Queen - It's A Hard Life (Official Video) - ANNIVERSARY REACTION - 1st time! 

This is one of the most underrated Queen songs imo. From the operatic opening (straight from Pagliacci) to the brilliant vocals, wonderful piano and guitar. Very pop, but a true masterpiece.

Roger's face makes it all worth it...

Here Freddie refers to a tricky situation and Roger refers to a tricky situation in No one But You. LOVE this song & video!

The girl in the balcony was his lover for years ... Barbara Valentin....with his Male lovers. 😁 That's our Freddie. ❤

I chuckle a bit every time I see Roger in his trainers, he did NOT care one bit about this costume

I have to laugh a little thinking when Brian said Freddie looked like a prawn!!! It’s a costume ball rather looking like an opera setting. Amazing how Freddie’s brain worked. It was his idea. I truly believe the man was a genius well before his time. There was 2 other men who use to be a group that Freddie was in for a short time before Queen that said “We knew where music was, but Freddie knew where music was going in the future”. I still miss him even today.

Freddie was Godfather to Mack’s son - also called Freddie - and there’s a lovely photo of Freddie and little Freddie where big Freddie is wearing the wig from this video. Apparently the kids loved it:) Freddie spent a huge amount of time at Mack’s house with him, his wife and the children and really became a part of the family according to Mack.

This "giant prawn" costume is épic :D !!! the son of their producer Reinold Mack loved him so much, that he asked Freddie to come dressed with it for his birthday .... and to please the child, he did it! :D

I think the expressions on the other 3 bandmates reflect their feelings about having to be trussed up in those costumes :D And I think Freddie is a giant red peacock.... "a Persian Poppinjay" as he liked to call himself?

Roger called Freddie's costume the "giant prawn". :)

Yes Freddie's voice is always emotional sings with such depth and feeling awesome 😘

One of my most favourite Queen songs! I'm glad you started with the Rio version,, because in the official video, there is so much going on, so it's normal to miss a lot of the song's beauty. You should also watch the video with commentary by Roger and Brian. While Roger keeps complaining about the costume he had to wear, Brian talks about how he worked on this song with Freddie and how they communicated through the lyrics about their own hard emotional situations of that time.

This song is amazing, it’s one of my favourites. It’s very Freddie and the costumes are elisabetians, futurists and some absolute crazy like Freddie liked

This is def one of Freddie's most beautiful songs the meaning behind it is quiet sad tho as it's basically saying that although Freddie has everything he could want surrounded by luxury but the one thing he wanted more than anything was to find love this song gets me everytime . Great reaction thanks 😁

I LOVE this song!! I think this one & Jealousy have such beautiful, poignant lyrics & music....and I LOVE the video. it shows how you can be surrounded by all this fabulousness and wealth but still feel the loneliness & heartbreak everyone else feels. If you notice near the end when he sits down on the stairs, he favors his right leg a bit. He had injured it in bar in Munich I believe, and it was in a cast for awhile. It was still healing at this time & you can see how he can't put any weight on it.

Freddie had a pain in his leg that's why he sits at the end of the video . I love the video and the song ❤❤❤❤❤❤

This song is amazing, it talks to my soul. Sooooooo beautiful, and the emotion on Freddie's voice, OMG!!! 💖💖💖 And Roger and John's outif, loveeeeeddddd it

Freddie LEGEND, 100% TALENT, 1 one milion!!

The busty lady on the balcony was Barbera Valentine who Freddie was living with in Munich , the band hated the outfits and the video idea

One of my favorite Freddie's song. 💔❤ from 1984, The Works album. Brian said he loved it too... ofc the video clip is a bit " too much" but he wanted to show that he had it all, money , fame, he was surrounded by people but he was alone . He has been searching for real love most of his life. Roger said it was the most ridiculous video he was in , Brian is more diplomatic in the comentary video. It's hilarious to hear the two discussing on this video. But again I think it's quite a sad song. In a side note you can see how Freddie sit carefully at the end on the stairs, he was suffering of a knee " injury" at this time. I love your reaction once again Hap. Thank you. Take care.

Oh Hap that face you make when talking about them on the stairs kills me 🤣

Thanks for the gift!😊 Freddie still trying to bring opera and ballet to the masses? Brian still has that “unplayable” guitar. Bet that is worth some big money now. 🤪

Thanks ! I really enjoy your reactions SO much! The band may not have liked the video but Brian's 'skull guitar' cost him $1,000 in '83. For some reason I feel people like to make more of the disagreements than we should. It's too bad because they obviously LOVED each other.

🤣🤣 Freddie had injured his knee and had just gotten out of a thigh high cast. He was still sore but insisted to shoot-

Queen went every which way with there music but it worked brilliant....and your reaction fantastic

Tytyty💖💖💖 great reaction. This video is so cool, its got that Amadeus Mozart vibe to it and Freddie in red is always 🔥🔥🔥 Dislike Barbara Valentin in the video tho I love your utube cover shot- you fit in perfectly😍😍

There clothes are couture. High fashion. Look at any Vogue Italia. Super models baby!

I love this. You never know what to expect from queen. Glad you're reacting to queen and enjoying them. I know you've reacted to " Somebody to love", butThere's a version at Milton Keynes 1982 live that is great. Shows a lot of his vocal range. If you have a chance, please react to this one.

Thank you Hap, this is one of my fave song. Anyone can relate to this song. Freddie is really superb. He always sings with emotion. Sad to say that this is underrated Queen song. Love your reaction 🙂Thanks. Take care.

Best commentary ever is for this video. Brian: Don’t get me started. I’d be curious to hear what Roger has to say about this. *audio cuts to Roger* Roger: We look MORE stupid....🤣🤣🤣

Closed my eyes the second listen so I could feel the lyrics. Great song...... no surprise right?!?!!! Keep them coming hap3.

Love the song. This is one of their videos I don't care for because, IMO, it distracts from the amazing music.

Please make a reaction to Rock in rio blues. This is just an amazing show from Freddie and the band!

Ever since I first saw this video (and it was long time ago :-) I can't forget the smile and stare Freddie makes at the end, when he sings "I did it for love", Always seemed as he was sending a personal message, opening his heart to us who were listening. It's a scene at 8:08 of your video, I think you missed it as you were taken away by lyrics :-) (and that is understandable, it's just a beautiful, simple and meaningful song)

HAP. That stone face you made about Roger, John & Brian was hilarious!!! Oh my! I never laughed so hard watching a video! "What does Freddie have on?" Classic! I knew you were going to say something about that costume. Fantastic Funny reaction!

Before making this videos Freddie broke his right knee and he had a surgery...doctors said to him to take care of it and sitting a lot..."yes yes"...and he made this video where he sit just the final seconds

Hap3Speakz, I used to day drink and binge watch reactions videos once a month but since isolation it has become more frequent. I came across ur channel, u were reacting to Queen and I loved it. Since then I have started day trippin (remember it was the 70s. I was at university and we were experimenting with the boundries of society. So... Since the pandemic my house is like Las Vegas, always broke, drinking is acceptable at any hour and nobody knows what time it is. I am now turning mid seventies and as bd gift to myself would love to see u react to Queen Another One Bites the Dust, Whemley July 11, 1986. This concert was so over the top it's like a Broadway production of a show about a rock band. Seriously in ur face. Know u have ur own agenda but hoping u can make this happen. Thx 4 ur reactions. Always fun. B well. Stay safe.✌

Nice reaction! It's a wonderful song and personally I like the video. The boys really hated it, especially Roger and John, heh I think it's amazing that Freddie could come up with so many things, like there's so much going on everywhere you look!

Random thought: I wish Freddie done some films he would of been a great actor also would love to see him in like a Rom-Com he'd be great at it ❤️❤️❤️ also great song all Queen songs are great. I heard the video to this song is supposed to be like Freddie has people around him and he has wealth but doesn't have love, also heard Freddie wrote this with his boyfriend at the time Winnie Kirchberger in mind also a friend of friend of Freddie's (possibly girlfriend) don't know she's in the video too

THIS is my FAVORITE opera

I've always loved this video for some reason. I understand Roger hated it!

This video is so beautiful! Although Roger & John absolutely hated their costumes! 😂 An amazing song as well! Love your videos! ❤️

I love this song, my dad’s favourite. I recommend (perhaps even just watch in your own time) Tom Chaplin from the band Keane cover this with Brian and Roger...so so good! I didn’t realise how there are nuances of Freddie in his voice. Got over a million views. :)

Love this song ❤️ and the video is gold 😂😂😂 also another video that's kind of wild is Living on my Own from Freddie's solo album. The way to describe the genre of that song is like Techno, Pop, Rock, Jazz song like it's just Freddie style it's pretty good! I recommend

Cheers Fella, I've always loved this song & video.

I love this video!! Great reaction as well!! Whoever designed these costumes needs some kind of award. LOL.

Freddie can make the nonsensical make sense some how. Lol. Gorgeous song! I heard Roger for sure hated this video lol.

I love this song,to me one of the best he wrote,the video not so much,lol,it was his parting song to Winnie Kurchberger,his lover in Munich,then he went on to Jim Hutton,Brian said this is one of his favorite Freddie songs as well,he still played the piano then for this song(not in video),dont understand why he thought his piano playing was not good,I think after Live Aid he just gave up,knew he was sick and couldnt play anymore,who knows what happened to his hands,his one foot was mostly amputated,he showed it to Brian and it shocked him,also he started losing his sight,so sad,the heavy set women on the balcony with the endowed figure lol,Barbara Valentin he was also supposedly having a affair with,shes the one who steps on his bare foot in the video here,the band hated doing this video,Brian said the weird guitar actually played and he has it still. Great reaction as usual,added to my requests do a winters tale,it was the last song Freddie wrote in Montreu months before he passed sitting at his duck house on the water he wrote what he saw from his window as he could no longer walk,the handwriting in the video is his handwriting as he wrote the song,the others were machines,I was born to love you official video,not the queen one they updated after his death as the original one from his Mr. Bad Guy album was a disco tune,and last One year of Love by John Deacon another Highlander song that has the only instrument in it that queen never used a saxaphone,thanks again for another great video

Good morning, great song and thanks to the others , I now understand why the rediculous video

Where's this party? Where's our invitation? LOL! Love this song and love how you catch so many details visually as well as musically. Another great reaction, Hap!

Thanks for the reaction! "One year of love" from A kind of magic album is a song you should also react to!

This video was supposed to be a take on the old operatic style of costumes. Poor Roger and John hated their costumes with Roger saying it was the most stupid video they had ever done. They found the costumes hot and itchy and they made fun of Freddie's costume with the eyes on it saying he looked like a giant Prawn. LOL. Freddie's godson, Freddie Mack wanted him to wear this costume to his birthday party and of course Freddie did that for him. Brian May said the video was an ironic take on a man who was wealthy singing about how hard life and love was. It was ironic because Freddie himself was very wealthy but still searching for love. The lady that came down the stairs and rubbed her foot on Freddie's is Barbara Valentine. She was a girlfriend of his when he lived in Munich. I don't know if she was a girlfriend in the since that they were romantic or not, but he liked her very much and was always with her. They even bought an apartment together. Again, there is much speculation about their whole relationship. He had a boyfriend named Winnie Kirchberger. He didn't speak English and Barbara was translator a lot of the time. He fell madly in love with Winnie and bought him expensive gifts and wore a ring given to him by Winnie. This was the first chance Freddie had to actually had to live happily as a normal couple. The one reason he loved Munich was that he could live more normally. Eventually, they broke up because of the strain of the language barrier and as for Barbara, she started telling stories to different sources that were not true and Freddie felt totally betrayed and ended his association with her too. It is said that Freddie wrote this song about Winnie. Freddie eventually moved on with Jim Hutton, who was with him until his death.

Queen at live concert performing this song. Freddie started getting upset. Luckily John behind at piano had to snap him out of it.

Freddie's clothes is colled " a big shrimp"

Men in tights have never looked so good ,and I loved Brian's instrument ,quite a decadent video but I loved it ,can't remember if you have reacted to flash ,if not can you do it please thanks ,stay safe ,from Liverpool UK x

Barbara Valentin Freddie's friend appears un this video

React to Was It All Worth It form The Miracle Album. Brian said in an interview it was probably his favorite song.

The voluptuous woman in the gallery was Freddie’s- ummm- yeah-🤪

The lady who steps on Freddie's foot was, at the time, Freddie's girlfriend (Barbara something) and was reputedly the only woman other than Mary Austin that Freddie was in love with! Edit: ok, so reading the other comments I retract that information! Guys, I have been a fan for 35 years and simply cannot keep up with the news, the 'truths' that were lies. Barbara was clearly not a wonderful person.

I smile each time looking at this video cause Roger, John, and Brian surely act like 'it's for sure a hard life' having to do that video. Can't figure why Freddie's hair had to be the long style for part of it...what is that to imply?

Roger & Brian Hated this video. Roger thought the director Tim Pope was “taking the piss out of them....” you should check out the video with audio commentary it’s worth a chuckle. Shame because as Brian says it’s one of Freddie’s beautiful creations but totally distracting video

Great reaction to a great song. Freddie is dressed as a giant prawn....not sure why lol....

Freddie wrote this masterpiece

Hi! Yeah this was released as the a-side track and is this the world that we created...? Was released as the b-side track so could you please do a reaction to that song? Its very beautiful and like you said you wanted to know all the songs before you did live aid, this song definetly was A part of that. Just not at the same time as the other performance but later in the evening. so maybe you could do a reaction to the live aid version after that?🙂

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HDVwc7NrCnw.html this is the extended version of this song and listen at the timestamp 3:15 to 3:30 This is one of the most epic voice of freddie i've heard.

I did it for love.

Freddie LOVED making this video(obviously lol) The rest?? Not so much. Cracks me up.

How about a "Jealousy" react, from Jazz album?

Actually it's a sad song, it sounds like a cry for help

The band, all except Freddie hate this video

Always loved this song. Hated the video, one of there worst. I know Brian & Roger hated it to.👑

Their worst video ever, lol!