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Queen, I’m going slightly mad - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction 

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Fabulously descriptive, the music to this song, including Freddie’s voice, vividly paint the lyrics for us!
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@bernhardfbuttner5694
@bernhardfbuttner5694 18 часов назад
Amy should watch the video to this one (and to "These Are The Days"!
@andrewcarr5923
@andrewcarr5923 13 часов назад
I agree, as heartbreaking as it is to see him so frail and near the end, it still brings a tear to my eye when I watch the TATDOOL video.
@juttapopp1869
@juttapopp1869 18 часов назад
Freddie's way of dealing with the side-effects of his AIDS medication. He was so BRAVE!
@dianecourtney2724
@dianecourtney2724 14 часов назад
Yes 🌷
@kendallneason3645
@kendallneason3645 18 часов назад
If you are the type that really pays attention to the lyrics of a song and analyze meanings, this song is so personal. It’s as if Freddie was trying to explain, in his cheeky way, without outright telling us how much he was suffering. Brave genius. Great analysis Amy thank you!
@antonidamiecki8028
@antonidamiecki8028 17 часов назад
YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY WATCH THE VIDEO it’s so much connected to the music, ironic and fun!
@ianbotha9912
@ianbotha9912 19 часов назад
This song was so much fun after I was in the army and I had to get used to civilian life. half the stuff I did was considered insane and half the stuff civilians did seemed insane to me.
@Teja-Buttafuco24
@Teja-Buttafuco24 День назад
Esperando el glorioso y mejor tema de Queen The show must go on!!!!
@pedroascensao1554
@pedroascensao1554 18 часов назад
Don't try so Hard is wonderfuul piece. And of course, The show must go on....
@ZENOBlAmusic
@ZENOBlAmusic 18 часов назад
Yes, Don't Try So Hard is very underrated, it is a beautiful song, and Freddie does amazing singing on it.
@Panda_man..
@Panda_man.. 15 часов назад
Bijou is a real gem of underrated song from this album as well.
@Chopin1995
@Chopin1995 13 часов назад
Don't Try So Hard is one of the best vocal recordings of all time. It's a masterclass of singing.
@loorddesign
@loorddesign 18 часов назад
I Do recommend taking a look at the video for this piece. A great playful piece of art. PS The Penguin and the clogs has been associated with Brian from the very start of Queen. DS
@MrPanal007
@MrPanal007 17 часов назад
You should watch the videoclip, you'll be surprised to see the match 😂
@bluebell3720
@bluebell3720 17 часов назад
Freddie went to a British style boarding school in India Based especially on his earlier songs I think he he studied a lot of British literature
@martinkraenzmer3234
@martinkraenzmer3234 18 часов назад
A type of song that only Queen could make, I miss getting to listen to a new album every second year or so from them. It’s painful to see Freddie in the video knowing that he didn’t have much longer to live when they recorded it. Love the feeling in this song crowned by the guitar solo.
@ricardocastillo7828
@ricardocastillo7828 17 часов назад
It is a fantastic song, Queen could only write with this coherence between the music, the lyrics and the feeling...all the sounds accompany the sense of the song, beautiful song of Freddie in spite of the circumstances, but again Brian May, puts the right notes, there is no other guitarist that has his musical sense, the important thing is not the guitar solo itself, but the song, what shines is the song not the guitarist...Brian is a great musician.
@bluebell3720
@bluebell3720 14 часов назад
Freddie wouldn't have let him take the spot light in his song!
@SpaceCattttt
@SpaceCattttt 16 часов назад
This is one of Queen's most macabre and brilliantly twisted songs. It's clever, witty and hilariously funny. Sort of like a person observing themselves losing their mind. The melody is also very unusual. Very theatrical, and it shows off Freddie's lower register quite well. It's a very underrated song.
@LeeKennison
@LeeKennison 17 часов назад
A fun song on a often frustrating thing most of us experience at times that is dealt with in a humorous way. The laugh to keep from crying thing, particularly considering the backstory of Freddie's condition. The brain fog and forgetfulness you have experienced from sleep deprivation gives you a preview of what some of us get to experience as we get older.😉 The music does have a hypnotic and slightly underwater feel which fits the theme perfectly. Great commentary on the guitar solo being the icing on the cake, by making you feel like you are in a mad house. Good catch on the "Comfortably Numb" vibe and phrasing which I hadn't noticed before. Nice words at the end that puts it all into perspective. Great reaction!
@iangrant3615
@iangrant3615 18 часов назад
Great analysis. I think this song was Freddie's way of saying that he was ill and that he accepted it was sending him down a path that was transforming him physically and mentally.
@dianecourtney2724
@dianecourtney2724 14 часов назад
Our darling Freddie was never ever going to allow anyone to show pity for him. He couldn’t bear it. The video is so worth seeing… strangely shows the feelings of the group while Freddie is being his stoic self. He was physically in a painful place yet he would despise the guys being maudlin. 🙁
@XFLexiconMatt
@XFLexiconMatt 18 часов назад
Fun track, some real song craft aside from the synths. Thank you. Brian's slide guitar is fitting and fun, he didn't play much slide guitar, but when he did, it was good.
@XFLexiconMatt
@XFLexiconMatt 18 часов назад
So, what will be next? "Headlong, The Show Must Go On?", I wouldn't mind "These Are The Days Of Our Lives" or "Don't Try So Hard".
@Bickerbonbloom
@Bickerbonbloom 16 часов назад
I was lucky enough to attend the playback of (a small amount) of the Innuendo album tapes at Metropolis Studios in London on 30th September 2017 - there was a wholly different, completed version/mix of 'Slightly Mad' played to us there which the band had worked on - and was fantastic in it's own right. 'Slightly Mad' remains my youngest daughter's most favourite Queen track due to the video. Gorilla, bananas, penguin, daffodils - what's not to love ?
@Gaxinha
@Gaxinha 15 часов назад
Different in which way?
@Chopin1995
@Chopin1995 13 часов назад
You are VERY lucky. I wanted to attend the Back To The Tapes of Innuendo at Metropolis in 2017, but I couldn't afford it. And I was never in England before, so it was generally too big undertaking for me at that time. I was reading a very long and detailed thread on queenzone forum from the people who were there. Could you describe your experience? What details do you remember? Dates? Facts? Anything? Those things are really important for Queen historians like myself.
@Bickerbonbloom
@Bickerbonbloom 12 часов назад
@@Gaxinha Different in virtually EVERY way - far wilder, with sounds and lyrics seemingly flying in from all directions - I'd love for it to surface on an official release sometime. Totally unique.
@deboraclark5791
@deboraclark5791 16 часов назад
To me the beat reminds me of the sound of a grandfather clock ticking. Freddie I'm sure, got the daffodil idea from the poem. Freddie was very courageous all his life not just at the ending. Freddie to me was a lovely human. As always a great reaction.😊
@FABIO_MARTINSS
@FABIO_MARTINSS 18 часов назад
Beautiful song in an old style despite the modern arrangement. I love the deep color of Freddie's baritone voice here. He rarely used this vocal register
@chergui77
@chergui77 12 часов назад
Considering that Freddie was so very ill and in so much pain, his voice is absolutely stunning in this song.
@FABIO_MARTINSS
@FABIO_MARTINSS 11 часов назад
@@chergui77 Yes. Also in "The Just Go On Show". Most singers can't do this even at their best.
@alessr17
@alessr17 16 часов назад
The video complements this numbness of the sound with some hilarious takes
@fergnando6160
@fergnando6160 18 часов назад
El videoclip es magico! el mejor de queen. Pero falta la reaccion de was it all worth it (Miracle album)!!
@hermannus3894
@hermannus3894 17 часов назад
That's quite a big number there. Roger what did you do.
@alanbatt
@alanbatt 16 часов назад
Amy how about reaction to Freddie's solo music there is some fantastic music?
@AliT0555
@AliT0555 15 часов назад
Amy needs to watch the “Making of I’m Going Slightly Mad video”. Watching Freddie direct everyone is fascinating. “I’m going to go here and I want you to do this, then I’ll do this and Roger should do this etc, etc.”. So fun, especially the incident on the sofa with the penguin!
@FoxBoi69
@FoxBoi69 11 часов назад
"roger, what did you do??"
@AmplifiedShot
@AmplifiedShot День назад
Alert set, looking forward to this!
@ianbotha9912
@ianbotha9912 19 часов назад
Don't feel too bad about forgetting names Amy. My mom once forgot my name and ran through all the names in the family, including past pets, before getting to mine. My mom also invited me to bleed on the porch once after a misadventure. I then bled and waited for her to put makeup on before she took me to the emergency room for stitches because she forgot I was hurt and it was the Wimbledon final with Bjorn Borg and Mcenroe.
@alustyape
@alustyape 16 часов назад
I have been waiting for someone to react to this piece, I am glad you were the first. Thank You
@josefschiltz2192
@josefschiltz2192 14 часов назад
Oh Amy! You really do need to see the video on this one!
@j0hnf_uk
@j0hnf_uk 18 часов назад
Everso slightly out-of-kilter, skew-whiff, lop-sided, cock-eyed, askew. Not quite as it should be, but using understatements to express it as such. Typically English.
@fryke
@fryke 14 часов назад
So many songs on this album that would warrant a listen. I hope we get The Show Must Go On still before moving on. (And Ride The Wild Wind. And Delilah or Bijou. But I guess we need some tracks from Made In Heaven as well. And hopefully "No One But You" at the end of the 50.)
@dianecourtney2724
@dianecourtney2724 14 часов назад
and there you have it ……
@tigranayvazyan5974
@tigranayvazyan5974 11 часов назад
11:23 That's John's bass, actually. If you listen closely, he's all over the place on the fretboard during the entire song. One of his best.
@ellet6560
@ellet6560 13 часов назад
I appreciate seeing a first reaction sans video. The vid is fun and creative but distracts from the important subject matter of the song. "Everything I had to know, I heard it on my radio"; form your own imagery from what you hear. As always, Freddie's brilliant vocals perfectly paint a playful picture of how he dealt with his illness. Thanks, Amy.
@wesleyrodgers886
@wesleyrodgers886 16 часов назад
Tom Waits. We're all mad here. 😊.
@RAl-rc7su
@RAl-rc7su 17 часов назад
Best band ever
@Slightly_Mad1335
@Slightly_Mad1335 14 часов назад
I think I don't need to talk about the impact it had on me. :P
@tonytjandra4798
@tonytjandra4798 14 часов назад
You use hypnosis not as a cure but as a means of establishing a favorable climate in which to learn. - Milton H. Erickson - Freddie had a wonderful voice. Thank you.
@SCHHHa
@SCHHHa День назад
All god's People is a MUST as These are the days of our lives and Delilah..
@arnehenkler8391
@arnehenkler8391 18 часов назад
Agreed on These Are the Days of Our Lives, but the other two have no place in a Queen 50 Series. Delilah in particular is easily Queen's worst song.
@SCHHHa
@SCHHHa 17 часов назад
@@arnehenkler8391 in your unrespectable opinion obviously.
@iris67si
@iris67si 15 часов назад
I agree with all 3 (I think Delilah is a sweet song) but you didn't mention BIJOU, which is in my opinion an incredible piece. There's a really tight number (only 50 Queen songs) but I would really like to hear Amy's opinion on: *All God's People, *These Are the Days of Our Lives, *Bijou, *The Show Must Go On, *A Winters Tale, *Mother Love And after Queen 50 series we really need Queen 50 deep cuts...
@SCHHHa
@SCHHHa 15 часов назад
@@iris67si Yes, bijou too is just wonderfull! i forgot it🤣
@SCHHHa
@SCHHHa 15 часов назад
@@iris67si abouth mother love and a winter's tale they are on the next album.. With it's a beautiful day (but not the 'reprise' one), 'let me live' and 'you don't fool me' the Made in Heavaen album should be over. The others are basically B-sides of innuendo/the miracle and some FM solo's reprised songs. Still perfectally re-arranged but not originals..
@FM4ever
@FM4ever 18 часов назад
I love Peter Straker. He has such a great sense of humour.
@DeadnWoon
@DeadnWoon 15 часов назад
By the way, you may compare this one to Gentle Giant's 1978's hit song "Giant for a day"... A suspicious similarity...
@davidheil3903
@davidheil3903 14 часов назад
All three singles from Innuendo are, for me, the greatest Queen songs. Wildly different from each other, yet still so massively creative and memorable. Freddie and his mates are on such top form. Glorious. Very happy revisiting them through this channel; super interesting takes from fresh ears.
@alejandro_gumtz
@alejandro_gumtz 12 часов назад
Agree. My favorite Queen album is Innuendo, it's a rollercoaster of emotions; it sounds sooo soo mature, well-rounded, and precisely delivers the intended message. A masterpiece of a culmination of the greatest career in rock music history, ever.
@alejandro_gumtz
@alejandro_gumtz 12 часов назад
I'm 29 and have been a Queen fan since my childhood. This has always been one of my favorite Queen songs ever. When listening to this song the synth makes me feel like I'm in a room with rythmically dripping water, and the drums give me a ticking clock feeling. I think those add a lot to the complexity of the feeling of going mad, yet being simple figures.
@bluebell3720
@bluebell3720 17 часов назад
I like the video to this
@helenespaulding7562
@helenespaulding7562 11 часов назад
Have you picked your nest band to do a series on? The Beatles, Queen……Zeppelin 20? 😁 We know you enjoy them .
@sambirch6784
@sambirch6784 9 часов назад
The lyrics are a satire on how the English have an aversion to directness. It would be considered impolite to call someone mad directly which is why the English have created so many different ways to indirectly describe someone as being mad, and Freddie reels off these descriptions one by one when referring to himself being mad. The song it a nod to English repression.
@stevep6018
@stevep6018 14 часов назад
Thank you Amy.
@babyfacemichael1
@babyfacemichael1 16 часов назад
Once again a great video Amy , we all knew you were just going to love it- Oh Yes we did. Wonderfully NoelCowardesk
@PassiveSmoking
@PassiveSmoking 12 часов назад
This always puts me in mind of Noel Coward, doubly so when coupled with the music video they filmed for it.
@ViktorVida-et3ry
@ViktorVida-et3ry 16 часов назад
I dunno..the fun is totally lost on me with these late recordings... even the self-irony feels just tragical, infinitely sad.
@Argrouk
@Argrouk 8 часов назад
The video is fun, but the attitude is very English, while still being very Freddy.
@FabioLovaglio
@FabioLovaglio 10 часов назад
John Deacon never gets the praise he deserves for this bass line, really brilliant staff!
@이정희-i9j5x
@이정희-i9j5x 7 часов назад
I strongly recommend you to react to another Queen song, ' the show must go on' !!!
@dondebomm6329
@dondebomm6329 11 часов назад
The WHOLE ALBUM in my opinion is a masterpiece
@greymattervandal
@greymattervandal 7 часов назад
An underappreciated gem from their final album.
@philippelecuyer3837
@philippelecuyer3837 12 часов назад
My favorite Queen song, music wise and lyric wise
@bluebell3720
@bluebell3720 18 часов назад
Subconsciously he could have been wortied about dementia due to his illness Roger said Freddie was waiting at the studio Roger was first to turn up an hour late He said Freddie said to him I'm going mad waiting here and had started writting this song
@kristineschneider9322
@kristineschneider9322 13 часов назад
Really need to watch the video for this one.
@marianclough8577
@marianclough8577 8 часов назад
Definitely need to watch the video.
@kentl7228
@kentl7228 15 часов назад
I am trying to guess the last songs... Not the ones i necessarily like though, like Hitman as an example... The Show Must Go On Bijou Made In Heaven Mother Love Heaven For Everyone
@vinsgraphics
@vinsgraphics 15 часов назад
I’m at the edge of my seat waiting for “The Prophet Song.”
@harpapmac
@harpapmac 12 часов назад
I love this song..
@susanneg2824
@susanneg2824 9 часов назад
Bijou!!!!
@suvilaitinen2731
@suvilaitinen2731 12 минут назад
I'm Going Slightly Mad (1991) and A Winters's Tale (1995) are my favorite Queen songs. I became a fan during the 90's and basically listened to Queen's discography in a reverse order. The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke (1974) completes my top 3.
@kentl7228
@kentl7228 15 часов назад
I am trying to guess the last songs... Not the ones i necessarily like though, like Hitman as an example... The Show Must Go On Bijou Made In Heaven Mother Love Heaven For Everyone
@charlieismydarlin7199
@charlieismydarlin7199 14 часов назад
Surely These Are The Days Of Our Lives must feature (I'm expecting some tears from Amy for this one , especially if she watches the video - maybe not just Amy!) I'm not sure which song would drop out though
@kentl7228
@kentl7228 13 часов назад
@@charlieismydarlin7199 Good choice on Days... I was thinking The Show Must Go On will be quite emotional. I see my same comment was posted twice. Strange...
@CubeCyclone
@CubeCyclone Час назад
"It finally happened...happened" style is much like a cuckoo noise which is also another reference to madness.
@ono1dij
@ono1dij 5 часов назад
One of the most incredible songs they ever did, a precise and bittersweet way of expressing what Freddie was going through, lyrically and musically accurate in what he wants to express... I hope you can listen to the entire album, and not just the "singles", there are many songs on this album that deserve a good analysis (I Can't Live With You, Don't Try So Hard, Bijou) that were not singles, but deserve attention
@cafe.crow.
@cafe.crow. 15 часов назад
I’d definitely recommend you check out the cures disintegration live at wembley versions specifically lullaby, disintegration and homesick
@SCHHHa
@SCHHHa 16 часов назад
Yes this song could remind a bit 'killer 'Queen'.. both of them are a first person's song. They have completely the opposite meaning but yes. Definitively those songs are very similar in their style. And about the guitar style too.. With different technologies inside but, the guitar style is quite the same. As regard the bass line (tied with the drum line) seems to be quite simple but it is researched and very linear to the 'Noir humor' that this song must have.
@TheFireMonkey
@TheFireMonkey 11 часов назад
I love this song - it actually inspired a picture I painted the first time I heard it [it's a picture of an attic or perhaps a small old barn, filled with random items].
@TheFireMonkey
@TheFireMonkey 11 часов назад
The way he is singing makes me imagine someone on a vaudeville stage with a old 1920s tin megaphone.
@bluebell3720
@bluebell3720 17 часов назад
For this he wore what we call a penguine suit! Smart black black suit and tails
@rodrigomartinsdasilv
@rodrigomartinsdasilv 3 часа назад
I would love to see you reacting to some Tame Impala´s songs!
@phill-b4j
@phill-b4j 7 часов назад
The phrasing and language reminds me of Noel Coward.
@FoxBoi69
@FoxBoi69 11 часов назад
there is an even madder version "totally bonkers"
@lowesthighest
@lowesthighest 17 часов назад
Check: Falling in Reverse, The drug in me is Reimagined....
@Plagius8
@Plagius8 8 часов назад
Where can I send you suggestions?
@bluebell3720
@bluebell3720 17 часов назад
Freddie also wrote killer Queen
@marknovaky
@marknovaky 8 часов назад
So am I, Fran....
@Harry-jz1dn
@Harry-jz1dn 9 часов назад
46 These Are The Days Of Our Lives 47 Show Must Go On 48 Mother Love 49 Too Much Love Will Kill You 50 A Winter's Tale
@ForbiddTV
@ForbiddTV 8 часов назад
Queen was such a disappointment starting in the 80's.
@ForbiddTV
@ForbiddTV 13 часов назад
The last 15 of so in this series have been pointless. Full decline in Queen's music starting in the 80's.
@FelixNemo
@FelixNemo 12 часов назад
LOL - Queen did so much genre hopping that everybody can find something they hate. 😂😂😂
@ForbiddTV
@ForbiddTV 8 часов назад
@@FelixNemo They became a different band. I never cared for any of their albums after 1980. Many bands of that era hung on with similar disappointing results.
@allanrose3661
@allanrose3661 8 часов назад
This channel has Queen on the brain. LOL
@danadurnfordkevinblanchdebunk
@danadurnfordkevinblanchdebunk 7 часов назад
Their last 5-6 albums were pretty bad.
@FinMacShark
@FinMacShark 19 часов назад
To think you skipped Was it all worth it for this :(
@konradtomala3580
@konradtomala3580 11 часов назад
To be honest I think that they missed some of fans favorites on purpose, to keep Queen's fans interest in the channel...
@FinMacShark
@FinMacShark 19 часов назад
In my Opinion Queen's worst song ever, hate it
@dennish.7708
@dennish.7708 18 часов назад
Worse than Body Language?
@bluebell3720
@bluebell3720 18 часов назад
​@@dennish.7708 Body language was no 11 in US no 3 in Canada !
@FinMacShark
@FinMacShark 18 часов назад
@@dennish.7708 lol ,yes even worse than that :)
@arnehenkler8391
@arnehenkler8391 18 часов назад
@@FinMacShark But surely not worse than Delilah?
@Nat_the_White_Mage
@Nat_the_White_Mage 18 часов назад
In my opinion, your 'Opinion' doesn't matter much to most Queen fans anyway
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