If you want to know why Queen were so good live.....it was the rhythm section. I was in that stadium that day. When you saw Queen live the drums were like a ticking clock and the bass was like thunder coming across the stadium. I saw them live a couple of dozen times over 12 years. It was always the same. Then Brian was a great guitar player and Freddie ....well....they broke the mould after he was made. They were all multi-instrumentalists. John and Brian are both excellent guitar players but all of them could play guitar, John Brian and Roger all played bass, Brian John and Freddie played Piano, John and Roger both play drums and....speaking as a musician myself....they were as tight as it gets. The understanding between the four of them is superb to watch. They are all outstanding musicians....and that is why they sound like that. When they played live the bass and drums drove the songs generally speaking. Listen to the bass lines in the songs....genius! You don't know this until you see them live. Roger Taylor is a phenomenally good drummer and you can tell it's him when you hear him. He has a unique sound. John Deacon's bass playing is also identifiable the little weepy high register stuff....nobody plays like that....listen to Save Me at the beginning. Typical Deacon. I've seen piles of bands from the Who to Fleetwood Mac, the Stones, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Genisis, The Police, The Jam....and so on. Some were great and some not so great...Queen were better live performers than all of them.....and of course, they could all write hit records. Name me another band where all the members can do that?
I have to stop it before he says it cause I bawl like a baby every dang time lol. I was 10 when he died. My sister had played under pressure in the car when I was 8 and from then on it was Queen all the time for me. When he died I was 10 and mad at the world. I cried for a week every time it was brought up in conversation around me. Daddy finally started telling everyone not to even mention the words Queen or Freddy Mercury lol.
@@loraharvey6740 I was 44 when he died and it was like a dagger through my heart, my husband and I were huge Queen fans and Freddie was our hero and we grieved as though he had been close family. It still hurts me to this day to think that such a wonderful, generous and loving man was taken from us.
@@joannedarley1893 it devastated me horribly at 10 years old. If I had been older and had more time as a fan at that point I can't imagine how I would have felt. I remember asking daddy why God brought Freddie into my life just to take him away. ( I was very dramatic about his death. ) and he told me that his music was what God brought into my life and it would never be dead and will live on in us everyday.
A thing to remember about performing in those days is they did it under massive lighting rigs in the days before LED lights. Up on stage was like a heater
You're not joking - each one probably 500-1000W, maybe more, and i can see 10's if not 100's of them! They had to bring in 3-4 big ass generator trucks just to power these tours.
When I was a kid I thought they were black cause we were rocking to this on the r&b stations. Never knew it was Queen till I grew up and expanded my music horizons! Gr8 music!
this is written by our dear John Deacon..in an interview, he said that he had 3 versions..he was quite shy to his band at first..also michael jackson during the time when he visited queen at the studio since they're all friends, heard this and MJ suggested to release it as a single and it will be a hit..and it did..tnx for reacting to queen again..hope you would continue to do more..we're all here for you and for queen..
If you would like some idea of the amount of fans of Queen and how strongly we feel about them to this day, try Bohemian Rhapsody at Green Day Hyde Park. This was in the summer of 2017 . A young crowd and word perfect. Queen is in our DNA!🤴🤴
Queen is that type of music that stretches over generations. It doesnt matter how old you are, you can still rock out to and give mass respect to Queen! Amazing band and Freddie was such a genius, but the vibe they give as a band works well!
Love your reactions! Its a big catalog, stick with what works! Love to see the appreciation for the Greatest Band Ever! Under Pressure Wembley 86 and Its a Kind of Magic Wembly 86
You need to do “now I’m here” from Wembley concert you won’t be disappointed & another great one from early days called “white man” excellent, thank you, Queen for ever😍🌹
You guys need to react to Queen at Live Aid 1985!!! It’s an amazing performance that lead a come back for Queen in the 80s and all these huge stadium tours.
The Who, another British Rock, “Behind Blue Eyes”, Won’t get fooled again two the the greats. I saw Queen in Toronto. And as with Queen, The Who, please always live
And one of most interest about Queen's fans is that there are a looot of teenagers who are big fans. They even haven't been born when Freddie pased! But they are big fans.
Merci de faire revivre Freddie,le plus grand des chanteurs encore à ce jour, moi j adore in my defence, et tous les autres morceaux st des tubes énormes, exeptionnel thank
Freddie said that when they do concerts they do more with the song and perform a lot. He has always been very active and he needs to perform at concerts.
Dropped you a Queen documentary it was shown on TV here in the UK quite a few years ago now,but it gives you a true story about the band from the remaining members and others who knew Freddie
You should listen to the studio version. It is fantastic. He never did studio versions live because he said if people wanted that they could go and buy it.
You should have probably explained that just a bit better. What was actually said was is that they didn’t perform their songs live as they sounded on the record, and if that’s what people wanted then they’d be as well stay at home and listen to the record
Queen fans never die...they show up each year at the Official North American Queen Convention called Breakthru (named after their song)...this year, its in Cleveland. check it out... queenbreakthru.com Queen fans from all over the world attend.
React to queen love of my life Rio 1985. The control freddie had over the 250.000 fan is jaw dropping. Queen set a paid attendance record in Rio with the 250,000 thousand fans at this one R.I.P FREDDIE WE MISS YOU
I love to see a reaction video for an older Queen song, "Don't Stop Me Now" (1978). The video has a live rendition feel (or maybe it actually is). Also, just a tid-bit of info, Freddie was born in Tanzania as Farrokh Bulsara and moved to the UK in his teens. Anyway, Freddie was multi-faceted and even did an opera album with Montserrat Caballe, a famous Spanish opera singer. I absolutely loved this album! Regardless, all four band members have played a pivotal role in the band's success, each one having written at least 1 hit song. These guys were simply one of a kind and sadly, the last of their kind.
I have seen Queen live three times in the early and middle 80's in Germany(Cologne and Dortmund)! And I tell you, it blow my minds. I will never forget these 3 Concert's! If you want to see Brian May's Guitar skill than check out this clip (Brighton Rock) at London's Hammersmith Odeon in 1975: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wbZ8RL2VQmU.html I hope it's not blocked in the US
🙌🏼👏🏼I think I’ve watched Live Aid about 10,000 times but will watch you watch it!!! I LOVE Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Who, Grateful Dead, Tom Petty, LedZepp, CREAM, anything Eric Clapton, Traffic, Blind Faith, AND THE DOORS!!!!! on and on!!! Thanks for this! Try the Official Queen video of Princes of the Universe from the movie Highlander
Freddie sent the message at the end of the video but no one understood the meaning... He knew by then that something was wrong with him... In case you don't know, this was the second night at Wembley... Anyway, back to Freddie's emotional speech to the crowd... It was Queen's last tour and because of that, rumors were spread around that Queen was about to split up, that Freddie wanted to go solo etc... As usual, the press who hated Queen and most of all Freddie, never missed a chance of writing nonsense... The other two members of Queen did want to go on with the tour but Freddie not (the 1st symptoms of Aids started to appear, he was always tired and exhausted)... At first they all thought that Freddie was joking because he was said it many times but never meant it... However, during the tour they noticed that he wasn't felling well but didn't know why... John(the bass player), also didn't want to... That time due to the tour he had many mental breakdowns and dealt with marital problems... Freddie was worried and kept an eye on him...
@@RoverWaters Oh my god, you're absolutely right! I checked the schedule of the tour... I didn't even know that existed, I always thought that Knebworth was right after the Wembley! But no, they went on tour and came back to England in August! Thank you so much and sorry again...
you two should do more reactions. I've watched alot of reactions but yours are the only ones are genuine and no keep on yabbing through it.!! please more!!
We want to see Queen! But if you want to check out a guy that is still big and performing today do Bob Seger. But Freddie is originally from Zanzibar. His family moved to the U.K. when he was in his teens.His real name is Faroukh Balsara. I don’t think I spelled his first name right.
As much as I enjoyed the movie too and appreciate all the new attention it's brought Queen, there's a few things to keep in mind about its accuracy (and I'm sure others have said this, I'm sorry in advance if so!) The movie shows Freddie sort of suddenly running into the band and auditioning, when in reality he knew them well (especially Roger - they worked a clothing stall in London together), but that's minor. The big things are that 1) Freddie wasn't the first to go solo, as the movie portrays - it was Roger, and Brian had a solo career as well. Roger even sang backup for Freddie on his solo album and appeared in "The Great Pretender" music video in drag, so they were still close friends at the time! I guess the narrative of the star leaving to pursue more money fit the storyline better? It's just not truthful. Of course they had big disagreements and arguments, and the early-mid 80s was a time of personal exploration for them because of creative differences, but not the estrangement the movie shows. You can see how Freddie disputes the breakup claims here - this was after Live Aid, yes, but what he says here also clearly proves there was never a past breakup of any kind either. They also never had that huge years-long break from touring the movie claims happened before Live Aid ("We haven't performed together in years!" - that whole thing). They toured South America just a few months before Live Aid, actually, so it was in no way a band reunion (though it did revitalize their career and inspire them to work on their next album and plan their last tour, which this concert is from!) Freddie also didn't know about his AIDS diagnosis until 1987, so 2 years after Live Aid, and didn't tell the band right away; it was sort of unspoken until it was too obvious not to address because he wanted to continue working normally (though he wasn't able to tour anymore - you can see how much energy it took, and the during this tour is when he began to realize he didn't feel quite right and that it took more out of him than normal). A few other timeline things are the release of "We Will Rock You"/ " We Are the Champions", portrayed as in the 80s during Freddie's time a bit away from the band, when in reality they were released in the late 70s during the long-hair era and very much planned together, not just shown to Freddie later.
Loving your Queen reactions, guys! So many great songs still to do, LOL. Please don’t wait so many months to react to more - one way to avoid blocking is to pause the song a few times. Sucks but seems to work for others... A Kind of Magic live from Wembley ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c2_xWTSyCuU.html In the Lap of the Gods live from the Rainbow ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YNVjf506H6s.html (This isn’t the ‘revisited’ song you’ve done already) Now I’m Here live from Wembley ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--iCY-noGbas.html Dragon Attack ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-spm5-SXo4Do.html Stone Cold Crazy live - considered one of the 1st rap and thrash metal songs ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T8Rfb1Jtmic.html Soooo many more! PS - The Eagles are another band y’all will enjoy - Another band that had great singers that each wrote songs that were hits and took turns singing lead. PPS - Pink Floyd, too!! Can’t recall if y’all did any of their stuff yet - another deep rabbit hole.
Awww his moves driving me crazy!! They are the best ever! I have been a Queen-fan since -77 👑 Freddie is sex on two legs…..please react on Dragon attac Montreal -81, you can all Queen from -73, I promiss you, you wil never bee disapoynend….you never go wrong with Queen…..you get a subscriber, you are great reacters 👑❤️
Please react to Oasis. They were awesome. And a lot of people on RU-vid will like to see you react to them. Live or studio tracks take your pick. Looking forward to seeing it bro.
Something different from Queen... Listen to Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy. And another wonderful Rock voice... Is the voice himself.. Steve Perry and Journey
Do you guys do patron ? I’ll support your channel as long as your doing classic rock. Another one you should check out is David Bowie, Space Oddity, Ashes to Ashes, Hero’s. He did a good performance at Live Aid. He also co wrote & sung Under Pressure with Queen. ✨✨
This sounds so different cause the recording includes David Bowie! Freddie sings Bowie's part in the live version and Roger Taylor sings most of Freddie's original part.
If you haven't yet reacted to The Tedeschi Trucks Band, I'm confident you won't regret it. Here's 3 links to check out: 1: NPR - Tiny Deck Concert - 3 song set (this will give a good idea of who they are as a band): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RRipadkd6wk.html 2: Sly Stone Medley live at Red Rocks with the late, great Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (this is a MUST and is some of the best live "music" you will ever hear) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ckCf1urfCbU.html 3: Lastly: "I Pity the Fool", Live Boston, MA, Amazing Susan guitar solo and vocals. Pure Blues (which is ground zero for all things rock and roll) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g1efDtT7XeU.html
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