Reaction to Marc Martel, Love of my life - and our encore 

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He’s not impersonating Freddie, that is his actual singing voice.

Marc had 12 albums and 4 Canadian Grammy Awards before Queen discovered him and hired him to sing for Queen Extravaganza.

This is his actual voice. He didn't actually know he sounded like Freddie until people told him that a few years ago.

And that’s Marc’s natural voice.

"Why isn't him performing with Queen?" This question has no answer

Apparently he is self taught. No vocal training whatsoever... Which is amazing

This is how he really sings, sounds. He has not trained with anyone. This is not an impression. He is not trying to be Freddie. This is his natural tone. He is a low tenor, and Freddie was a high baritone, at least that’s what the famous study claims him to be.

Marc IS Incredible, but there will still never be another Freddie! :)

there was never a contest to sing for Queen. They met Adam on American Idol, and planned a tour with him before they met Marc Martel.

1:30 Linor: "No you gotta be kidding." Summed-up my reaction perfectly as well.

Just saw his concert in Millville, NJ last night. He is for real and he tells you right up front that he's not Freddy just a guy who loves the music of Queen, but if you closed your eyes you wouldn't be able to tell the difference

I love this guy,he is beyond talented and such a complete artist.

Marc Martel is amazing. I love that he finally did this piece. And even happier still that you chose to showcase it. Thank you, Linor.

I think you misunderstand that Marc wasn’t trying to sound exactly like the studio version of the song, but he often talks about trying to be his own singer in his own right, not a Freddie impersonator. You should watch Marc’s one take cover of bohemian Rhapsody.

He's in a band called "Downhere".... all of the songs on there are amazing.

Yes, he does have other songs. He was in a band called Downhere.

Yeah when we say nice…..we definitely mean its amazing. And thats who Marc is! This man is a pure gift now Freddie is no longer amongst us.

Two beautiful charming women. Thank you for that lovely little duet at the end. And yes, Marc is pretty darn good too

What two lovely ladies with beautiful voices and personalities.

GOOSEBUMPS!! Love it!!! Thank you!

When you comment about Marc doing things differently than Freddie, Freddie also did them differently from performance to performance. Marc, singing live, is actually much closer to Freddie's studio versions than Freddie himself was in concert. Queen always performed with backing tracks and Freddie frequently didn't try for high notes in his songs. Even in the studio, others would sing the high notes on recordings. This was especially true later in Freddie's life, when drinking, smoking, and straining his voice took a toll on his range. I believe Freddie also developed nodules on his vocal cords. Also, remember this is when Marc is NOT specifically trying to imitate Freddie's arrangement. Here is a side by side I think you might enjoy. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VjEijapeMhg.html At times (such as 1:40 - "you take my breath away") in the side by side, they cut between Marc and Freddie, and you can't tell if you're not watching the screen. 11:22 - Classically trained? Marc has never had a lesson in his life. Surprise! 12:43 - Although the idea for the BoRhap movie didn't come from listening to Marc, here are two quotes for you. "He sent a video to Brian May and Roger Taylor and he sounds exactly like Freddie Mercury." "It's hard to find someone who can sing like Freddie Mercury and I'm not sure the movie would have happened if we didn't have Marc." - Graham King (Producer of the "Bohemian Rhapsody" movie, speaking of Marc Martel)

Wonderful. I don't know if this has been said, but - Marc is sort of doing a vocal performance hybrid of both the studio recording of the song - and the many live concert acoustic renditions.

"You bastard" lmao I love that reaction. Hes so good its criminal

Marc is so good that people think he is impersonating Freddie, which he didn't

Couple of seconds in :” so howcome he’s not performing with Queen?” :))) PRICELESS!! just what everyone else is wondering after this guy blew up all over the internet

I had the same reaction when I heard him. He naturally sounds like Freddie. He didn’t know who Freddie was until people kept telling him he sounded like him. So it’s not intentional it’s natural

so awesome that marcs blessed us and keeping freddies memory alive with his talent. we miss u Freddie. R.I.P

Beautiful, both Marc who did an incredible mix of both the live & studio version of the song & u 2 lovely ladies analysing the song & this performance. Everything was as real as it can get-Queen, Marc, both of u.👍

I’m sure you’ve also watched Marc Martel’s Bohemian Rhapsody. . . Please do a reaction :)

Watch him doing Nessun Dorma as Freddie and Pavarotti at same time, as mercurotti

The best part of the video?! You two singing at the end! Fantastic! Thanks!

Such a beautiful, haunting song! I enjoyed you two singing. Lovely!

loved the encore. please sing more. beautiful voices both of you.

This is fantastic...such a raw and real reaction! I hope this puts you on a Marc Martel kick, where you watch all of his performances. He is amazing...and so was your reaction!

I loved your analysis. 3:04 the best!! Really... loving to see two professionals of voice teaching. Thanks!

In "Bohemian Rhapsody" they mixed 3 voices to get the Freddie Sound. They mixed Freddie, Marc and also Rami.

In the film, they mixed Marc’s and Freddie’s voices together

Great video! First time listener here. I'd love to see you (or you + Noam) react to Marc Martel's performance of Bohemian Rhapsody as well as his performance of Nessun Dorma, in which he sings it as both Pavarotti/Freddie Mercury in a duet (especially considering your opera specialty).

i have been a Queen nut for over 40 years. i loved your insight and comments. listening to you and hearing the song at the same time brought a tear to my eye. cheers from canada!

I really enjoyed that and thanks for taking the time uploading these videos.

People have to realize that if Freddy recorded this song 10 times .none of the recordings would be identical word for word. He would change things

OMG!!! you are magnificent harmonizing together

Beautifully sung together. Very special. Thank you.

You two singing together was really lovely. Made me stop what I was doing.

1:15 " the vibe reminds me of Freddie" honey, you are in for a surprise

Linor, I enjoyed every minutes of your reactions, You do it with so much class!

You girls are great together, just love it

he won the contest that the guys from queen did on tv a while ago...they wanted to put up the best tribute band of queen and marc became the singer of this group it's called queen extravaganza...look it up you will see him on stage singing queen songs....he is truly awesome!!! and thank you for asking why they didn't take him instead of adam because ever since i heard marc i was asking myself the same thing...

Before Marc Martel knew Queen many of his audience will comment on his voice that he sounds like Freddie then he researched on queen then realized he have similar voice so basically he is not impersonating Freddie or he's not trying to be freddie, he just naturally sounds like Freddie

He sings beautifully. Freddie must be smiling from above.

so happy you have done this with Marc... love your Freddie reaction to the the somebody to love in Montreal... it look like he left you on the edge of tears and speechless... watching you had me on edge of tears too... all for the joy of the music he has bought us... if any of you haven't seen it that video then you need to.... btw Marc has his own band that tours. so perhaps he didnt decide to tour with queen for this reason.

Martel is really really great👍👏👏

Please react to Mercurotti where Marc does a duet ( by himself) of Freddy and Pavarotti singing Nessun Dorma

That was a beautiful duet Linor so nice to hear you singing after see your other reaction videos

that was beautiful, both of you singing.

He doesn’t play with Queen because they don’t want to try to replace Freddie with a sound a like, as he’s irreplaceable. So instead they chose Adam Lambert, a person completely opposite of Freddie, yet still talented. He does play with the official Queen tribute band - The Queen Extravaganza.

"So how come he's not performing with Queen....?" EXACTLY

His cover of Kiss from a Rose is awesome... and even in that, still has shades of Freddie in his voice!

Impressive! Best analysis I ever hear in my life! You to really know about music! Thanks

I found myself drawn to watch 2 hot and intelligent women for almost 15 minutes....couldn't help myself !!! :-D

They only thing adam has in common with freddie is he's gay.Marc should be the lead singer for queen

Your combined voices are a kind of magic!

omg you're adorable! that duet was so beautiful, I wish you would do a full version of it please:)

Marc is not an impersonator, he has said it many times. His nasal and vocal cords happen to be structurally similar to Freddy. He is not bearing mustache, has Freddy’s micro, or yellow jacket for that matter. I heard easy a dozen of his videos and some from Adam, I heard arguments proposing Adam as better singer, but Marc naturally sound like Freddy, plays the piano amazingly and the guitar, which Adam doesn’t.

Why did u stop reacting to marc?😭😭

Your improv at the end was beautiful! Please, let us hear you both sing together some more.

Wow you 2 are glowing 😍, love the video Marc seems like he's been practicing Freddy Mercury for many years he's amazing.

hi. marc martel incidentally had the same voice as freddy, (voice as in Hz/frequencies) even before he started singing queen songs. but it shows that he worked very hard at becoming who he is. no accident. extremely good singer. he was always there. you can research him online and on youtube.. its amazing. its just that the movie made him more exposed now.

Would love to get your reaction to two other Marc Martel videos - Everybody Hurts (REM cover) and Nessun Dorma (the older black and white version). Really shows his range and his musical ability on guitar are well as piano.

Love when you two are together. Hope to see more.

Just an FYI for those making the argument one way or the other... There was no “choosing” between AL and MM. AL was in the public view when he lost American Idol (2009). Brian and Roger was on an episode of AI the same year. It was also in 2009 when Adam Lambert first performed with Queen. Marc Martel wasn’t chosen to be in Queen Extravaganza until 2011. AL had built up a following during the season, so it only made sense to stick with him... But, there is no doubt that MM is the superior talent. He’s an actual musician. BTW... MM naturally sounds like Freddie. It’s all in his facial structure naturally.

"it's not Freddie this time" ::sigh:: HAHA!

Marc is self taught, no training except his mother taught him to play piano. Here is Marc from before he ever heard Freddie Mercury (he had a sheltered childhood). 1999 first album, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JHgWKrGi5y0.html.

I like how he goes into the high notes in a soft way. And guys... Your voices together blend very well.😘

You both sound lovely together. You harmonize beautifully.

That’s his actually voice is all the genetics

You have to react to Marc Martel “The Mercurotti”

Great reaction! Reminds us all that singing is life

Great reaction and lovely harmonizing ladies. ☺️

I’m still laughing when you said you’re seeing ghosts😂👍. . Regarding voice comparison, I agree that you can tell the difference between Mark and Freddie for example the last note of the song it’s hard to put in words what I mean. On some lower or deeper notes he has got the warmth of Freddie‘s voice. Also I totally agree that he should be on stage with Brian and Roger instead of Adam who in his own right should be either a solo artist or with another group 😍

bring more Marc Martel please more

Marc recorded his voice for the entire movie, at Abbey studios. His voice was used where Rami couldn’t sing as Freddie. They also used Freddie’s voice where they had tapes of the music.

"how come he's not performing with Queen?" a question we've all been asking ourselves for years.

The reason why he’s not with Queen is BECAUSE he sounds too much like Freddie. They didn’t want to get a copy. It wouldn’t be right. They went with someone who was fun yet different

Love the video, great reaction and analysis Please also react to Marc Martel singing Bohemian Rhapsody if you haven't, it has garnered over 10 million views in the span of a few months alewady

Hey ms. Linor you said on the other video that you are an opera singer but now you said that your a voice teacher now, what a great life changer

epic reaction and ur both stunning xxxxx

Roger and Brian both have said they didn't want to "replace" Freddie which is why they went Adam. Adam embodies more of the camp and pomp that Freddie did. Marc, is not trained at all, and he was compared to Freddie long before he studied Freddie's styling. And yes, he does have his own music where he sounds similar, but not exactly the same.

Check out Marc Martel's channel ru-vid.com/show-UC2Xqkyhusuu1dvIgp6USEeg

His Christmas songs are great!

i liked when the two of you sang :) you should do it more often

Please check out Marc doing Merurotti... Stunning

I’m gonna just say it Marc is way better then Adam 😂

RIP Freddie. Marc is so talented, thank God he has allowed Freddie to live on in Marc.

He actually did the music in the movie where they didn't have Freddie on tape doing it.

Queen is crazy to not have Marc as their lead singer. He’s soooo much better than the person they have now. It’s not close. Heck, he’s better live than Freddie was.

Marc Martel is nice with it. @Great King Rat come at me bro

Great reaction. Enjoyed your encore.

Very interesting. I enjoyed this immensely. Thank you.