Freddie is, was, and will always be THE BEST SINGER, FRONT MAN OF ALL TIME!!! I'm so blessed to have been alive thru their career! The best group of all time!! Journey is a close second... but Queen and Freddie will never fall from #1
NOW you understand why the studio version is a must before the live! Please remember that the vocals live were just them. No other background singers, no autotune nothing but talent! Great reaction and remember that this journey has only begun!
one of the coolest things is that if you LIKE a Queen song (studio version), you'll probably LOVE the same Queen song (live version). And, if you love the "live' version, you can watch many of them from several concerts because each is a different experience! No cookie-cutter performances. Super talented musicians and a mesmerizing lead singer! (The best). Have fun!
If you loved that performance you, definitely, need to check out their “Live Aid” performance! It’s AMAZING! Freddie Mercury and Queen are unmatched to this day. Adam Lambert has done Freddie some justice while touring with the band, but there will NEVER be another singer/performer like Freddie Mercury. He was a one off that can be imitated, but never recreated. The mold was broken with him; and I think that’s a good thing.
lol - yeah, Bohemian Rhapsody film is about Freddie, and Queen. It's fun to watch, as long as you don't believe it is a documentary. Because it's not, it's a Hollywood film - so stuff is out of context, time frames moved around, characters are molded to fit the plot. It's more of a vibe. Still very entertaining and won lots of awards.
Very true mate :) Sacha Baron Cohen was originally set to play Freddie, he said he would only play the part if he could play it truthfully but Brian May said no so Rami was chosen to play the part.
@@Grimlock1975 no wonder Freddie's roadie Peter Hince stated in one of his interview that the movie had too much of Brian input & Peter said the movie is dreadful
It was a fun movie, some truths and quite a few liberties taken with the truth. But a great sound track. And if there is one take away from the movie, it's how wonderful the Live Aid performance was, and how every video reactor should do it. It gives them an understanding how versatile Queen were, and how interactive they were with the audience.
"This is the best live performance I've ever seen anywhere".... THAT'S ALWAYS QUEEN & FREDDIE, so PREPARE YOURSELF FOR A LOT OF "BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE" EXPERIENCES!
I was at this performance on Nov 24, 1981. We drove across the country from Alberta to Quebec, 5000 miles round trip. Best concert I have ever gone to. My birthday! Sadly, he also died on my birthday 10 years later. I still listen to Queen at least twice a week.
MyOwnDrum i have the dvd of your montreal show, its a long shot but can you spot yourself in the crowd? i love the guy in the red and white jacket giving brian the thumbs up during his guitar solo, when brian walks to the crowd at the left side of the stage, remember that guy? he always makes me smile! this was a great show, they really were at the top of their game by this point 👑✊🇬🇧
i read a story that said freddie was getting pissed off by the film producer so to get his own back on him freddie changed clothes to mess up continuity of filming, so they used footage of both nights shows and spliced them together! i was lucky enough to see them twice in scotland in dec 79 and june 82, it was the best nights of my life, Queen were a fantastic live band and always put on a great show! how many times did you get to see them? 👑✊🇬🇧
What you need to listen to is Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé singing Barcelona!!!! AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGGGG. gives me chills EVERY TIME!!!!! His voice 😍❤️👏🏻💕
Queen has such a presence! I remember watching a video of a crowd waiting for a concert to start, not even a Queen concert. They were playing music before the start just recorded music and one of the songs was Bohemian Rhapsody but it was only the instrumental. I kid you not, the entire crowd sang the whole song, not missing a single word. Queen changed the world with their music and we lost Freddy Mercury way too soon! One of the very few artists that sound better live than in a recording.
@@Bitsybug217 I thought it was a Green Day concert but couldn't exactly remember and didn't want to presume. Still one of the coolest things I've seen!
The cool thing is that it wasn’t a one time occurrence. The Hyde Park London show in 2017 is the one that viral (for good reason), but there videos from the U.S. to Argentina where the crowd did the same exact thing.
I have been to a concert where the warm up wanted to get the audience hyped and they played bohemian rhapsody. The whole crowd was singing it was amazing !! But I don’t know anyone who doesn’t know the words so it makes sense ❤️❤️
@@reneebush2399please please post a link to one of the other ones? I loved the Green day one. So touching so many years later. It would be great to see more. Or just direct me to the concerts, ok? Thanks
LOL...... welcome to the wonderful world of Freddie, Brian, Roger and John........ 4 of the best musicians....ever !! Queen's live performances were legendary. The studio versions are amazing. And... best of all..... they sang every kind of song imaginable. They always liked to surprise people...... You have 20 years of Queen's albums, singles, videos and live performances to enjoy. These 4 were together for 20 years..... 1971 until Freddie's early death in 1991. Best band EVER !!! Enjoy the journey.......... :-)
Queen never sounded exactly like their studio recording...they wanted to entertain and put on a show and always gave it their all. Fredddie wrote this song which was inspired by Arteha Franklin,, the queen of soul. Live performances show Freddie's showmanship skills. React to more live songs: NOW I'M HERE, tTIE YOUR MOTHER DOWN, IT'S A KIND OF MAGIC live at Wembley and PLAY THE GAME , live in Montreal or at Milton Keynes - all are fire because Queen is considered the best live band of all time.
😂😂😂😳😳 see? We told ya!! Freddie is the most amazing singer of Rock history! Watch The movie- mostly about Freddie. Watch the Live Aid performance- geez- it’s been told to be the best rock performance in history- I’m so happy you’ve found Queen!! Now go down the Queen rabbit hole and I’ll watch you every time! And 200 or so songs later- 💛💛
Stunned silence is what happens after you've watched the GOAT best Frontman of all time. And one of if not the best live bands in history. Go at it in GOD MODE! For the first time live.
Queen studio versions are perfection and detailed, but live Queen is energy and passion. Both superb in their own ways! There is also a big difference in '70's Queen and '80's Queen. Personally, I think Freddie's voice got better as he aged.
Yes my dear, this is beyond fire. The most spectacular live prefomance in history. Freddie was the FIRE...the more Queen you listen to , you will grow and respect them forever. Please keep finding new Freddie songs....
Great reaction! I love seeing new people discover Queen. They are the best live band ever in my opinion and the only band where all the members wrote at least one #1 song. All 4 members were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Correct… the Bohemian Rhapsody movie is about Queen
I saw Queen several times beginning in 1975, NOBODY will ever be better live. Freddie will be forever unmatched. John, Roger, Brian and Freddie are all legends of Queen.
Keep in mind while you watch this there was no voice correction or ear pieces. This is sheer genius by this band EVERY time they performed. This is real talent, not a studio creation like now. He drank honey and tea and water. Rarely drank beer as he thought it was rude for the audience to hear him burp
He'd have some vodka for performances and then the tea with honey during them. I've seen the piano like that in videos of rehearsals or "the making of" videos.
This is outstanding, I am so glad you got to experience this. Another live masterpiece is Queen: White Queen live at Odeon, Hammersmith 1975 absolutely mind blowing performance. To hear the opposite side of Freddie's voice to the live song you just experienced today you need to listen to You Take My Breath Away, live at Hyde Park. Both of these are masterpieces. I don't think there is a live Queen performance that I don't love, to be perfectly honest. The band was all about giving the audience the best experience they could ever imagine and Queen always delivered. Thank you for reacting to this outstanding performance. Now go and listen to it again and this time, also keep your eye and ear on Roger Taylor (drummer) because he is singing his lungs out back there throughout the entire song and still slammin' those skins. The movie Bohemian Rhapsody is about Freddie and it is a very good movie but bear in mind when you watch it that it is a movie and not a documentary. The chronology is not correct and some of the "facts" are not really factual. It is a movie so they had to jam 20 years into two hours. Do watch the movie, and do enjoy the movie but don't accept it as a correct depiction of the band or the timeline on Freddie's life. Tomorrow (Nov 24th) will be 30 years since we lost Freddie Mercury, the legend of legends. I miss him and his music every day.
The interlude for White Queen, literally plays your soul, I'm not exaggerating either, it just takes you away, you don't know where, but you know you like it :)
I adore Queen live! You get to see one of, if not the, greatest showman ever. Set aside 20 minutes for their Live Aid performance. It is considered the most iconic rock performances ever. Brian May, the guitarist, put a link to the Pentatonix cover of Bohemian Rhapsody in his Twitter.
I have gone back to watch your reaction a few times! For the performance and your reaction! This concert was in 1981, but you and your followers can view the entire concert from 1986, the last time Queen performed there. I was not far away from the stage! Unforgettable show too!
Your making me realize how lucky I was to have seen Queen and Freddy Mercury twice in the 70"s. He was such an incredible showman! There will never be another like him.
As someone who grew up with a lot of the music you're reacting to, I appreciate that it takes me back to the first time I heard the songs. You're instant love of the music is what I love best about watching your reactions. It's a very joyful experience. Thank you.
ABtheKreator, doing an outstanding job! you were the first responder I ever listened to, "criticing" the Righteous Brothers, Wowza. I am total loving this generation jamming with my times and artists. Totally far-out man. Keep on keeping on. Mahalo, an old lady fan, then and now!
What your eyes behold has been managed by an artist trained musician, Freddie Mercury. That is, the cups, containers on the piano must reflect 'this is a rock n' roll concert' - Concert goers believe it! Freddie is mostly sipping a honey lemon concoction. Gotta aim to keep his throat hydrated for up to 2 hrs of perfection.
Queen is Legendary and always will be..Amazing chemistry, totally focused, very harmonized, and a lot of energy. Freddie, Brian, Roger and John, best musicians by far. Don't forget Roger's backing vocals while playing the drums. Concerts are not like that today. No lip syncing whatsoever. Pure talent. ❤️🔥
Freddie puts on a Master class how to hold down a crowd. Once you work through the major hits, watch the Live Aide, you talking about eating out of the hand. He was a maestro......he can play a lot of instruments, but his favorite instrument is the crowd. Yes they did a movie on Queen called Bohemian Rhapsody.........Remi Malek did Freddie justice for sure. The first thing they actually filmed for that movie was the Live Aide performance.
I haven’t seen you react to any Johnny Cash songs, so didn’t have that forum to make a comment. He’s another voice that can be, somewhat, imitated but will NEVER be duplicated or replicated. He’s another one-of-a-kind, beautiful voice that’ll never come around again.
If you thought this performance was amazing you should react to their 1985 Live Aid concert.. It really shows how well his stage presence was and how much control he had.. It will really blow your mind.. Great reaction as always keep up the amazing work .
Freddie was also a smoker like most if not all were in the early '80's. I was and I was 11 in 1981!!! I'm always reminded of the sad thought that Brian May (guitarist) has repeated often in interviews that had Freddie had been diagnosed only one year later than he was, he likely would have lived because of the advancements in medications and therapies to fight HIV/AIDS.
I love this!! Great reaction. I'm sure you know lots of other Queen songs - We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions, Another One Bites the Dust, You're My Best Friend, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, I Want to Break Free, Bohemian Rhapsody (obviously)... there are so so many. I'm glad you made the connection with the movie too, but before you watch it I wanna point out some things (since the movie is *really* inaccurate!) Sorry that it's so long! We Queen people are dedicated, haha. I tried to avoid outright spoilers, but if you're not sure then maybe read it after you watch? 1) Freddie didn't get diagnosed with AIDS until 2 years after their infamous 1985 Live Aid concert (the climax of the movie; you also need to watch their full 20-minute Live Aid set - it's consistently been voted the best rock performance of all time!), in 1987. The movie kind of meshed it all together and sped it up, though I get this was done for drama. It was during their huge, iconic world tour in 1986 that Freddie started to realize he wasn't feeling quite right and that he was tiring more easily, so went to get checked after everything had wrapped up. He did have a throat infection before Live Aid, as the movie shows, but it was just that. They hadn't taken a long break before this Live Aid performance either - the movie made it seem like they had almost forgotten how to perform together. They had just finished a stadium tour like two/three months prior and had some of their biggest performances ever in South America, so that seems an odd direction for the movie to take. Again, I guess it's more dramatic. 2) This is quite minor, but Freddie knew the band before joining (it wasn't a random run-in and they didn't criticize his appearance). He used to follow them around and watch them perform and make suggestions, plus he was roommates with Roger Taylor (the drummer). They all have university degrees! Brian May, the guitarist, has a PhD in astrophysics. Freddie is also a really gifted visual artist (you can still find some of his drawings online) and had a degree in graphic design. 3) Perhaps the biggest inaccuracy is that the band never broke up. They disagreed about a lot, but ALL did solo projects - except John Deacon (the bassist) - to explore other creative facets; Freddie wasn't first to do so either (Roger was; he already had two solo albums by the time Freddie recorded his). Not sure why the movie made it seem like this broke them up! Their album "Hot Space" in the early 80s didn't do well and they took a few years off touring to pursue other things, but all considered themselves part of Queen still. Roger even sang backup and dressed in drag for Freddie in his "The Great Pretender" music video within that time frame, so they clearly weren't estranged and mad at Freddie for doing an album without them. The band fought often (about creative direction, etc., not personal things), but Freddie often said that's why they were great - they all had strong personalities and got equal input. Roger and Freddie in particular were much closer than the movie showed. Jim Hutton (Freddie's eventual common law husband) even once said he saw them as platonic soulmates. Freddie was also very close to John Deacon and constantly tried to nurture his talents and bring him out of his shell. The whole band were like family, particularly closer to the end of Freddie's life when they all came together to protect him from the media. Freddie once wrote an entire song for Brian called "Soul Brother" to help him get through his divorce/depression. The band came together 6 years after Freddie's death to record a song for him called "No One But You (Only the Good Die Young)" - the video is super sad. Roger also wrote a song for Freddie called "Old Friends". Brian and Roger are still around and performing, though both have occasionally still gotten emotional over Freddie; Roger has a statue of him in his garden. John never really got over Freddie's death and decided to formally retire from the band in the 90s. 4) Freddie certainly threw insane parties and had a wild lifestyle (mainly during the late 70s-mid 80s), but was never raging or out of control. Roger and Brian made this clear when they defended him against slanderous rumors about him just one week after his death, sickened by the image the media was portraying of him (obviously, especially then, very anti-gay and judgmental of those with AIDS). No members of the band have ever been arrested, gone to rehab (John did have issues with alcohol and a lot of private struggles though), or been accused of assault - not that I judge others, but so many rockstars cannot say the same. They were actually very good at staying out of trouble. There's other little things too, like how they showed "We Will Rock You / We are the Champions" being written in the 80s and how Freddie was kind of told late about what they were all thinking for both... they showed him as separating from the band by then. These are actually late-70s songs, pre-mustache Freddie, and they had decided as a unit to write anthems that would involve the whole audience. Brian wrote "We Will Rock You" and Freddie wrote "We Are the Champions". I love that the movie brought more fans to Queen, but it didn't really do any favors for Freddie's reputation - the one person no longer here to defend himself. However yes, he did love his cats and Mary Austin, haha. That's all accurate. I know this might be confusing before watching the movie, but I just wanted you to know! Freddie Mercury, as you can see, was definitely one of the most talented musicians ever, and is considered by many to be the best rock frontman and lead singer of all time. One of the best singers period, though he was far from technically perfect (he never had lessons and didn't want to sound too polished). Just insane natural skill!
Listen to Save Me live Montreal 1981. Brian the guitarist plays piano then Freddie takes over and Brian switches to his guitar. Four talented musicians the best ever live. Saw them twice. This tour The Game 1980 and Hot Space 1982.
Freddie is the best , I love so much about him. The other members of the band are shockingly talented too. They all have genius level IQs. it shows in performances, doesn't it? Everything is above the rest. They rehearsed a lot, too.
With show time approaching, towels and drinks for the band’s refreshment on stage would now be strategically placed: water and beer for Fred, beer for Brian and Roger and the Backstage Bar for John, comprising water, beer, soft drinks, wine and whatever spirit or cocktail he fancied at the time: Southern Comfort, vodka or tequila. - Peter Hince (aka Ratty), Fred’s and John’s roadie and head of Queen’s crew.
