Queen were in their studio in Switzerland when David Bowie dropped by. They started jamming, and John Deacon just came up with that base line on the spot. They took a break for lunch (pizza), came back to the studio to work more on the song, but John had forgotten the base riff. Luckily, Roger remembered, and the rest is history. Please do the live version at Wembley!
Oh, you must, must, must do the live version of this at Wembley in '86. Although this, the original with Bowie is fantastic, seeing it live, with the bonus of Freddie starting with a call and response with the crowd, is absolutely amazing. Please. :-)
The high notes are Definitely Freddie!!!!!!! Queen was recording in Montreux, and David was at the same studio. They were all hanging together in the same studio just jamming and decided to record a song. So many great back stories about this on TH-cam! And yes, Vanilla Ice lost big time in court. His defense was laughed at by the court, papers, and fans! This song is so much better live!! You have got to do more live stuff!! Queen live, no matter the song, will blow you away!! Try this song live at Wembley, and Please do White Queen at Odeon Hammersmith!! Thanks!
@@OffTapLife He often did that live as well, you can see it in all of Queen's Impromptu performances. A nice one is Rock In Rio 1985, Impromptu live in Tokyo 1985 or Impromptu live in Wembley 1986.
Vanilla Ice came out with "Ice Ice Baby" over ten years after Under Pressure was a big hit for Queen. So when he ripped off Deacon's bass line the band was not as upset as you might have thought. According to Brian May, "Ice Ice Baby" brought a whole new level of interest to "Under Pressure". Along with that interest came a lot of new record sales. Since they were making a lot of money from Vanilla Ice's rip off they were not really upset but they also knew that if they let him get away with it there would be others that would try to do the same thing so they filed a law suit against Vanilla Ice. Vanilla Ice is not the brightest bulb in the pack and he thought that because he changed one note, he would not be found guilty of plagiarizing the bass line of Queens song. The law suit was set to go to trial but fortunately for Vanilla Ice someone from his management company finally talked some sense into him and made him realize that if it went to trial, he would lose. He would lose BIG! So they settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money. The terms of the law suit specified that the amount Vanilla Ice had to pay to Queen remain undisclosed so I have no idea how much money he had to give up but based on the other parts of the settlement, I don't think it was a bankrupting amount of money. It turns out that Queen really wasn't upset. They were actually quite generous to Vanilla Ice and they specified in the law suit that he could keep using the bass line in future performance's and remixes (if he ever released a new version) with the understanding that he had to give Queen and David Bowie writing credits. Since that law suit, anytime "Ice Ice Baby" has been published in a new music compilation the credits list Queen and David Bowie as the writers and credit Vanilla Ice for the vocals. They didn't insist that he share any future sales profits with them. Considering that they could have taken everything he owned from him, he got off very lucky. By that time though, Queen had made more money than god and whatever they had gotten from Vanilla Ice wouldn't be a big deal to them. The major karma points they got from the man upstairs for letting Vanilla Ice hold onto a little bit of dignity probably far out weighed the money that they did not need in the first place. When they were at the studio in Montreux Switzerland recording this with Bowie, Bowie and Freddie had a contest going on to try and out do each other with their vocal abilities. They were each recording their own parts in separate studio's within the complex. Freddie was going really high up in his vocal range because he knew that Bowie could go pretty high and he did not want Bowie to out do him. So that long "why" that just kept rising into the stratosphere is Freddie pushing himself to his limits. I have a copy of the acapella vocal tracks for this song and to hear Freddie hit that high note without instruments drowning out some of it will make you believe that anything is possible because I would have never believed that a man could go that high (almost dog whistle high). Hell, there probably isn't very many women who could deliver that note.
@@Voyager0707 Good to see that someone else responded before I saw your reply and pointed you in the right direction. I didn't know that it was on TH-cam so thank you @Lala_Sparkles for the assist in pointing people to it.
@@OffTapLife yesss..White Queen Live At Hammersmith/Odeon! .not harmonies, per se, but Freddie's vocals are so amazing. And when Freddie's piano and Brian's guitar do the musical interlude, the heavens open up.
Dragon Attack, Save me both live in Montreal. Great tunes. Now I'm here live at Wembley, also It's a kind of Magic, Under Pressure, Love of my life, Who wants to live forever all live at Wembley, all great performances
Queen also did a song with M.J. called " There Must Be More To Life Than This". And here is a bit of trivia, for Another One Bites The Dust, Queen wasn't going to release that one, but M.J. talked Freddie and them into it, telling them it would be a huge hit, and M.J. was right 😁 became yet another iconic song. As if Queen could put out something bad anyhow 😁🤣🤣😁
@@queenmiriam3058 that was Michael with mick Jagger. Michael and Freddie were recording state of shock but Freddie's commitments (and Michael's llama) put a hold on recording so Freddie told Michael to just let mick do it and there rest is history. Mick and Bowie did dancing in the streets together shortly after
Here's a little trivia. Freddie and Roger had a booth in Kensington Market where they sold or at least attempted to sell old off the wall clothing to try to make some money; obviously this was very early. They knew each other before they became Queen. Roger was still with smile. Well anyway Freddie needed to make some money so he started working for someone in the Market that sold shoes and he actually sold David Bowie a pair of boots; well actually he gave them to him. Then years later they end up doing a song together. Life is so awesome
Freddie did the high notes. He had a huge vocal range. Freddie’s part was giving people one more chance - hope. David’s was more bleak. They didn’t want money especially after the huge embarrassment Vanilla Ice experiences. They wanted their name put on it. Did you notice toward the end Freddie hit every single note on the scale? Please do WHITE QUEEN LIVE AT HAMMERSMITH ODEN 1975 and ONE VISION LIVE AT WEMBLEY 1986, LOVE OF MY LIFE LIVE AT WEMBLEY 1986, NOW IM HERE LIVE AT WEMBLEY 1986 and SAVE ME LIVE AT MONTREAL 1981. These are great hits for just a start. I’ve been a fan since 1973 and have a huge playlist. Lol
He took it and used it without giving credit. Yes he lost the suit against him because he said he wrote it himself of course everybody knows that's not true. You really need to please react to the live version of this at Wembley. It is amazing when you see Freddie in all His glory.
Its nice to see someone who understands music reacting to the legend of Queen you probably understand it on a deeper level because you know the notes we who love it just know there is something epic there we never understand why but we feel it
Queen owned the Mountain studio's in Montreux, Switzerland. Lots of celebs used that studio to record, because Montreux is beautiful and tranquil so a good place to work. Roger and David wrote the lyrics and the beginning of the song in the white horse pub in Montreux. When they entered the studio John was bum bum bum ber the bum bum-ing. So they put that together. The piano ping ping was the idea of David Richards, producer at the Mountain studio's
@11:36 Where Freddie goes as high as you think is possible. Then he just shoots it up a bit more! Interestingly, on most queen songs the high notes are Roger (Although Freddie did have a 4 octave range, Roger could get those ball-crunching stupidly high notes)
Absolutely loving your queen reactions ,I know you love harmonies so I thought you would like you take my breath away the studio version ,Freddie's voice is amazing ,but the harmonies from the band are definitely from heaven ,also ,another great song in studio version is I want it all brilliant track ,good luck on your journey ,thanks for Liverpool UK x
Have you reacted to "show must go on" yet? My top 1 song ever. Amazing lyrics and vocals. Its one of the last songs freddie sang, and he could barely stand when recording. He was so weak at that point, but vocals are still soooo god damn amazing.
There is a video of this where they used footage from Queens concert at Wembley 86 and Freddies Tribute Concert 92 with Queen performing with Bowie. Check it out.
The back story is: Freddie and David became friends a long time before either of them were successful. Freddie and Roger (Taylor,) had a booth in the Kensington Market where they sold "vintage" clothes to make money to eat. One day Bowie stopped by and fell in love with a pair of boots. Freddie knew who David (he liked his music) and David knew who Queen was and liked their music. They started talking. David couldn't afford to buy the boots so Freddie just gave them to him (that's the type of person he was). Queen owned a studio complex in Montreux, Switzerland and they were there recording their album. John Deacon (bass player) has come up with this riff and keep playing it while they working. The whole band agreed it was a cool riff but it didn't fit into anything they were currently working on. David Bowie, who had a house in Montreaux, popped into the studio where Queen was working just to say hi. They all started talking and, jamming. After while they all decided to go out to dinner together (pizza) and while at dinner they decided to all go back to the studio and just see what they could create together for fun. Someone suggested using John's riff as the starting point. Sadly, John couldn't remember it but luckily, Roger remembered. Everyone began throwing out ideas and just trying stuff when David went into another studio and began laying down some lyrics. Freddie, who was known to be a bit competitive, followed him and stealthily stood in the doorway listening. After a few minutes, Freddie ducked into a different studio and began recording his own lyrics in response to David's. Then David, who was also competitive, stopped and listen to what Freddie was singing and responded to that. The rest of the band saw what was happening and decided to let those two work out the lyrics while they concentrated on the tune itself. All tracks were laid down that night for both the lyrics and music. Freddie arrived at the studio the next morning, with the idea to start working on mixing the song but when he got there, he found out that David had already mixed the song. When Freddie hated what David had done, he hated it and the two of them got into a major squabble. Finally, they worked it out and the song Under Pressure (original title was People on the Street) is the result. The Vanilla Ice story is this: Before Ice Ice Baby, no rap song had successful enough to make any real money. Vanilla Ice figured that n Queen / David Bowie probably would never hear the song and even if they did, it wouldn't be worth their trouble and expense to come after him. What he didn't figure on is Ice Ice Baby becoming a monster hit. An American friend of Roger called him and told him about the song. Roger told everyone else and both Queen and David Bowie had their lawyers contact Vanilla Ice. At first, Ice tried to deny it was the same riff since he had added one extra note to it but that didn't fly for very long. There was an out-court settlement. Vanilla Ice had to pay both Queen and David Bowie so he could own the rights to Ice Ice Baby. I don't know how much he paid but you know it was enough to cover the legal expenses (which we would be extensive) and he also agreed to give Queen/David Bowie credit. (When Vanilla Ice told everyone that he bought the rights to the song, many people mistakenly thought he meant he bought the rights to Uner Pressure but that's not true.)
Please react to Who Wants to Live Forever Friday night at Wembley. It's just amazing. Faith thank you for all you do to bring us these great reactions. Your name fits you.
That is Freddie’s high voice! If you react to “exercise in free love” you will really see the range Freddie has!! This video isn’t Freddie singing , it’s Freddie showing his range in tones. Believe me it’s beautiful and you’ll be amazed at his range!!!
Freddie does the high bits. Gorgeous. Queen were recording in Montreux Switzerland. David Bowie had a house there and came into the recording studio one day and they played together until they decided to write a song. John Deacon, the bass player came up with the great bass line. In concert Roger and Freddie do the song together. Live at Wembley 1986 or Budapest 1986 are great.
Funny story. When David and Freddie,Queen were in the studio recording this Freddie and David did not want each other to hear what they were singing. So David would his bit and Freddie would not listen to it and then Freddie would do his bit but David was hiding and heards Freddie bit.
I would love 2 reactions a day. There are so many songs that will amaze you! The song you did yesterday...'39... was never released as a single and still it blew you away and rightly so. I can guarantee you that song wasn't the only one that will rock your world. White Queen live at The Odeon in Hammersmith is one of those many songs lol. I can't wait for your reaction to the Wembley version of Under Pressure!
oh i thought this is the live version...please see that its a must at wembley concert..from past interview, at the studio with david bowie, john made that rift and after they had eaten with some beer outside, david ask on that rift and unfortunately john forgot it, roger then remembered and john played it again though david said that it was not like it..they had some misunderstandings, esp on david & freddie...quite a long story but finally decided to release the colab..and now we had this great song..thanks to all of them..
Back in the day when rap songs became popular - the most popular rappers would digitally sample the hooks of popular songs. They didn't re-create them. This one,Funky Cold Medina had the intro of Van Halen's Jamie's Crying. That was the birth of modern rappers today. Super popular in the nightclubs then.
There's also a story behind the video... Queen and David Bowie neither shoot the video nor sung it together in any other occasion, at Live Aid for instance because Freddie and Bowie had a huge raw in the studio... There was a rule between them that no one would see and watch what the other write and record until the track is finished... But Bowie broke that rule... One day while Freddie was inside recording his lines (I think his falsetto "Whyyyyy?" I'm not sure), Bowie was behind the door... When Freddie found out, he went reaaaally mad. After that, Freddie didn't want to see Bowie's face ever again in his life... They met each other again in 1985 at Live Aid... I was the last time... Bowie sung the song at Freddie's Tribute in 1992...
Cool, So you said that you first want to get through Queen's biggest hits and after that, the ones that Some people don't really know of. So if you want to hear another Hit you should hear Seven Seas Of Rhye. That's their first hit song that made Queen blow up (after that another blow up was Killer Queen and the next one after Killer Queen was Bohemian Rhapsody, but you already know these 2). I'm always requesting Queen in the Lap of the Gods live at rainbow but that's one that less people know of (but should know of), so choose what you want to choose. The high note at 11:25 was Freddie (he is saying whyyyy why whyyyyyyyyyyyyYYY and then he goes higher to the Note G5 which he holds and then he does a quick A5. I can do these notes too but Damn I couldn't hold it that Long x0) Freddie's Vocal Range goes 1 Note higher than Roger Taylor's (the Drummer) you know that the drummer sings High and always sings higher in the Background than Freddie but still Freddie could go one note higher than Roger's highest note. The thing is that Roger actually could Hold his highest notes and Freddie only screamed his E6 and F6 so that is balancing it out. And just a Random fact: Roger can actually go Deeper than Freddie lol. (so what I meant with balancing it out is that everyone says that Roger is the High singer of the Group although Freddie can go Higher. But Roger does do high notes more often than Freddie AND Roger also could hold his E6 for example where however Freddie was only screaming his E6. Also Freddie is a Baritone and Roger a High Tenor which means that Singing high shouldn't always be that hard to Roger since his Voice is naturally high. and Rock Raspy😍) (also I'm still Requesting Queen in the Lap of the Gods live at the Rainbow 1974)
Also White Queen at Odeon Hammersmith Is great to react too because It's also a great half instrumental half Lyrics song and You can see how great Freddie Plays Piano you can Hear how great Roger is at Drumming and the Guitar from brian does his own great thing and not to Forget that John's Bass also sounds good as always. Without bass there is no music in Queen. (White Queen is written by Brian. I heard that The Story behind the name Queen from the band came from the song White Queen. Freddie heard the title and thought they should name themselves Queen :) )
John Deacon came up with the riff. It was an impromptu jam session in Montreaux Switzerland and they all wrote it. They went out for lunch and John forgot the riff. Then Roger Taylor remembered it
@@OffTapLife Maybe if you don't think you'll have time to do every performance and video of every track off every album, just ask us for our recommendations for the 'must hear' tracks from each album and which live performance/ videos of them, and go by the number of votes (and/or the most convincing arguments!)... ?
Off tap, love your channel I see queen has touched you as so many other die hard fans do white queen at Hammersmith Odeon it will absolutely blow your mind its Mozart meets elvis...will definitely be a favorite after you see hear and taste it ❤❤❤
Freddy and David Bowie went into the studio separately to see what lyrics t they could come up with, Freddy went first then Bowie, Freddy was impressed that Bowie's stuff worked with what he had done, another person told Freddy that it's easy when he stood by the door watching him, Freddy was swearing .
I.LOVE.your.reactions!.Freddie takes all those high notes here..In Live At Wembley, Roger will take the high notes leaving Freddie to sing Bowie's parts and a lot of what he sings here too..Worth.watching.
Ps: I suggest a jewel that John wrote, You re my best Friend!! Something different and darker is Innuendo, also very strong lyrics and message. Freddie was sick, but sang bloody good.
Their voices works well together, they had very different voices. David was a baritone, so he sings all of the low parts. Freddie was a tenor so he sings all of the high parts. This duet is often recognized as one of the best duets ever recorded, because every piece fits so well together. Here is a great analysis of Under Pressure th-cam.com/video/rhd-pMT4mSk/w-d-xo.html
Hello, I have had a lot of fun watching your reactions to videos of my favorite group, on this topic I recommend you watch the live version of 1981 in Montreal, for me the best live version of the theme. I tell you that looking and reviewing several live tour of the band I was selected what for me would be their best versions of their live songs from different eras, if you want you can check it to see if you are entertained even more this group that their best facet were live Best regards from Puerto Montt City, Chile
Although this great tune originated with Queen themselves, it was Bowie's genius as a lyricist that really rescued this tune from total oblivion and turned it into the classic song we know today. And of course Freddy ran with it - and turned it into a total legend.
The high notes are all Freddie. He actually had a beautiful falsetto though he didn't use it very often. If you REALLY want to have your mind blown by Freddie Mercury's falsetto, then you should check out a little piece called "Exercises In Free Love". (It's on TH-cam). You literally won't believe your ears at first! Another example of Freddie singing in falsetto is a song called "Cool Cat". Most of the hard rock old-school Queen fans hate that song, but I actually think it's pretty ... cool :-)
Under pressure is a queen song on which DB came to participate to some vocals... after a heavy drinking night. Here is the queen jam session with some improvised lyrics by Freddie... enjoy th-cam.com/video/qfO-Nl_Ub3w/w-d-xo.html
Hey Barbara!! Yes I do I finally set one up recently but alway forget to tell everyone about it lol. The link is patreon.com/offtaplife. Thank you for the support it is much appreciated!! Have an awesome week much love!! :-)
the three saddest but greatest songs he ever did was Innuendo, The show must go on, and i'm going slightly mad.. especially knowing how he died and he wasnt long for this world..Freddie was Freddie..
That was the highest note Freddie ever sung I think! His range was insane. The lowest Freddie sung was as backing vocals in 'All Dead All Dead'; a song Brian did the lead vocals on about his pet cat when it died... Queen love their cats, lol. Freddie sings his lowest note at the end of every chorus section as backing vocals. It would be great if you could compare: th-cam.com/video/l_6AC2u0E4E/w-d-xo.html
Thankyou dear, for doing the Queen journey! We stand by you. Hopefully you want to react to Fatbottemed girls live at the Bowl❤ Love of my live followed by Is this the world we created live at Wembley ❤
Not only did Vanilla STEAL this hook, he tried to deny that it was stolen!!! He said he added an "extra dun" to it..... YOU STOLE IT ICE! STRAIGHT UP!!!
ahhh, but this tune has a deep meaning---unlike "ice-ice-baby"....lol MISS U FREDDIE--MISS U 2 DAVID---great collaboration-about poverty and greed-Lack of empathy and love
It seems like you are on a serious Queen journey. Here is a song, that is by far Queen's most experimental, Pink Floydian, Dorothy caught up in the tornado, after dropping a hit of acid, psychedelic studio engineered, musical mind glitch. It's off of the album, "A Night at the Opera." "The Prophet Song." Headphones and an expansive imagination are both musts. Listen to the album version.
This video really doesn’t go with the song part of the time, IMHO (old horror movie stuff, lol) Hard to make sense of it...part of the reason the live version is better. But the message is killer.
Put on your seatbelt! (Figuratively, of course...and keep it around for other songs in the future 🤣 ) Or sit on the floor so you won’t fall out of your chair!
"Why can't we give love one more chance" I always saw this song in the context of when it was written. I think he saw the failures of the 60's hippie movement and this was a response to that. We tend to repeat these anticlimactic revolutions. Hopefully we don't do that again now.
Queen were in their studio in Switzerland when David Bowie dropped by. They started jamming, and John Deacon just came up with that base line on the spot. They took a break for lunch (pizza), came back to the studio to work more on the song, but John had forgotten the base riff. Luckily, Roger remembered, and the rest is history. Please do the live version at Wembley!
Pizza for lunch yummmm now I want pizza lol. Thanks for sharing the story!! Will do the live version tomorrow!! :-)
Oh and because Bowie cowrote he was part of the law suit against Vanilla Ice
Oh, you must, must, must do the live version of this at Wembley in '86. Although this, the original with Bowie is fantastic, seeing it live, with the bonus of Freddie starting with a call and response with the crowd, is absolutely amazing. Please. :-)
The high notes are Definitely Freddie!!!!!!! Queen was recording in Montreux, and David was at the same studio. They were all hanging together in the same studio just jamming and decided to record a song. So many great back stories about this on TH-cam! And yes, Vanilla Ice lost big time in court. His defense was laughed at by the court, papers, and fans! This song is so much better live!! You have got to do more live stuff!! Queen live, no matter the song, will blow you away!! Try this song live at Wembley, and Please do White Queen at Odeon Hammersmith!! Thanks!
Hey tnx Lolli appreciate the back story and the suggestions!! Going to do the live version of this one tomorrow :-)
That second verse with the high pitch is Freddie singing
His voice wow!!!!! :-)
Freddie’s falsetto for you - epic!
@@OffTapLife He often did that live as well, you can see it in all of Queen's Impromptu performances. A nice one is Rock In Rio 1985, Impromptu live in Tokyo 1985 or Impromptu live in Wembley 1986.
@@ZENOBlAmusic Rock In Rio Blues? Love it!
Freddie's voice just owned this song.
Vanilla Ice came out with "Ice Ice Baby" over ten years after Under Pressure was a big hit for Queen. So when he ripped off Deacon's bass line the band was not as upset as you might have thought. According to Brian May, "Ice Ice Baby" brought a whole new level of interest to "Under Pressure". Along with that interest came a lot of new record sales. Since they were making a lot of money from Vanilla Ice's rip off they were not really upset but they also knew that if they let him get away with it there would be others that would try to do the same thing so they filed a law suit against Vanilla Ice. Vanilla Ice is not the brightest bulb in the pack and he thought that because he changed one note, he would not be found guilty of plagiarizing the bass line of Queens song. The law suit was set to go to trial but fortunately for Vanilla Ice someone from his management company finally talked some sense into him and made him realize that if it went to trial, he would lose. He would lose BIG! So they settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money. The terms of the law suit specified that the amount Vanilla Ice had to pay to Queen remain undisclosed so I have no idea how much money he had to give up but based on the other parts of the settlement, I don't think it was a bankrupting amount of money. It turns out that Queen really wasn't upset. They were actually quite generous to Vanilla Ice and they specified in the law suit that he could keep using the bass line in future performance's and remixes (if he ever released a new version) with the understanding that he had to give Queen and David Bowie writing credits. Since that law suit, anytime "Ice Ice Baby" has been published in a new music compilation the credits list Queen and David Bowie as the writers and credit Vanilla Ice for the vocals. They didn't insist that he share any future sales profits with them. Considering that they could have taken everything he owned from him, he got off very lucky. By that time though, Queen had made more money than god and whatever they had gotten from Vanilla Ice wouldn't be a big deal to them. The major karma points they got from the man upstairs for letting Vanilla Ice hold onto a little bit of dignity probably far out weighed the money that they did not need in the first place.
When they were at the studio in Montreux Switzerland recording this with Bowie, Bowie and Freddie had a contest going on to try and out do each other with their vocal abilities. They were each recording their own parts in separate studio's within the complex. Freddie was going really high up in his vocal range because he knew that Bowie could go pretty high and he did not want Bowie to out do him. So that long "why" that just kept rising into the stratosphere is Freddie pushing himself to his limits. I have a copy of the acapella vocal tracks for this song and to hear Freddie hit that high note without instruments drowning out some of it will make you believe that anything is possible because I would have never believed that a man could go that high (almost dog whistle high). Hell, there probably isn't very many women who could deliver that note.
Wow!! Great story! Have you put the copy of the acapella version online?
@@Voyager0707 Search "Under Pressure Vocals Only"...
@@lala_sparkles8035 I have. Awesome isn't it? ;)
@@Voyager0707 Yes! 😊
@@Voyager0707 Good to see that someone else responded before I saw your reply and pointed you in the right direction. I didn't know that it was on TH-cam so thank you @Lala_Sparkles for the assist in pointing people to it.
Ice Ice Baby = Total rip off! Gak! That riff is all John Deacon. If you like that you will love Dragon Attack and also Another One Bites the Dust.
I always felt this song was about the pressures of modern society on us all.
Coz it is. Listen to Queen - People on Streets.
I would recommend White Queen live at Hammersmith Odeon. You will not regret it.
Tnx Jerri will do soon it seems like allot of you are requesting this one!! :-)
@@OffTapLife yesss..White Queen Live At Hammersmith/Odeon! .not harmonies, per se, but Freddie's vocals are so amazing. And when Freddie's piano and Brian's guitar do the musical interlude, the heavens open up.
Donnalea Spencer - “the heavens open up.” Accurate. 👍
Jerri Keefer Agree!!!
+1🤣🤭
Dragon Attack, Save me both live in Montreal. Great tunes. Now I'm here live at Wembley, also It's a kind of Magic, Under Pressure, Love of my life, Who wants to live forever all live at Wembley, all great performances
Queen also did a song with M.J. called " There Must Be More To Life Than This". And here is a bit of trivia, for Another One Bites The Dust, Queen wasn't going to release that one, but M.J. talked Freddie and them into it, telling them it would be a huge hit, and M.J. was right 😁 became yet another iconic song. As if Queen could put out something bad anyhow 😁🤣🤣😁
Yes please! There must be more to life than this...and didn't they also do State of Shock together?
@@queenmiriam3058 that was Michael with mick Jagger. Michael and Freddie were recording state of shock but Freddie's commitments (and Michael's llama) put a hold on recording so Freddie told Michael to just let mick do it and there rest is history.
Mick and Bowie did dancing in the streets together shortly after
@@andreadeamon6419 o.k. thanks for the info❤
@@queenmiriam3058 anytime ❤
Here's a little trivia. Freddie and Roger had a booth in Kensington Market where they sold or at least attempted to sell old off the wall clothing to try to make some money; obviously this was very early. They knew each other before they became Queen. Roger was still with smile. Well anyway Freddie needed to make some money so he started working for someone in the Market that sold shoes and he actually sold David Bowie a pair of boots; well actually he gave them to him. Then years later they end up doing a song together. Life is so awesome
Woooooooooooooow!!!!!!!!!!!! That is a really super cool story!!!! Thank you for sharing that I love it!!!! :-)
@@OffTapLife Freddie also helped build Bowie's stage for a gig he did at Ealing College, it was before the boots.
Freddie did the high notes. He had a huge vocal range. Freddie’s part was giving people one more chance - hope. David’s was more bleak.
They didn’t want money especially after the huge embarrassment Vanilla Ice experiences. They wanted their name put on it.
Did you notice toward the end Freddie hit every single note on the scale?
Please do WHITE QUEEN LIVE AT HAMMERSMITH ODEN 1975 and ONE VISION LIVE AT WEMBLEY 1986, LOVE OF MY LIFE LIVE AT WEMBLEY 1986, NOW IM HERE LIVE AT WEMBLEY 1986 and SAVE ME LIVE AT MONTREAL 1981. These are great hits for just a start. I’ve been a fan since 1973 and have a huge playlist. Lol
mmaloneym YES! "White Queen" at the Odeon is absolutely breathtaking! 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
Danelle Covey The piano and guitar doing the solo in sync was amazing. Freddie didn’t think he was a very good piano player- wow- he was amazing.
mmaloneym I know. He was very humble about his abilities. His playing is incredible. Stunning.
He took it and used it without giving credit. Yes he lost the suit against him because he said he wrote it himself of course everybody knows that's not true. You really need to please react to the live version of this at Wembley. It is amazing when you see Freddie in all His glory.
Its nice to see someone who understands music reacting to the legend of Queen you probably understand it on a deeper level because you know the notes we who love it just know there is something epic there we never understand why but we feel it
As others have stated, the best version, is live at Wembley. Please do that one, as I feel that you'll definitely love it!
That was Freddie
That really high voice was all Freddie
All of the voices singing high is Freddie!!
You are a jewel! I so love your reaction and reflection! It is awesome. So much in depth that I wanted to say but you said it!!
That’s why you love Queen so much, particularly Freddie - he always said he was all about Love!
11:38 Yeah, that Freddie's falsetto is AMAZING.
Queen owned the Mountain studio's in Montreux, Switzerland. Lots of celebs used that studio to record, because Montreux is beautiful and tranquil so a good place to work. Roger and David wrote the lyrics and the beginning of the song in the white horse pub in Montreux. When they entered the studio John was bum bum bum ber the bum bum-ing. So they put that together. The piano ping ping was the idea of David Richards, producer at the Mountain studio's
Freddie did the high notes gives me chills when I hear it amazing!!
Thinking of you Hot Space, take care my dear, hope you are well. Praying for peace in your heart. Hugs
@11:36 Where Freddie goes as high as you think is possible. Then he just shoots it up a bit more!
Interestingly, on most queen songs the high notes are Roger (Although Freddie did have a 4 octave range, Roger could get those ball-crunching stupidly high notes)
"Watching some good friends scream let me out" Pretty deep and hits close to home.
Love your enthusiasm❣️
Please do Innuendo next!
That high note is Freddie.
You must do the live version at Wembley 86
Please, you have to do "No One but You" from Queen. Its an amazing song that is very sad at the same time because it was after Freddie died :(
David is ALWAYS the guy with that wonderful deep singing voice.
Absolutely loving your queen reactions ,I know you love harmonies so I thought you would like you take my breath away the studio version ,Freddie's voice is amazing ,but the harmonies from the band are definitely from heaven ,also ,another great song in studio version is I want it all brilliant track ,good luck on your journey ,thanks for Liverpool UK x
Have you reacted to "show must go on" yet?
My top 1 song ever. Amazing lyrics and vocals.
Its one of the last songs freddie sang, and he could barely stand when recording. He was so weak at that point, but vocals are still soooo god damn amazing.
There is a video of this where they used footage from Queens concert at Wembley 86 and Freddies Tribute Concert 92 with Queen performing with Bowie. Check it out.
The back story is: Freddie and David became friends a long time before either of them were successful. Freddie and Roger (Taylor,) had a booth in the Kensington Market where they sold "vintage" clothes to make money to eat. One day Bowie stopped by and fell in love with a pair of boots. Freddie knew who David (he liked his music) and David knew who Queen was and liked their music. They started talking. David couldn't afford to buy the boots so Freddie just gave them to him (that's the type of person he was).
Queen owned a studio complex in Montreux, Switzerland and they were there recording their album. John Deacon (bass player) has come up with this riff and keep playing it while they working. The whole band agreed it was a cool riff but it didn't fit into anything they were currently working on.
David Bowie, who had a house in Montreaux, popped into the studio where Queen was working just to say hi. They all started talking and, jamming. After while they all decided to go out to dinner together (pizza) and while at dinner they decided to all go back to the studio and just see what they could create together for fun.
Someone suggested using John's riff as the starting point. Sadly, John couldn't remember it but luckily, Roger remembered.
Everyone began throwing out ideas and just trying stuff when David went into another studio and began laying down some lyrics. Freddie, who was known to be a bit competitive, followed him and stealthily stood in the doorway listening. After a few minutes, Freddie ducked into a different studio and began recording his own lyrics in response to David's.
Then David, who was also competitive, stopped and listen to what Freddie was singing and responded to that. The rest of the band saw what was happening and decided to let those two work out the lyrics while they concentrated on the tune itself. All tracks were laid down that night for both the lyrics and music.
Freddie arrived at the studio the next morning, with the idea to start working on mixing the song but when he got there, he found out that David had already mixed the song. When Freddie hated what David had done, he hated it and the two of them got into a major squabble. Finally, they worked it out and the song Under Pressure (original title was People on the Street) is the result.
The Vanilla Ice story is this: Before Ice Ice Baby, no rap song had successful enough to make any real money. Vanilla Ice figured that n Queen / David Bowie probably would never hear the song and even if they did, it wouldn't be worth their trouble and expense to come after him. What he didn't figure on is Ice Ice Baby becoming a monster hit.
An American friend of Roger called him and told him about the song. Roger told everyone else and both Queen and David Bowie had their lawyers contact Vanilla Ice. At first, Ice tried to deny it was the same riff since he had added one extra note to it but that didn't fly for very long.
There was an out-court settlement. Vanilla Ice had to pay both Queen and David Bowie so he could own the rights to Ice Ice Baby. I don't know how much he paid but you know it was enough to cover the legal expenses (which we would be extensive) and he also agreed to give Queen/David Bowie credit. (When Vanilla Ice told everyone that he bought the rights to the song, many people mistakenly thought he meant he bought the rights to Uner Pressure but that's not true.)
Please react to Who Wants to Live Forever Friday night at Wembley. It's just amazing. Faith thank you for all you do to bring us these great reactions. Your name fits you.
Nawwwww Thank you for the kind words much appreciate it!!!! Will def react to that for sure!! :-)
That is Freddie’s high voice! If you react to “exercise in free love” you will really see the range Freddie has!! This video isn’t Freddie singing , it’s Freddie showing his range in tones. Believe me it’s beautiful and you’ll be amazed at his range!!!
Freddie does the high bits. Gorgeous. Queen were recording in Montreux Switzerland. David Bowie had a house there and came into the recording studio one day and they played together until they decided to write a song. John Deacon, the bass player came up with the great bass line. In concert Roger and Freddie do the song together. Live at Wembley 1986 or Budapest 1986 are great.
Thank you appreciate the back story!! Will be doing the live one tomorrow :-)
Funny story. When David and Freddie,Queen were in the studio recording this Freddie and David did not want each other to hear what they were singing. So David would his bit and Freddie would not listen to it and then Freddie would do his bit but David was hiding and heards Freddie bit.
You absolutely have to do the Live at Wembley version. Please.
I would love 2 reactions a day. There are so many songs that will amaze you! The song you did yesterday...'39... was never released as a single and still it blew you away and rightly so. I can guarantee you that song wasn't the only one that will rock your world. White Queen live at The Odeon in Hammersmith is one of those many songs lol. I can't wait for your reaction to the Wembley version of Under Pressure!
Pls react to Queen - Cool cat if you like that freddie's falsetto
oh i thought this is the live version...please see that its a must at wembley concert..from past interview, at the studio with david bowie, john made that rift and after they had eaten with some beer outside, david ask on that rift and unfortunately john forgot it, roger then remembered and john played it again though david said that it was not like it..they had some misunderstandings, esp on david & freddie...quite a long story but finally decided to release the colab..and now we had this great song..thanks to all of them..
Back in the day when rap songs became popular - the most popular rappers would digitally sample the hooks of popular songs. They didn't re-create them. This one,Funky Cold Medina had the intro of Van Halen's Jamie's Crying. That was the birth of modern rappers today. Super popular in the nightclubs then.
There's also a story behind the video... Queen and David Bowie neither shoot the video nor sung it together in any other occasion, at Live Aid for instance because Freddie and Bowie had a huge raw in the studio... There was a rule between them that no one would see and watch what the other write and record until the track is finished... But Bowie broke that rule... One day while Freddie was inside recording his lines (I think his falsetto "Whyyyyy?" I'm not sure), Bowie was behind the door... When Freddie found out, he went reaaaally mad. After that, Freddie didn't want to see Bowie's face ever again in his life... They met each other again in 1985 at Live Aid... I was the last time... Bowie sung the song at Freddie's Tribute in 1992...
Cool, So you said that you first want to get through Queen's biggest hits and after that, the ones that Some people don't really know of. So if you want to hear another Hit you should hear Seven Seas Of Rhye. That's their first hit song that made Queen blow up (after that another blow up was Killer Queen and the next one after Killer Queen was Bohemian Rhapsody, but you already know these 2). I'm always requesting Queen in the Lap of the Gods live at rainbow but that's one that less people know of (but should know of), so choose what you want to choose. The high note at 11:25 was Freddie (he is saying whyyyy why whyyyyyyyyyyyyYYY and then he goes higher to the Note G5 which he holds and then he does a quick A5. I can do these notes too but Damn I couldn't hold it that Long x0) Freddie's Vocal Range goes 1 Note higher than Roger Taylor's (the Drummer) you know that the drummer sings High and always sings higher in the Background than Freddie but still Freddie could go one note higher than Roger's highest note. The thing is that Roger actually could Hold his highest notes and Freddie only screamed his E6 and F6 so that is balancing it out. And just a Random fact: Roger can actually go Deeper than Freddie lol. (so what I meant with balancing it out is that everyone says that Roger is the High singer of the Group although Freddie can go Higher. But Roger does do high notes more often than Freddie AND Roger also could hold his E6 for example where however Freddie was only screaming his E6. Also Freddie is a Baritone and Roger a High Tenor which means that Singing high shouldn't always be that hard to Roger since his Voice is naturally high. and Rock Raspy😍)
(also I'm still Requesting Queen in the Lap of the Gods live at the Rainbow 1974)
Also White Queen at Odeon Hammersmith Is great to react too because It's also a great half instrumental half Lyrics song and You can see how great Freddie Plays Piano you can Hear how great Roger is at Drumming and the Guitar from brian does his own great thing and not to Forget that John's Bass also sounds good as always. Without bass there is no music in Queen. (White Queen is written by Brian. I heard that The Story behind the name Queen from the band came from the song White Queen. Freddie heard the title and thought they should name themselves Queen :) )
John Deacon came up with the riff. It was an impromptu jam session in Montreaux Switzerland and they all wrote it. They went out for lunch and John forgot the riff. Then Roger Taylor remembered it
Go deep into the catalog, Faith!
Will do Nora!! Thinking of doing there first album very soon :-)
@@OffTapLife Maybe if you don't think you'll have time to do every performance and video of every track off every album, just ask us for our recommendations for the 'must hear' tracks from each album and which live performance/ videos of them, and go by the number of votes (and/or the most convincing arguments!)... ?
Hi Twiny... Love ya .... long time no see, missing you!! ❤❤❤❤🐢
Ice tried to claim that he did write it just because he added ONE extra note. Yeah not surprisingly that he lost the law suit
Off tap, love your channel I see queen has touched you as so many other die hard fans do white queen at Hammersmith Odeon it will absolutely blow your mind its Mozart meets elvis...will definitely be a favorite after you see hear and taste it ❤❤❤
Freddy and David Bowie went into the studio separately to see what lyrics t they could come up with, Freddy went first then Bowie, Freddy was impressed that Bowie's stuff worked with what he had done, another person told Freddy that it's easy when he stood by the door watching him, Freddy was swearing .
I.LOVE.your.reactions!.Freddie takes all those high notes here..In Live At Wembley, Roger will take the high notes leaving Freddie to sing Bowie's parts and a lot of what he sings here too..Worth.watching.
freddy did the high notes
I think vanilla ice owes queen money whenever ice ice baby is played lol
That was Freddie.
Freakin incredible!!!! :-)
Gmornin my sister!! Much love
Bowie co-wrote the song, he's actually the main force behind this production!
Under pressure we all fall under pressure!!! 😲
11:50👍
Read the lyrics to see how the video relates. I didn’t know about the building collapsing until I did
david bowie was great with them in this song....try billy squire and queen "Emotions in motion
Ps: I suggest a jewel that John wrote, You re my best Friend!! Something different and darker is Innuendo, also very strong lyrics and message. Freddie was sick, but sang bloody good.
"How does this collab happen?"
I think I heard that they ate a bunch of acid and went out for breakfast.
Queen won the lawsuit!!
Queen and David won the lawsuit
8:00 that was Freddie
Under Pressure
I think you are completely right about that song.
Their voices works well together, they had very different voices. David was a baritone, so he sings all of the low parts. Freddie was a tenor so he sings all of the high parts. This duet is often recognized as one of the best duets ever recorded, because every piece fits so well together. Here is a great analysis of Under Pressure th-cam.com/video/rhd-pMT4mSk/w-d-xo.html
The live version From Wembley 1986 is awesome and well worth checking out.
A must do is Love of my life, please
Hello, I have had a lot of fun watching your reactions to videos of my favorite group, on this topic I recommend you watch the live version of 1981 in Montreal, for me the best live version of the theme. I tell you that looking and reviewing several live tour of the band I was selected what for me would be their best versions of their live songs from different eras, if you want you can check it to see if you are entertained even more this group that their best facet were live
Best regards from Puerto Montt City, Chile
This video won video of the year, I'm pretty sure.
If you want a nice live perfirmance, try the one in Montreal 1981
Although this great tune originated with Queen themselves, it was Bowie's genius as a lyricist that really rescued this tune from total oblivion and turned it into the classic song we know today.
And of course Freddy ran with it - and turned it into a total legend.
The high notes are all Freddie. He actually had a beautiful falsetto though he didn't use it very often. If you REALLY want to have your mind blown by Freddie Mercury's falsetto, then you should check out a little piece called "Exercises In Free Love". (It's on TH-cam). You literally won't believe your ears at first! Another example of Freddie singing in falsetto is a song called "Cool Cat". Most of the hard rock old-school Queen fans hate that song, but I actually think it's pretty ... cool :-)
Under pressure is a queen song on which DB came to participate to some vocals... after a heavy drinking night. Here is the queen jam session with some improvised lyrics by Freddie... enjoy th-cam.com/video/qfO-Nl_Ub3w/w-d-xo.html
That high pitched singing was Freddie
Off tap life, please react to queen-bohemian rhapsody live at the bowl 1982. Also I really like your queen song reactions tour!
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Hey Barbara!! Yes I do I finally set one up recently but alway forget to tell everyone about it lol. The link is patreon.com/offtaplife. Thank you for the support it is much appreciated!! Have an awesome week much love!! :-)
Watch it live at Wembley so so so so good
the three saddest but greatest songs he ever did was Innuendo, The show must go on, and i'm going slightly mad.. especially knowing how he died and he wasnt long for this world..Freddie was Freddie..
Try this live at wembley 1986 . Love epic!!
That was the highest note Freddie ever sung I think! His range was insane. The lowest Freddie sung was as backing vocals in 'All Dead All Dead'; a song Brian did the lead vocals on about his pet cat when it died... Queen love their cats, lol. Freddie sings his lowest note at the end of every chorus section as backing vocals. It would be great if you could compare: th-cam.com/video/l_6AC2u0E4E/w-d-xo.html
Thankyou dear, for doing the Queen journey! We stand by you. Hopefully you want to react to Fatbottemed girls live at the Bowl❤ Love of my live followed by Is this the world we created live at Wembley ❤
This Under Pressure can't compare to the one live at Wembley. You have to see and hear that one. Freddie is crazy and great.
In the lap of the god, no video just the song. You will hear roger, amazing
Also practice Get down tonight
Not only did Vanilla STEAL this hook, he tried to deny that it was stolen!!! He said he added an "extra dun" to it..... YOU STOLE IT ICE! STRAIGHT UP!!!
ahhh, but this tune has a deep meaning---unlike "ice-ice-baby"....lol MISS U FREDDIE--MISS U 2 DAVID---great collaboration-about poverty and greed-Lack of empathy and love
Hell, yeah - Queen won the lawsuit... :)
Watch live at Wembley 1986
I'm binge watching this playlist 😆 LOL. I love it. Please react to Las Palabras de Amor❤
It seems like you are on a serious Queen journey. Here is a song, that is by far Queen's most experimental, Pink Floydian, Dorothy caught up in the tornado, after dropping a hit of acid, psychedelic studio engineered, musical mind glitch. It's off of the album, "A Night at the Opera." "The Prophet Song."
Headphones and an expansive imagination are both musts. Listen to the album version.
Thank fully i'm 13 now
Yeah they won the lawsuit against Vanilla Ice.😊
Lol nice one!! :-)
@@OffTapLife And congrats for reaching 2K subs. I feel like a cheerleader for One Vision but here I go again!
if you plan to watch freddie and montserrat (you must!!!), be sure to take this link: th-cam.com/video/hkskujG0UYc/w-d-xo.html
This video really doesn’t go with the song part of the time, IMHO (old horror movie stuff, lol)
Hard to make sense of it...part of the reason the live version is better. But the message is killer.
Lol yea I was thinking the same thing haha!! Def looking forward to hearing the live version tomorrow!! The message is really awesome for sure :-)
Put on your seatbelt! (Figuratively, of course...and keep it around for other songs in the future 🤣 )
Or sit on the floor so you won’t fall out of your chair!
James Crane OK, I See but still feels odd to me. I close my eyes with my headphones on when I hear this version. Just a preference 😊
Queen 👍 the lawsuit
It's not the most popular hook. It's the second most popular hook.
Another one bites the dust enters the room.
"Why can't we give love one more chance" I always saw this song in the context of when it was written. I think he saw the failures of the 60's hippie movement and this was a response to that. We tend to repeat these anticlimactic revolutions. Hopefully we don't do that again now.