Dr. Brian May (now SIR Brian May): Lead guitar/back up vocals/piano sometimes. Dr of Astrophysics. Studied reflected light from interplanetary dust and the velocity of dust in the plane of the Solar System. Has worked with NASA. Made his guitar with his father when he was around 16/17. Was poor so used things around the house like a piece of a fireplace for the neck/mother’s buttons/knitting needle etc. It's called "The Red Special" Still plays it to this day. Roger Taylor: Drums/Amazing back up vocals. Has a BS in biology. Still rocking with Brian to this day. John Deacon: Bass guitar. Degree in Electronics. Inverter of the Deacy amp (which Brian uses to this day) Sadly John had a bit of a breakdown after Freddie's death and only performed with the rest of the band a 3 times after. He is, these days, only involved in the financial side through his attorney. He's been pretty much a recluse. And of course Freddie: Degree in Graphic design. Google "best rock front man of all time" I can save you the trouble. Most places the #1 answer is Freddie. Every member has written hit songs. All but John had singing talent where they could have had their own bands and been a success. Put them all together and you have QUEEN! (also all but John have done solo albums) Remember. NO auto tune. No tricks. Pure talent! You can't put Queen in a box as far as genre. There is no box! Strongly suggest a ballad from very early Queen (one of my fav's of theirs) White Queen (A Night At The Odeon - Hammersmith 1975) For more rock I'd suggest "Don't Stop me now" (official)
In interviews Freddie really got annoyed with interviewers who kept saying Freddie Mercury and Queen, he always saw himself as just a member of the band , Yes he was the lead singer, the front man, and what an exceptional front man he was, but to Freddie he was just one of the lads, one of the band,and all in the band were exceptional in their own way, Good song writers, and great musicians. QUEEN, BEST BAND EVER 🇬🇧👍
Who Wants to Live Forever from their Budapest show is supernaturally amazing. Live-aid and White Queen live from Hammersmith Odeon are must-see as well. Love the content, keep the Queen coming! Also - side note - you'll notice that Brian May starts out on the piano, then switches to guitar mid-song and Freddie takes over on the piano.
and not forgetting the Hyde Park Festival 2017. Shortly before Green Day took the stage, 65,000 fans loudly sang Bohemian Rhapsody. I'm talking about the entire track and not just the chorus. Queen herself had reacted to this. green Day uploaded the entire recording to their official channel.
@@angelaedgington-pk8si Wow! Were you not watching the video? Brian often plays piano. Freddie plays guitar. John plays piano, bass guitar and drums. Roger plays guitar and drums. They are versatile and they all write songs. They're all great musicians and that's why Queen's repertoire is so varied.
Of course Freddie's vocals are amazing as always ... but to me the stand-out thing I took away from it is the fact that Brian May plays the piano beautifully (a different flavor of piano playing than Freddie's, but lovely) -- then he jumps up to play guitar and Freddie takes over the ivories
I saw a comment before that said somewhere superman is wearing a Freddie Mercury tshirt ..very apt and i love that comment ..loved queen all my life they are amazing 😊
When you do the Live Aid concert, pick the one that is a little longer and opens with the comedic cops because it is the best video. The shorter one cuts off right before the end and is so disappointing. I love this song, written by Brian who starts out on the piano with his guitar on his lap then when the guitar part kicks in he leaves the piano and Freddie takes over. What a talented group of men make up this band. Brian said he wrote this song for Freddie but he didn't admit to that until after Freddie's death. Before that he said he wrote it about a friend who was going through a difficult divorce or break up. Freddie was a very private person so Brian didn't tip his hand. The story of the mic stand is that during a performance one time the mick stand broke away from the base but Freddie being a pro, he continued as though nothing had happened. He decided he like the freedom of being able to move around so he kept the detached mic stand which he actually uses as a prop for air guitar and other antics. This became Freddie's signature. When cordless mics became a thing, Freddie said he really missed the cord as well but he did keep the stand. Thank you for your reactions.
Hey Hon, Just an FYI: I’ve been trying to let reactors know that the copy of the Live Aid video that cuts off at the end, is from this channel name: uploader.jp8… So hopefully they can avoid using it! )
All 4 of these professional musicians wrote songs and are in hall of fame for songwriting too! Try White Queen at Hammersmith Odeon & at Hyde Park Freddie singing Every Breath You Take. Also: Don’t Stop Me Now (official video) as well as In The Lap of The Gods, Spread Your Wings, One Year of Love, anything at their Wembley concert -try It’s A Kind of Magic and Who Wants To live Forever. Incredible Talent.
Freddy, un genio, un showman, un grandísimo cantante, único y Queen para siempre una banda mítica..DEP (Freddy, a genius, a showman, a great singer, unique and Queen forever a mythical band. DEP) Hugs from Spain
Great reaction as always, love watching you two, who said Superman could wear Freddie's shirt !! can't wait for Live Aid thank you so much for introducing Queen to your play lists xxx
@@barsandbarbells2022 Thank you so much for letting me know, can't wait, hope you two are well I so love listening to you react especially to Queen love to you both x
Such a beautiful song written by guitarist Brian May. And Freddie’s vocals are so good it’s as if he wrote the song himself. Brian did comment that the song is about a friend’s difficult break-up! He would later say that that friend was Freddie! ☹️ Awww man!! 😞💔
Definitely ""Under Pressure" live at Wembley, also "In The Lap Of The Gods revisited" live at Wembley because you will get three songs for the price of one - "In The Lap Of The Gods", ""Seven Seas Of Rhye" and "Tear It Up".
The story behind his half-mic stand began when Freddie was back in college and was then in a group called Wreckage. The group was like a lot of groups just starting out and were lucky to have any equipment much less backups. One night when Freddie was singing he went to pull the mic off of the stand and it was stuck. While he continued to sing, he pulled and pulled and pulled until he pulled so hard that the two tubes that make up the stand separated but the mic itself remained stuck. Freddie continued to perform the rest of the show with half of the mic stand attached to the mic. Strangely enough, he found he liked the mic with half the stand attached. It gave him something to fiddle with while performing. From that performance on, he continued to use the half-mic stand mic and it became one of his trademarks.
This song moves me to tears every time! It took on a new meaning for me when I was 20 30 odd years ago. It brings back those emotions every time I hear it! I envy you guys hearing all this stuff for the first time 👍
This was a new song off The Game album, I'd heard the studio version at home. Watching them do it live in Madison Square Garden was epic! Still get chills as soon as it starts.
this has to be one of my fav live songs that they ever did, that along with hammer to fall in wembley 86. another great live concert they did. they bring out spike edney who normally plays the keyboards in the background and he plays rythme guitar beside brian may on this song. truly amazing performance. ye should really do a reaction to that.
Like many bands, not all of Queen's songs are fast upbeat and rocking. You're My Best Friend (written by the bassist John Deacon) and Sail Away Sweet Sister (written by the guitarist Brian May) are perfect examples of that. Sail Away Sweet Sister - Freddie sings the middle eight of the song, while Brian sings the verses and choruses. The song finds a young lady coming of age and leaving the nest.
Some live show suggestions, Milton Keynes 1982, even better version of Somebody to Love, Hammersmith 1975 White Queen, The Rainbow 1974 several including Father to Son, Son and Daughter, Liar, Stone Cold Crazy, Killer Queen medley, and try looking at how they start their shows, including Montreal, they were the masters at 'getting your attention'. The drummer Roger Taylor summed up their approach to live shows as 'Blind and deafen them in the first 10 minutes and send them home screaming for more'. And believe me they were louder than most, my ears were usually ringing for a few days after their shows.
The reason for the partial mic, when they first started out playing small bars and venues, Freddie had trouble adjusting the stand to his height and while doing so, the mic stand broke. He's been using that way ever since. If you watch the Queen biopic movie Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), it shows that part early in the movie. If you decide to watch this movie, watch Live Aid FIRST as this is portrayed in the movie and you need to see the original before seeing it in the movie. Rami does an excellent job of portraying Freddie. A mouth piece was made to have a mouth more like Freddie. After the movie, Rami had it bronzed.
Really loving you guys’ Queen reactions!! This song was written by Brian May (guitar) and it’s so beautiful, while you’re still doing from Montreal I really recommend the medley of Killer Queen & I’m In Love With My Car, just so you can see a little bit more of the other members shining as well, in this case mostly Roger Taylor (drummer) who’s a great singer as well, and also if you wanna go with two classics you already know , from this concert too, it would be the big finale with We Will Rock You & We Are The Champions. The Live Aid concert is so iconic and great as an introduction to Queen but I truly think Freddie’s voice was a it’s peak here, and as far as Wembley goes there’s the 1986 concert they did which is so great as well. Looking forward to more reactions!!
During a very early concert the moke stand broke leaving Freddie with only half a mike stand. He continued the show using only the top half of the mike stand...... and never stopped!
Thanks, kids! check out Brian on the keys... you may not notice that he has his guitar in his LAP.. and then the switchover is amazing... the entire band is on point... (Brian wrote the song, BTW)... Love your reactions so far... look forward to more...
"Brian will play the piano ... in a moment, when he gets to it..." 😅 Freddie, darling, you must be joking 😂 ... Brian played the piano WITH HIS GUITAR ON HIS LAP 😮 and the next second he stood up from the piano, his Red Special 🎸 was roaring... ❤
As I MENTIONED BEFORE you need to see the MOVIE Bohemian Rhapsody to see how he ends up with half the mic stand in his hand. It's actually accidentally and quite funny.😊 you have to understand when you have somebody as vibrant as Freddie Mercury dancing around the stage you're going to have to put in a slower song so that he can catch his breath and rest a little bit so if you don't like the song that's fine but they have to put those little bits of slower songs that he can rest. Keep playing Queen and you have a fan for life. Thank you
@@susanengland3919 Indeed. And all the false narratives added showed Freddie and John in a negative light. My favorite -- and by "favorite" I mean most appalled by -- is Freddie being in a drug and alcohol haze, unaware of Live Aid, kicked out the band and having to beg to be allowed to return just in the nick of time to perform at the concert. Versus the fact that Queen was on tour (The Works) until shortly before Live Aid. And when John writes "Another One Bites The Dust," Brian expresses shock that John wrote a song, never mind the multiple hits he wrote. Besides that, he was relegated to changing flats and getting the crappy room. (I really hate that movie.)
You have to do the studio version of Don’t Stop Me Now. I don’t know if you know but this concert was not part of a tour. It’s a one of. They had 2 nights in Montreal and a company was filming it to make a movie of a Queen concert. The band was not happy with the company filming because they were interfering with the band participation with the crowd which was very important to Queen. In true Freddie Freddy style, he came out wearing nothing but very short shorts. He did that to spoil the continuity between the 2 nights.
I'm thanking the TH-cam Gods for bringing you two to my attention today. Now that I've seen all three of your Queen reactions, I am a new subscriber. Yay!! I'd like to suggest some early Queen. Check out Liar Live at the Rainbow '74 from the first Queen album, along with White Queen, and the Lap of the Gods medley which puts 4 songs together, including Killer Queen and March of the Black Queen. You will love them. Practically everyone will suggest White Queen Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, but I prefer the Rainbow one as it features better camera work, including Brian's guitar work and a bit of Roger and John as well. I am so looking forward to your upcoming Queen reactions. Thank you!
Early in his career Freddie tried to take the microphone off the stand to walk around; however he broke the stand and just continued singing with a half stand...it became his signature, like the wip of a ringmaster...his voice in Montreal was so perfect but later on he began to smoke and so his voice changed a bit ...when he found out he hwad HIV positive he stopped and could sing the high note again ...react to MADE IN HEAVEN (after live Aid) , and you will see what I mean...Freddie's doctor advised him not to do Live Aid because he had a throat infection; so it was still really good but not 100%
This is a stellar ballad in my book. SOMEBODY TO LOVE is gospel; BO-RAP is a combo of ballad, opera and rock. That "Queen feel" is their sound -- and their choice to go full throttle and approach such a range of styles makes them a stand out. I think Freddie was a big factor in that approach, but no denying each band member brought a special something that together branded any song, any style, QUEEN. When you hear Brian's solo in SAVE ME, it's not an unrelated showcase moment...it has an equally distinct voice - like a vocalist.
y’all should react to skid row- wasted time it’s a very emotional song sebastian bach which is the lead singer at the time wrote the song about his really good friend steven adler bc he was battling with a heroin addiction he was also guns and roses first drummer and he got kicked out of the band for his addiction the song was basically a cry out for help for his friend bc eventually adler ended up having a drug induced stroke and almost dying but he made a full recovery and is solo and has his own band
Also from Montreal 81 - "Dragon Attack". The mike stand happened by accident when the base broke away, and from then on Freddie used the mike like this as a great prop.
It’s good to find out which wrote the song because they all write. Freddie’s stand broke in half during a performance , so he just broke it off and always uses it. It’s the way he likes and has become Freddie and his mike stand. Dragon attack. He wrote a song for Mary Austin , who he dated in the early days. When they both realized he was gay, but the y remained in love through there lives. He always called her his wife. Mary eventually married , but always loved Freddie. That were best friend. Mary was there when he on his last days. Freddie love her so much ,that when died he left his home and his estate to Mary saying he loved her forever. Mary is only one who knows where his ashes are buried. Not even his family knew. I’ve rambled on so watch Love of my life. In Wembley. Now I’m here
I read somewhere that the first time he performed one of the first times he performed with queen the mike's stand broke. So he likes to use a broken microphone Stand
Well, Queen is NOT all about Freddie. They were 4 equal members. At least show the other band members the courtesy of naming them. John Deacon is the brilliant bass player that also wrote some of Queens great songs. Another One Bites the Dust I Want to Break Free You’re My Best Friend Spread Your Wings to mention a few. Roger Taylor is the amazing drummer and singer that wrote Radio Ga Ga A Kind of Magic These are the Days of our Lives And I’m in Love with my car Brian May is the brilliant guitarist, pianist and singer that wrote The Show Must Go On Who Wants to Live Forever We Will Rock You I Want it All And yes - also this song Save Me. He also, together with his father, built his own guitar (which he plays on this song). In short - Queen is first and foremost a band. They deserve to be treated as such.
Got a great reaction for you. Heart stairway to heaven at Kennedy center .this is without the best cover that I have ever watched. Lead zep was present during the performance. Robert plant shed a few tears
I feel so sad for John Deacon... I don't think there was one shot of him playing during the entire video. No wonder he became reclusive from Queen after Freddie died.
I really love Live Aid for what they did. But I still think their performance a year later at Wembley was better. Live Aid was special because it was a festival that for 20 minutes turned into a Queen concert.
I've got to point out that the live version is decidedly different from the recorded version. Here it's being improvised a lot and 9:20 on the recorded version is a haunting echoing synthesiser. That's why I don't like reactions of live performances, because it's not the official version, but rather a stage performance. th-cam.com/video/GKONrKb4u3c/w-d-xo.html
Great reaction! You guys should also react to “Another One Bites the Dust” the live version from this concert in Montreal is soooo good! Also the original video is great! And then, of course, there is another one bites the dust live at Wembley.
3:41 Brian is a beginner piano player, he can't improvise on piano like Freddie would, so when hes finishing the memorized intro piece Brian is left hanging, because he can't come up with anything to fill the gap until Freddie comes in. Same funny hanging occurs on "Who wants to live forever" intro is played live on keyboards by Brian... Also Freddie was a beginner guitarist, "Crazy little thing..." guitar riff is all he can play live because he memorized just that piece.
unfortunaly we couldnt save him...RIP Freddy,the greatest entertainer the world has seen....
😢😢
@@dianecourtney2724 same feeling for me😢
Totally agree never be another Freddie 😢
That’s Michael Jackson tho but I’ll say this Freddy is no doubt a better singer and vocalist
One of the most beautiful songs ever written
Dr. Brian May (now SIR Brian May): Lead guitar/back up vocals/piano sometimes. Dr of Astrophysics. Studied reflected light from interplanetary dust and the velocity of dust in the plane of the Solar System. Has worked with NASA. Made his guitar with his father when he was around 16/17. Was poor so used things around the house like a piece of a fireplace for the neck/mother’s buttons/knitting needle etc. It's called "The Red Special" Still plays it to this day.
Roger Taylor: Drums/Amazing back up vocals. Has a BS in biology. Still rocking with Brian to this day.
John Deacon: Bass guitar. Degree in Electronics. Inverter of the Deacy amp (which Brian uses to this day) Sadly John had a bit of a breakdown after Freddie's death and only performed with the rest of the band a 3 times after. He is, these days, only involved in the financial side through his attorney. He's been pretty much a recluse.
And of course Freddie: Degree in Graphic design. Google "best rock front man of all time" I can save you the trouble. Most places the #1 answer is Freddie.
Every member has written hit songs.
All but John had singing talent where they could have had their own bands and been a success. Put them all together and you have QUEEN! (also all but John have done solo albums)
Remember. NO auto tune. No tricks. Pure talent!
You can't put Queen in a box as far as genre. There is no box!
Strongly suggest a ballad from very early Queen (one of my fav's of theirs) White Queen (A Night At The Odeon - Hammersmith 1975)
For more rock I'd suggest "Don't Stop me now" (official)
Here they were, jet lagged and exhausted from playing to a packed crowd the evening prior.
You can even hear it in Roger Taylor's falsetto.
In interviews Freddie really got annoyed with interviewers who kept saying Freddie Mercury and Queen, he always saw himself as just a member of the band , Yes he was the lead singer, the front man, and what an exceptional front man he was, but to Freddie he was just one of the lads, one of the band,and all in the band were exceptional in their own way, Good song writers, and great musicians.
QUEEN, BEST BAND EVER 🇬🇧👍
Who Wants to Live Forever from their Budapest show is supernaturally amazing. Live-aid and White Queen live from Hammersmith Odeon are must-see as well. Love the content, keep the Queen coming! Also - side note - you'll notice that Brian May starts out on the piano, then switches to guitar mid-song and Freddie takes over on the piano.
Brian only played guiar
@@angelaedgington-pk8si Brian also plays the piano.
@@gabyy556 Thank you.
and not forgetting the Hyde Park Festival 2017.
Shortly before Green Day took the stage, 65,000 fans loudly sang Bohemian Rhapsody. I'm talking about the entire track and not just the chorus.
Queen herself had reacted to this. green Day uploaded the entire recording to their official channel.
@@angelaedgington-pk8si Wow! Were you not watching the video? Brian often plays piano. Freddie plays guitar. John plays piano, bass guitar and drums. Roger plays guitar and drums. They are versatile and they all write songs. They're all great musicians and that's why Queen's repertoire is so varied.
Of course Freddie's vocals are amazing as always ... but to me the stand-out thing I took away from it is the fact that Brian May plays the piano beautifully (a different flavor of piano playing than Freddie's, but lovely) -- then he jumps up to play guitar and Freddie takes over the ivories
The broken mic stand started when Freddie accidentally broke one and liked it that way 😊
Freddie said at the time “ every one needs a gimmick Darling, this will be mine”
@@karenj3611 That’s so cool 😎 Sounds exactly like something he would say 😁
Spread your wings is another classic that gets no love
This is a rock ballad. That’s the vibe you are feeling, but are searching for words to describe it.
I saw a comment before that said somewhere superman is wearing a Freddie Mercury tshirt ..very apt and i love that comment ..loved queen all my life they are amazing 😊
Brian wrote this song. Roger Taylor the drummer is singing harmony higher than Freddy. Love this whole concert!❤
Also, I think you would both really REALLY enjoy one of Freddie’s solo songs, “In My Defence”. Its so powerful.
This concert was November 24, 1981. Freddie died on November 24, 1991.
This song was written by Dr. Brian May, the Guitarist.
I'm from Brazil, watch i kind of magic live Wembley 1986
When you do the Live Aid concert, pick the one that is a little longer and opens with the comedic cops because it is the best video. The shorter one cuts off right before the end and is so disappointing. I love this song, written by Brian who starts out on the piano with his guitar on his lap then when the guitar part kicks in he leaves the piano and Freddie takes over. What a talented group of men make up this band. Brian said he wrote this song for Freddie but he didn't admit to that until after Freddie's death. Before that he said he wrote it about a friend who was going through a difficult divorce or break up. Freddie was a very private person so Brian didn't tip his hand. The story of the mic stand is that during a performance one time the mick stand broke away from the base but Freddie being a pro, he continued as though nothing had happened. He decided he like the freedom of being able to move around so he kept the detached mic stand which he actually uses as a prop for air guitar and other antics. This became Freddie's signature. When cordless mics became a thing, Freddie said he really missed the cord as well but he did keep the stand. Thank you for your reactions.
Hey Hon,
Just an FYI:
I’ve been trying to let reactors know that the copy of the Live Aid video that cuts off at the end, is from this channel name: uploader.jp8…
So hopefully they can avoid using it! )
One of their best concerts and excellent filming. I love the trade off so Brian can go to his guitar.
"Love of my Life" is a great and sad love song that Freddie wrote about Mary Austin,the love of his life.
Love you Guys! So nice to watch, and thanx for the Queen love, and the Queen ride. Much bless to you!
Superman wears a Freddie shirt.
You win the internet
I have known this joke about superman wearing a freddie mercury's shirt for at least 20 years.
All 4 of these professional musicians wrote songs and are in hall of fame for songwriting too! Try White Queen at Hammersmith Odeon & at Hyde Park Freddie singing Every Breath You Take. Also: Don’t Stop Me Now (official video) as well as In The Lap of The Gods, Spread Your Wings, One Year of Love, anything at their Wembley concert -try It’s A Kind of Magic and Who Wants To live Forever. Incredible Talent.
Freddy, un genio, un showman, un grandísimo cantante, único y Queen para siempre una banda mítica..DEP (Freddy, a genius, a showman, a great singer, unique and Queen forever a mythical band. DEP) Hugs from Spain
Great reaction as always, love watching you two, who said Superman could wear Freddie's shirt !! can't wait for Live Aid thank you so much for introducing Queen to your play lists xxx
Thank you & thx for dropping in with us! Should have Live Aid up in two weeks :)
@@barsandbarbells2022 Thank you so much for letting me know, can't wait, hope you two are well I so love listening to you react especially to Queen love to you both x
That’s Sir Dr. Brian May on piano and guitar.
All the performance in this Montreal's gig are sooo good ❤️👍
Love of my life from Wembley. It's a must see
Such a beautiful song written by guitarist Brian May. And Freddie’s vocals are so good it’s as if he wrote the song himself. Brian did comment that the song is about a friend’s difficult break-up! He would later say that that friend was Freddie! ☹️ Awww man!! 😞💔
Definitely ""Under Pressure" live at Wembley, also "In The Lap Of The Gods revisited" live at Wembley because you will get three songs for the price of one - "In The Lap Of The Gods", ""Seven Seas Of Rhye" and "Tear It Up".
And superman wears a Freddie mercury tee shirt 🖖🏻🇨🇦
One of my favourite Queen songs.
White Queen Odeon Hammersmith 1975 is really something.
The story behind his half-mic stand began when Freddie was back in college and was then in a group called Wreckage. The group was like a lot of groups just starting out and were lucky to have any equipment much less backups.
One night when Freddie was singing he went to pull the mic off of the stand and it was stuck. While he continued to sing, he pulled and pulled and pulled until he pulled so hard that the two tubes that make up the stand separated but the mic itself remained stuck. Freddie continued to perform the rest of the show with half of the mic stand attached to the mic.
Strangely enough, he found he liked the mic with half the stand attached. It gave him something to fiddle with while performing. From that performance on, he continued to use the half-mic stand mic and it became one of his trademarks.
This song moves me to tears every time! It took on a new meaning for me when I was 20 30 odd years ago. It brings back those emotions every time I hear it! I envy you guys hearing all this stuff for the first time 👍
His voice is amazing.....haven't heard this song in a long time.
My favourite 😊 thanks 😊
This was a new song off The Game album, I'd heard the studio version at home.
Watching them do it live in Madison Square Garden was epic!
Still get chills as soon as it starts.
You're lucky to have witnessed it!
this has to be one of my fav live songs that they ever did, that along with hammer to fall in wembley 86. another great live concert they did. they bring out spike edney who normally plays the keyboards in the background and he plays rythme guitar beside brian may on this song. truly amazing performance. ye should really do a reaction to that.
The mic -stand thing was at first an accident, where the thing broke during a concert, but he liked how it looked and it became his signature
FREDDIE MERCURY GREATEST SINGER OF ALL TIME!!!🎤🎤🎤🎼🎼🎼🎬🎬🎬🎥🎥🎥
Being the Queen fanatic, I watch a lot of Queen reactions and you guys are awesome. Can't wait for the next one...
Thank you! We appreciate the feedback!
Love this song.
Barcellona, Freddie with Montserrat Caballe is a MUST
The album Freddie mentions at the beginning, The Game, it was released in 1980. It's my favorite Queen album.
Like many bands, not all of Queen's songs are fast upbeat and rocking. You're My Best Friend (written by the bassist John Deacon) and Sail Away Sweet Sister (written by the guitarist Brian May) are perfect examples of that.
Sail Away Sweet Sister - Freddie sings the middle eight of the song, while Brian sings the verses and choruses. The song finds a young lady coming of age and leaving the nest.
Freddie was talented and was a consummate performer. Great pretender is a good 😊song by queen.
Obrigada pelo vídeo do Freddie, amei ouço várias é várias vezes. Magnífico . Único .QUEEN sempre!!!!!!!!!! Abraço bjos ......... Fãs do Queen.
Some live show suggestions, Milton Keynes 1982, even better version of Somebody to Love, Hammersmith 1975 White Queen, The Rainbow 1974 several including Father to Son, Son and Daughter, Liar, Stone Cold Crazy, Killer Queen medley, and try looking at how they start their shows, including Montreal, they were the masters at 'getting your attention'. The drummer Roger Taylor summed up their approach to live shows as 'Blind and deafen them in the first 10 minutes and send them home screaming for more'. And believe me they were louder than most, my ears were usually ringing for a few days after their shows.
The half microphone stand is Mercury's Caduceus.
And try and remember there are big bands just can't do it live, queen are just amazing live
Check out Queen Under pressure live at Wembley86, Fat bottomed girls live at Bowl 82, White queen live at the Odeon 75
PLAY THE GAME next in this concert
Saw them about forty-five years ago in Phoenix. Good seats. Just wonderful music (Billy Squire was the opener).
Great choice. Love this song!
Amazing band. Looking forward to your live aid reaction
They are so great live
You've 'GOT' to do a 'March of the Black Queen', from Queen II reaction video ;)
The reason for the partial mic, when they first started out playing small bars and venues, Freddie had trouble adjusting the stand to his height and while doing so, the mic stand broke. He's been using that way ever since. If you watch the Queen biopic movie Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), it shows that part early in the movie.
If you decide to watch this movie, watch Live Aid FIRST as this is portrayed in the movie and you need to see the original before seeing it in the movie. Rami does an excellent job of portraying Freddie. A mouth piece was made to have a mouth more like Freddie. After the movie, Rami had it bronzed.
Please please check out “Under Pressure” live at Wembley and “Love of My Life” live in Montreal AND love in Wembley
Play The Game, watch live @ Milton Keynes, “It’s your bloody life, don’t play hard to get”
(Montreal good, also)
Really loving you guys’ Queen reactions!! This song was written by Brian May (guitar) and it’s so beautiful, while you’re still doing from Montreal I really recommend the medley of Killer Queen & I’m In Love With My Car, just so you can see a little bit more of the other members shining as well, in this case mostly Roger Taylor (drummer) who’s a great singer as well, and also if you wanna go with two classics you already know , from this concert too, it would be the big finale with We Will Rock You & We Are The Champions. The Live Aid concert is so iconic and great as an introduction to Queen but I truly think Freddie’s voice was a it’s peak here, and as far as Wembley goes there’s the 1986 concert they did which is so great as well. Looking forward to more reactions!!
To hear the power of Freddie’s voice, listen to Who Wants to Live Forever, live in Budapest. Amazing voice.
The Live Killers version of Now I'm Here, the crowd is outstanding.
During a very early concert the moke stand broke leaving Freddie with only half a mike stand. He continued the show using only the top half of the mike stand...... and never stopped!
PhD in Astronomy Brian May on the 🎹 to start the song!
Watch the movie why the mic stand comes as a standard. My 2 best bands QUEEN Def Leppard best British bands of the 80s
great reaction guys, really love you to check out Queens early stuff, Prophets Song is awesome and also Millionaires Waltz
Great reaction! well done you two...on to Live Aid!
Thanks, kids! check out Brian on the keys... you may not notice that he has his guitar in his LAP.. and then the switchover is amazing... the entire band is on point... (Brian wrote the song, BTW)... Love your reactions so far... look forward to more...
Thanks! We didn't even notice that! So cool!
'Cool Cat' is a mellow song by Queen 👑 Great reaction! 🔥
"Brian will play the piano ... in a moment, when he gets to it..." 😅 Freddie, darling, you must be joking 😂 ... Brian played the piano WITH HIS GUITAR ON HIS LAP 😮 and the next second he stood up from the piano, his Red Special 🎸 was roaring... ❤
The mic stand broke one time and thereafter Freddie used it as almost a prop. He does enjoy holding it in a suggestive manner though😉
Astonishing vocals
As I MENTIONED BEFORE you need to see the MOVIE Bohemian Rhapsody to see how he ends up with half the mic stand in his hand. It's actually accidentally and quite funny.😊 you have to understand when you have somebody as vibrant as Freddie Mercury dancing around the stage you're going to have to put in a slower song so that he can catch his breath and rest a little bit so if you don't like the song that's fine but they have to put those little bits of slower songs that he can rest. Keep playing Queen and you have a fan for life. Thank you
The movie is incredibly, wildly inaccurate and really insulting to Freddie and John
It's important that people realize not everything in the Bo Rhap movie is accurate, quite a few things were put in there to "make a better movie".
@@susanengland3919 Indeed. And all the false narratives added showed Freddie and John in a negative light. My favorite -- and by "favorite" I mean most appalled by -- is Freddie being in a drug and alcohol haze, unaware of Live Aid, kicked out the band and having to beg to be allowed to return just in the nick of time to perform at the concert. Versus the fact that Queen was on tour (The Works) until shortly before Live Aid. And when John writes "Another One Bites The Dust," Brian expresses shock that John wrote a song, never mind the multiple hits he wrote. Besides that, he was relegated to changing flats and getting the crappy room. (I really hate that movie.)
@@bbbfst Plus, Roger & Brian released solo works way before Freddie! (It’s possible that I hate the movie more than you, lol.)
@@ellet6560 😆 So happy to see a like-minded hater of this movie. I gag whenever I see it recommended for the "true story of ..."
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You have to do the studio version of Don’t Stop Me Now.
I don’t know if you know but this concert was not part of a tour. It’s a one of. They had 2 nights in Montreal and a company was filming it to make a movie of a Queen concert. The band was not happy with the company filming because they were interfering with the band participation with the crowd which was very important to Queen. In true Freddie Freddy style, he came out wearing nothing but very short shorts. He did that to spoil the continuity between the 2 nights.
I'm thanking the TH-cam Gods for bringing you two to my attention today. Now that I've seen all three of your Queen reactions, I am a new subscriber. Yay!! I'd like to suggest some early Queen. Check out Liar Live at the Rainbow '74 from the first Queen album, along with White Queen, and the Lap of the Gods medley which puts 4 songs together, including Killer Queen and March of the Black Queen. You will love them. Practically everyone will suggest White Queen Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, but I prefer the Rainbow one as it features better camera work, including Brian's guitar work and a bit of Roger and John as well. I am so looking forward to your upcoming Queen reactions. Thank you!
Early in his career Freddie tried to take the microphone off the stand to walk around; however he broke the stand and just continued singing with a half stand...it became his signature, like the wip of a ringmaster...his voice in Montreal was so perfect but later on he began to smoke and so his voice changed a bit ...when he found out he hwad HIV positive he stopped and could sing the high note again ...react to MADE IN HEAVEN (after live Aid) , and you will see what I mean...Freddie's doctor advised him not to do Live Aid because he had a throat infection; so it was still really good but not 100%
This is a stellar ballad in my book. SOMEBODY TO LOVE is gospel; BO-RAP is a combo of ballad, opera and rock. That "Queen feel" is their sound -- and their choice to go full throttle and approach such a range of styles makes them a stand out. I think Freddie was a big factor in that approach, but no denying each band member brought a special something that together branded any song, any style, QUEEN. When you hear Brian's solo in SAVE ME, it's not an unrelated showcase moment...it has an equally distinct voice - like a vocalist.
Asking 'which song was your favorite?' is like asking "which do you prefer: water, or oxygen?"
y’all should react to skid row- wasted time it’s a very emotional song sebastian bach which is the lead singer at the time wrote the song about his really good friend steven adler bc he was battling with a heroin addiction he was also guns and roses first drummer and he got kicked out of the band for his addiction the song was basically a cry out for help for his friend bc eventually adler ended up having a drug induced stroke and almost dying but he made a full recovery and is solo and has his own band
You are young! Queen offers so much. Keep discovering! Listen to HEADLONG!
Also from Montreal 81 - "Dragon Attack". The mike stand happened by accident when the base broke away, and from then on Freddie used the mike like this as a great prop.
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Very good song
A live song from Queen that will break your brain is White Queen in 1981 at the Hammersmith Odeon.
Their best song in my personal opinion
One of my favorite Queen songs is "headlong". Many think Freddy was GOAT voice in Rock
It’s good to find out which wrote the song because they all write. Freddie’s stand broke in half during a performance , so he just broke it off and always uses it. It’s the way he likes and has become Freddie and his mike stand. Dragon attack. He wrote a song for Mary Austin , who he dated in the early days. When they both realized he was gay, but the y remained in love through there lives. He always called her his wife. Mary eventually married , but always loved Freddie. That were best friend. Mary was there when he on his last days. Freddie love her so much ,that when died he left his home and his estate to Mary saying he loved her forever. Mary is only one who knows where his ashes are buried. Not even his family knew. I’ve rambled on so watch Love of my life. In Wembley. Now I’m here
I read somewhere that the first time he performed one of the first times he performed with queen the mike's stand broke. So he likes to use a broken microphone Stand
Ha, the mic stand was Freddie’s favorite prop.
Also of note, they do an encore.
Well, Queen is NOT all about Freddie. They were 4 equal members.
At least show the other band members the courtesy of naming them.
John Deacon is the brilliant bass player that also wrote some of Queens great songs.
Another One Bites the Dust
I Want to Break Free
You’re My Best Friend
Spread Your Wings to mention a few.
Roger Taylor is the amazing drummer and singer that wrote
Radio Ga Ga
A Kind of Magic
These are the Days of our Lives
And I’m in Love with my car
Brian May is the brilliant guitarist, pianist and singer that wrote
The Show Must Go On
Who Wants to Live Forever
We Will Rock You
I Want it All
And yes - also this song Save Me.
He also, together with his father, built his own guitar (which he plays on this song).
In short - Queen is first and foremost a band. They deserve to be treated as such.
Got a great reaction for you. Heart stairway to heaven at Kennedy center .this is without the best cover that I have ever watched. Lead zep was present during the performance. Robert plant shed a few tears
I feel so sad for John Deacon... I don't think there was one shot of him playing during the entire video. No wonder he became reclusive from Queen after Freddie died.
I really love Live Aid for what they did. But I still think their performance a year later at Wembley was better. Live Aid was special because it was a festival that for 20 minutes turned into a Queen concert.
I've got to point out that the live version is decidedly different from the recorded version. Here it's being improvised a lot and 9:20 on the recorded version is a haunting echoing synthesiser. That's why I don't like reactions of live performances, because it's not the official version, but rather a stage performance.
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Great reaction! You guys should also react to “Another One Bites the Dust” the live version from this concert in Montreal is soooo good! Also the original video is great! And then, of course, there is another one bites the dust live at Wembley.
3:41 Brian is a beginner piano player, he can't improvise on piano like Freddie would, so when hes finishing the memorized intro piece Brian is left hanging, because he can't come up with anything to fill the gap until Freddie comes in.
Same funny hanging occurs on "Who wants to live forever" intro is played live on keyboards by Brian...
Also Freddie was a beginner guitarist, "Crazy little thing..." guitar riff is all he can play live because he memorized just that piece.
That Superman recently sold for tens of thousands of dollars!!
What about Brian on piano then freddy
This is more a ballad..a ballad of greatness lol….