Thus song is Freddie Mercury’s song about coming out to his mother- he “killed a man”: who everyone thought he was, is now dead. He begins a new life, leaving behind his hiding and denials and the pain-“sometimes I wish I never was born at all...”
Your dad has heard Queen before, he just didn't know who the band was because I guarantee you he's heard the songs "we are the champions" and "we will rock you"
Freddie Mercury, a man so legend, he threw a party where you had to come dressed as your favorite person, and he came dressed as himself. That really did happen.
@@cherylkruisheer3365 No. Freddie was a one of a kind person & generational talent. His death was way too soon and very sad. Dude will forever be a legend.
Probably because most people let him down. He was self-less when it came to giving, when he realized most of the world wasn't on the same level, it saddened him.
Man, everybody knows queen whether they know it or not. 'We Will Rock You' and 'We are the Champions' are so iconic that everybody that has consumed western media through their childhood has heard at least once.
@@torrent0411 I still remember the Super Bowl commercial a couple of years ago with the Sheep and Dog singing "Somebody to Love." It's still one of my favorite commercials ever lol.
Dad, just don't listen to Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" while you're driving. You'll get a speeding ticket, guaranteed. Great reaction!! Hope to see you reacting to more Queen. Their catalogue is enormous, studio, live, solos, duets. Never disappointing.
@@charleswilliams4247 ????? THAT'S WEIRD CUZ I CAN'T THINK OF A GAME I'VE BEEN TO WHERE I HAVEN'T HEARD THE CROWD SING "WE WILL ROCK YOU" OR "WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS"!!!
@@tonystark5-29-70 Just telling you my experiences. Ask different ppl you get different answers. For instance, many would say Garry Glitter's _Rock 'N Roll PT. 2_ is the quintessential sports song and others would say _Sirius\Eye In The Sky_ by The Alan Parsons Project is, especially if they're Chicago Bulls fans.
If you want your dad to see Freddie Mercury performing at his peak (in my opinion) show Queens set from the Live Aid concert. Incredible to see how one man can have a multitude of people all in the palm of his hand!
This is the one thing i truly love about the age of the internet. The fact that everyone can truly share the wonderful things humans have created. Our universal stories.
The ironic thing about your statement is I heard it almost every day in Jr & High school. They all ate their words, though. And I'm STILL a Queen freak!!
@@angelabarnes7588 LOTS of people back in the day, disparaged different music. Remember when "disco sucks?" Now people are ga-ga over the Bee Gees. I think a lot of the anti-Queen sentiment was really about homophobia. Slamming Queen was how you showed your "manhood." Queen has stood the test of time.
@@cariwaldick4898 Your right. It 100% was homophobia. I got told to listen to more Judas Priest!! HAHAHHAAA! Had a lot fun with that one when Halford came out!! A lot of throats to shove it down, and I DID!! Didn't change how I felt about the music, but it did change it for a lot of them. Sad. Like it's their business who someone sleeps with, & talent doesn't play into it, at all.
@@angelabarnes7588 Funny, when an artist takes a political stance, people rant and tell them to shut up and sing, and say they don't want to hear about their personal lives. But when they choose a different lifestyle, suddenly people feel entitled to judge, and ruin their career. Amy Grant, a former Christian singer, fell for a country singer, and divorced her husband for him. Fans tried to burn her career to the ground. Boy George was either loved or hated for his open alt. sexuality. Elton John was more "don't ask, don't tell," and he took heat for his--but his talent was undeniable. Freddy Mercury was loud and proud, and had talent no one could deny--though they tried.
My very strange history attending physician in fellowship screwed up Freddie Mercury for me by living in his neighborhood in England, so I'm focusing on the music.
Always great to see someone get turned on to Queen. They were an amazing band, breaking barriers and bringing all kinds of influences into their music. :)
@zappafan11 And yes rap is about raw expression and emotion and my god have you ever listened to country or rock before I'm starting to think you haven't, every genre has sex,cussing, nudity, violence and you know why? Music is an art form a very expressive one
Trust me, A 46 year old: your 40 year-old father has heard Queen. I don’t know how he didn’t realize who they were, even if he didn’t listen to them, but just like pretty much everyone else on the planet, he’s heard Queen songs everywhere, even if he’s just gone to a ball game somewhere where everyone was chanting “we will rock you.”
True but were it not for Wayne's World touching my grimy little grunge heart, I would have assumed that We Will Rock You was just written for sporting events and had no idea who Queen was nor hear Bohemian Rhapsody.
I feel bad that your dad didn't get the experience of listening to this song by Queen on the headphones! That song has their sounds bouncing off the left and right sides of your ears! I think he would have appreciated that experience! Perhaps off camera he could give it try with headphones on!
Love to see new generations appreciating this musical genius. Love even more to see a younger generation introducing this musical genius to an older generation who somehow missed it the first time. AWESOME.
If you introduce Queen's "We Are The Champions" to your Dad then I'll bet he will say he knows this song but never knew it was a real song! LOL If he went to a sporting event in the last 4 decades then he most likely knows this song.
When Queen come out at the time there was quite a few in the "older" communities that would claim there was no talent in Rock music, saying 50's Rock & Roll and earlier music (Jazz, Musicals, Traditional) had much more talent. Then Queen come along and the younger generations pointed at them and said "Do you see talent now?" and everyone in their minds were like "Finally, a group with undeniable talent has proven the elders wrong".
A lot of people speculate about what this song was about. But you should look into Freddie's backstory to get your own perspective on how you read it. He was a little Indian kid growing up in a boarding school that he left when his family moved him to the UK. His family was a strict Indian family but they loved and accepted Freddie, though it took a bit of time for them to come around. He was also bisexual while he was rising to fame and he was in a relationship with a woman named Mary (who Freddie called the love of his life until he died, and Mary was the inspiration for the song 'Love Of My Life') but they ended up breaking up becaude Freddie started cheating on her with men while he was in the USA. Freddie went through a lot of crap when he was alive, including living with HIV/AIDS as a bisexual man in the 80s, he was just really misunderstood and had a lot of thoughts about it that he put into his music
Good summary of Freddie’s story. I think he loved women on an emotional level, but was attracted to men. So sad that the AIDS epidemic took so many in the ‘80s including this genius 😔
Parents were Indian(educated as a boy in India )Freddie was born in Zanzibar so dual nationality (British protectorate) off the coast of eastern Africa .
Freddy dying of aids, slams a shot of Vodka and says let's flicking do it and makes the video in one take! Dusbin feber cancels a concert because of a sore throat, see the irony?
Thank you Thank you for giving Rodger Taylor his vocal props! His high vocal layering and assists propels Queen into the unmatchable legends they are. So many factors
If you and your dad want to watch someone really muliti-taking during a video; watch the video for the group Kansas, performing their song "Carry on wayward son". The lead singer sings, plays the keyboard, the piano, and the bongos.
What brought me to this channel is to see people experiencing music they never heard b4 and see what they think. I been with yall since the get. It was a nice twist bringing you father in to see what he thought. It was great to see him like the music.
Dean bros watch the movie Wayne's world..The part where Wayne and Garth and everyone in the car singing bohemian Rhapsody is iconic...The whole movie is excellent..If you don't watch the movie just watch the bohemian Rhapsody scene
Now I love the Dad. You two take the cake for one of the best reaction videos I've ever seen. You two together are beautiful. What a beautiful thing to share with your Dad. Lovely.
That is so cool that Dad doesn't know who Queen is. Reminds me of when I thought Light My Fire was written by Horace Andy and Massive Attack. Had no idea who The Doors were.
@@ed9095 I grew up knowing Marvin. Not Ritchie Valens. Like The Doors, Ritchie just wasn't on the stereo or radio in my house or community. Had to leave home to discover more artists.
Way to go, son. Dad, you raised a good young man. Watching your son bringing you into awareness warms my heart. One of the best parts of these reaction videos is watching the eyes of the unaware slowly come into awareness of something that was previously unknown. Music is a universal element of human life, and we are a better people for it. RIP Freddie. You continue to touch us deeply.
Freddie Mercury was the front man singing and playing piano. The guitar your dad was grooving on was being played by Dr. Brian May (astrophysicist), John Deacon on bass and Roger Taylor on drums plus the really high falsetto singer that sounds almost like he must have something precious caught in a vice. This song is just the very top of the Queen rabbit hole...and that hole dives deep. I can honestly say that I have never heard a BAD song by Queen. Yes, some are bound to be better than others, but truly bad? No. Next up you should do a total flip away from this serious rock opera and listen to a fun little tune called "Fat Bottomed Girls"
His dad had to have been born 81 if he's 40 so he was a child in the 80s. Obviously, that doesn't mean he didn't hear the song but the music he heard then was probably limited to what was played in his household.
@@charleswilliams4247 Another One Bites the Dust was on EVERY radio station in the country for weeks….that song was even played on soul and blues stations. People thought this was an African American group. Even if you were just a kid in the 80s, you heard this song. You couldn’t escape it. Queen (Freddie) references this period of time ….the time Queen was the Biggest Band in the world… “Id like to go back one time on a roller coaster ride, when life was just a game…. “.
@@strawbrryfld1 There are a few bands ppl say that about. Queen is one and The Beatles are another. The point is it's dependent on what part of the country you're in and where you grew up. I doubt very much they were playing Queen, or a lot of Queen, on R&B stations that largely played funk, soul and quiet storm.
This is an all-time classic and as such you have to listen to it all the way through without interruption, as difficult as that is, to get the full impact.
It ain't so surprising, different folks grow up with different music - there'll be a bunch of stuff your dad grew up with that many of us'll never have heard of. 😎
That was a great and funny reaction from your dad, now please introduce him to the Live Aid vid. when Queen wasn't even on the tickets...BUT blew the whole crowd away...Freddie was one of THE best front men
All 4 members of Queen had impressive college degrees/educations, too! Their music is legendary! RIP Freddie darling. ❤🕊🙏 You guys should check out Johnny & Edgar Winter "Tobacco Road"! Prepare for 🤯‼🔥
Such an incredible song... Truly a rock spectacle... regrets, a trial, consequences, the stages of grief... This song truly covers the whole spectrum of the story it tells!
This is why people need to have a more open mind for all types of music, Shoot I grew up on Motown country classic rock and turned Hip Hop in heavy metal in my teens
There is a video where a whole stadium is waiting for an act and the crowd sings the whole Bohemian Rhapsody. It is terrific. You should check it out. The video is called Green Day crowd sings Bohemian Rhapsody.
More Queen ...have your dad react to this song live in Montreal, 5 years later...so your dad can see Freddie's showmanship and powerful voice...Continue with him with SOMEONE TO LOVE...they are the greatest live band of all time...maybe end with the live Aid concert
I hope y'all will watch the movie, "Bohemian Rhapsody" especially to understand how Freddie Mercury had the vision of this song & his steadfastness to see that it got recorded. So glad he did & it continues to blow people's minds. Defiantly have to watch "Queen's-Live Aid" performance. Best I have EVER seen!!!
I’m 50, my wife is 40, so I can somewhat understand how he missed Queen, they cam out of the 70s so it’s more my generation, those growing up teenagers in the 90s missed a whole lot as that’s when music started to change to grunge and alternative. ✝️🙏🏻😇
I’m 48 so am glad like you I was around when a lot of these great artists were still alive. 70’s and 80’s and even 90’s ALL contributed. Best decades ever.
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You and your Dad should watch the original Highlander movie from the 80's. Queen did the music and it won the Oscar for Greatest Movie Ever!
Oi ! Didn't you want us to see the ending complete with the final Gong.
Don't be in such a hurry to end this masterpiece , my friend.....:)
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Thus song is Freddie Mercury’s song about coming out to his mother- he “killed a man”: who everyone thought he was, is now dead. He begins a new life, leaving behind his hiding and denials and the pain-“sometimes I wish I never was born at all...”
@@drollieascoliasm9667 in case you didn’t know there was a 1980 movie “Flash Gordon” Queen did the
music for that one too.
Awesome to see a young man introduce his father to a 46yr old rock opera.
Nice!
Who would have thought in this day and age.
I call BS on this one. It's all for the views.
@@msbutterflyz ah, the classic idiotic comment “young people stupid and don’t know song”
Epic!
Fun fact Queen is the only band where each member wrote a song that went to number one
Um, the Beatles?
@@doomhunter697 When they were a group or after they all went solo?
(Serious question! Not being rude! 💗)
@@doomhunter697 no
@@doomhunter697 Ringo only did a few songs and some of the ones he sang were covers. Don’t Pass me By and Octopus’ Garden never made it as #1
@@doomhunter697 Octopussy Garden was no. 1?
Your dad has heard Queen before, he just didn't know who the band was because I guarantee you he's heard the songs "we are the champions" and "we will rock you"
Probably 'Another One Bites the Dust', too.
@@angelabarnes7588 was an r&b hit but before his father was born.
@@angelabarnes7588 I'd add "Somebody to Love" aswell been in alot of movies and shows and has been covered many times over the years.
I'm his dad's age. I can almost guarantee he's heard of them, unless he spent the entire early 90's in a coma.
@@mim0381 Or literally living under a damn rock.
Freddie Mercury, a man so legend, he threw a party where you had to come dressed as your favorite person, and he came dressed as himself. That really did happen.
So legend, he danced with ballet dancers and sang with opera stars.... ON STAGE!!
Freddie deserved to love himself. LEGEND!
Not surprised, are you?
@@cherylkruisheer3365 No. Freddie was a one of a kind person & generational talent. His death was way too soon and very sad. Dude will forever be a legend.
Probably because most people let him down. He was self-less when it came to giving, when he realized most of the world wasn't on the same level, it saddened him.
Man, everybody knows queen whether they know it or not. 'We Will Rock You' and 'We are the Champions' are so iconic that everybody that has consumed western media through their childhood has heard at least once.
I'd add "Somebody to Love" its been used in a bunch of shows and movies, and has been covered alot over the years.
@@torrent0411 add "Another One Bites The Dust" to that list
And “I Want it All”
@@torrent0411 I still remember the Super Bowl commercial a couple of years ago with the Sheep and Dog singing "Somebody to Love." It's still one of my favorite commercials ever lol.
@@judinovak3569 I prefer the album version.
Hard to believe anybody over 40 has NEVER heard a Queen song.
He knows We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions and Another One Bites The Dust. He just doesn’t know it!
Correction: He just doesn’t know they are Queen songs. 🤘🏼😎
I am 70 years old and just found out about Queen. I knew some of their songs, but didn’t know who recorded them.
"I didn't know that was Queen". If I had a dime for every time I heard, I'd be a millionaire.
You lieing
I saw Queen live 12 times and was lucky enough to meet them, best live band ever!
I am green with envy you lucky lucky lucky
So the lead guitar, Brian May is a PhD in Astrophysics and is the Chancellor of Cambridge University in England.
Not Cambridge University. He was the Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008-2013.
Other member is a dentist.
He also built his own guitar
@@ivyfalls1 his brother is James May from Top Gear and Grand Tour😁 another fun fact.
@@mullerandre95, Brian May and James May are not brothers.
Show him live aid and his interaction with the crowd will blow his mind.
i was about to say that too
Absolutely!!
“This is rock and roll and they're singing”? Yes, rock and roll is all about singing.
Church Choir, Music Lessons before you can reach the pedal.
It's also about guitars and drums etc
This is more rock opera.
@@user-ii4zf5iq3t, and the organ/piano/keyboards.
I think dad's point was: they're ONLY singing?
Dad, just don't listen to Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" while you're driving. You'll get a speeding ticket, guaranteed. Great reaction!! Hope to see you reacting to more Queen. Their catalogue is enormous, studio, live, solos, duets. Never disappointing.
Unless the Cop is also a fan of Queen and will understand. Lol!
Love Don't Stop Me Now and Seven Seas of Rhye
the chances of this being true are very good!
Just say you were keeping up with the music and play it for him. If he’s in a good mood, he might let you off with a warning to listen to ballads.😊
It sounds like you're speaking from experience.
PEOPLE: "I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING FROM QUEEN!"
ME: "HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A SPORTS GAME?!?!"
THEM: "YES?!"
ME: "OK! THEN YOU KNOW SOME QUEEN!!"
Facts
Even going to school sports games, who remembers when they would play we are the Champions after a home game win? 🤣🤣🤣
I've only been to three sports events in my life and none of them played Queen. My older brother turned me on to them back in the 90s though.
@@charleswilliams4247 ????? THAT'S WEIRD CUZ I CAN'T THINK OF A GAME I'VE BEEN TO WHERE I HAVEN'T HEARD THE CROWD SING "WE WILL ROCK YOU" OR "WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS"!!!
@@tonystark5-29-70 Just telling you my experiences.
Ask different ppl you get different answers. For instance, many would say Garry Glitter's _Rock 'N Roll PT. 2_ is the quintessential sports song and others would say _Sirius\Eye In The Sky_ by The Alan Parsons Project is, especially if they're Chicago Bulls fans.
Brian May built that guitar from scratch with his dad. He still plays it....and only that one.
who wrote the guitar solo in this song?
@@RoverWaters Brian May
He has other guitars for other occasions. But his Red Special is his baby...
@@RoverWaters Brian May, the guitarist, is also a doctor of astrophysics.
If you want your dad to see Freddie Mercury performing at his peak (in my opinion) show Queens set from the Live Aid concert. Incredible to see how one man can have a multitude of people all in the palm of his hand!
Best 20 minutes of live music ever.
And being there was heart stopping....
Love your comment.. but live aid wand to even Freddie’s peak if you can believe it. Check out Rock Montreal 1981.
@Gabe Bolton Exactly, the Montreal performance was unbelievable. Freddie seemed high as a kite, and he was at his best.
Let Pops know, Brian Mayes (lead guitarist) has a PHD in astrophysics and has been a consultant for NASA.
It's Brian May, not Mayes.
He and his farther made the guitar he is playing from scratch.
Also published a non-technical book on cosmology and very technical papers in scientific journals.
@@geoffmower8729 Father, not farther
They all have degrees
This is the one thing i truly love about the age of the internet. The fact that everyone can truly share the wonderful things humans have created. Our universal stories.
You gotta show your dad the live version of Another One Bites The Dust from Wembley. It’ll blow his mind!
And live aid
I'd recommend the studio/official video of that song, actually.
Freddie Mercury is imo, the greatest singer/frontman of all time. Ive never heard or watched a reaction where someone said Queen sucks.
The ironic thing about your statement is I heard it almost every day in Jr & High school. They all ate their words, though. And I'm STILL a Queen freak!!
@@angelabarnes7588 LOTS of people back in the day, disparaged different music. Remember when "disco sucks?" Now people are ga-ga over the Bee Gees. I think a lot of the anti-Queen sentiment was really about homophobia. Slamming Queen was how you showed your "manhood." Queen has stood the test of time.
@@cariwaldick4898 Your right. It 100% was homophobia. I got told to listen to more Judas Priest!! HAHAHHAAA! Had a lot fun with that one when Halford came out!! A lot of throats to shove it down, and I DID!! Didn't change how I felt about the music, but it did change it for a lot of them. Sad. Like it's their business who someone sleeps with, & talent doesn't play into it, at all.
@@angelabarnes7588 Funny, when an artist takes a political stance, people rant and tell them to shut up and sing, and say they don't want to hear about their personal lives. But when they choose a different lifestyle, suddenly people feel entitled to judge, and ruin their career. Amy Grant, a former Christian singer, fell for a country singer, and divorced her husband for him. Fans tried to burn her career to the ground. Boy George was either loved or hated for his open alt. sexuality. Elton John was more "don't ask, don't tell," and he took heat for his--but his talent was undeniable. Freddy Mercury was loud and proud, and had talent no one could deny--though they tried.
My very strange history attending physician in fellowship screwed up Freddie Mercury for me by living in his neighborhood in England, so I'm focusing on the music.
Always great to see someone get turned on to Queen. They were an amazing band, breaking barriers and bringing all kinds of influences into their music. :)
They still are! New lead singer, and he honors Freddie.
“This is Rock n roll why are they singing?!” Classic line from people who only grew up on rap
@zappafan11 yeah it is just not as much anymore
@zappafan..it ABSOLUTELY is...just not to YOUR liking...everything isnt for everyone 🤷🏽♀️
@zappafan11 you think if singing isn't involved it isn't music?... by the way it's called sampling and it happens in nearly every genre
@zappafan11 And yes rap is about raw expression and emotion and my god have you ever listened to country or rock before I'm starting to think you haven't, every genre has sex,cussing, nudity, violence and you know why? Music is an art form a very expressive one
@zappafan11 you listen to music? Ya you and everyone else
Pops oughtta get a load of "Killer Queen," "Fat Bottomed Girls," and "Bicycle Race" --all with the top down, of course...
Fat Bottom Girls all the way
Love of My Life, Someone To Love
Yeah, all of it --like, eventually...obviously
He should see the music videos of " Fat Bottom Girls" and the video of "The Bycycle Race". He will get a kick out of them
He knows queen, he just doesn’t know it. If you ever been to a game of any sort, you’ve heard “we will rock you”
ANY sports venue!
Your dad might know Queen, We Will Rock you / Another One Bites the Dust, played at many sporting events.
All FOUR of them could sing, and WRITE SONGS!
They say this was the first music video...
Dad raised a good son. 👍
Music has no walls.
It belongs to all of us.
Queen...total legends...
This is great. More videos with Dad please!!! Show him Rebel Yell. I loved how you reacted when you first viewed it. Your dad is so cool.
Queen made the first musical video in 1975. They were rock gods then and they are now.
Trust me, A 46 year old: your 40 year-old father has heard Queen. I don’t know how he didn’t realize who they were, even if he didn’t listen to them, but just like pretty much everyone else on the planet, he’s heard Queen songs everywhere, even if he’s just gone to a ball game somewhere where everyone was chanting “we will rock you.”
True but were it not for Wayne's World touching my grimy little grunge heart, I would have assumed that We Will Rock You was just written for sporting events and had no idea who Queen was nor hear Bohemian Rhapsody.
Hard to believe he didn’t know them.
or with every championship "we are the Champions"
Although many consider We Will Rock You and We are The Champions as one song.
You get Queen in a way that your dad just doesn’t. It is great to see younger people appreciating older music!
I feel bad that your dad didn't get the experience of listening to this song by Queen on the headphones! That song has their sounds bouncing off the left and right sides of your ears! I think he would have appreciated that experience! Perhaps off camera he could give it try with headphones on!
Yeah! Bohemian rhapsody is an experience you need to have with headphones on!
Or simply in a car!
OR BUY THE GREATEST HITS DVD which was remastered in 6 channel sound by Brian May himself.
Actually, Freddy Murphy did every voice. I miss this music. Takes me back. Even before Wane's world, i loved this song !
Love to see new generations appreciating this musical genius. Love even more to see a younger generation introducing this musical genius to an older generation who somehow missed it the first time. AWESOME.
A true rhapsody… many genres melded into a single piece. Ballad, into operetta, into rock and back to ballad.
If you introduce Queen's "We Are The Champions" to your Dad then I'll bet he will say he knows this song but never knew it was a real song! LOL If he went to a sporting event in the last 4 decades then he most likely knows this song.
The all have Degrees. Freddie: Graphic Design, Roger: Biology, John: Electronics and Engineering and of course Brían: Astrophysics
I’m sure you’ve heard this before but you HAVE to have earphones when listening to Queen
When Queen come out at the time there was quite a few in the "older" communities that would claim there was no talent in Rock music, saying 50's Rock & Roll and earlier music (Jazz, Musicals, Traditional) had much more talent. Then Queen come along and the younger generations pointed at them and said "Do you see talent now?" and everyone in their minds were like "Finally, a group with undeniable talent has proven the elders wrong".
You need to go back and hear this in full length with head stereo phones on ....your gonna get a suprise
Queen. Converting music fans from other genres to Rock & Roll fans for over 50 years.
Queen is not just rock and roll, they are EVERYTHING!!!
A lot of people speculate about what this song was about. But you should look into Freddie's backstory to get your own perspective on how you read it. He was a little Indian kid growing up in a boarding school that he left when his family moved him to the UK. His family was a strict Indian family but they loved and accepted Freddie, though it took a bit of time for them to come around. He was also bisexual while he was rising to fame and he was in a relationship with a woman named Mary (who Freddie called the love of his life until he died, and Mary was the inspiration for the song 'Love Of My Life') but they ended up breaking up becaude Freddie started cheating on her with men while he was in the USA. Freddie went through a lot of crap when he was alive, including living with HIV/AIDS as a bisexual man in the 80s, he was just really misunderstood and had a lot of thoughts about it that he put into his music
Good summary of Freddie’s story. I think he loved women on an emotional level, but was attracted to men. So sad that the AIDS epidemic took so many in the ‘80s including this genius 😔
Parents were Indian(educated as a boy in India )Freddie was born in Zanzibar so dual nationality (British protectorate) off the coast of eastern Africa .
Freddie died in 1991
Freddy dying of aids, slams a shot of Vodka and says let's flicking do it and makes the video in one take! Dusbin feber cancels a concert because of a sore throat, see the irony?
Freddie was the brightest star in the universe and then went supernova for eternity
If your dad loves harmonies and if he has never heard of the Bee Gees turn him onto Too Much Heaven..Keep On Rockin`
Love this video. LOve seeing the son digging on Queen, and his Dad jsut discovering Queen. Please, do more Queen songs. I just subscribed!
Thank you Thank you for giving Rodger Taylor his vocal props! His high vocal layering and assists propels Queen into the unmatchable legends they are. So many factors
You will love all of Queen one of the best Bands EVER. I can listen all day long.
If you and your dad want to watch someone really muliti-taking during a video; watch the video for the group Kansas, performing their song "Carry on wayward son". The lead singer sings, plays the keyboard, the piano, and the bongos.
AND it's a fantastic, story telling song that also has some pretty decent tempo switch ups.
Kansas only second to Queen as my favourite band. One of Brian May’s favourite bands also!
Love your relationship with your dad 😂👍💕
What brought me to this channel is to see people experiencing music they never heard b4 and see what they think. I been with yall since the get. It was a nice twist bringing you father in to see what he thought. It was great to see him like the music.
Great reaction dad, if you've just heard of Queen, you have a great time ahead catching up!!!
You have to show dad Another One Bites The Dust. He'll say "Aaaah, that's Queen??"
E.g. I know your dad already hear queen bc all people know we will rock you and we are the champions
Dean bros watch the movie Wayne's world..The part where Wayne and Garth and everyone in the car singing bohemian Rhapsody is iconic...The whole movie is excellent..If you don't watch the movie just watch the bohemian Rhapsody scene
Waynes world Waynes world party time EXCELLENT!
@@SgtSousa92 😁😁😁😁
LOL😁😁😁😁
Mike Myers asked personally for permission to use it for Wayne’s World & thanked him for the resurgence of the song. 🇬🇧❤️✌🏻
@@2503debora yes I know
That song takes you through the 5 stages if grief. Ending with the 5th. Acceptance.
How 4 very special guys changed music forever!
Just goes to show, all it takes is 4 very special guys can change music forever, whether it's the Beatles or Queen!
Different time periods too!
Freddie always sang from the soul. Hope you saw the bohemian rapsodhy
Queen was the versatile band in music history. They could do rock opera and make you hear what you wanted to hear
Now I love the Dad. You two take the cake for one of the best reaction videos I've ever seen. You two together are beautiful. What a beautiful thing to share with your Dad. Lovely.
His dad looked mesmerized at the second section of the music video.
Lol 😂 can’t believe yer Dad didn’t know!!!
Headphones are a must with Queen and especially with Pink Floyd
He DIDN'T murder anyone. It's a metaphor. He killed his old self. There's a lot written about this song.
That is so cool that Dad doesn't know who Queen is. Reminds me of when I thought Light My Fire was written by Horace Andy and Massive Attack. Had no idea who The Doors were.
They did a terrible Public Enemy cover too.
Yeah, no it's not. That's like not knowing who Marvin Gaye or Rtchie Valens were.
@@ed9095 I grew up knowing Marvin. Not Ritchie Valens. Like The Doors, Ritchie just wasn't on the stereo or radio in my house or community. Had to leave home to discover more artists.
@@rahowherox1177 Um, no. It's a Doors song, written by Robbie Krieger and probably Ray Manzarek in 1966. Jose covered it in 1968.
@@antichoice1 true. I am wrong (again).
Queen a great British Band!
Way to go, son. Dad, you raised a good young man. Watching your son bringing you into awareness warms my heart. One of the best parts of these reaction videos is watching the eyes of the unaware slowly come into awareness of something that was previously unknown. Music is a universal element of human life, and we are a better people for it. RIP Freddie. You continue to touch us deeply.
Freddie Mercury was the front man singing and playing piano. The guitar your dad was grooving on was being played by Dr. Brian May (astrophysicist), John Deacon on bass and Roger Taylor on drums plus the really high falsetto singer that sounds almost like he must have something precious caught in a vice. This song is just the very top of the Queen rabbit hole...and that hole dives deep. I can honestly say that I have never heard a BAD song by Queen. Yes, some are bound to be better than others, but truly bad? No. Next up you should do a total flip away from this serious rock opera and listen to a fun little tune called "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Came out in late '75 was on the radio in early '76. America's Bicentennial year!
Guarantee he'd know "Another One Bites The Dust".
Freddy was teased about his teeth, but the truth is he had extra teeth in his jaw that actually increased his vocal range...
"I love to watch people go to sleep mid air" 😂😂 me too
“Another One Bites the Dust” , I guarantee if your Dad was around in the 1980s…he will know AOBTB. It was everywhere.
His dad had to have been born 81 if he's 40 so he was a child in the 80s.
Obviously, that doesn't mean he didn't hear the song but the music he heard then was probably limited to what was played in his household.
@@charleswilliams4247 Another One Bites the Dust was on EVERY radio station in the country for weeks….that song was even played on soul and blues stations. People thought this was an African American group. Even if you were just a kid in the 80s, you heard this song. You couldn’t escape it. Queen (Freddie) references this period of time ….the time Queen was the Biggest Band in the world…
“Id like to go back one time on a roller coaster ride, when life was just a game…. “.
@@strawbrryfld1 There are a few bands ppl say that about. Queen is one and The Beatles are another.
The point is it's dependent on what part of the country you're in and where you grew up. I doubt very much they were playing Queen, or a lot of Queen, on R&B stations that largely played funk, soul and quiet storm.
You guys are really missing a lot. You need to listen to this with head phones. It will make a world of difference.
Really enjoyed your reaction, tell your dad that this song is older than he is by six years and I was 28 when I first heard it and it blew me away.
Dad, go down the Queen rabbit hole and get into everything Queen did and you will not be disappointed. Amazing band, legendary front man.
Geniuses. 4 geniuses.
You know, the opening part of this song is all Freddie, harmonizing with himself.
you're right he just sings in different octaves each part and they put them together as a harmony
Correct. That particular harmony was 3 different loops of freddy. Other parts ate the band, with drummer roger Talor hitting the impossibly high notes
@bbbfst, I didn’t know
The opening sequence is all multi track Freddie!
This is an all-time classic and as such you have to listen to it all the way through without interruption, as difficult as that is, to get the full impact.
👏👏👏👏👏
It ain't so surprising, different folks grow up with different music - there'll be a bunch of stuff your dad grew up with that many of us'll never have heard of. 😎
Fun fact: the 4 original members of queen have 6 university degrees between them.
Queen won't ever let you down. Don't stop me now is another excellent song. Saw Queen in 1977... incredible!
Your dad should know Queens, we will rock you.
Also, none of the band members sing except Freddy. He done all the harmonies layering them.
After he kills someone he hides out in an opera house. That's why you hear all of the opera singing towards the middle of the song.
Bless you BOTH !!!! ........ So spelllbinding & beautiful to see DAD & SON TOGETHER ..!!
That was a great and funny reaction from your dad, now please introduce him to the Live Aid vid. when Queen wasn't even on the tickets...BUT blew the whole crowd away...Freddie was one of THE best front men
Wonderful reaction - lovely to see a father & son reacting together .... great to see you two chatting & obviously so close to each other :)
You should show your dad Somebody to love,live in Montreal
Oi ! Didn't you want us to see the ending complete with the final Gong.
Don't be in such a hurry to end this masterpiece , my friend.....:)
Queen was huge late 70's early 80's. So it's not a surprise that your Dad has never heard of them.
All 4 members of Queen had impressive college degrees/educations, too! Their music is legendary!
RIP Freddie darling. ❤🕊🙏
You guys should check out Johnny & Edgar Winter "Tobacco Road"! Prepare for 🤯‼🔥
Such an incredible song... Truly a rock spectacle... regrets, a trial, consequences, the stages of grief... This song truly covers the whole spectrum of the story it tells!
This is why people need to have a more open mind for all types of music, Shoot I grew up on Motown country classic rock and turned Hip Hop in heavy metal in my teens
There is a video where a whole stadium is waiting for an act and the crowd sings the whole Bohemian Rhapsody. It is terrific. You should check it out. The video is called Green Day crowd sings Bohemian Rhapsody.
More Queen ...have your dad react to this song live in Montreal, 5 years later...so your dad can see Freddie's showmanship and powerful voice...Continue with him with SOMEONE TO LOVE...they are the greatest live band of all time...maybe end with the live Aid concert
I hope y'all will watch the movie, "Bohemian Rhapsody" especially to understand how Freddie Mercury had the vision of this song & his steadfastness to see that it got recorded. So glad he did & it continues to blow people's minds. Defiantly have to watch "Queen's-Live Aid" performance. Best I have EVER seen!!!
I’m 50, my wife is 40, so I can somewhat understand how he missed Queen, they cam out of the 70s so it’s more my generation, those growing up teenagers in the 90s missed a whole lot as that’s when music started to change to grunge and alternative. ✝️🙏🏻😇
Wayne's World reintroduced Queen to a lot of us in the 90s. That movie is actually the first time I remember hearing this song.
@@Tirath you got me there, I had forgotten about that movie
I’m 48 so am glad like you I was around when a lot of these great artists were still alive. 70’s and 80’s and even 90’s ALL contributed. Best decades ever.
I'd love to see your dad watch we will rock you! Queen is amazing!!