THIS IS CRAZY! First Time Hearing Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Reaction | Rere Reacts
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- My first time hearing Queen Bohemian Rhapsody! 🔥
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Welcome to the Queendom. The Live Aid Concert is considered the best ever recorded. Queen is 20 minutes and will amaze you.
Yes absolute must see!
Ok nice I’ll check it out
I respectfully disagree. The best concert ever recorded is Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads.
Make sure to pick the video with the 2 constables introducing them. There is a video that cuts off part of the end. Do the 4K version.
I absolutely ❤ listening to Bohemian Rhapsody, each and everytime is a musical pleasure that can’t be possibly described in words, it’s that amazing. Freddie’s writing and vocals are just incredible.
Please do Queen "Somebody to love" live Montreal 81.
An absolutely iconic performance! That entire concert, really, but Somebody to Love is just so good.
This is an iconic song by an iconic band. Here on TH-cam alone, this song has over 1.6 Billion views. I love it and have for about 50 years. I never get tired of it. Thank you for your reaction to one of my favorite songs from my favorite band.
Often voted The Greatest song of all time,Freddie Mercury's gift to the world.
This song describes how people facing death, natural or by execution, experience all the stages of personal grief. It perfectly shows the emotions felt from denial, to anger, bargaining, depression, and then acceptance. Superb writing.
👏A timeless masterpiece!
The talent and skill level of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon was astounding and they always gave 1,000% on stage with no Auto Tune or Pitch Correction.
They had so many mega hit songs over the years. Many such as "We Are The Champions" and "We Will Rock You" are still sung today by huge crowds at sports events around the world!
Rock🤘😎
Thanks for this!
Freddie Mercury. The greatest rock front-man there has ever been.
I grew up with QUEEN, and as a Brit, you should be so proud that this Group is still relevant Today, This Song is one of the most well known Songs EVER, I saw them Live in Canada, in 1980 and have all their Albums. Greatest Concert I went to. You should watch them from LIVE AID
The song is about live and let live, and accepting who you are, not un-aliving yourself
I love this
MORE QUEEN! 👑🔥 😃
Shocked you haven't heard this already... classic historically timeless track.
Play Queen and they will come. Seriously! 🌈💙👑🕊🫶
If you want to see how much this song was loved, google the green day gig when the crowd sang this song in unison. The crew were playing it while setting up. It was amazing
Actually not - the stage was empty - and there were loudspeakers in the middle of the audience - but not loud - - the crowd sang it all - - and does in several occasions still. It is called the second National Anthem ❤❤.
Rock /Opera a story like Opera with Genre music changes going through the emotions of the
story.
I livd you reaction and bedt of all you get 8t ! Ty and please continue with Queen you can't go wrong ! Only 1 Queen and only 1 Freddy RIP you are missed. .
When this was released at the tail end of 1975, Freddie's friend DJ Kenney Everett said it was the greatest song ever recorded.He proceeded to play it every other record on his radio show.
I'm 33. My dad played queen alot and other 80s music. I always loved bohemian rhapsody. I'm happy to see u enjoyed what music I did as a kid who was raised by 70s/80s kids/parents. The most incredible part is they made that song without a ton of the equipment voice stuff today. They recorded over n over again their own music to get the musical affects. They were ahead of their time in music. ❤
A masterpiece of a song ….. enjoyed your reaction.
In the intro there's a link to Queen, Elton John and Axl Rose performing this song. I highly recommend that performance.
This is just the first time you KNOWINGLY listened to Queen. You have heard them before, BET!
First time on your channel, and I genuinely enjoyed your reaction, so thank you! Other songs by Queen? Start on their first album, Queen I and listen to each track in order. Then on to Queen II and repeat. Then Sheer Heart Attack, then A Night At The Opera, etc. There are no bad songs by this band and thriller range is so far reaching you will not believe it!! Enjoy the journey!!
By the way, Brian May, the lead guitarist also has a PhD in Astrophysics. No, really he does.
Just love when youngins finally hear our music 🎶
I loved your reaction, and definitely look forward to more queen reactions.
More to come!
Watching you shake your head throughout the video in disbelief of what you were watching was priceless.
Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls (Official Video)
One of their most fun songs for sure
To this day I do not believe there is a song quite like this one. I enjoyed your reaction. Thanks
LOVED your reaction!
The LIVE version of this song is STUPENDOUS…
(It is minus Freddie Mercury’s five-part a capella harmonies at the beginning, but otherwise I actually PREFER - as with everything - seeing Freddie perform this live because his vocals are even BETTER than in-studio!)
To hear it live, you should see it at MONTREAL in 1981
Freddie ‘s songwriting was GENIUS.
He also wrote and recorded an album of OPERA with Spanish operatic soprano Montserrat Caballé (her nickname is Montsey); the album and title track are titled Barcelona.
(Freddie & Montserrat were actually the FIRST professional musicians from two different music genres, to ever collaborate on a cross-genre album together. Pavarotti initially called their collaboration “The dumbing down of opera”. But then when the album was so well-received… Pavarotti was soon doing his own “Pavarotti and Friends” project!)😉
❤
It was wonderful to see the constant smile on your face listening to and watching a song of my generation. Keep on exploring the music of the 1960s and 1970s - you will absolutely amazed...
Maybe try out/react to:
- March Of The Black Queen (also referred to as the 'older brother' of Bohemian Rhapsody) and
- My Fairy King
Best versions for both in my opinion are the official lyric videos.
For me these two songs have a lot of art and complexity inside... :-)
It's always fun to see someone's first time hearing Bohemian Rhapsody, there's no other song quite like it 👍😁
You like when songs change and sound completely different then you really need to check out The Beatles "A Day In The Life".
If you've never heard it your mind will be blown. There's a video for it but you don't want that, it's something that someone threw together. What you do want is the 2017 50th anniversary remix from the "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" Lp. Sounds incredible!
Peace ❤
Ahh so you’ve discovered Queen and Freddie Mercury’s masterpiece, his magnum opus! You should also watch Queen’s live performances. They’re even better live! Somebody To Love Montreal 1981 is a good place to start.
Welcome to the Queen rabbit hole. Your channel will grow. Queen’s live performances are almost always better than studio and usually different. They will vary from concert to concert as well. Here are some suggestions. Somebody to Love and Save Me live at Montreal 1981. Also from the same concert Keep Yourself Alive and Dragon Attack. Now I’m Here, Love of My Life and Under Pressure live at Wembley 1986. Who Wants to Live Forever official video. White Queen live at Hammersmith Odeon 1975.
The writer and singer Freddie is writing about himself. Galileo, Magnifico and Figaro is code for his three band mates.
This one song was an entire Musical.🧸🧸
Thank you, thank you, thank you, you are rare indeed, playing this all the way through without talking over it. ❤️ next: “Somebody to love” live Montreal 1981. “Love of my life” Live Montreal, “You take my breath away” Live Hyde Park 1976. “Fat bottom girls”, and on and on…….🥰
❤ beautiful sweet Freddie ❤️ we still love you Freddie 😘🎉
Great reaction!
Thank you!! 😁
If you never listened to Queen before, believe me, you've just entered an enormous 'rabbit hole'. There's far too much to tell you about them to say everything on here, but trust me, their music will never let you down. RIP Freddie Mercury, the greatest front man ever. 🙋♂ PS: If you only ever watch one Queen video. please watch their live version of 'Under Pressure' at Wembley. (the one in which Freddie is wearing that iconic yellow jacket).
SO MANY "if you only listen to this one Queen song" options! Nothing was off limits to them and they loved genre jumping because they had the "chops" to do it!
Yes, your bout to go bout the best rabbit hole!!!
1.6 Billion views. It must be good.
Facts!
Welcome to the queen train
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Good review and no interruptions. Thanks
Hi there. I just started following you after "Somebody To Love" because I Ioved your honest reaction. I am hoping to see you dig into this Queen rabbit hole. They are beyond excellent and your life will be better as you know them better. 🎼🎼🌿🎼🎼
Just found you...I subscribed...Great reaction...Great smile young lady.
I really like it , when you don’t interrupt the music !
I saw Queen 4 times in concert
Queen was one of the greats. You might also enjoy the Kansas song Carry On Wayward Son.
Queen, Supertramp, ELO, Moody blues, King crimson, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, YES, Genesis, Emerson Lake & Palmer all do similar complex music tracks from the 70's it's called Progressive rock or Progressive pop commonly called prog.
Now that you have seen the original, check out the Pentatonix version. When it came out, Sir Brian May (the lead guitarist in the striped shirt) posted a link to it on his social media with one word: Enjoy.
Your journey down the Queen path cannot be complete without Bohemian Rhapsody. In fact, your journey into great MUSIC of the past cannot be complete without Bohemian Rhapsody!
Bohemian Rhapsody, was released in 1975 on the album "A Night at the Opera" which gives a hint as to the musical genre. Freddie Mercury was a huge fan of opera so this song was written as an operatic suite consisting of five distinct parts: an acapella intro, a ballad segment, an operatic passage, a hard rock section, and a reflective coda. Generally it is classified as rock-and-roll, but specifically as a "rock opera" and "progressive rock." Truth is, labeling any Queen song, or Queen the band, is next to impossible!
"Bohemian" describes an unconventional, artistic style with freedom and individuality as key elements. "Rhapsody" in musical composition refers to a single work comprised of episodic, diverse pieces arranged into a free-flowing structure designed to heighten emotions. This song came to be because Freddie had pieces of songs he never completed, so he put them together, each section totally different yet masterfully blended into a truly epic masterpiece. It is the band's magnum opus, and is unanimously considered one of the best songs ever written.
As for the meaning of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", Freddie was purposefully vague. As with most of the greatest songs, the lyrics are written to be poetic and mysterious. Are they literal or figurative? As separate pieces initially, should the song have a singular meaning? Who knows! The meaning is open to interpretation for each listener to decide, based on how the music and lyrics touched them. You will read comments claiming the song's meaning, but the fact is, the entire band has never stating a specific meaning and has been firm that there isn't one, or if Freddie DID have a specific interpretation, he never shared it. Any assertion of the meaning pertaining to Freddie's sexuality are speculative and pushed by certain groups who WANT that to be the meaning. Those people insist one’s sexual preference is the only defining factor to everything one does in life, and therefore Freddie’s artistic talent is secondary and subjective to who he found attractive. This is ludicrous and insulting to one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time.
@@SharonLathanNovelist thank you so much for this
Agreed 👍💯
🇸🇪 here. Don't forget that all Queen did was long before autotune, digital samples and all other digital fix-it gizmos of today. The post production then was very limited and primitive compared to how recording studios work today. Just lots and lots of musicality and great musicians in this band.
Besides Freddie, both Roger and Brian sing on most of the songs Queen did.
Roger usually sings the countertenor parts and Brian is more in the baritone register.
Roger also has the rather unique ability to be able to drum and sing at the same time.
For example, check out the section in this video where Freddie and Roger counter-sing "Galileo-Galileo" in the operatic part and you will hear which register Roger can reach.
He also has his very own rock voice, listen for example to "I'm in love with my car" from the same album where Roger sings lead.
All the members of Queen were multi-instrumentalists in addition to very talented singers and also competent in other ares.
For example: in addition to being the bassist, John Deacon was the band's electronic wizard. Among other things he built a guitar amplifier (the Deacy-amp) for the guitarrist Brian May, the unique sound of which to date no one have been able to completely replicate, despite several attempts by various builders of musical equipment. It was used extensively throughout the band's tenure and is still owned and used by May.
The guitar Brian mainly uses (called "the Red Special or ”the old lady”) was built by himself (when he was 14!) and his father because he couldn't afford a quality guitar when he wanted to take his guitar playing seriously in his early teens.
It hides a lot of unique features, such as the ability to phase reverse each pickup separately and also turn on/off, set volume and other things separately. He (Brian) also holds a Ph.D. in astrophysics 😲🫢
I promise you have an exciting journey ahead of you.
Like your big screen great reaction
Big thanks
A none fact the guitarist made his own guitar 🎸😊
I have become a big fan of your channel and have enjoyed every video! 😊🎉😊
Wow, thank you!
Down the Hole you go, RND! 🙂
Ha ha, now you've done it. You'll be down the Queen, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Beatles rabbithole for years to come, and accruing a multitude of followers. Enjoy 😊
Love your reaction! Just like my reaction after I bought the album ran home and first played the record. You need to hear "The Prophet's Song" next.
I don’t believe anyone alive hasn’t heard this song.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
almost forgot...if you haven't by now, give several minutes to a song titled "YEAR OF THE CAT" by Al Stewart.....magnificent composition and lyrics. pleasant day to ya'
Most people,when they listen to this song, (or any other song, for that matter)bob their head like they're shaking their head "yes", You're the first one I've seen do it like they're shaking their head "no". Not that that's a bad thing. Just a weird little observation.😃🤔 Your smile told me how much you were enjoying it. (cute smile, btw).
Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven" studio version.
The Queen - Inuendo is more complex
You should react to Kansas, "Carry on Wayward Son". Another song which goes in many different directions, all of them good.
Try Man of the World by Fleetwood Mac if you want to hear a song that has the line you mentioned.
If you want to listen to something that will surprise you, listen to Jinjer Pisces. Also if you want to listen to the greatest guitarist (right after Jimmy Hendrix) listen to Stevie Ray Vaughan: Texas Flood (Live at the El Mocambo). It has to be the Live at the El Mocambo to see it (you'll know what I mean when you see it).
How did we devolve from this to K-pop in 40 years!!!
Sadly enough, we never get to find out about the man that Freddie killed or why he killed him, since he'd rather sing about himself and his own personal problems. It almost reminded me of Johnny Cash's song, "Folsom Prison Blues" where the singer kills a man but tells us why: "Just to watch him die". But the killer is also remorseful: "I hang my head and cry". Cash's killer at least goes to Prison, whereas Freddie's killer doesn't seem to face any obvious consequences or even much remorse since "Nothing really matters". Though the song implies that he might face the death penalty ("I don't want to die!"). Yes, I'm sure the man that you killed also "didn't want to die" either! And I'm sure his surviving family thinks that his murder still matters to them.
If you like music that goes in many directions, with lots of instrumental sections, you'll love progressive rock. Here are some band suggestions for you: Early Genesis; Yes; Porcupine Tree; Riverside; Dream Theater; Seventh Wonder; Spock's Beard; Pallas;
Classic cut...
Freddie Mercury's Magnum Opus/Coming out of the closet song.
It's an Opera
Try The Righteous Brothers.. You've lost that loving feeling..and Dire Straits...Sultans of Swing ..(Alchemy version)
Try to listen to Innuendo. It's even better. You'll be surprised by the flamenco solo.
We do not know what the whole song is about, it took years to produce and record- it is in parts. What we do know it is left to interpretation and is epic- that is what makes it last the test of time (when I was a Kid this was number one playing on the radio for so many weeks and I thought it was about a prisoner in America going on death row and I was 8 or something at the time). I know now the first part has to do with Freddie's sexuality being bi and he was not being dedicated enough to his music and the band- (the part about putting a gun against his head). Like I said this took years.
Thank you
Bohemian Rhapsody came out in 1975, Freddie was diagnosed with HIV in 1987, so the disease had nothing to do with the song at all and vice versa. But yes there is the opinion about the first lines that he killed his old self and coming to terms with his sexuality.
@@meddows75 thanks for the info
What you believe you "know now" is incorrect information pushed by those who WANT the song to be about Freddie's sexuality. Read my comment elsewhere in this thread.
As for the part about killing a man, while Freddie NEVER gave a definitive interpretation to Bohemian Rhapsody as a whole, that segment was his "cowboy song" (his words) because it was intended to be a song about an outlaw, or something similar, but was never finished.
As for Freddie not being dedicated to his music or the band Queen, I am seriously floored anyone has ever asserted this! Few bands ever in existence have been as talented and dedicated to their music AND each other than Queen. This was true up to the day Freddie died (and still to this day with the surviving members), but especially true in 1975 when they were in the beginning years of their collaboration.
@@SharonLathanNovelist thanks for the info
As I understand it the reference to Mama just killed a man " was describing his mother's refusal that he was now a gay man and this references the now-common practice called "dead-naming"...it's a bigger deal to the pronoun crowd
She could be the last person on earth to hear this song for the first time...
Please experience Queen at "Live Aid 1985". It is undoubtedly in the top 10 Live Music Performances of all time ①
Then, maybe, react to, IMO, the best Queen cover: _Queen & George Michael - Somebody To Love (Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert)_ th-cam.com/video/oYAR8RigqDA/w-d-xo.html Though you might feel George Michael cheated hugely. I watched live. George Michael was stunning.
Best Wishes. ☮
① People will disagree about which Live Music Performance is the best of all time. However, I think a majority of music lovers old enough to hear it live will put Queen "Live Aid 1985" in the top 10.
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You’re very beautiful
You're British and never heard bohemian rhapsody? Bullshit.
the most epic su1c1de song ever 👍
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The music may be stereo to you but it’s mono to us. Sounds very flat. Fix it and I’ll re-subscribe. Good bye until then!
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