I grew up across the pond in America --- I was 16 in 1986 --- some of the best times of my life --- just wish I had rich parents back then and they could buy me a ticket to this show cuz it was legendary !!
I recommend anything from News Of The World Tour,Crazy Tour 1979,Oakland 1980,Latin American Tour 1981, Most Of European Hot Space Tour 1982 and Leiden 1986, better By Miles than Wembley.
@Moon Cat No doubt overdubs are a thing but fuck me, what a performance. Take into context listening to this live concert in your livingroom compared to listening through a fuck-off giagantic PA system in Wembley stadium. There will never be a comparison.
Brian May may be one of the most underrated guitarists. Consider that he absolutely shreds on the very guitar he built with his own hands. Add in a PhD in Astrophysics ... a real renaissance man.
Not sure why a doctorate makes him under-rated. He is very highly regarded by Jeff Beck, Slash etc. The most under-rated people in Queen are Roger and John. They were a genius rhythm section
If Freddie was still alive he'd be 77 this year and still be rockin' hard I'm sure.He is greatly missed,he was one of a kind and his vocals can't be replaced.R.I.P Freddie your music lives on.
This man kills it at 40 years of age here. He still had it. There isn nobody that can compare to his vocal. realize this, as fast as he is singing you can understand every single word. The master. Look at th rest of them too. Not a beat missed backup is perfect.
@BradgeMusicTube He was actually diagnosed with AIDS in 1987, a year after this concert, He probably caught HIV in 1982, and if you catch HIV, you get AIDS.
@@bycuritiba Not necessarily with the latest drug treatments that are available. Many people with HIV live just as long as those without it. Brian was in the news the other day talking about how HIV/AIDS drugs were developed shortly after Freddie died. Had they been available at the time, Freddie would, in all probability, still be here. Not that he'd be performing at 70 - he always said he wouldn't - but who knows...
My favorite Queen song. Listened to it constantly in '77. Watching this vid is affirmation that Freddie was the greatest rock front man. Jagger and Plant take a back seat to FM. Queen at their best.
Yep, this was the R&R time. Tear It Up kills. Now I'm Here is classic Queen. Freddie still kills it here, wish they had done the whole In The Lap Of The Gods....
I was the lead singer of several bands in high school and beyond, and I had a really good friend who was a wicked guitar player and a huge Rush (Alex Lifeson) fan, and we would constantly argue over the better band - Queen or Rush? We played a "Battle of the Bands" contest in front of more than a thousand people. We opened our set with "Tie Your Mother Down", and ended it with "In The Mood"(Rush).Needless to say, we won!!!!I've seen hundreds of concerts since my first in 1977, and nobody comes close to Queen!!!!!!
As far as I know, Freddie made this outfit iconic with a single use. Never seen before, never seen afterwards ... and yet known worldwide. Like a certain yellow outfit with black lines means 'Bruce Lee' (in Kill Bill too), that combination of yellow jacket and white trousers will always mean 'Freddie Mercury'.
Freddie, as an American, I apologize for not even knowing about Queen when you were here cuz I saw every other group. After see the movie, I’m buying all the Queen CDs and watching these videos. There’s no way I can watch that movie again because there was only one Freddie. God, what I missed. Damn!!!
There are a lot of fantastic singers out there, but they come after this Phenom of a vocalist, his sheer power and command of his voice and range are second to none, BTW this live in front of 100,000 people not in a studio
@@confluxxity9399 Are you crazy??? Martel doesn't deliver the emotion Freddie did.. He just sings brilliantly, but that's all, Freddie was not just a GREAT singer, he was a force of nature..
@@Fin_Nash No, sorry.. really? Are you comparing Paul Rodgers with FREDDIE MERCURY???? These guys may be monsters, but Freddie was a force of nature, as I've already said..
Roger Taylor...one of the few rock drummers who never used a double pedal or double bass and still threw down monster single-pedal triplets like here at 4:10 (see Bonzo). Thankful to have seen Live-Aid live on MTV...still have it on VHS (the commercials are priceless...Mark Harmon for Coors Lt, cassette commercials, Hands Across America ads, the car ads, etc...). Most importantly, love how this set resurrected Queen and started a subsequent world tour. Queen’s set was THE set of both Live Aid shows...even better than the Zep reunion. God bless Freddie. We miss you...you were larger than life. READY FREDDIE!!!
I totally agree with you!!!! And Roger is one of the few rock drummers, if not the only, who can amazing lead sing too during playing on drums!!!!! I love them so much! Such a stellar unique band!!! They were full of live, energy, feelings, passions, etc....Sorry, but, yeah, Zep°s "performance" at Live Aid was catastrophal for me!!!
....look at the way he belts out this song so powerfully and then runs up the stairs and doesn't miss a beat and is totally in tune...he's 40 years old ....and not well as the very next year he was diagnosed fully.....just makes me marvel at his strength and energy............
Damn I miss Freddie, I see where the iconic stantz came from for his statue in Montreaux, I love this performance but then again it's QUEEN, nothing less than perfection. ❤️
@@vlynn82 It was a black hat and he caught it mid song and threw it back. Freddie had great reflexes from all the sports he played, boxing, cross country running and he was an ace ping pong (table tennis) player.
God I miss Freddie. There has never been another band that has come close to pulling the crowds they did and still do with Adam. The way they engage the audience is unparalleled. Pioneers of modern rock that 50 years later is still played on radio Ga ga 🤘🤘🤘
*_In-fucking-credible_* Absolutely *_MIND-BLOWING_* Poor Roger Taylor, So under appreciated. Top rate drummer? He blows *_ALL_* the competition sky high out of the water. *_MY FUCKING DRUM HERO OF ALL TIME._* There. Said it. >
May's solo on this version is brutally good. Everything was working for Queen at Wembley. It's fortuitous that the moment was frozen in time for us to enjoy decades later.
WELL!! THAT had to make subsequent concerts a far off second as in NOT EVEN on the NUMBER LINE! LOVE this Friday Night Wembley best of all!! Them persevering in the rain, and I never miss out on watching Freddie go up on his toes to hit that note in Who Wants to Live Forever, Priceless!
There has been many amazing frontmen in rock. But Freddie is the only one that captured it all. Charisma like not other, presence like Jager, vocals like Tyler or Plant, flamboyance and style like Elton John. The man was all those combined and much more
This guy has the whole package his voice is just amazing in this concert and his piano playing is just out of it I havent seen anyone play the piano the way freddie mercury does in this concert hes just so talented in everything miss you freddie ❤
So so so Great... I changed the lyrics for a cover song as Space Boy on YT.... just a bit of fun 'Shop at Wembury Stores' ... Queen fans have been so great! ... thanks.
Out of every rock star that I loved, & passed away, Freddie is the only one I cried for. Love & miss you Mr. Mercury !!! It was a privilege to have seen you 4 times !
There's a reason Hollywood made "Bohemian Rhapsody"...celebrating this man and the Queen music we've all loved. I see it tomorrow night and can't wait. Don't regret a lot in life but missing Queen w/ Freddie is a big one.
Imagine not knowing you were going to your last Queen gig, see yourself on the huge 40ft screen above the stage, literally 6 rows of people from the front stage on the hallowed Wembley turf (well with boards covering it ;) ) and they record the extra date added you didn’t know about. 😢 I was a member of the Queen fan club and got priority tickets. Due to only radio and papers did you find out about extra last minute dates to gigs. Still, I got photos of Fred, Brian, Quo from my sneaked in Kodak 110 camera 😎
There are certain songs that race through my body and course through my veins. The feeling is electric - as if you are inside the music. This is one of them. I am thrilled every time I hear this and see Brian May move effortlessly between rhythm, lead, slide and back again. I saw them in 1978 and was gobsmacked. I remain gobsmacked.
Nick Knowles I am a big Queen Fan, But When You Say Michael Jackson Does Superficial Bullshit, Name Another Artist That Had Grown Men and Women Faint For Just Standing on Stage For a Few Seconds?
I was born in 1975 so I didn't realize the magnitude of the Queen presence, talent, and experience... these last few years I have come to LOVE them.., my absolute favourite group now... this is an AWESOME song... they kill it every time live... Freddie blows my mind - there is an enteral sadness though that I quickly let go of knowing that Freddie knew he was sick here and he was of the mindset- "keep going, live the music, live each day like it was the last..."... he is the epitome of greatness ... people who thought 👎down any of queen's video clearly cannot see the amazing persona of Freddie mercury.... thank you queen!! Thank you Freddie 🙏🏻
Queen will always live . Their music will always live forever . And their Talent is like no other band. I was lucky enough to see them in 1978 In Hartford Connecticut .
Ahhh Queen at it's best, when they really did it....What is really heartwarming is the "Iconic" Freddie pose on shirts, decals, statue in Montreaux, was done at the end of this song A real rock song, just what they were rockers. Love all Queen songs & video's even the ones where they are fighting. But this is IT.
