This CHANGES EVERYTHING! Queen - Full Concert Live Aid 1985 - FIRST time REACTION!!

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  • @robstyles8535
    @robstyles8535 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1008

    For 20 minutes in 1985, Queen ruled the world.

    • @OFCbigduke613
      @OFCbigduke613 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Goddamn right

    • @Donna.M
      @Donna.M 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Too true they were incredible ❤🙏

    • @heather2493
      @heather2493 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Facts ❤

    • @alapaticornell4391
      @alapaticornell4391 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Yes. We're the Champions, my friends... 💘 it.
      A blessed day to all.

    • @jamieslack3147
      @jamieslack3147 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      indeed they did

  • @stephenstrudwick8095
    @stephenstrudwick8095 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1696

    “You bastards,” Elton John said jokingly to the band following their set. “You stole the show." 🤩

    • @susanengland3919
      @susanengland3919 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +319

      David Bowie, who was the next performance after Queen, said "How the hell am I supposed to follow THAT?!?"

    • @geoffmarsh7986
      @geoffmarsh7986 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@susanengland3919 Substitute @Hell' with F**K!!!!!

    • @alifc1082
      @alifc1082 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      So which one came after them??

    • @jomc6734
      @jomc6734 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

      ​@alifc1082 Bowie performed right after Queen. After Bowie was The Who then Elton.

    • @keriholton9407
      @keriholton9407 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

      Lmao. You mean there were other performers at live aid 😂😂😂 I thought it was just a QUEEN concert. 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

  • @lynndally9160
    @lynndally9160 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +644

    Freddie was totally in his element here, he had a mic in one hand and the whole world in the other. There will never be another Freddie ❤ RIP

    • @NoelaOllenburg
      @NoelaOllenburg 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      So true

    • @BayBaeAngel
      @BayBaeAngel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      He went into it knowing it was his last. He gave all his heart and soul. 💔😢

    • @BunnieDashwoodF
      @BunnieDashwoodF หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      So true!! Funnily my main crush as a young teen! Explains a lot of my life 😂
      What a wonderful person and astounding musician ❤️ ♥️

    • @stevemorris6855
      @stevemorris6855 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      He looked like all his Christmases had come at once when he came on stage.

  • @JeffFoster-u1n
    @JeffFoster-u1n 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +144

    No autotune, nothing fancy, just original talent. Freaking awesome. I grew up I in this era. Nothing but true music.

    • @smlysue
      @smlysue 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I ALWAYS think about "no autotune" back then !

    • @GrifoStelle
      @GrifoStelle 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Man, when music was talent and not computer skills

  • @GirlWithAnOpinion
    @GirlWithAnOpinion 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1801

    This is NOT Freddie's band. This is QUEEN - 4 amazingly talented musicians, songwriters, and singers. They functioned as a unit.

    • @shilohauraable
      @shilohauraable 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

      Amen! 💖

    • @NiamhCullen
      @NiamhCullen 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +92

      They all knew how to play to the audience. Brian. Roger and John. They are all so beautiful.

    • @chicsamson6457
      @chicsamson6457 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +122

      I echo this,Freddy is one of the greatest front men ever,but he is only one part of this BAND. All four members wrote no 1 singles

    • @HeWhoShallNotBeShamed
      @HeWhoShallNotBeShamed 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      So true. I've found their solo projects to be almost unlistenable. Together, they are epic.

    • @marshajanulis6092
      @marshajanulis6092 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      @@NiamhCullen Dont forget John Deacon, he might have been less expressive but an integral
      part of the band.

  • @jollybodger
    @jollybodger 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +680

    I have to add the obligatory quote,
    Freddie was once asked what is his favourite instrument to play, he responded with "The audience, Darling"

    • @jonwallace6204
      @jonwallace6204 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      And he was the greatest at it. I’ve seen concerts spontaneously sing Queen while waiting for the show. So good at crowd control even the reaper couldn’t stop him.

    • @caroldavis6104
      @caroldavis6104 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      You can also find Freddie singing with opera singers. Imagine what he would have done. FYI he wouldn’t fix his teeth because he was afraid it would affect his voice. Little known fact is he is from India

    • @janegarnham
      @janegarnham 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@jonwallace6204great comment yes everyone loves to sing Wueen songs the best to singalong too.

    • @emilywilliams9916
      @emilywilliams9916 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's SO Freddy! I was in the band in the 80's and we played alot of Queen.

    • @summersky7824
      @summersky7824 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@caroldavis6104He was born to Indian parents in Zanzibar in Africa in a town called Stone Town. At age 8, he was sent to boarding school in India, but he returned to his home in Zanzibar after school and then in 1964 fled to the UK due to the revolution

  • @sbjchef
    @sbjchef 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1468

    in 1985 I was one of the 40% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION (1.9 BILLION) that watched this live

    • @justm9892
      @justm9892 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      Here here I was 14yrs old since then I've loved Queen!

    • @gillianfoster1670
      @gillianfoster1670 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Me too I was there ❤

    • @jackiehammon7221
      @jackiehammon7221 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Same here

    • @sandralybrand9425
      @sandralybrand9425 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      So did I! I watched the whole thing, which if I remember right was 4 hrs long. ❤

    • @HansJoachimMaier
      @HansJoachimMaier 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Me too. Was 18 back then.

  • @Auqua1973
    @Auqua1973 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +145

    The sad part is that there will never be concerts like this again.

    • @warialdasue
      @warialdasue หลายเดือนก่อน

      True. Really sad

    • @tamaraandersson2532
      @tamaraandersson2532 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's all Taylor Swift from now on.

    • @american_cosmic
      @american_cosmic 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Maybe some day there will be. Maybe in our lifetimes, maybe not. But the old adage is true... rock and roll will never die.

    • @alehandrac
      @alehandrac 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Or the musicians, creativity, such great music

    • @adamfigueroa8208
      @adamfigueroa8208 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Auqua1973 you got that right

  • @JAYWALKER1000
    @JAYWALKER1000 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +487

    Of course Queen is out of this world - there's an astrophysicist on guitar.

    • @tiffepatenaude
      @tiffepatenaude 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      BRIAN MAY🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
      I totally LOVE the reference you did here!!! ☺️🫶🏻

    • @aprilrichards762
      @aprilrichards762 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Yep. You can find Brian May's PhD thesis online.

    • @karenpostelwait6508
      @karenpostelwait6508 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      He’s also knighted. So would it be Sir Dr. Brian May or Dr. Sir Brian May???

    • @Cornwalls.best.doorway
      @Cornwalls.best.doorway 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@karenpostelwait6508 the Knighthood takes precedent over Dr (thus, one drops the Dr. Title - unless for academia writing in which he chooses one or the other)

    • @karenpostelwait6508
      @karenpostelwait6508 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Cornwalls.best.doorway, thank you !

  • @andrewtims9524
    @andrewtims9524 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +720

    The only band where every member wrote a number one hit , all 4 members inducted into the songwriters hall of fame

    • @merlekeif4835
      @merlekeif4835 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      @andrewtims9524 and all 4 members are certifiable GENIUSES in their various fields

    • @markmahan2017
      @markmahan2017 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      ​@@merlekeif4835 gotta love an astrophysicist who plays music of the cosmos...!!!

    • @SteveHodge
      @SteveHodge 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      All the members of The Beatles have written number one songs.

    • @xanderc1225
      @xanderc1225 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@SteveHodgeidk about ringo

    • @smiddlehurst1
      @smiddlehurst1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@markmahan2017 On a homemade guitar that was at least a decade ahead of its time in a lot of ways and that's still his guitar of choice sixty years later...

  • @eloisecarlin8695
    @eloisecarlin8695 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1333

    Freddie wrote Crazy Little Thing Called Love as a tribute to Elvis

    • @karensilvera6694
      @karensilvera6694 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +167

      In the bath in a matter of minutes. Crazy talented.
      Radio Gaga was written by Roger. His young son said the radio was kaka. Lady Gaga took her stage name from this song.

    • @Susie-j5i
      @Susie-j5i 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Oh I didn't know that.

    • @Kikatebnpagan
      @Kikatebnpagan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I did not know that 😮😊❤

    • @HansJoachimMaier
      @HansJoachimMaier 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Thank you! Had no idea!

    • @jenniferrodriguez5337
      @jenniferrodriguez5337 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      Took him 10 minutes in his bathroom. Black Pegasus ...you should check out that story over on Professor of Rock. I watched this live on my TV and it was the moment I knew I was a Queen fan.

  • @lisavenor236
    @lisavenor236 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +27

    Back then we only had radio to listen to a lot of music.This was an ode to the medium of radio and how important it was in our lives.

    • @adamfigueroa8208
      @adamfigueroa8208 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@lisavenor236 radio is not that important today. I miss those days when radio was everything

  • @belvagurr403
    @belvagurr403 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +853

    Queen was a last minute addition, not scheduled but their 21 minutes stole the show!!! And made history.

    • @Kristen_Marie
      @Kristen_Marie 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      Sort of - they were asked to participate like everyone else but missed the RSVP deadline to confirm they’d perform because each had been off doing their own thing, mostly Freddie.

    • @MikePhillips-pl6ov
      @MikePhillips-pl6ov 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      They were rehearsing for it so not such a last minute thing

    • @orraman5427
      @orraman5427 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Freddie performed against medical advice as he was suffering from laryngitis.

    • @SeanOHanlon
      @SeanOHanlon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      That is simply not true.

    • @bbbfst
      @bbbfst 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Kristen_Marie Well, Queen had just completed a major tour in May (The Works tour), and on June 10, just before tickets were going to go on sale, Geldolf held a press conference and announced Queen would be there -- something he said about numerous bands who had not even been asked to perform. Obviously most of them ended up doing it. Watch this bit from a documentary on Live Aid, from about the 53:25 - 57:25 marks (it's pretty funny): th-cam.com/video/h33i52ZtC8w/w-d-xo.html. And if you haven't seen it, the entire documentary is really good.

  • @colleenmarin8907
    @colleenmarin8907 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +621

    These live performances are why the older generations keep saying that today's music is fake

    • @xmathmanx
      @xmathmanx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Only very ignorant older people, of course

    • @JennyDK-NL
      @JennyDK-NL 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      @@xmathmanx no, all of us know, check the 120 hits of the 70s per month all talented very nice talents now they thin they are God and need 600 dancers look at how humble D Bowie was his songs are still strong nowadays socalled stars are forgotten within 5 years

    • @xmathmanx
      @xmathmanx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@JennyDK-NL you clearly don't pay attention to modern music and that leaves you ignorant about it, so you should have nothing to say about it

    • @CelticSpiritsCoven
      @CelticSpiritsCoven 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      @@xmathmanx People used to have natural talent. Now a computer controls their voices. Get over yourself.

    • @KellyDaye
      @KellyDaye 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I agree for the most part but today there are exceptions.....Two words.. Billy Strings.. and, I'm of the older generation...

  • @gulliver3103
    @gulliver3103 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +338

    I was in the crowd. Unforgettable day.

    • @stevepayne750
      @stevepayne750 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I’m old enough to have been but I was in Oz.

    • @stephanielindenberger5892
      @stephanielindenberger5892 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Wow! I watched it live!

    • @ajiscool615
      @ajiscool615 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Dang!!!!!!! 😎

    • @carolinej1366
      @carolinej1366 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It would be the day if my entire life ❤. lucky you

    • @wWSwiftyWw
      @wWSwiftyWw 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I can't even imagine. You were immersed in an epic part of history. I only got to see it on TV.

  • @susanengland3919
    @susanengland3919 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +129

    It wasn’t only Queen who realized they had been sensational. Paul Gambaccini, who was part of the BBC broadcasting team at Live Aid, recalled the awe among other superstar musicians watching backstage. “Everybody realized that Queen was stealing the show,” said Gambaccini. These were the very words Elton John uttered when he rushed into Mercury’s trailer after the set. “You bastards, you stole the show,” joked the charismatic star.
    “Queen smoked ’em. They just took everybody. They walked away being the greatest band you’d ever seen in your life, and it was unbelievable,” said Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters. “And that’s what made the band so great; that’s why they should be recognized as one of the greatest rock bands of all time, because they could connect with an audience.”.
    . Queen provided magic on that summer day in 1985. Their impact was summed up by Geldof. “Queen were absolutely the best band of the day,” the Live Aid organizer said. “They played the best, had the best sound, used their time to the full. They understood the idea exactly, that it was a global jukebox. They just went and smashed one hit after another. It was the perfect stage for Freddie: the whole world.”

    • @paulanewhook4460
      @paulanewhook4460 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      And Freddie picked that time slot, knowing that was when most British families would be sitting down to eat on Saturday supper and turning on the TV to watch. He knew the impact he could have, all day the donations lagged well behind what was expected, as soon as the Queen set ended all the phones lit up and the donations started to pour in. He didn't just play the audience, he knew what he was doing and played the entire concert and the world watching, he had everyone in the palm of his hands, start to finish. And, he ensure he didn't just do a mini version of their last tour or latest recording, he ensured they hit the highlights that everyone would know. He knew his craft, start to finish, not just singing and recording, but the entire business and how to the front man
      And he kept recording new music until almost the end, when he could only stand at the mic for a minute or two at a time. He would then go off, get a drink, rest and come back and start recording again. Their last new music album with Freddie came out about 4 years after his death and there is a documentary about it that came out the same time, if I remember correctly it's the same as the album....Made in Heaven.

    • @mjc3005
      @mjc3005 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thank you for this comment. :)

    • @GrifoStelle
      @GrifoStelle 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Been binging live aid reactions. I keep seeing this specific comment XD we were on the same road apparently

  • @TheSableHeart
    @TheSableHeart 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +488

    Every song that Queen performs at Live Aid is all Queenn's originals!

    • @FloweredUp-n4t
      @FloweredUp-n4t 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      4 written by Mercury and 1 each by May and Taylor.

    • @eriklarson9137
      @eriklarson9137 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@FloweredUp-n4t I really do love when people reply to comments that make no sense. As if they made sense. It's terrific.

    • @yvrkid7070
      @yvrkid7070 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@FloweredUp-n4t 2 by Brian May. Hammer To Fall and We Will Rock You.

    • @ulrikealtmann4655
      @ulrikealtmann4655 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​​@@eriklarson9137
      As if your comment makes sense.....

    • @sandrachebo
      @sandrachebo 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Except for the Elvis song "Crazy little thing called love". 😊

  • @MXjoel275
    @MXjoel275 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +164

    for 21 mins in 1985 England was Ruled by a different QUEEN! best live performance of all time without a doubt !!

    • @mariahoulihan9483
      @mariahoulihan9483 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was in my flat in London watching this live on tv and mesmerised.. like the rest of the world. Beyond magnificent and has stood the test of time.

  • @hkburrows
    @hkburrows 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +449

    The really amazing thing about this, is that it wasn't a Queen concert, those weren't Queen fans, I don't think that Queen were even announced when the tickets went on sale. But everyone knew the songs, and joined in, everyone loved them.
    There will never be another Freddie Mercury, shy Indian boy grew into a great performer.

    • @colleenmarin8907
      @colleenmarin8907 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Freddie was of Indian descent; but he was fully British, having been born in Africa in the protectorate of Zanzibar (now Tanzania)

    • @hkburrows
      @hkburrows 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@colleenmarin8907 Yes, he was British, and he was also Indian. One doesn't negate the other.

    • @fjdoucet1465
      @fjdoucet1465 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @colleenmarin8907 He was Indian. His parents were both fully ethnically Indian (of the Parsi community), and the only reason Freddie was born outside of India was because his father took a job in Tanzania. He spent much of his youth in India, and only came to England when he was 17. He was a first-generation immigrant.

    • @hkburrows
      @hkburrows 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@fjdoucet1465 Thank god for immigration, so we could claim him as one of our own.

    • @sallycripe2697
      @sallycripe2697 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      You are correct...Queen was a late addition. The producers weren't going to ask them. But this is the best part of the concert. PERIOD.

  • @alisonmckinney3181
    @alisonmckinney3181 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    Personal note Pegasus. My husband is (was anyhow before moving to Canada) a Londoner and worked for Freddie at his home in the 80's re carpentry, cabinetmaking etc. He said that, oddly, he was TOTALLY different in 'real life'. Very shy, reserved, and quiet. But a lovely and kind gentleman nonetheless. Either way I think it's important to note perhaps that when Queen performed at Live Aid he was aware that he had Aids and was ill. Back in those days HIV was considered a 'death sentence'... and was rightly so for too many unfortunately. So the lyrics that he sings (in many of the songs) take on much deeper meaning, in many ways, if you REALLY listen to his words. Gives me goosebumps too. Thanks for the posts you do... we enjoy them. Happy Holidays and best wishes, Alison :)

  • @dmouse006
    @dmouse006 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +389

    I’m 61 now, 22 when I was in the audience at Wembley with my sister who bought me my ticket. Radio Gaga was the track of the day, and Freddie’s”Ayo” was the best audience participation. Thanks Sis

    • @rogermortis6583
      @rogermortis6583 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Thanks sis indeed, a wonderful treasure. You're very fortunate and it makes me happy to see you know it.

    • @shelleythistleton4935
      @shelleythistleton4935 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Oh so jealous! ❤

    • @markholmes8803
      @markholmes8803 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      nice1 wish i was there but i did see them twice in the 80,s amazing.

    • @KimberlyDMcCallister
      @KimberlyDMcCallister 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Sister of the century!!!

    • @shadyltd20041974
      @shadyltd20041974 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I saw the whole concert on tv as a 10 year old. Am 50 now and any concert I saw live, has (n)ever topped Live Aid

  • @NetVoyer
    @NetVoyer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +109

    This is widely considered one of, if not the best rock set ever performed by anyone. Robert Plant said "They kicked everyone's ass."

    • @Echowhiskeyone
      @Echowhiskeyone 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      And in the opinion of many, this set will never be surpassed.

  • @skint24
    @skint24 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +214

    One of the best things about this is that it wasn’t ’their crowd’, yet they made it theirs.

    • @madmelwood3778
      @madmelwood3778 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      100%

    • @veronicaanne1359
      @veronicaanne1359 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      They most certainly did❤❤❤

    • @laurabondurant5096
      @laurabondurant5096 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Um, everyone knew all the words!

  • @Cchristee1-tv4kj
    @Cchristee1-tv4kj 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Their catalog is amazing. Queen just sold their catalog this year to Sony for 1.27 billion dollars.

  • @pburski1102
    @pburski1102 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +356

    Freddie Mercury...The Greatest Showman.

    • @threekidzmom04
      @threekidzmom04 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      yes!!

    • @chrisg8767
      @chrisg8767 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Even greater because he did this set while ill (throat issues I believe).

    • @meganhutcheson5867
      @meganhutcheson5867 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@chrisg8767 yes he is severe throat infection. To the point to where I believe his own doctors and the doctors at the event strongly recommended he not perform due the fact it may render him unable to perform ever again.

    • @michaelasay8587
      @michaelasay8587 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@meganhutcheson5867I didn't hear that😢😢

    • @tube1fn
      @tube1fn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Freddy Mercury is the GREATEST frontman of a rock band EVER! 2nd is AXL ROSE. Greatest solo artist of all time is MICHAEL JACKSON 2nd is ELVIS PRESLY 3rd is PRINCE 4th is GEORGE MICHAEL. kids today PLEASE add ALL of these artist to your music collect. THESE ARE REAL ARTIST DOING REAL MUSIC!

  • @thetwistedfirestarter
    @thetwistedfirestarter 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +317

    You have to remember it ain’t a queen concert but every single fan there knows every word of their songs

    • @elbruces
      @elbruces 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      They were kind of the ultimate "hey, I know that song, I didn't know it was by them" band for a while.

    • @void5613
      @void5613 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      There is so much about this particular concert. Bohemian rhapsody the movie goes into the detail. He was not in great shape. He fought hard to put on this concert. And came back together with the band. They hadn't performed for a long time. This was in a lot of ways him going out in a blaze. And he blew it out.

    • @thetwistedfirestarter
      @thetwistedfirestarter 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I watched live aid when it happened and have the dvd of the whole event it’s so good but these dudes stole the show massively

    • @MoxieWidow
      @MoxieWidow 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Queen also opted to perform most of their hits and only one newer song. The crowd was able to get into it easily!

    • @void5613
      @void5613 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@thetwistedfirestarter definitely. Of all their performative, I think this is the best.

  • @kennywilkus1632
    @kennywilkus1632 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +326

    When someone asks me what concert I wish I could go back in time and be at, this is the answer!! U2 was being billed as the “Big Act”. Freddie and the rest of Queen came out in their street clothes instead of their normal flamboyant garb. They knew the moment was bigger then them. They let their music speak for itself! Such an iconic moment!! Freddie could command a stage like no one before or since! He was a multi-instrumentalist but when asked what instrument he liked to play the most his answer, “The Audience Darling!” True LEGEND!!! R.I.P.

    • @MikePhillips-pl6ov
      @MikePhillips-pl6ov 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      U2 did a good performance though, they were my favourites of the event along with Queen. It was almost like the older generation of bands passing the torch to the younger ones.
      David Bowie did a great show too.

    • @kennywilkus1632
      @kennywilkus1632 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@MikePhillips-pl6ov oh absolutely! They all were great but I’m sorry, Freddie stole the show!

    • @marylreddick
      @marylreddick 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Well said

    • @Sniper-steve
      @Sniper-steve 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      👏👏👏👏 couldn’t have been put any more perfect

  • @Iluvthe1960s
    @Iluvthe1960s 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

    What you said at the end is so true breaks my heart to think just over 6 years later he was dead but he left the world more than he could ever have imagined when they started back in the 70’s I got into Queen in 1974 with the release of their second album … he’ll always be with us because of so much of his music but this 20 minutes 4 guys held the world in their hands

    • @trishgatley6542
      @trishgatley6542 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ya was sad,,we all have lessons,,,But he was a super talent,devoted intertained,,,THAT SHOWED his heart, care!

  • @Melissa02891
    @Melissa02891 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +264

    Live Aid was 16 hours of music and you just watched the best 20 minutes of it. The phone banks during the concert were ringing non stop with donations until the moment Queen took the stage and when Freddie started playing Bohemian Rhapsody the phones went silent. The phones started ringing again 20 minutes later. His ability to hold the audience in the palm of his hand live at Wembley and simultaneously at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia through 13 military satellites used to broadcast Live Aid around the world and reached 1.9 Billion people watching...he was that powerful. 👑

    • @kelleewolfe2834
      @kelleewolfe2834 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That is so cool!

    • @davidmackeown9318
      @davidmackeown9318 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I remember watching it all here in Ireland. Was 7 at the time. The 80s was the greatest decade for artists. I remember being in total awe with them all.

    • @tnnt5636
      @tnnt5636 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wow, I didn't know that.

    • @kat021171
      @kat021171 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      1.9 billion people when the world population was about 4.5 billion. My brothers and I were glued to MTV that day because it was that culturally significant to the younger Boomers and older/mid GenXers. It was probably the first global event after the moon landing, and the first one in the era of advanced telecommunications. So many highlights, and Phil Collins playing both at Wembly and at JFK after taking the Concorde across the Atlantic.

    • @madmelwood3778
      @madmelwood3778 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Commonly called the queen effect for all those involved in live aid

  • @nrschwartzie
    @nrschwartzie 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +238

    Freddie sang with a throat infection and was advised by his doctors not to sing. He nailed it. Made history and they re-launched Queen.

    • @melindamullen6335
      @melindamullen6335 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Except Roger sang the high note parts for him.

    • @shaunm9015
      @shaunm9015 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@melindamullen6335 He usually did.

    • @Arandomperson_online
      @Arandomperson_online 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly 👍

    • @kerrybogdanski1027
      @kerrybogdanski1027 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hadn't he also discovered he had AIDS around that time and was carrying that on his shoulders alone too! Amazing man! His foundation for AIDS did so much to make drugs that allow people who have it to live a full life expectancy! I have two friends with HIV and there is no stigma today, but back then Freddie was hounded by the media about his status, just like he was about his sexuality before. What I loved about that time in history is that men like Freddie and George Michael, took great pleasure in being openly gay, once they had come out and they were so candid and unapologetic about it!

    • @shaunm9015
      @shaunm9015 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@kerrybogdanski1027 please don’t listen to facts from the movie.

  • @tomjandrews5334
    @tomjandrews5334 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +276

    They were given an strict time limit and decided to maximise the performance. They rehearsed it non-stop for a week despite knowing every song backwards already. They planned out everything, including how to make tuning the instruments part of the performance or how Freddie would play with the audience to give time to the band to swap instruments etc. In the end they had the timing down to the second. This performance required talent, showmanship and songs the audience knew and could sing along with, but also a hell of a lot of practice.

    • @cirrustate8674
      @cirrustate8674 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      And that dedication, that professionalism, is exactly why they stole the show. None of the other artists took it anywhere near as seriously. Others treated it like a charity show where really all they had to do was show up and make it through their set, but didn't have to be all that great. Queen basically said "we're doing this as if it's part of one of our tours, we're doing this for real".

    • @julijohnson5141
      @julijohnson5141 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Freddy came back to play this charity concert even tho he had throat cancer...he died not long after....
      Check out the movie, it was well done.

    • @cirrustate8674
      @cirrustate8674 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      @@julijohnson5141 no. The movie didn't get that right. Freddie had a minor throat infection, not cancer. He also didn't get the AIDS diagnosis until about a year after Live Aid. He died in 1991, shortly before the release of the movie Wayne's World.

    • @veronicaanne1359
      @veronicaanne1359 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@julijohnson5141
      Hmmm... just about to watch it again for the umpteenth time❤❤❤❤

    • @IngridOberholzer
      @IngridOberholzer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I agree with you but they could sing anyone of their songs off any Album the audience loved them. 😊

  • @vernonshaw4029
    @vernonshaw4029 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    He had 8 octaves in one gob...what a legend..our legend...👍

  • @williamabrams9882
    @williamabrams9882 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +136

    I'm 64. For the last 45 years, when Freddie sings, I listen.

    • @IngridOberholzer
      @IngridOberholzer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'm 71 from Africa I tear up I agree I also listen.

    • @juliesteer9541
      @juliesteer9541 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I,m64 from Australia, an ditto

    • @JoBarnes-x2n
      @JoBarnes-x2n 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      62 here same!

    • @davidwren1879
      @davidwren1879 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Freddie is one of the few entertainers that I stopped what I was doing and bawled my eyes out when I heard he had died.

    • @starshinedragonsong3045
      @starshinedragonsong3045 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      65 here. When a couple of my kids in their teens, they came to me and asked if I'd ever heard of of Queen? I had to laugh. They'd just discovered Bohemian Rhapsody.

  • @MikeKilo1969
    @MikeKilo1969 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +231

    Freddie Mercury was absolutely epic and the world is a smaller, colder place without him in it.

    • @nadjasunflower1387
      @nadjasunflower1387 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      reminds me of a joke I'd seen and subsequently stolen from someone's profile on some media somewhere...
      " Dear God, can you please give us Freddie Mercury back, we'll gladly trade Justin Beiber..." 😁

  • @sammic7492
    @sammic7492 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +267

    78,000 at Wembley. 1.9BILLION globally and 150 countries saw this epic performance, and Queen showed the rest of the acts and the world how it's done.

    • @melissaford717
      @melissaford717 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Don't forget the 89,000 at JFK Stadium (RIP) in Philadelphia that were there as well. Plus, the thousands of us (hello) hanging out in the parking lots around JFK. You take care 🙂

    • @marythacker4802
      @marythacker4802 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Amen

    • @SeanOHanlon
      @SeanOHanlon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I know what the official number of attendees at Wembley stadium was supposed to be but I swear it looked like well over 100,000 people.

    • @Aokitadamitsu
      @Aokitadamitsu 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      yup, in 20 minutes they OWENED live aid..

    • @RoverWaters
      @RoverWaters 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@melissaford717 1.9 billion was the broadcast audience reach, not actual viewers

  • @DJSpike-ft9yw
    @DJSpike-ft9yw 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +29

    Crazy Little Thing Called Love is basically Queen’s tribute to the King when Elvis passed away.

    • @quickgenerichannelname3295
      @quickgenerichannelname3295 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      And Freddie wrote it while taking a bath in like 15 minutes lmao

    • @karidennis6154
      @karidennis6154 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I like that, Queen’s tribute to the King

  • @buggy7451
    @buggy7451 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

    And Freddie will live on forever as Brian may named a comet after him.

    • @zd3365
      @zd3365 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      As if I couldn't applaud Dr. Brian May more...

  • @iDuckman
    @iDuckman 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +129

    Just to add to the mythos, Freddie was a HUGE cat lady who truly loved his tiny beasts and left them well provided after he died.

    • @amberinthemist7912
      @amberinthemist7912 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Another reason to love him ❤️

    • @dianacryer
      @dianacryer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Delilah.🩷

    • @elainevario1174
      @elainevario1174 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @darlahays2471
      @darlahays2471 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Delilah, Goliath, Tiffany, Minko, Tom and Jerry were some of the kitties named. He wrote a song for Delilah

    • @sandrachebo
      @sandrachebo 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      😿😿😿😻😻😻

  • @kellycrook543
    @kellycrook543 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +101

    Freddie Mercury is the best showman of all time !!!!!

    • @jamieslack3147
      @jamieslack3147 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yes he was

    • @jodawson5268
      @jodawson5268 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes he was, but people forget that he was also a genius musician, as were the rest of the band.

  • @d2kids4me
    @d2kids4me หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I swear everytime I watch this video I'm shedding tears at the end. Queen was the greatest. Freddie Mercury was such an amazing singer surrounded by pure talent.

  • @RaichakaTheRaikee1
    @RaichakaTheRaikee1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +263

    I was there that day in 1985 as a 15yr old pop music lover... I left that day as a convert to rock music, thanks mainly to Freddie & Co... You need to remember that this was NOT a Queen concert or even a Queen audience, in fact they were a last minute addition to the line up. That said for 22 minutes that afternoon Freddie had close to 73,000 people in Wembley and almost 1.9 billion watching on TV globally eating out of the palm of his hand.
    I'm now a 55yr old woman who's been to 300ish live rock concerts over the years, everyone from Guns n Roses to ACDC to Uriah Heep, Meatloaf, Status Quo, Alice Cooper, Bon Jovi (48 times 😂) to H.I.M and the 69 Eyes.. but that 22 minutes right there is still by far the best 22 minutes of live greatness EVER! And one show that has never left my memory!
    God bless you Freddie and Thank you for the music.. RIP you legend
    As a side note, David Bowie followed Queens set and apparently as Freddie came off stage and he was getting set to go on, he said "thanks Freddie, how the f*** am I meant to follow that?"
    Crazy little thing called love was written in 1979, 2 years after the death of Elvis as a tribute to him!

    • @RoverWaters
      @RoverWaters 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      1.5 billion people was the broadcast reach estimaton given by BBC.
      not actual viewers number

    • @jim1771
      @jim1771 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I was watching live via HBO

    • @dianereed8911
      @dianereed8911 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I was there too ❤

    • @anitahargreaves9526
      @anitahargreaves9526 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Can I ask how did you contain your bladder, same age as you now couldn't cope, smashed in crowd? 👵👍🇬🇧

    • @NancyTodd
      @NancyTodd 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No, it was written in 1968 and sung originally by Jerry Reed. Elvis covered it and there is video that you can easily find of Elvis singing it.

  • @susanengland3919
    @susanengland3919 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +150

    Freddie had laryngitis the week before this concert. His doctor recommended that he cancel his appearance and rest his voice but Freddie ignored the advice and went on to make rock history. Freddie and Brian came back on to do the final song of the night, called "Is This the World We Created" which was a perfect fit for this concert.

  • @jenniferneuensmorgan9272
    @jenniferneuensmorgan9272 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +88

    Quite simply the finest 22 minutes in rock history. And that’s that.

  • @susanengland3919
    @susanengland3919 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Freddie wasn't just a singer, he was the ultimate performer. He felt he had an obligation to entertain his audience, and he certainly did so; he was willing to look silly in order to give them something they hadn't seen before. His decision to dress so casually for Live Aid was because he wanted the audience's attention to be on the music and not distracted by a costume.

    • @sandrachebo
      @sandrachebo 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      BRILLIANT ❗✨

  • @egk2584
    @egk2584 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +178

    Crazy little thing called love was a homage to Elvis. Freddie was a fan and reportedly wrote it in 10 minutes in the bathtub. Lots of people swear Elvis sang it but it wasn't written until after his death.

    • @sherrygarcia5708
      @sherrygarcia5708 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      growing up I always thought it was an Elvis song

    • @KKonYouTube
      @KKonYouTube 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I also always thought it was Elvis!

  • @dazsmith3201
    @dazsmith3201 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +196

    72,000 people at Wembley. No sound check before going on, and the crowd were not all Queen fans (lots of other acts performing on the day) yet Freddie Mercury commanded them all! Freddie had a throat infection that day and was advised by doctors not to perform...and he STILL nailed it!! Queen stole the entire show!! And as for the guitarist...not bad for a home made instrument!!

    • @Nancy-beepbeep
      @Nancy-beepbeep 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      That instrument is one of a kind magnificent piece of art. The Red Special

    • @lokolad3541
      @lokolad3541 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      They may not of been Queen fans at the Start, But by golly the All Certainly were after that Performance 💯💛

    • @ASUTASTUD
      @ASUTASTUD 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Up until Queen entered the stage Live Aid wasn't actually doing all that great hardly any money was being donated.
      There's actual footage of Bob Geldof worried that it's not doing that good until Queen started.

    • @patricialewis1895
      @patricialewis1895 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I was thinking how fantastic they sounded live and if he had a throat infection wow, unbelievable talent 👏👏👏👏

    • @sandrachebo
      @sandrachebo 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I saw a story about how he and his father made the instrument, using a variety of woods.
      I wish now I'd payed closer attention to the details... just impressed with the skill and tenacity to create his own guitar. 😊

  • @cyl742
    @cyl742 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    One Queen song no one seems to react to is The Show Must Go On. It is so poignant and emotional and was written mostly by Brian May but is about Freddie's end of life. The diagnosis of AIDS had not yet been made public. It really is a brilliant song.

    • @cjoyce_1240
      @cjoyce_1240 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Best vocals ever!!

    • @zd3365
      @zd3365 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The last few videos Freddie made, and I think this song was one of them, breaks my heart every time. He was battling a horrific disease at a time when those diagnosed with AIDS were publicly scorned. He endured so much at the end, with incredible grace and honor. RIP such a gentleman.

  • @bonya4585
    @bonya4585 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Freddie wrote “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” as a tribute to Elvis. Good pick up!

  • @patrickbolduc3486
    @patrickbolduc3486 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +88

    Each member of Queen wrote a #1 song!

    • @c8Lorraine1
      @c8Lorraine1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      John Deacon wrote Pressure

  • @margaretsimmons1598
    @margaretsimmons1598 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +121

    Freddie Mercury is one of the few people who have been confirmed to have perfect pitch

    • @warialdasue
      @warialdasue หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He could sing Opera !!

  • @belvagurr403
    @belvagurr403 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +195

    They are ALL Queen’s songs, most written by Freddie but all four of the band were inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

    • @NorwayMan36
      @NorwayMan36 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      I think that Queen is the only band ever where every band-member has written a song or two that has been on the top of the charts 🙂

    • @manuellively6481
      @manuellively6481 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Um the Beatles...

    • @MikePhillips-pl6ov
      @MikePhillips-pl6ov 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@manuellively6481Ringo never had a no.1

    • @MikePhillips-pl6ov
      @MikePhillips-pl6ov 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Bo Rap - Freddie
      Ga Ga - Roger
      Hammer - Brian
      Crazy - Freddie
      Rock - Brian
      Champions - Freddie
      So Freddie did have 3 to Brian's 2 but also 1 by Roger. So technically yes 'most' by Freddie but 3 out of 6, pretty well spread range of the band's songs I'd say

    • @thegroovetube3247
      @thegroovetube3247 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@MikePhillips-pl6ovNo, Brian and Roger wrote half of these songs.

  • @roberttew5928
    @roberttew5928 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Radio Ga Ga was singing about the demise of radio and the take over of music videos and TV. Where all news and music was once a large part of people's life but not any more.

  • @jamiem4941
    @jamiem4941 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

    Freddie wrote Crazy Little Thing about three years after Elvis passed. I t was his homage to the King.

  • @bobboy5508
    @bobboy5508 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Freddy was born a star. There’s no way around that. But fate happened and he met Brian May. Arguably one of the best guitarists of all time. Can’t imagine life without them.

  • @jonellamoore960
    @jonellamoore960 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +147

    I’m a 63 year old grandma from the Midwest and I was privileged to see Queen in concert in 1983. Best concert of my life! No auto tune back then either! The music from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s was the greatest!

    • @janet3470
      @janet3470 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I saw them in 1980. They were tiny from where I was seated but they were awesome!!!

    • @MeAbifad
      @MeAbifad วันที่ผ่านมา

      Exactly

  • @seaturtle5584
    @seaturtle5584 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Freddie Mercury was THE stage performer! No one else in history has ever had a presence like him, regardless of any genre. And he didn't need any vocal enhancers! That was just all Freddie! RIP, to our legend 💖🎤🎶👑

  • @thehorrorfanx
    @thehorrorfanx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé - “Barcelona” is epic. Shows yet ANOTHER side of Freddie.

    • @spdensley1
      @spdensley1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @BlackPegasusRaps NEEDS to react to this one, absoultly Brillant, and show cases all of Freddies abilites, Also one of his lasts songs which still haunts me to this day "i will always love you"

    • @matthewdrake4385
      @matthewdrake4385 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@spdensley1the last song he performed on camera was These are the Days of Our Life.

    • @joany531
      @joany531 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@matthewdrake4385that one is heartbreaking 💔

  • @susanengland3919
    @susanengland3919 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +122

    It was Geldof who best summed up the mood of Live Aid 1985 and Queenʼs impact on it. “Queen were absolutely the best band of the day,” he remembered. “They played the best, had the best sound, used their time to the full. They understood the idea exactly, that it was a global jukebox. They just went and smashed one hit after another. It was the perfect stage for Freddie: the whole world. And he could ponce about on stage doing We Are The Champions. How perfect could it get?”

    • @sandralybrand9425
      @sandralybrand9425 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I wish he'd put that part in here, I love we are the Champions! It was a perfect ending, because so many celebrities were dealing and dying of aids, including Rock Hudson and Liberace!

  • @jimaccosted9328
    @jimaccosted9328 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +362

    Love seeing a crowd reacting WITHOUT FREEKIN" CELL PHONES IN THEIR HANDS!!!😂😂😂😂😂😍

    • @jamieslack3147
      @jamieslack3147 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      the good ole days brother

    • @gedscouserable
      @gedscouserable 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Mobile phones. We invented them, and the English language FFS.

    • @jamieslack3147
      @jamieslack3147 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gedscouserable we? nope

    • @andrewvasquez7872
      @andrewvasquez7872 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I will never understand why that bothers anyone. You enjoy a concert how you choose and others can how they choose to.

    • @jamieslack3147
      @jamieslack3147 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@andrewvasquez7872 When you're trying to watch a band play live and there are hundreds of phones in your view it's annoying as hell

  • @darrellwilson9536
    @darrellwilson9536 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    NEVER saw a Rap Artist play for a crowd that LARGE! They can only dream.

  • @Neutronia1
    @Neutronia1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    I WAS THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Freddie ROCKED. U2 were a close 2nd to Queen, great performance. He sang with a bad case of laryngitis.

  • @djhassoun
    @djhassoun 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +145

    Brian May, the guitarist, is a legit PhD Rocket Scientist. He recently worked with NASA on a project to land on a comet and collect a sample and return it to Earth.

    • @aleksmoto72
      @aleksmoto72 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      PhD in electrical engineering...he built that guitar...with the help of his dad...if I am not mistaken ❤❤❤

    • @kerbyfab
      @kerbyfab 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@aleksmoto72That’s correct. He did in fact build that guitar with his dad.

    • @c8Lorraine1
      @c8Lorraine1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      John has degree in engineering, Freddie in visual arts, Brian PhD astrophysics, Roger in dentistry

    • @juttapopp1869
      @juttapopp1869 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@aleksmoto72nope, astrophysics. Deaky is the electrical engineer.

    • @Mark.Brindle
      @Mark.Brindle หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@kerbyfabYep. There is a beautiful book printed a few years ago named Red Special, which I purchased. It’s full of photos and the story of it being renovated.

  • @fayelin8896
    @fayelin8896 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    There was ONLY ONE FREDDIE! Hard to believe he had the 'flu and was
    advised by his doctor not to perform! Rest in Peace Freddie, you were soo loved! from Oz

  • @kaydb75
    @kaydb75 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Nobody has ever played a crowd like Freddie could. Forever missed and loved.

  • @-Buckarooz
    @-Buckarooz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +83

    This was my first day working at Wembley stadium

    • @elizabethmiles8953
      @elizabethmiles8953 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      wow!!

    • @KKonYouTube
      @KKonYouTube 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      What a way to start a new job!!!

    • @shelleythistleton4935
      @shelleythistleton4935 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wow! Mind blowing! 😮😮😮

    • @joyceharkin3641
      @joyceharkin3641 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Great first day at work!

    • @SuelEdits
      @SuelEdits 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Tell us more!!!

  • @tyghe_bright
    @tyghe_bright 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Freddie was a rock GOD.
    Who else could absorb the energy of a crowd like that and reflect it back to them--and to millions around the world?
    And the whole band was so massively talented.

  • @joylene65
    @joylene65 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    I love watching you Americans reacting to British bands and seeing things for the first time. It's like watching your kids open their Christmas presents.
    Freddie was an actual genius who left us far too soon.

  • @dellisaable
    @dellisaable หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    FREDDY rocked the world that year at that concert.. can't believe u haven’t heard some of those songs..😮.. it's unfortunate there's nothing like this these days.. this generation missed out big time..RIP FREDDY🤟🤘🤙

  • @rhondaserges5136
    @rhondaserges5136 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +539

    Radio Gaga is where Lady GaGa found her name.

    • @michaelasay8587
      @michaelasay8587 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      How do you know this?

    • @collinpillow4066
      @collinpillow4066 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      @@michaelasay8587 I'm not sure about Rhonda but I saw her tell Oprah that about 15 years ago.

    • @rhondaserges5136
      @rhondaserges5136 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@michaelasay8587 I heard it in an interview. When and where I'm not sure.

    • @dawnmguzman
      @dawnmguzman 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      It's true, and I believe a NY rapper crowned her Lady Gaga.

    • @JohnWilson-cs7iq
      @JohnWilson-cs7iq 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Yes, that is correct. I was going to mention that but on scrolling through the comments I see you have said it.

  • @1776SOL
    @1776SOL 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Could there be any doubt that Freddie Mercury is the GREATEST SHOWMAN?!?!

  • @silvertongue3003
    @silvertongue3003 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

    I think you need to have a Queen marathon weekend because there’s so much you’re missing out on, seriously!!

  • @AndrewTryon
    @AndrewTryon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    The song is called Radio Ga Ga, He was talking about the influence and place in our lives. From Orsen Wells original radio broadcast of War of the Worlds to Winston Churchills "Their finest hour" speech in WWII...and as a teenager i can remember laying awake at night watching the lighted display and listening to the music...

  • @emilyc8074
    @emilyc8074 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    Queen had been globally unpopular in the run up to this performance because of playing South Africa during apartheid in 1984, breaking the United Nations cultural boycott. They hesitated on accepting Geldof's invite to perform, knowing they might be badly received (and they also disliked performing daytime gigs).However this performance at Live Aid changed both public opinion of them and changed the concert itself by injecting much needed energy into the day and they literally stole the show. Absolute class.

    • @shaunm9015
      @shaunm9015 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      And they played South Africa because they didnt give a shit about politics, they wanted to bring their music to the people.

    • @emilyc8074
      @emilyc8074 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@shaunm9015 True, although Taylor later said looking back it was probably a mistake. Different times.

  • @Kikatebnpagan
    @Kikatebnpagan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

    Freddie loved performing for his fans. Huge thrill for him but more for his fans.

  • @msharno1
    @msharno1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

    Mercury's range of styles is absolutely amazing. He's THE MOST TALENTED musician of at least the 20th Century!!!!!

    • @lastpenny849
      @lastpenny849 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, nah. Great singer and performer though. One of the best.

  • @Chanta-nh8et
    @Chanta-nh8et 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Freddie was the ultimate showman. When he came on stage everyone was transfixed on him and stayed that way until he left the stage.

    • @ckobo84
      @ckobo84 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      When he says Ay-Oh with his arm raised above his head and that bright 🌞 light comes on it is just too perfect. That light was a nice touch.

  • @webcrawler2007
    @webcrawler2007 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    No one controlled an audience like Freddie, and to this day no one has. Theyve had bigger live audiences - maybe - but no one controlled every ear like Freddie that night.
    He was a living God. And he is missed as such.

  • @justm9892
    @justm9892 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    I watched a video today of the King's Guards at Buckingham Palace playing Don't Stop Me Now to commemorate Freddies birthday.Thats how much Freddie was loved Apparently our late Queen liked Queen.i think it was a beautiful thing for them to do on the grounds of the palace ❤

    • @betseyclark2832
      @betseyclark2832 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      In 2002 Brian May played "God Save the Queen" on his Red Special on the roof of Buckingham Palace for the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Recently Queen +AL headlined at the celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The Queen tapped out the "We Will Rock You" beat on a teacup.

    • @justm9892
      @justm9892 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@betseyclark2832 I remember that

  • @UCkI6pPBQ1IaNlicrwsnR5_w
    @UCkI6pPBQ1IaNlicrwsnR5_w 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    A total masterclass in putting together a super tight set, with cut down songs, that hit all the spots and delivered their full concert experience in 20 mins.
    RIP Freddy. We miss you.

    • @c8Lorraine1
      @c8Lorraine1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Watch the red light on stage come on at EXACTLY the same moment Freddie bought his arm down to end the last song. Class

  • @jamescox2822
    @jamescox2822 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I was in the navy In the sea of japan and this was broadcast on the mess decks for the entire day The entire ship kept coming by and watchit was broadcastin over a hundred and fifty countries live

  • @tony152
    @tony152 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Queen - Somebody To Love - HD Live - 1981 Montreal Is fantastic, love you to review that.

    • @hurricane7479
      @hurricane7479 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      YES! I was hoping someone would recommend this masterpiece as well!
      I Second the motion! 🙂👍
      ✌️😎

    • @Papageorgeo
      @Papageorgeo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      This is a necessary reaction at this point. Absolutely incredible performance

    • @sherrianderson1393
      @sherrianderson1393 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Absolutely that one! My heart rate races in this performance and I'm pretty sure I held my breath in awe and excitement!

  • @ceegee1959
    @ceegee1959 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    40 years later and I still get goosebumps! You could do an amazing deep dive of their discography! So many GREAT songs….

  • @jeanniedebartolo5965
    @jeanniedebartolo5965 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

    I’ve watched this Queen video at Live Aid at least 1000 times and it gives me chills every time ❤

    • @deborahallen3318
      @deborahallen3318 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And I still can't take my 👀 off of Freddie, he's a human magnet if there ever was one. 👑🌈🕊

  • @sanandaallsgood673
    @sanandaallsgood673 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    What you might not know is, before Queen came on to play, the Live Aid contributions were lacking below the desired levels, but when Queen started playing, people all over the world starting calling in and donating, pushing the donations over the desired amount sought by Bob Geldof, who started this drive. Another little tidbit of information, Bob Geldof was the performer who starred in the Pink Floyd movie of "The Wall' as the adult Pink.

  • @stevea.1929
    @stevea.1929 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    Pure "beyond words" talent. Freddie, Brian, Roger, John. Queen.

  • @oldman4863
    @oldman4863 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    made a 70 year old man cry happy tears!!!

    • @c8Lorraine1
      @c8Lorraine1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      This 70 yr old woman is teary as well. We lived in THE age of the GREATEST music and performance ever !

  • @terrybohling6194
    @terrybohling6194 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    I still shed a tear seeing this performance. There is such a hole in the world that Freddie should be filling.

  • @drbrog190
    @drbrog190 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thing is that will blow your mind: he went live singing when his voice was not even at full strength. He was injured and still had that much power in his vocals. ❤

  • @myogart
    @myogart 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    Radio Gaga, that was 72,000 fans mimicking the video in perfect unison.THAT is crowd control. Beautiful.

  • @texaszed9834
    @texaszed9834 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    Radio Ga Ga was written by Roger Taylor (Drummer) when he heard his child mutter "radio ga ga goo goo"

    • @reneebush2399
      @reneebush2399 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I always heard he had said “radio ca ca” as in shit (he used ca ca because his son is half French).

    • @texaszed9834
      @texaszed9834 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@reneebush2399 you're probably right

    • @dominicschiro9939
      @dominicschiro9939 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@reneebush2399you’re right on the head. I watched a documentary where he said it. Also said there’s some ca ca’s in the chorus

  • @gailscrypto1536
    @gailscrypto1536 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    he actually had a sore throat and was worried he couldnt sing just minutes before this concert!!!!! what a performance.

  • @Info_curious2024
    @Info_curious2024 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I remember this set. None of knew he had aids. The greatest unexpected set.

  • @romario2166
    @romario2166 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Greatest band of all time! I don't care what anyone else says. Queen are absolute legends! Great reaction mate.

  • @ajstrauss55
    @ajstrauss55 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    Theres never been a human like freddie. Never will be again. He overshadows incredible musicians. Queen is incredible.

    • @dawnyoung8
      @dawnyoung8 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He’s Elvis adjacent ! It’s insane ! Not the same but the same still ! Pure love

  • @hopegilbert8721
    @hopegilbert8721 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

    He once was asked how it felt to be the best rock singer in the world. He said “i don’t know you will have to ask Steve Perry”

    • @jeffreyes6236
      @jeffreyes6236 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Both were fantastic singers!

  • @wordgiesworld5483
    @wordgiesworld5483 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    If you haven’t seen Bohemian Rhapsody, do it. Beautifully made movie from casting to soundtrack to cinematography.
    They recreate this concert to great detail, right down to the camera angles and cups on the piano. There’s a couple videos out there where they do a side by side comparison to them.
    Radio Ga Ga and Hammer to Fall were from The Works (you reacted to I want to Break Free, another song from that album. That was their current album at the time.

  • @Turk2112
    @Turk2112 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    Mike in one hand and 70,000 fans in the other. That's not even a Queen audience. The best front man in music at the top of his game.

  • @darrenjones5885
    @darrenjones5885 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    Round the world a couple of billion jaws dropped. Meanwhile the Queen fans said “that’s my band.”

  • @dawnyoung8
    @dawnyoung8 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +112

    How lucky were we to live with Elvis AND FREDDY !?! Thank you Lord 🙏

  • @cjcrawford7443
    @cjcrawford7443 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    77yrs old female and still get shivers..He was the greatest of them all.❤

    • @warialdasue
      @warialdasue หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’m with you. 76 and glad to have lived in time of the best music. I miss Freddy 😥