Wauw. Amazing. I saw an interview with Elton John. He talked to Freddie after Queens performance. He said: no one needs to go on now Freddie. You were absolutely brilliant. Freddie answered: yes darling we were. And what were you wearing? You looked like the f queen mother 🤣🤣❤️
I saw it too, it was hairs on the back of the neck the whole time Queen were on stage..... there was no, and will never be, any band better live. They stole/owned the show. Obviously I'm bias due to seeing that performance at the time even if it was on tv.
30 years after Freddie died.... and he is still a legend. My son is also 17 yerars old and besides new music, he loves to hear Queen Songs. And I´m a little bit proud of that
At the time of Live Aid I was serving in the British Royal Marine Commandos in a refugee camp in Ethiopia. We listened to it on the radio. We were surrounded be the horror of the Famine, but when Queen came on the radio those poor soles who were there even reacted in a very positive way. I remember that a lot of us Royal Marine Commandos were crying watching some of the children dancing along, I'm teary eyed just remembering. I looked around at men I had fought alongside, who were tough, hardened Royal Marine Commandos who had fought a life and death war against Argentinian's in 82. By the end of Queen's set we were dancing with the children. It went along way to help build their trust in us. The famine is one of the two worst memories I have.
@MrK. Wow! That is truly an extraordinary and life changing experience. Have you ever reached out to Queen to tell them that story? I think you should post your experience on Brian May's and Roger Taylor 's Instagram pages. Brian is especially active on Instagram and I'm sure he'd be very moved by your story! Thank you for sharing that with us!
I feel blessed we all grew up with this fantastic band and music :-) We had some of the best music and bands in the 80's and Queen were a stand out 😍😍😍
You asked what race Freddie was, he was born in Zanzibar (under British rule at the time) to parents of Parsi decent. His birth name was Farrokh Bulsara. He was sent to British style boarding school in India as a young child until his mid teens. In his late teens he, his sister and his parents immigrated to England to avoid the revolution for independence in Zanzibar, and the rest, as they say is history. Hope this helps. EDIT : Brian May (lead guitar) wrote We will Rock You, Freddie wrote We Are The Champions. In fact all the band members wrote hit songs, Including No1's, for the band.
Brian May's guitar, the famous Red Special was built by him and his father from an old table top and a fireplace mantel. A mantel was a shelf built across the top of a fireplace. He was 16. Queen's chief roady pulled the audio stops in the main BBC control room and replaced them so they would be louder than the other bands. This set has been regularly voted the top rock and roll set in a concert since the 1980's. I watched this live. And Freddy had a throat infection when he did the show.
Fact: Freddy Mercury still steals the show almost 30 years after his death. Just youtube Greenday concert "Bohemian Rhapsody". Greenday would play the song before their concerts and the crowd just erupts in a sing along
I love that you can appreciate this music...I grew up in this era...I love Queen and Freddie Mercury!!! You been hearing their beats for years and didn't even know it!!! My favorite rock band!
The lead guitarist is DOCTOR Brian May. :) He has a PhD in astrophysics (and has consulted with NASA) because being freakin' awesome at only one thing wasn't enough for him. Brian and Roger (Taylor, the drummer) were both good singers, and each sang lead sometimes. I love Roger's voice, personally. When you do Somebody to Love, live in Montreal in '81, pay attention to the last couple of minutes -- that's Roger keeping the song going, a steady core of vocals, while Freddie scats. And listen for Roger's final "Yeaaaaaaah!" at the end. :) Freddie had a huge vocal range, but Roger's falsetto went a bit higher. (Roger's also the "Galileo!" parts in Bohemian Rhapsody.) After Freddie died in '91, John Deacon (awesome bassist, great songwriter, sang rarely) retired to live a very private life, but Brian and Roger hired singers and bass players and kept on touring as Queen; Adam Lambert is their current vocalist. They're both in their 70s now, and still rocking the fuck out of stadiums all over the world, because they're just that fantastic.
I have to say, I love the fact that the specific branch of astrophysics he studied is so obscure, that when he went back to it, after breaking off decades earlier to go and be a rock star, nobody else had completed the research.
You forgot to mention that John made the amp that Brian used with the Red Special (the guitar that Brian made with his dad back when he was a teen) with parts out of a skip.
You just watched Freddie Mercury own his audience of 72,000 people. The guitar is Dr. Brian May, one of the top rated guitarist in the world, he also wrote We Will Rock You.
Cindy Weaver 💁🏾♀️ Yeah that may be true but London at the time was their home and as such, they were playing in their own backyard so the audience knew their music (& videos) as evidenced by the whole hand claps/fist pumps on cue in “Radio Gaga”✌🏾!
Best description I saw from that day was one of the guys high on the Philadelphia management chain end of the gig. He looked out during Radio Ga Ga and saw the entire crowd doing the hand clap in sync.... to what was basically a giant television screen. Well, that and a great little aside from Brian talking about Freddie's impromptu playing with the crowd. Slightly paraphrased but: "You're there in front of 70,000 people who aren't your fans and millions of people worldwide on live TV, it'd be awful if you really screwed up. And there's Freddie going 'ehh what the hell ... Ay-oh!'".
@@lifeisntfairpg3d141 uh, sorry but I don’t think that’s right. Maybe 100k at Philly but Wembley capped out around 72k. At least that’s what every source I’ve seen on this reports it as.
Queen is the band, the lead singer is Freddie Mercury ❤❤❤ He was and still is a legend. He passed away from AIDS in 91 and is very very missed. Considered by many, including me, to be the greatest vocalist of all time. I'm very surprised you didn't seem to know We Are The Chsmpions haha. It's a very famous song Please react to Somebody To Love LIVE from Montreal.
Please don’t tell me you are on about the movie bohemian rhapsody 🙄 they made out he had aids while doing live aid which was absolute rubbish I think yes he did have sore throat but that’s why everyone was so shocked that yet sore throat yet still sounded amazing
@@phillipmurphy4964 He did have aids.. he just was diagnosed later on with it but it was already full blown aids so he had it for years before he realized what it was. Remember back then nobody knew what it was other than some rumors. Don't be naive
Live Aid was a benefit concert held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia to raise money for the Ethiopian famine and all the biggest bands of the day were there. Each act had a 20 minute set and all the tickets had been sold out before it was even announced that Queen would be performing so the crowd weren’t your typical Queen fans but you can see how they reacted. Queen stole the show! Please check out Somebody to Love live in Montreal 1981. No auto tune, not even ear buds! Just pure, raw talent! Prepare to be amazed. And BTW Queen are from the UK. Freddie was educated at a British boarding school in India, hence his ‘posh’ accent
At 5:38, this is where Lady Gaga gets her name. And, many Freddie fans love this. th-cam.com/video/7icIbZYvEtk/w-d-xo.html. He was an admirer of her talent and a friend, Montserrat Caballe. Hear her, she was a Queen!
Queen had been going out of fashion for years beforehand. They're performance that day reminded the world how brilliant they were. On the same stage that day was Duran Duran possibly the biggest group of the day...they were useless!
Freddie Mercury was warned by his doctor not to perform that day as well, he had a throat infection, making this performance even more impressive. Freddie Mercury is also self taught, he learned himself to play the piano, he learned himself how to sing, and I wouldn't be surprised if he learned himself how to play guitar. I just cant praise the man enough. Hes without doubt the best vocalist in rock history, and imho one of the best singers the world has ever seen. Ps the movie made out that Freddie Mercury had been diagnosed with HIV at the point of live aid, but he didn't he just had a bad throat.
"Get off my nuts." LMAO. As a gay man, believe me, the "Queen ... I mean Freddie ... Queen is the band, I don't mean..." Is just funny. Much, much more important is that you enjoyed it. Freddie Mercury is one of the few that will *really* go down in the hall of fame. The fact that you 'got it' and recognised his talent is all that matters. Enjoy.
Last year I watched the movie Bohemian Rhapsody with two of my (straight) musician friends, and then we spent the rest of the night looking up Queen videos (including the Live Aid concert), watching a music theorist analyze the structure of the song Bohemian Rhapsody, and discussing the movie, etc., etc. That's one great thing about music, especially when it's this good: It can transcend all the man-made barriers of race, class, religion, sexual orientation, political affiliation, nationality.
I just had surgery and Im lying down watching your reaction... When you realized they were the ones who sang We Will Rock You has me smiling! Best reaction ever! Thank you. Keep up the the reactions!
It’s great to see young people enjoy Freddie Mercury and the band Queen. This is what life was like for me in my youth, we had the pleasure of listening to excellent artists and musicians
im so glad to hear and see your excitement over Queen so fun to see Revelation when you realize a song you know and love but never knew its origin we didnt get to see "We are the Champions" but now you know the GREATEST Sports Anthem Ever made
Back when we were in our teens all the bands had to be great because it was literally, walk on stage, plug in the amps, grab the mic and sing. No auto tune. They had to be good. Freddie Mercury was and will always be the best front man to ever grace a stage.
@@ritakaye5945 Honestly Adam is good and he knows his place within the band. He has a bit of that awesome sauce that made Freddie who he was, but he will never supplant Freddie nor he tries to. One thing that I'd love to see would be the havoc those two could wreak had they been on the stage together, but obviously that's impossible.
And Freddie Mercury captures another generation. I was blessed to have him in my lifetime, but he will live on forever though this young man. Miss you Freddie, I'll always love you.
5:00 When you said that, I said "Yeaaahhh, he's got. There's talent, and then there's TALENT....!!" Freddie's voice is literally an instrument. RIP! The realization that Queen sings We Will Rock You!! Love it. Don't feel bad about the name. You'll remember Freddie after this
Queen at Live AID was one of the high points of Human Civilization in the 80s. Your reactions were really awesome and funny to watch. I liked how you didn't seem to miss a single detail. Very good.
Yeah, he started work on his doctorate in 1971, but abandoned his studies in 1974 when his musical career had taken off; he re-registered in 2006 and submitted his thesis in 2007 (a year earlier than estimated) and he got his PhD in May 2008. He was lucky that not much research had been done in his area since the 70’s and it had only become trendy again in the 2000’s!
Live aid was the first ever cross-atlantic concert, with performers appearing at Wembley stadium in the U.K. and John F. Kennedy stadium in America and both concerts broadcast live around the world. So during Radio Gaga Freddie Mercury had approximately 160,000 clapping their hands in time to the beat.
Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano) Brian May (vocals, guitar) Roger Taylor (vocals, drummer) John Deacon (bassist). 2020 Brian May voted #1 guitarist by Guitar Magazine surpassing Jimi Hendrix. Queen voted best rock band of all time! Check out “Somebody to Love” live in Montreal 1981 and the same song live in Milton Keynes 1982. Queen also wrote the soundtracks to the Highlander and Flash Gordon movies. Check out those gems. Great reaction!
most of their famous songs are TIMELESS as they say.. just to remind that the Bohemian Rhapsody (another iconic song) was not the whole song that he performed in this Live Aid concert... nice nice reaction ..jz keep on reacting... proceed to Queen at Wembley 1986 😉 ( Under Pressure, One Vision, Another One Bites the dust.....etc) 🤩
You, young man, are AMAZING!!! To understand & appreciate these bands, at 17 yrs old, and to be able to differentiate "real" talent from much of the sampled, auto-tuned, productions of today!! 👏👏👏👏👏
im in my 50s bro. Great to see you enjoying the legends. This may be the greatest concert ever. If I could go back and be in any 20 minutes, this is on the list. Keep your energy and spritit young blood, you can change lives if you want to.
Queen was and still is one of the best bands I've ever heard. I have watched queen gigs over and over on TH-cam and never gets old. This set is fantastic. Brian May is a brilliant guitarist I have looked up to him for years his playing style is effortless
Haha, he’s Freddie or something, classic, it’s the man , Freddie Mercury, the master of entertainment, man , he had the mic in one hand and the whole world in the palm of the other one. I love how excited you get just watching the greatest band in the last 45 years
I'm glad you discovered this at age 17. I was 17 when I was in this crowd standing stage right at the 50M line. In an 8 hour concert with many fine artists, this still stands out after (fuck...) 35 years...
I had to watch on tv. Hard to believe it’s been (fuck) 35 years. Lol. Damn I’m gettin’ old. 😬🤭😢🤪🤪 I have made sure my granddaughters know who Queen is. They listen to a LOT of classic rock since Nanny lives with them and watches them while mom works. Tryin’ to raise ‘em right. Lol
@@OmgAuntySuzanne16 Mercury died in 1991 at age 45 due to complications from AIDS. He confirmed the day before his death that he had contracted the disease, having been diagnosed in 1987, two years *after* Live Aid. Mercury's *final* live performance with Queen took place on 9 August 1986 at Knebworth Park in England and drew an attendance estimated as high as 160,000. With the British national anthem "God Save the Queen" playing at the end of the concert, Mercury's final act on stage saw him draped in a robe, holding a golden crown aloft, bidding farewell to the crowd.
@@OmgAuntySuzanne16 not really. I guess you got that from the movie right? The movie would let us know that he was sick with aids at the concert. But that’s not right
Fun Fact: Freddie had a throat infection (Laryngitis) at the time of this Live Aid Performance and was advised by his doctors to not risk performing at the festival. He defied their orders, and Queen's set went down in history as one of the best performances in the history of rock and roll.
Freddie Mercury did this concert against his doctor's orders because he has a throat infection. Freddie can play several instruments...the piano is his best instrument, but he can also play guitar and something else (I can't remember). Fredie is also an amazing artist. Brian May is the guitartist. He built the guitar he plays. Brian was also an astrophysics. Roger Taylor, the drummer, also could have been a dentist. He has a dental degree. John Deacon is the bassist. Freddie wrote Someone to LOVE, Bohemian Rasphody. Brian May wrote We Will Rock You. Roger Taylor wrote Radio Gaga.
@@iamharshvardhan8106 he was Parsi. Followers of the Zoroastrian faith of ancient Persia, who fled to India from Islamic persecution. He was Parsi (Persian ancestry+ ethnicity) Indian is a nationality. He was born in Zanzibar which was a part of the commonwealth back then. He was born British subject. Not Indian. His parents sent him to boarding school in India when he was a kid.
Fab reaction 👏👏👏. Forget the likes .. more the LOVES 👏👏👏👑. One moment in time that I will never forget!!! I reckon you would LOVE to attend a full Queen concert. Might be worth considering Live at Wembley 1986 .. phenomenal ... you will be elated,amazed, super happy and totally exhausted at the end 😂.
Watch The crowd sings Bohemian Rhapsody at the Greenday Concert Hyde Park. 65,000 sang every word all these years later. We love Queen in the UK down the generations. By the way he was sick with a throat infection here, and he is still the greatest performer ever. No one controlled a crowd like Freddie.
Raw, natural talent, no auto tune, just pure musical magic, this is considered one of if not the best live performance of all time, the band as a whole are exceptional
Your sheer joy at watching one of queens best moments genuinely brought tears my eyes. I'm an old fossil who actually watched this on telly aged 11, I'm so glad that you enjoyed it so much, your reaction at 17:52 is priceless!
You are hysterical! Thank you for your reaction. Good to see young people appreciating this brilliant and timeless band. Freddie Mercury was and I believe still is the best front man of all time.
I first fell in love with Freddie and the rest of Queen back in the early 70's. they all had long hair, silk and satin clothes, 3-4 inch healed boots, black nail polish, jewelry, and Freddie.....no mustache. I thought Freddie was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen!!! He stayed beautiful, but the long haired glam look was my favorite.
It's an amazing performance, especially when you consider Freddie had a throat infection. They were also a late addition to the lineup for this concert. The band practiced this set multiple times, which is why it is as tight as it is. There's a light at the front of the stage to warn the performers when their time is up - the light turns red as they hit the end chord.
Your such a great young man!! Thank you for this reaction on Queen, that was indeed the best time for music specially LIVE! There is so so much more to discover for you! Welcome in the world of great band and live music. Am 68 and still going to all the great bands luckily still around, off and on staying in Florida, seeing super bands! Enjoy all your discoveries.
All the members of the band had British accents.......Adam Lambert is now their lead singer.......he has an excellent voice as well. Freddie Mercury is really missed by so many. RIP Freddie .
I saw Queen + Adam Lambert in 2014, and it was phenomenal. Adam doesn't try to be like Freddie, but Adam has an incredible voice. Roger Taylor is still fantastic on drums and Brian May on guitar! Great reaction to this video. Freddie was the best.
You have to listen to Queen's "Somebody to Love” live, either at Montreal in 81 or at Milton Keynes in 82, both are incredible. Freddie's voice in those performances will blow your fucking mind. You won't regret it
Just so you know....Freddie had some vocal issues that day. He wasn't sure he could do it. But he pushed on for charity (yes, they did this quick gig for free).
Queen is AMAZING!! I grew up with Freddie Mercury (Queen) I wish he was still hear. He is the best. It was awesome waiting for the next album t come out. So glad I came from that era!! Ty I didn’t get to go to live Aid, but watched it on tv. It’s so great that younger people are listening & liking music from my era. I just found you so I don’t know if you’ve done a video on Aero Smith. Be ready to be amazed.
Love your reaction. Go back in time In the lap of the Gods at the rainbow 74, Stone cold crazy also at the rainbow 74, While Queen at the odeon hammersmith 75 great songs
Freddie Mercury is the best singer ever! I love him with all my heart! He is a true legend and inspiration to me! Thank you so much for sharing your reaction!
Since Queen's participation in Live Aid was announced late, most of the audience had already bought tickets on the basis of other performers. Hence this was Freddie playing to a crowd not consisting of specifically Queen fans.
Man oh Man it does this old mans heart good to see you rocking out to this!!!!!!! I saw this live when I was 20! Even after his death in 1991 his legend has grown!!!! Keep up the good work !!!!
Freddie was recovering from laryngitis during this concert, which is why he dodged a couple of the high notes. Plus he'd been suffering from painful nodules on his vocal cords since 1975, so it's nothing short of a miracle that he was always able to perform 100%, without a hint of what he was dealing with.
I’ve seen this concert so many times I still get chills everytime I see Freddie with the entire crowd in the palm of his hand, especially during the clapping on Radio Gaga
That day, young man, Freddie Mercury ruled the world by bringing Wembley to his feet and reigned over rock n'roll for 22 minutes. Almost 2 billion people from more than 100 different countries watched Queen performing during the Live Aid.
"it was one of the largest-scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time with an estimated 400 million viewers, across 60 countries, watching the live broadcast." BBC quote so 400mil, not 2 billion
If u want to understand Queen and what Queen ment to the world, watch the movie Bohemian Rhapsody. Freddy is of middle eastern descent but was born (I think) and raised in England. While performing the consert u r reviewing, which was a world wide AIDS benefit concert for Africa, unknown to everyone Freddy had full blown AIDS and died 4-5 years later. He was sooo weak from his condition but pushed past it and still gave a stellar performance. Queen is also responsible for song like We are the champions and We will rock you which I think r still pretty much staples at sporting events
He put his whole soul into this concert because he knew it would be his biography. His Everything! We will always remember Queen with Freddie Mercury because he gave us 1000 percent on EVERY SONG.
There will never, ever be another Freddie Mercury. He was one of a kind.
I know.
They are pranking us with the freddie meter
GhulehGirl
Damn right
No one could control a crowd like Freddie.
The guitar player is Brian May. The best ever.
And they wrote all the songs also.
I saw this live. Chills. Freddie had the entire world mesmerized. One of the greatest performances ever. Legend.
Sooooo jealous and happy for you!!!
Wauw. Amazing. I saw an interview with Elton John. He talked to Freddie after Queens performance. He said: no one needs to go on now Freddie. You were absolutely brilliant. Freddie answered: yes darling we were. And what were you wearing? You looked like the f queen mother 🤣🤣❤️
I saw it too, it was hairs on the back of the neck the whole time Queen were on stage..... there was no, and will never be, any band better live. They stole/owned the show. Obviously I'm bias due to seeing that performance at the time even if it was on tv.
You're lucky!
Really cool... I was 5 so I dint think my folks would have let me,,, lol
"For 20 minutes in 1985 England was ruled by a different Queen." Rest easy Freddie, the King of Queen.
I’m resting easy darling, thank you
a new commonwealth was born that day
Amen.
and The Queen did not mind a bit, she was cheering them on
Depentv your reaction is awesome and the legend your watching is the great late Freddie mercury 1 love anonymous
Freddie Mercury said, "I won't be a rock star, I'll be a legend". That he was. There'll never be another Freddie Mercury!
what about me? hm?
He's a very fine piece of work. A masterpiece.
yes never ever ever be another freddy
Justin bieber is way more cooler und better than freddie
Well said
30 years after Freddie died.... and he is still a legend. My son is also 17 yerars old and besides new music, he loves to hear Queen Songs. And I´m a little bit proud of that
Somebody has said it before but true to this day. Queen didnt write songs, they wrote anthems!!!
That is so true
They wrote masterpieces
Agreed artist nowadays have nothing on band or singers from the 60s 70s 80s. Autotune ruined music in a since..
At the time of Live Aid I was serving in the British Royal Marine Commandos in a refugee camp in Ethiopia. We listened to it on the radio. We were surrounded be the horror of the Famine, but when Queen came on the radio those poor soles who were there even reacted in a very positive way. I remember that a lot of us Royal Marine Commandos were crying watching some of the children dancing along, I'm teary eyed just remembering. I looked around at men I had fought alongside, who were tough, hardened Royal Marine Commandos who had fought a life and death war against Argentinian's in 82. By the end of Queen's set we were dancing with the children. It went along way to help build their trust in us. The famine is one of the two worst memories I have.
What an amazing story! Thank you for your service.
Thank you for your service to Humanity
That is a great story! It is always great to hear some real personal insight into these big events in history.
God Bless you Mr. K. Thank you for your service ❤️
Your memory moves my heart.
@MrK. Wow! That is truly an extraordinary and life changing experience. Have you ever reached out to Queen to tell them that story? I think you should post your experience on Brian May's and Roger Taylor 's Instagram pages.
Brian is especially active on Instagram and I'm sure he'd be very moved by your story! Thank you for sharing that with us!
Anybody else feeling really 'old' and really 'happy and proud' for the next generation all at the same time?
Yeah lol
Yep.
Yes!
You must listen to The Show Must Go On
I feel blessed we all grew up with this fantastic band and music :-) We had some of the best music and bands in the 80's and Queen were a stand out 😍😍😍
Queen's performance in Live Aid is considered by many to be the greatest live performance ever recorded.
It is the greatest in my book and oh to have only been there!
25 million world wide was watching
I'm always glad to see these young kids enjoying older generations of music. Shows how open minded they are.
You asked what race Freddie was, he was born in Zanzibar (under British rule at the time) to parents of Parsi decent. His birth
name was Farrokh Bulsara. He was sent to British style boarding school in India as a young child until his mid teens. In his late teens he, his sister and his parents immigrated to England to avoid the revolution for independence in Zanzibar, and the rest, as they say is history. Hope this helps.
EDIT : Brian May (lead guitar) wrote We will Rock You, Freddie wrote We Are The Champions. In fact all the band members wrote hit songs, Including No1's, for the band.
Nono it wasn't for independence of Zanzibar it was to depose the Arab monarchy and usher in majority African rule
N dont forget Bass player Deaky..John Deacons .Another 1 Bites the Dust!!!
Brian May's guitar, the famous Red Special was built by him and his father from an old table top and a fireplace mantel. A mantel was a shelf built across the top of a fireplace. He was 16. Queen's chief roady pulled the audio stops in the main BBC control room and replaced them so they would be louder than the other bands. This set has been regularly voted the top rock and roll set in a concert since the 1980's. I watched this live. And Freddy had a throat infection when he did the show.
@@cheahweiren7638 it was actually to escape Muslim persecution
@@bellan-p794 but majority of Zanzibars population is muslim
The lead singer's name is Freddie Mercury RIP
But LEGENDS NEVER DIE!
Fact: Freddy Mercury still steals the show almost 30 years after his death. Just youtube Greenday concert "Bohemian Rhapsody". Greenday would play the song before their concerts and the crowd just erupts in a sing along
Greatest frontman any band has EVER had.. Dont forget the whole world was watching Live Aid..
He literally had the world in the palm of his hand... ❤️
I love that you can appreciate this music...I grew up in this era...I love Queen and Freddie Mercury!!! You been hearing their beats for years and didn't even know it!!! My favorite rock band!
The lead guitarist is DOCTOR Brian May. :) He has a PhD in astrophysics (and has consulted with NASA) because being freakin' awesome at only one thing wasn't enough for him.
Brian and Roger (Taylor, the drummer) were both good singers, and each sang lead sometimes. I love Roger's voice, personally. When you do Somebody to Love, live in Montreal in '81, pay attention to the last couple of minutes -- that's Roger keeping the song going, a steady core of vocals, while Freddie scats. And listen for Roger's final "Yeaaaaaaah!" at the end. :) Freddie had a huge vocal range, but Roger's falsetto went a bit higher. (Roger's also the "Galileo!" parts in Bohemian Rhapsody.)
After Freddie died in '91, John Deacon (awesome bassist, great songwriter, sang rarely) retired to live a very private life, but Brian and Roger hired singers and bass players and kept on touring as Queen; Adam Lambert is their current vocalist. They're both in their 70s now, and still rocking the fuck out of stadiums all over the world, because they're just that fantastic.
When great elements combine.....history is made.
I have to say, I love the fact that the specific branch of astrophysics he studied is so obscure, that when he went back to it, after breaking off decades earlier to go and be a rock star, nobody else had completed the research.
Thats awesome
You forgot to mention that John made the amp that Brian used with the Red Special (the guitar that Brian made with his dad back when he was a teen) with parts out of a skip.
@@ruthmeow4262 There are a lot more things I could've mentioned, but I was just going for the highlights. :)
You just watched Freddie Mercury own his audience of 72,000 people. The guitar is Dr. Brian May, one of the top rated guitarist in the world, he also wrote We Will Rock You.
Except it wasn't a queen audience.. They weren't on the original billing... Thats the audience power he had!
And Wembley only held 72,000 people. Knebworth on the other hand held 120,000 people, which i where i seen them the following year :)
@@TheSmittenman 72,000 was with seats on the field, standing, it was more according to Geldorf's ticket sales.
Cindy Weaver 💁🏾♀️ Yeah that may be true but London at the time was their home and as such, they were playing in their own backyard so the audience knew their music (& videos) as evidenced by the whole hand claps/fist pumps on cue in “Radio Gaga”✌🏾!
💁🏾♀️ Not to mention them performing to the 1.9B television audience worldwide ✌🏾
You been schooled on what great music is and how the best front man in the world held the crowd in the palm of his hand with ease.
Best description I saw from that day was one of the guys high on the Philadelphia management chain end of the gig. He looked out during Radio Ga Ga and saw the entire crowd doing the hand clap in sync.... to what was basically a giant television screen. Well, that and a great little aside from Brian talking about Freddie's impromptu playing with the crowd. Slightly paraphrased but: "You're there in front of 70,000 people who aren't your fans and millions of people worldwide on live TV, it'd be awful if you really screwed up. And there's Freddie going 'ehh what the hell ... Ay-oh!'".
@@smiddlehurst1 actually it was 100000, 70000 in the seats, 30000 on the field
@@lifeisntfairpg3d141 uh, sorry but I don’t think that’s right. Maybe 100k at Philly but Wembley capped out around 72k. At least that’s what every source I’ve seen on this reports it as.
The guitarist is Brian May, and he and his dad made his guitar from scratch. (And he and the drummer, Roger Taylor, are still performing.)
Little known fact Brian May is actually Dr Brian May he has a doctorate in astrophysics
@@donovanfroome4987 Little known fact Brian May wrote all the guitar solos in Freddie's songs
And he's a great advocate for animals, such as hedgehogs in Britain and campaigning against foxhunting.
I met Brian last week, he is every bit as lovely as I imagined he would be
Freddie Mercury was such a great talent. We lost him way to early, but I am so glad younger people are listening again!
Freddie Mercury - vocals
Brian May- Guitar
Roger Taylor- Drums
John Deacon- Bass
All the members of one of the most kick arse bands ever to exist.
Correction: Freddie Mercury - vocals & the 1.9 billion global audience.
@@PaulWaldoff double correction, vocals, piano, and even some guitar during Crazy little thing called love.
When u said you were 17 and you can see the beauty in this music. And talent vs no talent... I sub'd. Well said my friend.
Me too
@@brak7865 💞
Queen is the band, the lead singer is Freddie Mercury ❤❤❤ He was and still is a legend. He passed away from AIDS in 91 and is very very missed. Considered by many, including me, to be the greatest vocalist of all time. I'm very surprised you didn't seem to know We Are The Chsmpions haha. It's a very famous song Please react to Somebody To Love LIVE from Montreal.
😍😍😍😍😍😍
Bro he was not quite the best vocalist of all time, I mean we have people like Pavarotti. But for me he was far the best voice we had in Rock music.
He was sick and wasn't even suppose to perform per his doctors orders. Thank you Freddie for not listening! Rip
Yeah he had a throat infection and still sounded amazing
Please don’t tell me you are on about the movie bohemian rhapsody 🙄 they made out he had aids while doing live aid which was absolute rubbish
I think yes he did have sore throat but that’s why everyone was so shocked that yet sore throat yet still sounded amazing
@@phillipmurphy4964 He did have aids.. he just was diagnosed later on with it but it was already full blown aids so he had it for years before he realized what it was. Remember back then nobody knew what it was other than some rumors. Don't be naive
@@phillipmurphy4964 i said nothing about him having AIDS. he was ill that day.
@@opethdan2408 that is correct he had a throat infection and the preformance was LEGENDARY
Your reaction to "We will Rock You" is gold! Love seeing younger generations enjoying some of the greatest songs from the best band ever.
Freddie would laugh and say go ahead and call me Queen darling. Great reaction to the greatest live show ever preformed.
He sure would have
My friends who grew up on his music (and got to see this live) used to say "There's the Queen Mother and then there's the Queen."
Live Aid was a benefit concert held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia to raise money for the Ethiopian famine and all the biggest bands of the day were there. Each act had a 20 minute set and all the tickets had been sold out before it was even announced that Queen would be performing so the crowd weren’t your typical Queen fans but you can see how they reacted. Queen stole the show! Please check out Somebody to Love live in Montreal 1981. No auto tune, not even ear buds! Just pure, raw talent! Prepare to be amazed. And BTW Queen are from the UK. Freddie was educated at a British boarding school in India, hence his ‘posh’ accent
As I remember, this concert was broadcast all day and into the night. Brought people from all over the world together to end the famine in Ethiopia.
At 5:38, this is where Lady Gaga gets her name. And, many Freddie fans love this. th-cam.com/video/7icIbZYvEtk/w-d-xo.html. He was an admirer of her talent and a friend, Montserrat Caballe. Hear her, she was a Queen!
Spot on Leona!
Queen had been going out of fashion for years beforehand. They're performance that day reminded the world how brilliant they were. On the same stage that day was Duran Duran possibly the biggest group of the day...they were useless!
Freddie Mercury was warned by his doctor not to perform that day as well, he had a throat infection, making this performance even more impressive. Freddie Mercury is also self taught, he learned himself to play the piano, he learned himself how to sing, and I wouldn't be surprised if he learned himself how to play guitar. I just cant praise the man enough. Hes without doubt the best vocalist in rock history, and imho one of the best singers the world has ever seen. Ps the movie made out that Freddie Mercury had been diagnosed with HIV at the point of live aid, but he didn't he just had a bad throat.
Every time I see this set, it is like seeing it for the first time, and it is like a religious experience. I wish I could have been in that crowd.
LOL I knew your eyes were going to pop open when they started the "WE WILL WE WILL ROCK YOU! And you didn't let me down lol
10:55 "who is that man right there, he's killing it!" that right there is Brian May, legend
"Get off my nuts." LMAO. As a gay man, believe me, the "Queen ... I mean Freddie ... Queen is the band, I don't mean..." Is just funny. Much, much more important is that you enjoyed it. Freddie Mercury is one of the few that will *really* go down in the hall of fame. The fact that you 'got it' and recognised his talent is all that matters. Enjoy.
Last year I watched the movie Bohemian Rhapsody with two of my (straight) musician friends, and then we spent the rest of the night looking up Queen videos (including the Live Aid concert), watching a music theorist analyze the structure of the song Bohemian Rhapsody, and discussing the movie, etc., etc. That's one great thing about music, especially when it's this good: It can transcend all the man-made barriers of race, class, religion, sexual orientation, political affiliation, nationality.
lets not forget Sir Elton John and George Michale they was close friends of freddies lol they played after him on this lol
I just had surgery and Im lying down watching your reaction... When you realized they were the ones who sang We Will Rock You has me smiling! Best reaction ever! Thank you. Keep up the the reactions!
It’s great to see young people enjoy Freddie Mercury and the band Queen. This is what life was like for me in my youth, we had the pleasure of listening to excellent artists and musicians
Yes, I hate it when I ask fellow piers if they know the band Queen and they go, what is that
@@owenwilder3083 sad isn’t it? How do you NOT know Queen?
I have to admit that wasn't the reaction I thought I wasn't going see when I clicked on the video
This WAS pure talent. Wasn't no auto tune back then...❤️
im so glad to hear and see your excitement over Queen so fun to see Revelation when you realize a song you know and love but never knew its origin we didnt get to see "We are the Champions" but now you know the GREATEST Sports Anthem Ever made
Back when we were in our teens all the bands had to be great because it was literally, walk on stage, plug in the amps, grab the mic and sing. No auto tune. They had to be good. Freddie Mercury was and will always be the best front man to ever grace a stage.
You got that shit right! Some people actually have the nerve to think that Adam Lambert is better. What a joke!!!
@@ritakaye5945 Honestly Adam is good and he knows his place within the band. He has a bit of that awesome sauce that made Freddie who he was, but he will never supplant Freddie nor he tries to. One thing that I'd love to see would be the havoc those two could wreak had they been on the stage together, but obviously that's impossible.
And Freddie Mercury captures another generation.
I was blessed to have him in my lifetime, but he will live on forever though this young man.
Miss you Freddie, I'll always love you.
Queen best band ever!
FREDDIE MERCURY GOAT
I’m so glad to hear someone your age show their appreciation for a legendary group like this it’s so refreshing stay on the good side of music
5:00 When you said that, I said "Yeaaahhh, he's got. There's talent, and then there's TALENT....!!" Freddie's voice is literally an instrument. RIP! The realization that Queen sings We Will Rock You!! Love it. Don't feel bad about the name. You'll remember Freddie after this
Queen at Live AID was one of the high points of Human Civilization in the 80s. Your reactions were really awesome and funny to watch. I liked how you didn't seem to miss a single detail. Very good.
i thought the same
Brian Mays is the guitarist, he’s also an Astro-physicist and often consults with NASA.
He also works with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. My brother works there and got to meet him.
Brak That’s pretty cool.👍🏼
Yeah, he started work on his doctorate in 1971, but abandoned his studies in 1974 when his musical career had taken off; he re-registered in 2006 and submitted his thesis in 2007 (a year earlier than estimated) and he got his PhD in May 2008. He was lucky that not much research had been done in his area since the 70’s and it had only become trendy again in the 2000’s!
Because it was a Live Broadcast World Wide, the number of People watching was over a Billion in lots of Countries.
Queen makes everybody so happy! It's impossible to listen to them and just sit... I'm not surprised everyone's dancing! Amazing reaction, keep going 😊
I wish Brian, Roger and John would do a reaction video to these reaction videos of their live aid show ❤️❤️
Great reaction, man. You know, if life were just one big concert, most problems would disappear. Music is food for the soul.
legendary frontman of all time. Now I'm here live at Wembley is phenomenal
THE BEST 21 MINUTES OF LIVE MUSIC EVER! ❤
Live aid was the first ever cross-atlantic concert, with performers appearing at Wembley stadium in the U.K. and John F. Kennedy stadium in America and both concerts broadcast live around the world.
So during Radio Gaga Freddie Mercury had approximately 160,000 clapping their hands in time to the beat.
New subscriber. I miss Freddie Mercury. Queen will never be the same. They are legends and always will be. I am just happy that you love Queen too.
Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano) Brian May (vocals, guitar) Roger Taylor (vocals, drummer) John Deacon (bassist). 2020 Brian May voted #1 guitarist by Guitar Magazine surpassing Jimi Hendrix. Queen voted best rock band of all time! Check out “Somebody to Love” live in Montreal 1981 and the same song live in Milton Keynes 1982. Queen also wrote the soundtracks to the Highlander and Flash Gordon movies. Check out those gems. Great reaction!
Wearing the “FLASH AAAAHHHHH GORDON” t-shirt right now!
What a great reaction from this young guy to one of Britain's finest bands. RIP Freddie.
most of their famous songs are TIMELESS as they say.. just to remind that the Bohemian Rhapsody (another iconic song) was not the whole song that he performed in this Live Aid concert... nice nice reaction ..jz keep on reacting... proceed to Queen at Wembley 1986 😉 ( Under Pressure, One Vision, Another One Bites the dust.....etc) 🤩
Love that you love Queen! I have loved them since1972 ! They are the best ! Your reaction and comments are great !
He was famously asked “What instrument do you play Freddie?”
His reply?
“The Audience darling”
You, young man, are AMAZING!!! To understand & appreciate these bands, at 17 yrs old, and to be able to differentiate "real" talent from much of the sampled, auto-tuned, productions of today!! 👏👏👏👏👏
Great reaction, mate!! Queen are the best and Freddie lives on forever
Their drummer, Roger Taylor, was about the best ever and he could also sing lead.
im in my 50s bro. Great to see you enjoying the legends. This may be the greatest concert ever. If I could go back and be in any 20 minutes, this is on the list. Keep your energy and spritit young blood, you can change lives if you want to.
Queen was and still is one of the best bands I've ever heard. I have watched queen gigs over and over on TH-cam and never gets old. This set is fantastic. Brian May is a brilliant guitarist I have looked up to him for years his playing style is effortless
Haha, he’s Freddie or something, classic, it’s the man , Freddie Mercury, the master of entertainment, man , he had the mic in one hand and the whole world in the palm of the other one. I love how excited you get just watching the greatest band in the last 45 years
Not last 45 years me I would rate queen ahead of the Beatles they are and still are the greatest
@@mumbles950 Completely agree, their stuff even way back at the start was so well done too.
I'm glad you discovered this at age 17. I was 17 when I was in this crowd standing stage right at the 50M line. In an 8 hour concert with many fine artists, this still stands out after (fuck...) 35 years...
I had to watch on tv. Hard to believe it’s been (fuck) 35 years. Lol. Damn I’m gettin’ old. 😬🤭😢🤪🤪
I have made sure my granddaughters know who Queen is. They listen to a LOT of classic rock since Nanny lives with them and watches them while mom works. Tryin’ to raise ‘em right. Lol
Freddie Mercury had a throat infection and was advised not to perform, but he did it anyway.
He died noting after, he knew it was his last
@@OmgAuntySuzanne16 Mercury died in 1991 at age 45 due to complications from AIDS. He confirmed the day before his death that he had contracted the disease, having been diagnosed in 1987, two years *after* Live Aid. Mercury's *final* live performance with Queen took place on 9 August 1986 at Knebworth Park in England and drew an attendance estimated as high as 160,000. With the British national anthem "God Save the Queen" playing at the end of the concert, Mercury's final act on stage saw him draped in a robe, holding a golden crown aloft, bidding farewell to the crowd.
@@OmgAuntySuzanne16 not really. I guess you got that from the movie right? The movie would let us know that he was sick with aids at the concert. But that’s not right
@@Danishwoman78 oh! sorry, yes you are correct I googled. Thanks, cheers.
@@OmgAuntySuzanne16 his last show was actually a year after this, they kept recording and writing music until freddie died but stopped touring
Fun Fact: Freddie had a throat infection (Laryngitis) at the time of this Live Aid Performance and was advised by his doctors to not risk performing at the festival. He defied their orders, and Queen's set went down in history as one of the best performances in the history of rock and roll.
Freddie Mercury did this concert against his doctor's orders because he has a throat infection. Freddie can play several instruments...the piano is his best instrument, but he can also play guitar and something else (I can't remember). Fredie is also an amazing artist. Brian May is the guitartist. He built the guitar he plays. Brian was also an astrophysics. Roger Taylor, the drummer, also could have been a dentist. He has a dental degree. John Deacon is the bassist. Freddie wrote Someone to LOVE, Bohemian Rasphody. Brian May wrote We Will Rock You. Roger Taylor wrote Radio Gaga.
He's Freddie Mercury. The lead guitar is Brian May, the drummer is Roger Taylor, and the bass guitar is John Deacon.
Freddie had persian ethnicity, but he was british.
He was indian bro.
He studied in panchgani in his teenage years
@@iamharshvardhan8106 he was Parsi. Followers of the Zoroastrian faith of ancient Persia, who fled to India from Islamic persecution.
He was Parsi (Persian ancestry+ ethnicity) Indian is a nationality.
He was born in Zanzibar which was a part of the commonwealth back then. He was born British subject. Not Indian. His parents sent him to boarding school in India when he was a kid.
@@iamharshvardhan8106 As pointed out, he was Parsi, its a different ethnic group.
@@gareththomas9806 Google it where all the parsi population live. They mostly live in india and our neighbouring country Pakistan
@@iamharshvardhan8106 he was NOT Indian. He was born British subject.
He became registered British citizen on June 2, 1969.
Fab reaction 👏👏👏. Forget the likes .. more the LOVES 👏👏👏👑. One moment in time that I will never forget!!!
I reckon you would LOVE to attend a full Queen concert. Might be worth considering Live at Wembley 1986 .. phenomenal ... you will be elated,amazed, super happy and totally exhausted at the end 😂.
Watch The crowd sings Bohemian Rhapsody at the Greenday Concert Hyde Park. 65,000 sang every word all these years later. We love Queen in the UK down the generations. By the way he was sick with a throat infection here, and he is still the greatest performer ever. No one controlled a crowd like Freddie.
You reacting when they started playing we will rock you cracked me up my guy, right on and welcome.
To say feeding people's hunger for music, Freddie Mercury gave you the main course. He was as in tune with the crowd as the crowd was with him.
Raw, natural talent, no auto tune, just pure musical magic, this is considered one of if not the best live performance of all time, the band as a whole are exceptional
Your sheer joy at watching one of queens best moments genuinely brought tears my eyes. I'm an old fossil who actually watched this on telly aged 11, I'm so glad that you enjoyed it so much, your reaction at 17:52 is priceless!
You are hysterical! Thank you for your reaction. Good to see young people appreciating this brilliant and timeless band. Freddie Mercury was and I believe still is the best front man of all time.
Thee perfect reaction. Loved every second!!! Hearing queen for the first time and you’re rocking and dancing. 👌🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟
I first fell in love with Freddie and the rest of Queen back in the early 70's. they all had long hair, silk and satin clothes, 3-4 inch healed boots, black nail polish, jewelry, and Freddie.....no mustache. I thought Freddie was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen!!! He stayed beautiful, but the long haired glam look was my favorite.
I did too. From the moment Killer Queen was first released I was hooked. I’m over 60 now and I never tire of listening to them.
It's an amazing performance, especially when you consider Freddie had a throat infection. They were also a late addition to the lineup for this concert. The band practiced this set multiple times, which is why it is as tight as it is. There's a light at the front of the stage to warn the performers when their time is up - the light turns red as they hit the end chord.
Imagine being bowie and the others who had to performe at live aid after queen's performance
When Freddie was singing with the audience that is known as “the note heard around the world”
Eeeeeeeeyyyyyyyoooooooooooooo
Cam..the name of that interaction with the audience is known as “call and response”😊
Your such a great young man!! Thank you for this reaction on Queen, that was indeed the best time for music specially LIVE! There is so so much more to discover for you! Welcome in the world of great band and live music. Am 68 and still going to all the great bands luckily still around, off and on staying in Florida, seeing super bands! Enjoy all your discoveries.
All the members of the band had British accents.......Adam Lambert is now their lead singer.......he has an excellent voice as well. Freddie Mercury is really missed by so many. RIP Freddie .
I saw Queen + Adam Lambert in 2014, and it was phenomenal. Adam doesn't try to be like Freddie, but Adam has an incredible voice. Roger Taylor is still fantastic on drums and Brian May on guitar!
Great reaction to this video. Freddie was the best.
RIP Freddie 🎤
@@valmacclinchy he dosnt have to try he is himself tbh n its nice
@@Skylerplayzvt yeah I agree. Adam has done solo tours, too, of his own albums.. He's incredible.
@@valmacclinchy i love both solos n when hes w queen
You have to listen to Queen's "Somebody to Love” live, either at Montreal in 81 or at Milton Keynes in 82, both are incredible. Freddie's voice in those performances will blow your fucking mind. You won't regret it
Just so you know....Freddie had some vocal issues that day. He wasn't sure he could do it. But he pushed on for charity (yes, they did this quick gig for free).
I am so glad to see that a young gentleman like yourself can appreciate great music!!!!
Queen is AMAZING!! I grew up with Freddie Mercury (Queen) I wish he was still hear. He is the best.
It was awesome waiting for the next album t come out. So glad I came from that era!! Ty
I didn’t get to go to live Aid, but watched it on tv. It’s so great that younger people are listening & liking music from my era.
I just found you so I don’t know if you’ve done a video on Aero Smith. Be ready to be amazed.
Love your reaction. Go back in time In the lap of the Gods at the rainbow 74, Stone cold crazy also at the rainbow 74, While Queen at the odeon hammersmith 75 great songs
I love the earlier stuff, more of a rock edge to it.
Freddie Mercury is the best singer ever! I love him with all my heart! He is a true legend and inspiration to me! Thank you so much for sharing your reaction!
Since Queen's participation in Live Aid was announced late, most of the audience had already bought tickets on the basis of other performers. Hence this was Freddie playing to a crowd not consisting of specifically Queen fans.
Man oh Man it does this old mans heart good to see you rocking out to this!!!!!!! I saw this live when I was 20! Even after his death in 1991 his legend has grown!!!! Keep up the good work !!!!
That set was unreal!!. Thanks for covering it.
I don't think that Freddie would have minded you calling him Queen.
He chose that name for the band, he'd love it haha!
He would not be called The Queen he would be called the King of everything
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Such a beautiful, melancholy song.😌
Waiting for the 68th like
Freddie Mercury was a legend. There will never be another like him!
His name is Freddie Mercury. He is the best!
Freddie was recovering from laryngitis during this concert, which is why he dodged a couple of the high notes. Plus he'd been suffering from painful nodules on his vocal cords since 1975, so it's nothing short of a miracle that he was always able to perform 100%, without a hint of what he was dealing with.
I’ve seen this concert so many times I still get chills everytime I see Freddie with the entire crowd in the palm of his hand, especially during the clapping on Radio Gaga
Hope you keep listening. I think you’ll keep enjoying
Now you see the way Freddy Mercury Nad his audience in the palm of his hand. They were in the palm of his hands and they loved him for it.
That day, young man, Freddie Mercury ruled the world by bringing Wembley to his feet and reigned over rock n'roll for 22 minutes.
Almost 2 billion people from more than 100 different countries watched Queen performing during the Live Aid.
"it was one of the largest-scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time with an estimated 400 million viewers, across 60 countries, watching the live broadcast." BBC quote
so 400mil, not 2 billion
If u want to understand Queen and what Queen ment to the world, watch the movie Bohemian Rhapsody. Freddy is of middle eastern descent but was born (I think) and raised in England. While performing the consert u r reviewing, which was a world wide AIDS benefit concert for Africa, unknown to everyone Freddy had full blown AIDS and died 4-5 years later. He was sooo weak from his condition but pushed past it and still gave a stellar performance. Queen is also responsible for song like We are the champions and We will rock you which I think r still pretty much staples at sporting events
He put his whole soul into this concert because he knew it would be his biography. His Everything! We will always remember Queen with Freddie Mercury because he gave us 1000 percent on EVERY SONG.