It warms my heart to see young people hearing Queen for the first time. I spent my 24th birthday at the Queen concert in Montreal, 1981. You'll be blown away watching Somebody To Love from that concert. The best live performance I've ever heard. "I won't be a rock star. I'll be a legend" - Freddie Mercury -. Check out the crowd singing this song before a huge Greehday concert. Millions know Queen and Freddie was the King.
Somebody to love in Montreal is nailer in, top 2 best live of all time. Honestly, undecided, its changes.its that or since ive been loving you LZ at msg...then paolo nutini iron sky (if you wanna call it live), then Pearl jam Black on mtv. But queen and led zeppelin are so far and away the best you'll see
There’s a reason this video has over a billion views. Queen was one of the greatest rock bands in history. Freddie Mercury is the greatest frontman in rock history. Their legacy is unmatched. I was not lucky enough to see them live and that’s the only real regret I have in my life. RIP Freddie darling!
@@chrislancaster Lmao! Excellent trolling there friend! Just excellent! Imagine someone stupid enough to compare one of the most influential rock bands in history led by a charismatic frontman that could actually sing without auto tune or having to lip sync to a bunch of kids that can’t sing without auto tune or are famous for lip syncing their performances of below average bubblegum tweenie pop music that won’t be remembered in 5 years. That’s some weapons grade trolling my friend! Outstanding! Keep up the good work!
Agree 100% that Freddie was the greatest front man ever. I was fortunate to see Queen live in Pittsburgh in 1974 when I was 16 years old. Freddie Mercury owned the stage. I've seen The Rolling Stones live and Mick Jagger's a great front man, lots of energy but I'll take Freddie. I've seen a lot of bands in my 65 years starting wit The Beatles live in Pittsburgh at age six. You couldn't hear much of anything because there were over 12,500 teenage girls screaming and I mean screaming. One hell of an experience that I've never forgotten. I've seen, like I said The Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Who and many others but Queen was the greatest live band I've ever seen. The only push back I would put on your comment "The greatest legacy ever" is that little known band The Beatles by far have the greatest legacy in the history of recorded music and it ain't even close. Queen, a great band but not The Beatles but then no one was or ever will be The Beatles. Freddie stated that when he first heard The Beatles in 1963 he knew right then that someday he wanted to be in a rock band. No Beatles, probably no Queen along with these other bands that I mentioned except The Stones. They were doing their own thing in London in 1963 while The Beatles were doing their thing in Liverpool. Lennon and McCartney did write the Stones first #1 hit for them. The Beatles were quite simply the greatest and influential band ever to this day. In just seven short years they took popular music in new directions that has never been equalled to this day. Easily the most innovative band ever and downright genius in that band. Peace ❤
@@chrislancaster Lmao! I’m sorry. Are you actually trying to compare Sy or whoever to Queen in terms of influence? Those bubblegum auto tune groups you mentioned you think belong in the same conversation as Queen? I’m crying I’m laughing so hard! Let me put it to you this way, Queen doesn’t have to have 5 or 6 billion video views to be influential. The Beatles are the most influential rock band in history and they certainly don’t have an abundance of videos. Had I known you were going to take a random observation of mine and try to play whataboutism with these subpar groups with no talent at all I would have chosen my words more carefully. My bad. Now please go soothe your ego with the musical stylings of whoever the fuck you were talking about. Have a nice weekend.
Can you imagine how people reacted when this song started playing on radio stations in late 1975? Are you sh*tt*ng me??? Some stations wouldn’t play it because it was SO different! Not to mention the violent imagery it starts out with. But we ALL knew we were listening to an instant classic. A lot of people (me included) had a very emotional reaction to it, as it is an incredibly sad song. It is now considered one of the greatest songs ever created in the Rock era, or any era really. And Queen shot up to the top of everyone’s list when it came to musical excellence, harmony, and creativity. A few Queen song suggestions: “Somebody To Love,” “You’re My Best Friend,” “We Will Rock You,” and “We Are The Champions.” And if you want to see how one man (Lead Singer, Freddie Mercury) can make 80,000 fans eat out of the palm of his hand, watch the “Queen Live At Wembly Stadium” video (1985). Yeah, a lot of good sh*t went down before you kids were born. Hard to believe, I know.
I'm sure you've heard Queen many times but you didn't know it was Queen, it sounds like “We will rock you”, “We are the champions”, “Another Ono bites the dust, “Don't stop me Now”, etc, they wrote more than 200 songs and they are still being heard today, I recommend that you react to “Somebody to love”, live at Montreal 1981
All men…no auto tune…as well as being excellent musicians, Freddie had a degree in design, Roger on drums background was dentistry, John was an engineer and Dr Brian May on guitar is an astrophysicist who has consulted and worked with NASA. 🖖🏻🇨🇦
Queen is a British rock band that was formed in 1970 and was comprised of: Freddie Mercury - Lead vocals and pianist Roger Taylor - Drummer and vocals Brian May - Lead guitar and vocals John Deacon - Bass guitar Queen is an unusual rock band. All four members had amazing musical talent and each of the four members was a successful composer. Queen is the only group in which all members of the band have songs inducted into the Music Hall of Fame. Each member of Queen was a strong and unique individual. They each had different musical tastes which is probably why Queen's catalog of music contains such a variety of genres. They wrote and recorded songs that are soft rock, hard rock, progressive rock, arena rock, thrash rock, glam rock, rockabilly, r&b, blues, pop, soul, funk, disco, dance music, jazz, gospel, folk, opera, show tunes, ragtime, etc. They would sometimes combine multiple genres in a single song. "Bohemian Rhapsody" released originally in 1975 is the creation of Freddie Mercury but he never told anyone what he was thinking when he wrote the lyrics. It is actually 3 different songs that Freddie was writing that he just smashed together adding bridges and transistions. BTW - What they were singing was"Galileo Galileo", the Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer.
The lead singer is Freddie Mucury. One of the best voices ever. Ren gives him a shoutout in Illest of our time. "Ready? I’m heavy, I’m Mercury, I am Freddy,"
This was 1975. Men wore their hair long back in the 70’s. Those immaculate harmonies in the beginning were all done by the lead singer Freddie Mercury alone. The video shows all four members lip syncing but Freddie multi tracked his vocals
Queen is a British band of 4 men, there are no women in the band. Long hair was a thing back then. It was a time known as GlamRock so the clothes were different, too. 1.5 Billion views on this song and that is just on TH-cam. It is an iconic song and an iconic band. This song has been covered by just about everyone over the last 40+ years. This very same exact recording of this song has made it to #1 in three different decades as it just keeps coming back and charting again and again. You have probably heard Queen before, they did We Are The Champions, We Will Rock You and Another One Bites The Dust but their catalog is over 200 songs and would be more if the singer Freddie hadn't died in 1991 after the band was together for 20 years. Thank you for your reaction.
You’ve heard Queen… trust me! Another One Bites the Dust, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Don’t Stop Me Now… 😊 This was 1975 (not 80s).. and yes, the hair was real, and the guy playing lead guitar (Sir Brian May) still has that same hair - only it’s now grey. The person singing the high note in the operatic part is Roger Taylor, the drummer - and he’s saying Galileo, (a 15th Century physicist). Brian and Roger are still performing/touring as Queen, with a sold out North American tour starting this fall… Adam Lambert has been their lead singer for the past 12 yrs; Freddie sadly died in 1991 from AIDS. If you would like to see a really good mix of their songs, watch their live performance at Live Aid from 1985 - you’ll enjoy it! Thank-you for an interesting reaction to this iconic song!
That's a freaking mind trip. So glad to see you guys react to something that is so out of your wheelhouse. This was actually from the 70's and it was so innovative for its time. Thanks for discovering Queen! There's so much great music there with them!
Freddie Mercury (lead singer) was working on writing three very different songs when he had the genius inspiration to combine them into this epic masterpiece. One of the three was originally going to be called "The Cowboy Song" and is where the mention of a gun and shooting a man comes from. The beautiful harmony at the very beginning of the song is actually just Freddie harmonizing with himself on multiple tracks. Nothing else like it before or since. Not only do they sound amazing, they wrote all of their own songs, did VERY few covers. All of the members have written songs and all but John Deacon, the bass guitar master, sing. The drummer, Roger Taylor, does the most harmonizing and backup singing with Freddie. Brian's hair still looks like that, except now it's gone grey. And that wasn't a girl singing with Freddie, it was Roger Taylor, the drummer. He can hit high notes that only a dog can hear.
I understand that Freddie had 5 songs written but unfinished so he put them all into one song. So there's pop, rock, opera etc all in one song. He had a fantastic voice range. The harmony at the beginning of the song was all done by Freddie. He harmonised with himself. Very clever. He was a beautiful person, inside & out. He is deeply missed. Freddie had a degree in graphic art & design, the lead guitarist Brian May is an astrophysicist, John Deacon has a degree in Electronics and Roger Taylor has a Bachelor's degree in biology - so they were all really clever & well educated. Listen to music/songs from the 1960's and 70's - brilliant and all done with no fancy sound mixers and enhancers - just great talent. 👍
Bohemian Rhapsody is arguably the best song ever written! Check out other Queen songs: Radio Gaga, The Show Must Go On, Under Pressure, Tie Your Mother Down, Hammer to Fall…there’s SO many!!!!
Queen was told by their record label that their "sound/rock opera wouldn't sell, it was too long." I quess they really had the Last laugh. Check out "We Are the Champions."
You’ve just watched the very first music video made. Go down the Queen rabbit hole. You’ll recognize most of their hits and find incredible underrated masterpieces. Good luck.
YOU GUYS SHOULD ALSO SEE THIS SONG LIVE! (Because NOTHING beats Freddie Mercury performing LIVE.) IMO, THE BEST LIVE VERSION OF “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY” IS: MONTREAL IN 1981 OR, ANY OTHER LIVE QUEEN PERFORMANCE. (Because Queen is actually the ONLY band renowned for being even BETTER live than in-studio.) OTHER SONG SUGGESTIONS: “SOMEBODY TO LOVE” Live at MILTON KEYNES BOWL, 1982 “UNDER PRESSURE” Live at WEMBLEY STADIUM, 1986
That came out in 75 I was in High School. Listen to the entire Live Aid Queen video. I guarantee you will know (and Love) at least the last two songs. Dont cheat and look them up first. Its a better surprise that way. Awesome reaction.
They sounded just like that in person; they were all extremely talented. They wrote and arranged their own music. A rhapsody is a piece of music that has several distinctive movements.
Rap-so-dee 😉 A rhapsody as a musical form is a single-movement work that is episodic (i.e. has distinct groups of musical ideas), free-flowing in structure, and features a range of highly contrasting moods.…❤️
man.. at the end when both of y'all were just silent taking the whole end of the song. THAT SILENCE SPOKE MAN A THOUSAND WORDS! Good job guys great video.
You guys are going to love exploring Queen - And bro, Chucky is an awesome drummer with a great voice and a significant creative streak. All four of these band members have written #1 songs and Freddy is a generational talent.
There was no lady. Roger Taylor, drums, has a great voice that can go way high pitched. They all are male and great vocalists. Freddie Mercury the best, ever. Queen, the best group ever. Bohemian Rhapsody, written by Freddie mercury in college, a masterpiece, best song ever, and just GROUNDBREAKING. 1975, no auto-tune. Sigh, the youth of today. I I’m glad you at least appreciated Freddie’s voice and performance, he was a true entertainer and his voivpce will never be matched, and Brian May on electric guitar, John Deacon in bass, and Roger Taylor on drums….all totally the most awesome.
This amazing song was written by one person only. The beautiful singer Freddie Mercury. And had only one producer. One writer. One producer. Pretty incredible. ❤
I guarantee it's not the first time you heard Queen. Willing to bet my ridiculous government paycheck on it. But first time knowingly. Pure musical art and genius. One of the greatest songs ever written and recorded - ever. And Queen's library is HUGE and full of great songs. And Queen is among the top rock bands of all time along with Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin and a few others. You mentioned a few times how great he sings - for a full on jawdropping display check out "SOMEBODY TO LOVE" 1981 Live in Montreal. Most if not all Queen fans agree that is Freddie at his greatest.
You legit need to listen to this song with headphones or even earbuds. The way they change from one side to another is perfect. Queen is a 5 when you hear it that way.
This was the 70's and no-one had ever heard anything like this. Plus they all had degrees in different fields in addition to being one of the most celebrated rock bands ever. The lead singer had a degree in graphic design, the drummer was a dentist, the bassist was an engineer, and the lead guitarist has a PhD in astrophysics.
In music terms, a rhapsody is a piece with at least 6 movements. Each of those changes in the song is a movement. And I assure you that is not the first time you have heard Queen, We are the Champions if nothing else.
FUN FACT: Despite the video showing all band members singing, the five-part harmony at the start of Queen's Bohemian Rapsody was ALL performed by Freddie Mercury. And all the stuff that sounds like synthesizers on the entire album is Brian May (rocket scientist) on guitar.
@OTB BROS REACTIONS You guys looked impressed.❤ Listen again to what the lyric said. He starts with his "Nothing really matters, anyway the wind blows", attitude & simultanious, confession/apology to his mother about murdering a man. He says he may not return, he has thrown away his life, & now, he has to go and face the truth. He cries that he doesn't want to die & he wished he'd never been born at all. He instructs his mother to carry on as if nothing really matters. Opera style begins, & he sees himself in court on trial; "I see a little silhouetto of a man". His prosecutors sing, "Scaramoosh Scaramoosh will you do the fandango"? (Referring to a famous opera character that comes in & puts on a ridiculous fool's show to humor everyone). His defenders sing for him, "Send a bolt of lightening, very very frightening, me"! (This is his perception of what he is facing in trial-Death Penalty). His prosecutors continue singing, "Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, magnifico", they are taunting him about his artistically, magnificent performance, (sarcasm), which they call magnifico & attribute his characteristics comparible to a masterful painter-Galileo. (This is his trial & he is defending himself & facing rebuttal arguements). His defense: "I'm just a poor boy nobody loves me". His defenders try to help defend him; "He's just a poor boy from a poor family, spare him his life from his monstrosity"! His defense: "Easy come, easy go, will you let me go"? ( He points out how they have the power to easily spare him & let him go". They answer, "We will not let you go"! He begs, "Oh Mama Mia, (think of my mother), will you let me go"? They respond, "Bismila (In the name of God), NO, we will not let you go"! His defenders sing his verdict & result as they speak for his person; "Beelzebub (the devil), has a devil put aside for me....for me...for me"! Rock begins. Now he is angry because they will not spare him. To the court he pridefully & angerly states, "So you think you can stomp me & spit in my eye"? To his defenders & the public, he states, "So you think you can love me & leave me to die? Oh baby, don't do this to me baby, just gotta get out, just gotta get right out of here"! Then he returns to the beginning, classical style & sings, "Nothing really matters, anyone can see, nothing really matters to me". The gong sounds, he has accepted his fate, "Any way the wind blows". The same selfish attitude that caused his disregard for another man's life, was equally, delivered to him at his trial which equally, disregarded his pleas to save his own life; because he must pay the required consequences for his selfish action; murdering a man & stealing his breath of life demands that he equally lose his own life & die! It ends with how it begins; because nothing really mattered to him when he ended someone else's life, as if their life didn't matter. Yet, when he was going to have his own life taken away, suddenly, life mattered & it was everything to him. A timeless masterpiece!
Brilliant reaction!! I love the way you were actually getting down and head banging lol. You are going to freak when you find out they wrote songs that you know so well and would never believe it's them and so old. We are the Champions, Another one bites the dust, and so many more. The lead singer Freddie is sadly no longer with us but will live forever in the music and hearts of the people. The other band members are still playing. Brian May the guitarist is acknowledged as one of the greatest of all time and also an accomplished astrophysicist who works with NASA. The really high voice you thought was female is the drummer. You are in for a ride especially when you watch the live concert for Live Aid, most amazing live concert ever held. Keep reacting to good music guys! 👍🏴
Hi all! Great reaction for sure! I'd love to hear you guys react to the man that gave Brian May his guitar sound-the legendary Rory Gallagher. Rory was also on the short list to replace Mick Taylor in the Rolling Stones, but Rory chose to follow his own path and not play second fiddle to the Glimmer Twins. Please check out the wonderful bluesy performance of "Calling Card" from the 1977 Hammersmith Odeon performance or the rockin' "Do You Read Me?" from the 1979 Rock Goes to College which features his signature string pulls. You won't regret checking out this talent!
this song is a video made in 1975. They did this as they were on a tour and could not do music shows across europe or amercia, so they played the video instead this was pre MTV coming to air. Steve PS - they are 4 blokes Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon.
They are singing "GALILEO" NOT gonorrhea! Look up the lyrics, it's on line. A "RHAPSODY" in music is one piece of work, that has 3 or more distinctive sections that are in contrast with the others. That is why you are hearing more than one "type" of music in "Bohemian Rhapsody"
It always surprises me that people haven’t heard Bohemian Rhapsody, it makes me wonder what songs other people would be surprised if someone had never heard.
That’s not a woman, that’s Roger Taylor the bands drummer and they sing “Galileo”. Queen freaking ROCK man!!! 👍🏼👍🏼
But have you seen Roger in the “I want to break free” video …. Many mistook his gender in that one lol!!!. They obviously didn’t know Roger 😂
I mean he was quite pretty when he was young ngl 😂😂😂 and his voice was so high and raspy
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@@JaneRtnthey realy didn't at all the 80s was such a camp time, I mean people thought George Michael was straight
They called him Chucky.. awww 😭
It warms my heart to see young people hearing Queen for the first time. I spent my 24th birthday at the Queen concert in Montreal, 1981. You'll be blown away watching Somebody To Love from that concert. The best live performance I've ever heard. "I won't be a rock star. I'll be a legend" - Freddie Mercury -. Check out the crowd singing this song before a huge Greehday concert. Millions know Queen and Freddie was the King.
I love that Greenday video ❤
No, Freddie was the "queen" in Queen! 😂
Somebody to love in Montreal is nailer in, top 2 best live of all time. Honestly, undecided, its changes.its that or since ive been loving you LZ at msg...then paolo nutini iron sky (if you wanna call it live), then Pearl jam Black on mtv.
But queen and led zeppelin are so far and away the best you'll see
@@iancooper7772 True, but Phil Collins, live 'In the Air Tonight' was banger too, wasn't it?
MyOwnDrum I am so Jealous .That Concert was Legendary .
There’s a reason this video has over a billion views. Queen was one of the greatest rock bands in history. Freddie Mercury is the greatest frontman in rock history. Their legacy is unmatched. I was not lucky enough to see them live and that’s the only real regret I have in my life. RIP Freddie darling!
@@chrislancaster Lmao! Excellent trolling there friend! Just excellent! Imagine someone stupid enough to compare one of the most influential rock bands in history led by a charismatic frontman that could actually sing without auto tune or having to lip sync to a bunch of kids that can’t sing without auto tune or are famous for lip syncing their performances of below average bubblegum tweenie pop music that won’t be remembered in 5 years. That’s some weapons grade trolling my friend! Outstanding! Keep up the good work!
Agree 100% that Freddie was the greatest front man ever. I was fortunate to see Queen live in Pittsburgh in 1974 when I was 16 years old. Freddie Mercury owned the stage.
I've seen The Rolling Stones live and Mick Jagger's a great front man, lots of energy but I'll take Freddie.
I've seen a lot of bands in my 65 years starting wit The Beatles live in Pittsburgh at age six.
You couldn't hear much of anything because there were over 12,500 teenage girls screaming and I mean screaming.
One hell of an experience that I've never forgotten.
I've seen, like I said The Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Who and many others but Queen was the greatest live band I've ever seen.
The only push back I would put on your comment "The greatest legacy ever" is that little known band The Beatles by far have the greatest legacy in the history of recorded music and it ain't even close. Queen, a great band but not The Beatles but then no one was or ever will be The Beatles.
Freddie stated that when he first heard The Beatles in 1963 he knew right then that someday he wanted to be in a rock band. No Beatles, probably no Queen along with these other bands that I mentioned except The Stones.
They were doing their own thing in London in 1963 while The Beatles were doing their thing in Liverpool. Lennon and McCartney did write the Stones first #1 hit for them.
The Beatles were quite simply the greatest and influential band ever to this day. In just seven short years they took popular music in new directions that has never been equalled to this day. Easily the most innovative band ever and downright genius in that band.
Peace ❤
@@chrislancaster Lmao! I’m sorry. Are you actually trying to compare Sy or whoever to Queen in terms of influence? Those bubblegum auto tune groups you mentioned you think belong in the same conversation as Queen? I’m crying I’m laughing so hard! Let me put it to you this way, Queen doesn’t have to have 5 or 6 billion video views to be influential. The Beatles are the most influential rock band in history and they certainly don’t have an abundance of videos. Had I known you were going to take a random observation of mine and try to play whataboutism with these subpar groups with no talent at all I would have chosen my words more carefully. My bad. Now please go soothe your ego with the musical stylings of whoever the fuck you were talking about. Have a nice weekend.
Robert Plant: hold my beer.
Its not matched by the beatles because the beatles legacy is superior.
Welcome, young men, to one of the absolute BEST GROUPS EVER ❣️❣️❣️
QUEEN 👑
YESSSSS!!!!
💯 YES
Can you imagine how people reacted when this song started playing on radio stations in late 1975? Are you sh*tt*ng me??? Some stations wouldn’t play it because it was SO different! Not to mention the violent imagery it starts out with. But we ALL knew we were listening to an instant classic. A lot of people (me included) had a very emotional reaction to it, as it is an incredibly sad song. It is now considered one of the greatest songs ever created in the Rock era, or any era really. And Queen shot up to the top of everyone’s list when it came to musical excellence, harmony, and creativity. A few Queen song suggestions: “Somebody To Love,” “You’re My Best Friend,” “We Will Rock You,” and “We Are The Champions.” And if you want to see how one man (Lead Singer, Freddie Mercury) can make 80,000 fans eat out of the palm of his hand, watch the “Queen Live At Wembly Stadium” video (1985). Yeah, a lot of good sh*t went down before you kids were born. Hard to believe, I know.
I'm sure you've heard Queen many times but you didn't know it was Queen, it sounds like “We will rock you”, “We are the champions”, “Another Ono bites the dust, “Don't stop me Now”, etc, they wrote more than 200 songs and they are still being heard today, I recommend that you react to “Somebody to love”, live at Montreal 1981
All men…no auto tune…as well as being excellent musicians, Freddie had a degree in design, Roger on drums background was dentistry, John was an engineer and Dr Brian May on guitar is an astrophysicist who has consulted and worked with NASA. 🖖🏻🇨🇦
Queen is a British rock band that was formed in 1970 and was comprised of:
Freddie Mercury - Lead vocals and pianist
Roger Taylor - Drummer and vocals
Brian May - Lead guitar and vocals
John Deacon - Bass guitar
Queen is an unusual rock band. All four members had amazing musical talent and each of the four members was a successful composer. Queen is the only group in which all members of the band have songs inducted into the Music Hall of Fame.
Each member of Queen was a strong and unique individual. They each had different musical tastes which is probably why Queen's catalog of music contains such a variety of genres. They wrote and recorded songs that are soft rock, hard rock, progressive rock, arena rock, thrash rock, glam rock, rockabilly, r&b, blues, pop, soul, funk, disco, dance music, jazz, gospel, folk, opera, show tunes, ragtime, etc. They would sometimes combine multiple genres in a single song.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" released originally in 1975 is the creation of Freddie Mercury but he never told anyone what he was thinking when he wrote the lyrics. It is actually 3 different songs that Freddie was writing that he just smashed together adding bridges and transistions.
BTW - What they were singing was"Galileo Galileo", the Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer.
The lead singer is Freddie Mucury. One of the best voices ever. Ren gives him a shoutout in Illest of our time. "Ready? I’m heavy, I’m Mercury, I am Freddy,"
Thanks. Just picked that up now because I'm addicted to Ren. Have you had your addictions to Dimash occur yet? He's quite powerful.
This was 1975. Men wore their hair long back in the 70’s. Those immaculate harmonies in the beginning were all done by the lead singer Freddie Mercury alone. The video shows all four members lip syncing but Freddie multi tracked his vocals
Not true. Roger provided some of them. He could hit the high notes as well as Freddie.
Queen is a British band of 4 men, there are no women in the band. Long hair was a thing back then. It was a time known as GlamRock so the clothes were different, too. 1.5 Billion views on this song and that is just on TH-cam. It is an iconic song and an iconic band. This song has been covered by just about everyone over the last 40+ years. This very same exact recording of this song has made it to #1 in three different decades as it just keeps coming back and charting again and again. You have probably heard Queen before, they did We Are The Champions, We Will Rock You and Another One Bites The Dust but their catalog is over 200 songs and would be more if the singer Freddie hadn't died in 1991 after the band was together for 20 years. Thank you for your reaction.
"Yo.. What were they saying? Gonorrhea Gonorrhea?" ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!!🤣🤣 Your funny bro!!
Watch their Live Aid full set (20 minutes). You will see why they were such a perfect band. Best live rock performance ever.
never gets old. born in 1998 and i wish i was there! love queen!
One of the live performances that I can keep rewatching and it never gets old ❤
If you listened to it with headphones on, you would definitely give it a 5!
You know queen:
"We will rock you", "We are the champions " "Another one bites the dust " All queen hits.
Y'all have heard Queen before.. You just didn't know it..🤘🏼💖💥
We will rock you
We are the Champions...
You’ve heard Queen… trust me! Another One Bites the Dust, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Don’t Stop Me Now… 😊 This was 1975 (not 80s).. and yes, the hair was real, and the guy playing lead guitar (Sir Brian May) still has that same hair - only it’s now grey. The person singing the high note in the operatic part is Roger Taylor, the drummer - and he’s saying Galileo, (a 15th Century physicist). Brian and Roger are still performing/touring as Queen, with a sold out North American tour starting this fall… Adam Lambert has been their lead singer for the past 12 yrs; Freddie sadly died in 1991 from AIDS. If you would like to see a really good mix of their songs, watch their live performance at Live Aid from 1985 - you’ll enjoy it! Thank-you for an interesting reaction to this iconic song!
This is voted britains favourite song of all time, in every chart, every year. I think i knew every word by age 5 ❤ brilliant 👏 galileo
That's a freaking mind trip. So glad to see you guys react to something that is so out of your wheelhouse. This was actually from the 70's and it was so innovative for its time. Thanks for discovering Queen! There's so much great music there with them!
Queen is one of the all time greatest bands ever, so many great tunes.
If you get the chance, listen with headphones. You will be amazed. The production is 🔥
Freddie Mercury (lead singer) was working on writing three very different songs when he had the genius inspiration to combine them into this epic masterpiece. One of the three was originally going to be called "The Cowboy Song" and is where the mention of a gun and shooting a man comes from. The beautiful harmony at the very beginning of the song is actually just Freddie harmonizing with himself on multiple tracks. Nothing else like it before or since. Not only do they sound amazing, they wrote all of their own songs, did VERY few covers. All of the members have written songs and all but John Deacon, the bass guitar master, sing. The drummer, Roger Taylor, does the most harmonizing and backup singing with Freddie. Brian's hair still looks like that, except now it's gone grey. And that wasn't a girl singing with Freddie, it was Roger Taylor, the drummer. He can hit high notes that only a dog can hear.
I understand that Freddie had 5 songs written but unfinished so he put them all into one song. So there's pop, rock, opera etc all in one song. He had a fantastic voice range. The harmony at the beginning of the song was all done by Freddie. He harmonised with himself. Very clever. He was a beautiful person, inside & out. He is deeply missed. Freddie had a degree in graphic art & design, the lead guitarist Brian May is an astrophysicist, John Deacon has a degree in Electronics and Roger Taylor has a Bachelor's degree in biology - so they were all really clever & well educated. Listen to music/songs from the 1960's and 70's - brilliant and all done with no fancy sound mixers and enhancers - just great talent. 👍
Freddie Mercury...he's the best lead singer/frontman Ever!!!
Best vocalist, has the biggest vocal range. He can sing everything....even Opera!!
Often considered the best song of all time, Freddie had it all in his mind before writing it on paper. Freddie was the legend amongst the legends.
"Galileo!" (Gonorrhea😂😂😂)
And it is a reference to Brian May (the guitarist) who is a Doctor in Astrophysics...so respect.
Bohemian Rhapsody is arguably the best song ever written! Check out other Queen songs: Radio Gaga, The Show Must Go On, Under Pressure, Tie Your Mother Down, Hammer to Fall…there’s SO many!!!!
Freddie Mercury is a legend, probably the greatest rock singer of all times, my opinion
My opinion too 🎉🎉🎉
Bros getting baked while watching Queen for the first time! I'm die'n
First time here and I'm late to the party! The party of HAVING YOUR MIND BLOWN. One of the best song in history.
Queen was told by their record label that their "sound/rock opera wouldn't sell, it was too long."
I quess they really had the Last laugh.
Check out "We Are the Champions."
alot people dont know hes classicly trained opera singer the way he rocks out with opera one of kind star
You’ve just watched the very first music video made. Go down the Queen rabbit hole. You’ll recognize most of their hits and find incredible underrated masterpieces. Good luck.
Respect guys , and love from London . My big sister sat me down in 1976 , and said , listen to this . ❤
ROCK OPERA ‼️‼️💯🔥🔥🔥
The different styles put together like this is the definition of a rhapsody.
Man is crazy, hearing Galileo as "gonorrhea" hahaha LMAO! Nice reaction!
It's nice to see people that have genuinely not seen this and being captured in the performance, loved that
More QUEEN! More Queen! They will blow you away every time. Great reaction dudes 👏
YOU GUYS SHOULD ALSO SEE THIS SONG LIVE! (Because NOTHING beats Freddie Mercury performing LIVE.)
IMO, THE BEST LIVE VERSION OF “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY” IS:
MONTREAL IN 1981
OR, ANY OTHER LIVE QUEEN PERFORMANCE. (Because Queen is actually the ONLY band renowned for being even BETTER live than in-studio.)
OTHER SONG SUGGESTIONS:
“SOMEBODY TO LOVE”
Live at MILTON KEYNES BOWL, 1982
“UNDER PRESSURE”
Live at WEMBLEY STADIUM, 1986
That came out in 75 I was in High School. Listen to the entire Live Aid Queen video. I guarantee you will know (and Love) at least the last two songs. Dont cheat and look them up first. Its a better surprise that way. Awesome reaction.
I LOVE watching him play the piano, a true pianist.
They sounded just like that in person; they were all extremely talented. They wrote and arranged their own music. A rhapsody is a piece of music that has several distinctive movements.
SOMEBODY TO LOVE live at Montreal...see how they are live....you won't be disappointed
Yessss!!!!!
Rap-so-dee 😉 A rhapsody as a musical form is a single-movement work that is episodic (i.e. has distinct groups of musical ideas), free-flowing in structure, and features a range of highly contrasting moods.…❤️
No auto tune, no booth, and no keyboards, just pure talent.
man.. at the end when both of y'all were just silent taking the whole end of the song. THAT SILENCE SPOKE MAN A THOUSAND WORDS! Good job guys great video.
This was 1975 not the 80's. Everone always thinks long hair started in the 80's.😂
You guys are going to love exploring Queen - And bro, Chucky is an awesome drummer with a great voice and a significant creative streak. All four of these band members have written #1 songs and Freddy is a generational talent.
Gonorrhoea! Gonorrhoea!
Loved your reactions.
Their live '81 Montreal, "Find Me Someone to Love" is probably one of the best live concert videos ever.
Live Aid is definitely their best live performance!
This is 70s rock came out in 1971......you should react to QUEEN LIVE at Wembley Stadium for the Live Aid Concert in 1985 they will blow you away
Queen - Somebody to love (Montreal)
Yes, yes, yes!
There was no lady. Roger Taylor, drums, has a great voice that can go way high pitched. They all are male and great vocalists. Freddie Mercury the best, ever. Queen, the best group ever. Bohemian Rhapsody, written by Freddie mercury in college, a masterpiece, best song ever, and just GROUNDBREAKING. 1975, no auto-tune. Sigh, the youth of today. I
I’m glad you at least appreciated Freddie’s voice and performance, he was a true entertainer and his voivpce will never be matched, and Brian May on electric guitar, John Deacon in bass, and Roger Taylor on drums….all totally the most awesome.
Freddie started with a blank sheet of paper and came up with that. Genius is an understatement.
This is the best song in rock history and I'll die on that hill.
Rock Opera!!!!!
You heard some Queen songs you just don’t know it, “We Will Rock You”, and “We Are the Champions”
This amazing song was written by one person only. The beautiful singer Freddie Mercury. And had only one producer. One writer. One producer. Pretty incredible. ❤
Welcome to the rabbit hole we call the genius of Queen. The more you hear, the more you love them.
I’m so glad to see you looking into the musical legends. This song will forever be meaningful & viable.
This is the greatest rock song and bands of all time. This was in Wayne's World..
More Queen please Freddie’s voice is the best! Literally the best! Somebody to love live
Welcon to the WONDERFUL world of Queen...best band and front man EVER..🇬🇧 👑 ❤
I guarantee it's not the first time you heard Queen. Willing to bet my ridiculous government paycheck on it.
But first time knowingly.
Pure musical art and genius. One of the greatest songs ever written and recorded - ever.
And Queen's library is HUGE and full of great songs. And Queen is among the top rock bands of all time along with Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin and a few others.
You mentioned a few times how great he sings - for a full on jawdropping display check out "SOMEBODY TO LOVE" 1981 Live in Montreal.
Most if not all Queen fans agree that is Freddie at his greatest.
Yes yes yes & facts! ❤️🔥👍
You legit need to listen to this song with headphones or even earbuds. The way they change from one side to another is perfect. Queen is a 5 when you hear it that way.
The drummer has the really high pitched voice
Better with headphones😁👍
Keep exploring Queen and you will be handing out many 5's. Best band ever!
Most listened to song of the 1900s. On its way to be the most listened to song of the first 25 years of 2000. Definitely a five listen to it again.
Released in 1975 is recognised as the first ever music video made so they could appear on a BBC tv program as they were on tour!
Fat bottom girls and we are the champions are my 2 favorite Queen songs🔥
RIP Freddie Mercury 🤘🏼
Fat Bottom Girls.
Classic stuff dudes n it caught you n your eyes were glued to screen ..great reactions !
Welcome to the Queen rabbit hole... Enjoy, be prepared to be surprised!
This was the 70's and no-one had ever heard anything like this. Plus they all had degrees in different fields in addition to being one of the most celebrated rock bands ever. The lead singer had a degree in graphic design, the drummer was a dentist, the bassist was an engineer, and the lead guitarist has a PhD in astrophysics.
In music terms, a rhapsody is a piece with at least 6 movements. Each of those changes in the song is a movement.
And I assure you that is not the first time you have heard Queen, We are the Champions if nothing else.
You know Queen!! We Will Rock You...Another One Bites The Dust...We Are The Champions...Jump on in to the Queen pool you will love it!!!
welcome to "Rock Opera"
FUN FACT: Despite the video showing all band members singing, the five-part harmony at the start of Queen's Bohemian Rapsody was ALL performed by Freddie Mercury. And all the stuff that sounds like synthesizers on the entire album is Brian May (rocket scientist) on guitar.
@OTB BROS REACTIONS
You guys looked impressed.❤
Listen again to what the lyric said.
He starts with his "Nothing really matters, anyway the wind blows", attitude & simultanious, confession/apology to his mother about murdering a man.
He says he may not return, he has thrown away his life, & now, he has to go and face the truth. He cries that he doesn't want to die & he wished he'd never been born at all. He instructs his mother to carry on as if nothing really matters.
Opera style begins, & he sees himself in court on trial;
"I see a little silhouetto of a man".
His prosecutors sing,
"Scaramoosh Scaramoosh will you do the fandango"?
(Referring to a famous opera character that comes in & puts on a ridiculous fool's show to humor everyone).
His defenders sing for him, "Send a bolt of lightening, very very frightening, me"! (This is his perception of what he is facing in trial-Death Penalty).
His prosecutors continue singing,
"Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, magnifico", they are taunting him about his artistically, magnificent performance, (sarcasm), which they call magnifico & attribute his characteristics comparible to a masterful painter-Galileo.
(This is his trial & he is defending himself & facing rebuttal arguements).
His defense: "I'm just a poor boy nobody loves me".
His defenders try to help defend him; "He's just a poor boy from a poor family, spare him his life from his monstrosity"!
His defense: "Easy come, easy go, will you let me go"? ( He points out how they have the power to easily spare him & let him go".
They answer, "We will not let you go"!
He begs, "Oh Mama Mia, (think of my mother), will you let me go"?
They respond, "Bismila (In the name of God), NO, we will not let you go"!
His defenders sing his verdict & result as they speak for his person;
"Beelzebub (the devil), has a devil put aside for me....for me...for me"!
Rock begins.
Now he is angry because they will not spare him. To the court he pridefully & angerly states,
"So you think you can stomp me & spit in my eye"?
To his defenders & the public, he states, "So you think you can love me & leave me to die? Oh baby, don't do this to me baby, just gotta get out, just gotta get right out of here"!
Then he returns to the beginning, classical style & sings, "Nothing really matters, anyone can see, nothing really matters to me".
The gong sounds, he has accepted his fate, "Any way the wind blows".
The same selfish attitude that caused his disregard for another man's life, was equally, delivered to him at his trial which equally, disregarded his pleas to save his own life; because he must pay the required consequences for his selfish action;
murdering a man & stealing his breath of life demands that he equally lose his own life & die!
It ends with how it begins; because nothing really mattered to him when he ended someone else's life, as if their life didn't matter.
Yet, when he was going to have his own life taken away, suddenly, life mattered & it was everything to him.
A timeless masterpiece!
Suprise what good music sounds like. No autotune. A mixture of genres.
Queen are one of the greatest bands of all time.
You should check them out singing Radio Ga-Ga. it’s also brilliant.
Thanks, from Ireland. ☘️
"We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions" gottaa do them next, bet you know them already! And they were ALL dudes.
If youve ever been to a sporting event then you've definitely heard Queen. We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions
"somebody to love" live montreal 1981
We Will Rock You, Sombody to Love, and We are the Champions next.
If you've been to any sports event ever, you've heard We Are the Champions
Check out his 85 Aids Concert with 85,000 fans. Freddie sang Opera. A gift man. He died of Aids in 91. Forever missed.
Yes darlings!! More Queen please ❤
Roger Taylor is one of the best.. drums are vital.
as a drummer myself - I agree with this message.
This was the first music video ever.
Brilliant reaction!! I love the way you were actually getting down and head banging lol. You are going to freak when you find out they wrote songs that you know so well and would never believe it's them and so old. We are the Champions, Another one bites the dust, and so many more. The lead singer Freddie is sadly no longer with us but will live forever in the music and hearts of the people. The other band members are still playing. Brian May the guitarist is acknowledged as one of the greatest of all time and also an accomplished astrophysicist who works with NASA. The really high voice you thought was female is the drummer. You are in for a ride especially when you watch the live concert for Live Aid, most amazing live concert ever held. Keep reacting to good music guys! 👍🏴
😂 this is my favorite band. Love seeing how much you feel it. ❤️ you ❤️
Hi all! Great reaction for sure! I'd love to hear you guys react to the man that gave Brian May his guitar sound-the legendary Rory Gallagher. Rory was also on the short list to replace Mick Taylor in the Rolling Stones, but Rory chose to follow his own path and not play second fiddle to the Glimmer Twins. Please check out the wonderful bluesy performance of "Calling Card" from the 1977 Hammersmith Odeon performance or the rockin' "Do You Read Me?" from the 1979 Rock Goes to College which features his signature string pulls. You won't regret checking out this talent!
You will love a journey with Queen, great reaction guys❤
Green Day audience spontaneously singing Bohemian Rhapsody is a must see.
this song is a video made in 1975. They did this as they were on a tour and could not do music shows across europe or amercia, so they played the video instead this was pre MTV coming to air. Steve
PS - they are 4 blokes Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon.
Aint nobody in the world never heard of Queen. But fair play, great acting.
They are singing "GALILEO" NOT gonorrhea! Look up the lyrics, it's on line. A "RHAPSODY" in music is one piece of work, that has 3 or more distinctive sections that are in contrast with the others. That is why you are hearing more than one "type" of music in "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Love watching brothers have a spiritual moment.
It always surprises me that people haven’t heard Bohemian Rhapsody, it makes me wonder what songs other people would be surprised if someone had never heard.