You needed to hear the following song We Are the Champions, this leads right into that. Great song but it is really part of a 2 for 1. I can picture Freddy as I saw Queen several times with Freddy, they always did those songs together. If you ever do Led Zeppelin's Heartbreaker it leads right into Living Loving Maid, please do them together. Enjoy! 🎸
Freddie died 30 years ago on Wednesday. It’s great that his legacy and music is being kept alive and rediscovered by new audiences all the time. RIP Farrokh Bulsara, you rocked us good!
Brian May (guitar) of Queen wrote the song w/ the stomp as a 'crowd participation' song for their concerts. And it became THE sports & events initiation theme song worldwide...🔥🔥🔥
I remember when the Los Angeles Lakers were beating the visiting team from their home court while this song comes on and the home team arena crowd yells, "LET'S GO LAKERS" or "HERE WE GO LAKERS!"
This was written by Brian May so the audience could participate and it turned out to be a popular stadium song introduced on their US tour in 1977. Filmed on a very cold day. Bryan said that that very cold weather could get his guitar out of tune very quickly.
@@steveymoon No, it was Brian May who wrote "We Will Rock You." I think I know why you were thinking of John Deacon, though--the video for John's great song, "Spread Your Wings" was also filmed right then, right there!
@@howyoushowit2008 Wait a second, wait a second, wait a second, I'm pulling out my copy of News Of The World and checking, checking, sorry, two separate track listings, they ARE two separate songs.
@@mikell5087 - Technically you may be correct, but I don't know that I've ever heard them not played together. This video felt incomplete because the 'song' ended in the middle.
Back in the Day, This Song was Always Followed by "We are the Champions", as that's how it was set up on Queen's Album. There was No Pause between the Two, The Final Guitar Note led Right into Freddy's First Verse. So Awesome!
I loved this as a kid (still do) . The hole stomp, stomp, clap thing throughout the entire song was epic and add to that Brian’s guitar riff at the en, just…EPIC!!! There’s not many songs out that once played, you can only see the original band, no matter who plays it.
Released as part of a double A side single along with We Are The Champions in 1977 from the News Of The World album. Video was shot in the rear garden of Roger Taylors house where they also filmed the video for Spread Your Wings.
Yep gotta listen to this song followed by We Are The Champions … the one two punch for Queen concert endings 💥🥊. Radio stations always play them together. Brian said that the “stomp stomp clap” are all prime numbers!! LOL That’s exactly what a PhD in Astro Physics would say!! Queen use to record in an old church building turned studio. The acoustics were great & the stomping was done on old wood planks lying around. Genius!!
Brian May has a PhD in astronomy! He wrote his thesis on cosmic dust. He also did an record with Eddie Van Halen called "Starfleet Project" and side B is an instrumental song "Blues Breaker" where they take turns doing solos and it's amazing!
Great reaction loved it! I remember when this song came out our basketball team was on the playoffs. The cheerleaders got us all started on the chant/song but we were all surprised when a fellow classmate who was in a band started playing the guitar part, we were all so pumped, and we went to regionals lol
Queen - "Stone Cold Crazy". This 70s classic really helped push the speed element in hard rock and heavy metal to the point where many consider it a precursor to speed metal. Metallica have actually covered this song during the black album era.
That guitar Brian May plays was built by him as a teenager with his father. It’s called The Red Special and sometimes referred to as The Fireplace and Old Lady. Also, the tone is further enhanced since Brian plays his guitar with a sixpence (English coin) where most use a plastic pick or their fingers. He truly is one of the greats.
I already know that many, many have commented on Freddie Mercury - he is at the pinnacle of rock voices. I do hope some mentioned Brian May, who while everyone recognizes as a great guitarist, is still under-rated. As for this song, I was once at a concert when they played this....HOLY HELL I thought the building was gonna fall down as EVERYONE was stopping in time.
This was written as a fan participation song , something easy anyone could keep time with , turned out to be a sports event classic as it rolled into We are the Champions . . .
One of my favourite bands, this song is great. It is also in one of my favourite movies, Night's Tale. As to hearing out songs at concert's. There are a couple of videos taken from before the band Greenday came on stage of the DJ playing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody song and the whole crowd is singing along. It is spectacular.
LOL! The end of this was great! "This is the same person who sings Bohemian Rhapsody??" 🤯 But yes, same guy. Freddie always pictured himself as a lead star in a Broadway musical. And he brings that drama and energy into both songs. Well, all his songs, really.
If you haven't heard it, listen to him sing a song in Dave Clark's musical "Time." I think he always pictured himself as just what he became, one of the biggest rock stars of all time, and Then as everything else, and that's when he started to try it all and did his solo album, the opera album he cowrote and the song in the Time musical, and so much more! (Someone asked him to audition for something and his response was more or less, "The nerve! Me, audition! If they haven't heard what I can do by now..." Well, you can imagine his favorite words since you sound like a big fan, too! th-cam.com/video/LGjt291COa0/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=FreddieMercurySolo
Love this beat - however, must play “We are the champions” along with it- it’s a MUST! It leads right into “We are the Champions”- Definitely worth a do- over- live would be great ! 💙✌️👍
Love the reactions guys! During the video shoot for We Will Rock You they also recorded the video for the single ‘Spread Your Wings’ from ‘The News of the World’ album. I would recommend reacting to it as it’s one of my favourite Queen tracks and extremely underrated.
one of Brian's May's coolest solos and the timing of it against the 4/4 signature is what makes it extra unique....perfect segue into We are the Champions. (which by the way, should ALWAYS follow this song. :)
This album, News of the World, was my introduction to Queen. I was in elementary school and my friends dad had it and I remember being fascinated with the cover art of the big robot. This was the first song I heard and Brian May's distinctive and unique sounding guitar hooked me immediately!
One of the Queen performances taken on as an anthem for gatherings and sports. Great reaction If you should ever react to "I Want to Break Free", you will see why Queen dropped into semi obscurity in some countries, due to meanings and images associated with it. You have to remember, it was released at time that was less tolerant than now
Saw the Queensters on their "News Of The World" tour in 1978 at Forest National in Brussels (Belgium) and it's still one of the best concet experiences to date.
When I was in HS back in 1977, the video you were watching was first aired on regular Network TV. Cable TV didn't exist yet! There were only 3 networks ABC, NBC, and CBS. Plus your local station and PBS. Friday night was the night most teenager's would stay up to watch Wolfman Jack on the Midnight Special, or Don Kirshner's Rock concert. Again, no MTV or You Tube. But the first time I heard this song was on AM radio. 😎☮️
This song was my high school football team's anthem. I would imagine it was also the anthem to half of the youth football teams in America at one point and time.
My favourite guitar solo... Its a gateway solo.... This was the first guitar solo I remember.... I was around 5, so like late 80s, and I remember my dad driving with his knees and air guitaring this solo, and ever since then I wanted leran to play guitar very badly and now that I'm middle-aged and after years and years of hardwork and practice I can confidentiality and proudly say that I can now, infact play the guitar very badly...
This one was deliberately simple and anthemic since it was always supposed to be a stadium song for the audience to join in with at Queen concerts - can you imagine being in the crowd with Freddie leading everyone, not just fronting the band?! So cool 😎 Freddie was so unique - can't help but wonder what else he would have achieved both with and without Queen if he was still with us 😢
Have you two ever seen/heard the song that was filmed on the same day ? If not, please check out Queen “Spread Your Wings” - same garden, same clothes, same snow. The song is gorgeous, was written by the bassist John Deacon 💙💙💙
@@mikephillips8810 I totally agree, Mike - and it *should* be appreciated far and wide… I’m trying to get it there ! John was a helluva songwriter too, and often doesn’t get the credit he so richly deserves.
My High School's mascot was the Shamrocks (Rocks) and we won the State Football Championship in 1980...so this song and "We Are the Champions" were our theme songs for the year!
I saw Queen live in 1977 The ticket cost me 11-00 Pounds And the Concert Was Awesome I am now retired and still listening to ROCK Groups in the 70's- 80' Because it's the music When I can am chilling out 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Released in 1977. My daughter was 4 years old. Santa had brought her a little red phonograph. Daddy bought her a 45rpm vinyl record of Queen / We Will Rock You. She loved it and played it at least 20 times a day.
The funny thing is it instantaneously goes into We Are The Champions so I don't know if you've done that one yet but that's a huge song both of them are huge imagine the royalties they get from all the stadiums it's absolutely nuts alright you crazy kids
Looking back This is a PERFECT example of how music CAN represent the time in was written... The Attitude of a decade .. Or ... The change from this to that ... The mood of the crowd represented This... Is how they control the masses . Think about it 🙂 Love you Brad ... Love you Lex . Keep learning 🙂 Keep teaching what you learn 🙃 Love You Both 🙂 You think talent is the reason people become famous .. While famous is not what it seems and has always been a way for the few to send messages to the poor . Be smart . Be wise . You don't have to look far for a Musician that hears you. Anyway ... You are Top Drawer 🙂
This was filmed in winter in Roger Taylors garden as they were rushing to get ready for their tour of USA. Brian May heard the noise of stomping at a concert at Stafford Bingley Hall and wrote it so the audience could participate at concerts.
Absolutely the most recognizable drum riff in the world. There is nowhere on this planet that you can't stomp your foot twice and clap, repeat, and SOMEONE will call out the chorus.
For all the "We are the Champions" needs to be added, I recall this song being played on its own frequently in the late 70's. Yes, for decades it has been coupled with "We are the Champions", but it stands on its own (just as I've heard "We are the Champions" numerous times without "We Will Rock You" preceding it).
Need to see this live with the crowd getting into the clap and stomp. Also, you need to play a version with We Are The Champions. That’s how they came out - together.
You should check out a none Queen duet that Freddie did with the opera soprano, Montserrat Caballé’s. They performed in Barcelona at the end of the Seoul Olympics in 1988, where the Olympic flag was passed to the city of Barcelona, who would go on to host the next summer Olympic in 1992. The song is simply called “Barcelona”.
Something that may interest you is to watch the movie “Bohemian Rhapsody “. It puts many of their songs in perspective and even tells how and why they came up with some of them
I am surprised by how many songs of Queen I knew, before I knew who Queen was lol. I started getting into Queen, and realized so many songs were them. We are the Champions, We will Rock you, Another One bites the dust, those were songs I heard and didn't know who sung them.
They used to use it at the beginning of Shamu Rocks shows at seaworld in florida. They get everyone to do special hand moves to replicate the whales tales while the song plays
He wrote this song to give the crowd an opportunity to join in and be a part of the concert. To let the crowd be involved. The stomp and clap pulled every single person in and let them be a part of Queen for just a few minutes.
OMG THIS IS PART 1 - WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS GOES WITH THIS SONG !!!! PART 2 !!! and we hear the full versions of these songs at stadiums dude when someone wins the championship / the cup / the superbowl / nba finals / hockey stanley cup winners . etc
They specifically created this song to invite the audience to participate; that was the main intention. Stomp, clap, one sentence. I was in the audience 1982 in Göteborg, Sweden. I have never heard or seen anything like it ever again. What drew me to Queen in the mid-70's was their versatility and musicality. All four of them songwriters, and three of them singers. What kept me there was the presence and emotion.
You needed to hear the following song We Are the Champions, this leads right into that. Great song but it is really part of a 2 for 1. I can picture Freddy as I saw Queen several times with Freddy, they always did those songs together. If you ever do Led Zeppelin's Heartbreaker it leads right into Living Loving Maid, please do them together. Enjoy! 🎸
They totally go together like Led Zeppelin's Heartbreaker and Living Lovin............🤣 sorry only read the first part of this !! ❤✌
I always thought they were part of the same song..never heard them separate...
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These are total facts! Those songs get played together since radio days.
I know I just hear in my head right at the end (I've paid my dues)
Freddie died 30 years ago on Wednesday. It’s great that his legacy and music is being kept alive and rediscovered by new audiences all the time. RIP Farrokh Bulsara, you rocked us good!
All new generations, get an ear-full of QUEEN
Definitely re-do this with "We Are the Champions"... the transition from one to the other is phenomenal!
Playing this and not immediately following it up with "We are the Champions" is almost blasphemy.
appsolutely first we will rock yoy than we are the champions after that i think god save the queen
Roger that. They are young. They will adjust
That was the official queen video. It is presented as separate tracks by QUEEN.
@@joehaines1344 sometimes things take on a life of their own
I was just about to say that!
Brian May (guitar) of Queen wrote the song w/ the stomp as a 'crowd participation' song for their concerts. And it became THE sports & events initiation theme song worldwide...🔥🔥🔥
Brian tells the story that this song was "born" in Birmingham UK, and that makes be proud of my home city.
I don't think I've ever been to a live sporting event, where I DIDN'T hear this!
You're right. The thumping sound was made by stamping in a church n o drums just multitrack stamping!
I'm writing the successor! HAHAHA, much heavier! Didn't mean to do that but it just happened.
I remember when the Los Angeles Lakers were beating the visiting team from their home court while this song comes on and the home team arena crowd yells, "LET'S GO LAKERS" or "HERE WE GO LAKERS!"
This song is so legendary it is played everywhere.
One of the biggest songs to come out of the sweet 70s Baby
This was written by Brian May so the audience could participate and it turned out to be a popular stadium song introduced on their US tour in 1977. Filmed on a very cold day. Bryan said that that very cold weather could get his guitar out of tune very quickly.
I'm fairly sure John came up with this.
@@steveymoon No, it was Brian May who wrote "We Will Rock You." I think I know why you were thinking of John Deacon, though--the video for John's great song, "Spread Your Wings" was also filmed right then, right there!
This rolls into “We Are the Champions”
No shame in redoing this one with: "We Are the Champions" as well.
Exactly! Those two used to always be together
Why?
@@mikell5087 Plain and simple "We will rock you" / "We are the champions" was 1 song
@@howyoushowit2008 Wait a second, wait a second, wait a second, I'm pulling out my copy of News Of The World and checking, checking, sorry, two separate track listings, they ARE two separate songs.
@@mikell5087 - Technically you may be correct, but I don't know that I've ever heard them not played together.
This video felt incomplete because the 'song' ended in the middle.
Back in the Day, This Song was Always Followed by "We are the Champions", as that's how it was set up on Queen's Album.
There was No Pause between the Two, The Final Guitar Note led Right into Freddy's First Verse. So Awesome!
I loved this as a kid (still do) . The hole stomp, stomp, clap thing throughout the entire song was epic and add to that Brian’s guitar riff at the en, just…EPIC!!! There’s not many songs out that once played, you can only see the original band, no matter who plays it.
Love when Lex gets so gleeful over music. It's awesome.
Released as part of a double A side single along with We Are The Champions in 1977 from the News Of The World album. Video was shot in the rear garden of Roger Taylors house where they also filmed the video for Spread Your Wings.
Wonderful reaction to this Classic of Queen's. This has always been on my all time favorties of theirs.
You guys are such likeable people. Good! And great choice of music to cover too. Excellent stuff. Saviours of the covid lockdowns! TV is over. Thanks.
FYI this was filmed in Roger's backyard..Freddie was intoxicated and they were freezing because it was cold
I recall Brian May saying that Roger hadn't completed the sale on the house, so they weren't allowed in the house
Lol yeah! They look so cold!!
It's funny you said this..he looks wrecked looking around at the band!
Long time queen fan, was Freddie ever not intoxicated? lol probably more so in this video as it was cut iirc in short notice
Freddie was such a good singer he could stand and sing with opera performers, a total one of a kind.
Yep gotta listen to this song followed by We Are The Champions … the one two punch for Queen concert endings 💥🥊. Radio stations always play them together. Brian said that the “stomp stomp clap” are all prime numbers!! LOL That’s exactly what a PhD in Astro Physics would say!! Queen use to record in an old church building turned studio. The acoustics were great & the stomping was done on old wood planks lying around. Genius!!
Brian May has a PhD in astronomy! He wrote his thesis on cosmic dust. He also did an record with Eddie Van Halen called "Starfleet Project" and side B is an instrumental song "Blues Breaker" where they take turns doing solos and it's amazing!
Brian May is quite possibly the most intelligent rock star in history!
Astrophysics and has worked with Nasa.... you know when he's not busy rocking for us. 😊
Stomp-Stomp-Clap, Stomp-Stomp-Clap is perfect stadium music. Even very drunk sports fan can get involved!
Great reaction loved it! I remember when this song came out our basketball team was on the playoffs. The cheerleaders got us all started on the chant/song but we were all surprised when a fellow classmate who was in a band started playing the guitar part, we were all so pumped, and we went to regionals lol
Queen - "Stone Cold Crazy". This 70s classic really helped push the speed element in hard rock and heavy metal to the point where many consider it a precursor to speed metal. Metallica have actually covered this song during the black album era.
One word for this - ANTHEM! 👊🏻💥
That guitar Brian May plays was built by him as a teenager with his father. It’s called The Red Special and sometimes referred to as The Fireplace and Old Lady. Also, the tone is further enhanced since Brian plays his guitar with a sixpence (English coin) where most use a plastic pick or their fingers. He truly is one of the greats.
I love how much you two love Queen. They've been in my top 5 since Bohemian Rhapsody first came out.
Had this vinyl. This played during our basketball warm ups, at home games
PRINCES of the universe . Same group . From The Highlander movie . THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE
Yes! The official video version is the best IMO.
I already know that many, many have commented on Freddie Mercury - he is at the pinnacle of rock voices. I do hope some mentioned Brian May, who while everyone recognizes as a great guitarist, is still under-rated.
As for this song, I was once at a concert when they played this....HOLY HELL I thought the building was gonna fall down as EVERYONE was stopping in time.
This was written as a fan participation song , something easy anyone could keep time with , turned out to be a sports event classic as it rolled into We are the Champions . . .
One of my favourite bands, this song is great. It is also in one of my favourite movies, Night's Tale. As to hearing out songs at concert's. There are a couple of videos taken from before the band Greenday came on stage of the DJ playing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody song and the whole crowd is singing along. It is spectacular.
They all were so talented!!!
LOL!
The end of this was great!
"This is the same person who sings Bohemian Rhapsody??"
🤯
But yes, same guy.
Freddie always pictured himself as a lead star in a Broadway musical. And he brings that drama and energy into both songs.
Well, all his songs, really.
If you haven't heard it, listen to him sing a song in Dave Clark's musical "Time." I think he always pictured himself as just what he became, one of the biggest rock stars of all time, and Then as everything else, and that's when he started to try it all and did his solo album, the opera album he cowrote and the song in the Time musical, and so much more! (Someone asked him to audition for something and his response was more or less, "The nerve! Me, audition! If they haven't heard what I can do by now..." Well, you can imagine his favorite words since you sound like a big fan, too! th-cam.com/video/LGjt291COa0/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=FreddieMercurySolo
Love this beat - however, must play “We are the champions” along with it- it’s a MUST! It leads right into “We are the Champions”- Definitely worth a do- over- live would be great ! 💙✌️👍
I have always heard this as the lead-in to We are the Champions.
The Queen Documentary is a must see - just say'n. Love watching with you two.
Love the reactions guys! During the video shoot for We Will Rock You they also recorded the video for the single ‘Spread Your Wings’ from ‘The News of the World’ album. I would recommend reacting to it as it’s one of my favourite Queen tracks and extremely underrated.
It rolls into We are the Champions.
one of Brian's May's coolest solos and the timing of it against the 4/4 signature is what makes it extra unique....perfect segue into We are the Champions. (which by the way, should ALWAYS follow this song. :)
Just didn't seem right, without them going straight into "We are the Champions"
As it was and is still played , it was actually weird not hearing Champions . 🤔
They are learning!! I always loved this video because it shows how dedicated they all were
Queen - you can’t go wrong. i love them. iconic guitar solo
This album, News of the World, was my introduction to Queen. I was in elementary school and my friends dad had it and I remember being fascinated with the cover art of the big robot. This was the first song I heard and Brian May's distinctive and unique sounding guitar hooked me immediately!
One of the Queen performances taken on as an anthem for gatherings and sports. Great reaction
If you should ever react to "I Want to Break Free", you will see why Queen dropped into semi obscurity in some countries, due to meanings and images associated with it. You have to remember, it was released at time that was less tolerant than now
Saw the Queensters on their "News Of The World" tour in 1978 at Forest National in Brussels (Belgium) and it's still one of the best concet experiences to date.
When I was in HS back in 1977, the video you were watching was first aired on regular Network TV. Cable TV didn't exist yet! There were only 3 networks ABC, NBC, and CBS. Plus your local station and PBS. Friday night was the night most teenager's would stay up to watch Wolfman Jack on the Midnight Special, or Don Kirshner's Rock concert. Again, no MTV or You Tube. But the first time I heard this song was on AM radio. 😎☮️
This song was my high school football team's anthem. I would imagine it was also the anthem to half of the youth football teams in America at one point and time.
I've seen them do this live and they turned this into a major full out song that just kicked ass!!!
So good to see you youngins appreciating queen
'Spread your wings' from this same day is excellent!
My favourite guitar solo... Its a gateway solo.... This was the first guitar solo I remember.... I was around 5, so like late 80s, and I remember my dad driving with his knees and air guitaring this solo, and ever since then I wanted leran to play guitar very badly and now that I'm middle-aged and after years and years of hardwork and practice I can confidentiality and proudly say that I can now, infact play the guitar very badly...
This one was deliberately simple and anthemic since it was always supposed to be a stadium song for the audience to join in with at Queen concerts - can you imagine being in the crowd with Freddie leading everyone, not just fronting the band?! So cool 😎 Freddie was so unique - can't help but wonder what else he would have achieved both with and without Queen if he was still with us 😢
Have you two ever seen/heard the song that was filmed on the same day ?
If not, please check out Queen “Spread Your Wings” - same garden, same clothes, same snow.
The song is gorgeous, was written by the bassist John Deacon 💙💙💙
One of the best songs from News of the World, and not that well known outside Queen fandom.
@@mikephillips8810 I totally agree, Mike - and it *should* be appreciated far and wide… I’m trying to get it there ! John was a helluva songwriter too, and often doesn’t get the credit he so richly deserves.
My High School's mascot was the Shamrocks (Rocks) and we won the State Football Championship in 1980...so this song and "We Are the Champions" were our theme songs for the year!
Rock radio here in Philadelphia would always pair this with We Are The Champions. Please cover that Queen song next!
This is one of the all time great legendary anthem songs & will most likely remain so for centuries to come
Dude! I love their reactions!
I saw Queen live in 1977
The ticket cost me 11-00
Pounds And the Concert
Was Awesome I am now retired and still listening to ROCK Groups in the 70's- 80' Because it's the music
When I can am chilling out
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I can image the whole arena shaking while the audience clapped and stomped while Queen played this song live.
I found your channel last night. I watched about 8 vids before I subscribed and the vid which did it was Led Zep Whole Lotta Love. God Bless
Released in 1977. My daughter was 4 years old. Santa had brought her a little red phonograph. Daddy bought her a 45rpm vinyl record of Queen / We Will Rock You. She loved it and played it at least 20 times a day.
The funny thing is it instantaneously goes into We Are The Champions so I don't know if you've done that one yet but that's a huge song both of them are huge imagine the royalties they get from all the stadiums it's absolutely nuts alright you crazy kids
Looking back
This is a PERFECT example of how music CAN represent the time in was written...
The Attitude of a decade ..
Or ...
The change from this to that ...
The mood of the crowd represented
This...
Is how they control the masses .
Think about it 🙂
Love you Brad ...
Love you Lex .
Keep learning 🙂
Keep teaching what you learn 🙃
Love You Both 🙂
You think talent is the reason people become famous ..
While famous is not what it seems and has always been a way for the few to send messages to the poor .
Be smart . Be wise .
You don't have to look far for a Musician that hears you.
Anyway ...
You are Top Drawer 🙂
Brian May's guitar tone is so distinctive. And he's an astro-physicist.
We will rock you plus we are the champions live montreal 1981 Legendaryyyyyy
It's kind of a lead into "we are the champions" kinda need to be played together...
This was filmed in winter in Roger Taylors garden as they were rushing to get ready for their tour of USA.
Brian May heard the noise of stomping at a concert at Stafford Bingley Hall and wrote it so the audience could participate at concerts.
Absolutely the most recognizable drum riff in the world. There is nowhere on this planet that you can't stomp your foot twice and clap, repeat, and SOMEONE will call out the chorus.
Loved how they put this epic song in the opening of A knights Tale. brought the stadium rock to a jousting tournament good stuff
For all the "We are the Champions" needs to be added, I recall this song being played on its own frequently in the late 70's. Yes, for decades it has been coupled with "We are the Champions", but it stands on its own (just as I've heard "We are the Champions" numerous times without "We Will Rock You" preceding it).
We are the champions should always immediately follow this song. There is also another fast full on version of this song.
Need to see this live with the crowd getting into the clap and stomp. Also, you need to play a version with We Are The Champions. That’s how they came out - together.
Right after that it leads into We are the Champions.
You should check out a none Queen duet that Freddie did with the opera soprano, Montserrat Caballé’s. They performed in Barcelona at the end of the Seoul Olympics in 1988, where the Olympic flag was passed to the city of Barcelona, who would go on to host the next summer Olympic in 1992. The song is simply called “Barcelona”.
Brian May is incredible. He wrote this and his guitar playing in general in queen is like another voice.
Something that may interest you is to watch the movie “Bohemian Rhapsody “. It puts many of their songs in perspective and even tells how and why they came up with some of them
Absolutely do a re-do of this FULL VERSION!! We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions. Do yourselves a favor because this version is incomplete.
I consider this almost a melodic rap song. Absolutely amazing 👏
I am surprised by how many songs of Queen I knew, before I knew who Queen was lol. I started getting into Queen, and realized so many songs were them. We are the Champions, We will Rock you, Another One bites the dust, those were songs I heard and didn't know who sung them.
They used to use it at the beginning of Shamu Rocks shows at seaworld in florida. They get everyone to do special hand moves to replicate the whales tales while the song plays
The version I have on my phone transitions from this straight into "We are the Champions" and it's just so good.
Admittedly an understated video. You should really check out a live stadium performance with audience participation for the full effect of this song.
And...you always follow this with “We are the Champions”!!!!! Never should 1 play without the other...too late bow.. 😆
Might be the first time I've heard this song without hearing we are the champions after
This song is played at all hockey games in Canada.... Classic of all time!
He wrote this song to give the crowd an opportunity to join in and be a part of the concert. To let the crowd be involved. The stomp and clap pulled every single person in and let them be a part of Queen for just a few minutes.
This was written for the fans to have something to participate in at shows, it's truly brilliant in its simplicity!!
Enjoying your journey. Enriching! ✌♥️
OMG THIS IS PART 1 - WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS GOES WITH THIS SONG !!!! PART 2 !!! and we hear the full versions of these songs at stadiums dude when someone wins the championship / the cup / the superbowl / nba finals / hockey stanley cup winners . etc
"I feel like that was the start of a concert and then it rolls into some epic musicality."
Nailed it! Now go listen to We are the Champions.
One thing about Freddie, he was *never* what you were expecting!
They specifically created this song to invite the audience to participate; that was the main intention. Stomp, clap, one sentence. I was in the audience 1982 in Göteborg, Sweden. I have never heard or seen anything like it ever again. What drew me to Queen in the mid-70's was their versatility and musicality. All four of them songwriters, and three of them singers. What kept me there was the presence and emotion.
Try "Who Wants to Live Forever," a great song which was from the TV series Highlander about immortals. Also, "Princess of The Universe."
Watch the Queen movie sometime. They did the stomp stomp clap and the simple vocal riff so the audience could really get into it with them.
At 3, my nephew went around for weeks if not months doing that clap. Even now that he is 8, you can clap it once and he's right there.
When Brian's guitar kicks in, it blows the building apart. This was just everyday stuff in the Super 70s!
Your right The Fantastic 70s lol
So many huge hits from the 70s
Written by Brian so the fans could do it with them. Then Freddie wrote We are the Champions normally played together. 💚💛
We will Rock You and We are the Champions must be listened to together. It's a must!
I have a dance medley of Queen songs that I've never seen or heard posted anywhere. I got it at the flea market.
So simple but so great!
When I rode the bus to campus at college I would have ear phones in blasting Queens whole discography lol
Every stadium does this stomp. It's pretty cool.