First Time Hearing "Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley" | Queen Reaction! 

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Who else now has 'Now I'm Here' starting in their head?

You should try lap of the gods.... revisited. Brilliant song.

My favourite Queen album. Just perfect from start to finish.

Tenement Funster: just another example of how Roger Taylor could have been a great lead singer in his own right...

As much as I adore Queen, this is my favourite era and album of theirs. Just before they became a worldwide sensation.

I would dare say that Sheer Heart Attack is a better album than A Night at the Opera. There's not one bad song on it. You can literally listen to the whole album without skipping any songs and it flows so incredibly well even though each song is so stylistically different.

Sheer Heart Attack has still several more gems to check out: Now I'm here, Killer Queen, In the lap of the gods, Stone Cold Crazy, Bring back that Leroy Brown... excellent album. As much as Queen II is great, I think this is where they found their classic sound. Nice reaction guys :)

This was my first Queen album, and still a favourite. I love the energy in the early albums, and the way Freddie's voice could change from angry and edgy to almost syrupy sweet. Look out for White Man (another song with a message), and It's Late, with its' many changes in mood and tempo

The "baby you.ve been had" starts Lilly of the valley, which is weird in isolation and flick of the wrist ends abruptly, which is unpleasant. This album was mostly Freddie 's stuff as Brian was in the hospital with hepatitis(I believe) to r some other debilitating disease. But he does open the album with Brighton rock. This is my personal favorite album. It's all over the place and wild. (Bring Back)Leroy Brown is super uptempo and fun.

Great reaction as always! The acoustic guitar in Tenement Funster is played by John btw. It wasn't all Brian on guitar during Queen's career. John played rhythm guitar quite a lot. You should check out Misfire (from the same album). Almost every guitar part is played by John. Keep on rockin'!

Love Roger’s voice and amazing drummer and song writer and...

First time hearing Tenement Funster was totally the weirdest thing for me - Roger started it like it was gonna be a folk song and then BOOM rock and self-homage lyrics that would not be out of place in gangster rap. Definitely one of those “What just happened?!” moments Queen love to spring on you. I read Flick of the Wrist as the “Oh shit we made a deal with the devil” moment - when they realized they were in trouble but hadn’t yet found the way out. Death On Two Legs in contrast is the scream of freedom, you know? Lily of the Valley is just plain lovely, though it’s sort of a farewell to the fantasy world too, isn’t it? After disillusionment perhaps. I don’t think there are any songs set in Rhye after it.

I watched a video today where Rick Wakeman was interviewing Brian May. They were chatting about the different bands he was in prior to Queen, blah, blah, blah, and Rick asked Brian how he chose Roger Taylor to be his drummer. At the audition, they were in a college music room and Roger was setting up his drum kit. He was hitting each drum around the edges in a fast, ba ba ba ba, almost like a marching band cadence. Brian asked him what he was doing and Roger replied, "I'm tuning the drums." Brian said that he'd never seen someone tune a drum kit before. When he was playing, he would use that cadence style when he hit the snare where most great drummers hit it once, Roger would hit it 4 times. When he hit a cymbal, he would strike a drum at the same time. Roger was unique in his style. That's why he is a legendary drummer. I love you guys. Keep spreading the love.

I am so, so glad to see you did these 3 fantastic tracks. I was getting worried, when looking at the polls, that only tracks from The Greatest Hits albums were going to be reacted to. As sadly more people will have heard them and will recognize their name and vote for them. This means the long term fans who have heard everything, won't get to see you guys react to the amazing tracks we know are out there but we will be out voted. Here is my list of some lesser reacted to tracks. Ones that not everyone will have heard and some that you guys really do need to hear. Brighton Rock. .... from the Live Killers album. In the Lap of the Gods. Stone Cold Crazy. Doing All Right. Bring Back That Leroy Brown. One Vision. ..... the documentary Making Of One Vision. It's Late. Drowse. Dreamer's Ball. Rock It (Prime Jive). Jealousy. Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon & Seaside Rendezvous as they are both rather short songs. You & I. Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll. My Melancholy Blues. More of That Jazz. The Miracle but you simply must watch the official video.

Thanks Andy and Alex for another great vidéo! Sheer Heart Attack it's the third studio album released in 1974, great album ! I bought it in 78 , I was 12, yes I am an "old" fan hahaha. It took Queen to a whole new level, helping to propel them from a support band on a US tour to a world headliner. Recorded between july and september 1974, at four different studios, there were considerable challenges during the making of the album. Mid-way through Queen's first North American tour, one that start in avril 74 (as a support band of Mott The Hoople), Brian May fell ill with hepatitis which resulted in the Spring tour of America being cute short. May recovered, the work continued in the studio before he fell ill again. The other three members overcame the issues by leaving spaces in the songs for May's solos. - udiscovermusic, behind the album, Max Bell - Roger Taylor's " Tenement funster " is one of his rock'n'roll rebellion numbers, complete with echo guitars, a delightful bass line. "Flick of the wrist" is a darkly sinister tale from Mercury. It's a reflection of their increasingly strained relationship with their management. ( It will be followed in the next album A night at the Opera by Death on two legs ) . "Lily of the valley " : for a band who were frequently mocked for being shallow, there were plenty of hidden depths, at least on Mercury delicate Lily of the Valley. A deeply personal Freddie moment regarding his life. This song as in Queen II evokes also, Mercury imaginary world of Rhye, its Seven Seas and its King . " Freddie's stuff was so heavely cloaked, lyrically " Brian May said in 1999. " But you could find out, just from little insights, that a lot of his private thoughts were in there, although a lot of the more meaningful stuff was not accessible. Lily Of The Valley was utterly heartfelt". - Classic Rock, Dave Everley - " Lily of The Valley as In The Lap Of the Gods, is typical of Freddie "world vision" [ ...... ] His comprehension of the rhythmics structures was phenomenal. He was a brilliant musician, most people forget about that, they only remember his flamboyant persona and his wardrobe." said Roger Taylor ( for that matter you need to see the making of One vision, or We are the Champions 😉. ) - Queen Baroque'n'roll, M.E Konigson - Btw Queen is the only group in wich every member has composed a #1, all four members were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003. Have a great days guys. Cheers from Corsica

Wtf Is happening to my brain right now 🤘🤘 this is my reaction to 3 songs I've never heard before. ==>😃

Flick of the Wrist!! ❤️ ❤️❤️

Please please please please react to One Vision next!!! That is one of my favorite Queen songs, and the music video is a MUST WATCH

Edit: never mind, found it... and now I want Seaside Rendezvous so much! Also, PLEASE do It’s Late eventually... I need you guys to dig into some vintage Brian May compositions, and It’s Late has the distinction of being emo as hell, while also being an effing bop.

You did a Metallica cover on Stone Cold Crazy...There is is a cover on these three songs by Dream Theater!

Great reactions guys and I'm really glad you decided to do all 3 songs as they are on the album. Roger is a very underated singer and one of the best drummers of his generation. Great choice guys. Stay lucky stay safe Mike UK.

If father to son wins, please, you have to watch their 1974 rainbow gig version. It's so underrated.

Nice video but can you react to other queen songs like: One Vision ,keep yourself alive or A kind of magic i like these very much and it will be great (sry for my Englisch I'm a german child but I like and support your Videos very much!!!❤😎)

Good company ! It´s late ! Seaside Rendezvous Bring back that leroy brown!!

Another genius album written by the greatest rock band of all time

Great reaction as always! This channel is one of the best subscription decisions I ever made

In my opinion. Their finest/best album from start to end. Among many good ones

Great reaction again guys!!! Indeed some of the tracks will get better over time... even after many years!! Especially Tenement Funster. I didn't like that song so much when I was younger. But now it's my favorite of these 3 songs. That's the magic that Queen spreads!!! 😄 👊 But for now, I'll wait for this Fridays bonus-reaction to 'Brighton Rock' (Live Killers-version) ! 😜

This album so reminds me of being 16 - and having big hair. Love it!

That was tough for you two. You seemed a bit confused part of the time. Flick of the Wrist is considered the big brother to Death on Two Legs, but it doesn't thematically go with the other two songs. They blended the tracks on the album, but I'm not sure why - I should research that. Tenement Funster is Roger Taylor being a rock 'n' roller and bragging about it. Fun song. Lily of the Valley goes back to Seven Seas of Rhye (Rhye being the world Freddie created). The lyrics hold a message beneath, but I think it's deeply personal to Freddie himself. We, your subscribers, are recommending songs to you based on our own tastes and as you know, everyone's tastes vary. I personally wouldn't have recommended these songs just yet, but that's just me. Give Romeo a snuggle from me! See ya next time.

Lily of the Valley is sublime.

Did you already do Fairy feller’s master stroke/Nevermore? Masterpiece!!

According to a Brian May interview in 1999, lily of the valley was about Freddie “looking at his girlfriend and realising that his body needed to be somewhere else.” And I think that’s really emotional and deep and personal.

I remember spending many late 70s teenage nights, miming in the dark with an imaginary guitar to Tenement Funster!! The vocals and guitar are just stunning. I also mimed (violently!) to Flick Of The Wrist - perhaps Freddie's most vicious song. As for Lily Of The Valley and my imaginary piano...... 😁

Flick of the Wrist is definitely a song you have to hear many times to listen to the bass, the guitars etc. Well done guys.

I love this entire album -- perhaps my favorite Queen album after A Night At The Opera. I immediately wanted you to go straight into "Now I'm Here" which closes out side one (for context, "Tenement Funster" is the next song immediately after "Killer Queen", so you can imagine the transition there. (And the first track is "Brighton Rock".) But my favorite track on the album is on side two -- "Misfire", which is kind of an upbeat folk-rock thing with some great Brian May guitar licks and fun percussion from Roger Taylor.

Been waiting for this one! Good reaction. I probably like Lily of the Valley the least. Not because it is bad, just because of the two other songs it is paired with. Tenement Funster grew on me more and more over time, now it is one of my favourite Roger tracks. Flick of the Wrist is one of my favourite Queen tracks overall. Love it for the clever lyrics, the pacing, the guitar, Freddie’s voice. BUT, I was so excited that you noticed my favourite part: Roger’s drumming in it is PHENOMENAL! I can’t play drums myself, but I have drumsticks I goof around with and this is one of the BEST songs to fake it on the drums, they are just electric!

One of my favorite off this album. Bought it when I didn't know who they were. Fan for 50 years. YIKES. Long live Queen. RIP FREDDIE✌🌻🌻

i love Flick of the wrist so much ❤❤ the lyrics 🔥🔥

This is like a bohemian rhapsody but in 3 songs

this could be made into a movie. The song writing takes us to another place. Brings back me lying on my bed with my sony cans on, with the 45 playing on the pioneer stacking system. Great days, 70-80. Good times, trouble free.

Oh wow A Kind of Magic is coming, kick ass song that is. Thank for 3 Queen tracks today, oh my lord you guys have got so much QUEEN to go through.

Are you guys getting it yet, the genius of Queen.

I love the whole album "Sheer Heart Attack". The three best tracks from one of the two best Queen albums of all time, IMHO. "A Night at the Opera" would be my number one.

Dream Theater does an amazing cover of this song by Queen. Could you please react to this version as well? Thanks!!

It's LATE IS A GREAT song!!! I can't remember which album but I'm thinking it was News of the World. It's not hard rock rock but it is rock and just damn good. This song started out a little boring but I loved hearing Roger Taylor sing!! Once the song picked up pace I liked it a lot more

Oh love roger's voice too..oh my...queen, legendary...a lot of uniqueness...

Dream Theater did a cover of these 3 songs and You can compare like You did with Stone Cold Crazy with Metalica!!!

Great reaction as always, guys! One day you guys should react to Lap of the gods live at the rainbow. Love it😁

Great video you should react to killer Queen by queen or now I’m here live by queen or fat bottomed girls by queen

"Tenement Funster," that's a Roger Taylor compostion, with him on lead vocals too. Great song choice, guys. The other songs on here are great, as well.

3 men (a bassist who just played bass), organic instruments, fat tape = A cornucopia of sound (no synths)

Vote for: Stone cold crazy - live at Rainbow One vision - music video Princes of the universe - music video Play the game - live at montreal / milton keynes bowl Or any other song will be find too as long as it’s Queen!!!

You like Roger -- please review "Drowse"!!

Ah, cross fading, and listening to albums as unified works of art and not arbitrary collections of unrelated tunes.

Never understood why the album was called SHA yet they named a track of the same name in The News of the World

gotta listen to (Big Bad Leroy Brown ) from the same record You'll love it

digging my new purple shoes enraging the people on the lower floor rock and roll 45's.... i like it.

Totally agree with Alex on Flick of the Wrist....Lily of the Valley Is difficult to compare with the Other two ..... On MyQueen Playlist though , out of the 3 , i have only Lily of the Valley .

Great choice! I'd recommend a song but I think you guys will get to them all eventually anyway 😀 But whatever you do, don't do Fun It, my least favourite Queen song

sorry, had to jump in 1 more time. Andy when you said (paraphrasing) 20+ Queen songs and starting to recognize the different voices, please do a Brian May singing reaction.( imo he's got a bit of Mcartney in him) you could start with, Some Day One Day, Good Company, Long Away, All Dead All Dead(mesmerizing with those harmonies), Sleeping on the Sidewalk, they're off Queen albums, but you can see the difference between Freddie's and Brian's songs. Brian's are all exquisite.

Great reaction guys. My favourite out of these is probably Lily of the Valley. Then Tenement Funster - took a while for that to grow on me even though I love Rogers voice in it. Never been keen on Death on Two Legs but I like Flick of The wrist. I wonder which version of Its a Kind Of Magic (another of Rogers songs) you will be doing ? The Wembley 86 version is fantastic.

Isn’t that Roger Taylor singing on Tenement Funster initially?

Flick of the wrist I first heard in 1987, I purchased a 7" vinyl single of Killer Queen and that was the B side, it blew my mind at that time. I got Rogers latest single from 2017/18 depending what country your in, 'Journeys end" on 10" vinyl, great song

Start posting the greats of Classic Rock and your Sub count will go through the roof...that’s what guided me to who I would follow. Great day.

You guys should be jumpin' around that room playing air guitar. That's what I did 45 years ago

Try Queen's "More of that Jazz" The high notes sung by the drummer will rock you

Why don't you guys react to Death On Two Legs so we can see Alex's reaction? Fantastic video, guys, thank you!!

.... and continue into “ Now I’m Here””!!!👍👍👍

Oh yes finally...thank you Andy & Alex! Btw Lily of the Valley is actor Rami Malek's favorite Queen track (the actor who potrayed Freddie in Bohrap).

It's time for you to experience the masters of prog metal. Please check out Dream Theater-The Glass Prison studio version from the album Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.

Kitty!

As another comment mentioned there rainbow club shows from 1974. Any song is great. Try father to son live

Lily of the Valley always makes me so emotional when I listen to it. Such a powerful and evocative song, lyrical, poetic and sheer beauty.

Finally getting to this. In the art world this would be known as a triptych...a matched set of three. I love how melodically they flow into one another. I just got an original US pressing of Sheer Heart Attack on vinyl so I've been distracted with that, but I'm certainly glad I didn't miss your review. You've spoken on Roger's deal before. I think Tenement Funster really expresses the rebellious and youthful spirit of Roger's songwriting at that time in his life. I love the line, "being poor and young and crazy." they were very poor and very young at the time, certainly. It's never easy in any era lol. Great review.

oh cool, I didn't think you'd put this up so soon! Yeah, I think Flick of the Wrist is my favorite of the three. When I first heard this on the album, I guess I kinda got lost in Tenement Funster and didn't really know when Flick of the Wrist started, but when I heard Freddie's voice I was like, wait, it's a new song lol! You probably recorded the vid already, but I really prefer the original Highlander version of A Kind of Magic. They wrote a few songs for the movie Highlander, Princes of the Universe, Who Wants to Live Forever (also fantastic songs, please add those to the queue soon!!) as well as A Kind of Magic. The original version Roger wrote is in the movie, but for the album, Freddie wanted more of a pop feel, so they changed the style a bit. I suppose you should hear the album version first, but eventually check it out.

Very nice reaction❤️. Can you also react to good old fashioned lover boy and doing alright langham studio version you’ll never regret listening to that.

Hey guys could you please react to Dream Theater's cover version of this legendary song from Queen? I would really appreciate it!!

Dream Theater covered those 3 songs together :)

please react to "The Prophets' song" from "A night at the Opera"

Was it all worth it please please pleeeeeease

Can I just go ahead and request a whole theme month? I really feel like after whatever gets covered in April, we should have a Brian May. God knows there’s plenty to work with!

I agree with you guys, Flick of the Wrist is the standout here. But I would usually just listen to it alone. The live version at The Rainbow Theatre is the best. The song is heavier in the live version. I personally like it a little bit more than Death on Two Legs, although I enjoy both songs. The other two songs are very good as well. I don't know why these are placed together. Dream Theater did a nice cover of this exact same version with all 3 songs together.

I love those moments where something they didn't expect happens and they both look at each like like, "dude...."

yall gotta hear the whole album, no shit

very nice again guys thanks for those classics of the best band ever

React to Was it All Worth it!!!!!

could you do Heaven and Hell and/or The Writ by Black Sabbath?

React to more Oasis

Give it time, "Tenement Funster" will rise in your estimation. Nearly every fan thinks less of it at first, even if they like it. But it grows on you, that opening guitar, Roger's blistering vocals. One day it'll come on and you'll think, "Yeah. This song kicks so much ass. How did I not see it before?" Trust me, it'll happen. ;-)

You NEED to react to/ watch the Rainbow performance of 'Liar' by Queen!

If "A Night at the Opera" is Queen's "Pulp Fiction", then "Sheer Heart Attack" is their "Reservoir Dogs"; the blueprint for what's about to come.

Greetings from argentina jej

I'm enjoy youre reaction, how about wacht a queen concert "the nigth at odeon"lived hammersmith london 1975 this concert for first listend music of queen you must watch it with alex the great full concert. 😀. (SORRY MY BAD ENGLISH)

I like your reactions. Please react to Headlong, 🙏Breakthrough, It’s a Miracle, I want it all official videos. 🎸🎸 They went back to basics. There pure rock!!❤️

Love your reaction to this trio! I think I heard you say you were going to react to A Kind of Magic next. Please make sure you use the Live at Wembley 1986 version. It is magic! Also please consider One Vision, the extended 1985 version of the video. It was recorded a few months after the Live Aid concert. It is a feast for the ears and eyes. Such a fun video! PS, I can't find the poll either on my desktop or my phone. Sorry.

React to faith no more

That cat don’t care.

Listen to flick of the wrist live version at the rainbow.