I cracked! FIRST TIME listening to Queen’s All Dead, All Dead totally caught me off guard!
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I am not the type of person to dramatically manifest my emotions, especially in a public space. But this song caught me off-guard and, well… since I can’t “redo” a first listen, you get to see my unfiltered response. It is truly a tender and special piece of music.
Here’s the link to the original song by Queen:
• Queen - All Dead, All ...
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Can someone reach out to Brian May? I think he would be delighted to have an interview with you, he is one of the kindest and humble person in the music business, if not on earth.
Lovely reaction
I was going to suggest the same thing
Yeah... just said exactly the same❤😂😂😂
@BrianMay I know Brian's a busy boy but he'd be great here
I said the same last time - without pressuring Amy I think a meeting (virtual of course) with Brian would be wonderful@@fretlessfender
Already have
I try not to have a favourite in Queen. I mean, Queen without Brian? No. Without Roger? No. Without John(and im a bass player here), no. And without Freddie? Certainly not. The stars aligned when Queen formed. 4 parts of a whole.
Dementia is slowly causing my wife to slip away. This song's melody and slight dissonance perfectly captures my feelings of both joy and loss.
Thank you once again, Amy, for your insight, your delightful and heartfelt reaction, and for reminding me of this lovely tune at this time in our lives.
Arms wrapped around you tightly xx
I have suffered with every pet I’ve had to say goodbye to … Brian’s song has always helped me look at things with the right perspective. I used to cry and stubbornly say I’d never have another pet yet Brian’s song has shown me that I can simply allow an adorable pet pass through my life and survive the moment I must face. Thank you Amy for tearing up 🥰🌷
What can be the greatest tragedy for a child without siblings? The loss of your parents or your pet.
Brian May is an amazing human being.
How many people go from legendary musician and composer to world renowned astrophysicist in one lifetime?
@@helifanodobezanozi7689...and 3d photographer and conservationist as well.
"It's Late" is my favorite from the album. Such an epic tune.
That’s a great one
My favourite too.
Someday one day for me
It’s Late. I first saw Queen in 1978 on the News of the World tour. And “It’s Late” was quite incredible!
Probably the best Queen song ever. Striped down yet so powerful
Brian May is a major animal advocate and has worked to save hunted animals. So it doesn’t surprise me his inspiration was his childhood pet. Still he wrote so beautifully from beginning to end. I love that Freddie who arguably had one of the greatest voices in the world backed up his band mate and friend sing such a personal song to Brian. The whole band were connected in an artistic, creative way. Brian has a sad voice doesn’t he? I do love that elastic stretching effect. This one is a tear jerker for me too! Love your analysis as always!
I completely agree
Brian is definitely incredibily sensitive and caring with a deep love of animals. I had the pleasure of.meeting him and Anita once and he's a lovely, gentle and generous man. Have you heard the version of this song on Queen's channel where Freddie sings the lead vocal with slightly altered lyrics?
@@spiritusinfinitus I will look that one up!
@@spiritusinfinitus This demo also sounds great, different voices really convey different emotions
Brian May est aussi diplômé en astrophysique pour info
I lost my wife a year and a half ago and the children are grown and have moved on, and songs like this are especially poignant for me. It often feels like that, you know? In a very real way, my dreams died with her, and it's difficult sometimes to think of a reason to keep going.
And emotions are why we listen to music. Being analytical is a compliment to the music. To me, it's about learning to play and understand the music that you enjoy, and perhaps sharing what you've understood.
Exactly like you're doing now. ❤
On a News of the World related note, this album has two of the most highly recognized songs in all of rock: We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions, most often played back-to-back. Melancholy Blues, Fight From The Inside, and Sheer Heart Attack are also interesting songs from the album.
May your heart be soothed and healed, but your memories of your wife live on.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Take one day at a time - some will be harder than other.
"We Are the Champions", "All Dead, All Dead", "Spread Your Wings", "It's Late", "My Melancholy Blues"... Great album!
Fight from the inside from Taylor is greeeat so 🤟🤟a jewel, like Sleeping on The sidewalk (May) and Who needs You (Mercury) ❤
@@toddmathers5075 ohh is a Deaky song? Cool !
Sheer Heart Attack!!
The rocking song on this classic lp!!
My Melancholy Blues is sooo underrated! News of the World is my favorite album partly because it has such personal touches from each individual member
Brian May is very good at engaging with musicians/people on the internet who like and respect him, hopefully he sees this. It would be fascinating seeing you in the same room with your instruments. Thank you for this.
Brian did a great interview with Rick Beato, maybe a year ago-Rick is a brilliant music producer with a great youtube channel. Brian’s so intelligent, well spoken, and kind. You can tell he truly likes people, and loves talking music down to the technical details. And of course reminiscing. Amy should reach out to him! He probably would be flattered that a trained harpist and classical musician is looking into rock music generally, and Queen specifically.
@@richlisola1 search for Rosie Bennet
@@richlisola1 his latest was with a new vlogger, a musician. The channel's name was Fret Not.
I bet you anything Brian May would be delighted to speak with you if you were interested in interviewing him.
And now it is time that you reach out to Brian and meet him. You will understand the how and the why. He is an incredible likable person, who is really sincere and honest. Humble, and I know he will appreciate your comment on Queen's work...
Amy I never cried over this song, until you cried, then I cried...
Oh my. I’m awash with my own tears. My sister Marie, and her not quite yet husband saw Queen at a smaller Masonic Temple in Detroit on the Opera tour a few years previous to this tour, which I saw in ‘77 at the famed Cobo Arena. Sister Marie is fighting so hard against cancer, but soon she too will be All Dead and gone. This song hit me very hard this morning. Any prayers for her will be so appreciated. Bittersweet song.
I will be praying for Marie 🙏
Thank you dear Amy for sharing this Queen gem with us. This song was and is something special for me. It was already my favourite song from the album when it was released. Many years later, it literally changed my life.
At the time, my neighbour brought me a small kitten that was about a week old. It was very weak and the vet told me it had no chance of surviving. But I didn't want to give up on the helpless kitten, so I took the rest of my holiday and fed it every two hours, cleaned it and kept it warm. Fortunately, the kitten survived and I named it Xari. He never left my side, slept in my bed and his loud purring kept me awake some nights. He was like one of my children to me.
Then, after three years, Xari became terminally ill and I had to put him to sleep with a heavy heart. As I buried him in my garden, crying and desperate, I remembered this song. I discovered the video that had just been released. It was so heartbreaking and yet so beautiful. It gave me comfort to cope with the grief and hope that he is well now and his suffering has ended. I know he will be there waiting for me and we will be happy together again.
R.I.P. Xari, my never forgotten furry friend.
Everyone who has lost their beloved pet and friend should find comfort and hope in this wonderfully sad song.
Thank you Brain for this wonderful gift.
I love a good cat story. I have a few sweet ones of my own.
I've always thought of Freddie as the cat man, as many times as I've heard this song, it never sank in that it was about a cat until I listened to it yesterday in preparation for today. When I heard "rainbows end" it hit me like a ton of bricks. I thought of all the cats I've loved and lost, especially my sweet Delilah who came to me as a kitty out of nowhere. She was with me for over 20 years and now rests in my backyard ❤
While I love Brian, Freddie will always be first in my heart.
Great job Amy, I also teared up 😢
@@UrbanSurvivalLaboratories Thank you very much for your participation.❤
@@Suzismymom I am truly sorry for the loss of your beloved cat Delilah.😔
Right, Freddie was also a very big cat lover and he also wrote a song for his cat shortly before he died. He had many cats, but his favourite cat was called Delilah like your cat. She was with him until his last day. The song is called Delilah and is immortalised on the album Innuendo.
@buckwahn8241 thank you so much! My Delilah was named after Freddie's cat, when we took her to the vet we were shocked to find that although she was so young, she was pregnant. She had 4 kittens which I named Freddie, Roger, Brian and John. I was able to find homes for all 4 kittens at the NJ shore.
After we lost Delilah, I was devastated of course, that Christmas I was given a box and told to open it immediately, out popped 2 little kittens, both from the same litter. I named them after characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Anya and Drusilla but it was the strangest thing, Drusilla looked exactly like Delilah! Not only that, she also had the exact same personality. She followed me everywhere, she'd constantly stare at me as if she was trying to tell me something. She did every little thing Delilah did, exactly! I don't know how things work, but I would swear she was Delilah come back to me. It sounds crazy, but she was a carbon copy in every way 💞
You never know! Have a wonderful holiday and a Merry Christmas!
After all these years, and hundreds of listens to Queens entire catalogue, I’ve NEVER known the story behind this song. It has often brought tears to my eyes as well. I LAUGHED HYSTERICALLY after hearing the backstory! …and that ALSO brought tears to my eyes! This has turned into one of my favorite reactions. I LOVE what you and Vlad have created here! Thank you Amy and Vlad! ❤❤❤
…And a GREAT BIG shoutout to Vlad for setting this up MASTERFULLY!
Please watch the animated version here on CZcams - it really is wonderful
@YoureBeingParanoid Thanks, I enjoyed that. Good animation.
Thank you, have a fab Christmas@@douglasgonzalez7561
If she's surprised by the variety of Queen songs so far I'm looking forward to her hearing Cool Cat, this song has aged so well and I think it's a totally different composition to anything Queen has ever done, not to mention the quality and originality of the music
By the way, it's Brian May who plays the harp in the final chord of "Love of My Life"
"All Dead, All Dead" is very open to interpretation, as much as it was about a pet, It could be the death of a relationship, or the passing of a loved one. May's piano is simply beautiful on it, and that guitar choir is just amazing!
Amy totally caught off guard, for the first time if I recall. Still - being one of Queen's hidden gems - it was so brave to share her un unrequited emotion. Now THAT was a reaction. 🤗
May is brillant, genius, musician..🎉
Wonderful review! The song is one that can bring out emotion! Brian's skills as a musician often take second place against Freddie and his skills and personality that defined Queen to many. However, he is second to none in the sounds he is able to produce. To me his techniques on the guitar defined the sound of Queen as much as Freddie did.
Queen is a band that I can honestly say, no one personality, singer, instrument or songwriter defines the band.
It is the unique perfect mix of personalities, instruments, talents, etc.
I love this album. Spread Your Wings is great. The version on the Live Killers album rocks.
The best version is the one recorded for BBC, wonderful.
my favorite queen song!!!
BBC version of SYW is far superior
@@konradtomala3580 When they ramp it up and go pure rock near the end is pure gold
Hi, they made a beautiful animated video for this song,
on the Queen Official YT channel
Queen - All Dead, All Dead - At Last, the Video!
Thank you for being you Amy - and wearing your heart on your sleeve. We all benefit from your honest responses. X
I envy you the sweet discovery of this gem! I remember receiving the album as a gift from my cousin, for Christmas in 1977. I was 12 years old. By then 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions' had gotten a lot of radio play. I ran up to my room to play it, and when 'All Dead' came along I reacted much as you did. I spent the afternoon playing it over and over, and it's since become my favorite Queen song. While it's been several years since I've heard it, every note and lyric comes right back, as does the emotion. Thanks for the memories!
It's quite amazing that the song brought tears to Amy's eyes, and THEN she reads Brian May's words that the song was intended to bring tears to your eyes.
The song from this album that you should be paying attention to IMHO is Sheer Heart Attack, it was written by Roger and was Queen's response to punk rock which had recently taken the world by storm and was changing the face of rock music.
as someone who started 2020 with five cats,and here at the end of 2023 have only one left this hit me kind of hard. i've known of this song for decades,but didn't know the origins of it until now. please excuse me now while i go give my 18 year old matilda a big hug and kiss.
And this song again (like the Millionare waltz and Good old fashioned...) has a sister. 3 years younger. The brilliant and emotive (too) " Sail away sweet sister", with Freddie on piano this time.
This album is what awakened my interest in music when I was in the 4th grade.
If you're going to do this entire album, one little suggestion, when you get to "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions", you really need to listen to them as one song or people will complain :)
Brian writes Queens deepest songs. This and Sail Away Sweet sIster always get me
The video for this is great also!
Save Me? Who Wants To Live Forever?
Thank you for not editing out your emotional response.
This is such an emotive song, Amy, and I don't blame you for joining me in shedding tears. It was released at a time when I was having miscarriages and I honestly thought it referred to a stillbirth or a perinatal death, it sounds so personal. When Freddie died, I played this over and over and sobbed my heart out. Thank you Amy.
Been a Queen fan for 40 years and, somehow, the fact that Brian wrote this song for his cat was something I didn't know until now!!
My beautiful cat Frodo died a few months ago after over 18 years of love and friendship and listening to this song knowing that made me shed a tear... or many. Miss you every day, my lovely Frodo!!!💔
I always loved the "of course I don't believe you're dead, and gone" line. I think it somehow expresses perfectly what we all experience with the dead of our loved ones. I think we never really fully believe our loved ones are gone. We get used to the idea, yes, but it doesn't matter how much time goes by, we will find ourselves occasionally thinking about them as if they were still here. I don't know, maybe it's just me.
Beautiful reaction and analysis as always, Amy!! As a Queen fan, rediscovering all these well loved songs with you is always a pleasure!! 😍
There is a version that was found as a demo with Freddie singing most of the song, it's quite wonderful.
one of the greatest songs ever written! heard it for the first time at 9 years old, was my very first album i ever bought on 8 track. just fantastic.
true
Brian May wrote a lot of Queen songs but Freddie sang most of them. But I must say he typically picked the absolute perfect ones to do his own vocals. I've heard the Freddie vocals version of this song and I love his singing but Brian's soft and tender vocals are absolutely perfect for this one. Really enjoyable to hear your breakdown. I just discovered this page yesterday and can't get enough!
Nothing.. I say NOTHING.. can be more painful than the loss of a pet.
Some people lose loved ones that are not pets. If you cannot see how that can be more painful than losing a pet, I'm sorry that you probably never loved anyone (human) more than you love your pets.
@@jsveigait's still a valid comment. For some people pets are family.
Brian is the master of using the studio as another instrument. The high guitar sounds were achieved by slowing down the tape, recording the parts then playing it back at the correct speed. That gives the guitars an almost piccolo distorted sound. Genius.
This is perhaps my favorite Queen song. Actually shocked to see a reaction to it, it's so rarely covered. (Edited to add: Also, almost died laughing when you read it was about a pet cat. Hahaha!)
The guitar solo feels almost funerary, to me. Similar to Elton John's Funeral for a Friend (though definitely less bombastic).
Brian May composed a beautiful song dedicated to 'the sister I never had' called Sail Away Sweet Sister. I cannot wait for you to hear this x
Amy when you got emotional it made me become emotional and I think a lot of other people too. That’s one of the beautiful things about people, we share emotions in a sympathetic resonance like harmonies in music. Beautiful song and discussion thank you. All the best !
You are right Queen has a song connecting with every emotion possible. Since I am a fan, my (grown up) children know the songs too. And so as a familiy we invented 'Queen therapy'. When you're down you start with listening to Mother love - which is the most desperate song in our collective opinion. Then, you listen to more songs and an hour later you are dancing and singing to I was born to love you, or another cheerful song. It works for us!!!
I love that: Queen therapy!!! Do you mind if I borrow that term? I do that quite often these days but just play the cheerful songs and dance around the house (like no one's watching). 💖
@@chergui77 Don't mind at all! What are your most cheerful songs? Mine are: Don't stop me now, I was born to love you and breakthrough! One of those 3 are sure to pull me out of any mood I'm in!
i loooove “i was born to love you.” freddies voice is crazy powerful in it. what a hype song!
I have never heard this song. I am going to listen to it right now to prepare. . . It was good!
When I saw in the title that you "cracked" I wasn't sure if you meant laughing or crying. I wasn't familiar with this song, so I didn't know. Interesting to know that Queen are capable of both.
What a wonderful song that I just heard now for the first time, together with Amy. And what a great reaction. I am really blown away by everything about this song and it will definitely stay with me forever.
Thank you, Amy and Vlad! 🖤
And please, everyone, just take a time and go hug, kiss and spend a little quality time with your loved pet or person. 🖤
You should absolutely listen to It's Late as well! Wonderful song, and one of Freddie's best performances.
My favorite Queen song. I have loved it ever since I borrowed my sister’s album to listen to as a kid. I think it is very underrated.
Besides The Show Must Go On this is the other song fron their catalogue that gets me tearful. It's a piece of art.
That guitar passage always makes me think that Brian is musically expressing how the spirit of his beloved cat elevates to heaven
There is another version with Freddie on vocals with an extra verse I'd realy love to hear your thoughts on that
What a great reaction, and thanks for doing so much Queen!!! ❤
I will say I don't care for Freddie's version. Brian likely doubted he should sing it. When you have Freddie why would you, but like with 39 Freddie said to Brian, you sing it well enough.
One of the most beutiful reaction to this hidden jewel of Queen
Cold not at all I find you warm and wonderful, your seriousness and focus on the task at hand is highly respectable, it is this that makes your channel a favorite of mine.
Your playfulness and humor show through every time.
I was fine until your tears came then I let go knowing your feelings are pure and sincere.
Thank You Amy
Amy, I don’t see you as cold, I see the joy music brings to you. You are smart and learned but you clearly feel everything. Music gets right at it, goes for the jugular. Your vulnerability is always welcome.
I can relate. When I lost my beautiful calico cat Sunshine, who was 16, it ripped my heart out.
I didn't know this song. One thing that I have noticed is how the bass and the drums enter in the middle of the chorus. It's a great arrangement.
I feel sorry no song from Brian from 'Opera' was chosen.
For me '39', 'Prophets song' and 'Good Company' belong to the best Queen-Songs ever...
Prophet's Song is better than Bohemian Rhapsody. Yeah, I said it. Fight me. (And that's quite a thing to state, since Bohemian Rhapsody is FANTASTIC and AMAZING.)
@@ReplicantSeven It is not a better song then Bohemian Rhapsody, but I can certainly understand why people can become tired of Bohemian Rhapsody.
Prophets song is brilliant @@ReplicantSeven
Brian May is definitely the sound of Queen imho while Freddie is the face.
I don’t believe there’s ever been a better front man than Freddie but Queen would have been a very different band without Brian.
The band needs them all. Before Freddie joined, they already were a band: Smile. And a good band. But Freddie was the missing element that lifted them up to a world class band.
Cannot cannot wait love you how can I wait
I've been waiting for this since the early days of your channel Amy as I always felt it would be a song to feature. Seeing your reaction to the first listen brought me to tears. That raw emotion was wonderful to see. I get this same feeling almost every time I listen to it. Much love ❤
I was 14 when this album came out and it is still one of my favorites. I loved this song it always made me feel sad yet uplifted at the same time and it was so different from everything else I was listening to at the time. .
That was touching and wonderful to see the music break through.😊
Great as always, this is the best ever analisys of Queen over internet. Gracias!!
This was an outstanding analysis, well done.
Love this ❤❤ such a beautiful, moving piece of music & your reaction is perfect. Thank you
It's so satisfying to see someone else notice the same things and feel the same feelings with this particular piece of music. As a teenager, even though I had very little proficiency with the piano and no relevant life experiences, I enjoyed this song so much that I took it upon myself to learn it. The use of major and minor, the care put into the performance on the words "forgive me", I noticed these things then. And I knew then that someday I would experience the loss of my own cats. That time came this year. It also came for people in my life. So occasionally I've been turning to this song when I have felt a certain way. I deeply relate to this video both analytically and emotionally, so thank you.
It's a funny coincidence that on yesterday's video I left a comment about Brian May's guitar nearly making me cry while this video was already filmed to be released today.
I'm so glad you chose this song, I even thought of sending you a message about it. I'll see this video in a bit, I'm sure it'll be great as they usually are :D
I love how you break down the structure of these songs that I've know for so many years, Thank you Virgin Rock .
Great reaction! Don't feel bad about the tears...I've shed many to this song! It's perfectly melancholy - and indeed, perfect use of Brian's beautiful voice!!
There are several in Queen's catalogue that utilize his vocal talents - sure he's no Freddie, he never claimed to be, but he has a sweet, tender and very melodic voice that fits with all the times it gets used (check out '39, Some Day One Day, Sail Away Sweet Sister, beginning & bridge of Who Wants To Live Forever, Sleeping On The Sidewalk...and others...)
Beautiful song! Always loved this one. Cheers.
This song has always been one of my favorites on my favorite album of there's...
The musical, emotional sensitivity and vulnerability of your reaction was wonderful and emotional for me to watch...
They are modern-day mozarts and there's no other way to see them...
Truly an incarnation of classical music 💜
Thank you for your excellent series on Queen. I'm just about to turn 50 and been a Queen fan for aslong I can remember and your reactions and analyst is perfect for a band I've idolised for so long. Many see Queen as just Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, We are The Champions and Radio Ga Ga. Many of thier songs resonate with me and still make me cry, especially the early Queen albums. Please keep the series going. Merry Christmas.
Your best reaction to date. Both intellectually and more important, emotionally. I loved it. Many thanks.
This was such a honest reaction to a fantastic song. I love your channel and can’t wait to see your reaction to Spread your Wings.
Thank you for this heartfelt reaction to a beautiful Brian May composition. I love and deeply relate to this song, though I find it emotionally difficult to listen to at times.
For me, this song, as well in the music than in the lyrics, is the little child we all, I hope, keep in ourselves forever, with their mixed emotions, hopefully sad or desperately happy as we discover the world as it is.
And it is true that the greatest artists are those who master emotions in meaningful stories. They have to make us feel before we can think and talk. This video is the ultimate demonstration for that.
Thank you Ami for being so genuine. All the best!
There's a version of this song with Freddie on vocals. Queen released it in 2017 to celebrate the 40th birthday of the album.
When listening to both the song and your amazing analysis I can only compare this to someone listening to a foreign language you don't understand but you would love to learn.
Perfect reaction. I had more to say, but your explanation and analysis at the ending bit, was just what my thoughts are.
When I first read that it was about his cat, it took on a whole new meaning for me.
a less serious meaning?
@@roverwaters3875 Not at all. A more beautiful meaning, I'm slightly ashamed to admit.
That guitar orchestration is phenomenal.
When I was a little boy, my dream was to be good at guitar and piano, have a great voice and write great songs and also be able to somehow follow my second love.. astrophysics. As I was getting older I realized that what I actually wanted was to be like Bryan May. I really admire that man, he accomplished everything I thought was impossible.
Your passion with music is so magical... You, as a "classic" misician have the feelings opened to understand another kind of music, and find the emotions in there... I'm following you wih this Queen travelling, and I enjoy every step... And this one is one of my very favorites because is nos a singe or a popular song worldwide, is a gem for the ones who had listen this album or just for a "friend recomendation", but for me is one of the greaters Queen songs ever, and Brian shines here... Thank you for this videos, hugh from Argentina!!!
beautiful analises amy
This is probably the video in your channel that I learned the most. Good job! I believe reading the song's background info AFTER the songs will perhaps provide more beautiful and spontaneous reactions like this to the channel. Thank you
I love your reaction….it is so human. And the same as millions. Music after all is designed to move us emotionally from one state to the next. Thank you.
Thank you. This album is so very important to me personally as I was really coming alive in knowing about contemporary music, and I was lucky enough to get this album for Xmas '77. I was already an "in the charts" Queen fan at that time, but by the time I could get this album on the turntable the first time, I was all in. I deeply loved this song, but didn't find out until today that it was written about Brian's cat, and I always assumed it was Freddie on keys. I've had this video open in a tab for a few weeks, because... 48 minutes is too long for a video! I'm glad I decided to go ahead and listen to the entire thing without skipping. Beautiful assessment. I am coming to appreciate your skills as deeply as Queen. Thank you for your work.
*bows deeply
One of my desert island songs this, it's so warm and rich - that guitar work is transcendent.
A very special heartfelt reaction with great commentary and analysis. It was moving to see how much you were touched by this song. I really enjoyed the harmonic analysis, along with the comment on the juxtaposition of Major chords with the sadder lyrics and vice versa, and how that helps to balance the emotion. Interesting thoughts on the guitar being more of a chorus voice than a solo. His guitar sounded a bit like a viola/cello to me, with Brian's distinct guitar tone. It shows his mastery of different techniques that can bring out this viola/cello like sound on guitar. I was also impressed by Brian's piano playing. I'm guessing if they ever did this live that Freddie played piano, so Brian could still do his guitar part.
It has been my favorite song on this album since 1979. Your reaction was beautiful. The theme is death, loss, and childhood, regardless of the subject, and the music evokes that perfectly.
Interesting take on how All Dead, All Dead manages to balance its emotions. It feels melancholic for the loss and yet grateful for the great times at the same time to me. As per usual, wonderful job, Amy!
Ps: You misspelled Freddie Mercury in the tag section haha
Love that you point out the way the music and lyrics are set against each other. A delicious dichotomy......but hopeful. This song is a celebration of life and what living is about.
Hi! Great song, and even greater after hearing your analysis. Thank You! /Ulf
One of my fave albums of Queen. This one is pretty amazing. Great video as well.
I strongly recommend my melancholy blues from this album.
Hi. I just cried as you did. I was waiting for an explanation of their music.thaks so much
Best reaction channel ever!
What a wonderful tour through a simply gorgeous and heartfelt, heartrending song. One of my favourites .
I really hope you leave the headline songs from this album and hit the awesome ‘It’s Late’, My Melancholy Blues, Sleeping on the Sidewalk.
It’s my favourite Queen Album.
Ho Amy, you are a so beautyfull and pure soule ! Thank you again for this sharing of sincerity and emotions.
This is why Queen was and is an incredible band.
Each member had the freedom to write their own songs.
Furthermore each members had #1 hits on their own within Queen.
John Deacon and Roger Taylor are incredible Songwriters in their own right and contributed in major songs for the band.
All 4 had/ have PHD's in various fields beyond music.
Smart bands tend to be Brilliant bands.
I love this song; It reminds me of someone who left me very soon...a brotherly hug from Chile.
Thank you so much for that perfect analysis. I’m sure the great Sir Bri himself would appreciate it. ❤👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Amy & Vlad have been the best gift I have received this year! You two touch my heart in so many different ways. Thank you. Know you are loved and appreciated!