I always loved Roger's voice. It doesn't have the power of Freddie's, it's sort of lighter and more lyrical, but it's still a real pleasure to listen to, even now. This year he took part in one of the TV New Year's Eve 'parties', and sang a couple of songs, including 'Under Pressure' with Louise Marshall. 🎶
Mrs Coach has a good memory. That female back up singer ended up being Roger's girlfriend and mother to 3 of his children. She was in the Breakthru video!
Roger was the most musically talented member of Queen. Self taught on everything, drums, bass, guitar, keyboards and percussion not to mention awesome vocalist.
Wow! Now I knew Roger was in a band called The Cross, much later in life, but this is the first time I've heard anything from The Cross! I do like this song! I'll have to find it to add to one of my playlists! I agree with you Coach based on his 80s hair cut in this video, it does sound like it was recorded in 80s. Roger does have a pretty voice, Mrs. Coach, he does have a rocker's singing voice and a lovely falsetto. I am going to watch this again. I like the ACDC cap Coach, it does fit with the new background, we scored some tickets to see AC/DC in April of this year! Thank you for introducing me to The Cross! I enjoyed this reaction! Peace. ☮
One of the members of the band the Cross was Spike Edney, keyboardist who has accompanied Queen in live performances since 1985, in addition to Brian May and Roger Taylor's solo tours, to this day. After the Cross disbanded, drummer Josh Macrae became Taylor and Queen's sound engineer. Freddie Mercury - lead vocals on Heaven for Everyone - and Brian May - guitar on Love Lies Bleeding - appear on the Cross' debut album.
@@CoachCastTV Later, after Mercury's death, Queen included Heaven for Everyone on the posthumous album Made in Heaven, replacing the Cross' accompaniment with another created by Roger Taylor, Brian May and John Deacon. The Cross & Freddie Mercury version (th-cam.com/video/qssFd3X0MqA/w-d-xo.html) and Queen version (th-cam.com/video/yI8lrvKLzg0/w-d-xo.html). Interestingly, the Made in Heaven single by the Cross was released with Roger Taylor on lead vocals (th-cam.com/video/G7oCFCDR4NA/w-d-xo.html).
Roger is so darn talented. He never got the accolades for his solo work that he should have. All band members came to an agreement when they started working on solo projects that the Queen machine came first if there was any overlap on working on albums, tours whatever and none of them took issue with it. They all knew Queen was the mothership.
When Roger published auditions for musicians for The Cross he left his name out of it. He didn’t want to start a media storm. He didn’t get much feedback at first until he published again. He got it down to 25 musicians for each instrument, drums, guitars, bass. They came in and Roger still didn’t divulge who he was. Those auditioning were stressed because they had no idea who they were auditioning for.
Roger Taylor is so freaking fabulous ❤❤❤I am also one of the hold outs on the other bands and artists yall have been reacting to and I apologize for that ❤❤ yall have opened my eyes to some new talent I would have never listened to and I wanted to say thank you for that!!❤❤
Hi both!! Happy new years!! Fantastic reaction as always, keeping us old Queenies happy! Cowboys and Indians was from The Cross first album called SHOVE IT! Their second album called MAD, BAD, AND DANGEROUS TO KNOW was a masterpiece in my opinion, far more rocky and loud! Thanks again for all your reaction videos, and wish you both well for 2025!
Hi Coach and Mrs Coach. Happy New Year to you and your family. I went to a Queen fan club Christmas party the year bef Freddie passed. The Cross were the band playing for us that night anb they were absolutely brilliant. They also had a guest guitarist by the name of Brian May. So, as you can imagine, we had an incredible evening. Such great memories. Thank you for another brilliant reaction. Best wishes for a brilliant New Year.
What can't Roger do? He's an amazing drummer and plays many other instruments. His vocal range is just out of this world, and in this video, it shows that he can also rap and dance (really love his professional dance moves). The girl in the video that Mrs Coach mentioned is Debbie Leng, and she was a model (as another commenter had said, she can also be seen in the Breakthrough video) . She's also the mother of three of Roger’s children. His son Rufus is also a drummer, and he plays in The Darkness. Anyways, thanks for this reaction and have a great day :) Ps: you should check out Foxy Lady (a Jimi Hendrix song) live peformance by The Cross. The guitars sound great and Roger's vocals are insane, as usual.
The Cross "Cowboys and Indians" first single from Shove it. The girl that mrs coach recognize is debby lang. She was Roger's girlfriend and you saw her in the intro of breakthru ;)
@@SaschaDobbosch Debbie is also mother of Roger's 3 children. Among them is Rufus Tiger Taylor who is a powerful drummer himself. Coach would certainly enjoy a drum battle between father Rog and son Ruf.
@@stevev111 true. I've commented about Rufus in another Coach's reaction. I've mentioned The Darkness and the "guilty" one ("that rotter Freddie" 😜) for Rufus's middle name Tiger 🐯
1987 ! yes, Mrs Coach! The lady looks familiar as she's the one who wears the black makeup eye mask in Queen's video for "Breakthru" (running on the train tracks). This video is where she & Roger met and began a relationship that resulted in three children. I like Roger's voice. I just prefer it within Queen. Alone, the fellows are fine. Together, they are a powerhouse.
The combination of them is even better than they are individually...totally agree. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, or something like that. Thanks for the info on the lady in the video.
Hello Mr & Mrs Coach. Glad to see your board meeting went well. Great to see you back in black... Rodger Taylor Coaboys & Indians great jam. Thanks for another great reaction video
Catchy song , catchy reaction LOL. May I suggest you react to Live at the cyber barn by Roger Taylor, it was the first in the Internet streamed life concert . Of course not in one time , you can pick one or two songs at a time DOUBLE Future , any way , have a good new year Coach and Mrs. Coach and for your whole family
Roger and Brian were Queen's rockers. From them you will get rock. Freddie leaned more toward classical. John was into funk. The Cross was mid-eighties.
hi Coach and Mrs coach great reaction love this also check the "SHOVE IT" from the album of the same name, where this song is also from, yes it was released in the 80s the lead guitarist is CLAYTON MOSS.
Coach, I have to laugh when you said Ford in addition to Chevrolet. For Ford you only need to look to Brian May. He wrote a song for Ford to use in their advertising called Driven By You th-cam.com/video/pT6jkcnaQ7c/w-d-xo.htmlsi=EpDBbYXqnHnJFVU9 He also adapted the song for his solo album Back to the Light (there is an official video for the full song as well). I think you will enjoy these!
Brian sang Driven By You live for the first time on Guitar Legends in Seville Oct 1991. The organisers of Seville Expo due to start in April 1992 contacted Brian to be the music director of the show which promoted the upcoming Expo. Brian reluctantly accepted the job because Freddie was gravely I'll at that time. But the Guitar Legends show was spectacular because Brian managed to get a hell a lineup of musicians: Cozy Powell, Nuno Bettancourt, Gary Cherone, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani ... and himself. Brian was also very sceptical to put the song Driven By You out as a single but Freddie rang him and insisted that Brian has to continue and was almost angry why the song wasn't released yet so the date to launch DBY was set: 25th November 1991 😮
I have requested this a few times but am trying again. Please react to this version of Foreign Sand. It is amazing..Roger Taylor & Yoshiki - Foreign Sand (promotional video, 1994)
Hi folks! (Notice how well I ignore that AC/DC stuff.) I have to say, I never thought I'd see you guys actually do something from the side projects, and as you'll find, The Cross are not Queen, but you'll be able to figure out which songs Rog wrote much easier. I have all the Cross albums. Never listen to 'em, but I have them. (I mostly bought them, apart from being a Queen diehard, to really aggravate my exGF who had a mad crush on Rog and wanted them just to have them. No way. We listen to them.) I am glad to hear you eschew country music-I hate it too, but I did hear some hillbilly covering Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" in a shop the other day, and it wasn't altogether terrible. Anyhoo, this came out in '88-when Queen wasn't too busy with other stuff. And yeah, he plays everything. And speaking of pretty, Mrs. Coach, you shoulda seen him in his teen years. As pretty as a girl. So, while you're shopping in the bits and bobs aisle, don't forget about the Doc's "Starfleet Project" with EVH, et. al. And of course, Rog and Freddie sang backup on Billy Squier's "Emotions In Motion"-well, there's plenty others to get to. Love you guys!
Yes, it sounds like we'll never run out of content, which is a good thing as we plan on being around a while. Good to see you as always! And Queen fans know us well enough now to not get bent out of shape about Coach's AC/DC comments. We wouldn't try that on just any group's video. We have a special bond with our Queen viewers. :-)
@@CoachCastTV You guys are the greatest! (And to be honest, sometimes I have to remind myself that Queen isn't your fave. It certainly sounds like it at times. Always mad props.) Love ya!
We truly do enjoy them and the other bands on our favorites list are there due to being the soundtrack of our lives. Most people probably understand how if you grow up listening to music and have it in your life for decades how important it is to you. AC/DC is more than just a band to Coach, just as Queen is more than a band to life-long Queen fans.
@@CoachCastTV Indubitably. We need every colour in the kaleidoscope! (And I liked AC/DC too, until they started making the same record over and over. But that's just my opinion. Doesn't mean a thing.)
Roger is a beast. In a good way of course 😅. A rocker through and through. If you need a Ford theme, listen to Brian's DRIVEN BY YOU (live at Brixton Academy). Rog and Bri were/are Queen's true rockers. Let's hear Queen's (Brian's) TEAR IT UP. But for a statement on American culture, listen to Queen's (Brian's) WHITE MAN. It has a deep message for mankind.
Well, nothing of particular compared to his master band, i mean Queen. Just a little 'jam-band' formed because he still wanted to go in tour somewhere; thing he cannot do it with Queen because of the Freddie's illness. And in my opinion, this easiness can be seen in all its greatness😅.. I think Roger wanted to demonstrate to his freinds that he was going nowhere except for some tourneè.. They have had not success at all and they appeared on the UK's Chards just because some Queen's fan was curious to ear what the Roger's band could looks like..
The Cross were amazing in their own right. Please please please react to Mad Bad and Dangerous to Know. th-cam.com/video/AMQ-ZovTJ6o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=65dbRkRLk1cjld22 The song is amazing and the album is one of my faves. Please review from a loyal Queen follower
I see you found Rogers band. As a front man he just doesn't have the charisma and stage presence Freddie had (nobody ever will) so I'm really not being fair. I do like him doing his solo thing though. He sounds and looks great!
I always loved Roger's voice. It doesn't have the power of Freddie's, it's sort of lighter and more lyrical, but it's still a real pleasure to listen to, even now. This year he took part in one of the TV New Year's Eve 'parties', and sang a couple of songs, including 'Under Pressure' with Louise Marshall. 🎶
Mrs Coach has a good memory. That female back up singer ended up being Roger's girlfriend and mother to 3 of his children. She was in the Breakthru video!
I thought so! She was on the train with them in "Breakthru!" She is Rufus's mom.
Roger was the most musically talented member of Queen. Self taught on everything, drums, bass, guitar, keyboards and percussion not to mention awesome vocalist.
Wow! Now I knew Roger was in a band called The Cross, much later in life, but this is the first time I've heard anything from The Cross! I do like this song! I'll have to find it to add to one of my playlists! I agree with you Coach based on his 80s hair cut in this video, it does sound like it was recorded in 80s. Roger does have a pretty voice, Mrs. Coach, he does have a rocker's singing voice and a lovely falsetto. I am going to watch this again. I like the ACDC cap Coach, it does fit with the new background, we scored some tickets to see AC/DC in April of this year! Thank you for introducing me to The Cross! I enjoyed this reaction! Peace. ☮
That's so awesome that you got tickets to AC/DC. Glad we could introduce this to someone who hadn't heard it. :-)
One of the members of the band the Cross was Spike Edney, keyboardist who has accompanied Queen in live performances since 1985, in addition to Brian May and Roger Taylor's solo tours, to this day. After the Cross disbanded, drummer Josh Macrae became Taylor and Queen's sound engineer. Freddie Mercury - lead vocals on Heaven for Everyone - and Brian May - guitar on Love Lies Bleeding - appear on the Cross' debut album.
Oh, wow. We didn't realize Freddie and Brian were on his album.
@@CoachCastTV Later, after Mercury's death, Queen included Heaven for Everyone on the posthumous album Made in Heaven, replacing the Cross' accompaniment with another created by Roger Taylor, Brian May and John Deacon. The Cross & Freddie Mercury version (th-cam.com/video/qssFd3X0MqA/w-d-xo.html) and Queen version (th-cam.com/video/yI8lrvKLzg0/w-d-xo.html). Interestingly, the Made in Heaven single by the Cross was released with Roger Taylor on lead vocals (th-cam.com/video/G7oCFCDR4NA/w-d-xo.html).
@@celsonicoliniTV That's very cool. Thanks for sharing!
Roger is so darn talented. He never got the accolades for his solo work that he should have. All band members came to an agreement when they started working on solo projects that the Queen machine came first if there was any overlap on working on albums, tours whatever and none of them took issue with it. They all knew Queen was the mothership.
When Roger published auditions for musicians for The Cross he left his name out of it. He didn’t want to start a media storm. He didn’t get much feedback at first until he published again. He got it down to 25 musicians for each instrument, drums, guitars, bass. They came in and Roger still didn’t divulge who he was. Those auditioning were stressed because they had no idea who they were auditioning for.
That's very interesting!
Roger Taylor is so freaking fabulous ❤❤❤I am also one of the hold outs on the other bands and artists yall have been reacting to and I apologize for that ❤❤ yall have opened my eyes to some new talent I would have never listened to and I wanted to say thank you for that!!❤❤
That's awesome! We love to hear that we are able to share something new with others. And yeah, Roger is the BOMB!
Hi both!! Happy new years!! Fantastic reaction as always, keeping us old Queenies happy!
Cowboys and Indians was from The Cross first album called SHOVE IT!
Their second album called MAD, BAD, AND DANGEROUS TO KNOW was a masterpiece in my opinion, far more rocky and loud!
Thanks again for all your reaction videos, and wish you both well for 2025!
Mad Bad was definitely a masterpiece, but in my opinion Blue Rock trumps it by miles.
Hi Coach and Mrs Coach. Happy New Year to you and your family.
I went to a Queen fan club Christmas party the year bef Freddie passed. The Cross were the band playing for us that night anb they were absolutely brilliant. They also had a guest guitarist by the name of Brian May. So, as you can imagine, we had an incredible evening. Such great memories.
Thank you for another brilliant reaction. Best wishes for a brilliant New Year.
That's very cool. Glad you got to experience that. Happy New Year to you and your family also!
He does have a 'pretty' voice! And an extremely powerful rock singer voice too! Some great tracks in Roger's solo and band career.
Great reaction again! And a happy New Year! ☺️🥂👑
Thank you!! 😁
Roger is fabulous ❤ love his solo work & with The Cross their song Liar is fabulous not the same as the Queen song ❤ x
What can't Roger do? He's an amazing drummer and plays many other instruments. His vocal range is just out of this world, and in this video, it shows that he can also rap and dance (really love his professional dance moves).
The girl in the video that Mrs Coach mentioned is Debbie Leng, and she was a model (as another commenter had said, she can also be seen in the Breakthrough video) . She's also the mother of three of Roger’s children. His son Rufus is also a drummer, and he plays in The Darkness.
Anyways, thanks for this reaction and have a great day :)
Ps: you should check out Foxy Lady (a Jimi Hendrix song) live peformance by The Cross. The guitars sound great and Roger's vocals are insane, as usual.
Oh that sounds fun! And yeah, guess we had seen her before. Thanks!
I love the songs "Shove It","Power To Love" and "Manipulator"
The Cross "Cowboys and Indians" first single from Shove it. The girl that mrs coach recognize is debby lang. She was Roger's girlfriend and you saw her in the intro of breakthru ;)
@@SaschaDobbosch Debbie is also mother of Roger's 3 children. Among them is Rufus Tiger Taylor who is a powerful drummer himself. Coach would certainly enjoy a drum battle between father Rog and son Ruf.
Oh, that makes sense! Well, thanks for that nugget of info!
@@CoachCastTV btw from 1987
@@iris67si You left out that Rufus Tiger plays with the Darkness, another fantastic band coach should take a listen too
@@stevev111 true. I've commented about Rufus in another Coach's reaction. I've mentioned The Darkness and the "guilty" one ("that rotter Freddie" 😜) for Rufus's middle name Tiger 🐯
1987 ! yes, Mrs Coach! The lady looks familiar as she's the one who wears the black makeup eye mask in Queen's video for "Breakthru" (running on the train tracks). This video is where she & Roger met and began a relationship that resulted in three children. I like Roger's voice. I just prefer it within Queen. Alone, the fellows are fine. Together, they are a powerhouse.
The combination of them is even better than they are individually...totally agree. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, or something like that. Thanks for the info on the lady in the video.
I caught the Chevy quote! She was in Breakthru! And became Roger’s wife.
Hey team ‼️great reaction ⚡️ i’ll take anything queen related🤠 Catch you on the next one
Had this on cassingle
Coach, you'll love Brians "Slowdown"
Roger was on the "Jools Holland" Hootanany show on News Year eve, he looked like a very cool Santa Claus dressed in a Red Velvet suit.
Yes, someone sent us the link to that.
@@CoachCastTV 😂😜
Happy New Year to one great couple!
Roger has a amazing voice
Happy new year!!
Hello Mr & Mrs Coach. Glad to see your board meeting went well. Great to see you back in black...
Rodger Taylor Coaboys & Indians great jam.
Thanks for another great reaction video
Thank you!
Catchy song , catchy reaction LOL. May I suggest you react to Live at the cyber barn by Roger Taylor, it was the first in the Internet streamed life concert . Of course not in one time , you can pick one or two songs at a time DOUBLE Future , any way , have a good new year Coach and Mrs. Coach and for your whole family
Many thanks and same to you!
Roger and Brian were Queen's rockers. From them you will get rock. Freddie leaned more toward classical. John was into funk. The Cross was mid-eighties.
Happy New Year 🎉
Happy new year!
Please ignore the question mark in my comment. I don't know why it came up and it will not change.
hi Coach and Mrs coach great reaction love this also check the "SHOVE IT" from the album of the same name, where this song is also from, yes it was released in the 80s the lead guitarist is CLAYTON MOSS.
Thanks. Don't know him, so I guess it was just the hair. 😁
That woman Mrs. Coach is referring to looks like the woman on one of the Rocky movies who I think was married to the Russian fighter.
Yeah, now that you mention it, that's true.
Coach, I have to laugh when you said Ford in addition to Chevrolet. For Ford you only need to look to Brian May. He wrote a song for Ford to use in their advertising called Driven By You th-cam.com/video/pT6jkcnaQ7c/w-d-xo.htmlsi=EpDBbYXqnHnJFVU9 He also adapted the song for his solo album Back to the Light (there is an official video for the full song as well). I think you will enjoy these!
Brian sang Driven By You live for the first time on Guitar Legends in Seville Oct 1991. The organisers of Seville Expo due to start in April 1992 contacted Brian to be the music director of the show which promoted the upcoming Expo. Brian reluctantly accepted the job because Freddie was gravely I'll at that time.
But the Guitar Legends show was spectacular because Brian managed to get a hell a lineup of musicians: Cozy Powell, Nuno Bettancourt, Gary Cherone, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani ... and himself.
Brian was also very sceptical to put the song Driven By You out as a single but Freddie rang him and insisted that Brian has to continue and was almost angry why the song wasn't released yet so the date to launch DBY was set: 25th November 1991 😮
Thanks very much!
I have requested this a few times but am trying again. Please react to this version of Foreign Sand. It is amazing..Roger Taylor & Yoshiki - Foreign Sand (promotional video, 1994)
Hi folks! (Notice how well I ignore that AC/DC stuff.) I have to say, I never thought I'd see you guys actually do something from the side projects, and as you'll find, The Cross are not Queen, but you'll be able to figure out which songs Rog wrote much easier. I have all the Cross albums. Never listen to 'em, but I have them. (I mostly bought them, apart from being a Queen diehard, to really aggravate my exGF who had a mad crush on Rog and wanted them just to have them. No way. We listen to them.) I am glad to hear you eschew country music-I hate it too, but I did hear some hillbilly covering Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" in a shop the other day, and it wasn't altogether terrible. Anyhoo, this came out in '88-when Queen wasn't too busy with other stuff. And yeah, he plays everything. And speaking of pretty, Mrs. Coach, you shoulda seen him in his teen years. As pretty as a girl. So, while you're shopping in the bits and bobs aisle, don't forget about the Doc's "Starfleet Project" with EVH, et. al. And of course, Rog and Freddie sang backup on Billy Squier's "Emotions In Motion"-well, there's plenty others to get to. Love you guys!
Yes, it sounds like we'll never run out of content, which is a good thing as we plan on being around a while. Good to see you as always!
And Queen fans know us well enough now to not get bent out of shape about Coach's AC/DC comments. We wouldn't try that on just any group's video. We have a special bond with our Queen viewers. :-)
@@CoachCastTV You guys are the greatest! (And to be honest, sometimes I have to remind myself that Queen isn't your fave. It certainly sounds like it at times. Always mad props.) Love ya!
We truly do enjoy them and the other bands on our favorites list are there due to being the soundtrack of our lives. Most people probably understand how if you grow up listening to music and have it in your life for decades how important it is to you. AC/DC is more than just a band to Coach, just as Queen is more than a band to life-long Queen fans.
@@CoachCastTV Indubitably. We need every colour in the kaleidoscope! (And I liked AC/DC too, until they started making the same record over and over. But that's just my opinion. Doesn't mean a thing.)
Roger is a beast. In a good way of course 😅. A rocker through and through.
If you need a Ford theme, listen to Brian's DRIVEN BY YOU (live at Brixton Academy).
Rog and Bri were/are Queen's true rockers. Let's hear Queen's (Brian's) TEAR IT UP.
But for a statement on American culture, listen to Queen's (Brian's) WHITE MAN. It has a deep message for mankind.
Thanks for those suggestions!
You like that background cause you are " Back in Black" Mr. Ac/Dc
That's right!
Well, nothing of particular compared to his master band, i mean Queen. Just a little 'jam-band' formed because he still wanted to go in tour somewhere; thing he cannot do it with Queen because of the Freddie's illness. And in my opinion, this easiness can be seen in all its greatness😅.. I think Roger wanted to demonstrate to his freinds that he was going nowhere except for some tourneè.. They have had not success at all and they appeared on the UK's Chards just because some Queen's fan was curious to ear what the Roger's band could looks like..
If you love Native American culture, check out a 70s band called Redbone.
Redbone is in the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian since 2013.
And they really have to listen to Queen's (Brian's) WHITE MAN.
@@iris67siYes. I thought of that one too.
The Cross were amazing in their own right. Please please please react to Mad Bad and Dangerous to Know. th-cam.com/video/AMQ-ZovTJ6o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=65dbRkRLk1cjld22
The song is amazing and the album is one of my faves.
Please review from a loyal Queen follower
I see you found Rogers band. As a front man he just doesn't have the charisma and stage presence Freddie had (nobody ever will) so I'm really not being fair. I do like him doing his solo thing though. He sounds and looks great!
You forgot the word of the day! Lol
Only when the inspiration strikes. LOL