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No auto tune. No computers, No profanity, Just Queen!! Saw them in concert twice!! I am 75 yo now, I still love them!! Listen to the Bee Gees Too Much Heaven!!
I think the band should get a special shout out just for being so in sync during all the live performances that everyone praises Freddie for. Yes he was the front man and he was amazing, but if the rest of them didn’t know him and each other so well they never would have been what they turned out to be.... which is god tier. All of them. Not just Freddie.
@@Drummer4President You are absolutely correct. The band itself is amazing, the musical talent and sync that those 4 guys had, was out of this world. They all knew that Queen were all of them, but Freddie was the most flamboyant, so people do talk more about him, but they all were, together, Queen, the best band ever 🤗🙏👑💖
@@Anisabell2 my dad was a roadie with their lighting in the 80s before I was born so I feel kind of protective over them as a whole lol He also did Meatloaf and some other 80s rock bands, but he told my mum not to come to any live show that wasn’t Queen, because they were all shit compared to them lol
There are rock bands, but there is only one Queen and they rule the world. Fun Fact: This song was sung long before autotune. The voices are their own with no computer manipulation.
queen were eclipsed and ridiculed by the punk movement because they were seen as self-indulgent prog-rockers. By the 80s they had become passe. Live aid came to their rescue. (you will say that they could still draw a crowd of 200,000 Brazilians - but Brazil was just emerging from a dictatorship where pop/rock was suppressed until 1980)
The genre transitions were as follows: Ballad > opera > rock n’ roll > Ballad The only song that achieved such diverse genre transitions in a single song ❤️
Only song? LOL. Rhapsody is a great little song, but not much different (and certainly no better) than One For The Vine by Genesis, and no where near several Yes and Pink Floyd epics. Not even close; but I do like the song.
AGREE! I had to watch vids of it b/c I was too young to watch and know of it, but, he just COMMANDED that stage! And you can tell and see he was 'at home' on the stage and LOVED every second of it. He truly loved what he did.
The song is a metaphor about the son that that they raised [parents]. When he gives in entirely (married at the time to Mary) to his gay urges. The second segment are his good/decent side battling his party queen......
Freddie Mercury - piano/guitar & lead singer Brian May - guitar/piano & backup singer Roger Taylor - drummer & backup singer John Deacon - bass player All members were college educated, all 4 wrote hit songs & are all in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, all played multiple instruments! Both backup singers have great voices, too!
And they are the only group that each member wrote a #1 song while members of the band. Freddy: Bohemian Rhapsody Roger: Radio Gaga Brian: We Will Rock You John: Another One Bites The Dust
I' m from Austria, so please apologize my English!!! I honestly want to thank you for the recognition for all Queen-members, nearly nobody honors this great musicians!!!
Freddie never liked to reveal the meaning of his songs. Many. Including his bandmates, consider Bohemian Rhapsody to be Freddie's coming out song...killing the "old" Freddie to make way for the new.
@@that.ll_do_pig In hindsight, I am of the belief that this song was written and 'inspired' (don't know if that is the best/correct word) by his diagnosis of AIDS?!?!
@@ian_bradley No he found out he was hiv positive in 1987. I have to admit when he sings; "Mama just killed a man" somehow he is referring to himself. Perhaps his coming out to himself, if you will.
Freddie Mercury.....and the whole band, put ALL their energy into their songs and they ALL have personal meaning to them all. Not many bands have been able to blend different styles of music so beautifully and seamlessly. Amazing! GREAT REACTION VIDEO❤
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY is Freddie Mercury’s masterpiece but his best song is SOMEBODY TO LOVE. QUEEN’s catalog is massive!! There are so many great songs by Queen that weren’t even big hits. They were geniuses in writing & composing. They are in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and Song Writer’s Hall of Fame. Now do their versions of SOMEBODY TO LOVE & BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY live in Montreal 1981. You’d love DRAGON ATTACK, too!
The breakdown of the composition according to wiki. 1. Intro, 2. Ballad, 3. Guitar Solo 4. Opera, 5. Hard Rock, 6. Outro Great reaction! I really enjoyed it.
Queen! Best frontman ever with the best voice of all time! Please do “Somebody to Love” live from Montreal 1981 and “Who Wants to Live Forever” live from Budapest! Also “Now I’m Here” live Wembley 1986. Love you guys...you’re so cute🥰
The one bad thing about Bohemian Rhapsody is that it only lasts 5:55 minutes. It could last 10 minutes and still not be enough. :) I want a Bohemian Symphony!
Yes Queen were well educated, and I loved them from the first song I heard, Killer Queen; such intelligent sophisticated lyrics. So musical, so clever, even if it was about a high budget call girl. Brian May's solo in this song really established the Queen "sound". I look forward to watching you react to that one and to other Queen songs from their amazing discography.
Hi to you guys. Maybe it's because they didn't had technology at that time, that they were abble to create that masterpiece. No computerized music and no autotune. They had talents, they knew how to play music!
This by no means is Queen’s only masterpiece. And Queen live surpasses all the studio versions. So check out another of their big hits, Somebody to Love live at Montreal 1981. Freddie’s voice will give you chills all over again
The amazing thing about this song, is that it had crystallized in Freddie's head, note-for-note, before he brought it to the band and very precisely instructed them on their parts. The band had no idea what the final product was supposed to sound like. They called it "Freddie's" nightmare. So maybe the song did originate from angels who then revealed to a very worthy musical prophet?🤔
@@3ScotsInk Oh, well, apparently there were originally three (or four?) separate songs Freddie was currently working on or had on the back burner, which he eventually merged to created BoRhap. One of those songs (IIRC) began with or contained the words 'Mama, just killed a man', and was originally envisaged as being a story about a cowboy! The cowboy concept was scrapped, but the 'Cowboy Song' tag I guess must have stuck. I heard it (BoRhap) was also sometimes referred to as 'Freddie's Thing'....
I was lucky enough to grow up with his Absolute Genius.Freddy called it a "rock Opera"the only one in existence.If you have ever listened to opera before,you can recognize the comparison.Freddy isn't dead.His fans will never let that happen.We will share his genius with generations.
This is a timeless classic. The lead singer is Freddie Mercury. He wrote the song(genius) He was and still is a legend and he sadly passed away from AIDS in 91. He's so missed ❤❤❤ Considered by many to be the greatest vocalist of all time. I def agree. There's no one like him 😍 In the beginning it's actually just Freddie singing. He did all the harmonies himself 🤭 The rest of the band is Brian May on guitar, Roger Taylor on drums and John Deacon on bass.
In the beginning when you see all four of them signing, actually it's only Freddie's voice, multitracked, he was harmonizing with himself. In the whole song they used more than 200 overdubs and the tape became almost transparent.
Actually Roger Taylor, the drummer sang the very high notes. I'm not sure about the others, but I thought that they all sang. I'd have to look it up, but I know about the drummer.
I read that this song was about his struggle with his identity. To become the person he really was he felt he'd be killing the person everyone knew. He was concerned that people would judge him harshly and leave him.
Dude in the plaid was feeling it the whole time, riding the waves of the song like a true pro. And other guy reaction was just like a first time reaction should be. Perfect transition between a new listener and someone who knows. Knows what? They just know.
Amazing fact about Queens' lead guitarist Brian May. He was actually working on getting his Ph.D in astrophysics when Queen was formed. Music meant so much to him so he put his doctorate on the back burner. After Freddie Mercury died, Queen disbanded. Even while still part of the group Brian and his father designed and built a new kind of guitar. Brian's IQ has been measured in the 160's. That's even beyond Big Bang Theory smart. So he was a real genius on top of being a musical genius. after Queen disbanded, Brian went back to working toward his doctorate. He finally got it in 2006 or 7. He's now Dr. Brian May Ph.D. He's also written about 6 books on the subject of astrophysics.
Bohemian Rhapsody was written, in 1975, by the late Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, pianist), the falsetto vocals was provided by Roger Taylor (vocals, drums), the bass player John Deacon (white suit), the guitar solos is by Brian May PhD (the guitarist with the striped shirt, playing a guitar he and his father made out of an old table top.)
Great reaction! You might know they did a movie about the coming together of Queen and it shows the making of this song and how their producer said "Bohemian Rhapsody" would never work and the world would hate it. They walked out on that dude and obviously proved him way wrong. But the movie is called "Bohemian Rhapsody" and it won four Oscars including Best Actor for the man who played Freddie. Check the movie out when you get a chance. : )
Hey Guys! At that time when Freddie M. wrote this song, they had to go 6 different studios to record this song! It took 3 weeks! The song has three part. When you listen the 'operatic" section they sound like as if 160 people would sing because what you can here only 3 guy, Freddie, Brian and Roger and the recordings were layered top of each other for 24 times in the end the best studio at that time in London. I have just writen a book about Freddie Mercury life and interpreted all of his songs those that have secret meanings. This was his best song and he was singing about the most important thing what happened with him in 1976 eventually. I explain also why is the choire part, every word has a very special meaning. I love them so much, Freddie was a wonderful person and the others are the best musicians in the world. I wrote the book in hungarian and it's gonna be translated to English by next July and it will be available on Amazon. Anyway I watched this and others reacting because I am so proud of them and I also love to see when people's jows dropp to the floor. Please keep listening Queen music you'll never be dissapointed I promise. Anyway welcome in Wonderland! If you really want to see their top performance watch Live Aid 1985. Queen. You'll be amazed. Thank you for the reaction. I enjoyed it very much!!!! God bless you all who love Queen and their extremely good music. Happy Christmas for every Queen fun all over the world and a New Year without the Corona19.
This is a masterpeace from Queen beautiful the band Queen is amazing love them. Please keep playing Queen i like to watch you guys because the pasion you both have fore music is so god to see. Right now i paint picture of Freddie missed Freddie. My greatings from norway 🇸🇯🌹❤️👍
I would strongly suggest the live version of Somebody to Love from Montreal 1981, Who Wants to Live Forever, also Montreal. Also, The Show Must Go On, the last song Freddie recorded before his death, and released posthumously. Talk about goosebumps. Brian May and the drummer Roger Taylor are very much alive, and along with Adam Lambert as vocalist toured as Queen last year. Adam doesn’t try to replace Freddie, but he is probably the best singer in the world to fill that role with Queen’s catalogue. They were scheduled for this year, but it was obviously cancelled. Brian then suffered a heart attack this past spring, but is slowly recovering. They still plan on some touring next year, so you guys might be able to see them live.
A friend of mine who´s very much into music once said: "You can make music too perfect (meant in a somehow flat way). But Queen managed to master the perfection in inperfection."
Audience: Wonder which characters Freddie will conjure tonight? Freddie: Yes Absolute legend, no performer/front man comes close or ever will, in my opinion.... when they made Freddie, they broke the mould xxxxx
I was having fun seeing different reactions from one who hasn’t known the song well and from one who already knows the song and appreciates it’s artistry. It’s like guy #1 ‘what’s going on?’ While guy #2 ‘ooh, I can’t get over this masterpiece!’ 😂
Speaking as a sound recordist, I know that the vocals were all recorded on one 20 track tape. To get the vocals, it was reworked so many times, there were transparent patches, on it! A couple of interesting things about Brian May, the guitarist. Doesn't use a plectrum, he uses an old sixpence. Also, when not playing music, he's one of the world's leading theoretical physicists and was one of the people that worked on the Large Hardon Collider. Freddie, still to this day, has the largest vocal range, ever recorded.
Hellsbunnies TV, I hate to disagree with you, but Dimash in 2020 has the greatest range ever in human history, even better than Adam Lambert (who I love with Queen now). I just don't care for the genre that Dimash sings, every song sounds like opera.
@@janetconner2960 You're welcome to. However having worked in the music industry, for over 320 years and both those people are amazing. No. There's literally been no human, that had a six vocal range. Bass/Baritone to falsetto. I could talk to you about the science of it as I'm an acoustician. Lambert has a voice and a range that can make me cry. I'm not going to put him down, ever. When I say that Mercury has the best range, it's because no one has. It's biological freak. If you've been in a studio and seen the man sing. There's just nothing that you can compare to that. I was a Live Aid and I was also at the tribute concert.
Hellsbunnies TV, LOL, I'm not young either, but I recently read a comment saying that on notes too high for Freddie, Roger sang them and they blended together so well that most people never noticed, I think it was someone else in Queen or on the stage crew, so I can't verify that, but Roger did get higher than anyone else in Boh Rap so I guess it's entirely possible! I only deal in facts though, and if I'm not 100% sure, I'll say so.
YES, Freddie was way ahead of his time !!! This song is truly Amazing, it is very interesting to listen to interviewers ask him about writing this song. I guess when they released this and it ran for lots longer than normal, a specific radio disk jockey got ahold of it and played it non stop for a while and it took off and that is history.
Thanks so much for your reaction, stunning! As a huge QUEEN fan I'm is very important to hear your words: FREDDIE didn't dead... Legends live forever! Welcome to your bro at the Queen experience! 👑❤️
Saw Queen twice, they were an opening band in early 70's at the Aragon, then as a headline act at the Auditorium. Glad to see how they progressed and conquered rock n roll.
I was a teenager when this came out and instantly loved Queen. My Dad was a fan and when I was 18 he gave me Queen Sheer Heart Attack album. Please listen and select a track.....they are all good. At my tender age of 58 yrs I have a huge repertoire of music. Rock on guys.
Please do "Live Aid 85 " I know there are some great concerts out there, and it might not be for Queen perfectionist, but this way we can watch you experience Freddie in full flow with his control over audience and condensed so we can see your reaction and feel your joy.
Great reaction, for me Queen is the best rock band in history and Freddie Mercury the best frontman. You have to react to Queen in live (the best concerts are Montreal '81, Wembley '86, live aid '85, Budapest '86, among others ...) New sub
I am the gentleman in the yellow. I have loved Queen since I was a child...I'm 40 now. The last 9 months I have EASILY watched 700 Bohemian Rhapsody reactions alone and EVERY TIME I get the chills. This masterpiece IS infamy.
@@decodolly1535 good catch lol, readin my comment back I can't recall even what I *meant* to say but I can't see why "infamy" was my chosen word 🤷♀️ idk what I may have put for auto correct to change it to that also??? Who knows. Regardless Queen, Freddie and this particular master piece are all as close to perfection and will forever hold dear to my heart. *THAT* was all my comment was to convey. Blessings to yah 😉
Every time you listen to BoRhap, there’s something new. All 4 of these musicians were perfectionists always playing their hearts out. Their live performances are better than their studio recordings because they were/are REAL musicians in every sense of the word!
I just wanted to say how much I loved your reaction. You really felt the passion and are obviously true music lovers. Respect and peace to you both. Try Somebody To Love live at Montreal 81 in HD - it is wonderful. Cheers!
I just read this Queen · Mar 25 2021 Queen #BohemianRhapsody is now 10X Diamond certified! 💎 💎 💎 The first British Band In Music History to Earn @RIAA Diamond Song Award! If anyone could pull it through, of course it would be our boys The best of the best, Queen 👑♥️👑♥️👑♥️👑♥️ Congrats Brian May, John Deacon, Roger Taylor, and of course, Freddie Mercury, our Mr. Farenheit, the most sweet Mr. Bad Guy, the God of all frontman, an out of this universe talented musician, the kindest of friends and an amazing human being
Excellent reaction dudes! Every member of the band is a scholar. And Roger May, guitarist, just became the Chancellor of one of Britain's top colleges!
Their second album, second side, known as the Black side” is full of songs that make this sound like a cakewalk! (Don’t get me wrong, this song is PHENOMENAL!) Ogre Battle/Master Stroke/Nevermore/March of the Black Queen make up a big part of the second side and both “Ogre” and “Black Queen” will MELT YOUR FACE OFF!!! So many stereo tricks and VOCAL HARMONIES that can’t be outdone! Please do yourself a favor and listen to these and even their first album as well. Great reaction!!!!
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LINKS to other Queen reactions:
th-cam.com/video/PVnwPl-N-MM/w-d-xo.html - Somebody To Love (Studio Version)
th-cam.com/video/JCX_lVZdDY0/w-d-xo.html - Somebody To Love (Montreal Live)
th-cam.com/video/IZE3flx5EUA/w-d-xo.html - Don't Stop Me Now (Studio Version)
th-cam.com/video/6hI6GxnWrHs/w-d-xo.html - The Show Must Go On
th-cam.com/video/mo7MmBB0wb0/w-d-xo.html - Save Me (Montreal Live)
th-cam.com/video/ymoAoGBJTZ4/w-d-xo.html - Killer Queen
th-cam.com/video/RpAYeTBqByA/w-d-xo.html - White Queen
th-cam.com/video/Nf6M4TCEELQ/w-d-xo.html - Thank God It's Christmas
th-cam.com/video/fE1dlQk0x5Y/w-d-xo.html - Who Wants To Live Forever
th-cam.com/video/H4fNE7P0Rrw/w-d-xo.html - I Want It All
The best song ever is Free bird !!!
Wayne’s World
Tragic loss of an artist.....
It wasn’t actually a ‘dark song’ he never studied any demonism….just thought words were funny and used them.
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No auto tune. No computers, No profanity, Just Queen!! Saw them in concert twice!! I am 75 yo now, I still love them!! Listen to the Bee Gees Too Much Heaven!!
As Freddie said" There's not just me in the band darling, there's 4 of us".
Absolutly right.
4 guys, all amazing musicians.
Of course Freddie was the most seen, but the band is amazing, till this day, and forever
So true
I think the band should get a special shout out just for being so in sync during all the live performances that everyone praises Freddie for. Yes he was the front man and he was amazing, but if the rest of them didn’t know him and each other so well they never would have been what they turned out to be.... which is god tier. All of them. Not just Freddie.
@@Drummer4President You are absolutely correct. The band itself is amazing, the musical talent and sync that those 4 guys had, was out of this world. They all knew that Queen were all of them, but Freddie was the most flamboyant, so people do talk more about him, but they all were, together, Queen, the best band ever 🤗🙏👑💖
@@Anisabell2 my dad was a roadie with their lighting in the 80s before I was born so I feel kind of protective over them as a whole lol
He also did Meatloaf and some other 80s rock bands, but he told my mum not to come to any live show that wasn’t Queen, because they were all shit compared to them lol
“How many transitions did this song have?”
“Yes”
How many other comments are exact the same?
Yes
@@erikleite839 is there a problem with multiple people finding the same thing funny?
No, I did too, and made my own joke about it
Well, it has to have at least 3 distinct styles otherwise it cannot be classified as a rhapsody.
i thought this comment was just an uncreative reused joke... then i got to the part in the vid where he actually said this xD
There are rock bands, but there is only one Queen and they rule the world.
Fun Fact: This song was sung long before autotune. The voices are their own with no computer manipulation.
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What??? Really??? Damn! I see why this song is a masterpiece!
They only had 8 track technology then also. It is a masterpeice.
queen were eclipsed and ridiculed by the punk movement because they were seen as self-indulgent prog-rockers. By the 80s they had become passe. Live aid came to their rescue. (you will say that they could still draw a crowd of 200,000 Brazilians - but Brazil was just emerging from a dictatorship where pop/rock was suppressed until 1980)
@@alipanroosendaal9503 Oh dear sweet fake lord baby Jeebus, you're one of those.
The genre transitions were as follows:
Ballad > opera > rock n’ roll > Ballad
The only song that achieved such diverse genre transitions in a single song ❤️
Only song? LOL. Rhapsody is a great little song, but not much different (and certainly no better) than One For The Vine by Genesis, and no where near several Yes and Pink Floyd epics. Not even close; but I do like the song.
Absolute master piece Freddie Mercury was a legend! He will never be forgotten. Queen will live on forever.
❤❤❤❤
Yeah, Freddies voice is amazing...but "there's not just me in the band, there's 4 of us"
And Rogers voice is also fantastic
You have got to watch Queen live...there is nothing like watching Freddie strut his stuff!!🎶🎶
Absolutely! I agree with this 100% 👏👏👏
No one could strut like Freddie. He could strike a pose better than Madonna
AGREE! I had to watch vids of it b/c I was too young to watch and know of it, but, he just COMMANDED that stage! And you can tell and see he was 'at home' on the stage and LOVED every second of it. He truly loved what he did.
The song is a metaphor about the son that that they raised [parents]. When he gives in entirely (married at the time to Mary) to his gay urges.
The second segment are his good/decent side battling his party queen......
Another One Bites The Dust is another great song by Queen.
Freddie Mercury - piano/guitar & lead singer
Brian May - guitar/piano & backup singer
Roger Taylor - drummer & backup singer
John Deacon - bass player
All members were college educated, all 4 wrote hit songs & are all in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, all played multiple instruments! Both backup singers have great voices, too!
And they are the only group that each member wrote a #1 song while members of the band.
Freddy: Bohemian Rhapsody
Roger: Radio Gaga
Brian: We Will Rock You
John: Another One Bites The Dust
I' m from Austria, so please apologize my English!!! I honestly want to thank you for the recognition for all Queen-members, nearly nobody honors this great musicians!!!
@@horstschafer1839 👍🏼🤗✌🏼
Also,Brian is an astrophysicist,and Roger has a Bachelor of Science degree,in biology.
And Deacon also played the upright bass you can see it in the studio video for Wants to Live Forever.
Freddie never liked to reveal the meaning of his songs. Many. Including his bandmates, consider Bohemian Rhapsody to be Freddie's coming out song...killing the "old" Freddie to make way for the new.
"What is the song about Freddie?"..... "Oh, don't ask me that darling."
because there is no meaning, Freddie cared about the music, not the words.
I've always felt this song was a foreshadow of his diagnosis and passing.
@@that.ll_do_pig In hindsight, I am of the belief that this song was written and 'inspired' (don't know if that is the best/correct word) by his diagnosis of AIDS?!?!
@@ian_bradley No he found out he was hiv positive in 1987. I have to admit when he sings; "Mama just killed a man" somehow he is referring to himself. Perhaps his coming out to himself, if you will.
Happy heavenly birthday Freddie 🎂 75 Today.
One word, GENIUSES.!!!!!!!
I decided to take a shot every time you guys said "dude". You owe me a liver.
Perfidious Albion..
Dude Alert!
Saying Dude means they fukking LOVED it! The more "dudes" the more they love it. Lol
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Great genuine reaction guys, please now watch green day crowd singing bohemian rhapsody Hyde park 2017, you will feel the love of queen with this
Freddie Mercury.....and the whole band, put ALL their energy into their songs and they ALL have personal meaning to them all. Not many bands have been able to blend different styles of music so beautifully and seamlessly. Amazing! GREAT REACTION VIDEO❤
They hit 1 billion……. Downloads this year!!!!! Think about that!!
Ребята, я вас понимаю не зная английского!!!! Спасибо за ваши видео!!! ... Вы правы, Фредди-это ЛЕГЕНДА и он никогда не умрет!!!
This song is a journey... the best of the best
Welcome to queen's army!
You are just getting started
I've been a Queen fan for over 50 years & still come across songs I've never heard of.
One of the most talented rock singers of all time. "How many transitions did they have?" - "Yes!" LOL
A....Masterpiece!!
IM BEGGING YOU TO REVIEW
"CROWD SINGING BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY at Greenday concert"
they're singing to Freddy and the clouds ☁️ part
Connie Montgomery A must to see
That was so much fun watching your expression change. Freddie Mercury was amazing.
It’s amazing to see the songs of my youth being big again.
The intro is all Freddie.
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY is Freddie Mercury’s masterpiece but his best song is SOMEBODY TO LOVE. QUEEN’s catalog is massive!! There are so many great songs by Queen that weren’t even big hits. They were geniuses in writing & composing. They are in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and Song Writer’s Hall of Fame. Now do their versions of SOMEBODY TO LOVE & BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY live in Montreal 1981. You’d love DRAGON ATTACK, too!
Agreed...! I like "Killer Queen" also.
DRAGON ATTACK! Probably my fav.
The March Of The Black Queen is their best Song
@@j.j.4150 March of the Black Queen is in my top 5 Queen songs!! 😃
This is their best song.
The breakdown of the composition according to wiki. 1. Intro, 2. Ballad, 3. Guitar Solo 4. Opera, 5. Hard Rock, 6. Outro Great reaction! I really enjoyed it.
there is no opera in this song
IM watching, and my 6 year old daughter is behind me singing
*parenting well done*
Queen! Best frontman ever with the best voice of all time! Please do “Somebody to Love” live from Montreal 1981 and “Who Wants to Live Forever” live from Budapest! Also “Now I’m Here” live Wembley 1986. Love you guys...you’re so cute🥰
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I love the studio version of "Somebody to Love" more than the live Montreol one.It's more original and straightforward and less theatrical.
If you haven't heard "magnifico oh oh oh' up loud, with good headphones on...you should.
What an epic song.
I'm 72..imagine how our minds were blown the first time we heard this! And live it's .. Well. Freddie is awesome to watch!
They do sound like angels. Heavenly voices.
The one bad thing about Bohemian Rhapsody is that it only lasts 5:55 minutes. It could last 10 minutes and still not be enough. :) I want a Bohemian Symphony!
Yesssss! I'm with you. 💯
Two guys. One listens with his ears. The other listens with his soul.
Yes Queen were well educated, and I loved them from the first song I heard, Killer Queen; such intelligent sophisticated lyrics. So musical, so clever, even if it was about a high budget call girl. Brian May's solo in this song really established the Queen "sound". I look forward to watching you react to that one and to other Queen songs from their amazing discography.
Freddie died in 1991 but he will live forever in his music ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Genius ❤️❤️❤️
Hi to you guys. Maybe it's because they didn't had technology at that time, that they were abble to create that masterpiece. No computerized music and no autotune. They had talents, they knew how to play music!
This by no means is Queen’s only masterpiece. And Queen live surpasses all the studio versions. So check out another of their big hits, Somebody to Love live at Montreal 1981. Freddie’s voice will give you chills all over again
Yess ma'am!! That performance was AMAZING along with Roger's back up vocals😍😍😍
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Lap of God's
The amazing thing about this song, is that it had crystallized in Freddie's head, note-for-note, before he brought it to the band and very precisely instructed them on their parts. The band had no idea what the final product was supposed to sound like. They called it "Freddie's" nightmare.
So maybe the song did originate from angels who then revealed to a very worthy musical prophet?🤔
They also called it Freddie’s ‘Cowboy song’ for reasons I’ve never heard explained.
Well said!
The Bohemian Rhapsody guitar solo was written/created solely by Brian May
@@3ScotsInk Oh, well, apparently there were originally three (or four?) separate songs Freddie was currently working on or had on the back burner, which he eventually merged to created BoRhap. One of those songs (IIRC) began with or contained the words 'Mama, just killed a man', and was originally envisaged as being a story about a cowboy! The cowboy concept was scrapped, but the 'Cowboy Song' tag I guess must have stuck.
I heard it (BoRhap) was also sometimes referred to as 'Freddie's Thing'....
This song will take its place with the classics.
The greatest band of all time
No doubt !
I was lucky enough to grow up with his Absolute Genius.Freddy called it a "rock Opera"the only one in existence.If you have ever listened to opera before,you can recognize the comparison.Freddy isn't dead.His fans will never let that happen.We will share his genius with generations.
BohRap is not rock opera genre nor does it contain any opera in it.
@@RoverWaters yes but BohRhap is
This is a timeless classic. The lead singer is Freddie Mercury. He wrote the song(genius) He was and still is a legend and he sadly passed away from AIDS in 91. He's so missed ❤❤❤ Considered by many to be the greatest vocalist of all time. I def agree. There's no one like him 😍
In the beginning it's actually just Freddie singing. He did all the harmonies himself 🤭
The rest of the band is Brian May on guitar, Roger Taylor on drums and John Deacon on bass.
In the beginning when you see all four of them signing, actually it's only Freddie's voice, multitracked, he was harmonizing with himself.
In the whole song they used more than 200 overdubs and the tape became almost transparent.
Actually Roger Taylor, the drummer sang the very high notes. I'm not sure about the others, but I thought that they all sang. I'd have to look it up, but I know about the drummer.
@@TheSpeakEasyLounge it’s mostly the first bit that is all Freddie
I read that this song was about his struggle with his identity. To become the person he really was he felt he'd be killing the person everyone knew. He was concerned that people would judge him harshly and leave him.
Dude in the plaid was feeling it the whole time, riding the waves of the song like a true pro. And other guy reaction was just like a first time reaction should be. Perfect transition between a new listener and someone who knows. Knows what? They just know.
Amazing fact about Queens' lead guitarist Brian May. He was actually working on getting his Ph.D in astrophysics when Queen was formed. Music meant so much to him so he put his doctorate on the back burner. After Freddie Mercury died, Queen disbanded. Even while still part of the group Brian and his father designed and built a new kind of guitar. Brian's IQ has been measured in the 160's. That's even beyond Big Bang Theory smart. So he was a real genius on top of being a musical genius. after Queen disbanded, Brian went back to working toward his doctorate. He finally got it in 2006 or 7. He's now Dr. Brian May Ph.D. He's also written about 6 books on the subject of astrophysics.
It's worth living , just to see the expression on their faces...and it's with living ,just to hear this song 🎵 😄!!
Bohemian Rhapsody was written, in 1975, by the late Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, pianist), the falsetto vocals was provided by Roger Taylor (vocals, drums), the bass player John Deacon (white suit), the guitar solos is by Brian May PhD (the guitarist with the striped shirt, playing a guitar he and his father made out of an old table top.)
Great reaction! You might know they did a movie about the coming together of Queen and it shows the making of this song and how their producer said "Bohemian Rhapsody" would never work and the world would hate it. They walked out on that dude and obviously proved him way wrong. But the movie is called "Bohemian Rhapsody" and it won four Oscars including Best Actor for the man who played Freddie. Check the movie out when you get a chance. : )
Queen is the only band in history to have each member write a number one selling song.
You want chills react to: WHITE QUEEN, live at Hammersmith Odeon. His voice is out of this world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
White Queen is stunning - absolutely out of this world!
Yesss
Absolutely! Brian’s guitar and Freddie’s piano together are sublime
Yes! White Queen live at Hammersmith Odeon 1975
Agree! White Queen at Hammersmith ... mesmerizing. Hypnotic. Freddie's voice and piano playing are otherworldly.
Superb reaction and commentary. The one thing I fully agree with ... you are never quite the same again after listening to Queen 👑 ❣️
I've heard this song a million times and it still gives me chills
Hey Guys! At that time when Freddie M. wrote this song, they had to go 6 different studios to record this song! It took 3 weeks! The song has three part. When you listen the 'operatic" section they sound like as if 160 people would sing because what you can here only 3 guy, Freddie, Brian and Roger and the recordings were layered top of each other for 24 times in the end the best studio at that time in London. I have just writen a book about Freddie Mercury life and interpreted all of his songs those that have secret meanings. This was his best song and he was singing about the most important thing what happened with him in 1976 eventually. I explain also why is the choire part, every word has a very special meaning. I love them so much, Freddie was a wonderful person and the others are the best musicians in the world. I wrote the book in hungarian and it's gonna be translated to English by next July and it will be available on Amazon. Anyway I watched this and others reacting because I am so proud of them and I also love to see when people's jows dropp to the floor. Please keep listening Queen music you'll never be dissapointed I promise. Anyway welcome in Wonderland! If you really want to see their top performance watch Live Aid 1985. Queen. You'll be amazed. Thank you for the reaction. I enjoyed it very much!!!! God bless you all who love Queen and their extremely good music. Happy Christmas for every Queen fun all over the world and a New Year without the Corona19.
I’m so pleased you mentioned the standard of recording equipment. Makes this song so much more impressive. Queen are the greatest band of all time.
"How many transitions they had?" "Yes." LOL
me too ^^ adorable when you are so stunned, that you cannot give more complex answers anymore but just 'yes' :D
After seeing the movie I love Freddy and Queen even more. Freddy was a beautiful and unique soul.
This is a masterpeace from Queen beautiful the band Queen is amazing love them. Please keep playing Queen i like to watch you guys because the pasion you both have fore music is so god to see. Right now i paint picture of Freddie missed Freddie. My greatings from norway 🇸🇯🌹❤️👍
I would strongly suggest the live version of Somebody to Love from Montreal 1981, Who Wants to Live Forever, also Montreal. Also, The Show Must Go On, the last song Freddie recorded before his death, and released posthumously. Talk about goosebumps.
Brian May and the drummer Roger Taylor are very much alive, and along with Adam Lambert as vocalist toured as Queen last year. Adam doesn’t try to replace Freddie, but he is probably the best singer in the world to fill that role with Queen’s catalogue. They were scheduled for this year, but it was obviously cancelled. Brian then suffered a heart attack this past spring, but is slowly recovering. They still plan on some touring next year, so you guys might be able to see them live.
RIP Freddie. U r truly missed.
Ur music is timeless. Ur music will NEVER die
"Killer Queen" is so good...! and "Somebody To Love".
You guys are Awesome.
Freddie Mercury...the King of Queen will live forever..
Freddie Forever Loved XX..❤❤.
You want even more goose bumps react to this song LIVE at Montreal...his voice ois even more amazing.
lol the one bro kept his damn eyes shut the entire video...and it's a very visual video.
OMG i loved reaction. COMFORTABLY NUMB and BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY the best song ever.
A friend of mine who´s very much into music once said: "You can make music too perfect (meant in a somehow flat way). But Queen managed to master the perfection in inperfection."
Audience: Wonder which characters Freddie will conjure tonight?
Freddie: Yes
Absolute legend, no performer/front man comes close or ever will, in my opinion.... when they made Freddie, they broke the mould xxxxx
Play Freddie solo, Take My Breath Away, Live at Hyde Park. You’ll be blown away.
I was having fun seeing different reactions from one who hasn’t known the song well and from one who already knows the song and appreciates it’s artistry. It’s like guy #1 ‘what’s going on?’ While guy #2 ‘ooh, I can’t get over this masterpiece!’ 😂
Goosebumps are normal for this Top 5 song and video of all-time. And you're correct, these guys were not "normal." They were musical geniuses.
Speaking as a sound recordist, I know that the vocals were all recorded on one 20 track tape. To get the vocals, it was reworked so many times, there were transparent patches, on it!
A couple of interesting things about Brian May, the guitarist. Doesn't use a plectrum, he uses an old sixpence. Also, when not playing music, he's one of the world's leading theoretical physicists and was one of the people that worked on the Large Hardon Collider.
Freddie, still to this day, has the largest vocal range, ever recorded.
Hellsbunnies TV, I hate to disagree with you, but Dimash in 2020 has the greatest range ever in human history, even better than Adam Lambert (who I love with Queen now). I just don't care for the genre that Dimash sings, every song sounds like opera.
@@janetconner2960 You're welcome to. However having worked in the music industry, for over 320 years and both those people are amazing. No. There's literally been no human, that had a six vocal range. Bass/Baritone to falsetto.
I could talk to you about the science of it as I'm an acoustician. Lambert has a voice and a range that can make me cry. I'm not going to put him down, ever.
When I say that Mercury has the best range, it's because no one has. It's biological freak. If you've been in a studio and seen the man sing. There's just nothing that you can compare to that. I was a Live Aid and I was also at the tribute concert.
I'm ooooooooooooooold.
Hellsbunnies TV, LOL, I'm not young either, but I recently read a comment saying that on notes too high for Freddie, Roger sang them and they blended together so well that most people never noticed, I think it was someone else in Queen or on the stage crew, so I can't verify that, but Roger did get higher than anyone else in Boh Rap so I guess it's entirely possible! I only deal in facts though, and if I'm not 100% sure, I'll say so.
@@hellsbunniestv584 Listen to Dimash.
They are so transforming and shake you by the shoulders. These guys are intellects as well with impressive degrees. Never, ever be another Queen
YES, Freddie was way ahead of his time !!! This song is truly Amazing, it is very interesting to listen to interviewers ask him about writing this song. I guess when they released this and it ran for lots longer than normal, a specific radio disk jockey got ahold of it and played it non stop for a while and it took off and that is history.
Freddie - the LEGEND.
Nice reaction guys
Thanks so much for your reaction, stunning! As a huge QUEEN fan I'm is very important to hear your words: FREDDIE didn't dead... Legends live forever! Welcome to your bro at the Queen experience! 👑❤️
Bohemian Rhapsody is the quintessential rock oprah!! The music goes from hi to low so much. It's like being on a musical rollercoaster. LOL
This is music of an entirely different level.
Listen INNUENDO the Bohemian Rapsody of 90s❤beautiful song
Saw Queen twice, they were an opening band in early 70's at the Aragon, then as a headline act at the Auditorium. Glad to see how they progressed and conquered rock n roll.
This is why this song will go down in history, as the *****greatest song of all time***** !!!!
I was a teenager when this came out and instantly loved Queen. My Dad was a fan and when I was 18 he gave me Queen Sheer Heart Attack album. Please listen and select a track.....they are all good. At my tender age of 58 yrs I have a huge repertoire of music. Rock on guys.
The fact that English isn't your first language and you have such a good grasp of the nuanced references is a major credit to the pair of you!
Please do "Live Aid 85 " I know there are some great concerts out there, and it might not be for Queen perfectionist, but this way we can watch you experience Freddie in full flow with his control over audience and condensed so we can see your reaction and feel your joy.
I always smile while watching all Queens reactions...beautiful ...miss you Freddy xxxxx
Great reaction, for me Queen is the best rock band in history and Freddie Mercury the best frontman. You have to react to Queen in live (the best concerts are Montreal '81, Wembley '86, live aid '85, Budapest '86, among others ...) New sub
I am the gentleman in the yellow. I have loved Queen since I was a child...I'm 40 now. The last 9 months I have EASILY watched 700 Bohemian Rhapsody reactions alone and EVERY TIME I get the chills. This masterpiece IS infamy.
The word "infamy" means: Being well known for some bad quality or deed, an evil or wicked act. Hope you used the wrong word there.
@@decodolly1535 good catch lol, readin my comment back I can't recall even what I *meant* to say but I can't see why "infamy" was my chosen word 🤷♀️ idk what I may have put for auto correct to change it to that also??? Who knows. Regardless Queen, Freddie and this particular master piece are all as close to perfection and will forever hold dear to my heart. *THAT* was all my comment was to convey. Blessings to yah 😉
Every time you listen to BoRhap, there’s something new. All 4 of these musicians were perfectionists always playing their hearts out. Their live performances are better than their studio recordings because they were/are REAL musicians in every sense of the word!
Yes, queen❤️
RIP FREDDIE
But Queen never Die!🔥❤️😭
I just wanted to say how much I loved your reaction. You really felt the passion and are obviously true music lovers. Respect and peace to you both. Try Somebody To Love live at Montreal 81 in HD - it is wonderful. Cheers!
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Congrats
Brian May, John Deacon, Roger Taylor, and of course, Freddie Mercury,
our Mr. Farenheit, the most sweet Mr. Bad Guy, the God of all frontman,
an out of this universe talented musician, the kindest of friends and
an amazing human being
I appreciate you for appreciating the genius of Queen. I'm subscribing right now, don't want to miss your foray into the best band, ever. 😊
Four exceptional musicians brought together to produce musical perfection. We shouldn’t forget the mastery of both Roger and John.
The opening is just Freddie singing he does sound like an angel he said it's 3 songs he put together took him years to write it.
Excellent reaction dudes! Every member of the band is a scholar. And Roger May, guitarist, just became the Chancellor of one of Britain's top colleges!
Their second album, second side, known as the Black side” is full of songs that make this sound like a cakewalk! (Don’t get me wrong, this song is PHENOMENAL!) Ogre Battle/Master Stroke/Nevermore/March of the Black Queen make up a big part of the second side and both “Ogre” and “Black Queen” will MELT YOUR FACE OFF!!! So many stereo tricks and VOCAL HARMONIES that can’t be outdone! Please do yourself a favor and listen to these and even their first album as well. Great reaction!!!!
This is a ROCK production! Love ❤️
Ahh, don't cry, perk up by listening to Queen's happiest song. "Don't Stop Me Now"