Queen - It's A Hard Life (Live at Rock in Rio I, January 1985) - 1st time listen!! - Viewers Request 

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What a frontman, what a composer, what a musican, what a voice, what a band, what a reaction 👍🏼

Brian May said in the commentary for this song that he felt the lyrics were the closest to Freddie's true feelings/life than any other song Freddie wrote. You should watch the official video; very interesting.

Ilisten to this song evry day for many years and always have tears in my eyes.

I love ALL Queens songs, but this one is one of the specials for me. You should do the oficial video now!! You always point out something interesting, I really enjoy your reactions.

Freddie often said music was not the most important thing in his life, but that Love was the most important thing in his life. It came through in his music so beautifully. Freddie was always searching for true love. Personally, I believe that leaving his home and going to another country at the age of 7 in order to attend Boarding school, left him longing for stability and true love. I don't think sensitive 7 year olds, like Freddie, understand being banished from home, love and family. I believe it affected him for the rest of his life, and it is one of the reasons he could connect with his audience so deeply!

The opening to It’s a Hard Life is taken from an aria from the opera Pagliacci. Freddie loved opera! Great reaction, thank you! I think it’s official, you are truly a Queen Fan!👑

Brian adored this song! He said that it was his fave Freddie's song of all time :) ... try the official video! it's very interesting :D

Wasn't that Man a Genius of Poetic lyric? ...Just Astonishing the way he could weave a song with emotion , and meaning , and create a piece of art just as significant and beautiful as anything written by Robert Frost or T.S Elliot.

Grateful for one more gift for us from you! Noticing laser eyes, underlining the timeless lyrics- you are becoming a Queen fanatic- as you say.

I love your reactions! There's never enough of queen and never enough of Freddie! I got hooked also friend of mine on queen and especially Freddie. Now he understands why I love Freddie so much. He kept listening queen entire weekend 🙈😄👏👏🤘💗💗

Jeez. What a voice!! Great reaction... thanks!❤️❤️😻😻

I love your reaction. This is in my top 5 of all Queen songs. Freddie had just been through a breakup when he wrote this, which can always bring out alot of feelings, he just happens to put his to music and come out with a wonderful song like this one. It always brings me to tears. And this is the same show that your reacted to Love Of My Life.

I love Freddie playing the piano and singing together. And you are right about how it got filmed!! So I was able to enjoy more I think! powerful!! Love this song and your reaction always! Thank you for sharing this beautiful song with me (us), Hap ❤ Keep them goin' !!!

Listen to love me like there's no tomorrow its a cartoon version of I presume is Freddie. Its powerful

Fricking hell Fella, that was brilliant. It's the 1st time I've seen/heard this version. I think I recommended the studio version due to the costumes & theatrics which is worth a watch..............I believe a lot of his love songs are related to Mary Austin, the love of his life................I could easily be wrong though.

I continue to be amazed at how incredible Freddie sounds live. Just like the studio or better. Genius band with a legendary singer.

Watched this reaction again today. I love this song and you are correct, I’ve never seen an overhead shot of Freddie playing the piano. What a treat! Everyone always commented in documentaries about the way he played. He had his hands flat down in lieu of angled up like they teach in lessons. Brian and Roger always said it was strangest thing to watch, but he could bang out beautiful music on that piano. They loved the backing tracks when he was on piano. It was the same concert as the Love of My Life reaction. There were nearly 460,000 people there. A record breaker at the time. If Love of My Life got to you at this concert- watch it Live at Wembley 7/12 1986. They did love their fans and that particular performance was awe inspiring. The video for Its a Hard Life is good and you will easily hear all the lyrics. He starts the song in the same way as he did at this concert. Thanks for your reactions. I enjoy them very much.

This is a wonderful song. It's a great ballad and Brian's on fire on the guitar and Freddie's is amazing.

As previously commented, the video for this is over the top, even for Freddie, LOL

This song hits different when you've had a heartbreaking experience in a failed relationship!!! 💔💔💔 DEEP MEANING 💯

Great reaction!!

Very intuitive HAP. Wonderful song! Amazing reaction!

This is one of the best song of Freddie and one of my favorite. 1. YOU TAKE MY BREATH AWAY 2. LOVE OF MY LIFE 3. ITS A HARD LIFE 4. SOMEBODY TO LOVE 5. SAVE ME. Thanks Hap for a great reaction! Love it

Great reaction. Love how you connected with the lyrics. This is one of the performances that follows the studio version quite closely, not much improvisation. The official video has to be seen if only for Freddies outfit!

Re-visiting....and realize I luv that he was a hopeless romantic and so are you. That's why you GET IT.

You should see the official video. Brian laughed and said it was Freddie’s idea to dress like a old fashion costume ball and Freddie’s outfit made him look like a prawn fresh out of the sea!! Freddie wrote several heartbreaking type songs that were very emotional. He mentioned in an interview with David Wigg, I believe, that he had several scars from being hurt and it reflected in his songwriting. Yes, this was the same concert where you saw Love of My Life. Queen broke a world record at that concert with 430,000 people attending!! I’m telling you Love of My Life live at Wembley is even better. I look forward to your reactions. If I have a bad day, your reactions always make me laugh. Thank you.

God Bless you Freddie!

Beautiful song,great reaction.✨

Awesome reaction! This is another one of those songs that not many people react to for some reason. But it is a great song. Freddie starts off in head voice. The beginning melody of the song was based on the Vesti la giubba aria. That might be why it sounded operatic. This is a really great song, it was a medium sized hit, but it does get a bit lost in Queen's massive catalog. The music video for this song and Living On My Own does have a similar concept. It is someone that is surrounded by people in the middle of a party but he is still alone. A song that is similar to this one is Play The Game. There is a great live version at the Bowl ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LQqHZb1b__w.html.

This song, imo, really captures Freddie's emotions, let downs in life and love, and also the joy that seemed to only temporarily accompany it for him. I wish, and truly hope he knows how truly loved he is now in our memories. Thank you for another well thought out and awesome reaction. Im enjoying this journey as much as you seem to be. Lizzie

Going through a bad time relationship wise at the time, he pouring out his heart to his partner how he feels about him.(brilliant emotional performance 👍brill reaction thanks👌👍

Another song I love very much . Thank you Hap for reacting to it 😊 Roger and Brian hated the video made for this song. This song is kind of sad. Freddie searched for love most of his life .. and when he found it, soon later he was told he was ill... " Both Brian May and Roger Taylor groaned out loud when shown this video during their commentary for the Greatest Video Hits 2 collection. Taylor said it was "the most stupid music video ever made." May pointed out more positively that the video was an ironic take, as it portrayed Mercury as a wealthy man singing about how hard life and love are, and at that point Mercury in real life possessed great wealth but was still searching for love. When reflecting on the video in 2011 during an interview for the documentary Queen: Days Of Our Lives, Taylor admitted that he had previously admired director Tim Pope but felt "he was taking the mickey out of us." " Take care .

Love the way you appreciate the words, the music and watch their interactions

Freddie was just beautiful

Please react to let me live from the Made in heaven album. That song is amazing and Freddie, Roger and Brian all sing a solo part!

The beginning of the song was inspired by an aria Vesti La Giubba from the opera Pagliacci. As you know by now, Freddie loved opera.

Freddie was in Rio with his longtime german boyfriend Winnie, they had problems and were on the end of their relationship, beautiful song singing with passion💕

It is the same concert - Rock in Rio 1985. Freddy often changed costumes during the set; this was a throwback to his 1970s tights-wearing days.

Loved this reaction! I too loved the view of him playing the piano keys. Great lyrics!! Thanks

I've been a Queen fan for over 35 years and saw Queen many many times live, at Live Aid 1985, at Wembley 1986 (x 2) and Knebworth Aug 1986 and have to say that I really appreciate your reactions, it's so heart rendering that you actually take the time to listen to the lyrics as they all have meanings in terms of each and every band member. "It's a Hard Life" was written by Freddie after his relationship with Winnie Kirchberger was coming to an end in or around Feb/March 1985. He met Winnie in Munich (where Queen did an awful lot of recording at "Musicland Studios", coincidentally where his friendship with the amazing Reinhold Mack a music producer stemmed from - Freddie was godfather to one of his sons) and really fell in love, however due to the language barrier (Freddie's German wasn't that clever - hence the reason he always took along his other good friend Barbara Valentina (who also stars in the official video of "It's a Hard Life" - she is the blonde lady that steps on Freddie's toes near the end) to interpret for him) and the fact that Freddie was always touring that it put a strain on their relationship as Winnie wasn't prepared to leave Munich or his restaurant business and accompany Freddie when touring. It was also at a time when Freddie had fallen for someone else and was torn between the two and had to make the difficult and painful choice, hence the line "when your love cuts you down to size". He's my hero, always has been and always will be. Sorry to waffle on but I just love your reactions and how you concentrate on the lyrics and draw very very very good conclusions, hence the reason why to explain the meaning behind the song, when you quite rightly indicate it WAS about love. Keep up the good work. Much love and stay safe from Manchester UK xxxx

It's a gorgeous song, right? One of the things I love about Freddie is his ability to express every feeling that a song is supposed to express. With him, every song is always an emotional journey. Am I making sense? The only example I can think of right now is a song called Too much love will kill you. Brian wrote it, it's about his divorce and when he sings it, the feeling I get is "look at my pain". When Freddie sings it, I feel every emotion within the song, I share his pain, his shame, his anger etc. About the meaning of the song, his love life was quite a mess by then. Some people also think it's the natural sequel to a previous song, Play the game. I loved your comment and I also think that your moustache would make Freddie proud 😉

Great song, at least 500000 fans cant be wrong❤

This song has many deep meaning, It cause I love this song 😇

Very well done Hap. This song is all Freddie, his emotion, and his search for love

Awesome reaction. I'm addicted to Queen and Freddie . . . listen every single day. Cannot get enough. Love this song. 💕👑😎🎤🎼🎹

Hi Hap! this is how Freddie felt you can have all the money in the world, but love is hard to have without getting your heart broken. Great reaction.❤️😍

Great reaction man .

I have never seen this song in a live video before. Wow. Thank you for always bringing such interesting observations. Another stunning song - musically and lyrically. Good heavens! According to your Queen Playlist, this little gem is the 60th Queen reaction video you've done. Can that be right? Thank goodness it's a deep well!

55 seconds it said and still I'm number 2 - boo. BEST #queenreaction is HERE!!! Thanks!

When I have insomnia, I sit here in the wee hours re-watching your Queen/Freddie reactions..... "His gift package"..... ;D (hahahahaha) Aside from that, it's fascinating to watch how you've progressed.... Your reactions/observations are developing/going "deeper"; I definitely think you're the best reactor on RU-vid right now, Hap (doing Queen/Freddie anyway, since that's all that I watch, I can't speak for the other music genres).

Very intuitive love your reactions. What more can a girl ask for to wake up to Queen and Dimash in one day lol. Thanks 😊

I respect Queen's music because it's a real and timeless classic. No drum machines, rythm clickers, auto vocal stuff...just pure talent. I really like your comments. You can perfectly bring out different musical details and the meaning of words. This is very impressive. Thanks! (Sorry, I don't have good English).

Thanks so much for reacting to this, I’ve actually not seen this version from what I can remember. I love the way you paid attention to the lyrics. It is such a beautiful song. While you are enjoying the Rio concert, you definitely need to react to Rock and Rio from this concert. Freddie just riffs and has fun with the band. His high notes are absolutely INSANE! You won’t believe that a human being could make those sounds come out of their body. It has a Bluesy Funk to it and is so much fun. You’ll be blown away. Can’t wait to see you do it! Great reaction as always ♥️♥️♥️

I love your Queen reactions!! You mentioned your reaction to "love of my life" in rio. Great performance...all of his performances of this song had crowd participation. React to the version at Wembley 1986. Great one too.

Very insightful, I really enjoy your commentary

I love your reactions, 💙

Great reaction Hap, thanks

This was awesome. Thanks.

Great reaction & great song!!!! Brian once said that when Freddie wrote this song he was very low because his boyfriend Winnie was "busy breaking his heart"

What a beautiful version. 🎶

That opening melody was "Ridi Pagliacci" which is an excerpt from the main aria from opera of the same name. The great Caruso was famous for playing that character.

What a fantastic vocalist wasn't at first learned himself so brilliant your reactions are so true

HAP, your intense appreciation of this song on so many different levels is terrific because yr critiques are on the many facets of his songs... from the vocal sounds he makes other than the lyrics, then the effect the actual lyrics have on you, then his piano playing, then the guitar & base effects on you... well, it tells us so much about you & your sincere love of your recent exposure to Queen & why after all these yrs people are playing their music everyday, around the globe. Their unique sound, their perfect performances, their wonderful unforgettable lyrics seem to surprise you each time u do another reaction. Thank you for showing how sincere u are in enjoying every new song of theirs... we Queen devotees love that you are bringing Queen to new generations with yr obvious enjoyment of them. All we longtime Queen lovers want is to perpetuate their music into the world at large & hence keep Freddie among us with his genious songwriting, his joyful performances & his perfect voice. Additionally, u have the greatest, most infectious laugh I've ever heard & I always am in a better mood after hearing you laugh! I hope u never stop doing yr channel, you are a delight to listen to, and Freddie would have adored you for your friendly & articulate comments, you are his kind of a friend for sure! Sailor Suzie

The intro is the arie "vesti la giubba" from the opera "Pagliacci" (1892) by the composer Ruggero Leoncavallo. As you know: Freddie was a hughe opera fan :)

One of my favorite live performances of theirs. I prefer this song live, I'm not too fond of the studio version, but the lyrics are beautiful. Freddie and Brian wrote it together. According to Brian Freddie was having some love problems and out came this. I agree with you about how they filmed this, I love that you can see him play really clearly too. Freddie + piano = 👌🏼❤❤

Wonderful wonderful song and great reaction💖👑🔥 You must react to official music video, its spectacular (funny back story on the video with Brian and Roger hating the music video and their wardrobe😂) I'm quite sure everyone can relate to these song lyrics, straight from Freddie's heart 💖👑🔥

Hey Hap this song is so very beautiful . You should check out the official video on this song its part of Freddie's ongoing love for the opera. Love your reactions my friend. Keep em coming my brother.

I just keep watching this. So beautiful.recommend a Winter’s Tale. Very ill, one take, gorgeous.

Thanks, Hap - to me, this is a quite similar tune to "Love Me Like there's No tomorrow" -

Omg HAP Thank you for youre lovebel racten, Yes is a very hard life......where is the love......oh I love the end,,,,and of course you are the best reacter ever! A really QUEEN! All I have did for youre man I did it for love......but Its that BUT, always!! Lol

When I was a kid I didnt liked that song that much. Buf after I broke up with my first legit girlfriend years ago I can remember clearly listen to this song a few weeks after and I got it for the first time and understand what was Freddie tried to say with that song. The operatic opening is inspired by Luciano Pavarotti. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9HZ_ViircAk.html Yes this was the same performance like your Love of my Life reaction. In the 80s they released a VHS called Rock in Rio from that performance. The video clip of this song is also a special one in the history of queen video clips and worth to watch.

Hap please watch LIVE AID watch how Freddie has the crowd in the palm of his hands. They are on a time limit and they have about 20 to 25 minutes to preform. They picked just 6 songs that they knew the crowd would love it and it showed with how loud the crowd applauded their preformance. You can just feel how Freddie was so focused and on point.

I like this song! You should watch the official video, that is very interesting, and has a special vibe. They are wearing funny costumes. I enjoyed your reaction again.

This is such a beautiful song. One of Freddie's best , I think. The official video is one Brian and Roger cringe at. Freddie was the only one that was having fun, the others couldn't wait for it to be over. Roger thought the director was making fun of them. It was really awkward to watch. Freddie has an injured knee and sits down carefully at the end. You should react to John's lovely song to his new wife, You're My Best Friend. The official video is the best version. This was the second single after Bohemian Rhapsody from A Night At the Opera. It was hugely popular in the U.S.

The first couple of bars Freddie "borrowed" from the opera Pagliacci!

It‘s a wonderful song, and it‘s great how you appreciate its beauty. I‘m glad you started with this gorgeous live version. Please also react to the official video. There is so much going on there, that it is distracting from the lyrics and the beautiful piano/ guitar solo.

3 Days ago I saw the Thumbnail to the Music Video to It's A Hard Life and I never heard the song before, I wanted to wait until you do a reaction to it and here it is :D. So this is my first time hearing and seeing it (I only knew the Intro and nothing more) So what I noticed is the piano notes resemble and remind me of Borhap, Save me and Play the Game. 8:29 I Love how he always turns some parts into Speeches, His way to show that he means it is, he does those Hand gestures while more of ''talking'' instead of Singing. Great Connection he tries to give his Fans. I Love when people do that, it shoes to me that they really care about their fans. 9:26 Yeah same, I always wanted to see how he Played Piano and stuff, Very interesting View. And wow Brian's Guitar solo sounded Godlike. What an ending of a Song wow 😂👌 nice. Great Reaction. I really Love this Song.

Cor-blimey great reaction. Think I’ll go look at the lyrics now. Have seen the official video which while fascinating is kind of distracting from the words.

Like that Im watching your process down the path of queen .. Its almost impossible not to

💙💙💙💙💙

Could you react to “Miracle “by Queen? It’s one of my favorites, it is so inspirational to me. It’s about the miracles in life. They did the video with children who portray the members of Queen spot on. Then Queen come out on stage with the children and it makes you think how wonderful the future can be. I know you will love it.

Another great reaction on a beautiful song! 👍😁 Please react to 'The Hitman' ! Cheers 🥂

By the way, this is the same concert in Rio (first night Rock in Rio concert - by the second night Freddie's voice was pretty shot) where you reacted to "Love of My Life". By the time he sang "Love of My Life" he had stripped off his top (the deeper into any concert the fewer clothes Freddie wore). During LoML the camera shots were mostly above the waist in order to see his facial reactions as the crowd sang his song. Here's the set list from that concert. www.setlist.fm/setlist/queen/1985/cidade-do-rock-rio-de-janeiro-brazil-63d596a3.html For both concerts Queen didn't come on until around 2 a.m.

I'm glad you love the lyrics, they are beautiful, right? And he thought that "his music is superior to his lyrics", he really was too humble sometimes...

Bro, I love your reactions! You’re very entertaining. by the way, I was wondering what your ethnicity is... just curious. 😊

hi there is one video freddie sung this Its a hard life more clear the video he have red feathers in his back is more excited video..i always love this song..

there is a video where Brain and Roger commenting on this song and the video of it which is very interesting as well you should react to both very interesting when you hear from brain how Freddie talk about love and life when he was writing this song

Great reaction 😘 i love you video, please react to Don't try so hard 🤗 a Kiss from Italy

Great reaction for a great song, as always, thank you. I love your channel. And now, let me make a special request ( 2 in 1 reaction) for an even more special song - Too much love will kill you - There are twoo great versions, one sang by Freddie (1989) (Queen ,Too Much Love Will Kill You official video) - and one by Brian (1992). Brian wrote it in 1988 when he was going through a lot emotionally; he met his actual wife... But, he was still married to the mother of his 3 children... Brian owns this song on an emotional level more than Freddie, I think. You can see in Brian's teary eyes the pain and the sadness he is going through. You can literally feel his hurt. It's a absolutely heartbreaking song. It's lovely to see two different characters singing the same song! I would like to hear your opinion. Check this video version - Brian May -Too much love will kill you. (with lyrics ) '' Look forward to your reaction (and sorry for my english)

Love this song performance. The official video is -- LOL -- painful to watch even if the song is great. Yes, it's the same concert as the "Love of My Life" reaction ... he just took his shirt off at that point, as Freddie always did.

Next one was it all worth it by Queen plz

The intro was inspired by the "vesti la giubba" ( pagliacci) .ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rRhmogBs-gU.html. Greetings from México!!!

Please react to Queen - Keep Yourself Alive (official video) cheers!

Hi! I have finally been able to read you and find out about your reaction, and with one of my favorite songs, by the way by Brian too, he has always said that it is the song that Freddie wrote that he likes the most. I also wanted to tell you that there is a version that the beginning of the song is much better than this, and that is difficult: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nIl5vS4asbo.html 28:10. Queen - Live In Japan (1985) Thanks for your reactions! Although sometimes I do not know what you say, I have to read the comments, so I more or less hear your reactions.

Freddie was bi and he was a romantic at heart

You really need to watch the official Video... Roger and Deaky HATED it so much, lol You'll See why.

Dedicated to Winnie Kirchberger German boyfriend

Freddie always gives the feels. Amazing track. The video is kinda crazy lol. In a Freddie kind of way. He uses an opera theme I think Puccini? The boys hated him for it. They were prolific song writers. Freddie Mercury: 71 Brian May: 64 Roger Taylor: 33 John Deacon: 26