[First Time] Marc Martel - Bohemian Rhapsody Queen Cover Reaction (Freddie? Is that you?!) 

If you watched the movie, you heard Marc before. 90% of the vocals were Marc's in the movie

Every time I hear Marc sing I get chills; it’s freaky weird how much he sounds like FREDDIE.

As I listened to your remarks before playing it, I thought: 1 - You've never heard Marc before 2 - You are in for one of the most surprising musical treats of your life.

Dude went from denial to acceptance 😂😂

That face was the "Oh shit, here comes the operatic section" face.

This was not his first take, but it was all done in a single take, start to finish and as such is one of the most masterful performances imaginable!

What's better than watching Marc singing a Queen song like Freddie Mercury? Watching someone who's never heard of him watch Marc sing a Queen song!

This guy is INSANE. He sounds like Freddie with a bit of George Michael. One of the most amazing voices I’ve ever heard.

Let's not forget that he's flawless on the keys!!

Marc Martel doing Under Pressure to do Tristan sound so much like David Bowie it's amazing

Marc Martel is fantastic. I get chills when I hear him sing Bohemian Rhapsody.

Marc is so so so talented in do many ways ❤

He is also fully endorsed by QUEEN.. which IS AMAZING

Having seen Queen on the Day at the Races tour I can tell you that even Queen didn't perform this song in its entirety. They left the stage for the operatic section and the music video played. They returned in a puff of smoke with the final rock section. What you are seeing is a unicorn. Freddie never performed this song as a solo piece. Marc's performance is an homage to what might have been. It is a stunning vocal and piano performance and we are lucky to have Marc share this with us!!!

His face once he starts singing is literally everyone’s face the first time they hear him

I've seen him in concert twice! He is awesome!! ❤

watch when he sung for Celine dion Freddie was her favourite singer

Haha I loved your faces of misbelief at the beginning and just enjoyment later.

I cry everytime i hear this guy. Amazing close voice to freddy...

Your reaction to this video is priceless, thank you!!!!

This is the best reaction video I've ever seen.

The wipe of your eyes at 4 minutes said it all ❤

One of the best reaction.

My brain couldn't compute hats off to Marc!

Hey Tom I'm a big queen fan and been searching for a Freddie Mercury sound a like and my first one was Gary Mullen but then I found Marc Martel. How much does he sound like Freddie him self and Celine Dion's favourite singer's was Freddie Mercury take a look at that one somebody to love I just loved your reaction in your face it was like wtf am I listening to is he alive or dead still 🙏🏼🙏🏻❤️

Listen to him sing love of my life!!!!!!

He's the voice of Queen music in the movie Bohemian Rhapsody.

U could close your eyes and have this played to u and u could 99% of the time believe this is Freddy singing

He recorded for the Queen movie

u should go with his "Love of my life" cover. 99.99% identic. *YES. 99.99%!*

_"Not putting it on, make no mistake, when I open my mouth it's the sound I make"_ --Marc Martel - Dead Ringer

He sang all the songs in bohemian rhapsody as picked by Brian May, he deserves so much credit 👏❤

He's a monster. All Marc's stuff is absolutely incredible!

The first thing that happens to you when you hear Mark is make a face of disbelief. The next thing that happens is laughing, but with happiness and you can't stop laughing, because you already love it.

I was watching his face like just wait....

His cover if Somebody to Love is spot on! I saw him sing Under Pressure wirh Roger at a tribute concert.

SO F***N PERFECT....

I freaking love your reaction to this! Your facial expressions are killing me! 😆😆 And your total denial in the beginning.. This is great, hahaaa! His version of R.E.M is amazing also..

My man when through all those emotions within a few seconds when the song started 🤣

Coucou,Tom,Marc Martel est un artiste canadien de 47 ans qui a 23 ans de carrière derrière lui.Cet arrangement avec mélange de la partie choeurs,piano solo ,est du plus bel effet.Il a chanté un des tubes de Queen devant Céline Dion qui en pleurait,lors d une émission.Il a toujours eu ce timbre de voix ressemblant à Freddie.Il est plus modéré que Freddie sur scène.Tous ceux qui tentent de faire vivre Queen en s habillant de meme mais avec une "voix" nulle n arrive pas à la hauteur de Freddie.Marc Martel n a jamais tenté d imiter Freddie,et personne ne saura l imiter.Freddie était magique avec ce petit grain de folie que l on a adoré. Bravo Marc et grand merci Tom Gigi Belgique

It’s an honest travesty that he isn’t the frontman for Queen, Adam Lambert is a phenomenal artist but Marc is on a whole other level of talent.

if you saw the Bohemian Rhapsody movie, you have heard him already. They used his vocals, Rami and Freddie mixed to pull it off.

About 9 years ago Brian May and Roger Taylor of QUEEN recruited Marc along with several others to form "The Queen Extravaganza" show that played all Queen songs on a world tour. This was an amazing show but Marc obviously stood out from the rest of the musicians in the tour band. It was just like Freddy himself was there, almost! As a professional sound engineer I had the pleasure of working with the group at one of their shows in Las Vegas. I was very impressed with his (and the band) performance along with most of our crew since we are all Queen fans. It's nice to see that he is still performing and keeping Freddy's memory alive.

I especially love how Marc doesn't just sound like Freddie or sing like him, he literally embodies his energy too. Every small movement, every little swing of his body, it's just like Freddie.

Almost makes you think that freddie had a kid

Never gets old hearing his rendition. He’s so like Freddy like 90%. Uncanny. I first heard Marc on a song on radio during Christmas called How many kings years and years ago and I was like “I love this guys voice as he gave me Freddy murmurous vibes and that sweet vibrato and should do a queen song.” Years later he doing vocals for the Bohemian Rhapsody movie and touring with Queen. I got the ear folks lol. Vocal doctors say if he had been born in England this the accent he could be even better sounding like Freddy

It’s Freddie. Blood sweat and tears. Same soul, but healed.

He is so good. It brought tears to my eyes.

I've watched so many reactions to Marc, and yours is by far my favorite! The baffled joy on your face is exactly how a lot of us felt hearing him for the first time. If you're interested in more of his Queen work to react to, I love his one-take of Killer Queen on his channel. Or if you want a non-Queen song, his covers of Kiss From a Rose, Iris, or I Will Always Love You are incredible. Basically you can't lose listening to anything he's done, though, he's amazing.

Marc is a Canadian Christian rock singer. Check out his band Downhere.

Tom, welcome to the Marc Martel "family." Marc was born before Freddie died, so no reincarnation. HOWEVER, he's fooled Roger Taylor on more than one occasion. Marc says all he does, to sound more like Freddie, is add a "bit" of a British accent to his voice. Other than that, it's ALL Marc's natural sound. Marc formally started doing Queen covers with Roger Taylor's "official" cover band (Queen Extravaganza) in 2012 and performed with them for Freddie's 70th birthday celebration (2016), in Montreux. From 2017 on, he's sung with his own band (Ultimate Queen Celebration) as well as "Symphonic Queen" (in Mexico), "Black Jacket Symphony," and with various other musicians. Marc was the special guest for Michael W. Smith's and Amy Grant's 2019 Christmas tour, and stole the show. He recorded "Silver Bells" with them, which went to #1. This past Christmas, Marc and Amy Grant recorded "The Christmas Waltz" (Frank Sinatra song). Here are a few for you to listen to. Enjoy! The Mercurotti ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fhwymDhyepY.html Under Pressure ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V-_Y5sCaLpE.html Fat Bottom Girls ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IufsPBbjcxE.html Let Me Entertain You ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LOpFsWOKtI4.html Too Much Love Will Kill You ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8Ce4Ap38zo0.html Miserere ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LispQTR3GOM.html Silver Bells ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wcKcbaIkrdY.html The Christmas Waltz ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iptEtoTdl-I.html Girl In The World (for all you Star Wars fans) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MF3MCZcQUPc.html BTW, "Somebody to Love" was also the song Freddie was most proud of, even over "BoRhap."

hearing Marc for the 1st time singing this, was one of the loveliest WTF moments of my life

I would love to see and hear Marc Martel perform live on stage with Queen and bring the real sound of Queen back to life

He is Killer in Concert!!!

Marc is an angel of a singer - he is the gold standard of Freddy emulators.

I've watched your reaction over and over...I love it. Your honesty, you pure reaction is priceless. I'm 86, new to all of this, and I love it.

Marc Martel has actually performed this song live with the remaining Queen members. 🤘❤

Marc Martel sang in alot of the voice for the Queen Movie and alot of diehard queen fans were or are mad that its not marc who goes touring with queen but the other dude Youre face the 1st 30 seconds hahaha xD

Got to meet him in Mississippi when he played in Jackson. GREAT guy, and one hell of a show.

That’s Freddie singing thru him. ✊🏻🥲

It's absolutely f****n Perfect....

He has so many similar anatomy details, that he might be Freddie's illegitimate son... He is from Montreal and born in 1976... Queen had US tour in 1975... Maaaan!!!!

Dude your face as soon as you heard his voice says it all 😂 guys unreal

Same . Incredible

This dude was in a Christian Band called “Downhere” for years. He has always sounded like this. Great voice!

"I've never heard of Marc Martel" Me: *goosebumps*

Marc is a legendary Voice! This is insane!

It is his real voice. Heard him in the band Down Here before he did Queen.

Saw mark in concert last week. Super talented musician!

It's crazy right? He's a really talented piano player too but I just had to look back at the reaction on your face when you first heard him open his mouth. Epic lol - You should react to his other Queen covers as well, especially his version of Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx.

Agree with you. I never thought anybody would touch Freddie but Marc has an absolutely amazing voice and talent.

From 🇵🇭. One of the best reaction ever! Salute! More of marc reaction please?

Hahahaahha your face in the first 2 minutes and your comments hahhaha I felt the same and acted the same so I can relate! So you’re a fan now, right? ☺️

Love of my life, amazing performance

I said exactly what you said about the same overbite etc... His mannerisms are exactly the same. It's insane.......Also, The voice is so crazy that nobody mentions the piano playing lol

I was watching the whole beginning of this video thinking “Dude, you’re about to eat those words” 😂😂😂.

Go to his website and look at his tour schedule....Holy Moly............I'm sure you've learned by now, he was hand picked by Queen to lead their original tribute band...Queen Extravaganza

He is like 👁️👄👁️ through out the video 😂

I love your reaction, especially the head banging. 😂😂I’ve been fan of Marc for 15 or so years and he has always sounded like Freddie. I discovered him on a Christian radio station with his band Downhere and was immediately hooked on his beautiful voice. He could never escape the comparisons to Freddie so he decided to embrace it. I think he has the absolute best rock voice in the world right now.

I’ma huge queen fan. I really like your reaction. Your emitions are so real.

This is his voice. It's beautiful! Love Marc! He's amazing!

Your reaction is pretty much 100% the same as mine the first time i heard this ... Marc is out of this world ...one of the few times reincarnation seemed real ...i mean daaaaaaamn son

Your face at the start bro 🤣🤣 When Marc starts singing 😁😁 lol

🤣 i know right it's just wow

Haha i looked the same way when i heard it for the first time 😂

I have been following Marc eversince I heard his cover. He actually got the Queen attention. Just go to Marc Martel channel.

This is mindblowing! Look at Love of my life by Marc Martell. Just amazing too

It's real

How the hell can anyone thumbs down his rendition…. SMFH

I love this guy - he's one of the most talented musicians out there. I love his "Everybody Hurts" and his "Don't Let the Sun go Down on me". Not only can he do Freddie, He can also do a mean George Michael. Check it out

Marc's natural voice and singing style resembled Freddie so much that people would tell him and he'd have no clue what they were talking about-- dude was a Christian rock singer from Canada, and knowing the Christian rock crowd, they might know the names Freddie Mercury or Queen, but that's about as far as it went because a lot of hardcore Christians wouldn't want anything to do with them, particularly Freddie. But Marc looked up Queen's music and became a fan, and when Roger Taylor opened auditions for the Queen Extravaganza project a decade ago, he sent in a demo video, and the rest, as they say, is history. Marc's voice was used in the _Bohemian Rhapsody_ film in scenes where Freddie would be singing and there could not possibly be a past recording of Freddie himself (the first scene where Freddie meets Brian and Roger, and when Freddie struggles to lock in his voice before Live Aid are all Marc). I feel like Marc is like a less powerful but smoother Freddie Mercury with just a touch of Michael Jackson (he whoops just like MJ on stage). I'd love to hear Marc cover MJ, though I'm not sure the estate would ever allow that.

Queen did post a link to this from their official Facebook page.

Thank you so much for your reaction!!! It's the best reaction I've ever seen. The most authentic and full of sensibility. I cannot understand how other people do not express anything through their faces after listening to Mark or even they say his voice is similar up to an 80%. What??? I'm sure they would not even feel the difference if they had been told they were listening to Freddy. So, thank you so much for expressing through your video the feelings and sensations we all experienced when listening to the amazing Mark's voice. Thank you so much!!!! 💖

Amazing. The best I've heard since Freddie

Magical

Bro your reaction was literally mine when I first heard him.. loving it XD

I love the voice. The voice from Freddy is back... Seine Stimme ist vom Himmel runter gekommen. Vielen Dank Marc für dieses Geschenk.

Marc is great 👍

Marc Used to be in a band called Down here. By far one of my favorite bands to this day mostly due to Marc's unique sound. Wish they were still together.

every time I see this performance I cry.... tears for the song, tears for Freddie, tears for everything He's done, written, composed and played.... tears for all that could have been and will never be. Miss You so much.