QUEEN LIVE AID FIRST REACTION 

In my opinion best live performance I've seen in any capacity. I'm a blues and old school hip hop listener

It's sad because he knew he had HIV before the performance, and even admitted it to the rest of the band, so they performed their hearts out

@@Julian-ud4qc that's the film version. In reality he didn't tell them until long after this event

It's not one of the best it is the best

Kayla Cohn .agree

Aghhh that broke me 💔So true. There is something so special about this band. RIP Freddie gone but never forgotten 💋

Please do not sing along especially if it is with Freddie Mercury.

@AMT amen 😢

@@junecarey4999 Well, Freddie was holding the mike out for him !!

And the majority of those people weren't there specifically for Queen. Tons of other acts (people that I remember that came on before Queen were Sting, Phil Collins, U2, and Dire straights were on before Queen and after them it was David bowie, The Who, Elton John and Paul McCartney) were there also performed there that day. Fun Fact - Elton John went up to Freddie and asked him something along the lines of 'How am I going to top that?!'

They should make a no-phone festival. Make everyone leave them in lockers.

@@willbeonekenobi Funny note I heard was that it was very hot in the back, and when Freddie saw David Bowie, he was sitting in front of a fan... and Fred said "oh, David, is that the only fan you have?" :)

GinMae , I never forgave my ex for not taking me to see Queen when we were living in Germany," I've already seen them twice , he says! I got my own back on Live Aid day and turned him into daddy day care😃

@@sharonroberts4977 Good for you, Sharon! ("I've already seen them twice"??? - what kind of a crazy attitude is that? I would be saying "let's go - I've ONLY seen them twice..." Guess there are multiple reasons this guy ended up being your EX... :))

Bro called his audience an instrument

me too, I remember that queen stole the show, though they were almost last minute additions to the set. I recall, that the musicans who came before were a bit mellow, but when queen came on it was like they turned the volume up to the max (11). We were told that the roadies for the band switched the limiters on or off, ( i cant remember which) though it was not supposed to be done? So they blew the place apart.

So lucky

More than 72,000 ppl attended that concert. Standing room only. And that wasn't counting all those camped outside...

Unlikely

37 years ago not 20 lol i was supposed to go but i went into labor absolutely gutted

Were you at Live Aid?

Yeah I no one told me about the concert LOL

Watched it on TV live

I bought the cassette the day it hit the music stores before Walmart existed

@@teresapack4788 Woolco was the trend ;)

That record was broken in '08. On August 8 More than 2 billion viewers tuned in to watch the opening ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.👟🎇🎽🏁🏆😊

@sayonara NIGGA. I don't know. I was just talking about how many people watched the opening ceremonies.

Most televised music festival, but I think live 8 in 2005 beat it

@GEORGETHEGREAT There you go. That's why I had to mention that the opening ceremonies for the 2008 Olympics beat that record for 1.9 billion people for most televised event. "Jilly the kid" said "most televised event". But you found the perfect title. "Most televised music festival".😊👍

@David Burgess. Baaahhhhh! 😂😂 Such a kidder! That's pretty damn funny, actually. LOL 😆👌

So true

Absolutely

Watched on nYE with my 12 yr old daughter who was just blown away :)

So nice xx

Did he learn this yet?!

@@Drummer4President lol

Queen is in another league!

I love that you know all this stuff! That’s so cool.

Such high achievers!!!!! haha There are so many layers to these incredible guys.

Really, I never knew that, that’s cool!

Something else she stole,because of her lack of imagination !

I had no idea! It’s funny ... when I was just barely into the teenage years, “Radio Gaga” got a ton of airplay on MTV, and I hated it. No idea who sang it, really didn’t know who Queen was, and I would have been shocked to learn “We Will Rock You” came from the same band. There are some good things about growing older. 😜

The gaga and goo goo bits were because roger taylor had a baby at the time and that is where they got those particular lyrics from!!!

I was 12 years old when I was there and will never forget it. EVER

🤩👏👍

This must have been an incredible experience, Andy.

Jealous!!!!

Wow, I had goosebumps reading your post. Beyond cool you were there.

Damn. That's something to be very jealous of. I've seen and heard this concert many many many times and I get goosebumps every time.

That is SUCH a Freddie answer

That's perfect!! 😎

Freddie was asked what was his favorite instrument to play and he said, "The crowd, darling".

Dr. As in Astro-freakin-physics!

Dr Brian May CBE

@@pyt7778 I'm an American, royal titles are just a curiosity to us.

@@pyt7778 also a friend to badgers

Thomas Farrell Haha I get it, when I got the add of Brian’s mailbox recently to send him letters etc, I was told to write the full title Dr Brian Harold May CBE, on the envelope, out of respect I guess? T

It was David Bowie and he killed. Although not as much as Queen

This live aid concert left you numb with one stellar performance after another. Epic!

Nando Yale Bowie was the best choice to follow this perfection. I remember the day so well. I still watch it on DVD to this day, LOUD!!! 👍💖

Fleet Skipper I still play the DVD at home regularly REALLY LOUD. Rocks out the whole street and nobody’s ever complained! 😂

Dude I just got that yeah that would be anyone even Elton John thinking oh fuck LOL

Like Larry Bird!

Lee Williams truth

@@annafiore4417 watch the film's he made before his death he practically told them he would be back to haunt them if there let the show stop

True. Mercury, Lennon, Hendrix.... never replaceable

Truth

crazy! amazing performance,

mrmitchell78 not true

Nodes on his vocal cords and had a massive argument with his boyfriend the night before and blew his voice

I belive the band on his arm is covering a bite mark from the argument

fish it is - he had a major throat infection.

Trying to think of something to write, too many words, too many tears. That kiss, when my mum found out what it was for, was instantly a QUEEN fan & loved Freddy

🤣😂🤣😂🤣👍❤

Elton John said That too

If you put yourself in the next performer’s place... I mean, It doesn’t matter Who you are... It’s all downhill from here. Queen should have been the Finale. Then No One’s feelings or pride would be hurt.

Floyd Kendall ...lol, definitely. But Freddy insisted on this time slot because it was early, the crowd wouldn’t be tired yet from seeing all these amazing performers, he’d get the best energy, and it was prime time for television.

K L That’s great! I love it! Lol!

Like 250k

I love that comment BRAVO!! I freakin love QUEEN!

Even those who came on after them!

I watched a veejay on VH1 talk about being backstage at that concert and he said that at the time, Queen was slated to be one of the opening acts, to be "fit in" between bigger artists as a sort of "breather" for the audience. They respected and admired Queen and thought that having an "OG" band to would help to keep the crowd warmed up for the more anticipated artists/groups. When they saw how Freddie and the boys took that stage and began OWNING it, not just warming up the crowd but setting them on fire, all the reporters scrambled to get more recording devices up and running. Then it was said that David Bowie was slated to go up next and basically, was astounded at what he'd just witnessed Queen do on stage. He was reported to have even exclaimed out loud: How am I supposed to follow THAT?!! *while gesturing at Queen as they closed their performance.* I found it hilarious back then and it still makes me smile when I think of how Queen showed the promoters that day that even if they were considered old school and faded, their music endured to still be loved by all there, and that their ability to take over the stage and give an amazing show was still very much obvious and shining brightly.

@@JessieCristo ALOT OF PEOPLE respond to the people who wrote something, & for SOME ODD REASON, feel the need "To Blow Smoke" as the Old Saying goes IM NOT 1 OF THEM lol. Thanks SO MUCH, (REAL TALK) for DROPPING THAT KNOWLEDGE!! What A DAMN KICK ASS behind the curtain Bio! I HONESTLY REALLY enjoyed reading what u clearly not ONLY put thought & Time in on but speaking for myself, & I'm ALL but POSITIVE, EVERYBODY else, that enjoys learning new things ESPECIALLY, something NOT ONLY so cool, but was, is, & will ALWAYS be an EXTRAORDINARY part of NOT just MUSIC History, but Worldwide HISTORY that the world will NEVER FORGET, & WILL LIVE IN INFAMY FOREVER! THANKS AGAIN!!

It's the same with Meatloaf. He could just come out, sit down, and let the band play. The audience would do the lyrics. Went to the opening night of Bat Out Of Hell the musical. They had to be perfect cuz the audience knew every word of every song.

Yessir 💯😤🔥💪🏽

No doubt it was!! This was not Queens best live performance but it was definitely the best live performance that day and they stole the show no hands down. Elton John told the guys when they came offstage that there was nobody that was going to follow that!! Nobody was going to follow that act, and I can't remember who went on stage directly after Queen but I wouldn't have wanted it to be myself.

@@montrelouisebohon-harris7023 it was Bowie. He did a percect job but even his performance was nowhere close to Queen

Can't argue with that statement, not that I would want to. It was sublime.

@@tonyska Now you made me nostalgic for the band Sublime. I wonder what they would have done as a follow up to their amazing, eponymous album had their frontman (Bradley Nowel) not died.

Freddie worked hard to be play it. He had AIDS and his Dr. told him not to, since he had a throat issue.

John deacon also built Brian May's amp,

Thank you...

@@tK-be6ns woah really?!?! cool

@@essaalkhaldi7939the deacy, you can buy replicas now.

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, not Order of the British Empire. CBE is far more exclusive than an OBE and is the third highest honour given by the crown

Good for you - I was privileged to see Queen three times - with the original band including Fred - and even got to meet them briefly when I was 16 - first show I saw -most memorable of all!

If I knew how long Freddie had left before he stopped performing live I would’ve made more effort in going to see them, but no one can predict the future. I’ve never been a person who went to lots of concerts, to tell the truth the Live Aid concert has been the only one. Would I go to. Queen concert now probably not, age ill health and a fear of large crowds, even facebook, Twitter and Instagram scare me. I can just cope with adding a few remarks on a few threads on this platform.

@@nicolalodge-bruce4090 I am much older now, too - just turned 59 - my precious memories are from the first time - 1977 - I was 16 - and a couple of subsequent concerts over next few years... I would not go out of my way, now... although Brian May is my long-time crush, I still think I would have a hard time not seeing Freddie... :)

@@nicolalodge-bruce4090 Oh, I forgot to say the obvious line: "Time Waits for Nobody..." :)

I was in London that day, but not at Live Aid. I was in the Royal Tournament but everyone was trying to watch it if they could, or listen to it when they had the chance. The whole of London was buzzing that day!

Wow. You’re one of the most fortunate people I’ve ever come across online!

It was stunning. They were putty in his hands....in his thrall...the MAGICIAN

Crazy little thing

Same!

Me too! And by other races. I've tried to find other reaction videos for songs from other countries.

When music used to be more than just a product !

I agree. They all know there songs when they hear it. These young black Americans will learn instrument after this. He was teaching with his vocals. My best mate dad went to college when he moved here in Ealing!

yep lol Bowie was going on stage as they were coming off and he just shook his head and said " You bastards " lolol

Yep Bowie i said it once and was told i was wrong

Elton was in the stand sat next to Princess Diana.. watching this performance together.

Pretty much anyone else would worry about performing at the same gig as David Bowie or Elton John..... what a generation of true musicians !

This is true!

And he actually wrote the song while bathing in a tub

....However , I omitted Made in heaven .".live in peace Freddie. ..coz that's where you are. ..regardless.......

I always thought that was an Elvis song, my whole life lol

melly beans it is an Elvis song. Crazy little thing called love is a cover.

@@tristenmaguire5707 no Freddie wrote it

They would’ve STILL stolen the show❣️

Once they found the stage; no one was stopping it. 🤘👊🏾

My mate bought me a cup like your profile pick and I dropped the boler hat/lid and in smashed Boo 👎

TheHarrip I’m sorry to hear of your hat/lids’demise.

🤣👍

Aleksander Finstad yes and Brian and Rogers sang along with Freddie.. John Deacon was scared to sing and he said he couldn’t for years but after he got accustomed to it, he started singing in the concerts. You can see him singing on the stage at live aid. I love the Deacy Ampifier he created that made the good tours sound like anything I wanted. They could make this sound like an orchestra, etc.. John Deacon and Brian May both had doctorates and Brian was astrophysics and John Deacon was an electrical engineer. It’s hard to believe that Roger studied biology and dentistry and then Freddie Mercury was an architectural design and art student. These guys were all college educated but they had this passion and love for music, they were darn good!

I think I said all I needed too say about Freddie ( ně)Farouq..He was an is the king of Queen ( long live Freddie in Heaven ........

And, all 4 wrote hit songs that were #1. This is a truncated version of a concert. Estimated crowd numbers around the world were over 1 billion people watched it. I was 20 and home from University for summer break and had to fight my daddy physically to watch it. (He was an alcoholic and I was 20 years old, his baby girl, it was more a keep away for him, but I eventually got the remote from him. It's the first concert of its kind. Artists from the States and the UK playing back and forth. David Bowie is said to not want to follow Queen on stage after this performance. 85,000-90,000 people and they weren't all Queen fans. The largest crowd that Queen performed exclusively for is over 200,000 people, I believe it was in Spain. Each group was given only 20 minutes. He and Brian May come back out and sing a song that is more important today than when they wrote it. "Is This the World We Created".

The only band in each member wrote at least one number one hit....

@@robinaddis-vaughn7271 - Their biggest audiences was in Rio...250,000!!!!!!!!!!!

Robert Petre Yes he is!! Dr. Brian May!! ❤️ he’s always been underrated but his guitar can saying and he plays it that well. I loved hearing his story about how he and his dad made the red special because they couldn’t afford an electric guitar. His dad was an electrical engineer and they took bits and pieces of wood & his mom’s sewing Old sewing materials and made that guitar. Beautiful father and son story❤️❤️ Brian is a listed number 10 or 11 on the best guitarist of all time. John Deacon number nine has the best bass player and dad Roger Taylor number five has the best singing drummer. Freddie Mercury is listed as number two on the front man but I still think he is better than Robert Plant. Led Zeppelin is hugely popular but I still believe Freddie Mercury has a better vocal and a better stage performer. That’s my opinion.

Monterey Harris Yes Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin is an incredibly technical guitarist but still Brian May is one of the greatest guitarist in the world it’s just when he plays guitar solo’s he has so much feeling that man is speaking poetry with his music

He's also a renowned Astrophysicist!

Marian Stroup I know he’s a real national treasure

@@robertpetre9378 Robert Plant is the singer of Led Zeppelin...Jimmy Page is the guitarist.

What a great experience and memory you have!!!

Thanks for sharing! I’ve always wondered what it felt like to be there. Great to hear that it was what I imagined. ❤️

Me too, tear...

Wow. I was still a kid but I knew the concert was a huge deal on account of my older brother. We only watched it on TV. I wished I was there though after watching it. What incredible electricity it was. All the great pop stars were there. Biggest concert ever

Me too. The day remains the greatest show I had the privilege to attend. Queen indeed were the pinnacle. The fact there was such a breadth of acts in a day. Such talent. Not sure we can ever repeat this.

You are, I never got to see them live, although I’d love to see them with Adam Lambert! I consider myself blessed to have watched it live.

OH SHIT!!! You were there? That's frickin awesome.

But thats why Queen worked.Each had excellence in their own field and then to bring them together....smh. Funnily enough they are the most modest and humblest guys you will ever meet.

@@maryapatterson Agree. Take any one away and it wouldn't be Queen. They each contributed importantly to the whole team.

That's probably why he always blows the roofs off of stadiums

Mary Costley ayyyoooo Ayyyooo

YUP, AS FREDDIE HAD SAID WOULD HAPPEN... THEY TORE A HOLE IN THE SKY....

Wembley only held 82,000 for football matches, less for concerts because of the staging. This was the maximum possible crowd for a gig at 72,000.

@@decodolly1535 wrong wrong wrong ....do your intel before making such stupid comments

@@Thailandescapades No, right, right, right. Several members of my family across three generations worked at Wembley Stadium so I know perfectly well how many people it could accommodate for concerts. However, just to please you, a very basic internet search: "How many people were at Live Aid?" immediately returned the information "Wembley Stadium in London, 72,000".

72,000 (London); 100,000 (Philadelphia)

Rosário Furtado Leite - Freddie did it wherever he performed, he just reached out, opened his hand, and gathered the whole audience into it, no one else ever did it before and no one ever will again!

Yes and I've seen a sort of living proof. In the voice kids in germany there was a young boy last year who looked a lot like Freddie(even his teeth) and sang bohemian rhapsody and he sounded as much as Freddie as I thought I'd never hear

Yes I heard that too. He had an amazing vocal range and of course a very powerful voice. His teeth never held him back!

he thought it would, it is scientifically proven that because his vocal cords were so unique and the fact that a person's teeth size have such a small part in singing it would not have changed his singing in a noticeable way for us but it would be noticeable to him.

@@oaooo8691 what was his name???

@@starlite4641 luca I think. Just search for the voice kids 2020 bohemian rhapsody. Of course there is a difference but for his age he comes amazingly close to Freddie Mercury

Exactly!

difficult decission. brain may is brilliant, no question, but then again, there is also jimi hendrix up there :)

He was dying of HIV..and he knew it. I love his commitment to his fans..and to the cure for AIDS. And look what's happened since then. So many lives saved/extended. Wish he had been one of them.

Matthew Lynch 💞that memory!

Yes, yes it was.

I videotaped it too!!!! I was just a kid!!!

Mango Roxx don’t forget MJ!

Brian May is the guitarist you're wondering about.

Im so sorry. What a great tribute to your Pops!

I'm sorry about your loss, i'm sure he's glad you still remember him

Alison Krause I think you can fill an 80,000 seat arena! Recommend for female artist! Great voice and stage presence!

Its capacity at the time was 72,000.

@@ninagray4441 now consider that it originally had a capacity of 127,000

@@fredcasdensworld that's irelevant to what the capacity was at the time of the gig. - I take it were talking about when lots of the spectator areas were standing.

Looks like is becoming a full on Queen/Freddie fan. To solid that up, definitely watch the movie!!!

The fact that he performed this live aid having developed to the aids stage of hiv with his vocal chords deteriorating is mind blowing. Rip to a legend

@@cheersen that is nonsense and why people should be cautious with the film. Freddie did not about having HIV until he had a full AIDs diagnosis in 87. His doctor advised him not to sing due to a throat infection. The year after live aid they did a huge outdoor tour of Europe. - Learn the facts not what a fictitious film tells you. - The only good thing about the film is that it introduces more to their music. - I grew up with Freddie as my hero and was 15 when he died, I was obsessed and would spend heaps of time watching footage of them and reading about them, just saying before you try to question my knowledge base.

Tejas Rob it’s known as the ‘red special’ not big red also Brian had help from his dad who was an electrical engineer in the REME

Ah, yes -- the "Red Special" - I've been in love with Brian May since I was 15 -- so.... 40+ years... alas, it was never meant to be... :)

And what's even more, being a living legend of Rock wasn't enough for Brian May, more recently, he got a PhD in astrophysics. Astro-effing-physics. Though I guess when you're an absolute star, that's a bit like studying yourself :P

@@ohauss Yep - Brian was working on his degree before the band got famous -- and the song "'39'" had hints of time and space travel - although when I first heard it as a teenager, I just took it a bit literally and thought it odd that it would have lyrics such as "so many years are gone... though I'm older but a year" and "in the land that our grandchildren knew"... this man was SO ahead of me... :)

@@ohauss - Deaky had an honors degree in electrical engineering and took his exams while still playing with Queen.... no small feat either. He was the youngest at 19 and also built the "Deacy" amp (out of stuff found in the trash) for Brian that made Brian's sound unique. That was a major factor in both Brian's and Queen's success. He is too often forgotten as a great bassist, inventor and songwriter. He was shy and not flashy so he didn't get much screen time but his solid bass was the anchor of the band.

Zentron That is an epic video 😊

@@brasschick4214 Indeed it is! It shows the power that the song and Freddie still has with audiences to this day!