How can a grown man, especially a music producer in this day and age, say they’ve never listened to this masterpiece. This is a genuine question that I want answers to
The "making of" explains a lot ... and it was all done without computers, just a lot of "overlaying of many MANY tracks of tape" ... by a perfectionist.
I’ve noticed with ‘Gen Z’ they have a very limited vocabulary. But to have a limited vocabulary about a passion and work you ‘do’ every day seems strange.
Lots of people call themselves a 'producer' nowadays. Most are just playing around with music apps on their pc, in their bedrooms. Technically they're 'producing' music but they're not really producers, in the professional sense and would be lost in a real studio, or if asked to setup the audio for a recording session. :)
Although it was groundbreaking, it was a flop originally. Radio stations initially wouldn’t play it because it was so long. But over time it grew in popularity and became the classic it is.
Bohemian Rhapsody brought a significant change in music of the time. The record owners rejected it, but they just pushed on - presenting one of the best and most important pieces of music in history.
Think of it as a rock opera. That’s what it is. Freddie was able to sing operatically with a famous female opera singer before he died. That’s truly the type of singer he always longed to be.
@@Jtr_ceral_killerwhat do you mean by their covers on Highlander? They wrote and recorded all the music for that movie it’s their It’s a Kind of Magic album.
"What instrument do you play Freddie?" His reply: "The audience Darling, the Audience!" When you watch the Live Aid concert, you will understand that answer. The crowd wasn't just Queen fans, but the way Freddie gets them to react is one of the most Brilliant things I've ever seen. Please give us your reaction to it. And Welcome to "Queendom!"
I had just moved into a studio apartment and my belongings hadn't arrived, yet. There was a 2nd hand store not far away, so the purchase was a cheap little black and white portable tv on which my sister and I could watch Live Aid. When Freddie came on stage, we both got goose bumps at his performance. Even on that humble little device, we could feel the electricity he generated.
Funny story: apart from the strep throat and his doctor telling him he would never sing again if he sang that show, they didn't have stage monitors when they started their set. If you watch closely, near the end of the first verse of Radio Gaga, you will notice Freddie glance down at the monitors in front of him and simultaneously hear the entire band congeal into one cohesive unit as the techs under the stage found the cables that hadn't been plugged in. One of the most chilling moments of live music history for me. Source: My pro audio engineer friend that loves queen and knows a lot about a lot of things.
Queenie here, along with the others below. We could write a book about this song alone... but I will (try) to make it short. The first chorus of "harmonies" is Freddie Mercury harmonizing with himself. Remember, this was all on tape... no computer, no cut and paste, just tape. No autotune, no Melodyne. The guitarist is Dr. Sir Brian May (an astrophysicist), a songwriter and amazing vocalist as well, providing harmonies for the rest of BoRhap and the rest of their library he is often rated in the top 10 of best guitarests ever. Roger Taylor, the drummer with the high cymbals is one of the top drummers in history, a songwriter as well, and has the _really_ high falsetto you hear on many songs, including BoRhap. "Somebody to Love" Montreal 81 is a great example of his incredible counter-tenor (in the 70s). Roger and Brian also have solo albums. John Deacon, the fantastic bassist who created the riff in "Under Pressure" (stolen by Vanilla Ice decades later and now it's called a "sample.") and wrote "Another One Bites the Dust." John is the quiet member who, after Freddie died of AIDS in 1991, retired after all Queen songs made with Freddie's voice ("Made in Heaven") and the Tribute concert (1992) and one tribute song (No-One But You [Only the Good Die Young]") in 1997 with Roger and Brian were finished. John created the Deacy amp that creates the unique sounds Brian's homemade guitar, the Red Special, makes. John has a degree in Electrical Engineering. Freddie had an art degree. Roger had a Biology degree. Smart guys, all! All 4 are in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the first to be inducted as the single members of a band all at one time. I think that's a decent start. You hit THE rabbit hole, my friend!! Oh, and you play Queen and the Queenies will come in droves!
The song is structured without a chorus and has 6 main parts to it (including an OPERA section!) It was originally written as 3 separate songs, (by Freddie Mercury ofc) then ingeniously combined together to create 1 masterpiece. All of that combined with incredible harmonies and instrumentals created one of the greatest works of composition the world has, or will ever see! Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
I like how you broke down the best Symphonic Rock song ever. This is my number 2. I think you’ll enjoy it. th-cam.com/video/IZSFaFV86eE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=TQR2dglcgwjgPXaB
Actually the 3 song thing has been proven false. Late last year when there was an auction of Freddie's belongings one of the things sold was the hand writing of this song. It was all one song.
I think that all may go over the head of this “ Producer / Songwriter” I have heard teenagers discussing this with more knowledge and passion than this “ person”
Oh please. God, The Universe, or whatever it is you think dishes out talent did not just stop somewhere back in the eighties and decide "That's it. No more." The absolute arrogance of thinking there is no actual talent these days is astonishing. I grew up in the fifties and sixties. Guess what the "old folks" said about the music we listened to. It was horrible. No talent. Blah blah blah. Nothing but noise." The only reason they didn't like it was because it wasn't written for them, just like today's music isn't written for you. If you don't like it, sorry, but you let yourself get old. There is some excellent music being written and performed today. Personally, I particularly like Joe Bonamassa and Beth Hart, both individually and together. Oddly, I am also quite fond of Deadmau5.
@@TheBarkinFrog Thank you! Everyone forgets that every decade had its hits and shits. Looking back we remember the best and can cherry pick all the good from the bad with relative ease. New good music is arguably more prevalent today than ever before with the internet!
Freddie Mercury was an opera fan, hence Bohemian Rhapsody. Listen to that song three times and you'll understand why it is voted the best pop song in history in a thousand polls worldwide
Loved when he did Barcelona with Montserat Caballe, an amazing opera singer now longer with us just like Freddie. They are serenading God and the Angels in Heaven. Issac should give that a listen and all other Queen tracks with videos. Wonder what he will make of I Want To Break Free with Freddie dressed up as mum doing the hoovering, the gorgeous Roger Taylor as his daughter, John Deacon as Granny, and Brian May in curlers and dressing gown. Loved that video.
The drummer is Roger Taylor. Mercury has stated that the inspiration behind Bohemian Rapsody was to create a "Rock Opera", and if you listen along with the lyrics, you can hear three distinct acts that make up the story being told. The record label pushed against it hard believing that no one would listen to a song that long, but lo and behold, it's one of the most famous rocks song in history. Fun fact: Brian May, the lead guitarist, graduated university in 1968 with a BS in physics and later got his PhD in astrophysics 2007. Seriously smart dude.
@@kathleenflick6041 The first-ever music video is considered to be “The Little Lost Child” by Edward B. Marks and Joe Stern from 1894, which was an illustrated song with still images and live music.
I'm sorry for 'the old' that stopped listening to modern music because their 60-70-80s music 'was so good' It was, I can't deny it, especially because if this song, but come on! Saying that everything in your younger days was better, makes you sound like your parents! And you don't want that, do you? Keep an open mind and visit a modern concert every now and then!
@@prittykitty- bold of you to assume that we all stopped listening to music. I'm mainly a BTS Army, but I also love Chase & Status, Taylor Swift & Bring Me The Horizon, I love dance (EDM) music and I'm very much enjoying the drum & bass revival that is taking place right now. But I do know that none of these artists are on the same level as those of the past. And they probably know it too.
I'm guessing this guy is at most 30. If that's true, he's had about 15 years of truly listening to music (usually about 15 is when you start paying attention and getting into it). Realize that's about when FM radio was going out of style and iPhones/iPods/Streaming/Spotify started. It's very possible he just listened to music he curated himself. We've been listening to FM radio our entire lives while the upcoming generation hasn't. I'm not saying he is or isn't faking it for a reaction, I'm just saying it is plausible that he hasn't heard it in its entirety.
A music producer who: 1) Hasn’t heard this song before 2) Has no thoughts about the production, arrangement, or songwriting. Fascinating. Have fun on your journey, buddy.
I can name one -- ONE -- song by Taylor Swift. It sucks, and I know she insists on looking like a tralk on stage. I'm as illiterate about TS as he claims to be about Queen. Not everyone knows everyone's music, regardless of how famous they may be. P.S. - The one song I do know by Taylor Swift was done far better by another band as a cover.
@@dougrebertus1992 But TS’ music hasn’t yet endured the crucible of time. My main point was that he advertised a music producer reacting to this classic for the first time, but didn’t make any comment to the craft used in getting this arrangement recorded.
People- is it a crime to listen and react to the song and band quality and not to the (fantastic) production when it’s your first time listening to the song? Goodness, relax.
Actually this was his "coming out" song. Listen carefully to the words, and you'll see that the "man" he killed was himself. He had a fiance who he'd cheated on with a MAN he met in a men's room. The "save his life from this monstrosity" was the monstrosity of his sexuality. "Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me" is in reference to his religious condemnation. "So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye" was a punishment used by his religion for being gay. "Because I'm easy come easy go" and "Any way the wind blows" is in reference to 'taking it how he can get it'. "I have to leave you all behind to face the truth" the truth that he likes men. "Gotta leave you all behind to face the truth" the truth that his pending marriage to a woman wasn't going to happen. He had to leave HER to face what he really was. "I don't want to die" is in reference to his FEAR that he's not a man (remember that at the time even those who were gay felt it was VERY WRONG). Even Bismillah is in reference to his religious upbringing and his mental conflict with what he'd become. It was INGENIOUSLY written to blur the meaning so the listener could interpret things that it wasn't meant to imply, and put subtle hints inside to expose the real meaning.
@@mikeh8416thanks, I’d never heard of or thought of that explanation, it’s very enlightening. And hopefully you meant “ingeniously“ rather than “ingenuously.”
Don’t it believe it for a sec....he’s heard it before......it starts off and he’s interrupting already....that’s a sign...people usually are engaged in listening to it if they’ve never heard it before...I’m off...I’ve heard more than enough😉
@josephinemonahan915 it's quite possible. I first really heard it quite late in my life, I'm 50 and still discover classic songs for the first time as of today.
An interesting factoid is that Brian May and his father built his guitar as he could not afford to buy one. He still plays it to this day and he uses six pence coins as picks - he apparently has a massive stash.
remeber this : the pruducer/ record label back in the days said NO, never will anybody hear this song.. to long, opera ? to crazy .. and then BOOM .. we still hear that song today. Thank you
If you want to hear how beloved this song is, and how much power Freddie Mercury had, look up "Green Day crowd Bohemian Rhapsody", and witness how Freddie can control a crowd _35 years_ after he died. It's utterly awesome.
Thanks - I'd never seen that before and it was AWESOME!!! I've been to concerts where the crowd would just take over a song from the band, but I've never seen a crowd just perform a song (and what a song, eh?!!) just from the warm-up music before. Now I have a new favorite! Again, my thanks!
My sister was married to an older guy who listened only to Oldies. For years that was all they listened to in the car. at home, etc. DIVORCE. She drives to my house pulls in and doesn't get out of the car. At least five minutes pass. Then she emerges from the car as if in a trance. When she entered the house she looked at me and asked "Have you ever heard of a band called Queen?" I replied with an eye-roll, "Oh, you just heard Bohemian Rhapsody for the first time."
There is so much music out there and we all have our favorite genres. Makes sense if parents weren't into that music you wouldn't have heard it before. There are a lot of musical styles I am not a fan of either. Loving music doesn't mean loving every song ever made. Glad you finally got to hear this awesome song.
What are you laughing at? No words? NO WORDS?? Heres 2, SHEAR BRILLIANCE. And your a producer?? What!! First part crime commited and regret, second part trial and jury, defence begging for leaniency. Third part time served taking whats given in society but getting through it. Listen to it, FANTASTIC. Number 1 twice, first release and after Freddie Mercury's death. (He's the singer and composer)
Sometimes your mind gets blown in a good way and the only response is to laugh with joy. He had me at first with the laugh, but he was so full of good He could only laughing response. Like me he will have to listen a couple of more times to get past the surprise of the whole song to be able to grasp the parts that make it a GOAT.
Love “Somebody to Love” in Montreal 81… but as this guy is a music producer, I think he should perhaps first listen to the studio version, THEN hear how they changed it up to perform live.
@@IDBARTLETT For the views and likes ofc. "I listen to Bohemian Rhapsody for the 100th time, because you're an idiot if you think i haven't heard this before" doesn't have the same ring to it.
Don't know if anyone else told you yet, but the opening harmony, despite showing the band, is all Freddie Mercury. He did the opening multiple times, then they spliced it all together to create that amazing harmony. That's the versatility of his voice.
I have an absolute insider tip: It's time to tell him about a band called the "The Beatles" and their song "I want to hold your hand" so that he can ask "Who are they?" And "What is this?"
WOW!!!!! You have to be the only one in the world who hasn’t heard . This song is known in every country in the entire world as A Masterpiece. They received an award for contributing to greatest music in British history 💕
No record company would even touch this song. They said "cut it into 3 different songs, then come back". Freddy took it to a radio station himself. History
Th acapella intro is all just Freddie multitracked harmony, after that all the harmonies are Freddie (lead vocal piano), Brian (guitar) and Roger(drums/high notes/harmonies). John (bass) rarely sings because he doesn't like to. There is another Queen song that Freddie wrote before this one where you can hear the seeds of Bohemian Rhapsody germinating in Freddie's mind; it is called March Of The Black Queen. If you listen to that song, you need to listen to the studio version because like this song the multitracking is not able to be reproduced live with just the three vocals. Later Freddie wrote another song called Innuendo which is the other bookend to Bohemian Rhapsody. To me they are a trillogy of Freddie's creativity. In between there are hundreds of songs written by Freddie and Brian and some by John and Roger as well that were hits and some outstanding hidden gems. If you want to see the dynamics of Freddie's voice, you need to listen to Somebody To Love live at Montreal 1981 (great video quality because it was filmed on 8mm film). If you want to see the depth of Brian's guitar skills as well as Freddie's piano skills, you must listen to White Queen live at Odeon, Hammersmith 1975. You will see why Queen was so amazing live and why they attracted crowds of up to around 300,000 for their shows. There is a lot to unpack with Bohemian Rhapsody, particularly from a producer's point of view. Bear in mind, this song was recorded on 24 track tape so the dynamics needed to create the sound of a 100 voice choir in this song are mind boggling. Thank you for your reaction. You were properly impressed.
I love the fact he had never heard it before. Why, or how doesn't matter. The fact that this track is still blowing peoples minds. And will continue to do so. God save Queen 🇬🇧
Best line I've ever heard from someone in his generation: "Back in the day when singers could really sing." All of us boomers have known this for decades!
For all of you so mortified. This is Isaac’s dad- and the truth is, though I’ve been a musician and critical listener for 25 years- drums, acoustic guitar, singing, and live sound engineering, I just honestly can’t stand classic rock (though this song is incredible!). While my friends were listening to Motley Crue growing up in the 80s- I was listening to jazz and Yanni. And other broadway and orchestral stuff. I became a Christian in the 90s and really was driven to listen to a lot of Christian music (not that I think secular music is “sinful” it’s just what I WANTED to listen to. So when Isaac (and our other 14 children!) were growing up, he got the same mix of what I was listening to- orchestral, Christian, etc. I was FREAKISH about analyzing production with him. I would always rewind parts and say “listen to the choices they made here- and “wow listen to the production” And many of my kids have now gone into music and really doing amazing things. Here’s one of the many projects my daughter wrote and Isaac arranged and produced and played. th-cam.com/video/EpPUN3Up8SM/w-d-xo.html Hope that gives some background!
Aww, he went crying to daddy. Why is it so important for you to shield your son from criticism. Strangers on You Tube will not define his character or affect his career choices. Get over yourselves, and drop this whining. And find another medium to advertise your children's 'I love Jesus' musical.
My parents were devoted Christians. However, they NEVER restricted us to what music me and my siblings can listen to. We could literally listen to ANYTHING we wanted to. The only condition was that we buy our music with our own (pocket) money and listen in our rooms. Thats why today I can enjoy and appreciate different music genres. From gospel to heavy metal, because I wasn't shielded from 'world music'. And 'discovers' one of the greatest songs ever recorded in my adult life.
It just surprised me that he seemed not to recognize opera at all, although in fairness he didn’t really appear to be paying attention to the lyrics/story, which is important where opera is concerned.
Well done. I’m a black guy from Los Angeles in 1971. I was in the Army in Hawaii piecing a Southern rock band together. Our friends in a nearby building invited us over to hear them playing their type of music. Blew our minds. It was a magical time. And the cross pollenization continues.
Yup, and I’m the dad who sheltered him 😂😂😂😂. But we did listen to a ton of broadway, Disney, and other great stuff. Honestly I just can’t stand classic rock so we would never play any of it around the house. That’s simple.
There are hundreds of pieces that are centuries old. How come you've never heard of them? 'Doen Daphne' by Van Eyck ,for example. A well known classic in the recorder repertoire.
The manager they had when Freddie wrote this refused to produce it, Freddie fired him and made their major hit. You've got to listen to the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium, phenomenal
This song is a very clever spoof of the over the top, bombastic drama shared by heavy metal and opera. A lot of Queen’s music was done with a wink like this. Brilliant, terrific musicianship. No one had ever heard anything like this before.
I don’t for a fact. No connection to the band other than as a fan (like you, I would guess). I saw them live twice at their peak (late ‘70’s). Freddie’s manner on stage was very playful in both shows I saw. You can see that in the Live Aid show with the way he plays with the audience. Read through the rest of these comments. Freddie apparently said in interviews that this song had its roots in opera. Other comments describe all four guys in the group as smart, academically successful as well as talented musicians. Smart guys like that usually have good senses of humor. Both live shows as well as the liner notes on their albums suggested they were committed to playing high quality music that stretched boundaries and was also fun to play. Short answer to your question is just an impression.
And IIRC, they've overused the tape, so that it almost dissolved! They had to reproduce and copy multiple tracks for many times. Real story, but also in the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody".
"Innuendo" (in the album Innuendo) from Queen, it's a song that is not as popular as Bohemian rhapsody but it's absolutely INSANE, there are like 4 songs in one, really underrated song
Queen - a group and a lead singer that can never be eclipsed. Great QUEEN reactions: Somebody To Love - 1981 in Montreal. BUT, the ultimate view - Queen's 1985 Live Aid appearance. By far the greatest 20+ minutes in musical history. Queen was a last minute add to the show - and anybody will tell you - fans and artists both in the U.S. and the UK - that Queen stole the entire show that day.
Ok, maybe is better now or never but you have a lot catching up to do with Queen. Freddie Mercury - lead vocals, Brian May - electric 🎸 (one of a kind, home built by Brian and hid dad when Bri was 16-17), backing vocals Roger Taylor - drums, backing vocals (with the higher pitch at Galileo 😅), John Deacon - bass 4 outstanding musicians, composers, ... no autotune, no ear piece, just pure talent and hard work (multi tracking and over dubing) Welcome to Queen glory and a catalogue of more than 300 songs Perhaps you can start down the rabbit hole with their early songs Keep Yourself Alive, Killer Queen, Liar ... I recommend live versions because they are just another level from 110% studio recordings. Enjoy.
A few facts about Queen: - Freddie's voice had a 164 octave range, it was haunting and powerful. So haunting and powerful that he once forgot to turn his voice up a few octaves and sang a note so low that an entire town surrounding a venue they once played defecated themselves. It also raised the dead. - Brian May had a pre show ritual he would do before every show involving a television remote control, orphans blood and a can of beans (nobody knew what it was because he would lock himself in a room to carry it out. It took 3 hours to complete). -Roger Taylor's drumkit was made up entirely of bits of women. - The one that played bass had a fear of skeletons "I can't believe they're inside us, trying to escape!" he once said. He used to ride a horse to band practice and make it watch. "Why don't you leave that bloody thing at home, bassman?" Freddy used to sing at him.
I’ve never been to a Broadway musical but every time I hear this song I imagine it probably sounds like this. A true performance. It’s more than a song it’s an experience.
Not really, although there's that theatrical story element in it. Most Broadway musical numbers have a simpler song structure. This is really on the edge of real rock opera (not Tommy or Jesus Christ Superstar, which were called rock operas but were really rock musicals -- I saw the original Broadway production of JC Superstar, way back when it first opened).
As the meme goes: "If you don't sing along to Bohmian Rhapsody, and at least attempt to do all the voices, can you even claim to be British?" Everyone in Britain (well- most people) can sing along to this word-for-word. As many others have said, you just have to search 'Green Day crowd singing along to Bohemian Rhapsody' to see the truth in this!
The fun thing is, when Freddie talked to Brian May about starting a band, Brian May said: "Yes, but can you sing?" Ha ha! And a few years ago when Queen (the remnants of it) was touring, an American (of course) critic (moron, more like it) wrote something about them using autotune. Roger Taylor responded something along the line of: "No, we rehearse." Ha ha!
Right? Even if he wasn't in the music business I wouldn't believe a person that age has never heard one of the most played songs of all time but a music producer? 😂 Absolutely crazy that all these years after Bohemian Rhapsody reactions became a thing we've still got people pretending they've lived under a rock their whole lives and commenters pretending to buy into it. I seriously hope Queen fans aren't actually that naive unless they're about 10 years old :/
I appreciated the way you reviewed this masterpiece. You didn't talk all over it. You didn't stop and start. And, your comments were brief, but to the point. Thanks for that.
If you listen to Queen and other great bands from the 60s/70s/80s you will never tire of music. Queen were so creative they wrote in multiple genres. There has never been another song like Bohemian Rhapsody and probably never will. A masterpiece. The drummer Roger Taylor sings the very high notes. Please watch the studio video version for Somebody To Love then the live version in Montreal 1981 to see how Queen goes from a studio multi tracked choir sound to a banger live sound.
This was the first ever music video. Its practically the UK's national anthem. Its consistently voted best song of all time , 50 years after it came out. As a genre its considered Rock Opera. Freddie loved Opera. 🇬🇧
Yes. They were unable to perform for an appearance on the British TV show Top of the Pops. Due to other commitments. So made the video to be played in their absence. An idea that caught on rather rapidly.
It's hard to define what was the first music video. Before that term was used, they were called promotional films, and bands made plenty of those back in the 1960s and even the 50s.
@@gotham61 Its generally viewed as the first official music video by anyone whose a music industry buff. I think the younger generations & younger reactor channels aren't aware how the industry worked back then & how extremely unusual it was for the time. It then quickly led to all bands doing official videos .
@@sarahholland2600 is this a music video? It came out eight years before Bohemian Rhapsody. th-cam.com/video/H3DGpINHX5Q/w-d-xo.htmlsi=FuhRqutvt7gWtX9r
I was in my freshman year in H.S. when this song dropped. It was one of the most unique-sounding compositions that we had ever heard. FM was a gifted singer-songwriter. Another stunning composition by "Queen", is "Take My Breath Away". Listen both to the in-concert and the recording studio version. You'll get goosebumps listening to this one.
I think it's quite possible he's never listened to the whole song, only bits of it.
Literally what I said in the intro
@@becauseisaac but it’s a classic
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@@becauseisaac Shame.
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Errr so no analysis other than 'I can’t do this it’s to crazy' Deep !
How can a grown man, especially a music producer in this day and age, say they’ve never listened to this masterpiece. This is a genuine question that I want answers to
was thinking the same thing, surely he would have wanted to ages ago?
Yeah, I don’t buy it.
lots of emotion baiting going on in music reaction vids - just par 4 the course :(
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Same here
I'm soo glad I wasn't the one to say that! LOL... I was sooo closeee....lol
"I don't know what to do with this"
Advice from someone who grew up with it. Listen to it again. And again. And again. Keep listening.
Preach it!
The "making of" explains a lot ... and it was all done without computers, just a lot of "overlaying of many MANY tracks of tape" ... by a perfectionist.
I’ve noticed with ‘Gen Z’ they have a very limited vocabulary. But to have a limited vocabulary about a passion and work you ‘do’ every day seems strange.
100%
Listen on a. Lifetime loop ....❤
I just don't understand how a music producer hasn't heard this before.
exactly
Either you’ve heard this or you’re no “music producer”
Just needs likes.
It's impossible!
Lots of people call themselves a 'producer' nowadays. Most are just playing around with music apps on their pc, in their bedrooms. Technically they're 'producing' music but they're not really producers, in the professional sense and would be lost in a real studio, or if asked to setup the audio for a recording session. :)
Bohemian Rhapsody was voted internationally as the No 1 popular song of the entire 20th Century. No 1. It was groundbreaking.
Internationally 😂
And not only of the 20th Century. No. 1 ever recorded.
Although it was groundbreaking, it was a flop originally. Radio stations initially wouldn’t play it because it was so long. But over time it grew in popularity and became the classic it is.
I'm a Millennial, so my first time hearing it was in the Wayne's World movie 🙂
@@Demetri450, Universally. Stay blissful 😊
Bohemian Rhapsody brought a significant change in music of the time. The record owners rejected it, but they just pushed on - presenting one of the best and most important pieces of music in history.
Thank Kenny Everett for playing it on Radio 1.
Yeah they rejected it becoz it’s too long for radio play. Seriously wth!
@@RosieLee777radio one likes it because studio to toilets and back was 6 minutes.
I'm a mathematician. Imagine my surprise when i found out there was a number three. Never come across it before.
Actually the best comment 😂
Well said mate
I agree, he must have heard it before
And everything he says is utterly generic......joke. if this is a Music Producer from this generation. Im glad im 66...😂😂😂😂😂
@@Aoife24601They don't make them like that anymore in fact no one has made anything like this past or present.
Think of it as a rock opera. That’s what it is.
Freddie was able to sing operatically with a famous female opera singer before he died. That’s truly the type of singer he always longed to be.
Montsserat Caballe.
Lady Montserrat Caballé
Best rock opera is FLASH GORDON. Their covers in Highlander are also great.
@@Jtr_ceral_killerwhat do you mean by their covers on Highlander? They wrote and recorded all the music for that movie it’s their It’s a Kind of Magic album.
@@gabrieldee345don5 yes and the song is called barcelona. Obviously brilliant
"Back in the day when singers could actually sing" Shots fired at the current generation of singers! Love it! Freddy Mercury was a one of a kind!
It's actually not even the fault of that generation. It's just a different environment!
he IS the current generation of singers my man
Yeah, we might be mid 60s in age now but boy did we have some fabulous music in our youth.
After the 80s no one can truly sing.
We have great singers, it s not our fault you re blocked in the past granpa 🙃
My daughter was the only one in her high school to know this song because she was born to older parents and suddenly we were cool.
At the risk of feeling stone-aged but what age is considered "older parents"?
@@DaniLoreas an elder millennial (or a Xenial) dad, I think I prefer not to know the answer
@@merchillio Never heard xenial but that would be me too, and I am guessing we are ancient lol
Criminey! You can’t go to a football game without hearing this or another one bites the dust!
Hope she isn't a producer ;)
"What instrument do you play Freddie?" His reply: "The audience Darling, the Audience!"
When you watch the Live Aid concert, you will understand that answer. The crowd wasn't just Queen fans, but the way Freddie gets them to react is one of the most Brilliant things I've ever seen.
Please give us your reaction to it.
And Welcome to "Queendom!"
The stage presence on that man. 😊❤
OMG! Yes! Live Aid!!! He played that audience like a master!!
I had just moved into a studio apartment and my belongings hadn't arrived, yet. There was a 2nd hand store not far away, so the purchase was a cheap little black and white portable tv on which my sister and I could watch Live Aid. When Freddie came on stage, we both got goose bumps at his performance. Even on that humble little device, we could feel the electricity he generated.
@@karenlobosco9646 Just that audience? That audience was most of the world. He still draws people to his singing after his death!
Funny story: apart from the strep throat and his doctor telling him he would never sing again if he sang that show, they didn't have stage monitors when they started their set. If you watch closely, near the end of the first verse of Radio Gaga, you will notice Freddie glance down at the monitors in front of him and simultaneously hear the entire band congeal into one cohesive unit as the techs under the stage found the cables that hadn't been plugged in. One of the most chilling moments of live music history for me.
Source: My pro audio engineer friend that loves queen and knows a lot about a lot of things.
AND that was tracked on tape, mate. 200 overdubs. The harmonies with modulation, the crisp guitar tone, the dynamics. This has it all.
The simple brilliance of Old School tech. You do all the hard math before a single note is sung or played.
Overdubbed so often the tape literally wore through until it was see-through. They made a copy as a matter of extreme urgency!
Thank you for pointing out the incredible craftsmanship of tape recordings. My dad used to work for Capital Records before it went to stereo.
And no computers
True but represented by them well live too!
The only music producer in the world living under a rock.
Queenie here, along with the others below. We could write a book about this song alone... but I will (try) to make it short. The first chorus of "harmonies" is Freddie Mercury harmonizing with himself. Remember, this was all on tape... no computer, no cut and paste, just tape. No autotune, no Melodyne. The guitarist is Dr. Sir Brian May (an astrophysicist), a songwriter and amazing vocalist as well, providing harmonies for the rest of BoRhap and the rest of their library he is often rated in the top 10 of best guitarests ever. Roger Taylor, the drummer with the high cymbals is one of the top drummers in history, a songwriter as well, and has the _really_ high falsetto you hear on many songs, including BoRhap. "Somebody to Love" Montreal 81 is a great example of his incredible counter-tenor (in the 70s). Roger and Brian also have solo albums. John Deacon, the fantastic bassist who created the riff in "Under Pressure" (stolen by Vanilla Ice decades later and now it's called a "sample.") and wrote "Another One Bites the Dust." John is the quiet member who, after Freddie died of AIDS in 1991, retired after all Queen songs made with Freddie's voice ("Made in Heaven") and the Tribute concert (1992) and one tribute song (No-One But You [Only the Good Die Young]") in 1997 with Roger and Brian were finished. John created the Deacy amp that creates the unique sounds Brian's homemade guitar, the Red Special, makes. John has a degree in Electrical Engineering. Freddie had an art degree. Roger had a Biology degree. Smart guys, all! All 4 are in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the first to be inducted as the single members of a band all at one time. I think that's a decent start. You hit THE rabbit hole, my friend!! Oh, and you play Queen and the Queenies will come in droves!
Spot on synopsis, Queenie.
I salute you! 🇨🇦 🍒🍒🍒
Thank you my beloved fellow Queen lover from a 45 year long Queen lover too😘
No to mention all 4 members of Queen are in the songwriters hall of fame.
I've been a fan since Killer Queen hit the airwaves, but this is the first time I have seen this kind of write-up---Thanks.
Whoever you are, I love you.
There will never ever be another Freddie Mercury.
Thank God
That's only because the government shut down my cloning facility.
@@andrewh5568lol
And?
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The song is structured without a chorus and has 6 main parts to it (including an OPERA section!) It was originally written as 3 separate songs, (by Freddie Mercury ofc) then ingeniously combined together to create 1 masterpiece. All of that combined with incredible harmonies and instrumentals created one of the greatest works of composition the world has, or will ever see! Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
The lack of repeat is, indeed, what makes it a genuine rhapsody.
I like how you broke down the best Symphonic Rock song ever. This is my number 2. I think you’ll enjoy it. th-cam.com/video/IZSFaFV86eE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=TQR2dglcgwjgPXaB
I never knew that but it makes perfect sense, thank you.
Actually the 3 song thing has been proven false. Late last year when there was an auction of Freddie's belongings one of the things sold was the hand writing of this song. It was all one song.
I think that all may go over the head of this “ Producer / Songwriter”
I have heard teenagers discussing this with more knowledge and passion than this “ person”
This is four creative musicians pushing the envelope of musical excellence.
Why do older folks say that music today is terrible? Because of songs like this. We know what actual talent is.
On point!!!!
I would have agreed with you a month ago! Check out the artist REN’s song Hi Ren! I was floored.
@@canecasavettes85 I have. Thanks for caring enough to make the suggestion.
Oh please. God, The Universe, or whatever it is you think dishes out talent did not just stop somewhere back in the eighties and decide "That's it. No more." The absolute arrogance of thinking there is no actual talent these days is astonishing.
I grew up in the fifties and sixties. Guess what the "old folks" said about the music we listened to. It was horrible. No talent. Blah blah blah. Nothing but noise." The only reason they didn't like it was because it wasn't written for them, just like today's music isn't written for you. If you don't like it, sorry, but you let yourself get old.
There is some excellent music being written and performed today. Personally, I particularly like Joe Bonamassa and Beth Hart, both individually and together. Oddly, I am also quite fond of Deadmau5.
@@TheBarkinFrog Thank you! Everyone forgets that every decade had its hits and shits. Looking back we remember the best and can cherry pick all the good from the bad with relative ease. New good music is arguably more prevalent today than ever before with the internet!
Freddie could not just sing, he had a 4 octave range ❤
The highest notes you hear are Roger, not Freddie.
@@surfdigbyhe was just stating he had a 4 octave range which is true
"Back in the days when singers could actually sing" -- best line ever!! You do know that the really high notes were the drummer, Roger Taylor?
Freddie Mercury was an opera fan, hence Bohemian Rhapsody. Listen to that song three times and you'll understand why it is voted the best pop song in history in a thousand polls worldwide
Loved when he did Barcelona with Montserat Caballe, an amazing opera singer now longer with us just like Freddie. They are serenading God and the Angels in Heaven. Issac should give that a listen and all other Queen tracks with videos. Wonder what he will make of I Want To Break Free with Freddie dressed up as mum doing the hoovering, the gorgeous Roger Taylor as his daughter, John Deacon as Granny, and Brian May in curlers and dressing gown. Loved that video.
The drummer is Roger Taylor.
Mercury has stated that the inspiration behind Bohemian Rapsody was to create a "Rock Opera", and if you listen along with the lyrics, you can hear three distinct acts that make up the story being told. The record label pushed against it hard believing that no one would listen to a song that long, but lo and behold, it's one of the most famous rocks song in history.
Fun fact: Brian May, the lead guitarist, graduated university in 1968 with a BS in physics and later got his PhD in astrophysics 2007. Seriously smart dude.
Wow! There are so many different stories regarding the inspiration that it has taken on a life of its own.
Bohemian Rhapsody is not "crazy", "nuts", "insane" etc.
It's just brilliant.
It's also not new, also @ 2:40 playing real instruments. Pop especially has gotten electric synths and backing tracks lazy these dayz
@@torineg.847 Can you play a single instrument? If not, shut the fuck up.
Its a fuzzy line
It's almost perfect. 😊❤
it is all 4 of those things
What people also forget, is this was one of the First Music videos.
I feel sorry for the young today, we had the best music...
Agreed!
Actually, the first music video band was, arguably, the Monkees.
@@kathleenflick6041 The first-ever music video is considered to be “The Little Lost Child” by Edward B. Marks and Joe Stern from 1894, which was an illustrated song with still images and live music.
I'm sorry for 'the old' that stopped listening to modern music because their 60-70-80s music 'was so good'
It was, I can't deny it, especially because if this song, but come on! Saying that everything in your younger days was better, makes you sound like your parents! And you don't want that, do you?
Keep an open mind and visit a modern concert every now and then!
@@prittykitty- bold of you to assume that we all stopped listening to music.
I'm mainly a BTS Army, but I also love Chase & Status, Taylor Swift & Bring Me The Horizon, I love dance (EDM) music and I'm very much enjoying the drum & bass revival that is taking place right now.
But I do know that none of these artists are on the same level as those of the past. And they probably know it too.
It’s depressing that a so-called music professional doesn’t know this masterpiece. No excuses.
I'm guessing this guy is at most 30. If that's true, he's had about 15 years of truly listening to music (usually about 15 is when you start paying attention and getting into it). Realize that's about when FM radio was going out of style and iPhones/iPods/Streaming/Spotify started. It's very possible he just listened to music he curated himself. We've been listening to FM radio our entire lives while the upcoming generation hasn't.
I'm not saying he is or isn't faking it for a reaction, I'm just saying it is plausible that he hasn't heard it in its entirety.
A music producer who:
1) Hasn’t heard this song before
2) Has no thoughts about the production, arrangement, or songwriting.
Fascinating.
Have fun on your journey, buddy.
My thoughts exactly.
I'm guessing he's been limited to repetitive new music
I can name one -- ONE -- song by
Taylor Swift. It sucks, and I know she insists on looking like a tralk on stage. I'm as illiterate about TS as he claims to be about Queen. Not everyone knows everyone's music, regardless of how famous they may be.
P.S. - The one song I do know by Taylor Swift was done far better by another band as a cover.
@@dougrebertus1992 But TS’ music hasn’t yet endured the crucible of time. My main point was that he advertised a music producer reacting to this classic for the first time, but didn’t make any comment to the craft used in getting this arrangement recorded.
People- is it a crime to listen and react to the song and band quality and not to the (fantastic) production when it’s your first time listening to the song? Goodness, relax.
A play with three acts: a murder, a court case, and prison, concluded with a broken man who goes anywhere the wind blows.
Practically the definition of a rhapsody. 🤗
Best simple definition of the song ever
Actually this was his "coming out" song. Listen carefully to the words, and you'll see that the "man" he killed was himself. He had a fiance who he'd cheated on with a MAN he met in a men's room. The "save his life from this monstrosity" was the monstrosity of his sexuality. "Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me" is in reference to his religious condemnation. "So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye" was a punishment used by his religion for being gay. "Because I'm easy come easy go" and "Any way the wind blows" is in reference to 'taking it how he can get it'. "I have to leave you all behind to face the truth" the truth that he likes men. "Gotta leave you all behind to face the truth" the truth that his pending marriage to a woman wasn't going to happen. He had to leave HER to face what he really was. "I don't want to die" is in reference to his FEAR that he's not a man (remember that at the time even those who were gay felt it was VERY WRONG). Even Bismillah is in reference to his religious upbringing and his mental conflict with what he'd become.
It was INGENIOUSLY written to blur the meaning so the listener could interpret things that it wasn't meant to imply, and put subtle hints inside to expose the real meaning.
And all the while being an analogy of Freddie's coming out ...
@@mikeh8416thanks, I’d never heard of or thought of that explanation, it’s very enlightening.
And hopefully you meant “ingeniously“ rather than “ingenuously.”
First time?? how man how?
Don’t it believe it for a sec....he’s heard it before......it starts off and he’s interrupting already....that’s a sign...people usually are engaged in listening to it if they’ve never heard it before...I’m off...I’ve heard more than enough😉
I'm 50 and thought the same damn thing, considering his listed profession/hobby.
Ikr
I'm 35 and I've known it since I was about 7.
@josephinemonahan915 it's quite possible. I first really heard it quite late in my life, I'm 50 and still discover classic songs for the first time as of today.
Is anyone able to name a better guitar playing astrophysicist than Brian May?
Though I think Brian May is one of the best you can't take away from David gilmour
Totally! It’s Dr. Brian May
Sorry but david every single time
@@rogergrimes1475 Gilmore isn’t an astrophysicist. Sorry, you lose.
I can only think of two theoretical physicists, Brian Cox and Brian Wecht, but they're mainly keyboard players.
Weird that they're all called Brian.
back in the day we took it for granted that music was good, we were spoiled.
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*_NAILED IT_*
I’m 75 and I personally think Freddie Mercury has the most beautiful voice ever and I’ve heard them all.
@@cynthia4680I agree with you.
No other voice can touch me as much as Freddie's voice does.
If never heard this, wait until this music producer hears about folks like Mozart, Bach and Beethoven....
Exactly. A music producer not knowing Queen is just as bad as a Classical Composer not knowing who Mozart is.
Hah 😂 Yes, agree!!!
This comment for the win.😂
Yep, seems strange?
This is why Queen was known around the world as a great band.
And he made his own guitar!!
@0:10 yes it’s a crime 😂.
The music police has already arrested him
Childhood song...bro 😮
I’m a 14 year-old girl and even I grew up with this song
An interesting factoid is that Brian May and his father built his guitar as he could not afford to buy one. He still plays it to this day and he uses six pence coins as picks - he apparently has a massive stash.
remeber this : the pruducer/ record label back in the days said NO, never will anybody hear this song.. to long, opera ? to crazy .. and then BOOM .. we still hear that song today.
Thank you
* too not to
@@unsignedmusic sorry, stupid german...
If you want to hear how beloved this song is, and how much power Freddie Mercury had, look up "Green Day crowd Bohemian Rhapsody", and witness how Freddie can control a crowd _35 years_ after he died. It's utterly awesome.
that was a brilliant moment.. wish I could have been there
Thanks - I'd never seen that before and it was AWESOME!!! I've been to concerts where the crowd would just take over a song from the band, but I've never seen a crowd just perform a song (and what a song, eh?!!) just from the warm-up music before. Now I have a new favorite! Again, my thanks!
@@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394 hello mate, are you Ukrainian by any chance?
@@люстерко Nope.
Came here to say this, glad someone else already had!!
1975 was the year the world changed. Queen and Freddie rocked out, and I'm delighted you finally watched superstars doing their thing.
This is in fact a three act opera. The crime in the first act with the remorse, the judgement in the second act and the anger in the third act.
My sister was married to an older guy who listened only to Oldies. For years that was all they listened to in the car. at home, etc. DIVORCE. She drives to my house pulls in and doesn't get out of the car. At least five minutes pass. Then she emerges from the car as if in a trance. When she entered the house she looked at me and asked "Have you ever heard of a band called Queen?" I replied with an eye-roll, "Oh, you just heard Bohemian Rhapsody for the first time."
😭 That’s awesome
@@becauseisaac I was jealous. I wish I could hear BR for the first time.
My same reaction when I heard this song for the first time!
I bet she asked how did you know it something along those words.
How can you be a music producer and not know this song ?
There is so much music out there and we all have our favorite genres. Makes sense if parents weren't into that music you wouldn't have heard it before. There are a lot of musical styles I am not a fan of either. Loving music doesn't mean loving every song ever made. Glad you finally got to hear this awesome song.
What are you laughing at? No words? NO WORDS?? Heres 2, SHEAR BRILLIANCE. And your a producer?? What!! First part crime commited and regret, second part trial and jury, defence begging for leaniency. Third part time served taking whats given in society but getting through it. Listen to it, FANTASTIC. Number 1 twice, first release and after Freddie Mercury's death. (He's the singer and composer)
Sometimes your mind gets blown in a good way and the only response is to laugh with joy. He had me at first with the laugh, but he was so full of good He could only laughing response. Like me he will have to listen a couple of more times to get past the surprise of the whole song to be able to grasp the parts that make it a GOAT.
He's laughing and has no words and claims to never have heard it? He is a producer?, really? Now that is laughable
The laughing is disgustingl
Queen is SO talented. Freddie was a stunning writer and vocalist. And May is a superb guitarist who just happens to have a PHD in astrophysics. Dang!
The best song ever. Their music label didn’t want to put it out as too long for the radio. They insisted
The crowd singing this at the Green Day concert is epic and shows the power of this masterpiece.
now I hope you react to "Somebody to Love" 1981 live in Montreal.
This will definitely blow his mind.
Love “Somebody to Love” in Montreal 81… but as this guy is a music producer, I think he should perhaps first listen to the studio version, THEN hear how they changed it up to perform live.
@@imweakfordeaky imo-this one is just as good if not better.
Nobody does this anymore. This is what you should be aiming for. Creativity, power, subtlety, musicianship, talent, all in one song.
Do you really expect us to believe you've never heard this song before?
I don't. But I'm engaging, so he wins.
He's just listened to bits.
Why would he lie?
@@IDBARTLETT For the views and likes ofc. "I listen to Bohemian Rhapsody for the 100th time, because you're an idiot if you think i haven't heard this before" doesn't have the same ring to it.
He didnt say that , he said he hadn't heard the whole song , just bits in memes etc , perhaps you should learn to listen properly
Freddie Mercury was a talent beyond words
Don't know if anyone else told you yet, but the opening harmony, despite showing the band, is all Freddie Mercury. He did the opening multiple times, then they spliced it all together to create that amazing harmony. That's the versatility of his voice.
Awaken by Yes would blow your mind completely…A masterpiece in every sense of the word…
Every song by Queen is a masterpiece
True statement right there! I agree with you 100%
Hammer to fall. (Chefs kiss)mmmmuuhhh
Queen are in a place beyond any category, they are timeless and out of the ordinary
Another brilliant song is Barcelona where you can see that Freddy can hold his own singing with a opera singer.
I have an absolute insider tip: It's time to tell him about a band called the "The Beatles" and their song "I want to hold your hand" so that he can ask "Who are they?" And "What is this?"
Just appreciate it as that masterpiece!!!
We all did back in the day!!! 😅👌
Bohemian Rhapsody and Innuendo are really the bookends of Freddie's journey. Innuendo is definitely more surreal of the two.
I disagree: Innuendo is simply an appeal to God to answer our questions and our (Freddie's) determination to carry on nevertheless.
@@betseyclark2832 Yes, I recognize the theme. The presentation - being a Surrealist myself - is surreal. No disagreement needed.
WOW!!!!! You have to be the only one in the world who hasn’t heard .
This song is known in every country in the entire world as A Masterpiece.
They received an award for contributing to greatest music in British history 💕
THE USA = Thick
look up reactions to BohRhap here on YT. You'll be blown away how many people really never heard the song!! Unbelievably but still true!
No record company would even touch this song. They said "cut it into 3 different songs, then come back". Freddy took it to a radio station himself.
History
Don't stop your Queen journey..you're life is about to change! ❤
absolutely true words
And for the better!
Th acapella intro is all just Freddie multitracked harmony, after that all the harmonies are Freddie (lead vocal piano), Brian (guitar) and Roger(drums/high notes/harmonies). John (bass) rarely sings because he doesn't like to. There is another Queen song that Freddie wrote before this one where you can hear the seeds of Bohemian Rhapsody germinating in Freddie's mind; it is called March Of The Black Queen. If you listen to that song, you need to listen to the studio version because like this song the multitracking is not able to be reproduced live with just the three vocals. Later Freddie wrote another song called Innuendo which is the other bookend to Bohemian Rhapsody. To me they are a trillogy of Freddie's creativity. In between there are hundreds of songs written by Freddie and Brian and some by John and Roger as well that were hits and some outstanding hidden gems. If you want to see the dynamics of Freddie's voice, you need to listen to Somebody To Love live at Montreal 1981 (great video quality because it was filmed on 8mm film). If you want to see the depth of Brian's guitar skills as well as Freddie's piano skills, you must listen to White Queen live at Odeon, Hammersmith 1975. You will see why Queen was so amazing live and why they attracted crowds of up to around 300,000 for their shows. There is a lot to unpack with Bohemian Rhapsody, particularly from a producer's point of view. Bear in mind, this song was recorded on 24 track tape so the dynamics needed to create the sound of a 100 voice choir in this song are mind boggling. Thank you for your reaction. You were properly impressed.
You named the Queen masterpieces, thank you for that😘
Nobody sang like Freddie. This is true musical production. ❤
It’s called creativity, talent and balls to go your own way
I love the fact he had never heard it before. Why, or how doesn't matter. The fact that this track is still blowing peoples minds. And will continue to do so. God save Queen 🇬🇧
Best line I've ever heard from someone in his generation: "Back in the day when singers could really sing." All of us boomers have known this for decades!
For all of you so mortified. This is Isaac’s dad- and the truth is, though I’ve been a musician and critical listener for 25 years- drums, acoustic guitar, singing, and live sound engineering, I just honestly can’t stand classic rock (though this song is incredible!).
While my friends were listening to Motley Crue growing up in the 80s- I was listening to jazz and Yanni. And other broadway and orchestral stuff. I became a Christian in the 90s and really was driven to listen to a lot of Christian music (not that I think secular music is “sinful” it’s just what I WANTED to listen to.
So when Isaac (and our other 14 children!) were growing up, he got the same mix of what I was listening to- orchestral, Christian, etc. I was FREAKISH about analyzing production with him. I would always rewind parts and say “listen to the choices they made here- and “wow listen to the production”
And many of my kids have now gone into music and really doing amazing things.
Here’s one of the many projects my daughter wrote and Isaac arranged and produced and played.
th-cam.com/video/EpPUN3Up8SM/w-d-xo.html
Hope that gives some background!
If you had showed me this song growing up, what would I be making reaction videos with? 😄
Aww, he went crying to daddy. Why is it so important for you to shield your son from criticism. Strangers on You Tube will not define his character or affect his career choices. Get over yourselves, and drop this whining. And find another medium to advertise your children's 'I love Jesus' musical.
My parents were devoted Christians. However, they NEVER restricted us to what music me and my siblings can listen to. We could literally listen to ANYTHING we wanted to. The only condition was that we buy our music with our own (pocket) money and listen in our rooms. Thats why today I can enjoy and appreciate different music genres. From gospel to heavy metal, because I wasn't shielded from 'world music'. And 'discovers' one of the greatest songs ever recorded in my adult life.
There is a Queen song on the first album written by Freddie called Jesus that tells the story of the nativity you would like no doubt.
It just surprised me that he seemed not to recognize opera at all, although in fairness he didn’t really appear to be paying attention to the lyrics/story, which is important where opera is concerned.
If you’re still in need of refreshment listen to Freddie sing‘Barcelona’ with Montserrat Caballe. Another groundbreaker.
Well done. I’m a black guy from Los Angeles in 1971. I was in the Army in Hawaii piecing a Southern rock band together. Our friends in a nearby building invited us over to hear them playing their type of music. Blew our minds. It was a magical time. And the cross pollenization continues.
Cool! So what is the secret to time travel? What's it like in 2060?
Back in the day when it was about the music. No autotune, no gimmicks. I have lived thru the best era of music. Music will never be the same.❤❤❤❤❤
Only unadulterated music. I will never regret the time i was born.
First off, Thank you for not stopping the music at any time during your watch. Excellent
This song has been around for 50 years. 50, FIFTY. I refuse anyone alive has never heard it before.
Some people have had sheltered upbringing's. READ THE FIRST POST.
@@sandikorevaar4743 -- Some people have a sense of humor. :-)
Yup, and I’m the dad who sheltered him 😂😂😂😂. But we did listen to a ton of broadway, Disney, and other great stuff. Honestly I just can’t stand classic rock so we would never play any of it around the house. That’s simple.
There are hundreds of pieces that are centuries old. How come you've never heard of them? 'Doen Daphne' by Van Eyck ,for example. A well known classic in the recorder repertoire.
1:36 top level harmony cause its all freddie mixed together. ;)
I just came here to say the same thing.
Hand made music. And real singers.
The manager they had when Freddie wrote this refused to produce it, Freddie fired him and made their major hit. You've got to listen to the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium, phenomenal
This song is a very clever spoof of the over the top, bombastic drama shared by heavy metal and opera. A lot of Queen’s music was done with a wink like this.
Brilliant, terrific musicianship. No one had ever heard anything like this before.
how do you know its a spoof?
I don’t for a fact. No connection to the band other than as a fan (like you, I would guess).
I saw them live twice at their peak (late ‘70’s). Freddie’s manner on stage was very playful in both shows I saw. You can see that in the Live Aid show with the way he plays with the audience.
Read through the rest of these comments. Freddie apparently said in interviews that this song had its roots in opera.
Other comments describe all four guys in the group as smart, academically successful as well as talented musicians. Smart guys like that usually have good senses of humor.
Both live shows as well as the liner notes on their albums suggested they were committed to playing high quality music that stretched boundaries and was also fun to play.
Short answer to your question is just an impression.
Makes me emotional watching Mr. Mercury. Incredible.
And, recorded on tape. No synthesisers. Real instruments. Real voices.
And IIRC, they've overused the tape, so that it almost dissolved! They had to reproduce and copy multiple tracks for many times. Real story, but also in the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody".
I am absolutely amazed that so many music experts have never listened to anything other than their own music. Must be an amazing experience for them.
"Innuendo" (in the album Innuendo) from Queen, it's a song that is not as popular as Bohemian rhapsody but it's absolutely INSANE, there are like 4 songs in one, really underrated song
Thats what they call prog rock. The first prog song that I know is from The Beatles A Day In The Life.
The entire band was incredibly talented, but Freddie Mercury in particular was an absolute gift to the world and the absolute GOAT.
Queen - a group and a lead singer that can never be eclipsed. Great QUEEN reactions: Somebody To Love - 1981 in Montreal. BUT, the ultimate view - Queen's 1985 Live Aid appearance. By far the greatest 20+ minutes in musical history. Queen was a last minute add to the show - and anybody will tell you - fans and artists both in the U.S. and the UK - that Queen stole the entire show that day.
Ok, maybe is better now or never but you have a lot catching up to do with Queen.
Freddie Mercury - lead vocals,
Brian May - electric 🎸 (one of a kind, home built by Brian and hid dad when Bri was 16-17), backing vocals
Roger Taylor - drums, backing vocals (with the higher pitch at Galileo 😅),
John Deacon - bass
4 outstanding musicians, composers, ... no autotune, no ear piece, just pure talent and hard work (multi tracking and over dubing)
Welcome to Queen glory and a catalogue of more than 300 songs
Perhaps you can start down the rabbit hole with their early songs Keep Yourself Alive, Killer Queen, Liar ... I recommend live versions because they are just another level from 110% studio recordings. Enjoy.
Don't forget that Brian was playing through an amplifier designed and built by John Deacon - the Deacy Amp.
A few facts about Queen:
- Freddie's voice had a 164 octave range, it was haunting and powerful. So haunting and powerful that he once forgot to turn his voice up a few octaves and sang a note so low that an entire town surrounding a venue they once played defecated themselves. It also raised the dead.
- Brian May had a pre show ritual he would do before every show involving a television remote control, orphans blood and a can of beans (nobody knew what it was because he would lock himself in a room to carry it out. It took 3 hours to complete).
-Roger Taylor's drumkit was made up entirely of bits of women.
- The one that played bass had a fear of skeletons "I can't believe they're inside us, trying to escape!" he once said. He used to ride a horse to band practice and make it watch. "Why don't you leave that bloody thing at home, bassman?" Freddy used to sing at him.
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Wow very informative.
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164 octave range? Really? Are you sure? Even a grand piano only has 11 octaves.. His range was nearer to 4 octaves.
I’ve never been to a Broadway musical but every time I hear this song I imagine it probably sounds like this. A true performance. It’s more than a song it’s an experience.
Not really, although there's that theatrical story element in it. Most Broadway musical numbers have a simpler song structure. This is really on the edge of real rock opera (not Tommy or Jesus Christ Superstar, which were called rock operas but were really rock musicals -- I saw the original Broadway production of JC Superstar, way back when it first opened).
As the meme goes: "If you don't sing along to Bohmian Rhapsody, and at least attempt to do all the voices, can you even claim to be British?" Everyone in Britain (well- most people) can sing along to this word-for-word. As many others have said, you just have to search 'Green Day crowd singing along to Bohemian Rhapsody' to see the truth in this!
According to rumour, schoolchildren in the UK learn "BoRhap" before learning "God Save The King."
We used to sing this in the playground in primary school 😂 oh good timess
The entire group is one of a kind. But, there will never be a singer like Freddie and a guitar player like Brian May!❤
Choose ANYTHING by Queen and your mind will be blown. They are musical geniuses.
They have about 200 songs that will blow your mind as well. Their slogan was ,”Anything worth doing is worth overdoing!”
The fun thing is, when Freddie talked to Brian May about starting a band,
Brian May said: "Yes, but can you sing?" Ha ha!
And a few years ago when Queen (the remnants of it) was touring,
an American (of course) critic (moron, more like it) wrote something
about them using autotune. Roger Taylor responded something
along the line of: "No, we rehearse." Ha ha!
That why this song is a legend of all at the time!!! I can’t believe you never listen queen!! You didn’t listen their another songs too????
Of course he has.
A record producer nowadays doesnt need a great deal of music knowledge
Favorite thing queen goes in this order with transitions so perfect:
Ballad,
Jazzy rock,
Rock,
Ballad.
A music producer that never heard Bohemian Rhapsody before... Yeah ... Right...... 🤨
Right? Even if he wasn't in the music business I wouldn't believe a person that age has never heard one of the most played songs of all time but a music producer? 😂 Absolutely crazy that all these years after Bohemian Rhapsody reactions became a thing we've still got people pretending they've lived under a rock their whole lives and commenters pretending to buy into it. I seriously hope Queen fans aren't actually that naive unless they're about 10 years old :/
I appreciated the way you reviewed this masterpiece. You didn't talk all over it. You didn't stop and start. And, your comments were brief, but to the point. Thanks for that.
If you listen to Queen and other great bands from the 60s/70s/80s you will never tire of music. Queen were so creative they wrote in multiple genres. There has never been another song like Bohemian Rhapsody and probably never will. A masterpiece. The drummer Roger Taylor sings the very high notes. Please watch the studio video version for Somebody To Love then the live version in Montreal 1981 to see how Queen goes from a studio multi tracked choir sound to a banger live sound.
Bohemian Rhapsody is not just a song, it is an experience! You really need to watch the live performance of Somebody to Love! It is phenomenal!!!
The "harmonies" at the beginning of the song are just ONE man.... the l8 gr8 Freddie
This was the first ever music video. Its practically the UK's national anthem. Its consistently voted best song of all time , 50 years after it came out. As a genre its considered Rock Opera. Freddie loved Opera.
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Yes. They were unable to perform for an appearance on the British TV show Top of the Pops. Due to other commitments. So made the video to be played in their absence. An idea that caught on rather rapidly.
It's hard to define what was the first music video. Before that term was used, they were called promotional films, and bands made plenty of those back in the 1960s and even the 50s.
@@MrNigelBriggs Bands were using promotional films to appear on Top of the Pops back in the 60s.
@@gotham61 Its generally viewed as the first official music video by anyone whose a music industry buff. I think the younger generations & younger reactor channels aren't aware how the industry worked back then & how extremely unusual it was for the time. It then quickly led to all bands doing official videos .
@@sarahholland2600 is this a music video? It came out eight years before Bohemian Rhapsody. th-cam.com/video/H3DGpINHX5Q/w-d-xo.htmlsi=FuhRqutvt7gWtX9r
I was in my freshman year in H.S. when this song dropped. It was one of the most unique-sounding compositions that we had ever heard. FM was a gifted singer-songwriter. Another stunning composition by "Queen", is "Take My Breath Away". Listen both to the in-concert and the recording studio version. You'll get goosebumps listening to this one.
I ain't ever hiring this man to be my music producer after reading that title