some good rap out there and us older Queenies need to hear it :-) Here's Hopsin's take on contemporary rap that I know you'll agree with: th-cam.com/video/IiNNBc557OQ/w-d-xo.html Thanks for another in-depth, intelligent reaction TooBlunt! A follower forever, Yvonne an ol' time rock-n-roll and Queen 'stan'! (can't go wrong with most Eminem or Tupac, either ;-) )
Now that you've met Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.... meet Geoff Tate and Queensryche. I suggest both "Silent Lucidity" (a voice that makes you feel like you are being hugged) and "Take Hold of the Flame" live in Tokyo (a geez how does he do that?!?!!).
Comment number 2. I hope you get this one. In my first, I mentioned how Roger Taylor, the drummer wrote this. Note how the intro is very drum dominant. John Deacon's hits, You're My Best Friend, Another One Bites the Dust and Under Pressure all start out with a Bass riff. After hearing your reaction days ago, I somehow got a song in my head that was from Roger Taylor's solo work. His first album was called Fun In Space and is drum and synthesizer dominant. He did 100% of the vocals and all instruments except guitar on some tracks. I saw your reaction to I'm in Love with my Car a few weeks ago and you like that, but I'm going to suggest one from that first solo album from 1980. Laugh or Cry is a nice waltz. Give it a listen here: th-cam.com/video/G3i36eQe-Wc/w-d-xo.html The rest of the album is also great especially with headphones.
Great content 💪👍 Greetings from 🇫🇮 You might wanna react to Freddie Mercury Living on my own. You can reflect on what you see on te video / what you hear he is singing about. That, I believe was The only Song he made solo that had some succes. Freddie was genious, but he needed his band to really make his musical mark ♥️ Queen ♥️
MTV was taking over. People stopped listening to radio and waited for new songs to come out on video. They switched from radio to television for their music.
Before MTV it was called Friday night videos
Nonsense! Radio has always been the dominant media for new music. MTV was the dominant media for music videos!
Not in their cars though! Although 8 track tapes had come out, radio was still king.
The first video of yours that I watched was when you introduced a young man to Bohemian Rhapsody for the first time. I am 79 years old and when I was a teenaged girl all we had was radio. We got our first tv when I was 10, and by then I had a radio in my bedroom, where I spent most of my time. Radio was often just AM not FM, So sometimes the reception wasn't good, and you had to wait for your favorite songs to come on. This was my entertainment. Growing up in the 50"s we had all the wpnderful Motown groups:the Platters, the Supremes, Smoky Robinson, and so many more. And we had Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, the Coasters and too many awesome r & b rockers to name, and the beginning of rock and roll. And then along came Elvis, Pat Boone And all the smooth mellow tunes of Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, and others. This is too long, sorry. Music was very important, the backdrop of our lives, and to this day certain songs evoke specific memories of those times. I love your videos, and all the memories you have awakened in me. I grew up in such a time of great change. the 50's, 60's and all the turbulence of that decade. And each one had its own music. I went to a lot of concerts in the 70's. And I am a massive Queen fan. I could talk about them all night long. You probably know that Roger Taylor wrote Radio Gaga. He got the idea when his toddler son was carrying a toy radio around And saying "radio, gaga". All 4 of these guys wrote songs and were extremely talented. They still perform but have never been the same for me without Freddie. He was irreplaceable. I thank you so much for what you do, and I hope that you are settling in to your new home in N C ! Music brings together people of all ages, races, and backgrounds. I think that music should make us happy, make us think, be fun, uplifting, and comforting. Have something to say, You are a very nice young man, and I am glad that I found you!
Such an in-depth and intelligent commentary. You just keep reacting and learning about all music. You’re eloquent and intelligent enough to form a relevant discussion.
ABSOLUTELY AGREE, this young man has blossomed musically with each and every selection he listens to and reacts to as well. It is so refreshing to come to a channel that is done by an eloquently spoken and respectful person. It is why I come here for my reaction channel feeding, and also to see how Mr. Too Blunt is coming along in his musical journey.
YES....Impressive & uplifting
Exactly ✊
A agree the best reactions by far, actually gives a shit about life and talent and can appreciate something that might not of been from his ere, great
Agree! Xx
You mentioned live aid, imagine being in that crowd of 70+ thousand people all clapping in unison, gives me goose bumps every time I see it.
Did you know that Brian May is not only the lead guitarist for the greatest rock band but also a highly respected astrophysicist who has been consulted by NASA for troubleshooting.
How freaking COOL is this Dude!?!?
When I was a teen, every new song was heard first on the radio and then an album was finished and came out. We bought the album to hear what else was on it. Video came later and took away from radio.
The inspiration for this song (per Roger, who wrote it) was one of his very young sons who was listening to the radio and said ‘radio.. ca-ca’. Roger said that little phrase stuck with him.. leading him to write this. It’s not one of my favorites.. but, it definitely tells a story, and it’s another great audience participation song!! Thanks for another great reaction; for a (relative) youngster.. you are very knowledgeable and articulate! (BTW.. I’m probably old enough to be your Gma…), but I’ve enjoyed joining you on your Queen journey! PS .. you should listen to Freddie’s song about their management early on - a song called Death on Two Legs! (Try to find a live version of it) - you’ll enjoy it!
The official version is better, there is no the complete live version here
@@Danielik25 I was just about to say something similar although I would suggest the official lyric version so that you don't miss any of Freddie's creative vitriolic words.
We had the best music im 62 and anything from the 60s 70s and the first couple of years of the 80s just perfect, i love watching all you younger people appreciating these eras of music , my grandkids love QUEEN.
My Dad introduced Queen to me in 1990. I intently fell in love with Freddie's voice. I was devastated when he died of AIDS. He is the true definition of an artist. His best work was when he was performing live! No one can peacock like Freddy! 💕
I do not remember anything about music being garbage - I’m 62. I think what he’s saying was radio is still important in spite of video - WHICH QUEEN STARTED!
I am amazed to see a young person loving the music I grew up with..thank you sir
The Videoclip contains scenes from the movie Metropolis produced in 1927 , one of the first Science Fiction movies in history of mankind. It was also the most expensiv production in its time. I recommend highly watching it. The Female-machine you see inspired C3PO in Star Wars. Movie contains love story, critics about social injustice, exploitation of workers by small ruling elite, uses mythological, biblical metaphors as well. Its a back-white silent movie.
You are wise. I respect you. Thank you.
Great reaction. Very informative.
You really 'get' the way music was back in the day. Queen was such a good band, that wasn't appreciated like they deserved to be. Freddie is an awesome LEGEND!! Can never be compared to anyone.
This is one of those songs that I never want to end.
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme”. That’s a brilliant quote.
Fun fact: Gaga had been a "word" spoken by Roger’s son, the idea of the name started from that
Before TV if the music wasn't on the radio there was no way to hear it and a lot of stations were top 40 stations and thats all they played. Before top 40 there was radio theater, shows like the lone ranger and the shadow...
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows."
@@karolyn8644 KC evey week coungting them down.
It was fun having live djs spinning records having request hours & contests
Thanks TooBlunt for another great reaction; I like to think this song is a tribute to the radio industry as Queen would probably just have been another starving-artist band had Kenny Everett not immortalized Bo-Rhap on the radio for them. The radio was the quint-essential social media as twitter and the internet are today... As Freddie said, when we get tired of the visuals (MTV), we can always go back to radio... Blessings to you.
I find your reactions very interesting. Each and every one I have seen is unique and genuine and valid. Each song is an artistic piece and how you "see" them is as valid as any one else reacting to the same song. Thank you for your genuine reactions. And the ramblingness which brings out a depth I have not seen elsewhere.
I love the way you can't sit still while listening to Queen songs! Love your reactions!!!
We are still here watching
I enjoyed your thoughts. Very insightful. Thank you!
You're great have watched all your reactions. I'm a fan from 1970s, and love to see a younger person share the love. Xx
New artist suggestion Bee Gees "Too much heaven" "How deep is your love" "Stayin alive" "You should be dancing" "Night fever" "More than a woman"
Love your reaction again to this music. Some of the old movie that Queen used in their video was from an very old movie called Metropolis. It was a very popular 1929 movie trying to depict the decay of civilization. Basically the way you have described how music has decayed. Thank you again.
When Queen were young, there was a lot more than music on the radio. People depended on radio for their news, for plays and comedy etc. we still have that here in the UK with BBC Radio 4 (and 3 and 4 Extra). Then commercial radio came in and it was all music, which was great for young people, but it diluted the original power of radio. Then, of course, TV became ubiquitous and people did not listen to the radio in the same way.
Also, I was utterly spoiled as a child having people like Queen and The Jam (please listen to The Jam!) & David Bowie to listen to. Not to mention Led Zeppelin etc.
Great content, listen to the show must go on - queen,
Yep!! Lady Ga Ga is still a huge fan of Queen!! I saw Lady Ga Ga with Queen + AL perform Another One Bites The Dust on TH-cam!! The best live version of this song is at Live Aid 1985. Thank you!! 👏👏🙌
To this day I listen to the radio every night. I prefer complicated music, prog and jazz. I "see" it better when my eyes are closed. We learn to hear better by practicing.
This song for me has always been the struggle between the dilution of music via TV and music videos. The fear that the visual is more important than the actual music and the quality of music will decline because people are focused on the wrong thing, and the music becomes an afterthought to the visual images accompanying it.
Who Wants to Live Forever will amaze you. It also tells a different side of Queen.
From the Highlander Soundtrack. Queen did the whole soundtrack for the first Highlander movie, I believe. All good.
You yet to have your finest hour.
Freddie new what was to come. Also what you turn on us what you turn off:) love you insight!
You are an excellent commentator! I appreciate your thoughtful approach to the music. You truly are not trying to ride on the popularity of the artists you review but to listen, consider, and share the beauty/skill/artistry/message you see in what you experience. Thanks so much!!!
Back then, the rado was more than music. There were talk shows, soap operas, kid's shows, news, etc. Kind of like TV. It was just always on as a connection to the outside world.
We loved our transistor radios, which actually worked with batteries. It meant we could be outside in parks whatever and still listen to our radios. Wonderfull!!!. I think that Freddie is talking about the fact that we had lots of strange noises coming out from our little radios hence ga ga , goo goo. Radio tunning.
LIke I saw from other commenters, MTV started their operation with Video Killed the Radio Star, by The Buggles. Actually, some radio stars that hadn't produced in a while came back, such as ZZ Top, Dire Straits and Yes to name a few. I believe this was Roger Taylor's answer to that, because over time, there have only been 3 cable channels that played videos, but in any city area, there a lot of radio stations to choose from and people who commute to and from work, are going to listen to radio in the car. They are more likely to play a radio quietly in the office, they are more likely to hear new music there first. I do like how you put a lot of thought into your reaction, and a lot of it made sense. I was a teenager when cable became a major media player.
The more I hear this song and the lyrics the more I love it. I grew up in the late 70's and through the great 80's. We loved MTV and waiting for the number one video. We loved different sounds in music that were around and I appreciate them more now than I did at the time.
We didn't have internet and Twitter and snap chat. The bands got their names out there by playing anywhere they could getting their song on the radio top 40.
I do miss how music was made back in the day. The record labels are going to crush the music industry if they don't allow these groups more freedom with their talents.
I love watching you experience Queen for the first time. I also enjoy watching the process of creating their videos and recording sessions. The making of Radio Gaga is one of my favorites because it shows the playfulness of Freddie and Roger. They went from selling used clothing in Kensington Market in the late 60's to the top of the rock world, laughing all the way. I included a link to the video. Enjoy!
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I love the way of your reaction 💞💞💞💞
Glad You Got the Song...so many are puzzled by lyrics,
Enjoyed you input....👋 & "Nutrients" ... I like that!
And Yes...still watching and totally agree about Reaction
Channels and their Purpose !!!
I am fortunate and appreciative of growing up in the 80's with the radio and all the awesome it had to offer. This is where I heard all new music from established artist's and up and coming. By the 90's at work I needed no watch to tell time as the radio would tell me exactly what the time was by the song they where playing, day after day for weeks, nothing changing. The 2000's was a progression to tv and little about the song and lyrical content but whether it was entertaining visually. Now is the era of the internet and interestingly I feel I have wrestled some control over what I want to listen too or what I think I might want to experience for the first time at any time I might choose. Since the 80's it is the first time I have been really keen to hear new music again.
Banging channels like this bring extra joy watching someone else experience and appreciate music of the past. Very much enjoying the rambles and your thoughts. You are one of very few who offer an intelligent response.
Just keep on doing what you're doing. It's great.
Stay true to YOU! ☮️💟 You’re a very bright young man!
Dude... keep rambling on and breaking it down... what you do is so much better than the usual "ooo its awesome " or the catchphrases that usually happens on reaction videos. I've caught all your videos since February ( karen vs support dog), almost all of them are pleasant surprises... keep being you...
Thanks pal! Hope all is well on your end
@@TooBlunt getting better and lost 40lbs since May ...
Amazing review...thank you for "caring" for what you say...you seem to get what Queen stood for...please dont stop "rambling" you are very knowledgeable and really hit on what you are saying . Great Job!! keep up the great work..and yes i stayed till the end...you had me very interested in what you said..
:) thank you for watching til the end. Not many people do lol so I’m a bit surprised and happy to see this comment
Stay who YOU are ☮️💟 You’re a brilliant young man! Some 60+ y.o. don’t understand, feel, relay thoughts, as well as YOU do. God Bless!
Omg you really are a terrific reactor, great input & I would love to hear your reaction to White Queen at Odeon Hammersmith. I think it was one of their most passionate performances & the instrumentation is not to be believed.
Love & enjoy u explaining thanks 🥰
I really appreciated what you had to say regarding today's music. I was in college when MTV showed up and cable was a luxury that college students couldn't afford so really the only time I saw music videos was when I was home on break or if a friend had splurged on cable until I joined the"real world". It took me a long time to appreciate music videos for what they could offer. To me seeing a video of a song I loved & had listened to over & over was like seeing a movie or TV show based on a book I loved & had read multiple times. They never lived up to my imagination and I stubbornly hung onto listening rather than watching music (could have something to do with the fact I was a music major in college 😉).
In the intervening years, I have come to appreciate music videos as their own art form and most importantly they have allowed people in later generations such as yourself exposure to some extremely talented artists. I know that my exposure to artists "before my time" was very limited & I'm sure I missed out on a lot of good music.
The current technology of recording and the social media of today is a double edged sword. It can allow an artist incredible creativity, but it also can allow them to be lazy. Then again there was good & bad "back in my day". 😝
I absolutely love you, you know what you’re talking about. Queen will warm your heart and get into your soul. Freddie was all about love and acceptance of all people. Have you done O e Visio li e at Wembley based on MLK written by Roger, also Innuendo is a masterpiece. So, so many great songs from Queen!
Wow 🥰 beautiful Freddie ❤️ liked already subscribed 😁
Great reaction!! 💜💕💜💕
I enjoyed your reaction.
I recommend watching The Great Pretender by Queen, Killer Queen by Queen & I Want To Break Free by Queen and there are so many more.
He is singing this when videos were coming out and the whole MTV thing.
You are really good at this!
:) you’re too kind lol
Freddy. What a voice. So much missed. He never pushed the rainbow down anyone's throat.
TooBlunt, if you haven’t yet reacted to “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” and “Cool Cat”, please do. They’re fantastic. 💜💕💜💕
You should watch The Boat That Rocked (a.k.a. Pirate Radio) to understand what Queen grew up with and the importance of radio.
This was also a time where radio was a pretty corrupt business. Payola was a common practice. So many bands ended up broke. I would think any band of the 60s, 70s and 80s would tell you they were probably screwed over by the labels and airplay on the radio .
No wonder why they used footage from the film Metropolis.
Television promotes 'bubble gum' it has to appeal to a mass audience, but radio contains lots of niche stuff. new music or specialist, doesn't matter if the initial audience is small! Lots of punk and heavy rock still struggles on TV, but if you want to find out about Albanian folk-music or 15th century religious music, or the latest ethnic styles of small island nations, etc. etc. radio has a lot to offer. The deeper meaning is to keep playing non-mainstream interests for people who really LISTEN (to anything that they find interesting).
Thanks, Blunt! I prefer some of the live versions, personally - but glad to got to hear the original - more harmonies..
“La La La La La La” What’s up Ginny!! This is one of Harlee’s favorite!! She just learned all the lyrics to Somebody To Love ❤️
I love your reactions and your energy is very much appreciated. You are about my sons age. Inspiring that young people are listening to Queen and Freddie.
Radio ga ga was written by Roger Taylor when his son (who was a toddler) out of the blue said radio ga ga.
I'm a Queeny! Yet there are so many old songs out there that there is really no reason to listen to new stuff, at least until today's music figure it out that it. Takes talent..but the choosing of older song must be done by request because every artist then didn't have all hits like Queen..so please ask for the "best of" from your listeners. Please ask for requests so we can bring back good music like Queen:) at least almost like Queen) Righteous Brothers.. Roy Orbison:)......
Very interesting song, thank you. This song is also about how you don't need to use your ears because you no longer have to figure out what the lyrics mean, the video tells you what you are supposed to believe the song means. This is where Queen did us all a favor. Their videos don't tell us what the song is about as a rule, they still leave that up to the listener.
This song made me want to be in radio. And I worked midmarket for a bit. I love this song so much...
Please react to the I want to break free music video next!
You must be a very intuitive young man. I love that you really get the message behind this older music and roll with it. God bless you. With your spirit and willingness to experience new things in life, you’ll go far
So love watching your videos, honest opinions and so good to hear your views! And having Queen sounds to boot haha class! keep up the good work ;)
One has to remember that the world wasn't as quick to transition from media to media like now.
Radio was a multi-generational thing - as the song says, everything you needed to know you got on radio. News, sports, music - whatever. I knew people in the mid-70's that still didn't have a TV.
Music Videos kind of were the first dong of the bell for the down slide of radio, and Queen wasn't the only ones to comment on it. 'Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles, 1980 - four years before Radio GaGa.
You get it,
A Australian band you will not heard off Shyhooks, listen too Thier songs, Living in the seventies, horror movie, smut, etc would like too see your reaction to them, also Redgum, icehouse and midnight oil some other groups you may want too listen too.
How many of us are about to break out and start singing I Want My MTV LOL. If ya know you know.
Love your discussions and your open minded curiosity. I wonder if you'll get curious as to the thanks to Metropolis flashed at the end of the video. Queen were very well educated and had a lot of input to their videos and costumes production design and would have been very mindful of the significance of including iconic imagery and sets homaging the 1927, yes, 1927! now 95 year old black and white movie made pre the Depression and pre WW2 in Germany. Worth a rabbit hole all its own as we watch what people thought the future would be like and here we are struggling with the same themes. Queen knew what they were adding to the decades long discourse. Enjoy.
Love love love your take on Queen. I fell totally in love after I saw Bohemian Rhapsody. There was a silent movie made in the 1930’s called Metropolis. It was redone with 80’s artists including Freddie and the radio Gaga official was straight out of the movie. Keep on keeping on
Discovered your channel today and already watched all you Queen videos! I like your personality keep up the good work :)
I would also like to recommend you to check out Michael Jackson & Freddie Mercurys song 'there must be more to life then this'. Of curse the list go on and on.. so many wonderful deep meaning songs.
Could you please react to 'White Queen' or 'Liar' or 'Black Queen'? There are so many great songs yet to hear from them.
I absolutely love radio ga ga… and cause I’m hearing it right now it’s my favorite queen song
Damn u went back to dem 80s
I suggest you listen to Teo Torriatte by Queen, it’s a song they made for their Japanese fans because they loved Queen and appreciated them before they became very popular so Queen made it as a dedication to them. They even sang some verses In Japanese and it is an amazing song. I also suggest you check out Stone Cold Crazy because it will show you how diverse Queen was with their genres in music and how this song was the first Thrash Metal song invented even before Thrash Metal even became a genre.
Also obviously Another One Bites the Dust
Interesting listening to you grasp the realities of the music biz. A lot of people just don't get that part of doing music, and it doesn't change just because technology, platform, and format changes.
What some are doing now getting an audience through social media was once done when CDs first came out and musicians were able to record and burn their own CDs to send to broadcast radio & TV or sell directly to fans at their live concerts.
But the smarter musicians were quite aware of the jackals and vultures in the music industry. I want to make you aware of Billy Joel, who knew what he was doing from the start and was lucky enough to make the right decisions at the right time and grow his brand and fanbase.
You may have heard of his most popular song "Piano Man". He wrote this song after his first discouraging encounter in the music industry. He ended up having to sit out a year at the start of his career to run out time on an unfair music contract. He took that time working in piano bars in California, where he ended up writing his observational "Piano Man", a song that culminates in his piano bar audience recognizing his obvious performance talent and asking why the hell he's working in a piano bar instead of recording or doing full concerts (I'm filling in what I think he means by the lyric "They put bread in my [tip] jar and say 'Man, what are YOU doing HERE?'). th-cam.com/video/gxEPV4kolz0/w-d-xo.html
Billy Joel has always been aware of the need to balance the creative urge with commercial realities. Still, he managed to do honor to both, so he was able to continue to make a living doing music. "Cold Spring Harbor" was his first album, but put out with an error: the recordings were slightly speeded up, which gave him a 'helium'/'chipmunk' quality which the record company refused to correct, so he refused to do anything else until the contract lapsed. "Piano Man" was his 2nd album, but he got some criticism for being "too commercial' with some of the songs. So he addressed this issue on his 3rd album "Streetlife Serenade" in a song titled "The Entertainer". th-cam.com/video/d_VHFyaSXQw/w-d-xo.html
Please do a reaction to "The Entertainer" at least and see what I mean by having self-awareness of the practicalities of making a commercial musical career. I think it's an interesting counterpoint to Queen's "Radio Gaga". I hope you'll also do "Piano Man" and enjoy the music and the poetry of that song. I have to say it's a period piece, from when group sing-alongs in a piano bar was the karaoke of its day, when people's social life was hanging out in bars, and the waitresses bringing drinks had to 'play sexual politics' to keep men's hands to themselves yet still encourage getting tips. I always thought of the bar in "Piano Man" as kind of a loser's bar, since everyone there seemed to suffer from dreams they each had no real confidence in reaching. Great lyrics.
More Billy Joel suggestions:
"Miami 2017" (1976) th-cam.com/video/46IGAbJbykI/w-d-xo.html
"Prelude/Angry Young Man" (1976) th-cam.com/video/XUp9RuUSdvM/w-d-xo.html (live; broken thumb)
"Always a Woman" (1977) th-cam.com/video/Cx3QmqV2pHg/w-d-xo.html
"Tell Her About It" (1983) th-cam.com/video/p0pM5dm--yQ/w-d-xo.html
"River of Dreams" (1993) th-cam.com/video/hSq4B_zHqPM/w-d-xo.html
Queen...the movie METROPOLIS ( by Fritz Lang...1928) .Amazing soundtrack
Queen and Giorgio Moroder.
The best production.
I love this song but think the sped-up version they did at Live-Aid made it even better.
I’m not criticizing, at all, just sharing. Bohemian is pronounced Bo-HE-me-an. Not critical, just FYI. QUEEN AND FREDDIE, GOAT!
Gotta watch Pentatonix do Bohemian. It's killer
When I was around 10 or 11 I got my first 9V Transistor radio, AM only - the best tunes were on WOKY with DJ Bob Barry, Milwaukee.
Then in the late 60's early 70's it all changed for us. Radios started to have an FM band included with the AM band in the late 1950s and 1960s. By the 1970s, FM audience size surpassed that of AM, and the gap has been growing ever since. Am being mostly relegated now to talk radio, sports, religion, and "oldies" station. Check out a great song by Steely Dan called "FM (No Static At All)"
Because it was true, we didn't lose the station because we drove under a bridge, and the static was virtually gone. And coincidentally, that's when the world exploded with great music!
I have read more than one review of the movie that it was more dramatic than true. It was a great movie but not a True Story.
Yes, for example the whole story about Live Aid, their break-up and Freddie ´s diagnose before this concert is a one of many lies only for more drama. I don ´t like this story about one bad guy in the band, nobody was saint
VIDEO KILLED TYHE RADIO..... a song that came out in the era of transition from RADIO TO VIDEO in the MTV heyday. I remember the first music video played on MTV. I wonder if any of your viewers know the name of the song, the artist/band and the year and album name of the artist/band? This is a game that my friends and I played when we would hear music on the RADIO. We would find out the information about the music we were listening to and it was kind of a trivia challenge of sorts.
I absolutely love the way you break down songs, the artist or band informatyion when you have the information in front of you but also when you ask us for input and our basic knowledge of the music you are listening to and reviewing. PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE WAY YOU DO YOU AND YOUR CHANNEL. WE ALL LOVE YOU FOR THE WAY YOU DO WHAT YOU DO AND WE WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING YOU FROM THE FIRST REACTION YOU HAVE LISTED HERE ON YOU TUBE, IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO SEE HOW YOUR TASTE IN MUSIC HAS DEVELOPED... Welcome to the world of being an eclectic. You have a long way my friend and I have tons of suggestions for you ranging all the way back before I was born, music I grew up listening to on the Victrola on 78's. Dating the shit out of myself here, but still music is there for us to cut our teeth and grow as human beings I do believe.
As always, respectfully submitted to you Mr. TooBlunt with love and admiration for your channel. Debra
Video killed the radio star By the Buggles...
Don’t make me say it…..don’t make me….. aside from another great reaction, did anyone ever tell you about Marc Martel ;) first stop should be his one take Bohemian Rhapsody video. Then proceed from there good sir!
Thru all the years before this song, radio disc jockeys could play whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted. This song is about corporate taking over & telling disc jockeys what they could play & when. Every station eventually had a set playlist that repeated over & over.
I enjoy your reaction to Queen. The video is hard for me to understand. I prefer to see the band preform. other videos are similar...duet with David Bowe is very similar.
This song is one that encourages the audience to participate. Lynn
My love, you should watch a movie called "The boat that rocked".
In terms of attempting to avoid copyright strikes, some channels have some success by blurring the video so it is not clear, or otherwise make it less clear, bars or such, I think. Just something to think about going forward, maybe blurring the videos will help you. It is a minor annoyance on our end, some do love to complain, but with knowledge, it is understandable. Up to you, man. Keep being awesome.
Yes, I’ve started doing that on some recent videos. Lol it’s just a headache because you find out after uploading
@@TooBlunt I was suggesting that you do it all the time, why wait and see, just do it normally and save some hassles. You can see it normally, right? Only we see the blurred version? If that's the case, go for it; of course there will be complaints, but be honest about it and most people should understand. Many people don't really understand some of the problems creators face, reactors especially. A couple of channels I watch are open about it and I have a small idea of how bad/annoying it is, not being a creator myself. Cover your arse first; you're an awesome, intelligent, thoughtful reactor and many people prefer that over other factors, they'll/we'll stick around regardless. Or, at least, I hope so.
not sure if you have seen Queen live aid, the best live rock show in history? If you watch it, it shows you where they come from and you appreciate them even more. Radio GAGA is one of their best songs and all the fans engage with it.
Dude... on your old channel you were the teacher of "grime". On this channel you want to be the student of what your watchers listen to. I still get a kick out of watching you get into music that was around before you were born. ( still hoping to see some Meatloaf)...
@cheryl flam is completely correct. I stopped listening to radio back when MTV came out. That completely took over music (in my mind). I could finally put a face or band to the music. Now I stream and can choose my music and can even ask for a genre to get new music. I choose the type of music I consume and imho it all started w MTV. Today I wouldn’t watch MTV or VH1 if you paid me but things changed. If they hadn’t gotten so far from their original format I still would. Anyway, who knows what tomorrow will bring in music. Great reaction as always! Can’t wait for the next.
Oh btw, I went to look at a new car the other day. The dealership only allowed their cars to play country music on the radio. All I heard was country and ridiculous “humor “ and at that time I thought to myself…who listens to radio like this anymore? So kind of ironic 😂. I turned it completely off after I changed it to something a little better so I could test the speakers.
Hey Too Blunt, how about some Hopsin (*especially* early or @2015)? There *IS* some good rap out there and us older Queenies need to hear it :-) Here's Hopsin's take on contemporary rap that I know you'll agree with: th-cam.com/video/IiNNBc557OQ/w-d-xo.html Thanks for another in-depth, intelligent reaction TooBlunt! A follower forever, Yvonne an ol' time rock-n-roll and Queen 'stan'! (can't go wrong with most Eminem or Tupac, either ;-) )
PS: Keep on Rambling :-) Reminds me of an old southern rock band and a popular song: "Ramblin' Man" th-cam.com/video/68X8o0S7vJc/w-d-xo.html
Now that you've met Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.... meet Geoff Tate and Queensryche. I suggest both "Silent Lucidity" (a voice that makes you feel like you are being hugged) and "Take Hold of the Flame" live in Tokyo (a geez how does he do that?!?!!).
Comment number 2. I hope you get this one. In my first, I mentioned how Roger Taylor, the drummer wrote this. Note how the intro is very drum dominant. John Deacon's hits, You're My Best Friend, Another One Bites the Dust and Under Pressure all start out with a Bass riff.
After hearing your reaction days ago, I somehow got a song in my head that was from Roger Taylor's solo work. His first album was called Fun In Space and is drum and synthesizer dominant. He did 100% of the vocals and all instruments except guitar on some tracks. I saw your reaction to I'm in Love with my Car a few weeks ago and you like that, but I'm going to suggest one from that first solo album from 1980.
Laugh or Cry is a nice waltz. Give it a listen here: th-cam.com/video/G3i36eQe-Wc/w-d-xo.html
The rest of the album is also great especially with headphones.
Too bad, Blunt. We have some fantastic radio stations in Milwaukee. We still get Pink Floyd, YES, Queen, Led Zeppelin, etc....
Great content 💪👍 Greetings from 🇫🇮 You might wanna react to Freddie Mercury Living on my own. You can reflect on what you see on te video / what you hear he is singing about. That, I believe was The only Song he made solo that had some succes. Freddie was genious, but he needed his band to really make his musical mark ♥️ Queen ♥️
th-cam.com/video/HTdd8QxifbY/w-d-xo.html Here is The link