"Queen would have played fucking polka music if it had got them paid in the '80s" Yea, but it would have been the best damn polka music to grace the planet.
Thought you might enjoy this story: My son has hated music and singing since he was born. He would cry, yell for us to turn it off, cover his ears. When we sang him happy birthday at his second birthday party he covered my mouth as I held him and shouted “no.” It was so sad and hard. Well, I went to see the Bohemian Rhapsody movie since I love Queen so much. Came home and put on a Queen album because it had been stuck in my head afterwards, half expecting my son (just turned 3) to tell me to turn it off. He was sitting in the kitchen and looked up at the speaker and started moving his head to the music, then his body. He was totally drawn to it. He asked me who it was and I told him. The next day he asked me “Mama, you play me that Keen Freddie Mer-key music? You show me him?” So I pulled up the Live Aid Concert on TH-cam and we sat on the couch and he watched the entire thing. Ever since then he has LOVED music. He asks for dance parties every night before bed. Tells me he loves different songs. Asks me to play different things. I kid you not, I literally sat there that day and watched Freddie Mercury flip the light switch in my sons brain and change a huge part of his life. It was an amazing moment. Who knows what it was but I love Queen and Freddie Mercury even more than before.
That is incredible ! It shows two things - first of all how influential Freddie Mercury and Queen are, and secondly, that your little boy already has a great feeling for excellent music. What a wonderful story you have waiting for your child when he gets older. Brilliant !😍
"When whatever the fuck is up there punches my Wonka ticket in the mortality lottery, I can only pray I face it with one fifth the courage, defiance, and dignity of Freddy Mercury" 37:08 Got me teary, so good
Simon Coles To be fair, a lot of the bands were good, it's just that Queen were better. Led Zeppelin performed badly... maybe Jimmy Page couldn't find any underage girls to shag.
@@brandonb1681 The opportunity for a collaboration was there. Also I'm surprised that you've never heard of the Queen and Adam Lambert collaboration, which has been existing since 2012!
@@brandonb1681 he is actually pretty good to be quite honest. but... he is no freddie by any stretch. but who would be? what winds me up about lambert is his over the top performance. freddie was a bit over the top at times, but he had a cool way of doing it. lambert doesn't. EDIT: flamboyant is the word I am searching for. lambert is too... flamboyant. it gets on my nerves. still... credit where credit is due. he can hit all the notes convincingly enough.
@@brandonb1681 Adam Lambert is not a rock singer, and he does not sing with conviction or emotion. Technically he can sing, but it is an extremely watered down version of Queen, especially if you are used to their live shows.
Easily the finest, most passionate, honest, genuine review of Queen's catalogue I have yet seen. Absolute respect to you, RazorFist: you know your stuff, you care about music and you tell it as it is. As a lifelong Queen fan, I cannot tell you how wonderful it was to watch someone who actually knows the Queen story, who really knows and feels the music and who also knows what the fuck they are talking about (musically). Thank you. You have just earned yourself another fan. Oh, and your words (and genuine emotion) on the recording of Mother Love punched me in the fucking heart (Freddie's vocal performance on that track floors me and moves me like nothing else). All the best, man. And keep up the good work! Fucking fantastic.
What do you think of the new Queen biopic? I haven't seen it, and I don't really plan to. As someone who never really listened to Queen, I was still curious about the movie... Until the wall-to-fucking-wall constant advertisement and inflation of the darn thing made me suspicious. Could the movie be more propagandistic than a genuine celebration of art?
@@Red_Devil_2011 lifelong Queen fan here ! I've seen the movie it's entertaining mostly ,lags a bit in the middle but the climactic end leaves you satisfied. They don't go into explicit detail on his personal life but it's not necessary
@@Red_Devil_2011 if you want the other side of the conversation: I'm not really a Queen fan (just a modest rock enthusiast), and I went to see the movie with some reservations too. Most of what the critics criticised the movie for (explorations of Freddie's ethnic heritage, depiction of his sexuality, etc.) is kind of unfounded. It's very clearly a product though, that much is true. The acting was superior to the script at times; the script was very simplistic and reductive about the events and people they were trying to portray. The sequencing of real life events into tropey plot points (they shuffled the chronology of some of the events, literally revisionist history to up the stakes for certain scenes lmao), and the almost hilariously clichéd archetypal villain's characterisation (as if you can simply reduce a real human that existed into a neat little villainous antagonist figure) were glaring problems that took me out of the movie while I was watching it. There's also some pacing problems towards the end - as if they left a lot of stuff on the cutting room floor and had to rush it just to squeeze in more screentime for the recreation of the Live Aid performance... One review called it a kaleidoscope of too many different things because it tries to appeal to the music fans who want to know how the music was made, the Freddie Mercury fans who wanted to see his story as a character apart from the band, and the average moviegoer who just wants to see a movie about rockstars, all at once, which is kinda apparent in the way the movie is all over the place. I would say if you have a good TV and speakers set up at home you could skip watching it in theatres.
@@stvltiloqvent Thanks Marcy. Sounds pretty much like the movie I expected. So many movies today have this "kaleidoscope" problem where they'd have been much better off trying to focus on one mission. Instead they try to pander to everybody, resulting in fully pleasing nobody. That's what happens when it's all about the money.
Freddie was quoted as wanting to bring ballet to the masses, but what queen did was bring prog-rock to the masses. When you analyze queen they have complicated music structure, chord changes and all sorts of musical tricks, and yet, it doesn’t sound odd or disjointed or for the sake of showing off, it flows, it’s melodic and inspiring. It’s just brilliant.
@@telegraph2581 that's because it **wasn't** for the sake of showing off, it was for the hell of it. "let's see if we can get away with this crazy riff!" They may have been making music as a job, but they were having a damn good time doing it
Alright, so I definitely wouldn't classify myself as a heavy metal fan, so when this video popped up in my suggested feed I ignored it for a few weeks. I figured it was going to be the thousandth halfassed veiled attempt to capitalize on the Bohemian Rhapsody movie coattails and that I would end up disagreeing with you purely over differing music tastes. I've been a Queen fan for over 25 of my 31 years, so I'm admittedly a little overprotective anytime someone decides to do a video on them or pretend like they're an expert because they know everything on their greatest hits albums. This ended up being the best video I've ever seen on Queen. Hands down. I literally started it from the beginning again once it was over. The funniest thing about it though is that I literally agreed with every single point you made in the video; I definitely wasn't expecting that. I've never been happier to be so wrong about something. I'm definitely subscribing. Thanks for all of the effort you put into this, it was a real treat.
Turn on the feels: Mother love's ending features all Queen songs in fast forward crammed into a few seconds, and a few lines from the song "Going back" which is one of the first Freddie ever recorded. Brian May once said it was the first and the last recording of Freddie in one song
That part from 38:42 to 40:59 about Mother Love… Am I the only one who's feeling uncomfortably emotionally compromised by the fact that I'm getting feels from, of all people, The Rageaholic? Like, Jesus Fucking Christ.
Needless to say all of the energy that was in the video before came to a halt when mother live was brought up. I'm not saying it as a negative just to see razorfist pretty much stop at the mention of mother love is enough to know that as a fan of freddy mercury, a fan of Queen and of music how much this affected one man yrt alone the whole world. Needless to say when this moment happened in the video I got a massive case of the feels from razor.
It's always fresh and exciting, because you never truly know what to expect when listening to a Queen song you haven't heard before. You don't get bored of Queen.
My dad was kind of like Freddie (was also a musician) found out he was dying of lung cancer and was like "fuck this, get me my drum kit"). Some people just face death like heroes and give the grim reaper the finger.
Wasn't expecting that moment of emotional sincerity when you brought up Mother Love, I wouldn't be surprised if there turned out to have been a single tear behind those shades
I love it when you speak about Mother Love, almost overcome by emotion, clearly moved yet managing to compose yourself and carry on. You do Freddie great honour.
That part when Razor was beginning to tear up a bit, really hits you hard in the noggin. I always think of Fist as a hard shell, but turns out, he's just a hard shell with gooey center. Aside from that, excellent review of my all time favorite band Queen. They are pioneers, inspirations, legends, and so much more in the history of music. From the juggernaut that is Bohemian Rhapsody, to the anthems to all things victorious, We are the Champions, or just the downright amazing Innuendo(still debating whether this is my favorite or Rhapsody) they made music that will last to the end of human time and everything after that, for any extraterrestrials that want to gather a listen. Freddie Mercury, in my own humble opinion, is the greatest frontman for any band ever. Zeppelin, Floyd, Beatles, Metallica,ACDC, hell even Presley(if you consider him a band I guess), he beats them all in my eyes. I'm still torn between which is my favorite album, Night at the Opera or Day at the Races. Screw it, they all pertain something special about them. I love them all, and that's what makes it so magnificent, you could listen to Queen at any of their time periods and it will still be amazing. Love live the Queen. God FUCKING speed Mercury. PS. fuck that fairy fuck mother that is Adam Lambert. How they ever allowed him on stage with Queen is beyond comprehension.
Innuendo is the finest piece of rock music ever written imo. You can put it in between ANY of the classic albums and it fits perfectly. Maybe because I was alive to buy the album at release and I remember coming home from school the day the news hit that Freddie had died makes it have a stronger influence on me, but I have always liked Innuendo the best of any Queen album.
Compareing him to the beatles is unfair because back in their early years they were lucky enough to even breath or be heard with all those hordes of loud teenage girls.
Razorfist missed Freddie Mercury's original band in his Indian private school, in which he performed with a man who would later become a Bangladeshi general.
It’s 2018. I’ve been a Queen fan since 1974-5 (Sheer Heart Attack still being my fave album), yep I’m old as dirt...and LOVED this fabulous, spot on rant. Well done, sir. Well done!
One of my fave underrated Queen songs is The Millionaire Waltz. Also I saw Queen with lambert and well his vocal performance overall was outstanding, (i genuinely had a great time) he has no business with Queen. Queen was Queen when Freddie was alive.
I finally found someone, who agrees with my assertion that Innuendo is Queen´s by far best album! The usual routine is to point with limitless reverence in the direction of A Night At The Opera, but no. Innuendo is peerless, faultless, perfect from beginning to end. Steve Howe´s flamenco guitar guestspot in the title track is the best thing I have ever heard him play. It almost feels wrong to enjoy every single second of an album with such intensity, but I am unable to find any weaknesses within its mighty grooves. Freddie left this world as a musical behemoth, a giant among men. Thanks for a very fitting and worthy tribute in memory of the great man.
Well, there's always 'Delilah'. But even that is just a cute little upbeat pit-stop to break up what is otherwise an incredibly dark and pensive affair.
Yes, it´s certainly a dark and somewhat sombre album, so a bit of relief can be justified. But I do actually enjoy Delilah, as well. Perhaps because Innuendo feels so consistent as a whole. It´s a very complete listening experience. The sequencing of the songs is perfect. My original copy had a side A and B, and I always looked forward to opening the second half with All God´s People. It is upbeat, playful and colourful in the face of the darkness that lay ahead for Freddie himself. Plus, the album ends with a resounding bang.
Delilah was terrible. Innuendo has an early Queen flavour in places. A bit harsh on Jazz and The Game. I was a kid when they came out and I played them to death very loudly many many times along with Live Killers (I didn't have many records). Even a song like Coming Soon from The Game, which could be accused of being filler has a blindingly brilliant guitar solo which lifts it. The same with Rock It (Prime Jive), that solo is short but fucking smoking.
While I can't lie and claim Innuendo as my favorite Queen album, it is a fantastic bookend to an amazing career for Freddie, and is testament to a band going out on top, artistically (I consider the albums and band activity after Mercury's death to be band-related projects instead). In fact, the reason Queen is one of the best bands in the world is that a convincing argument could be made for nearly any of their albums being considered their best.
It bugs we when I'm talking to someone who says they are a fan but then it turns out they don't know any of the album tracks other than the singles . . . and it happens a lot. RazorFist is a proper fan and his is a worthy opinion. Queen rule
As a fan of Queen since before they had a record deal, I have to congratulate you on one of the best - certainly most passionate - career reviews I’ve ever heard/seen. Intercut with some brilliant footage of the band, I feel pretty much the same about Queen’s catalogue. My top 5: “Queen II”, “A Day At The Races”, “A Kind Of Magic”, “Innuendo”, “Sheer Heart Attack”...but even some of the ‘lesser’ albums have real gems contained within. One of the best, most innovative bands ever - they don’t make ‘em like Queen anymore.
Dude, I am humbled. I thought I was a Queen fan, but within the first five minutes you'd played songs I'd never even heard of, which kicked my ass. Was transfixed... The clips and interviews were amazing and your analysis was fucking dead on for every album. You really know your shit man. I'm off to rediscover why this band are so awesome, and watch some more of your videos. Thanks for making this, you rock.
Innuendo may not be my personal favorite of Queen's discography, but The Show Must Go On is, without a doubt, their greatest masterpiece of a track and among my personal favorite songs ever made.
@@ryangioia2358 Every time I hear that glorious work of art, I feel chills down my spine. Every. Time. It takes a special song to never, EVER get old for me.
Freddie probably looked the Grim Reaper right in the face in 1988 and said "What the fuck you waiting for darling?" And it was enough to scare him away for about 3 years.
Radio Ga Ga was of course meant to be a commentary on the state of radio and how MTV just began to kill radio at the time lyrically, but I feel also musically. Out for cold hard cash? Yes. Out to call things out like they are? Absolutely.
How do you talk about Sheer Heart Attack without mentioning Brighton Rock? That's the song that blew my mind and made me think that Queen could've been a great metal band if they wanted to when I bought the album and listened to it for the first time.
Mother Love strikes right through my stone-encased heart like nothing else has even come close to achieving. I can't quite find the words meaningful enough to express how beautiful and equally haunting Freddie's final moments were, though I'm sure most would agree that your sudden shift in delivery are words enough. What an incredible sendoff for such a legend.
The story of The Show Must Go On is one of the single most poignant examples of what life is all about. Those are the sorts of moments we live for. Well, I know I live for them, anyway. I've been there and, Razor, I get the feeling that someone with your attitude and intensity has been there, too. We can look to scholars, philanthropists, philosophers, scientists, and so many more people to try to get a glimpse of humanity's finest. But for me, nothing shows the best of the human condition than the story of Freddie, under pressure from one of the worst forms of human suffering, getting that burst of warrior-like instinct and rising right the fuck up from ground zero to flawless hero. You should have just called this one a "Gods Who Walked The Earth Mythos".
Adam has been amazing with the remaining 2. Even Brian said in an interview that they feel energized when Adam joined. I feel that Adam can perform well and make Freddie's legacy live.
Vladimir the queen movie completely misses the mark. It leaves out all of the legendary moments queens career. Lazily written and needlessly creating non existent key figures that only fuels the fact this movie was poorly done.
Queen is my personal favorite band of all time, and I absolutely love your Music Mythos videos. So, it was a huge treat getting to experience this. Well done, Razorfist. That was entertaining and very informative, and touching as well.
My mom introduced me to Queen growing up and I always loved them. It wasn't until much later, when I found out that basically all my favourite metal bands counted them as an influence. Especially prog-metal bands.
I know it's very nice to see! Queen quite often changed time signatures in songs, but they make it work so seamlessly! And their multi-track work is probably the best to exist, they used up as many tracks as possible, making huge, epic songs that just soar past a lot of their contemporary musicians. But while they did this, they also became very popular. And the way the played with stereo sound is incredible, I haven't heard many others do it the same way, they are just incredble. Even bands like "Dream Theater" are inspired by Queen, and Metallica, Trivium, Slipknot, alot of metal bands, Queen is a band for everyone because their music is just untouchable! Everything they did was as close to perfection as you can get and they will forever be major influences in metal and rock music because they defined a genre, everybody strives to be as good as Queen was, they were a perfect band.
I have to say this as well. This will be an odd comparison, but it is all that I can think of. With "Mother Love" and the break of time between Freddie and Brian's vocals, there is a sense of what happened when Puccini's "Turnadot" opera was first performed. Puccini died in 1925 and had only gone 2/3 through his writing when he died. His students and other friends finished the opera with the notes he left behind. However, during the premiere performance, the director stopped everything on stage and in the pit at that fatal point. He put down his baton, turned to the audience, and said, "This is where the maestro laid down his pen." That pause, in my view, is like that director's announcement. This is where Freddie--the maestro--laid down his microphone.
Mother Love is not a particularly good song, but my god is it a great song. I don't like the lyrics, the theme, the melody; and it actually comes across as kinda boring... but when Freddy's voice stops and Brian's voice takes over I'm brought to tears every time. That was a man dying with passion and dignity, one of the few men who learned to enjoy his life and learned what he valued most. It wasn't the song he valued, it was being with these men and making music, it was being with the people he cared about and sharing his passion while he still could.. and that's powerful. I don't like that song... but damn is it one of the most powerful and incredible examples of human passion in music.
I have never heard anyone so completely GET QUEEN the way you do .. Love your style...Love your vid.. Queen didnt write songs...they composed masterpieces.Queen was to POP Rock what Beethoven was to classic music.. Genius !
I'll end this by saying "White Queen," "Loser In The End," "Black Queen," and "Funny How Love Is" as some of my most favoritest songs ever. All on the same album. I understand you're a metal guy. Thank you .
38:42 that lump in the throat, is something that we share. :( I still get petrified every single time I hear Brian's heartbroken, longing voice starting the last verse, with the exact heft of sorrow that crushed my chest, wringing my soul to tears at my initial moment of hearing and realization years ago.
Thank you Razorfist for making this. Watching this made me realize I need to get more than just the greatest hits albums for Queen. I have a few of their individual albums but I had no idea how much I was missing out on by not having the rest.
I saw them play in 1985, in Rock in Rio. I was 9 yrs old. First concert I ever went to. Not only that, a few nights before, my old man told me to get dressed after dinner , took me for a drive to way backwoods Rio de Janeiro, to the site where to concert was being held to have a snoop. We walked to the gate and after some negotiation (I think to the tune of $20) with the security guy, we wandered in and got treated to Queen rehearsing - all the guys dressed in regular clothes doing a 3 or4 song soundcheck. There were a handful of people sitting on the grass in front of the stage watching it and Brian May was cool enough to interact with the impromptu audience and wish us all a good night. One of my life's highlights. The other was being there, on the first night with 350 000 people and watching not only Queen (!) but also Whitesnake AND Iron Maiden with their Life After Death tour! My old man rocked!
Man the way you spoke about fred on the mother love song ,absolutely gave me a bewildered abstract look at this album.and absolutely gave me a a greater respect for you for giving him your respect..great video my dude.
As a hardcore queen fan, I gotta say, you knocked it out of the park here! I’m blown away by how amazingly you have reviewed their catalogue. Instant sub!!
I've honestly been hooked on Jealousy on the Jazz album. It's probably the one that's hooked me hard for some reason. It's just good to listen to all around.
I've watched this video multiple times over the last year. My favorite episode of Mythos. Having read some information on Freddie's last works, it was interesting to know that he recorded the vocals for "Mother Love" before doing the video for "These Are The Days of our Lives" (per various UK articles and some words from Brian May). The fact he continued to work despite being totally frail and weak shows the amount of resolve that he had to the very end. What bravery.
Not sure where you are getting your information but Mother Love was the last thing he ever sang. Brian May has stated that clearly in a couple interviews.
For myself, Breakthru, is the best track on, The Miracle, and Innuendo finally returned them to form. I bought that before Freddie died. "Innuendo," "I'm Going Slightly Mad," and "The Show Must Go On," impacted me before I knew Freddie was dying.
I love your praise for Innuendo and your bright insights. One point JAZZ is really much better and more consistent than everybody says. You can play the first 9 songs without ever getting bored.
Man, what a raw and honest review of my favorite band. I saw Queen+Paul Rodgers on March 23, 2006 at the Allstate Arena in Illinois, and the show started with the beginning riff of "Lose Yourself" by Eninem and then the stage curtains opened to a Brian May solo. Paul Rodgers did a fantastic job making many of Queens songs his own, and even included a couple of Free and Bad Company songs (with Brian doing his own unique flourish using his "Red Special"). When they did Bohemian Rhapsody, they used Freddie footage and his isolated voice combined with the band's live playing for the first half of the song and then Paul took over during the rock anthem section ending with Freddie on video playing the piano at the end... there wasn't a dry eye in the house. I absolutely agree with you that Innuendo is their best album. Show must go on, Ride the wild wind, I'm going slightly mad and the rest (the songs all inter-played with each other) and the wall of "Queen sound" pushing against you with flourish and an edge (all while being very well polished) and Freddie's incredible command of the last thing he had control of in the end.... his 4 octave voice and pushing it to the edge and farther even after that..... puts a chill in my soul even now. By the way, you missed out on commenting about "Fat bottomed Girls" and "Bicycle".... which are uniquely Freddie (the lyrics are "delicious"). And finally, the lounge singer that is the present singer playing with the band (I won't say his name as it isn't worth my time acknowledging it) is a pitiful attempt at trying to be Freddie. You are SPOT ON regarding your rant. He can't do Freddie's flair for the dramatic (most people can't), but he tries too hard (with his prancing on stage and voice)..... and his voice with that horrible vibrato (it does not sound good in the way he uses it) and the thing is, Freddie was also machismo as much as drama queen (he combined both in a way that is inexplicable). Canadian born... Marc Matel... is the perfect person to tour with Queen (he presently does "The Queen Experience" with Roger Taylor and sang on the "Rhapsody" movie that was just released 2 weeks ago). It is almost eerie how he is able to get his voice close to the the way Freddie sang (the guy can also sing opera.... which Freddie dabbled in regarding "Barcelona" so there is that eerie aspect of him as well. Queen is the number 1 band in the world, and I can't imagine anyone dethroning them (and the list is so very LONG regarding great bands).
I still remember hearing Innuendo for the first time as a kid, reading the lyrics, realizing that Freddie knows he's dying. Unreal. And still, this immense power in his voice! And years later, reading how sick and fragile he actually was at that point. A giant. I love all their stuff, every note now is a part of my DNA, but the late stuff on Innuendo and Made In Heaven (even the recycled songs on it) have a special place in my heart.
I'm sorry, if they can bring Tupac "back" as a hologram, they damn well can bring Mr. Freddie "screw anyone with a pulse" Mercury! That American Idol contestant has no business being the frontman of the band.
And you a fucking fan has no business telling musical genius's who have been going for decades what to do, don't you think the people who wrote and produced some of the most legendary songs of all time know a bit more than some crybaby dickhead in the TH-cam comments, stuck in the past and can't handle change.
@@einarabelc5 Freddie knockoff. Those are a dime a dozen down in LA. Marc's actually pretty talented when he's not trying to be someone he isn't, but when he does, it's just sad.
This particular TH-cam series is extremely good it is full of information and the way the presenter put the information across is very well done and I think the presenter is very comical I take my hat off to him I am extremely happy and contented to watch his show everytime he put out an episode
Great video. Even as long time Queen fan I learned few new things about the band. One minor complaint. You mentioned that karaoke singer, but didn't mention Spike Edney. Who might be quite legitimately called 5th member of Queen. While he has been in reincarnations of the band with both Paul Rodgers and that talentless hack, he was also touring musician with original band, playing rhythm guitar, keyboards and piano. Any mid to late 80's live recording of Queen, if Freddie is running around with microphone and piano is playing, it's pretty likely that it's Spike playing it. Same thing if there are other guitarists on stage in addition to Brian May.
One of the best videos ever on youtube, regulary watching it. Even just to listen to you almost break down while talking about mother love. Goosebumps to the max
Thank you for making this, this video has made me an even bigger queen fan than I already was, I agree with you, queen fans that can't even name 15 songs piss me off immensely, but anyway, thank you
This is hands-down the best Queen review I've ever seen. Objective, to the point, and spoken by someone who knows what they're talking about when it comes to music. The Miracle and Innuendo are my favorite Queen albums--so glad to get some validation! A Night at the Opera gets a lot of attention, so I thought I was just missing something there. 🤔
Reading old Rolling Stone reviews, it's funny to see how many legendary rock albums they slagged. Not just Queen, but they also gave notoriously bad reviews to stuff like High Voltage, The Mob Rules, Painkiller, and even South of Heaven.
What’s he means is the album needs to be consistent and commit to a sound and not lurch wildly from pop that’s to heavy to crap filler rock and then a great rock song. He doesn’t means changing sounds from album to album.
I don't consider myself a metal head at all, but I watched your review of Queen and Michael Jackson, and you, my friend, are spot fucking on! Good on ya, keep it up!
Cheap imitators of Freddie Mercury are a dime a dozen in LA, but they don't get to play with rock stars. Marc's an abysmal showman, an essential to be a frontman for one of the greatest stage acts in the business. Unlike Adam, who can sing their entire catalog, he only ever sings the same handful of Queen songs, always in the exact same way. Brian and Roger want someone who brings something new and different to the band instead of doing a half decent mimicry of their dead best friend and bandmate. Freddie himself rarely, if ever, sang live as he did in studio. He liked to experiment with new styles and techniques and was always changing things up. He thought doing same old same old was boring. He was right. He also is quoted as having once said that a concert is NOT a live rendition of an album, but rather, a theatrical event.
Wow, just wow!! New listener. Found your WASP edition yesterday by chance and this is all I've done at work for 2 days. They have all be kick ass, seriously kick ass, my new favorite show. But this one was just spectacular. It was not only a fantastic show, but let what an amazing person you are shine. Great moment, my friend. Everyone should see this, and all your shows for that matter. I was a Queen fanatic until Hot Space. It came when I was discovering heavier music and it killed them for me. You have done this band more than justice and given me new Queen to listen to. For all of the things written above, I thank you, brother. 1,000 thumbs up!! How about Kiss? Maybe the story is overdone, but I think you're the one guy to really do it in a way that is fresh and interesting. Either way, off to listen to the rest of your brilliance.
"Queen would have played fucking polka music if it had got them paid in the '80s"
Yea, but it would have been the best damn polka music to grace the planet.
I don't think Razor would disagree.
Now I really want to hear Queen play polka music...
I now turn you to Weird Al's "Bohemian Polka"
That Polka music would be played on radios and in stadiums to this day if they had
Right? It's like any genre they touched, you' get some beautiful work out of it. Some stinkers but when it was good, it was fucking fantastic!
Thought you might enjoy this story: My son has hated music and singing since he was born. He would cry, yell for us to turn it off, cover his ears. When we sang him happy birthday at his second birthday party he covered my mouth as I held him and shouted “no.” It was so sad and hard.
Well, I went to see the Bohemian Rhapsody movie since I love Queen so much. Came home and put on a Queen album because it had been stuck in my head afterwards, half expecting my son (just turned 3) to tell me to turn it off.
He was sitting in the kitchen and looked up at the speaker and started moving his head to the music, then his body. He was totally drawn to it. He asked me who it was and I told him. The next day he asked me “Mama, you play me that Keen Freddie Mer-key music? You show me him?” So I pulled up the Live Aid Concert on TH-cam and we sat on the couch and he watched the entire thing.
Ever since then he has LOVED music. He asks for dance parties every night before bed. Tells me he loves different songs. Asks me to play different things.
I kid you not, I literally sat there that day and watched Freddie Mercury flip the light switch in my sons brain and change a huge part of his life. It was an amazing moment. Who knows what it was but I love Queen and Freddie Mercury even more than before.
El, this post and your and your son's experience is incredibly heart touching! Thanks so very much for sharing!
Your kid rocks!!
That is incredible ! It shows two things - first of all how influential Freddie Mercury and Queen are, and secondly, that your little boy already has a great feeling for excellent music. What a wonderful story you have waiting for your child when he gets older. Brilliant !😍
@El Tiburon thanks for sharing, your son has great taste in music! You never know-he could be the next "Freddie" much love to you both♥♥
Wow that's great. Freddie still touching people's hearts and souls.
"When whatever the fuck is up there punches my Wonka ticket in the mortality lottery, I can only pray I face it with one fifth the courage, defiance, and dignity of Freddy Mercury"
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Got me teary, so good
great video.
What yo doing here lol
Oh shit boys didn't expect to see you here.
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Hi guys!!!
Holy shit erb loves queen also? Yay
When you mentioned Mother Love and your expression fell, I felt that
Me too. Like dang was I moved
God, yes... right in the heart 💔 Our host's voice caught in his throat... Still can't listen dry eyed today.
What time stamp was that
38:40
Yeah...
Live Aid was basically Queen and some other bands.
That's what it was for me, anyway!! After they played, I turned it off.
Haha, yeah, did you see that shit pile Led Zeppelin took on stage?
there were other bands?
Simon Coles To be fair, a lot of the bands were good, it's just that Queen were better.
Led Zeppelin performed badly... maybe Jimmy Page couldn't find any underage girls to shag.
@sallygo1234 wow, must feel nice to have all that bullshit out of your mouth instead of in it
"I can make a bigger bang than that, dear" I may not be gay, but
swoon
That's a fact Hahaha!!
that one sentence sums up Freddie.
@@tedstranix7703 Of course he was. This is Freddie Mercury we're talking about.
Doug Bennett Haha
Neither was Freddie. Glories of being bisexual.
"When I'm dead, who cares?" FREDDIE DARLING WE ALL STILL CARE AND LOVE YOU
Mari of the Shire 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Your rant on Adam Lambert and so called casual Queen fans is 100% spot on.
Why did the band agree to let Lambert perform with them? Never heard him sing. Is he that bad?
@@brandonb1681 The opportunity for a collaboration was there. Also I'm surprised that you've never heard of the Queen and Adam Lambert collaboration, which has been existing since 2012!
@@QueenDynamo I should give it a listen. I just kind of lost interest in Queen when Freddie passed away.
@@brandonb1681 he is actually pretty good to be quite honest. but... he is no freddie by any stretch. but who would be? what winds me up about lambert is his over the top performance. freddie was a bit over the top at times, but he had a cool way of doing it. lambert doesn't.
EDIT: flamboyant is the word I am searching for. lambert is too... flamboyant. it gets on my nerves. still... credit where credit is due. he can hit all the notes convincingly enough.
@@brandonb1681 Adam Lambert is not a rock singer, and he does not sing with conviction or emotion. Technically he can sing, but it is an extremely watered down version of Queen, especially if you are used to their live shows.
If Tolkien's Middle Earth were to be adapted into a rock album, it would be Queen II.
I AGREE.
Y e s
You should really check out Blind Guardian's Nightfall in Middle-Earth
@@zubokragilopotranufliak Or Led Zeppelin II (Ramble On especially)
You spelled Rush wrong.
I don't think I've ever seen a better or more passionate coverage of Queen's history.
Couldn't have said it better....
That’s just how OTT razor is
Agreed
Best ever! All about the music.
Easily the finest, most passionate, honest, genuine review of Queen's catalogue I have yet seen. Absolute respect to you, RazorFist: you know your stuff, you care about music and you tell it as it is. As a lifelong Queen fan, I cannot tell you how wonderful it was to watch someone who actually knows the Queen story, who really knows and feels the music and who also knows what the fuck they are talking about (musically). Thank you. You have just earned yourself another fan.
Oh, and your words (and genuine emotion) on the recording of Mother Love punched me in the fucking heart (Freddie's vocal performance on that track floors me and moves me like nothing else).
All the best, man. And keep up the good work! Fucking fantastic.
What do you think of the new Queen biopic?
I haven't seen it, and I don't really plan to. As someone who never really listened to Queen, I was still curious about the movie... Until the wall-to-fucking-wall constant advertisement and inflation of the darn thing made me suspicious. Could the movie be more propagandistic than a genuine celebration of art?
@@Red_Devil_2011 lifelong Queen fan here ! I've seen the movie it's entertaining mostly ,lags a bit in the middle but the climactic end leaves you satisfied. They don't go into explicit detail on his personal life but it's not necessary
@@rdub73 Cool. Might check it out from Redbox someday.
@@Red_Devil_2011 if you want the other side of the conversation: I'm not really a Queen fan (just a modest rock enthusiast), and I went to see the movie with some reservations too. Most of what the critics criticised the movie for (explorations of Freddie's ethnic heritage, depiction of his sexuality, etc.) is kind of unfounded.
It's very clearly a product though, that much is true. The acting was superior to the script at times; the script was very simplistic and reductive about the events and people they were trying to portray. The sequencing of real life events into tropey plot points (they shuffled the chronology of some of the events, literally revisionist history to up the stakes for certain scenes lmao), and the almost hilariously clichéd archetypal villain's characterisation (as if you can simply reduce a real human that existed into a neat little villainous antagonist figure) were glaring problems that took me out of the movie while I was watching it. There's also some pacing problems towards the end - as if they left a lot of stuff on the cutting room floor and had to rush it just to squeeze in more screentime for the recreation of the Live Aid performance...
One review called it a kaleidoscope of too many different things because it tries to appeal to the music fans who want to know how the music was made, the Freddie Mercury fans who wanted to see his story as a character apart from the band, and the average moviegoer who just wants to see a movie about rockstars, all at once, which is kinda apparent in the way the movie is all over the place.
I would say if you have a good TV and speakers set up at home you could skip watching it in theatres.
@@stvltiloqvent Thanks Marcy. Sounds pretty much like the movie I expected. So many movies today have this "kaleidoscope" problem where they'd have been much better off trying to focus on one mission. Instead they try to pander to everybody, resulting in fully pleasing nobody. That's what happens when it's all about the money.
Queen is one of the few times in history when talent has transcended individual taste.
Bloody hell, you are absolutely right. Now I think of it, it might be one of three instances of that I can think of.
Gilles4Prezudent
That’s a brilliant turn of phrase
Freddie was quoted as wanting to bring ballet to the masses, but what queen did was bring prog-rock to the masses. When you analyze queen they have complicated music structure, chord changes and all sorts of musical tricks, and yet, it doesn’t sound odd or disjointed or for the sake of showing off, it flows, it’s melodic and inspiring. It’s just brilliant.
@@telegraph2581 that's because it **wasn't** for the sake of showing off, it was for the hell of it. "let's see if we can get away with this crazy riff!" They may have been making music as a job, but they were having a damn good time doing it
Innuendo is just perfect
Mother Love is just an inspiration
And Freddie fucking Mercury was just the best frontman and singer of all times
Freddie Mercury is God.
Freddie was simply the frontman of Rock and Roll.
Alright, so I definitely wouldn't classify myself as a heavy metal fan, so when this video popped up in my suggested feed I ignored it for a few weeks. I figured it was going to be the thousandth halfassed veiled attempt to capitalize on the Bohemian Rhapsody movie coattails and that I would end up disagreeing with you purely over differing music tastes. I've been a Queen fan for over 25 of my 31 years, so I'm admittedly a little overprotective anytime someone decides to do a video on them or pretend like they're an expert because they know everything on their greatest hits albums.
This ended up being the best video I've ever seen on Queen. Hands down. I literally started it from the beginning again once it was over. The funniest thing about it though is that I literally agreed with every single point you made in the video; I definitely wasn't expecting that. I've never been happier to be so wrong about something.
I'm definitely subscribing. Thanks for all of the effort you put into this, it was a real treat.
You should watch some of his other mythos, I'm sure you might like episode 2
Queen ain’t heavy metal
@@musicman1977 Tell that to Hitman, Modern time rock 'n' roll, dragon attack, gimmie the prize, march of the black queen and ogre battle.
@@musicman1977 He didn't say they were.
Turn on the feels: Mother love's ending features all Queen songs in fast forward crammed into a few seconds, and a few lines from the song "Going back" which is one of the first Freddie ever recorded. Brian May once said it was the first and the last recording of Freddie in one song
visitjessiechan wow that’s genuinely incredible
Shit man, that bit about Mother Love. Thanks for that.
marty slackjaw At first I thought he was putting us on. But I had a slow stand up clap for that bit. I didn’t know he had it in him. Bravo.
That part from 38:42 to 40:59 about Mother Love…
Am I the only one who's feeling uncomfortably emotionally compromised by the fact that I'm getting feels from, of all people, The Rageaholic? Like, Jesus Fucking Christ.
Same here. I was like "Is he crying?". For some reason I was also feeling sad. Awesome video by the way.
God save the Queen, indeed!
Who brought these fucking onions in here!?
Same, I was feeling it
Needless to say all of the energy that was in the video before came to a halt when mother live was brought up. I'm not saying it as a negative just to see razorfist pretty much stop at the mention of mother love is enough to know that as a fan of freddy mercury, a fan of Queen and of music how much this affected one man yrt alone the whole world. Needless to say when this moment happened in the video I got a massive case of the feels from razor.
No joke, I almost expected him to take off his glasses and wipe his eyes for a second. This was... surprisingly emotional. And really heartwarming.
I don’t mind Queen’s inconsistencies in musical genres. It makes them unique.
The Account Remains the Same Same for me. For me The Works is at least a 8.5/10 album. Best one in the 80s.
It's always fresh and exciting, because you never truly know what to expect when listening to a Queen song you haven't heard before. You don't get bored of Queen.
My dad was kind of like Freddie (was also a musician) found out he was dying of lung cancer and was like "fuck this, get me my drum kit"). Some people just face death like heroes and give the grim reaper the finger.
Prophet's Song is such an underrated track. I can't get enough of it.
That and "March of the Black Queen" blew my mind... how could I have missed them so long?
Wasn't expecting that moment of emotional sincerity when you brought up Mother Love, I wouldn't be surprised if there turned out to have been a single tear behind those shades
This was my favorite band growing up, and now they are my daughter's favorite as well. It warms my heart when she asks for it to be played in the car.
Brandon Mccoy you are a good dad
This is really wholesome
The rant on Lambert was fucking EPIC!
I love it when you speak about Mother Love, almost overcome by emotion, clearly moved yet managing to compose yourself and carry on. You do Freddie great honour.
Razorfist, Freddie's not dead. He's just teaching God how to be fabulous!
+Jon Ericson Lemmy is teaching him bass (and how to sing the blues)
Lemmy doesn't need to be fabulous
@@dubsinthetubs best comment ever.
PlanarCollapse2 😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍
+Jon Ericson And David Bowie, if it's not too much trouble.
"Like a latina 5 hours after marriage, it went pear-shaped." Holy shit, that's funny!
NVTrucker I don't get it but yeah!
The joke is after latina's get married they get fat
@@HeathenMetalhead221 I was thinking pregnant. Same difference I guess.
I almost spit out my coffee when he said it went over like dry leaves at a Great White concert
That part when Razor was beginning to tear up a bit, really hits you hard in the noggin. I always think of Fist as a hard shell, but turns out, he's just a hard shell with gooey center.
Aside from that, excellent review of my all time favorite band Queen. They are pioneers, inspirations, legends, and so much more in the history of music. From the juggernaut that is Bohemian Rhapsody, to the anthems to all things victorious, We are the Champions, or just the downright amazing Innuendo(still debating whether this is my favorite or Rhapsody) they made music that will last to the end of human time and everything after that, for any extraterrestrials that want to gather a listen. Freddie Mercury, in my own humble opinion, is the greatest frontman for any band ever. Zeppelin, Floyd, Beatles, Metallica,ACDC, hell even Presley(if you consider him a band I guess), he beats them all in my eyes. I'm still torn between which is my favorite album, Night at the Opera or Day at the Races. Screw it, they all pertain something special about them. I love them all, and that's what makes it so magnificent, you could listen to Queen at any of their time periods and it will still be amazing. Love live the Queen.
God FUCKING speed Mercury.
PS. fuck that fairy fuck mother that is Adam Lambert. How they ever allowed him on stage with Queen is beyond comprehension.
+Mr. Meeseeks So, RazorFist is a Cadbury cream egg?
+Simon Adams Titanium she'll with a soft mercury center
Innuendo is the finest piece of rock music ever written imo. You can put it in between ANY of the classic albums and it fits perfectly. Maybe because I was alive to buy the album at release and I remember coming home from school the day the news hit that Freddie had died makes it have a stronger influence on me, but I have always liked Innuendo the best of any Queen album.
Compareing him to the beatles is unfair because back in their early years they were lucky enough to even breath or be heard with all those hordes of loud teenage girls.
Razorfist missed Freddie Mercury's original band in his Indian private school, in which he performed with a man who would later become a Bangladeshi general.
It’s 2018. I’ve been a Queen fan since 1974-5 (Sheer Heart Attack still being my fave album), yep I’m old as dirt...and LOVED this fabulous, spot on rant.
Well done, sir. Well done!
OMG I love Sheer Heart Attack too! My favourite album’s between that or A Night At The Opera
One of my fave underrated Queen songs is The Millionaire Waltz. Also I saw Queen with lambert and well his vocal performance overall was outstanding, (i genuinely had a great time) he has no business with Queen. Queen was Queen when Freddie was alive.
I finally found someone, who agrees with my assertion that Innuendo is Queen´s by far best album! The usual routine is to point with limitless reverence in the direction of A Night At The Opera, but no. Innuendo is peerless, faultless, perfect from beginning to end. Steve Howe´s flamenco guitar guestspot in the title track is the best thing I have ever heard him play. It almost feels wrong to enjoy every single second of an album with such intensity, but I am unable to find any weaknesses within its mighty grooves. Freddie left this world as a musical behemoth, a giant among men. Thanks for a very fitting and worthy tribute in memory of the great man.
Well, there's always 'Delilah'. But even that is just a cute little upbeat pit-stop to break up what is otherwise an incredibly dark and pensive affair.
Yes, it´s certainly a dark and somewhat sombre album, so a bit of relief can be justified. But I do actually enjoy Delilah, as well. Perhaps because Innuendo feels so consistent as a whole. It´s a very complete listening experience. The sequencing of the songs is perfect. My original copy had a side A and B, and I always looked forward to opening the second half with All God´s People. It is upbeat, playful and colourful in the face of the darkness that lay ahead for Freddie himself. Plus, the album ends with a resounding bang.
You won't hear an argument from me; Innuendo is nothing short of incredible.
Delilah was terrible. Innuendo has an early Queen flavour in places. A bit harsh on Jazz and The Game. I was a kid when they came out and I played them to death very loudly many many times along with Live Killers (I didn't have many records). Even a song like Coming Soon from The Game, which could be accused of being filler has a blindingly brilliant guitar solo which lifts it. The same with Rock It (Prime Jive), that solo is short but fucking smoking.
While I can't lie and claim Innuendo as my favorite Queen album, it is a fantastic bookend to an amazing career for Freddie, and is testament to a band going out on top, artistically (I consider the albums and band activity after Mercury's death to be band-related projects instead). In fact, the reason Queen is one of the best bands in the world is that a convincing argument could be made for nearly any of their albums being considered their best.
It bugs we when I'm talking to someone who says they are a fan but then it turns out they don't know any of the album tracks other than the singles . . . and it happens a lot.
RazorFist is a proper fan and his is a worthy opinion. Queen rule
The best stuff is not on Greatest Hits I, II or III.
I so agree! I'm a true Queen fan, and listen to all their albums top to bottom.They had some amazing deep tracks.
I must admit, I get teary when I hear the show must go on.
It really gets me crying everytime I hear it
Same. That pitch perfect, no autotune vocal "I face it with a grin, I'm never giving in... on with the show!" always brings a tear to my eyes.
What about These Are The Days of Our Lives, and the accompanying video? If that doesn't tear you up nothing will.
"Did you know you were that explosive?"
"-I can make a bigger bang than that, dear..."
Gotta love Freddie!
As a fan of Queen since before they had a record deal, I have to congratulate you on one of the best - certainly most passionate - career reviews I’ve ever heard/seen. Intercut with some brilliant footage of the band, I feel pretty much the same about Queen’s catalogue. My top 5: “Queen II”, “A Day At The Races”, “A Kind Of Magic”, “Innuendo”, “Sheer Heart Attack”...but even some of the ‘lesser’ albums have real gems contained within. One of the best, most innovative bands ever - they don’t make ‘em like Queen anymore.
I wish Freddie was still around.
He is! Through the music!
i dont. the internet would have ruined him all
Dude, I am humbled. I thought I was a Queen fan, but within the first five minutes you'd played songs I'd never even heard of, which kicked my ass. Was transfixed... The clips and interviews were amazing and your analysis was fucking dead on for every album. You really know your shit man. I'm off to rediscover why this band are so awesome, and watch some more of your videos. Thanks for making this, you rock.
Lol go fuck yourself
Cloud I recommend you listen to every song atleast once. Great fucking band 👌
@@123nshan ?
Innuendo may not be my personal favorite of Queen's discography, but The Show Must Go On is, without a doubt, their greatest masterpiece of a track and among my personal favorite songs ever made.
Same. The Show Must Go On is an amazing and criminally underrated song
@@ryangioia2358
Every time I hear that glorious work of art, I feel chills down my spine. Every. Time. It takes a special song to never, EVER get old for me.
Freddie probably looked the Grim Reaper right in the face in 1988 and said "What the fuck you waiting for darling?" And it was enough to scare him away for about 3 years.
Radio Ga Ga was of course meant to be a commentary on the state of radio and how MTV just began to kill radio at the time lyrically, but I feel also musically. Out for cold hard cash? Yes. Out to call things out like they are? Absolutely.
Holy shit Razor, when you started getting a little choked up talking about Mother Love, damn... I just...
How do you talk about Sheer Heart Attack without mentioning Brighton Rock? That's the song that blew my mind and made me think that Queen could've been a great metal band if they wanted to when I bought the album and listened to it for the first time.
qpoqiuqytqrewq Yeah how do you miss that
Literally, if they used more gain, they would have been metal
Strange oversight.
preach
Don't really care about that song, but the one I really adore is "In the lap of the gods" I just love it
"When whatever the f is up there punches my Wonka ticket in the mortality lottery" - a classic line as good as any Queen lyric.
haha it just keeps getting better. subscreebed.
Didnt expect to see this here
Random appearance
So somehow I've never heard of you guys before now and after watching a couple of your videos, have become your 14526730th sub. 👍
Pls make a queen vs Beatles rap battle
Yoooo make a Judas priest vs iron maiden
48 minutes have never passed so quickly. Bravo, sir.
Surprised you didn't make a director's cut making fun of Kanye's failed attempt at Bohemian Rhapsody.
Jesus, do I even want to know how bad they are?
Andrew No. You really don't.
Shhhh, he's trying to forget it, like everybody else!
When the hell did that happen? Don’t tell me just keep me in the dark.
Mother Love strikes right through my stone-encased heart like nothing else has even come close to achieving.
I can't quite find the words meaningful enough to express how beautiful and equally haunting Freddie's final moments were, though I'm sure most would agree that your sudden shift in delivery are words enough. What an incredible sendoff for such a legend.
The story of The Show Must Go On is one of the single most poignant examples of what life is all about. Those are the sorts of moments we live for. Well, I know I live for them, anyway. I've been there and, Razor, I get the feeling that someone with your attitude and intensity has been there, too. We can look to scholars, philanthropists, philosophers, scientists, and so many more people to try to get a glimpse of humanity's finest. But for me, nothing shows the best of the human condition than the story of Freddie, under pressure from one of the worst forms of human suffering, getting that burst of warrior-like instinct and rising right the fuck up from ground zero to flawless hero.
You should have just called this one a "Gods Who Walked The Earth Mythos".
Freddie’s laugh at around 31 mins is brilliant, one of the best laughs I have ever heard.
Man had one hell of a sense of humor. I love the clip at the beginning.
I feel you man, during 'Mother Love', same here. It gives me chills everytime.
Adam has been amazing with the remaining 2. Even Brian said in an interview that they feel energized when Adam joined. I feel that Adam can perform well and make Freddie's legacy live.
Just watched "bohemian Rhapsody" and came back to watch this epic mythos again
Vladimir It any good?
@@blastmako05 yup, go to a cinema it sounds amazing. Its not accurate 100% but it's a good night out.
Haha, same here.
Watched it yesterday.
Haha, same here!
Vladimir the queen movie completely misses the mark. It leaves out all of the legendary moments queens career. Lazily written and needlessly creating non existent key figures that only fuels the fact this movie was poorly done.
Queen is my personal favorite band of all time, and I absolutely love your Music Mythos videos. So, it was a huge treat getting to experience this.
Well done, Razorfist. That was entertaining and very informative, and touching as well.
My mom introduced me to Queen growing up and I always loved them. It wasn't until much later, when I found out that basically all my favourite metal bands counted them as an influence. Especially prog-metal bands.
I know it's very nice to see! Queen quite often changed time signatures in songs, but they make it work so seamlessly! And their multi-track work is probably the best to exist, they used up as many tracks as possible, making huge, epic songs that just soar past a lot of their contemporary musicians. But while they did this, they also became very popular. And the way the played with stereo sound is incredible, I haven't heard many others do it the same way, they are just incredble. Even bands like "Dream Theater" are inspired by Queen, and Metallica, Trivium, Slipknot, alot of metal bands, Queen is a band for everyone because their music is just untouchable! Everything they did was as close to perfection as you can get and they will forever be major influences in metal and rock music because they defined a genre, everybody strives to be as good as Queen was, they were a perfect band.
Any Rock or Metal band worth their salt counts Queen as an influence.
Mom bought Queen's greatest hits on vinyl in the early 80's. That s how I fell in love with the band. I still have the record.
"Inconsistency" is why I love Queen so much!
I have to say this as well. This will be an odd comparison, but it is all that I can think of. With "Mother Love" and the break of time between Freddie and Brian's vocals, there is a sense of what happened when Puccini's "Turnadot" opera was first performed. Puccini died in 1925 and had only gone 2/3 through his writing when he died. His students and other friends finished the opera with the notes he left behind. However, during the premiere performance, the director stopped everything on stage and in the pit at that fatal point. He put down his baton, turned to the audience, and said, "This is where the maestro laid down his pen." That pause, in my view, is like that director's announcement. This is where Freddie--the maestro--laid down his microphone.
Mother Love is not a particularly good song, but my god is it a great song. I don't like the lyrics, the theme, the melody; and it actually comes across as kinda boring... but when Freddy's voice stops and Brian's voice takes over I'm brought to tears every time. That was a man dying with passion and dignity, one of the few men who learned to enjoy his life and learned what he valued most. It wasn't the song he valued, it was being with these men and making music, it was being with the people he cared about and sharing his passion while he still could.. and that's powerful.
I don't like that song... but damn is it one of the most powerful and incredible examples of human passion in music.
I have never heard anyone so completely GET QUEEN the way you do .. Love your style...Love your vid.. Queen didnt write songs...they composed masterpieces.Queen was to POP Rock what Beethoven was to classic music.. Genius !
Couldn't say it better!!
I'll end this by saying "White Queen," "Loser In The End," "Black Queen," and "Funny How Love Is" as some of my most favoritest songs ever. All on the same album.
I understand you're a metal guy. Thank you .
Stone Cold Crazy is one of Queen's most rocking song!
You're goddamn right.
Ehh I think ogre battle is but I love stone cold crazy
Invented Thrash metal
38:42 that lump in the throat, is something that we share. :(
I still get petrified every single time I hear Brian's heartbroken, longing voice starting the last verse, with the exact heft of sorrow that crushed my chest, wringing my soul to tears at my initial moment of hearing and realization years ago.
Every time I watch one of these videos my music collection grows....and I am okay with that!
Thank you Razorfist for making this. Watching this made me realize I need to get more than just the greatest hits albums for Queen. I have a few of their individual albums but I had no idea how much I was missing out on by not having the rest.
I saw them play in 1985, in Rock in Rio. I was 9 yrs old. First concert I ever went to. Not only that, a few nights before, my old man told me to get dressed after dinner , took me for a drive to way backwoods Rio de Janeiro, to the site where to concert was being held to have a snoop. We walked to the gate and after some negotiation (I think to the tune of $20) with the security guy, we wandered in and got treated to Queen rehearsing - all the guys dressed in regular clothes doing a 3 or4 song soundcheck. There were a handful of people sitting on the grass in front of the stage watching it and Brian May was cool enough to interact with the impromptu audience and wish us all a good night. One of my life's highlights. The other was being there, on the first night with 350 000 people and watching not only Queen (!) but also Whitesnake AND Iron Maiden with their Life After Death tour! My old man rocked!
Great back catalogue review. There no other way to describe Ogre Battle than “Ogre F*****g Battle”. Excellent
Man the way you spoke about fred on the mother love song ,absolutely gave me a bewildered abstract look at this album.and absolutely gave me a a greater respect for you for giving him your respect..great video my dude.
After watching this video I went back and listened to mother love.
That song is devastating...
Simply devastating
As a hardcore queen fan, I gotta say, you knocked it out of the park here! I’m blown away by how amazingly you have reviewed their catalogue. Instant sub!!
I've honestly been hooked on Jealousy on the Jazz album. It's probably the one that's hooked me hard for some reason. It's just good to listen to all around.
Lovely song, great bass line! It's very interesting how Brian came up with that sitar sound (look it up).
I'm a 63 yr old woman who has been a Queen fan scince 1975! I'mloving your take onthem! Ilove tne deep cuts you are lauding. thankd!!!
Your review of Queen is the most refreshing i've ever heard!! From a Belgian Queen addict.
Your video is a passionate, informed, hilarious and even moving exploration of this mighty band and its staggering legacy. BRAVO!
+Brooklyn Volume Beautifully said!
I've watched this video multiple times over the last year. My favorite episode of Mythos.
Having read some information on Freddie's last works, it was interesting to know that he recorded the vocals for "Mother Love" before doing the video for "These Are The Days of our Lives" (per various UK articles and some words from Brian May).
The fact he continued to work despite being totally frail and weak shows the amount of resolve that he had to the very end. What bravery.
Not sure where you are getting your information but Mother Love was the last thing he ever sang. Brian May has stated that clearly in a couple interviews.
Awesome review of in my opinion the greatest rock band of all time... forty seven minutes flew by!!
For myself, Breakthru, is the best track on, The Miracle, and Innuendo finally returned them to form. I bought that before Freddie died. "Innuendo," "I'm Going Slightly Mad," and "The Show Must Go On," impacted me before I knew Freddie was dying.
I love your praise for Innuendo and your bright insights. One point JAZZ is really much better and more consistent than everybody says. You can play the first 9 songs without ever getting bored.
Innuendo was the first Queen album I listened to completely. It made me a Queen fan.
Man, what a raw and honest review of my favorite band. I saw Queen+Paul Rodgers on March 23, 2006 at the Allstate Arena in Illinois, and the show started with the beginning riff of "Lose Yourself" by Eninem and then the stage curtains opened to a Brian May solo. Paul Rodgers did a fantastic job making many of Queens songs his own, and even included a couple of Free and Bad Company songs (with Brian doing his own unique flourish using his "Red Special"). When they did Bohemian Rhapsody, they used Freddie footage and his isolated voice combined with the band's live playing for the first half of the song and then Paul took over during the rock anthem section ending with Freddie on video playing the piano at the end... there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
I absolutely agree with you that Innuendo is their best album. Show must go on, Ride the wild wind, I'm going slightly mad and the rest (the songs all inter-played with each other) and the wall of "Queen sound" pushing against you with flourish and an edge (all while being very well polished) and Freddie's incredible command of the last thing he had control of in the end.... his 4 octave voice and pushing it to the edge and farther even after that..... puts a chill in my soul even now. By the way, you missed out on commenting about "Fat bottomed Girls" and "Bicycle".... which are uniquely Freddie (the lyrics are "delicious").
And finally, the lounge singer that is the present singer playing with the band (I won't say his name as it isn't worth my time acknowledging it) is a pitiful attempt at trying to be Freddie. You are SPOT ON regarding your rant. He can't do Freddie's flair for the dramatic (most people can't), but he tries too hard (with his prancing on stage and voice)..... and his voice with that horrible vibrato (it does not sound good in the way he uses it) and the thing is, Freddie was also machismo as much as drama queen (he combined both in a way that is inexplicable).
Canadian born... Marc Matel... is the perfect person to tour with Queen (he presently does "The Queen Experience" with Roger Taylor and sang on the "Rhapsody" movie that was just released 2 weeks ago). It is almost eerie how he is able to get his voice close to the the way Freddie sang (the guy can also sing opera.... which Freddie dabbled in regarding "Barcelona" so there is that eerie aspect of him as well.
Queen is the number 1 band in the world, and I can't imagine anyone dethroning them (and the list is so very LONG regarding great bands).
“March of the Black Queen” is an absolute banger of a track
Going back over your older videos. When you got to Mother Love, I choked up when you did. Great tribute to phenomenal band.
I still remember hearing Innuendo for the first time as a kid, reading the lyrics, realizing that Freddie knows he's dying. Unreal. And still, this immense power in his voice! And years later, reading how sick and fragile he actually was at that point. A giant. I love all their stuff, every note now is a part of my DNA, but the late stuff on Innuendo and Made In Heaven (even the recycled songs on it) have a special place in my heart.
FUHCK ME IT'S QUEEN
dmaster5556 - 41:20 for anyone curious.
I'm sorry, if they can bring Tupac "back" as a hologram, they damn well can bring Mr. Freddie "screw anyone with a pulse" Mercury!
That American Idol contestant has no business being the frontman of the band.
The band doesn't agree
Seriously, Marc Martel
tupac never moved at the stage - watch some queen concerts.... freddie never stayed in 1 place longer then 10 sec :D
And you a fucking fan has no business telling musical genius's who have been going for decades what to do, don't you think the people who wrote and produced some of the most legendary songs of all time know a bit more than some crybaby dickhead in the TH-cam comments, stuck in the past and can't handle change.
@@einarabelc5 Freddie knockoff. Those are a dime a dozen down in LA. Marc's actually pretty talented when he's not trying to be someone he isn't, but when he does, it's just sad.
Freddie and his sister came up with the fantasy game they played as children in Zanzibar 😎
The seven seas of rhye.
This particular TH-cam series is extremely good it is full of information and the way the presenter put the information across is very well done and I think the presenter is very comical I take my hat off to him I am extremely happy and contented to watch his show everytime he put out an episode
Sheer heart attack is full of Brian ...Brighton Rock...now I'm here ..all his great solos....
Great video. Even as long time Queen fan I learned few new things about the band.
One minor complaint.
You mentioned that karaoke singer, but didn't mention Spike Edney. Who might be quite legitimately called 5th member of Queen. While he has been in reincarnations of the band with both Paul Rodgers and that talentless hack, he was also touring musician with original band, playing rhythm guitar, keyboards and piano. Any mid to late 80's live recording of Queen, if Freddie is running around with microphone and piano is playing, it's pretty likely that it's Spike playing it. Same thing if there are other guitarists on stage in addition to Brian May.
One of the best videos ever on youtube, regulary watching it. Even just to listen to you almost break down while talking about mother love. Goosebumps to the max
Thank you for making this, this video has made me an even bigger queen fan than I already was, I agree with you, queen fans that can't even name 15 songs piss me off immensely, but anyway, thank you
This is hands-down the best Queen review I've ever seen. Objective, to the point, and spoken by someone who knows what they're talking about when it comes to music. The Miracle and Innuendo are my favorite Queen albums--so glad to get some validation! A Night at the Opera gets a lot of attention, so I thought I was just missing something there. 🤔
I was introduced to you by "Louder With Crowder" last year. Queen is one of my favorite bands. And you sir, are a badass. 😀😀😀
Reading old Rolling Stone reviews, it's funny to see how many legendary rock albums they slagged. Not just Queen, but they also gave notoriously bad reviews to stuff like High Voltage, The Mob Rules, Painkiller, and even South of Heaven.
Rolling Stone can burn in hell for bashing Led Zeppelin and calling Queen fascist
Keep in mind, people without musical talent become music critics.
Robert Christcau was the worst thing to happen to music journalism in the past 100 years
Queen rocks! So do you. Thank you.
I loved your rant on Lambert! As the saying goes, "Wow! Next time, tell us how you REALLY feel!" (He said, tongue firmly planted in cheek.)
To me Queen will always be Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon, and Roger Taylor. But your rant about Adam Lambert got me in tears. Lmao
I totally disagree. I'm glad they refused to pick a lane in their career, & did WTF they wanted.
That's what I was thinking.
Yeah, I know. It's so exciting to listen to another Queen track because you have no idea what to expect
Bites the dust, pressure, gaga, magic , break free don’t exist if they “pick a lane” ......
Exactly!!
What’s he means is the album needs to be consistent and commit to a sound and not lurch wildly from pop that’s to heavy to crap filler rock and then a great rock song. He doesn’t means changing sounds from album to album.
I don't consider myself a metal head at all, but I watched your review of Queen and Michael Jackson, and you, my friend, are spot fucking on! Good on ya, keep it up!
You: "the talentless karaoke pop star who shall not be named"
Me: *subscribed!*
🤣👏👏👏👏
I refer to him as Lounge Lizard Lambert.
I thought it was only I who hated Adam Lambert. Then I saw this video and you voiced all my feelings. I want to see Marc Martel playing with Queen.
Cheap imitators of Freddie Mercury are a dime a dozen in LA, but they don't get to play with rock stars. Marc's an abysmal showman, an essential to be a frontman for one of the greatest stage acts in the business. Unlike Adam, who can sing their entire catalog, he only ever sings the same handful of Queen songs, always in the exact same way. Brian and Roger want someone who brings something new and different to the band instead of doing a half decent mimicry of their dead best friend and bandmate.
Freddie himself rarely, if ever, sang live as he did in studio. He liked to experiment with new styles and techniques and was always changing things up. He thought doing same old same old was boring. He was right.
He also is quoted as having once said that a concert is NOT a live rendition of an album, but rather, a theatrical event.
Wow, just wow!! New listener. Found your WASP edition yesterday by chance and this is all I've done at work for 2 days. They have all be kick ass, seriously kick ass, my new favorite show. But this one was just spectacular. It was not only a fantastic show, but let what an amazing person you are shine. Great moment, my friend. Everyone should see this, and all your shows for that matter. I was a Queen fanatic until Hot Space. It came when I was discovering heavier music and it killed them for me. You have done this band more than justice and given me new Queen to listen to. For all of the things written above, I thank you, brother. 1,000 thumbs up!! How about Kiss? Maybe the story is overdone, but I think you're the one guy to really do it in a way that is fresh and interesting. Either way, off to listen to the rest of your brilliance.
No matter which Queen album you'll play, I'd surely listen to it.
Even hot space?
@@fizzpeak123of course, better than most of millenials music