There is no shame in crying as a man. The man in the video with the brilliant guitar solo named Brian May cried for Freddie too. The other two from the band too. Male and female fans cried for Freddie. He is still very much missed today.
"Inside my heart is breaking, my make up may be flaking but my smile...still stays on" This is how Brian has always seen his friend during his last fight...heartbreaking.
"Mother Love" will tear your heart out. Freddie was dying and terribly fragile, yet he managed to belt the top notes. He died before they could finish the recording, so Brian May sings the last verse. Heartbreaking. You might also like the Queen movie "Bohemian Rhapsody". It's brilliant.
@@Jayden-sh2jt I love that song and Highlander is brilliant movie Brian wrote perfect song After all he is right I don't want to live forever it's like punishment. I would like to see my children growing up and grandchildren, but who knows how long I will be here so I'm grateful for my life, but innuendo reminds me some things about me " surrender your ego be free" I keep trying. I love Innuendo that song is fantastic ! And it fits all eras we will always follow greed,traditions, superstitions, false religions and blind man (I don't want to mention racism I don't know if that's allowed to say). I don't know if they were aware of what they had wrote, because in nowadays I doubt, that people can put that into songs without offending something. Nowadays music stuck it doesn't make any sense. Only who I can listen to is lady gaga not because she chose her name after radio gaga and has respect for queen she has unique voice and know how to play piano writing her songs and this girl is actually very ill she suffers from intensive joint pain and has to have injections. Also I know is Mark MARTEL his voice sounds so much like Freddie, but I have to get a couple seconds to remember Adam lambert. My knowledge about nowadays singers is horrible, but I don't care, because back in the days bands were making music. Thank God Bon jovi is still alive he is my number 2 and I have seen him few times. All these bands we like are decades old and people still listening to them. They music will remain, but I doubt that same with nowadays called music . What do you think?
Axl Rose??!! Roger Waters??!! Peter Gabriel??!! Just because it might be the most impresive what he can do it is not per se the best. He for instance can't convey emotion with his voice as good as Roger Waters can, or pulll of one of Axl Rose incredibly high or extremely low notes. Sure it is impressive what he can do but not the best.
@@Watcheroftheskies594freddie tocaba notas mucho más agudas y graves que axl rose .- , y freddie hizo esta canción de una sola toma , y transmite para mi la rabia de no poder tocar las notas como antes
It's not really a farewell song, they did a few more songs after this. But he was really really sick at this point and could barely stand up when recording it. Brian wrote it about what Freddie was going throgh. They weren't sure if he was able to sing but Freddie just went "I'll fucking do it, darling" and then as you can hear just killed it. To me he did his best vocals here. He sounds so amazing. This is my favorite Queen song ❤❤❤
Yes he did darling!! ❤️🌈 The fact Freddie was a dying man AND could sing like this?! True champion until the end. We miss you and still love you Freddie!!! 💖🌈
@@HOgG623 The Great Pretender is def not a farewell song. For one thing he recorded it in 1988 and 2nd, it's not even his song, it's a cover. The Platters made it originally. It has nothing to do with farewell.
He had a slow, agonizing death, in the house Mary Austin had bought for him. All treatments failed, he knew death was approaching and drew closer and closer. But amazingly, he could sing almost to the end.
Apparently, Freddie couldn't stand for very long at that point in his illness so he took a shot of vodka, did the lyrics and nailed them in 1 single take!!! This is probably one of his best (of many) vocal performances, especially considering how ill he was. What a Rock GOD!
the opening of each door was a look back on his life and better times than he was going through,poor guy was very sick at the time but still smashed every song,this song reminds me so much of my uncle who died 7 years ago of cancer,he was a massive queen fan had this played at his funeral i shed a tear every time i hear this song
It is very emotional! Don't be afraid to show emotion! Freddie was and AMAZING man, singer, performer... his death was tragic but his life was phenomenal!
Every time I hear this song I'm blown away by the fact that he could barely stand and was so sick yet he belted this out on the first take and slayed it!!! R.I.P. FREDDIE FOR YOU ARE LOVED AND DEEPLY LOVED!!! 🖤🖤🖤🖤 🐧🐧
Nice respectful reaction! This song is like a farewell song from the band to Freddie. Brian May wrote most of the song. It was something they had to accept and come to terms with. Freddie was already very sick at this point, he struggled to stand for very long. This was a difficult song to record. They had their fights and disagreements at times, but they were also very close for over 20 years. And from the perspective of the rest of the band they were mostly in their early 40's. A big part of their career was really coming to an end. For 20 years, they had created music, they toured and their music was always on the charts. With Freddie's death that routine drastically changed. So it is basically like losing a friend and your career at the same time. This is about accepting death and coming to terms with the realities. You can put in a lot of effort for one last time, but ultimately it will not change what is about to happen.
This song off the Innuendo album was recorded sometime during 1990 which was 2-3 years into Freddy's fight with aids (he was diagnosed with aids in 1987). So incredible he was able to sing with such power and emotion. A beautifully written song for him by his good friend Brian May. RIP Freddy, miss you.
This video was made from past video clips as Freddie was just months from the end. Brian (guitarist) wrote this specifically for Freddie and what he was going through. It was not their final song, however.
Just going through some of your older reactions, saw you liked Queen so I sought out this one as it is my favorite song to cry to. LOL If I just need a private emotional release away from the world I put this song on and it gets me every time because of the triumph inside the sadness, it is so impactful in a way that just grows deeper for me with age. I first heard this in my late teens and it hit me hard, but now in my 40s it hits me even harder, its like with age and understanding of the world and how truly beautiful and unique and therefore precious some things are, the more your emotions just get overwhelmed by songs like this. Masterwork. Totally. Glad you liked it too. :)
The most emotional was the song made after Freddie's death. Only the Good Die Young. John Deacon could barely hold his guitar, and at the end of the song, that was the end of his performances.
This just shows the power and emotion of music, and how such a great performer can still touch the hearts of people long after they are gone. This is the true immortality.
It’s a very emotional song. Brian was expressing what they all were experiencing. Not his last song, but they thought it would be. Mother Love is their last track & a true collaboration between Brian & Freddie.
Great reaction, i love your Queen journey. Queen has been around for so long, and we love our dear Freddie 4 ever. So its amazing to see younger generations discover them! I suggest Who wants to live forever live at Budapest. Much bless ❤
It was the anniversary of Freddies death on 25th November. The bar I was in played Queen all night. Freddie is a legend. The Show Must Go On was the last song Mercury wrote. RIP Freddie ❤️🤘
Una de las mejores canciones del mundo.UNA DE LAS MEJORES CANCIONES DE QUEEN. Aun no soy capaz de comprender como pudo cantarla estando ya enfermo, Que fuerza, que emoción. Fredy será ya para siempre la mejor voz del rock. Vivo siempre. Grande Queen
I heard this song for the first time when I was 12 or 13. 30 years has passed and it still gets me. There's always an emotional reaction to it. It's inevitable. It's a very emotional and personal song.
Yep, they recorded a bunch of songs when his health was failing, many of which were released on the Made in Heaven album that was released a few years after his death.
Thanks for the great review. Freddie couldn’t even walk at this time when Brian May asked him to do this song, but he took a swig of vodka and said he would do it. Absolute talent and total dedication ! I’d also recommend SOMEBODY TO LOVE (1981 Montreal),, WHITE QUEEN, INTHE LAP OF THE GODS, YOU TAKE MY BREATH AWAY (Hyde Park), LIVE AID (1985), ONE VISION, UNDER PRESSURE, TEO TORRIATE (Tokyo concert), DON’T STOP ME NOW,..Keep up the good work.
So many fun songs. Invisible Man, the miracle, Seven Seas of rye, ogre battle, dragon attack, breakthrough, the list goes on and on just like The Show Must. See what I did there? Thanks for doing these reactions and letting us fall in love with Queen all over again. There's a whole series from a movie, who wants to live forever, it's a kind of magic etc. They did the theme song for Flash Gordon. They have a hold disco album for that era. Seaside Rendezvous, the millionaire Waltz. So many different styles of music. A Crazy Little Thing Called Love. Keep it coming.
I have certainly enjoyed your awakening to Queen. I'm old. I watched Live Aid as it was happening, and even then we knew we had witnessed greatness. So rock on, dude!
The song gets me choked up and teary eyed everytime I hear it. He didn't want anyone's pity he didn't want to be anybody's poster child he just wanted to make music right up to the end and he did. And as I recall he didn't even publicly announced that he had it until the day before he died. Eric Carr the second drummer for kiss also died on the same day Freddie Mercury did but because Freddie was so famous Eric really didn't get any press about it
This song is a fully open window into the soul and the perfection of the lyrics and everything is breathtaking. I recommend to watch the movie moulin rouge, where the author used this song in the plot of the movie in an equally stunning way.
"The show must go on" is a phrase used in show business which means no matter what happens the important thing is to give the audience the show they came for. in other words, the performance is more important than the performer. It's totally understandable to get emotional over this song. Freddie was an amazing talent, the kind that does not come around often. He knew his end was near and yet he still worked to do the best possible performance he could. It's also sad to think of the music he never got to perform if he had lived another 30+ years.
I really like your reactions. So honest and asking questions...there is no one like Queen today..except Queen +AL. Brian and Roger have still been performing all these years. Both have done solo albums and they still tour playing the music they composed when Freddie was still with them. John retired in 1997..it wasn't the same for him without Freddie.
I love that you discovered Queen and that you love their music! It’s hard not to, they are just brilliant, and their talent is unsurpassed, imo. This was the last song in play order on the last Queen album released prior to Freddie’s death 😔. Although Freddie was horribly ill and suffering from AIDS, Brian and Roger have said many times that Freddie just wanted to continue to do music “until the day I f…g die.” So, they continued. You can see just how ill Freddie was at the time in the video “These Are The Days of Our Lives” (which I believe was the last video Freddie made) and definitely get out the Kleenex for that one. Queen usually never explains what their songs mean, as they want the listener to have their own meaning of it. But, I think that it is pretty obvious that it is, in a way, Freddie and Queen saying that no matter what, no matter the hardship “The Show Must Go On.” It is amazing the vocal range and ability he is able to do in this recording, particularly with how ill he was (apparently he did it in one take, or so the rumor goes, but Freddie was just that good, so I’ll choose to believe that.) The song has a lot of deep personal meaning to me, as I think it does to a lot of people. I also think it relates to how Freddie and the other members of Queen had to hide and lie about Freddie having AIDS, as at that time, he would have been shunned and feared (little children with AIDS, were treated absolutely horribly with death threats and being banished from their schools in the US!) and so they all protected Freddie, “inside my heart is breaking, my makeup may be flaking, but my smile…still stays on.” I think some of it is a powerful anthem to proceed despite hardships, while also lamenting and feeling angry about having to pretend and ‘put on a face’ to those around you. But again, Queen leaves music up to the listener as to what it means. To others, it may mean something totally different. Regardless, it is a beautiful sort of “good bye but I’ll always be with you” from Freddie, and just an amazing song overall. RIP Freddie.
I get it, but never be ashamed to shed a tear when music touches you. That is why the artist makes it, to touch you and make you remember you're not alone.
you had the best possible reaction result that's why your video has so many views. you have understood almost everything you are on top man I am with you for that. you have a great sensitivity and a lot of humanism you are a good one! you stop the video at the right time you love music and you have the sensitivity of an artist you are very good thank you for this reaction from the fabulous Freddie Mercury 🙏🏼✌🏼 ps: you forgot to remove the label on your glasses 😂😙 I subscribe to your insta
Thanks, great reaction. We're here to appreciate what a gorgeous woman Roger Taylor is when you dress him up, LOL! Watch the "I Want to Break Free" video to understand opening the door, and see them all dressed in drag (as a parody of a British sitcom). A lot of their lyrics are very deep, and it's good the music is so great it can carry us beyond our confusion & fear. People have listed a lot of great songs for you, but "Innuendo" (single) is a complex one that is also deeply emotional. Watch the lyric video first and then the music video - so you have a chance of relating to it at all. Innuendo is the last album produced by collaboration when Freddie was still alive. He kept recording vocals which were put together with music for the album Made In Heaven, released in 1995. He was unable to finish recording "Mother Love" (ONLY watch the lyric video first) so you'll hear Brian sing the last verse. Talk about emotional! You can wait a while to get to that one... Thanks again!
According to Brian May, the guitarist, he gave his real farewell to the fans in "These are the days of our lives", when he didn't sing, but speak the 2nd "I still love you" at the end of the song.
Freddie and the rest of the band are definite masters of their craft. Freddie wasn't a quitter and the guys did their best to support him till the end.
Queen did not interpret their songs. They believed that the listener will interpret their music in their own way, the way it touches their heart. I believe the "show" is not only literal but is also a reference to life itself and how each of us keep our "show" going.
When he said the show must go on, he meant that even though he's dying from his illness, he still has to keep that stage persona on. He still has to continue making music to keep on living.
This song came on the radios just after his death...each time I was listening to it,I was crying...his way to say goodbye...freddy,we will never forget you...and what a beautiful song you left us 👋😢
It was the single released shortly before his death, the video got major airplay on MTV etc. after his death. It was out on album months earlier, but of course felt quite a bit different after his death. While there were rumours about Freddie's declining health, he was shielded from the public, and fans - like me - while listening to the songs on the album "Innuendo" heard him sing the words didn't want our fears to become true. And after the album came out, we just enjoyed the new Queen songs, while the band was working on whatever they still could in Montreux, Switzerland. They did very few new videos during the days of "Innuendo". The first single released (Innuendo) was artwork combined with old footage (beautiful video, still!), "I'm going slightly mad" was a new video, so was "Headlong". "I can't live with you" was older/newer footage clipped together, "These are the days of our lives" was the last new video Freddie was able to film. (Don't watch the behind the scenes footage if you don't want to cry.)
My friend. Your building up to the queen pinnacle of queen at live aid maybe the most famous live performance of all time but before you get there can I make 4 suggestions: White queen hammersmith Apollo Another one bites the dust - official video Who wants to live forever - wembley 86 Don’t stop me now - official video. There are so many more I could recommend but I really want to see you react to live aid so there the 4 id like to see u do first.
You have to follow the reign of Queen to understand the whole of this video. This was written as a farewell song, he was dying , unable to make a long video, but made recordings until the day before he passed. The man and group are legendary, the likes of which we will never be seen or hear again.
Omg I hope you are addicted to Queen, and I’m so glad it seems that you understand more now 💕 show your tears I cry with you, I cry now when you said that you now more and when you been tuchy......omg you are so emotional great reacter keep up........love
Contrary to what most people think this is not Freddie's goodbye song. That was on the previous album The Miracle, called "Was it all worth it?" They didn't think Freddie would survive to make another album. The show must go on was written by Brian and it was Brian May saying goodbye to his dear friend. This is the apex of Freddie's voice, on his deathbed practically that voice, those pipes were strong and in tune. His best vocal performance in my opinion. The show must go on is an old theater saying, no matter what happens, the show must go on.
As others say this is not the last... the very last song he recorded was Mother Love which he didn’t complete the last verse and Brian sang that. Heart wrenching ... possibly the most difficult one to listen to is No One But You. However you really shouldn’t be at this point yet... so much more to explore ... oh!!!! He didn’t make it public that he had aids until a day before he died , only close friends and family knew and even they were not formally told after the diagnosis in April 1987. By 1989 it was almost impossible to hide what was happening to him . This song was recorded by Freddie in late 1990 ... he died 24 the Nov 1991.
This song was from the last record of original music Queen released. By this time Freddie was so sick he was barely able to stand, let alone preform on stage or record a video for the song. The vocals, though, are still brilliant.
The thing about this is,it was probably the most vocally stressful song he had to do-and he did it at his lowest ebb,health-wise,when he apparently could barely stand up.
I had Some form of regression or PTSD after Freddie died. In 91 I was 15. Two of my cousins were murdered within a year of each other. It was horrible. They wouldn’t let me go to the funerals. I think my grandma had to be sedated..Cut to 2019, I’m watching “Bohemian Rhapsody “ and crying like a baby. Everything I knew and loved about queen just came flooding back. I had to remourn Freddie all over again So weird.
The first song I was dancing to was Radio Ga Ga as three years old kid. I still remember when I was nine years old when my mother came from work with her face covered in tears and told me Freddie died.
when you know the true context of the moment when this was recorded, it is quite a powerful song, like listening to Johnny Cash, 'Hurt' knowing it was in last months of his life.
Watch you 1st time, I was looking for Queen reactions. Saw your bohemian rhapsody reaction, was getting on my nervs u constant interrupting. then I saw u watched the hey ye yo under pressure live video, nice u liked it but my man that pausing all the time. But But Then I noticed that was a day ago, I gave u the benefit of the doubt My man, I saw u reacted to this one, only a day after the previous one. Welcome to the club. Freddie is the best singer, entertainer ever lived and Queen live is also best performance ever Live aid 1985, must have watched that 50-60 times Keep it up! Freddie R.I.P.
Here are a few of my favorite songs and also some that are pretty diverse: Seven Seas of Rhye, all dead (all dead), Drowse, father to son, The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke, I'm in love with my car, In the Lap of the Gods, Jesus, Leaving Home Aint easy, Liar, Lily of the Valley, Love of my Life, March of the Black Queen, My Melancholy Blues, Nevermore, Now I'm Here, Sail away Sweet Sister, She Makes me, Spread your wings,
As sick as he was the message here was keep on going no matter what ....the past is over all you have is the present and future live it to the absolute max
