I shared this with my son. I was 15 when this great song was recorded. He's coming up on his 40th birthday soon. It resonates very deeply. Everyone in this band was genius! Was so lucky to see them tour this record with another legendary band Mott The Hoople! I am so grateful to be born when I was - 'Born Late '58'!
No long wait. You forget brilliant records. Innuendo Was much worse, never liked their latest work. What's about classics like 'a Day at the races, news of the woŕld and Hot space. They had the guts to Do something totally different, changed style but still made magic song.
T.I.N Mateus This album and sheer heart attack are tied at first place for me. I really like the fantasy vibes I get from Queen 2 and I always have some story in my head when listening to the album. I know the songs are technically not connected but I make them connected cuz I feel like it
I was absolutely crazy about Queen in my early teens (13, 14), but then I decided to venture out into earlier stuff (The Beatles, Buddy Holly etc). I completely ignored Queen for around 3 years, but now I'm back and still able to sing all the lyrics perfectly and still rocking out so hard. That's the special thing about Queen. You can never forget them.
Ellie Louise Actually I did the exact opposite 😁 when I was 16 I was crazy for the Beatles and at the age of 18 I fell in love with Queen. Untill I was 19 and then I didn't have time to listen to Queen during all day 😅. But now I'm back to Queen because last month I was at the Queen+ Adam Lambert concert in my country 😆. So happy to be back 😍💗
Greatest singer in rock history. And one of the most inventive, diversely talented bands ever. Listening to Queen on headphones is still one of my all time favorite favorite ways to listen to music.
Remember listening to this in a darkened room in 1982 when I was sent abroad to college. I hated the first few weeks there, then slowly accepted it, and loved it, ended up being one of the best few years of my life. And I was in Lausanne, Switzerland, a few stops away from Queens recording studios, although never knew it then. Last year, I went back to see friends, and visited Queens recording studio in Montreux and saw Freddie's statue. I am 50 now, I was 16 back then. Love you Fred, such a big part of my life 💕
You are so fortunate Mark. I've wanted to do the pilgrimage but haven't had the chance. I've been a Queen fan since 1974. Loved these guys from the first time I heard them on my radio ... I was gaga over them. I was a nurse way back then and worried a lot about Freddie and his carefree lifestyle. The medical community in the late 1970s as a whole were worried when we got the first few HIV cases. We had no idea what it was - it was like they had some weird kind of leukemia. It wasn't until 1983 that Researchers found out it was caused by a virus. My heart went out to Brian, Roger and John as they watched their brother slowly dying before their eyes. What a horrible time for all of them. When we lost Freddie we lost a legend - not just him but the 3 surviving members of Queen too. They were in mourning for a long time before they could function again and John threw in the towel which meant that Brian and Roger lost 2 brothers not just one. The fact that Brian and Roger are currently touring is such a blessing. Both of them live for their music and they are both Queen's essence. It was Brian and Roger initially in 1968-69 and it seems we've come full circle. The fact that Brian and Roger are happy to reach out to fans online is a blessing. If you haven't connected with Bri and Roger they are on Instagram and post regularly about a bunch of topics. Brian's Instagram is brianmayforreal and Rogers is rogertaylorofficial
Same experience with queen 2 back in 1992... 10 years later after you.. I was 14 years old... was a kind of strange music at the time...after the acceptation was my favourite Queen recording
WOW I lived in Lausanne for 5 long years, from 1987 to 1992. Montreux was so nice every summer. The Montreux Jazz Festival. Festival de Jazz de Montreux
4:58 - 6:19 That guitar solo kills me... everytime. So tragic. What a guitar work and enviable musical taste. No doubt, this is one of the best Brian May solos.
Grimreaper57 Queen Queen II Sheer Heart Attack A Night at the Opera A Day at the Races I think Jazz is amazing too. 70s Queen really was the best Queen.
Mighty Coffee Productions I don’t like jazz much. It’s just.. well.. I just feel uncomfortable with Bicycle Race and it really makes me just.l not want to listen to the album
This whole album is a masterpiece. It's a shame you never hear a single song from it played on the radio, just Bohemian Rhapsody over and over and over again. I guess that makes it more special though.
Same can be said of many great bands, that's why the recording company releases "Greatest Hits" collections, I would say the first 5-7/8 years of Queens existence there output could largely be labeled "Rock", even though ample songs in this era were better labeled pop, I can't say "Bring back Leroy Brown" is something I would label as "Rock" (and even better than calling it "Dixieland", just throw it in the middle of a mix of other "rock" or "pop" songs). Led Zepplin for instance, surely a serious influence on Queen, also wedged non "rock" songs in between hard rock and "heavy metal" tunes, to great affect in my opinion..."Fool in the Rain" would be more appropriately called "Reggae" or "Carribien" than 'rock", no harm as I feel it makes the band more interesting than the same old thing song after song! I have read one of Queen's great hits was originally going to be put out as a "Country" style song...though it worked for Elton John early on, I can't ever quite imagine Freddie in a cowboy hat as a country crooner! I lived through the 70's and AOR (album oriented rock) where some stations would play an entire album, therefore exposing the audience to a much wider spectrum of a bands sound than just top 40/20/10 hits, this required an audience with much greater attention span, and generally created life time fans of the bands exposed.
@@derekemrie2987 I thing Queen were influenced by Led Zep and the Beatles when they started, but they developped their own style with A night at the opera
How did Brian write this song when he was so young? It's uncanny. Makes me cry as it did 40 years ago. His dad helped him build the red special.....after being some sort of boffin who helped win the war. There is something terribly English about it. " A word in your ear" that's a very middle class expression you don't hear anymore. It's that old fashioned,reserved stiff upper lip England trying to communicate across the generation gap. There is so much empathy in this song which is why I find it so moving despite it being a very refined bit of heavy rock. Master of feedback and echo too. Q2 is my favourite album.
Love it when Deacon visits the high notes on his bass 3:40. He often does that in the rock'n'roll live pieces, too. It adds glory to the instrumental parts.
I was so fortunate to catch the Queen II tour... They played this song, and I've found a recording of the show I was at.. Brian, Freddy.. I knew they were great, but they exceeded my expectations 10 fold..
I nearly cry when I hear "Take this letter that I give you because you'll write it again before you die" means so much after losing my father so many, many years ago. My beautiful father who made and gave me everything I am now, and now I hope to be the man who passes on the same to my glorious grandson.
This was the first Queen album i ever bought..16, at college..such a dilemma after looking at all the albums on offer. I chose this album...when I got home and put the needle on the vinyl..Wow! Not just this song but the entire album is epic.
@Harry Warburg I spent 20 minutes choosing which album to buy first..in the end i chose Queen ll because of the faces on the cover which is weird as that pic ended up on the Bo Rhap video.
Thanks Queen. This album is part of my life for so many years. I tried not to hear it anymore, but it is stronger than me. This is your masterpiece and will forever remain testimony to your hard work and creativity in the early years.
I'm 14 and I think this is music. btw the songs from Queen II (especialy this song) are very very underrated I wish more people would listen to this masterpice
Queen is really the best band of all time the more I think of it. Their albums are all so fluid and soo enjoyable to listen to when you're at home cooking or driving to work. I feel like Queen has no bad songs, of course some songs like Bohemian Rhapsody, Killer Queen, under pressure or radio gaga are better but there is very little drop off between their " hit songs" and their relatively unknown songs like " father to son", " Spread your wings" or " keep yourself alive". Thats what makes them special. For example, as good as Led zeppelin is and their stairway to heaven song is, some of their songs on their albums are terrible, I have to skip over them. I have never done this with a queen song
Jamie I feel like it's that person's opinion if you don't agree thats fine but I disagree with you on zep being better majority of their songs arent good.
I like many songs by those bands, but I can;t even name 10 good songs by led zeppelin, yet I know 50 good queen songs. I also love some pink floyd songs, but only maybe 20% of them. I really think queen is better overal. And I am not a fanboy, I haven;t listened much to them in the past 10 years but whenever I revisit them I am very impressed by the around quality.
@@angelyanespais3573 jajajaja the beatles is the most acclaimed band in history jajaja overrated jjaja typical coment of a rat boy who has not even heard the beatles
I am a 60-year-old man (father of two - both DAUGHTERS)....and "Father To Son" was and still is my favorite Queen song ever....before I had kids and especially since.....I've always loved the music and harmony of the song....and just recently I dwelt on the lyrics moreso, and man are they beautiful to a fella with children.....especially (as you, loucap81, pointed out) the part before the fadeout where Freddie so beautifully sings "but the air you need I live to give you"....that lovely part right there, segueing into that that terrific fadeout, is about as good as rock music gets in my opinion. I was staining my deck the other day when that song randomly (out of 16,000 on my phone's hard drive) came up....and like I said, I've always loved that song...but when it got to THAT part, it hit me like never before...and my eyes became so moist with love for my kids that I had to stop and wipe away the tears before I could see to paint. I'm thankful that I have such a passion for rock music. Can't play a lick, but I sure love songs like "Father To Son" and I will until the day I die. I'm glad you agree with me, loucap81!
Take this letter that I give you , take it sonny ,hold it high , you won’t understand a word that's in it But you'll write it out again before you die 😭😭🖤🙌🏻 this song break my heart 👌🏻
I can remember hearing this for the first time as a 12 year old in my mate´s bedroom and it totally blew my mind ! All of the band on top form . The way Brian makes his guitar sing on the closing chorus and fade-out still gives me goose-bumps. Timeless genius !
Their first 2 albums are mind blowing.I love all their work but with the first albums they really started something special in the great rock era (60s,70s).
What a brilliant showman Freddie Murcury was! He always had the audience in the palm of his hand always love watching Queen's concerts, Brian May is very good guitarist with a distinctive style, so good hearing their music!
Queen II and Jazz are my favorite albums, but I really enjoy Queen, Sheer Heart Attack, Innuendo, The Game, and A Night at the Opera. I have other albums from them that are great too, but I listen to those the most!
It's always been an emotionally charged song, but since my dad died I can't listen to this and keep a dry eye. I was learning to play it on the guitar the other day and thinking of my father and now my son.. Brian you swine you, you got me bro.
In early days, Queen had got over the follower of Zep, Sabbath or Yes. Queen in the middle of 70's is right for being called as reincarnation of The Beatles.
The summer of 1975. I had this album on repeat, the music book for this album and I used to play along on my Gibson (copy) and I had a 100 watt amp.....magical days...
Imagine writing poems to your music, and you happen to have an audacious buddy who changed his name from Farouk Bulsara to Freddie Mercury who wants so badly to be in your band, and sing those words for you... birth of a galaxy big...
Greg Bow I know. I'm telling you that Freddie, Brian and Roger have done some SOLO work, and wrote songs for Queen. John did actually wrote awesome songs, but he didn't do any SOLO work. Correct me if I'm wrong, that's how I think of this
Lili Diamond True that. But this is Queen's channel. This is the "best of Queen", Freddie, Brian, Roger and John. He must be mentionned. Their solo work has nothing to do with that imo. It's like, idk, a bonus here on the channel.
I can totally relate. On my 13th birthday in 1980, I bought Queen 2. Within a month, I could sing along to the entire album by heart. Probably the album I played over and over the most in my early teens.
I praise this album all the time. The first three Queen albums are my favorites of their body of work. And no one really gets it unless you're someone who knows them as well as the people who have commented here.
This was the first album I ever listened to through quality headphones …never forget that magical experience…..also easier for children to accept a new style of music (I was 13)..this album seems to have been passed by, by the music industry.
It's funny that this great song had such strong meaning in the lyrics, just years after listening to it for the first time I got the meaning of them (coincidentally when I was old enough to get them). Thanks so much for sharing this superb album with us!
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I shared this with my son. I was 15 when this great song was recorded. He's coming up on his 40th birthday soon. It resonates very deeply. Everyone in this band was genius! Was so lucky to see them tour this record with another legendary band Mott The Hoople! I am so grateful to be born when I was - 'Born Late '58'!
Queen 2 is underrated af. Definitely one of Queen's best albums
The best
Their best album to me tied with The Works.
Probably, the best! First 4 albums outstanding, then a long wait till Innuendo in 1991.
My favorite and a very close second is Day at the Races. Both absolutely amazing!
No long wait. You forget brilliant records. Innuendo Was much worse, never liked their latest work. What's about classics like 'a Day at the races, news of the woŕld and Hot space. They had the guts to Do something totally different, changed style but still made magic song.
"but the air you breathe I live to give you" That's it. That's the line. Fatherhood described in 10 magical words
Gave those very words to my father. He was stunned.
those will be played at my funeral
Chokes me every time.
Yep
Lets face it this is Queen's best album.Very underrated.
T.I.N Mateus yeah but sheer heart attack is just killer
My personal favourite is a day at the races but this is a great album too
T.I.N Mateus This album and sheer heart attack are tied at first place for me. I really like the fantasy vibes I get from Queen 2 and I always have some story in my head when listening to the album. I know the songs are technically not connected but I make them connected cuz I feel like it
This or Innuendo for me.
Yeah but too much lalalala lalalala
I was absolutely crazy about Queen in my early teens (13, 14), but then I decided to venture out into earlier stuff (The Beatles, Buddy Holly etc). I completely ignored Queen for around 3 years, but now I'm back and still able to sing all the lyrics perfectly and still rocking out so hard. That's the special thing about Queen. You can never forget them.
welcome back my friend
Zogohoganoth ! Thank you!
Ellie Louise Actually I did the exact opposite 😁 when I was 16 I was crazy for the Beatles and at the age of 18 I fell in love with Queen. Untill I was 19 and then I didn't have time to listen to Queen during all day 😅. But now I'm back to Queen because last month I was at the Queen+ Adam Lambert concert in my country 😆. So happy to be back 😍💗
Truly amazing musicians, it would take a strong blow to the head to forget a band like this. :)
Ellie Louise nice
Amazing song!
Who are you?
@@kaira5748 He's some musician
NAH
Greatest singer in rock history. And one of the most inventive, diversely talented bands ever. Listening to Queen on headphones is still one of my all time favorite favorite ways to listen to music.
Hi I recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
Roger´s drumming is so on point - the rolls are heavenly
That's one of the things that I love about this song
I was wondering why no one was talking about it in the comments
Roger's drumming here is so powerful! the sound of the toms is right into the stomach!
@@marianolosaurodrummer And Funny How Love Is too!
@@shirabetty8483 yess!
Yes everything about his drumming is on point very cool
Remember listening to this in a darkened room in 1982 when I was sent abroad to college. I hated the first few weeks there, then slowly accepted it, and loved it, ended up being one of the best few years of my life. And I was in Lausanne, Switzerland, a few stops away from Queens recording studios, although never knew it then. Last year, I went back to see friends, and visited Queens recording studio in Montreux and saw Freddie's statue. I am 50 now, I was 16 back then. Love you Fred, such a big part of my life 💕
Mine too Mark unbelievable talent! sadly missed
You are so fortunate Mark. I've wanted to do the pilgrimage but haven't had the chance.
I've been a Queen fan since 1974. Loved these guys from the first time I heard them on my radio ... I was gaga over them.
I was a nurse way back then and worried a lot about Freddie and his carefree lifestyle. The medical community in the late 1970s as a whole were worried when we got the first few HIV cases. We had no idea what it was - it was like they had some weird kind of leukemia. It wasn't until 1983 that Researchers found out it was caused by a virus.
My heart went out to Brian, Roger and John as they watched their brother slowly dying before their eyes. What a horrible time for all of them.
When we lost Freddie we lost a legend - not just him but the 3 surviving members of Queen too. They were in mourning for a long time before they could function again and John threw in the towel which meant that Brian and Roger lost 2 brothers not just one. The fact that Brian and Roger are currently touring is such a blessing. Both of them live for their music and they are both Queen's essence. It was Brian and Roger initially in 1968-69 and it seems we've come full circle.
The fact that Brian and Roger are happy to reach out to fans online is a blessing. If you haven't connected with Bri and Roger they are on Instagram and post regularly about a bunch of topics. Brian's Instagram is brianmayforreal and Rogers is rogertaylorofficial
Same experience with queen 2 back in 1992... 10 years later after you.. I was 14 years old... was a kind of strange music at the time...after the acceptation was my favourite Queen recording
WOW I lived in Lausanne for 5 long years, from 1987 to 1992. Montreux was so nice every summer. The Montreux Jazz Festival. Festival de Jazz de Montreux
Queen is one of the rarest musical groups that evokes a taste not only for music. They are wonderful!!! With love from Russia!
Согласен
Howdy Russia from Texas, Dallas Texas that is. 🤠
An undisputed masterpiece. Queen was way ahead of their times. True musical genius 😊
Another great song written by the Great Dr. Brian May !
Queen at it´s best I like to think.
Queen were at their best in 1970-forever
Who Wants To Be The Best Forever
Queen doesnt need to want, it IS the best
4:58 - 6:19 That guitar solo kills me... everytime. So tragic.
What a guitar work and enviable musical taste. No doubt, this is one of the best Brian May solos.
...with Brighton Rock
NOBOD CARES
@@mayoneso6667 can't even spell nobody right 💀
@@ChordettesFan325 SHU UP
@@mayoneso6667I love casiopea too but when you made this comment were you having a bad day or haven't matured yet
The first 5 Queen Albums can stand against any other rock album. Hands down.
Grimreaper57
Queen
Queen II
Sheer Heart Attack
A Night at the Opera
A Day at the Races
I think Jazz is amazing too. 70s Queen really was the best Queen.
queens early stuff>>>>other queen music.
Mighty Coffee Productions I don’t like jazz much. It’s just.. well.. I just feel uncomfortable with Bicycle Race and it really makes me just.l not want to listen to the album
Mighty Coffee Productions News of the World?
Grimreaper57 agree 100%
Need a 24/7 Queen radio station.
absolutely
It could be called Radio Ga Ga
I’d have it on all the time.
Spotify?
They don't call May one of the greatest guitarists for nothing.
* The Greatest Guitarist
@@MichyJo thank you!
I hardly ever hear that honour. I mostly hear the same Jimi Hendrix, BB King name drops. May needs extra exposure.
I bet the replies are going to be saying that he is the best guitarist.
I guess I was 1/3 correct?
@@phosphatepod 2/3 since the second person agreed with the first
This is not just a poetry. It's a life lesson
Hi I recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
NAH
Quite possibly, one of QUEENS best albums. Should have gotten more airplay and recognition!!! Every track is Awesome 👌
Hi I recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
NAH
I think its their best album by far.
💀..I've always thought so..✨️🎸🌹
2:12 One of the heaviest moments of Queen's history, god, I fucking love this band.
I’ve heard far heavier from Queen.
@@dogol284 that is what he said "one of the heaviest" not "the heaviest" reading comprehension lacking I see
That wasn’t disagreeing, I was just stating that I’ve heard heavier. Don’t be so condescending.
@@dogol284 I'm curious, do you have any example please ?
I believe songs like Great King Rat are a lot heavier.
This whole album is a masterpiece. It's a shame you never hear a single song from it played on the radio, just Bohemian Rhapsody over and over and over again. I guess that makes it more special though.
Bohemian Rhapsody isn't on this one, it was on A Night At The Opera
That's what he said. You don't hear anything from this record on the radio, just BoRhap.
You occasionally get Killer Queen, You’re My Best Friend, or Don’t Stop Me Now, but no Queen songs before Sheer Heart Attack or after The Game.
Same can be said of many great bands, that's why the recording company releases "Greatest Hits" collections, I would say the first 5-7/8 years of Queens existence there output could largely be labeled "Rock", even though ample songs in this era were better labeled pop, I can't say "Bring back Leroy Brown" is something I would label as "Rock" (and even better than calling it "Dixieland", just throw it in the middle of a mix of other "rock" or "pop" songs). Led Zepplin for instance, surely a serious influence on Queen, also wedged non "rock" songs in between hard rock and "heavy metal" tunes, to great affect in my opinion..."Fool in the Rain" would be more appropriately called "Reggae" or "Carribien" than 'rock", no harm as I feel it makes the band more interesting than the same old thing song after song! I have read one of Queen's great hits was originally going to be put out as a "Country" style song...though it worked for Elton John early on, I can't ever quite imagine Freddie in a cowboy hat as a country crooner! I lived through the 70's and AOR (album oriented rock) where some stations would play an entire album, therefore exposing the audience to a much wider spectrum of a bands sound than just top 40/20/10 hits, this required an audience with much greater attention span, and generally created life time fans of the bands exposed.
@@derekemrie2987 I thing Queen were influenced by Led Zep and the Beatles when they started, but they developped their own style with A night at the opera
How did Brian write this song when he was so young? It's uncanny. Makes me cry as it did 40 years ago. His dad helped him build the red special.....after being some sort of boffin who helped win the war. There is something terribly English about it. " A word in your ear" that's a very middle class expression you don't hear anymore. It's that old fashioned,reserved stiff upper lip England trying to communicate across the generation gap. There is so much empathy in this song which is why I find it so moving despite it being a very refined bit of heavy rock.
Master of feedback and echo too. Q2 is my favourite album.
Imo ANATO is the best, but I respect your opinion :D
4:38 omfg 70's queen is the best period.
I will never stop to tell this
Love it when Deacon visits the high notes on his bass 3:40. He often does that in the rock'n'roll live pieces, too. It adds glory to the instrumental parts.
I was so fortunate to catch the Queen II tour... They played this song, and I've found a recording of the show I was at.. Brian, Freddy.. I knew they were great, but they exceeded my expectations 10 fold..
You, sir, are lucky to have been born in that generation. I was born way after Freddy's death but I still wish I could've heard his voice live
Very lucky, Now we have *people* with *NO* talent
Just auto tune
Ahmed Ajina same here :(
What show?
That's just the best Queen song and the most exciting electric guitar part i've ever listen in my life.
I nearly cry when I hear "Take this letter that I give you because you'll write it again before you die" means so much after losing my father so many, many years ago. My beautiful father who made and gave me everything I am now, and now I hope to be the man who passes on the same to my glorious grandson.
No argument that the first for Queen albums were monumental
.. this song is one of the best
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Brian May's guitar is fucking majestic.
Especially to say its home made 🤘
May played out of his mind on this album..... Queen II is head and shoulders ABOVE ANYTHING ELSE IN THEIR CATALOGUE.....
One of the top ten albums of al time . Today's musicians/artists just not in this league !!
The best part is from 00:00 to 06:19.
06:20 is the beginning of disappointing part
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This idiotic comment is on every Queen video on TH-cam. Enough already.
@@muggyruggy Aw, come on, man. It gives me a chuckle every time I see it. Sums up the Queen listening experience pretty well.
Yeah I love that part!
This was the first Queen album i ever bought..16, at college..such a dilemma after looking at all the albums on offer. I chose this album...when I got home and put the needle on the vinyl..Wow! Not just this song but the entire album is epic.
@Harry Warburg I spent 20 minutes choosing which album to buy first..in the end i chose Queen ll because of the faces on the cover which is weird as that pic ended up on the Bo Rhap video.
These really are wise words. How did such a young man know these things?
Wise and loving words.
because He is The Only begotten Son
Freddie? Or Brian?
shempone well this song was written by brian
iMangifiesta exactly
The guitar lick right after "Take it sonny, hold it high" is the best thing ever. Period.
日本でのデビューアルバムです。最初に聴いた時は衝撃を受けました。音がきれいで歌がうまい、コーラスが美しい！演奏にも迫力がある！世界では無名だったらしいですが、日本では大騒ぎでした。Queenは日本から世界に飛び出したバントです。
As a keyboard player I am still astonished there is NO SYNTH! THE GUITAR IS AMAZING. My favourite Queen album hands down
Queen makes me live
Oooooh, you make me live
@@streetfood7568 Whatever this music can give to me, it's Queen they're all I hear!
now honey
AHH QUEEN'S MY BEST FRIEND!
Thanks Queen. This album is part of my life for so many years. I tried not to hear it anymore, but it is stronger than me. This is your masterpiece and will forever remain testimony to your hard work and creativity in the early years.
Proccesion+Father To Son+White Queen (As It Began) is the perfect start for the album Queen II.
Such a perfect medley!
This song, like all other Queen songs....has no weakness
Mark Thorsby not in this pls
I love this....but I can think of plenty terrible Queen songs, most from the latter part of their career.
@@ianhewitson2738 even their 'meh' songs are comparable to most modern artist's top hits you know.
Ian Hewitson like what? 👌
Like Sheer Heart Attack...
start at 4:04 and listen til the end (or at least til 4:58}. What a voice - what a band.
or you could, u know, listen to... the whole song maybe? but yes that bit is amazing 😁
I'm 14 and I think this is music.
btw the songs from Queen II (especialy this song) are very very underrated I wish more people would listen to this masterpice
same age i become queen fan because of my dad
Queen is really the best band of all time the more I think of it. Their albums are all so fluid and soo enjoyable to listen to when you're at home cooking or driving to work. I feel like Queen has no bad songs, of course some songs like Bohemian Rhapsody, Killer Queen, under pressure or radio gaga are better but there is very little drop off between their " hit songs" and their relatively unknown songs like " father to son", " Spread your wings" or " keep yourself alive". Thats what makes them special. For example, as good as Led zeppelin is and their stairway to heaven song is, some of their songs on their albums are terrible, I have to skip over them. I have never done this with a queen song
Jamie I feel like it's that person's opinion if you don't agree thats fine but I disagree with you on zep being better majority of their songs arent good.
Jamie who'd be the best band then
Lol every song Queen has made is good, other than "Stealin'"
An Insult to not include Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, Jamie. SMiLE and Pet Sounds decimate anything The Beatles ever did.
I like many songs by those bands, but I can;t even name 10 good songs by led zeppelin, yet I know 50 good queen songs. I also love some pink floyd songs, but only maybe 20% of them. I really think queen is better overal. And I am not a fanboy, I haven;t listened much to them in the past 10 years but whenever I revisit them I am very impressed by the around quality.
belongs to the top five Queen songs, musically and also with respect to the lyrical quality! There is a deep meanin!
The Greatest band in the world
NOO GRETAEST BAND IS THE BEATLES AND PINK FLOYD
@@usuariodesconocido6140 beatles are overrated
@@angelyanespais3573 jajajaja the beatles is the most acclaimed band in history jajaja overrated jjaja typical coment of a rat boy who has not even heard the beatles
Daniel Alejandro Fernandez Marquez beatles are overrated and I’m from Liverpool
@@usuariodesconocido6140 ive heard every BEATLES record and they blow my mind.Love them!!...But for me QUEEN IS ON LEVEL ABOVE THE BEATLES.
4:38-4:47 makes me want to cry every time, both for the lyrics and how they're sung
I am a 60-year-old man (father of two - both DAUGHTERS)....and "Father To Son" was and still is my favorite Queen song ever....before I had kids and especially since.....I've always loved the music and harmony of the song....and just recently I dwelt on the lyrics moreso, and man are they beautiful to a fella with children.....especially (as you, loucap81, pointed out) the part before the fadeout where Freddie so beautifully sings "but the air you need I live to give you"....that lovely part right there, segueing into that that terrific fadeout, is about as good as rock music gets in my opinion. I was staining my deck the other day when that song randomly (out of 16,000 on my phone's hard drive) came up....and like I said, I've always loved that song...but when it got to THAT part, it hit me like never before...and my eyes became so moist with love for my kids that I had to stop and wipe away the tears before I could see to paint. I'm thankful that I have such a passion for rock music. Can't play a lick, but I sure love songs like "Father To Son" and I will until the day I die. I'm glad you agree with me, loucap81!
@@DavidPuddyThatsRight this is my favorite song and Queen 2 is my favorite album by them, timeless masterpiece
I love all from 4:00 til 5:00, It seems that he changes 3 ir 4 times de Voice.
2:41 is nothing to sneeze at either.
It's rare that a rock and roll song can truly give me goosebumps! Holy wow.
Take this letter that I give you , take it sonny ,hold it high , you won’t understand a word that's in it
But you'll write it out again before you die 😭😭🖤🙌🏻 this song break my heart 👌🏻
Love how truly great bands have plenty of hidden pearls that are even better than most of their hits
This song is fantastic not only the meaning of the words but that incredible guitar playing by May. Wow!
Brian’s vocals brings me to heaven
I never had a Father. I love this song. Thank you Freddie, John, Brian and Roger. Beautiful. :-)
God bless you...LONG LIVE QUEEN...🇬🇧
But are you a father?
Ofc you had a father, otherwise you wouldn't be here you dohnut......
Me too
Astonishing. Even as kids these guys saw the whole picture and were able to bottle it. Whole album is amazing. 1974.
Another gem from early Queen the second &third albums I really think are some of their best work
I can remember hearing this for the first time as a 12 year old in my mate´s bedroom and it totally blew my mind ! All of the band on top form . The way Brian makes his guitar sing on the closing chorus and fade-out still gives me goose-bumps. Timeless genius !
I always liken Brian's solos to be the orgasm of the song!!?? Or is it me?...
+Steven Stratton It´s you.........no seriously, I nearly had one when I first heard this staggering song.
I played this album over and over during the summer of 1975
Whenever Queen decided to be a metal band... they were one of the best
Wow its amazing how underrated is this song! I think it is one of the best song of Queen!
Hi I recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
"Funny, you don't hear a single word I say"
I fucking love you queen, and thankyou Brian, for writing this art.
My father has died two days ago, I feel support with this song
Their first 2 albums are mind blowing.I love all their work but with the first albums they really started something special in the great rock era (60s,70s).
Thank you, Limitless for reminding me about this track.
This is absolutely one of their best songs ever. One of my favourites from Queen ❤
Hi I recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
Absolutely love Queen 2 album, my favourite Queen album.
White Queen is my favourite Queen song oall time, its beautiful.
What a brilliant showman Freddie Murcury was! He always had the audience in the palm of his hand always love watching Queen's concerts, Brian May is very good guitarist with a distinctive style, so good hearing their music!
if you want to check out the most underrated Queen songs go listen to Queen II.
rufio'smousse Brian May says about Queen II that its his favourite album of anything Queen made.
T.I.N Mateus the Brian may has good ears
rufio'smousse also yeah these songs are incredibly underrated but I say jazz is underrated quite a bit
Queen II and Jazz are my favorite albums, but I really enjoy Queen, Sheer Heart Attack, Innuendo, The Game, and A Night at the Opera. I have other albums from them that are great too, but I listen to those the most!
I almost forgot News of the World, I'm very fond of that one too.
That ending is really the best Queen had offered in their long career. Epic!
That ending destroys me every time I hear it.
I love early Queen when they still had those heavy metal elements. They brought it back in Innuendo and it was fantastic!
It's always been an emotionally charged song, but since my dad died I can't listen to this and keep a dry eye. I was learning to play it on the guitar the other day and thinking of my father and now my son.. Brian you swine you, you got me bro.
QUEEN ALWAYS WILL BE ETERNAL ACTUALS IN OUR HEARTS !!!
BIG BAND ....
LONGINGS !!!
HUGS FROM BRAZIL,
ROSANGELA D'ORO
I suffrer from "queenoholism"... You too???
Yeaah me too
Trouble is, when I tried to turn things over to my higher power like the 12-steps said, Brian May told me he didn't have time to handle my problems.
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me too there is no cure and i dont care
@@temporaryprofile6775 Да, от кръв и плът :)
0:34 this is so killer
any other guitarist would just strum
HE SLIDED INTO IT, CHILLS
I loved this album as a kid It's still the best
Queen II is a perfect album and every song is exceptional. But for me, this one hits very hard to my soul personally. Such a deep and beautiful song.
One of my favorite Queen's songs.
Listening to my Queen playlist is just a roulette of what song will be stuck in my head next.
In early days, Queen had got over the follower of Zep, Sabbath or Yes. Queen in the middle of 70's is right for being called as reincarnation of The Beatles.
The summer of 1975. I had this album on repeat, the music book for this album and I used to play along on my Gibson (copy) and I had a 100 watt amp.....magical days...
Anytime I listen to this album I have a dumb grin on my face because it is a truly magical album.
My favourite Queen song
+Fairy Fello Sure, but this is my favourite :)
I like all the albums and all the songs of the group, but this is my favorite LP, you can still feel the innocence and majesty that they are all
1.Father to son & The march of the black Queen (in fact every song of Queen II)
2.The prophet's song
3.The millionaire waltz
4.Liar
5.Innuendo
The best Queen album by far. Absolutely incredible!
Imagine writing poems to your music, and you happen to have an audacious buddy who changed his name from Farouk Bulsara to Freddie Mercury who wants so badly to be in your band, and sing those words for you... birth of a galaxy big...
Such an underrated album like much of queens stuff
+iiElysium x Not ever underrated by true Queen fans, but in general, yes ...
+Ad van Tuil Definitely agreed.
i think queen II is their best album
+Luis Ramirez . have to agree. it is a masterpiece.
For me it's Sheer Heart Attack, listen to it, fantastic, not important wich one...
The musicianship in this band is amazing
この楽曲は、今回、初めて視聴しましたが、Queenの作品ということが、よく分かります❗随所に、特徴のある独特のQueen調があるからです🎼
May is the best EVER!!! And for EVER!!!!!
I love all of the Queen albums (even Hot Space!) but Queen and Queen II are something special. ❤️ 🎸
"See the best of Freddie Mercury, Brian May & Roger Taylor right here on TH-cam." What about John ?
Greg Bow John didn't do any solo work. He only did a song with a band in the late eighties I think..
Lili Diamond You're wrong. He wrote songs in the 70s. For exemple Spread Your Wings. And without John, Queen wouldn't be Queen.
Greg Bow I know. I'm telling you that Freddie, Brian and Roger have done some SOLO work, and wrote songs for Queen. John did actually wrote awesome songs, but he didn't do any SOLO work. Correct me if I'm wrong, that's how I think of this
Lili Diamond True that. But this is Queen's channel. This is the "best of Queen", Freddie, Brian, Roger and John. He must be mentionned. Their solo work has nothing to do with that imo. It's like, idk, a bonus here on the channel.
Greg Bow The members of Queen have made solo artwork. But still, they were on Queen. This is what I mean
Queen 1 + Queen 2 are incredible
Pure poetry ... but the air you breath, I live to give you !
2:41 I just love this riff.
Hi I recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
Father to Son. The best track on Queen's best album. Discuss.
This song makes me want to have a son and show him what good music is. Thank you Queen for everything. 4:04 is just heartbreaking. So beautiful.
One of the most underrated songs ever,it's just so good...
I literally played this album to death, on the old tape, played it so much it wore out.
I can totally relate. On my 13th birthday in 1980, I bought Queen 2. Within a month, I could sing along to the entire album by heart. Probably the album I played over and over the most in my early teens.
It's an ignored masterpiece indeed.
Why you gotta get a vinyl. They last forever
@@radiotimes2100 Wait, how? You bought it in 1980? Isn't Queen II released in 1974?
@@sxtright_anirudh7299 80 comes after 74
That album is complete master peice you coud tell bohemian rhapsody was on its way. To confirm everything
I praise this album all the time. The first three Queen albums are my favorites of their body of work. And no one really gets it unless you're someone who knows them as well as the people who have commented here.
2:05-2:15 wearing full volume headphones is like a drug. Pure chills up and down my entire body, ive never experienced anything like it
This was the first album I ever listened to through quality headphones …never forget that magical experience…..also easier for children to accept a new style of music (I was 13)..this album seems to have been passed by, by the music industry.
It's better than drugs
Queen - A New Hope
Queen II - Empire Strikes Back
Sheer Heart Attack - Return Of The Jedi
This is of course the hymn of loving fathers.
It's funny that this great song had such strong meaning in the lyrics, just years after listening to it for the first time I got the meaning of them (coincidentally when I was old enough to get them). Thanks so much for sharing this superb album with us!
A WORD IN YOUR EAR FROM FATHER TO SOOOOOOON 🗣️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
From the best Queen album