The greatest pleasure was to see this played in its entirety without a single interruption. Wish more reaction folks would follow your lead. Thank you. That aside... yes... this was the level of musical quality that was common throughout the 1970s. We didn't know how good we had it.
I feel the same way because they get on my nerves stopping the video every 5 seconds to say absolutely nothing. I let her know on a previous video that I really appreciated her letting the video play through uninterrupted. Glad to see there are others who feel the same way.
When this came out as a single in 1975 or '76, I stared at the radio in utter disbelief. Ive been in a lot of cover bands in my youth, and NOBODY ever had the guts to try to cover this song! You may be interested to know that the song follows the classical rhapsody form. These guys were no joke! One day, my first wife and I were listening to the album A Night at the Opera, which has this song. As you can imagine, the whole album is just as mind-blowing as this song. When the album was finished, my wife looked at me and said "I wonder if they realized they created such a masterpiece?"
Glad you like the guitar. FWIW, guitarist Brian May made that guitar himself when he was 17 (with his dad's help), and still uses it as his main guitar to this day. Also, Brian now has a PhD in Astrophysics and has consulted with NASA and the European Space Agency.
another fun fact- Brian My did not use a traditional pick- he found they were too soft and pliable. One day he decided to try a coin and settled on a six pence coin. that was back during their very beginning. Oh, and people always remark on the great harmonies at the beginning of this video. they might be surprised to know that section is all Freddie.he had that wide of a range and such tone control. i'm sure you get annoyed sometimes as well when people fail to do a bit of research before posting reactions.....
'Somebody To Love' 'Don't Stop Me Now' 'Fat Bottomed Girls' 'Bicycle Race' 'We Will Rock You' 'We Are The Champions' 'Play The Game' 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' 'Another One Bites The Dust' 'Killer Queen' 'Las Palabras De Amor' 'Radio Ga Ga' 'I Want To Break Free' 'It's A Hard Life' 'Hammer To Fall'
@@grandtheftmanualv945 ...she will be shocked on how many Queen songs she knows ... especially "We will rock you" and "We are the Champions"...Radio GaGa as well
Back in 1975 when this was released, my sister tells me if you were in high school, it was a right of passage to know the lyrics and sing along. While always out there, just about every 10 years, it finds its way back to be re-discovered officially. For $5K, a video changes rock for ever. What a thrilling accomplishment for Queen.
Written by Freddie Mercury. It became no.1 again upon the death of Freddie in November 1991. In 2018, the release of Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody brought the song renewed popularity and chart success worldwide. Proof positive that Queen remains bigger than ever, over 45 years after its release, the band's signature tune “Bohemian Rhapsody” has been officially certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in March 2021. The award represents 10 million or more in sales and stream equivalents in the United States. All the harmonies at the beginning were actually all Freddie harmonising with himself. No easy feat for the 70s.
The harmonisation is wonderful,but ALL the voices are solely Freddie's.His vocals were re~dubbed,and over~ dubbed,to achieve the harmonies.What a man,and what a voice.
Rhapsody is a characteristic musical piece of romanticism composed of different thematic parts freely united and without any relationship between them. This song recreates the myth of "Faust" in four blocks. The ballad, where he confesses a murder to his mother, and says goodbye to her. The Opera buffa, where the judgment of his soul is recreated, where angels and demons discuss condemnation or forgiveness. The Rock part, where the Devil makes his plea, saying that he cannot escape his sentence, nor live a life dedicated to evil, and then pretend to betray him, with excuses such as that he has had an unjust life. And the final section, where he reflects, and does not care about condemnation or forgiveness, since he has always lived according to the circumstances or how the wind turned ... (Leaving to free interpretation, according to the lyrics or classical musical language, that Freddie knew a lot about that, if he was convicted or saved)
For the future Queen live is a whole different level. Check out Fat bottomed girls live at Bowl 82, Somebody to love Montreal 81, Under pressue live at Wembley 86 and Bohemian Rhapsody live Montreal 81. I bet you know many Queen's songs: We will rock you, We are the champions, Another one bites the dust.
@@adoseofjoy1 There ale some exceptions: 1. Don't stop me now official video 2.The show must go on and 3. I want it all official video cuz live version doesn't exist. 4. I want to break free watch official video cuz it's funny. But generally Queen was always voted BEST LIVE BAND and Queen's performance at Live Aid is voted MOST ICONIC FESTIWAL MOMENT OF ALL TIME.
Queen is a legendary unique talent 🙏 Love your sensitivity to sound and genuine reactions 💕oh the old days of actual skilled musicians and vocals with complex lyrics 😌
The audience in Rio was outstanding, but then, the São Paulo concert was a real first for Queen and the crowd were amazing there too... Hmmm, as it's Queen, why only do one? Love of my Life at Wembley '86/ Budapest '86 and also Montreal '81 are also great, all for different reasons... How about the album version of Love of my Life, which again is do different from all the live versions and is so absolutely beautiful in every single way it's just ridiculous! Tough one ...
8:15 It looks like they were all harmonizing. It's Freddie Mercury doing all the parts, except the really high notes at the end of the operatic section. Those were done by the drummer.
Oh Joy, Queen, especially Freddie Mercury, was the Best Band Ever!!!!! There never has been and never will be anybody as good as Freddie Mercury!!!! ❤️
To create that harmony of voices, to replicate the opera chorus, they re-recorded the tape 36 times without ever missing a note. In 1975, there were no synthesizers, computers, or autotune. It was all pure talent!
Queen to do list: Stone cold crazy -live at the rainbow You Take My Breath away live Hyde Park 1976 White Queen Live Hammersmith Killer Queen official video Don't Stop me now official video Somebody to love - Live Montreal Fat bottom Girls official video I want to break free official video Live Aid!!
Great starter list... That's the point though, with Queen, that can only be a starter list because you get hooked so quickly that you have to jump - head first and eyes and ears openwide - into that magnificent rabbit hole...
@@grandtheftmanualv945 its a list I give all reaction video people. It is a basic yet wide variety of what Queen is. Have one for Elton John and David Bowie as well, for reactor who are new to them as well
DEAR JOY, This record came out when I was in high school. It was an immediate success! along with CHAMPIONS used in almost every sports game. And our graduation! I loved watching you watch! 😊🎆🎶♥
What you just watched is history in the making. This video was the start of the video revolution. Great reaction btw. Welcome to the world of Queen enjoy it!
Great reaction. Queen is my favorite band and IMHO, the best live band ever. There are plenty of great suggestions below should you decide to jump into the Queen rabbit hole and I'm sure many Queenies will be happy to take that journey with you. Queen does not disappoint!
I love, love , love your reaction! You didn't miss the awesome end, Freddie whisper-singing 'any way the wind blows' and the soft gong! Most reactors miss the ending. P. S. Freddie owned the stage! Also, check out Killer Queen, You're My Best Friend, and Find Me Somebody To Love. Go down the Queen rabbit hole, you won't be sorry!
Queen - The Greatest!! One of the top selling artists of all time. All members of Queen are in the Song Writer’s Hall of Fame & Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Bohemian Rhapsody was certified Diamond sales status by the RIAA 💎 Which means Boh Rap is the most streamed song on CZcams pre1990s. It has over 1.3 billion views. Queen members Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, & John Deacon. This song was written by Freddie … his masterpiece or opus, if you will. Definitely do SOMEBODY TO LOVE another brilliant song. Oh and Queen takes it to another level when performing live. Magnificent!!
Outstanding video, I love it every time. Thank you. Brian May is the guitar player for Queen and has been hailed as one of the best if not THE best rock guitar player of all time, he is just soooooo good, he is my favorite guitar player. He will never admit to being the best, he still holds several of the greats as better than himself but I for one think he is being too modest in that idea. Besides being really great at playing his guitar, he actually built his guitar with his father when he was a teenager, with stuff they had laying around the house. His guitar is unique and has a sound that no other guitar does or will. You can now buy a Brian May guitar, and it is close to this one but nothing sounds like Brian's own Red Special. Queen is a band that the more you listen to them, the more you understand that they just kept progressing, never doing the same thing twice. All four members wrote songs for the band and all had number one hits though each of them is musically very different from the others. Each member of this band is rated at the top in his instrument.
From a 50 year Queen fan..I was 6 when I became hooked and 10 when Bohemian Rapsody was released..Its such a thrill to see new generations enjoying their music. 🎶 🎸. Sending ❤ from 🇬🇧..x
Queen is the "Real Deal" and everything that they sing is a hit. Freddie Mercury's voice and performance is one to hear and see. Their harmony and musical talents are outstanding. The various changes of rhythm in their music in one song alone is phenomenal. Freddie started styling his own outfits. Some other songs are: "We Are The Champions," "Another One Bites The Dust," "Somebody To Love" & "We Will Rock You" to name just a few for now. Have fun! 😁👍🏽R.I.P. Freddie! 😇🙏🏽💖
Welcome to Queen! Queen fans are extremely passionate and love to watch folks react to Queen, especially the deep cuts that are not as well known. I agree that Queen excels in their live performances but I always recommend listening to the studio version first and then checking out the live version. Unfortunately you will not find any liver performances of Queen after 1986 and you will have to either react to the lyric videos or music video (if one exists). You will also see that Queen cannot be easily categorized as a certain type of band that plays only one genre of music. The four members of Queen had different tastes in music and you will see that they did rock, southern rock, blues, rock operas, stadium rock, folk, etc…. Please include “Who Wants To Live Forever” in your lists of songs to react to. The 1986 performance from Budapest is fantastic but the one from Wembley is also very good. Thanks for checking out Queen! 👑👑👍😊
Queen has a catalogue of over 200 songs. They are very diverse, from Rock and roll to operatic. Try , Who Wants to Live Forever, from the movie Highlander.
An amazing band. All four band members wrote no.1 singles (individually)and are the only band that have that accolade! Queen are still active, with a European tour next year, and drummer Roger Taylor is on tour as I type - in fact, probably about to hit the stage somewhere (maybe a night off)! I've had 37 years so far with Queen as my favourite band, and although I love other artists too, no-one is as special as Queen!
Great reaction! All of Queens songs are great. All 4 members write songs and are musically gifted. Fat Bottom Girls is the first rock (popular) song about Girls with big butts years before Sir Mix A Lot and Baby Got Back. You can't go wrong with any Queen song. It is impossible to say all the great things about this group. I think they are as close to perfect as a group can get. Another group you should check out is Home Free. They are an acapella group, almost as good as Queen. A good place to start is Man of Constant Sorrow, this song really shows off what the vocal percussionist can do.
I've had 47 years so far with Queen as my favorite band and sexy Freddie I saw them in 1978 in NYC and i will never get over it was a fantastic show and you have a ton of songs to listen to i subscribed just so i can see your reaction so bring on Queen Im part of the Queen army.
I'm going to tell you that The Queen rabbit hole runs really deep, here's a few more songs from Queen that you might enjoy: Under Pressure Featuring David Bowie One Vision Another One Bites The Dust The Flash Gordon Theme Prince's Of The Universe The Show Must Go On Tie Your Mother Down Fat Bottom Girls Bicycle Race Crazy Little Thing Called Love You're My Best Friend Who Wants To Live Forever I Want To Break Free Radio Gaga I'm Going Slightly Mad These Are The Days Of Our Lives Killer Queen We Will Rock You We Are The Champions Somebody To Love
It 's a rock opera about a murder and trial. Part one is a look back, part two is the crime, part three (the operatic part) is the trial, and part four is the defiance, then acceptance of the fate that awaits him.
True. Live they were amazing as well. But unlike many other bands their live versions were never that far removed from studio recordings. They realized what people loved about their music so why change it too much.
This song came out when I was in high school. It was pretty radical for it's time. But I love it just as much today as then. So entertaining to see you young folks discover this creative genius of Freddie Mercury!!
It cracks me up because everyone seems to think that all four men are harmonising but they are not. It is THE Freddie Mercury just harmonising with himself, just the incredible voice of Freddie. As a Brit you are born knowing this song. The Live Aid concert 1985, 80,000 people in the palm of his hand, playing his favourite instrument, the audience!! No one person had ever or will ever have that incredible ability again. Try Green Day concert Hyde Park 2017, 45 yrs after it was released ad 26 after Freddie left us.
You have shown this in exactly the right way - by letting the artist be the focus. So many others make themselves the centre of attention. Please don't change
I had only seen one of your reactions (Zep) but so far back, I forgot your name... but saw it today and it rebounded (ie good choice to name your account). You're going to get a zillion Queen requests- all of them good- but I'm keyed to your comment about guitar... the ONLY GUY who can be talked about in the same breath as Jimi Hendrix is the blind blues/ soul/ jazzman Jeff Healey - As The Years Go Passing By: czcams.com/video/gIkOaTVu8uM/video.html . Cancer took his sight at 1, his eyes at 2, and his life at 41. But check out what stays with us! Greetings from Canada- peace and be safe.
I could sit all day and watch people react to hearing Freddie's voice and the musical genius of Queen all day long. Freddie's voice is on another plane. There is nothing like it. Nothing. Imagine you are a child who heard Motown and Rock and Roll then one day Queen comes out of the radio and you cannot believe your ears. That is truly what happens to everyone, no matter their background, who hears Queen for the first time. Transported.
Hi girl. just playing catch up! Next on your queen list should be.( I want to break free ) The official video! Got some comedic value you will enjoy! ❤️👍
This was popular music in the 70's. Not saying all songs were this epic but there was such freedom in the way bands and artists wrote and performed. Along with the late 60's, it generated the best and most creative music we've ever seen.
So cool to see someone hear this for the first time! So much Queen, so much to learn and suggestions will help but you have opened Pandora’s box! Much of early Queen was like this! All do “black side”(side2) of Queen 2 is this X’s ELEVEN!!! March of the Black Queen is most epic!!!!
Yesss dear!! More Queen please, their live performances were epic. May I suggest Fatbottemd Girls live at the Bowl or One Vision live at Wembley. I really hope to see more, they have a huge catalogue. Much bless and keep up the good work.
Really Good Reaction. You may just be ready for Queen @ LIVE AID -WEMBLEY-1985. They were one of 20+ Acts that day but their 20-minute set stole the show ..haha
Joy, I enjoyed your reaction. It seems a right of passage for all the reaction channels to react to "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen and then "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, so I suggest you react to that one next. It will B L O W your mind! 💣
Nice reaction, enjoyable watch, try 'somebody to love' official version is a great video, cuts between them recording the song and live concerts. l think you will find it interesting to see how they put their songs together.... 😃
I was 14 and already a Queen fan in 1975 when this rock opera, Bohemian Rhapsody, was released. I fell in love with them when 'Killer Queen' charted in the UK in 1974 - That for me would be a good song to check out, if you're looking to watch more early Queen music. "She keeps her Moet et Chandon , in her pretty cabinet "Let them eat cake", she says Just like Marie Antoinette"
If you liked this song, then, you need to listen to "The Bee Gees", "Too Much Heaven". When you hear Too Much Heaven, you are listening to angels. The Bee Gee's. "Too Much Heaven".
As a longtime fan of Queen and Bohemian Rhapsody, I was just enjoying some reactions from channels I already subscribed to that somehow slipped under the radar. This led me to discover your channel. You are funny, engaging (and beautiful) and so, have a new subscriber. Cool how that works. What can be said about this iconic song. Nothing else like it. Freddie Mercury is coy about its meaning, but I believe its a coming out song of sorts for him. The ballad part near the beginning where he says he just killed a man, the man he killed was his old self. His conservative parents weren't thrilled, hence "Mama, didn't mean to make you cry."
In their early years Queen only wore black or white on stage. The harmony at the beginning is actually all Freddie Mercury. He also enjoyed opera, therefore this style written into the mix. All the guys were well educated and so, so talented. But Freddie was an absolute genius in music. This song rocked my world in high school and continues to do so!
You can't go wrong with any Queen song. 2 or 3 songs in you'll realize that you've fallen down the Queen rabbit hole & won't be able to crawl out. 😁 Lots of great suggestions for songs in the comments, but don't forget Live Aid '85. Best live rock performance EVER!! Basics of the band: Freddie Mercury - vocals, piano, guitar (died of AIDS in 1991) Brian May - guitar, vocals, piano Roger Taylor - Drums, vocals, guitar (but not on Queen material) John Deacon - bass, guitar, piano, backing vocals (only in concert). Each of the 4 have written #1 songs & all have been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The greatest pleasure was to see this played in its entirety without a single interruption. Wish more reaction folks would follow your lead. Thank you. That aside... yes... this was the level of musical quality that was common throughout the 1970s. We didn't know how good we had it.
It's sacrilege to interrupt this song.😡🤬🤣🤣🤣✌🌻🌻
@@oldeskoolnana7543 Spot on.. from another nana, who is still rocking out to Queen with my kids and grandkids❣lol.. ✌😊
I agree, it was great to just see it played through. I loved Funk in the 70s, but we all knew this song. Definitely a classic. Loved revisiting it.
I feel the same way because they get on my nerves stopping the video every 5 seconds to say absolutely nothing. I let her know on a previous video that I really appreciated her letting the video play through uninterrupted. Glad to see there are others who feel the same way.
When this came out as a single in 1975 or '76, I stared at the radio in utter disbelief. Ive been in a lot of cover bands in my youth, and NOBODY ever had the guts to try to cover this song!
You may be interested to know that the song follows the classical rhapsody form. These guys were no joke!
One day, my first wife and I were listening to the album A Night at the Opera, which has this song. As you can imagine, the whole album is just as mind-blowing as this song. When the album was finished, my wife looked at me and said "I wonder if they realized they created such a masterpiece?"
"NOBODY ever had the guts to try to cover this song!"
Hellooooo, look up Og3ne - Bohemian Rhapsody (Home isolation version) on here. =)
Check out WHITE QUEEN live at Hammersmith....and...SOMEBODY TO LOVE live at Montreal...two great QUEEN songs
YESSSSSSSSS! My favorite live performance by any band, ever.
All their songs were hits 🥰
Glad you like the guitar. FWIW, guitarist Brian May made that guitar himself when he was 17 (with his dad's help), and still uses it as his main guitar to this day. Also, Brian now has a PhD in Astrophysics and has consulted with NASA and the European Space Agency.
another fun fact- Brian My did not use a traditional pick- he found they were too soft and pliable. One day he decided to try a coin and settled on a six pence coin. that was back during their very beginning. Oh, and people always remark on the great harmonies at the beginning of this video. they might be surprised to know that section is all Freddie.he had that wide of a range and such tone control. i'm sure you get annoyed sometimes as well when people fail to do a bit of research before posting reactions.....
So he really can make the comment of "it's not rocket science."
'Somebody To Love'
'Don't Stop Me Now'
'Fat Bottomed Girls'
'Bicycle Race'
'We Will Rock You'
'We Are The Champions'
'Play The Game'
'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'
'Another One Bites The Dust'
'Killer Queen'
'Las Palabras De Amor'
'Radio Ga Ga'
'I Want To Break Free'
'It's A Hard Life'
'Hammer To Fall'
Omggg this is super helpfulll!!!🙌🏽 Thank you for this!🙏🏽
You'll not be short of People seconding any list of Queen songs!
@@grandtheftmanualv945 ...she will be shocked on how many Queen songs she knows ... especially "We will rock you" and "We are the Champions"...Radio GaGa as well
Great songs !
Back in 1975 when this was released, my sister tells me if you were in high school, it was a right of passage to know the lyrics and sing along. While always out there, just about every 10 years, it finds its way back to be re-discovered officially. For $5K, a video changes rock for ever. What a thrilling accomplishment for Queen.
Written by Freddie Mercury. It became no.1 again upon the death of Freddie in November 1991. In 2018, the release of Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody brought the song renewed popularity and chart success worldwide. Proof positive that Queen remains bigger than ever, over 45 years after its release, the band's signature tune “Bohemian Rhapsody” has been officially certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in March 2021. The award represents 10 million or more in sales and stream equivalents in the United States. All the harmonies at the beginning were actually all Freddie harmonising with himself. No easy feat for the 70s.
Wow that's crazy!🤯 Thank you so much for the info!!!🙏🏽💪🏽
Bohemian rhapsody has been number 1 (3) times, 1975, 1991 & 1992
The harmonisation is wonderful,but ALL the voices are solely Freddie's.His vocals were re~dubbed,and over~ dubbed,to achieve the harmonies.What a man,and what a voice.
Rhapsody is a characteristic musical piece of romanticism composed of
different thematic parts freely united and without any relationship
between them. This song recreates the myth of "Faust" in four blocks.
The ballad, where he confesses a murder to his mother, and says goodbye
to her. The Opera buffa, where the judgment of his soul is recreated,
where angels and demons discuss condemnation or forgiveness. The Rock
part, where the Devil makes his plea, saying that he cannot escape his
sentence, nor live a life dedicated to evil, and then pretend to betray
him, with excuses such as that he has had an unjust life. And the final
section, where he reflects, and does not care about condemnation or
forgiveness, since he has always lived according to the circumstances or
how the wind turned ... (Leaving to free interpretation, according to
the lyrics or classical musical language, that Freddie knew a lot about
that, if he was convicted or saved)
Excellent synopsis and analysis ! Thank you.
Live Aid 1985…definitely
Another One Bites the Dust - Queen 😁
For the future Queen live is a whole different level. Check out Fat bottomed girls live at Bowl 82, Somebody to love Montreal 81, Under pressue live at Wembley 86 and Bohemian Rhapsody live Montreal 81.
I bet you know many Queen's songs: We will rock you, We are the champions, Another one bites the dust.
Omg I can't wait to watch/listen to these!!! Thank you for this!🙏🏽
@@adoseofjoy1 There ale some exceptions: 1. Don't stop me now official video
2.The show must go on and 3. I want it all official video cuz live version doesn't exist.
4. I want to break free watch official video cuz it's funny.
But generally Queen was always voted BEST LIVE BAND and Queen's performance at Live Aid is voted MOST ICONIC FESTIWAL MOMENT OF ALL TIME.
Don't forget their Live Aid performance, over 20 minutes long but worth it to see how Freddie controls the crowd of a sold out stadium.
Queen is a legendary unique talent 🙏 Love your sensitivity to sound and genuine reactions 💕oh the old days of actual skilled musicians and vocals with complex lyrics 😌
Check out White Queen at Odeon Hammersmith, piano & guitar is outstanding…
Love Of My Life live in São Paulo.
In rio is better
Yes it is, but Rio was 1985 and São Paulo was in 81.
@@benking2794 Queen have no age
The audience in Rio was outstanding, but then, the São Paulo concert was a real first for Queen and the crowd were amazing there too...
Hmmm, as it's Queen, why only do one?
Love of my Life at Wembley '86/ Budapest '86 and also Montreal '81 are also great, all for different reasons...
How about the album version of Love of my Life, which again is do different from all the live versions and is so absolutely beautiful in every single way it's just ridiculous!
Tough one ...
@@aut0maniak
They are always great live. I also love Buenos Aires in 81.
8:15 It looks like they were all harmonizing. It's Freddie Mercury doing all the parts, except the really high notes at the end of the operatic section. Those were done by the drummer.
It’s so nice to see a young person enjoying my favorite rock band ever. They have many songs and videos to watch but their live concerts are the best❤
Oh Joy, Queen, especially Freddie Mercury, was the Best Band Ever!!!!! There never has been and never will be anybody as good as Freddie Mercury!!!! ❤️
To create that harmony of voices, to replicate the opera chorus, they re-recorded the tape 36 times without ever missing a note. In 1975, there were no synthesizers, computers, or autotune. It was all pure talent!
If you want to see the best front man ever to grace a rock stage, check out Queen at Live Aid 1985. Freddie shows them how it should be done.
And it has never been bettered!
Queen. Somebody to love live 1981, Montreal.
It’s a common misconception that us English love the monarchy. When we say “we love the queen” this is to whom we refer.😊
Queen to do list:
Stone cold crazy -live at the rainbow
You Take My Breath away live Hyde Park 1976
White Queen Live Hammersmith
Killer Queen official video
Don't Stop me now official video
Somebody to love - Live Montreal
Fat bottom Girls official video
I want to break free official video
Live Aid!!
Great starter list...
That's the point though, with Queen, that can only be a starter list because you get hooked so quickly that you have to jump - head first and eyes and ears openwide - into that magnificent rabbit hole...
@@grandtheftmanualv945 its a list I give all reaction video people. It is a basic yet wide variety of what Queen is.
Have one for Elton John and David Bowie as well, for reactor who are new to them as well
Live Aid is a must.
for more contrast, ...try Queen's "Death On Two Legs"...there is a back story,...and Freddie let's the 'pteradctyles' loose on his victim!!!
DEAR JOY, This record came out when I was in high school. It was an immediate success! along with CHAMPIONS used in almost every sports game. And our graduation! I loved watching you watch! 😊🎆🎶♥
What you just watched is history in the making. This video was the start of the video revolution. Great reaction btw. Welcome to the world of Queen enjoy it!
Great reaction. Queen is my favorite band and IMHO, the best live band ever. There are plenty of great suggestions below should you decide to jump into the Queen rabbit hole and I'm sure many Queenies will be happy to take that journey with you. Queen does not disappoint!
I love, love , love your reaction! You didn't miss the awesome end, Freddie whisper-singing 'any way the wind blows' and the soft gong! Most reactors miss the ending. P. S. Freddie owned the stage! Also, check out Killer Queen, You're My Best Friend, and Find Me Somebody To Love. Go down the Queen rabbit hole, you won't be sorry!
Queen - The Greatest!! One of the top selling artists of all time. All members of Queen are in the Song Writer’s Hall of Fame & Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Bohemian Rhapsody was certified Diamond sales status by the RIAA 💎 Which means Boh Rap is the most streamed song on CZcams pre1990s. It has over 1.3 billion views. Queen members Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, & John Deacon. This song was written by Freddie … his masterpiece or opus, if you will. Definitely do SOMEBODY TO LOVE another brilliant song. Oh and Queen takes it to another level when performing live. Magnificent!!
#QUEEN !! Thank you !! #SAMSON !! new artist !! Birthday Bash is fire !!
Do somebody to love, live in Montreal 1981
Welcome to the world of Queen young lady...enjoy the ride!
Outstanding video, I love it every time. Thank you. Brian May is the guitar player for Queen and has been hailed as one of the best if not THE best rock guitar player of all time, he is just soooooo good, he is my favorite guitar player. He will never admit to being the best, he still holds several of the greats as better than himself but I for one think he is being too modest in that idea. Besides being really great at playing his guitar, he actually built his guitar with his father when he was a teenager, with stuff they had laying around the house. His guitar is unique and has a sound that no other guitar does or will. You can now buy a Brian May guitar, and it is close to this one but nothing sounds like Brian's own Red Special. Queen is a band that the more you listen to them, the more you understand that they just kept progressing, never doing the same thing twice. All four members wrote songs for the band and all had number one hits though each of them is musically very different from the others. Each member of this band is rated at the top in his instrument.
This is the first time I've seen you react and I have to say you are hilarious. All the best from the UK
FYI the opening sequence was ALL Freddie. 5 track of just him harmonizing with himself
From a 50 year Queen fan..I was 6 when I became hooked and 10 when Bohemian Rapsody was released..Its such a thrill to see new generations enjoying their music. 🎶 🎸. Sending ❤ from 🇬🇧..x
Queen is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and you are adorable with your reactions
I LOVED your reaction! I will definitely watch more of your reaction videos :-)) THANK YOU
Queen is the "Real Deal" and everything that they sing is a hit. Freddie Mercury's voice and performance is one to hear and see. Their harmony and musical talents are outstanding. The various changes of rhythm in their music in one song alone is phenomenal. Freddie started styling his own outfits. Some other songs are: "We Are The Champions," "Another One Bites The Dust," "Somebody To Love" & "We Will Rock You" to name just a few for now. Have fun! 😁👍🏽R.I.P. Freddie! 😇🙏🏽💖
Freddie wrote the song about his own impeding death from Aedes.
Welcome to Queen! Queen fans are extremely passionate and love to watch folks react to Queen, especially the deep cuts that are not as well known. I agree that Queen excels in their live performances but I always recommend listening to the studio version first and then checking out the live version. Unfortunately you will not find any liver performances of Queen after 1986 and you will have to either react to the lyric videos or music video (if one exists). You will also see that Queen cannot be easily categorized as a certain type of band that plays only one genre of music. The four members of Queen had different tastes in music and you will see that they did rock, southern rock, blues, rock operas, stadium rock, folk, etc…. Please include “Who Wants To Live Forever” in your lists of songs to react to. The 1986 performance from Budapest is fantastic but the one from Wembley is also very good. Thanks for checking out Queen! 👑👑👍😊
Also, now Brian performs Love of my Life on stage with a hologram of Fred at the end, very beautiful and moving.
Queen has a catalogue of over 200 songs. They are very diverse, from Rock and roll to operatic. Try , Who Wants to Live Forever, from the movie Highlander.
Watch the making of One Vision it shows how awesome they are in making a song.
Her reaction is priceless
All four members write...their music never sounds the same
An amazing band.
All four band members wrote no.1 singles (individually)and are the only band that have that accolade!
Queen are still active, with a European tour next year, and drummer Roger Taylor is on tour as I type - in fact, probably about to hit the stage somewhere (maybe a night off)!
I've had 37 years so far with Queen as my favourite band, and although I love other artists too, no-one is as special as Queen!
Great reaction! All of Queens songs are great. All 4 members write songs and are musically gifted. Fat Bottom Girls is the first rock (popular) song about Girls with big butts years before Sir Mix A Lot and Baby Got Back. You can't go wrong with any Queen song. It is impossible to say all the great things about this group. I think they are as close to perfect as a group can get.
Another group you should check out is Home Free. They are an acapella group, almost as good as Queen. A good place to start is Man of Constant Sorrow, this song really shows off what the vocal percussionist can do.
I've had 47 years so far with Queen as my favorite band and sexy Freddie I saw them in 1978 in NYC and i will never get over it was a fantastic show and you have a ton of songs to listen to i subscribed just so i can see your reaction so bring on Queen Im part of the Queen army.
I'm going to tell you that The Queen rabbit hole runs really deep, here's a few more songs from Queen that you might enjoy:
Under Pressure Featuring David Bowie
One Vision
Another One Bites The Dust
The Flash Gordon Theme
Prince's Of The Universe
The Show Must Go On
Tie Your Mother Down
Fat Bottom Girls
Bicycle Race
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
You're My Best Friend
Who Wants To Live Forever
I Want To Break Free
Radio Gaga
I'm Going Slightly Mad
These Are The Days Of Our Lives
Killer Queen
We Will Rock You
We Are The Champions
Somebody To Love
Little fun fact for you, that opening sequence wasn’t the band, that was Freddie Mercury on his own multi tracked.
It 's a rock opera about a murder and trial. Part one is a look back, part two is the crime, part three (the operatic part) is the trial, and part four is the defiance, then acceptance of the fate that awaits him.
Queen at live aid, best performance ever
QUEEN "SOMEBODY TO LOVE" MORE CHILLS!
Btw. Their studio versions are beautiful and such tight harmonies etc. Live, is a whole different animal!!!
True. Live they were amazing as well. But unlike many other bands their live versions were never that far removed from studio recordings. They realized what people loved about their music so why change it too much.
Welcome to Fred and Queen. The most beautiful rabbit hole in life!
Real music. No autotune epic band and song.
This song came out when I was in high school. It was pretty radical for it's time. But I love it just as much today as then. So entertaining to see you young folks discover this creative genius of Freddie Mercury!!
I second the Somebody to Love live in Montreal 1981
Your face, I'm loving it! I've seen them twice in Philly, DAMN!!! Rock Opera
You are a dose of Joy! 💖💖💖
It cracks me up because everyone seems to think that all four men are harmonising but they are not. It is THE Freddie Mercury just harmonising with himself, just the incredible voice of Freddie. As a Brit you are born knowing this song. The Live Aid concert 1985, 80,000 people in the palm of his hand, playing his favourite instrument, the audience!! No one person had ever or will ever have that incredible ability again. Try Green Day concert Hyde Park 2017, 45 yrs after it was released ad 26 after Freddie left us.
You have shown this in exactly the right way - by letting the artist be the focus. So many others make themselves the centre of attention. Please don't change
Eddie Van Halens "Eruption" video is guitar on steroids.
I had only seen one of your reactions (Zep) but so far back, I forgot your name... but saw it today and it rebounded (ie good choice to name your account). You're going to get a zillion Queen requests- all of them good- but I'm keyed to your comment about guitar... the ONLY GUY who can be talked about in the same breath as Jimi Hendrix is the blind blues/ soul/ jazzman Jeff Healey - As The Years Go Passing By: czcams.com/video/gIkOaTVu8uM/video.html . Cancer took his sight at 1, his eyes at 2, and his life at 41. But check out what stays with us! Greetings from Canada- peace and be safe.
Oouuuu ok ok, I never heard of him. I'll have to take a look! Thank you!😇🙏🏽
I really appreciate you not talking but listening to the whole song 😊
Freddie Mercury was the KING OF QUEEN! ❤️
Luv, that was a top reaction - no pauses. The sound on your channel was excellent. Thank you.
So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for the kind words!🙏🏽
Empty world without Freddie 💔
I could sit all day and watch people react to hearing Freddie's voice and the musical genius of Queen all day long. Freddie's voice is on another plane. There is nothing like it. Nothing. Imagine you are a child who heard Motown and Rock and Roll then one day Queen comes out of the radio and you cannot believe your ears. That is truly what happens to everyone, no matter their background, who hears Queen for the first time. Transported.
Hi girl. just playing catch up! Next on your queen list should be.( I want to break free ) The official video! Got some comedic value you will enjoy! ❤️👍
Nothing better than seeing a beautiful girl jam out to a great song.
Always loved this one. You definitely made it more fun. Love to see ya do Grandfunk Railroad "inside lookin out" live 1969. New subscriber too.
This was popular music in the 70's. Not saying all songs were this epic but there was such freedom in the way bands and artists wrote and performed. Along with the late 60's, it generated the best and most creative music we've ever seen.
Radio Gaga from Live Aid…watch him put that massive crowd in the palm of his hands. To me it was the greatest live performance ever
So cool to see someone hear this for the first time! So much Queen, so much to learn and suggestions will help but you have opened Pandora’s box! Much of early Queen was like this! All do “black side”(side2) of Queen 2 is this X’s ELEVEN!!! March of the Black Queen is most epic!!!!
Joy, you are the best! Thank you so much, I have subscribed. Thank you for Queen!! Anne
Yesss dear!! More Queen please, their live performances were epic. May I suggest Fatbottemd Girls live at the Bowl or One Vision live at Wembley. I really hope to see more, they have a huge catalogue. Much bless and keep up the good work.
Loved your reaction! It’s amazing to this day! So happy I got to watch you watch it!❤️☮️
Really Good Reaction.
You may just be ready for Queen @ LIVE AID -WEMBLEY-1985.
They were one of 20+ Acts that day but their 20-minute set stole the show ..haha
Great reaction ! Try some more Queen with Somebody to Love live in Montreal its a great performance worth watching thx
Thank youuu!🙏🏽 and ok i'll have to put that on my list!💪🏽
@@adoseofjoy1 One of the best live performances by ANY band EVER. 😀
This is the best format,you small screen,video more screen, Perfect to watch,Bye the way The 'Animals' 'House of the rising sun, about 1964,Class.
If you like the guitar u need to listen to Pink Floyd 'Sorrow' I would love to watch u react to that
Great reaction keep em coming 😜
About time!
I know right!🤦♀️So sorry bout that!
@@adoseofjoy1 don’t let it happen again😊
All of that harmony until "thunder bolt and lightning", was just Freddie Mercury, the lead singer singing every part.
Joy, I enjoyed your reaction. It seems a right of passage for all the reaction channels to react to "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen and then "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, so I suggest you react to that one next. It will B L O W your mind! 💣
And after that, please also consider reacting to "Monsters" by James Blunt.
Nice reaction, enjoyable watch, try 'somebody to love' official version is a great video, cuts between them recording the song and live concerts. l think you will find it interesting to see how they put their songs together.... 😃
Thanks for doing a great reaction it’s better than other reactors.
There are masterpieces and then there's Bohemian Rhapsody
This song is 46 years old and it still blows me away
I was 14 and already a Queen fan in 1975 when this rock opera, Bohemian Rhapsody, was released. I fell in love with them when 'Killer Queen' charted in the UK in 1974 - That for me would be a good song to check out, if you're looking to watch more early Queen music.
"She keeps her Moet et Chandon
, in her pretty cabinet
"Let them eat cake", she says
Just like Marie Antoinette"
this song is not rock opera genre
The opening segment with the four faces is actually Freddy Mercury doing four part harmony with just himself, that's how good a singer he really is.
I had the same reaction 45-years ago! ❤
Everyone says 'wow' when this finishes
If you liked this song, then, you need to listen to "The Bee Gees", "Too Much Heaven". When you hear Too Much Heaven, you are listening to angels. The Bee Gee's. "Too Much Heaven".
Never seen you before. What an absolute bubble. Loved your reaction to the greatest band of all time. I subbed.
Wow, thank you so much!😇🙏🏽 And welcome to the Fam Special K!🙌🏽
@@adoseofjoy1 Thank you Joy :)
Voted the greatest song ever written 👍
This went diamond in the UK last year.
As a longtime fan of Queen and Bohemian Rhapsody, I was just enjoying some reactions from channels I already subscribed to that somehow slipped under the radar. This led me to discover your channel. You are funny, engaging (and beautiful) and so, have a new subscriber. Cool how that works. What can be said about this iconic song. Nothing else like it. Freddie Mercury is coy about its meaning, but I believe its a coming out song of sorts for him. The ballad part near the beginning where he says he just killed a man, the man he killed was his old self. His conservative parents weren't thrilled, hence "Mama, didn't mean to make you cry."
In their early years Queen only wore black or white on stage. The harmony at the beginning is actually all Freddie Mercury. He also enjoyed opera, therefore this style written into the mix. All the guys were well educated and so, so talented. But Freddie was an absolute genius in music. This song rocked my world in high school and continues to do so!
You can't go wrong with any Queen song. 2 or 3 songs in you'll realize that you've fallen down the Queen rabbit hole & won't be able to crawl out. 😁 Lots of great suggestions for songs in the comments, but don't forget Live Aid '85. Best live rock performance EVER!!
Basics of the band:
Freddie Mercury - vocals, piano, guitar (died of AIDS in 1991)
Brian May - guitar, vocals, piano
Roger Taylor - Drums, vocals, guitar (but not on Queen material)
John Deacon - bass, guitar, piano, backing vocals (only in concert).
Each of the 4 have written #1 songs & all have been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
If you haven't already, please watch the audience all singing this song simultaneously before a Green Day concert. Incredible!