Queen Reaction Somebody To Love LIVE (HOLY QUEEN!) | Dereck Reacts
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Hi all welcome back to another video Dereck Reacts back at it again! This time around we take a look at Queen with "Somebody to Love." By request this live version took it to another level! Find out what I have to say about his live performance, and analysis!
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"Somebody to Love" is a song by the British rock band Queen, written by the lead singer/pianist Freddie Mercury
Live - Montreal (Quebec, Canada)
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He drank tea with lemon. The beers were for the whole band. Freddie had a 5 octave range. Most recognizable voice in the world. Roger has a great falsetto backup voice too. They were all amazing. Freddie was a gift from god.
Freddie did not drink alcohol before or during a concert because he felt he would not be giving the bands fans his very best if he did.
Shout out to the fantastic Roger Taylor. His backing vocals are truly amazing - not just on this but in most of Queen’s music.
True!very glad Gary Numan wanted to work with him!
This 1981 Montreal Concert was a one off concert. It was originally filmed with these super advanced cameras, and the director was going to make a movie that would be put out worldwide in movie theaters. The whole thing ended up a disaster. The band hated the director, he thought Queen choreographed themselves and would do the same thing each night. Freddie was especially annoyed and angry, hence the tight shorts at the end of the concert. The director also insisted that the crowd be as quiet as possible for the "movie's" sake. Which just made Queen even more angry. Queen eventually bought the right to the film back, and put it back together correctly. It is on DVD now, and even CZcams has the commentary version of this concert. Great reaction to the greatest singer/frontman to ever live!
Great information didn't know about that.
I remember when they were talking about making this film. You can tell something was off that night (at one point Freddie actually says “come on you fuckers”!). During the end of Jailhouse Rock, Freddie leans into Brian and says “can we end this?” Brian says no. Lol
I guess you could say it was a twice off concert, since it was two nights in a row :P
Not strictly true. The Montreal show's, there was two by the way, were part of the 1980/81 tour to support The Game album so these show's would of happened anyway. Film or no film!
I didn’t know this! Thanks
Freddie Mercury, the best Frontman in rocky history!
@mindy wang
and the greatest voice ever
Just a couple of days ago Brian May was named the best guitarists of all time even ahead of Jimi Hendrix. Thank God Brian finally got credit for his talent because I don't believe that the individual musicians ever got the recognition they truly deserved. They were far better than they got credit for and John is listed number 9 on the best rock and roll bass players Freddy number two front man after Robert Plant.NOT!!! Noo way!! Rodger Taylor number five of the top singing drummers with Phil Collins at number one but Roger had a much better voice than Phil...
@@montrelouisebohon-harris7023 Let's not get carried away, Robert and Freddie obviously have different styles, but Robert is every bit as good a frontman as Freddie. Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden is also a great frontman, watch him work 300,000 people in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, at Rock in Rio, amazing.
@@xr4tihonk I completely understand and I just get over excited when I listen to Freddie Mercury's music and talk about him because he's just a unique individual and I'm the same way over Michael Jackson. Robert Plant is was a good musician and he just had more of a bluesy sound, which is actually what was up when did best. Led Zeppelin was blues rock and I could listen to Kashmir all day long and I think everybody's got one or two songs by a van that they just can't get enough of. " all of my love" is another beautiful song and just beautiful beautiful beautiful and I like that a lot better than Stairway to Heaven because despite the beauty of Stairway to Heaven it was extremely lon. it was a great slow dance song in junior high and High School!!!
an individual I think who has a fabulous voice and doesn't often time to get the credit for it is KLAUS! 💞 he's the front man with the Scorpions and that man has an incredible voice, and they are an incredible band. we are all well versed on how good Lou Gramm sings with Foreigner, but I think that the Scorpions got left behind because they're a band from Germany. There aren't a whole lot of rock bands from Germany- not ones that we get to hear much in America.
The best front man of time? Freddie ranks a close second. Bruce Springsteen live in concert take my breath away. He is not the greatest singe. Not even close to Freddie... But MY God, Bruces stage presence and the way he interact with the audience who know every single lyric is just phenomenal. Have you ever seen 10th Avenue Freeze Out live in NYC?
The drinks are actually tea with honey and lemon for his throat. Well, except for the bottle of beer.
Freddie only drink water on stage or tea and honey for his throat
@@pinkey943, I’ve seen videos of him drinking from the cups on his piano, and it is definitely not water. Or it’s really disgusting and dirty water. 🤷♀️
@@ursabobsage351 tea and honey
I cannot sing for sh.. erm toffee when I drink booze, even one drink! Otherwise, it's great but I have to do it sober, gulp!
@@ursabobsage351 tea and honey!
Freddie's the main attraction
But the whole band is what make queen
Roger taylor on the drums with his backing vocals, it is very hard to play drums and sing at the same time
Brian May on his guitar, also giving backing vocals, their voices sound so good together
And ofc John Deacon super solid on the bass
And the fact all members wrote several hits for the band is something unique
We would never have a music genius like Mr Mercury
Amen!
I second this.
@@ben1ben thanks for looking deep into the comment section to find some comments with not a large number of likes!
I heartily appreciate it!
Well said!
Facts Dereck Reacts seems to be totally unaware of. Very frustrating watching this guy so many false assumptions and naive opinions!
Super guy,I can’t do either..I’ve tried.
Freddie was AMAZING in this performance (as always), but I think Brian & Roger also deserve recognition for their amazing vocals and how amazing they are with their instruments, no Queen song would have been the same without their voices, as well as John for his incredible talent as a bassist. They complemented each other in every possible way. He was just the lead singer, not the leader (like he himself would say) it wasn’t just his tour or his performance or his energy, it was ALL of them who gave their all in everything they did. I think they really shined in this performance and it was sad you didn’t really notice them.
A true Showman.If he was still with us, he still be rocking the stage a true legend 👏👍
This is one of their best live performances, he is missed by the world to this day.
He´s completely IN the music. And the other band members as well. Organic ...
I want to give Freddie a hug after this performance.
You will never see a more talented performer than Freddy ,gives you everything he’s got and then some ,absolutely amazing .The whole band is fantastic,the best best ever ever !!!
The bottle is beer for sure, little cups water, as far as the clear cups? Freddie would also have tea with honey in it for his throat, so could be that?? Great reaction vid!
Freddie Mercury is the best!
I really miss him! Brian May made the guitar he's playing.
Also a musical GENIUS
Queen is Legendary and always will be..Amazing chemistry, totally focused, very harmonized. 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. ❤️🔥
You'll never find Freddie explaining the meanings of any of his songs. He left that up to us. He said of his music, like art....if you see it, darling, then it's there! Please react to White Queen at Hammersmith Odeon. It's spectacular.
Great work, Dereck! The song is a prayer. Pure and simple. So, that's what drives him to take us to church. He literally takes us to church. And I love that you picked up on this theme. Thank you, Freddie. You're always alive in our hearts.
He was flamboyant on stage but shy and reserved in public
We warned ya! Once you watch this performance from this band you realise that not only do they have the best showman ever with unbelievable vocals you also have 3 other incredibly talented musicians. I’d recommend “save me” from the same Montreal concert for some more ridiculous vocals or go for One Vision, who wants to live forever or under pressure from Wembley 86. His voice for me shows the strain of all the tours but he somehow adapts his voice to a more operatic style and it’s incredible in a different way.
Consensus is that Freddie's greatest songwriting achievement was Bohemian Rhapsody but Freddie said in an interview that he felt Somebody To Love was a better song from the songwriting perspective. If you think you are seeing energy here, please watch something from their final tour in 1986 at Wembley (Its a Kind of Magic, Another One Bites the Dust, Under Pressure). Queen was really confined during the Montreal concert by the size of the stage but at Wembley Freddie ran marathons on their huge stage. He was electric!
Yes his Wembley performance was absolutely fantastic!
1986 Wembley "Now I'm here" is really full of energy! Freddie covers the entire stage. Brian moves up to the 2nd layer of the stage with Freddie. This song is one Roger says the drums wear him out😂 high octane performance! Freddie yells "Go Johnny go" to Deaky!
Freddie Mercury has a four octave range on his voice. That is very rare in any singer
Not that rare David Bowie, Christina Aguilera, Julie Andrews,Leona Lewis,Beyonce,Roy Orbison,Jeff Buckley,Bruce Dickinson,Marvin Gaye,Ariana Grande,Whitney Houston,Jessie J,Myles Kennedy,Thom Yorke,Cyndi Lauper. All four octave singers!
According to Freddie's roadie, he always had hot water with honey and lemon before every concert. Cups on his piano were usually water in some of them and beer in others. He never drank champagne even when he had a champagne glass in his hands - it was always water in it. Bubbles in champagne made his singing worse so he never drank it or sparkling water before singing.
Freddie lived to play for the crowd. An absolute showman, nobody comes close. And the Henie on the piano haha, political correctness wasnt much of a thing back then, the Henie was also on the piano at Live Aid! Freddie deserves ALL the memories and reactions. All of them.
For me freddie is the best artist of all time 100% no lie. He had it all, voice, charisma, looks, talent. He’s the greatest singer or should I say musician to ever walk this planet hands down.
Freddy was not a solo artist! The singer in a band called Queen!!
@@moosic2i I know stoopid
Hes one of the best rock frontman of all time. A once in a generation talent.
Please don't assume every cup of various sizes was beer. His Roadie, Peter Hince provided the drinks for him according to his book. The cups contained tea, tea with lemon, tea with lemon and honey, and water, along with lemon water. The beer stayed in the bottle. Saying that it is all liquor is inaccurate. And yes, his roadie, nicknamed Ratty hands him his mic and is well coordinated to do so.
This performance is the last one where there are just the 4 of them. After this, they hired an assortment of pianists so Freddie could spend more time connecting with the audience wothout going back and forth.
He also wrote this song. He was a fan of Aretha Franklin.
No wrong! No one was ever " hired" to play freddies piano on stage. Have you never seen the Live Aid performance??
Freddie was a huge Aretha Franklin fan, as Carla said, and this is his tribute to her. And I agree with her that you should listen to the studio recording video -- the gospel influence is much more obvious in that version. They could use multi-tracking and layer their voices to get the depth of background vocals that are such a characteristic of gospel, with Freddie singing backups as well as vocals, plus everyone multi-tracked in to add richness.
And you didn't mention Roger. Freddie's freaking awesome, yes, but Roger has a great voice too, and he was rocking the drums WHILE leaning over to sing into the microphone. He's the steady backbone of the last minute or so of the song, with Freddie free to scat around him. And that last note of his is fantastic. Roger would be the lead singer in almost any other band in rock history; he's back-up in Queen (mostly, he does have some songs where he sings lead) only because he's in a band with Freddie.
You should watch Queen's set from the Live Aid concert in 1985, they were on stage for 20 minutes amongst a plethora of bands and singers that day, and when someone mentions Live Aid, Queen's set is the one everyone remembers. It's a pure master class in performance and having the crowd in the palm of your hand.
Freddie's voice is a real mystery. They have written their name in the history of music. Their music will be performed and mixed in a hundred years, just like Mozart and Beetoven.
You just witnessed the greatest front man of all time. He has so much charisma and just commands an audience. Aretha Franklin was a big influence on him and the reason for this song style. Queen as a whole are one of the greatest bands of all time and have influenced so many artists of today and through the years like Lady GaGa who took he name from a Queen song called Radio GaGa, and none other then Michael Jackson, who was a big fan of Queen and often went to there concerts. Freddie wore one glove and military style jackets long before Michael so you can clearly see influence. I don't know how much Queen you have reacted too but they have so many works of art in there catalog and so many different genres of music within. They never wanted to be boxed in to one thing. Every member of Queen were extremely talented. They were all multi-instrumentalists and Roger Taylor, the drummer and Brian May, lead guitarist were incredible singers as well. John Deacon, base player didn't sing much but his base lines are legendary and instantly recognizable as in Another One Bites the dust and We will Rock You and Under Pressure. Roger and Brian have both done solo albums and Roger even Fronted a band called The Cross. Queen are so amazing that it is hard to put into words. Some really good ones to listen to are White Queen at the Odean-Hammersmith 1975 and You take my breath away from Hyde Park 1976. You take My Breath away is so amazing, it's Freddie at his finest, so beautiful. White Queen is also a master piece. Another great one is Who Wants to Live Forever live from Wembley Stadium. Another great one is Its A Hard Life live at Rock in Rio 1985 and One Vision and Under Pressure live at Wembley Stadium. Please react to these gems. I really enjoyed your reaction and I am new to your channel so I have subscribed and hoping you will do more Queen.
He even wrote Bohemian Rhapsody by himself. Yes the crowd knew by this concert
Yes - a true performer of an all star calibre [sic - yes, that is how you are meant to spell it]. As a front man, Freddie was simply the best. But the merging of all four outstanding musicians in the unit we all know as Queen - a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon that we were blessed in having the extraordinary fortune to experience. If ever the saying "the whole was greater than the sum of the component parts" had any relevance, then Queen is the very epitome of that.
I think you would LOVE Queen - White Queen - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon. Great reaction!! Will stay tuned for more!
Yes - Freddie’s voice is incredible, it’s a brilliant t song with one of Queens best ever instrumentals too.
Give it a go, you’ll thank us!!
Yes! White Queen at Hammersmith Odeon 1975. It shows the talent of the whole band & that was at the start! Queen is the only band where each member wrote at least one #1 hit while part of the same band! They were/are a tight talented group! Under Pressure live at Wimbledon 1985 is also good (as well as at this Montreal concert). Actually the whole Montreal concert (1981) is worth listening/reacting to!
Recommending "Save Me - 1981 Montreal Concert" and "You take my breath away at Hyde Park"
Yes to both of these please
or one vision, live in 1986 at Wembley, even " The Miracle"
Miss you Freddie. Best rock voice ever. RIP.
Hellooo, there is also 3 others in this band that make this performance phenomenal. Sorry Rogers backing vocals were amazing. This entire concert was one of their best.
Facts Dereck Reacts seems to be totally unaware of. Very frustrating watching this guy so many false assumptions and naive opinions!
Freddie adored Aretha Franklin. And your right that was what the song about. If you listen to the official video it does sound like they're in church
Fabulous reaction. Freddie was the best. The whole band were so incredibly talented.
Have you seen Queen’s performance at Live Aid. It’s epic.
Also they say Freddie Mercury has a 4 octave range. Another bit of trivia was that he didn’t want to fix his teeth because he was afraid it would affect his singing.
People in the U.S. seem obsessed by what is on the piano lid..I would have thought that this fabulous band Queen’s performance would have been enough for you..You know what they say about assume?...”it makes an ass of you and me”..the bottle of beer is product placement...there might be a cup with beer.. but mostly honey...lemon..tea..water..just pay attention to the singing🤩
React to the Wembley concerts 1986. Any song is good. Also, 1981 Montreal concert..."Save me" "White Queen". "You take my breath away" Hyde Park. There are so many live performances by Queen, all are great!!!
Queen was at that time the biggest and best-known live-band on the planet and went even bigger then! no band back then played (1986) sold-out in wembley! Queen played 3 days in a row sold out and made an extra-concert in knebwort with more than 150.000 people attending, because of the request! The video you saw was acutally the first cinema-concert-movie ever made! As so many people want to see them live, they recorded this concert in the newest - at that time - unknown camera and soundsystem (hd, dolby 5.1, later remixed as 7.1 thx) which became later standard in hollywood! This is actually a cinema-concert which was played around the world and the crowd in the cinemas went crazy! or as freddie would said: "i'm bigger and better! in everything!" ;-) I've been in a cinema for a Queen show ... everybody was standing and singing along and had a good party going on ;-) *cheers_freddie
Freddie was phenomenal his vocals so clear
Also check George Michael singing this song during the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert
... and the whole music-world cried in 1991, because Freddie, the god, dies😪
...and yesterday Tina joined him.
So happy you treated yourself with this epic performance. :-) EPIC. I would suggest their performance from LIVE AID gala at Wembley Stadium, 13 th of July 1985. LIVE AID was an aid concert for a famine in Ethiopia. It was 72 000 in the crowd at Wembley Stadium and there was also a simultaneous concert in Philadelphia, JFK Stadium (around 90 000 at that arena) and at the samt time it was broadcasted live via satellite to 60 countries with around 400 million viewers. Of course Queen stole the show, they crushed it.
Best live performance ever!!
This entire concert was fantastic, as were the Wembley 86 tours, Live Aid 85......oh heck, Queen had no bad tours!
The most amazing talented kind cat loving God amongst entertainers he was simply the best there will never be another Freddie Mercury and Dr Brian May astrophysicist is the finest guitarist ever just utter bliss to hear them again wow xxx
You just witnessed the magic of Freddie Mercury, the best male vocalist in the world.He had also honey with tea for his voice there and was a smoker.
Queen in general was and still is a legendary band.
Try to listen his operatic voice with Monserat Caballe in Barcelona.
You will love it
Thank you
I was fortunate to see Queen in concert 8 times. Bands back in the day toured to promote their albums. 1981 Tour was for The Game Album they had then
Lucky you
Forever Eternity Freddie Legendary Mercury. 🎶🎹🎤
" LEGEND" in his own to short lifetime is all you need to know....lol ..
I enjoy all these new and some older reactors finding Freddie and
Queen for the first time or revisiting and it reminds me how we
loved Bohemian Rhapsody at school and how we took all the
greats of the 60's,70's,80's & early 90's for granted and these
live recordings are better than the studio recordings in many
cases , keep up the good reacting cheers.....
Each member of queen were masters at there craft. They all could singing. It's truly amazing how much talent this band really had. There will never be another queen. And as far as Freddie he could do it all. Freddie was born a rock god!
Keep going down the queen rabbit hole. There live performances are truly incredible
Here are just a few great live songs to react to
We are the champions and god save the queen live wembley
Tie your mother down live wembley
One vision live wembley
Under pressure live wembley
Queen live aid 20min set they made rock history with this one
Dragon attack live montreal 1981
Three song medley- lap of the gods, seven seas of rythe and tear it up live wembley
Save me live montreal 1981
Play the game live Montreal 1981
There are so many more!
R.I.P FREDDIE WE MISS YOU
WE HEAR YOU SINGING FROM HEAVEN!!
Welcome, Derek, to the world of Queen! I'm so pleased to see so many of your generation reacting to the legendary bands.
If you haven't done so, PLEASE PLEASE react to Queen's performance at Live Aid in 1995. Rolling Stone Magazine, in its 20th Century end issue, said that performance was "One of the "Greatest 20 minutes in the history of Rocky & Roll." Also, you MUST react to the Freddie and world-renowned opera diva Montserrat Caballe duo of "Barcelona."
I saw Queen two nights in 1997 (Senior in HS) at Tampa Stadium. Without question, the best concerts of my life! Same songs, but COMPLETELY different concerts. Different type of energy, different improvisations by Freddie and the band, a completely different audience each night. I left both concerts completely spent. Truly two of the greatest nights of my life!!
There's lots more out there, Derek. Explore Queen!!!
Great reaction! Freddie Mercury he is LEGEND we miss him ❤️ Please react Queen "Who want to live forever" live in budabest 1986
My all time favorite live performance ❤❤❤
There will never be another one like him
OK I'm old, I saw Queen live 5 times. I suggest you watch them at Live Aid, to this day it's the largest concert ever held. It was in aid to raise money for the Ethiopian Famine in the early 1980's. At the time of Live Aid I was serving in the British Royal Marine Commandos in a refugee camp in Ethiopia. We listened to it on the radio. We were surrounded be the horror of the Famine, but when Queen came on the radio those poor soles who were there even reacted in a very positive way. I remember that a lot of us Royal Marine Commandos were crying watching some of the children dancing along, I'm teary eyed just remembering. I looked around at men I had fought alongside, who were tough, hardened Royal Marine Commandos who I had fought along side in a war against Argentinian's in 82. By the end of Queen's set we were dancing with the children. It went along way to help build their trust in us. The famine is one of the two worst memories I have. I only watched it for the first time last year, my son put it on the TV. A lot of memories came back and a lot of tears.
Regarding all the beer, remember there are four members in the group and balancing a glass of beer on a guitar is not as easy as setting it down on a nearby piano. :)
At last! Another wise person! These kids don't know how to multitask drinking and playing music! ;-)
Brian rarely drank during a concert. Brian moderately. John was the one who had a well stocked bar by his area & his roadie made him drinks. You'll know when u see John dance a bit more than usual while playing his base! These men were PERFECTIONISTS & musical geniuses. They were not like the typical dirt bag rock stars who got shitfaced, got high & played there instruments standing in one place in ripped jeans & message tee shirts with dirty oily hair (I won't name them but you know the many that fit the trailer trash look, & many are great bands musically. Queen were all about giving the absolute best show for their fans because as they often said in interviews...
"People paid for their tickets & deserve our best"
You should read Freddie's roadie Peter Hince's book Queen Unseen & others to get a feeling who these men were & how they viewed their obligation to their fans, it's very remarkable. Then u might understand why they were just acknowledged now in 2020, by the music industry poll, THE BEST BAND OF ALL TIME. All these years later they are still selling more albums & when the movie came out in 2018, they went #1 AGAIN on the music charts. They are legends & nobody gives performances as good as they did, neither then nor even now. And all these fantastic hip hop geniuses doing reaction videos are the first to agree with it, they are blown away by Queen & say "Why isn't music made like this now??" They are astounded at Queen's musicianship, their harmonies, their live performances, everything about them! Watch some of Freddie's interviews. Oh, & by the way, for those of u who don't know, Brian May's unique one of a kind guitar sounds like no other guitar because he & his Dad made it themselves when Brian was a teen out of old wood from their fireplace, his kickstand off his bike & his mom's knitting needle!! In his spare time, Dr. Brian May earned his Doctorate & is a well respected Astrophysicist who was also decorated with a C.B.E.Honor from Queen Elizabeth for England's recognition for his outstanding contribution to music.
So no, they don't perform drunk.
SUSAN COOPER Fantastic explanation ! These kids just coming up trying to explain Queen and Freddie know nothing about them and you can tell by their comments and lack of knowledge! Thank you for your beautiful message!
No, wrong! All Freddies drinks, but that was honey, lemon & tea for freddy,s throat!
Freddie Mercury is a legend, he was the best performer ever, only Tina Turner on his level by live performences
You must see Queen at live aid, and other concerts!!
I say Nightwish live is on the same or even a higher level.
So true
@@Meine.Postma Higher level - not!
Tina Turner does.not come close. In terms of rock Freddie is the greatest front man.
@@gabyy556 Have you seen them perform live these days?
Great song performance and reaction
GREAT Reaction! Pleaseeeeeee React to Queen, White Queen live at the Hammersmith Odeon 1975, its absolutely amazing!!
I would really love to hear you react to him singing "Barcelona" with Montserrat Caballe a famous opera singer who he became very good friends with. The way he was able to mesh his voice with an opera singer was quite amazing
Freddie's voice had 4 octave range, he is my Favorite vocalist and Performer.
That personal assistant is his personal roadie, Ratty, Peter Hince. He actually has a book out that chronicles his time on the road with Queen. Great book for any Queen fan .
He’s the best....
The very best ever, I cry for Freddie all the time.
You’re right on about the gospel sound of the music Friday was a giant fan of Aretha Franklin I’ve read that this was his sort of tribute to her. In my mind there is absolutely no question that is the best from the Best front man of all time. He has a vocal range of about 4 1/2 octaves. He covers so many genres from progressive rock so hard rock to rock ‘n’ roll to jazz gospel the waters of classical music and of course opera. Please please please continue reacting to Freddy and Queen. I don’t think anybody could touch them. True hard-working professionals that are well oiled machine. I really can’t get enough ready. Thank you so much for your excellent reaction.
The full Montreal show is up on youtube. It's an hour and a half, but worth the watch/listen. This was very gospel influenced as he idolized Aretha Franklin. If you want something different by Queen/Freddie, give "You Take My Breath Away (Live at Hyde Park 1976).
You mean to tell me that you’ve never heard Freddie before? I can’t believe it? That’s our Freddie! He was on tour. Queen had been touring since like 1974 or 1975. He’s a let! As Queen is and Brian May and Roger Taylor, Queen, is still touring
Thank you, Dereck for your insight and review...of one of Freddie's favorite song, and he also wrote...that he sang at concerts...it is a masterpiece of sounds and the band was tight ... rip Freddie you brought joy and smiles...plus tears to us, all...thank you for a lifetime of tunes...
The purity of his voice, was amazing,...and his Live performances, we're faultless
Legends!! They have a huge catalogue, and their live performances were amazing. I suggest Fatbottemed girls live at the Bowl. Thanks dear and much bless!
The purpose of this concert in Montreal was to basically film a Concert in the highest definition camera ever, the "35 mm film" and possibly even a 75mm camera was also used for certain angles from what I've heard. This high definition camera can go beyond even 6k video format, to put it into terms it was basically going to be shown a cross the world in theatre's and cinemas.
How it happened is a long story, I'll put it into little details, a film director from Montreal Canada approached Queen in New York 1981 possibly in mid October or November, just after the Puebla concert in Mexico, Queen declined at first but was pressured by Saul swimmer the director and he give them the directions of the movie and how special the video format is and what they would expect if they did go ahead with the filming of the concert, after alot of pressure they went ahead with the decision of doing two night concert in Montreal, even though they were no longer on tour, so even though the filming of the concert went ahead and given they was no longer on tour their was going to be some tensions and slight disagreements with Saul the director and Queen. On the first night Saul tried putting his own stage lightings and he tried putting security in the audience to control the amount of activity and behavior from the audience, so basically he wanted near whisper for filming purposes but this did not go as planned Queen did their own thing and the audience was probably one the best audiences Queen had, check out the audience recording of this show which comes from the first night you can hear the audience Roar and screams every few seconds. On the Second night Queen found out that Saul changed their lighting rig, and they was not happy, and Saul asked Freddie and the band to wear the same clothes and do the same dance moves as the previous night 😂 but Queen refused since since the concert was not coragraphed Freddie did his own style and struts. Also both on the first night and second night Freddie wore trousers, but on the second night wore shorts on the encore basically last few sings of the concert, he did this because he wanted to cut between the two nights.
Not strictly true. The Montreal show was part of the 1980/81 tour to support The Game album so this show would of happened anyway. Film or no film!
@@moosic2i You do realize this was filmed towards the end of 1981? Do you exactly know the backstory? It has nothing to do with supporting the game album. Saul Swimmer wanted to film a high visual concert to be shown in theatres, Queen where against the idea at first but decided to go ahead given how they where intrigued with the idea of filming in 35 mm the rest is history they flew to Canada on 20/21 November and they did the rehearsals on 22 November.
I love when Mercury and Taylor look directly into the camera at us.
LOVE the look on your face!! 😂. I was 24 when Queen came out. Loved every minute of them
He was a Gift from God❤
Not sure if I understood your question about why they were touring, but if you meant what I think ... this was part of The Game tour -- their eighth album. It was tradition to release an album and then tour around the world. Just the way it was done.
Well, almost. The 2 Montreal shows were after the Game tour.
Some groups still do that today, a tour to support their album.
By the time they did Live Aid in '85 they'd just completed a 12-year cycle of album/tour/album/tour without letup. Live Aid was July '85, they'd just come off a long tour in May '85. The film was grossly misleading in that regard, showing them supposedly "not having played in years". That's totally untrue. They had their ups and downs, every band does, but they never disbanded, never broke up, and Freddie was never a catalyst for ending the band. These guys were workhorses, their work ethic and huge catalogue pretty much unequaled in rock or pop.
@@mi2542 Shrug. It's listed as the final two dates on The Game tour.
@@mi2542 No wrong! Part of The Game tour.
Pure raw talent his roadie peter hince takes the mic.A true professional band the absolute best.
Great reaction! Astute observations and commentary. This is one song that I also recommend viewing the Official Video Version (there is an extended version of that) because you'll see that Roger (drummer), Brian (guitarist) and Freddie (lead vocals, piano) all do multiple harmonies. of course, not the energy of the live performance, but still - stunning.
Brian May, CBE, PhD, FRAS is a founding member of Queen, a world-renowned guitarist, songwriter, producer and performer, also a Doctor of Astrophysics, 3-D stereoscopic photographic authority
From 1970 to 1974, he studied for a PhD[1] degree at Imperial College, studying reflected light from interplanetary dust and the velocity of dust in the plane of the Solar System.
Hate that I'm 3 years late! You HAVE to watch the LAST Queen convert in 1986 at Kensington. He KNEW her wouldn't be able to do live shows anymore and its would be his LAST CONCERT. THE MAN LEFT EVERYTHING ON THAT STAGE!!! 2 HOURS HE DOESNT STOP MOVING!! He was gone 5 years later
So great to see that the young people can appreciate the legend of Queen and the late great Freddie.
That is tea with lemon and honey,he didnt drink at concerts,Beer drank Roger and Brian,John had whole bar behind Roger drum set-But Freddie didnt drink,he said he need to have concert under control
Fabulous reaction!! One of the best I've seen of this performance.
Roger has a great voice and helps Freddie more than most realize. I saw one concert where Freddie got a bit hoarse and without as much as a wink, Roger filled in all the difficult high notes and nobody noticed other than Freddie who was obviously happy for the assistance. That is true teamwork and the two always worked their vocals so well together. Roger is a total rock star and if he was in any other band, he would be the lead singer while still playing the drums but who would ever believe that they could show up Freddie Mercury on vocals??? Surely not Roger and he and Brian were the ones who brought Freddie into the band in the beginning.
He also had a 4 octave range.
There’s still nobody like him…Freddy will always be the best! 👑🔝💯 I cry listening his supernatural voice,I think it comes from heaven. 💎💘
Best front man of all time no questions u must listen to live aid.
This is why they were recently voted best live act ever
Oh and when you get a chance could you react to "Freddie Mercury-Exercises In Free Love" It's just him exercising his opera voice, and is amazingly powerful and beautiful
A couple of live performances you might want to check out. White Queen live at Hammersmith Odeon 1975, has the most spine chilling instrumental. You Take My Breath Away live at Hyde Park 1976, just Freddie and his piano, amazing ethereal vocals. Also a diss track aimed at their ex manager, Death On Two Legs (really recommend the lyric vid for this one, live versions not that clear) you really hear the venom in Freddie's voice!
I agree!❤
Queen were (and still are) absolutely phenomenal live. God bless Freddie ❤️
If you keep doing Queen reactions you will realize they cover just about every genre. They’re studio albums sound a lot different from the live versions. They never wanted the audience to get bored as well as them. Both are a must to listen to and always with earphones you will see why as your journey progresses especially with studio versions. They are a band like no other.
Unbelievable and unsurpassed. I like your reaction. You must realize that Freddie is the messenger of the gods -- he is unequivocally considered to be superhuman by his contemporaries and those who followed.
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Dereck, your reactions are amazing. I was born in the early 50's and was around the 1st time much of the music you play came out (such as unbelievable Freddie Mercury and the others in Queen). You however make me hear it anew, and hear so much more then I did then. Your insight, warmth and low-keyed reactions are great - and educational! THANKS!!!
It would be so great if you react to George Michael (yes, I know you've reacted to him once but he made so many fantastic songs, please listen to A Different Corner for example, One More Try, Fast Love, Freek 04, An Easier Affair....well any actually).
Fantastic reaction to this. Queen were the masters of live performances. The Live Aid concert of 1985 is legendary. I’m sure you will check out more of their songs.
The real reason Queen are so good, and one of my all time favourite bands, is not only did they have the legendary Freddie Mercury with his majestic vocals and stage presence, they had one of the best bassists there ever has been in John Deacon, the amazing Roger Taylor, one of the best drummers EVER, and his backing vocals, incredible! and then the guitar wizard, Brian May who always delights and delivers. They were ALL incredibly talented musicians and that's why they were so utterly excellent. Nobody was carried, and they all took their turns at songwriting, they were self sufficiently mega-talented - and a lifetime before the dreaded "autotune"! You can always tell how good a band really is by their live performances and you just can't fault Queen on that score! This song, if you didn't know, was Mercury's personal favourite that they recorded, and his own personal tribute to Aretha Franklin, whom he adored. So yes, very much a gospel vibe in this one. Incredible performance and great reaction from yourself. They deserve all the praise you can heap on them - and then some. Even now, they still take my breath away. (Which is the name of one of Mercury's greatest solo songs, in my not so humble opinion. You should listen to the studio version of that (You Take My Breath Away) where every single voice is Freddie, every harmony, he wrote it, he plays the piano, he does it all - except for a little of the Brian May magic. And the initial introduction of this song, live at Hyde Park, was just entirely Freddie.
Amazing performance ,most talented band ever they all wrote hit songs ,please listen to ,save me I think it's from this same concert ,if you listen to somebody to love official video ,it's different in as much as their harmonies are amazing and definitely a gospel feel ,stay safe thanks from Liverpool UK
I love watching you react. You analyze every aspect of the song. I only wish you reacted to the studio version of Somebody to Love or any of their songs. That's when you really realize how unique and versatile their music is.