Who Sang "Bohemian Rhapsody" the Best? 

I think the best is Freddie because he sounds more like Freddie

"i hate to break it to you darling but nobody could sing it better than me" -Freddie Mercury

The person that can sing bohemian rhapsody best in live performances : 1. Freddie 2. Drunk Freddie 3. Sick freddie 4. Others

Freddie singing his own song is still the best, he literally sang Bohemian Rhapsody once while drunk (and playing the piano part perfectly), improvised on the spot and still one of the best performance of Bohemian Rhapsody

They gave Freddie a disadvantage by isolating his vocals and choosing it after he was losing his voice

They literally chose the worst clips of Freddie I’ve ever seen.

Freddie didn't just sing it, he's the guy who wrote that masterpiece!! He's the best and no one can ever be better than him at what he did.

If I’m not mistaken, I think Marc did most of the vocal work for the Bohemian Rhapsody movie. When they weren’t using Freddie’s actual vocals

I like how he uses the worst possible recordings for brendon and Freddie

The reason Freddie’s vocals didn’t sound great is that he had throat and vocal chord problems and was actually advised against performing by his doctor

Freddie sang and performed. Marc Martel focused on singing. Both beautiful.

You picked a version where Freddie was sick and went onstage against doctors orders.

All we need now is 16 levels of bohemian rhapsody

They isolated Freddie’s audio and made it sound so bad.

Couple of things. Panic! at the Disco are the only ones who do the operatic section live. (Everyone in the band sings different harmonies and then there are additional recorded layered harmonies.) Even Queen with Adam still uses the original recorded track. I wish someone would make a compilation with Marc Martel singing it in a concert and then comparing it to different videos from Panic!, Queen and Queen with Adam. It would be a better way to compare everyone.

Had to have seen the opera part sung by Brendon, it's just amazing what he and the band do!

How did they manage to find Freddie's absolute worst performance lmao

Roomie: I feel like Freddie is a little bit ... My brain : pitchy Roomie: tired of this song

Well technically Elton John and Axl Rose both sang the song during Freddie’s tribute concert

Freddie is such a good singer, they had to handicap him by only using his worst clips so that everyone else could sound good

Freddie sweating and dying after 2 hour concert. Roomie: yea he is tired of this song its like he doesn’t want to sing it

Freddie has the best voice I’ve ever heard

Freddie and Marc were the best on my opinion

Marc Martel did lend his voice for the movie Bohemian Rapsody. He did parts that Rami couldnt sing and that of course Mercury couldnt. They did however use some of vocal stems from Queen master tapes

In these clips that the video chose, Marc Martel sounds more like Freddie Mercury then Freddie Mercury.

I’m always awed by Freddie at live aid b/c the band said he had laryngitis the days before & on the day he performed! Still sounded unbelievable.

Freddie was freeballing it cause at that time he was loosing his voice

Aka: Roomie try's not to get murdered by the harcore queen fans for 15 minutes

I wasn’t looking at the screen when Marc came on and I genuinely thought it was Freddie

brendon was so good why isn’t anyone talking about him?

What’s infuriating is that both Freddie and brendons clips aren’t from their best performance of the song for example Brendon does the song way better during the death of a bachelor tour

How did you find the WORST iso recording of Freddie ever???!!! Your boy Mark does nail it however. Peace!!! The give me money thing was super funny.!!!

The reason Freddy wasn’t singing it the same when you first saw it in this review was because he was quite literally dying at the time. His vocals were were failing and that’s the best he could do. The movie even shows it.

Marc Martel has the Freddie Mercury growl which I think really makes it. Also I've seen that clip that they used of Freddie, and it was very late into a performance so I think he was losing his voice or something. 😂

They really didn't try to choose a good performance by Freddie and the whole isolated voice thing was on purpose to show his mistakes more. However, Freddie often didn't reach the studio quality live. He sang his voice to death, but many people prefer his live performances, because he was such a beast on stage. Even on a bad day he held every stadium audience in the palm of his hand. It wasn't just about how perfect he could reach his high notes, it was all of him and that's why the “proper“ footage of the same recording was sooo much better. There are better vocalists than Freddie, but there's no better frontman.

The fact that he had to mess up Freddie's performance just to make it a fair fight kinda says it all...

I love how Adam Lambert makes it his own. He's in a unique position where he's actually being put in Mercury's role, and had he not made it intentionally his own... He'd forever be compared to Mercury. And that isn't what the remainder of Queen wanted. They didn't want a new Mercury, they wanted a new vocalist. Adam Lambert gives a wildly powerful, and unique, performance. Also worth noting, Mercury skipped some of the falsetto, and went for the note naturally. Which is absolutely wild. Marc Martel is the closest in similarity to Mercury, but was also the only "studio" version, whereas all three of the other performances were done live, and likely toward the ends of the performance (I don't know the actual order of when Bohemian Rhapsody was played during the respective sets... But I'm assuming everyone understands that if you lead the set with such a powerful song... there's really nothing that can follow it. It's -that- powerful). Everyone really rocked the hell out of it, but I just can't picture taking the crown from Mercury, here. When you factor in the performance, the legacy, and everything that lead up to that exact moment at that exact place... Mercury is still one of the most awe inspiring performers we'll probably ever have. Even on an off day, what that man produced was absolutely magnificent. I'd say it went Mercury, Lambert, Martel, and Urie. With that said... All the performers were phenomenal, regardless. Gold stars for everyone!

Freddie mercury then Marc Martel then Adem Lambet then Brendon Urie

Well if Marc Martel did straight, then it’s not very Freddy Mercury.

This was one of the worst clips that they could have used, the audio wasnt isolated for the rest, I dont get why they picked this and not a studio version 😭 I love freddie, and his singing is Amazing... i mean amazing. Even without the audio it's good, it's just the worst I've seen and that makes me sad☹ the clip at the beginning was awesome Edit: this comment is only an opinion, please don't @ me

This version of Freddie’s singing isn't as good I have to admit, however the original version of him singing beats all the others

I like how Brendon did it. Especially the opera part. He did that live. And the Best part I had the chance to witness it.

it’s sad that most of these aren’t their best performances

I'm a bit disappointed that they did not include the "galileo" and "let me go" part because in those parts Brendon is killing it.

Freddie is incomparable here in the clip of Freddie Mercury his voice is a bit breaking, but if you see the studio version then there would be no more comparisons...... As he's the champion..

No one can break the epic bohemian rhapsody voice than Freddy Mercury Himself...

They found freddie’s absolute worst performance ksjdjdhfh

Freddie and Brendon would win by a land slide If they didn't pick the worst clips of them

Ok so at 3:48 what was going on was a kind of throat bass which is a half-fry that thickens the sound and is mainly used in Mongolian throat singing and beatboxing. It was due to the switch between vocal registers which unintentionally accessed the half fry register. Throat bass is almost the same as subharmonic but doesn’t produce the undertone

Singing that way as Freddie Mercury in Woodstuck no auto tuning, drinking and smoking on the stage is iconic on itself. Hello, he sang it well, period.

Chose the worst recording of Freddie singing the song

"It makes my brain tingle." *RoomieOfficial has fallen in love with Freddie Mercury*

13:22 HAHAHHAHA YES THE WAY HE LOOKS AT THE PIANO HAHAHAHA. ALSO, THANK GOD WE GET TO HEAR THE LIVE PERFORMANCES OF QUEEN, THANKS FOR LOOKING IT UP, JOEL. GOSH I'M GONNA WATCH THOSE FULL PERFORMANCES AGAIN, ARGH IT'S SOOO GOOD.

I watched Adam lambert sing it live and he will always hold a special place in my heart, not only for his live performance, but also from his glee appearance, but I still think freddy sang the best, just my opinion though

Title: Who sang Bohemian rhapsody the be- Me: *FREDDIE.*

freddie was also battling aids... and had just sung a whole concert... so i really don't think it's fair to compare them. and also the others kind of just stand there, but freddie is so energetic (i'm thinking about the live aid performance especially).

When it comes to covers that beat the originals, I'd say the one that impacted me the most has got to go to Disturbed's cover of "The Sound of Silence".

Freddie is of course #1 Marc is so close to Fred it's amazing how close marc sounds like Fred and Brendon truly added theatrically. While the issue with the clip you used for Freddie is an overly edited thing of only isolated vocals.

Petition for Joel to cover Bohemian Rhapsody? The small bits he sang in this video sounded epic

When I saw panic for the first time live Brendon Urie had laryngitis and STILL killed it But seriously they somehow managed to pick the worst possible clips of freddie, brendon, and adam

How to Play the Solo: 1: You have to be Brian May 2:You can't be Brian May

This freddie guy sounds amazing, he should be a musician

"You can do anything with my music just don't make me look boring" -Freddie Mercury

The sad thing is that wasn't Brendon's best performance of Bohemian Rhapsody. Same can be said for Adam.

Marc Martel aka guy at 1:31, looks like Freddie Mercury at that angle

Freddie wrote the original version of Bohemian Rhapsody and the other singers tried to improve it. But in my eyes, Freddie Mercury's Bohemian Rhapsody is the best. But Marc Matel is also good. Compared to Freddie he is like the same.

Lambert: wins the belt it out award Urie: wins the going his own way award Martel: wins most like Freddie award

They just used the worst clips of Freddy to make the others look good.

The reason that Freddie’s voice was singled out a such is because it was used from The WWRY Release and not from the Rock Montreal that overdubbed Freddie’s crack towards the end, it also changed the pitch on “begun” and “away”

i find it funny that in the rock section of bohemian rhapsody from rock montreal, freddie sounds more like marc martel that in some recordings of marc. in some of them, marc sounds more like freddie than like himself

Roomie likes to live dangerously by reviewing Freddie Mercury and Brendon Urie vocals 😂

Freddie was like 2 hours into the show. He was trying to efficiently sing the song so his voice didn't give out for the rest of the 3 hour concert. He wanted to hit the notes but didn't want to hold them for to long. That's why the rhythm was changed

No matter how many times I listen this Queen's performance, I always get goosebumps.

Freddie singing “I don’t want to die” is where I got chills… he is and always will be a legend ❤️ I do agree with how you judged the vocal renditions though.

I've heard Brendon sing Bohemian Rhapsody live TWICE and I can say without a doubt he can do a lot better than what was shown in that clip :(

Freddie’s part when he sing “I don’t wanna die” he puts emotion in the word “die”

The "Holy Moley" at Brian's age gave me a good chuckle

You should listen to Newton Faulkners version. I love it because he just seems to be having so much fun!

if they chose actually decent clips for brendon and freddie, they would’ve won by a landslide.

"Can you perform under pressure?" "No, but I can try Bohemian rhapsody."

I want you to whisper "Please, Senpai" in my ear. too bad I'm already subscribed

Some covers of this song youtubers done was amazing

Am I the only one who is here that likes your channel but can’t sing if my life depended on it

Man it’s kinda unfair comparing studio and live versions

I'm new here but Joel what you done! 😱 Putting Freddy in the last place! Are you crazy! 🤣

Ok so I love every one of these ppl but favorites in order 1: Marc 2: Brendon 3:Freddie 4:Adam That's in order but in my opinion Freddie is a little bit...uh u get it Just me? Ok

Isn't that when Freddie fell ill and he's starting to lose his voice

thanks for reacting to my vid !

3:40 am i the only one who thinks freddie sang perfectly here? roomie says he wasn't "on his best performance" but his voice sounds amazing to me

Roomie singing few parts almost blasted my eardrums

I’m upset that the muppets cover wasn’t in this

Dude, Marc Martel is just Freddie Mercury on his second account.

What’s great about Marc is that it’s natural.

Nowadays, people prefer personality/attitude/charisma more over talent, that's just what I observe. And it's so good to see how Freddie both got the talent and very strong charisma.

If we are gonna get a true comparison, we need to have either all studio, or all live performances where they are singing at their best. Not after they have been yelling into a mic for the last two hours and their vocal cords want to die.

I absolutely love when Brendon Urie sings this but there are wayyy better clips of him singing it

Axl Rose and Elton John actually sang it as well at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert...sounds pretty cool too

The Green Day crowd for a show on their Revolution Radio tour sang this prior to the show, and it was awesome.

Ive seen Brendon sing this live and so many more videos of him singing it and hes so much better than the clip. Also the Freddie video is rubbish he really is better than that.

Freddie was exhausted after a 2 hour concert that’s why.