QUEEN - Full LIVE-AID Concert!!! | JAW-DROPPING REACTION!!!
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You do realise you missed the last song of the concert you cut it short.
One of the saddest memorie:s I was in the army and came back for holiday at home! Heard that Freddy was gone! I appsolutely adore that man! If I think Singing, Rock and theatre. My first thought is Freddy. My childhood, boyhood, Younghood and rest of my Life Hero ❤
christina Rodriguez I blame the original video if we missed anything. We went all the way through.
ChemicalReactions! Can you react to some GG Allin? I recommend I Love Nothing, Outskirts Of Life, or Violence Now. He’s got a lot of songs to pick from though.
Yes, thank you, I did ... enjoy it along with you =)
Keep on rockin'!
The only 2 people on the entire planet who haven’t heard of Radio Gaga
:-D Just thought the same...
They are doing this for the sake of views and nothing else so it doesn't surprise me.
@@user-lj8qk6gw2l Well, at least they knew the other songs, so why should they just pretend not to know Radio Gaga?
what a pair of cretins
lol i wished i also would not heard it as it stands for everything Queen has tuned in in the 80s and 90s. Understandeable but.. man. If you listen to theire 70s music... it realy god commercial. But a good show he did there.
Juliette, you guessed it: Lady Gaga named herself after Queen's song Radio Gaga
Seems appropriate.
Not only did she name herself Lady Gaga, because of the song, but also because of the deep connection she feels with Freddie, and by proxy, Elton John.
She modeled her etire persona after those two, the show elements from both of her idols, and the bravado of Freddie, she chose her roll-models well, and she proudly wears it on her sleeves, Lady Gaga is great :)
I love her :)
@@BTSARMY-nk4rz Yeah, Juliette is great :)
@mickey7411 lol, now thats a blast from the past, had completely forgotten about that band hehehe
Another fun fact: Sting said later in an interview that the other bands were sitting below the stage in the common areas and everyone was looking at the screen going "they're doing it. - They're stealing the show.". Mind you, everyone tried that day but it was Queen who walked away with the prize.
Yes they certainly did! Called the Best live performance
ThankJens! I guess Freddie would want us to either teach them or leave them by the wayside.
Queen had the advantage of playing stadiums for years and Freddie knew exactly what he was doing.
I heard on an interview that the other bands and singers only half assed their performances but Queen came out and treated it like a regular concert. The only other band that played so great that day was U2. Queen hands down was by far the best. Freddie was and will forever be the KING of rock n roll!!! He is missed by someone that grew up listening to Queen
Freddy ruled the stage that Fay especially he also included the audience to all their songs that's why they're unforgettable
Freddie Mercury was not an extrovert. Only on stage he was but off stage was a shy and introverted man. He was a paradox.
Actually Freddie was a shy introvert, but he was a showman!
I met him once in the 1970’s in a shop called Biba in London. He was a total gentleman. Lovely soul.
Great King Rat He was actually with Mary. They were walking down a staircase at the back of the shop, he was wearing a burgundy velvet jacket. Chatted to us for a good while. So quietly spoken.
Loopy Loo that’s awesome
GC it was awesome. But unfortunately as a 16 year old kid I didn’t realise how awesome it was. I got his autograph (in yellow felt tip pen) which my mum promptly threw away thinking it was rubbish 😱
@@loopyloo788 Damn dude. Having Freddie's autograph and then losing it like that. Breaks my heart
The ONLY band in history where all members of the band wrote number 1 hits. That is special.
Beatles ?
@@srow4302 Ringo missed it.
Nobody could work a crowd like Freddie Mercury. This was the greatest live performance of all time.
I was 20 years old. I was there that day and it is etched in my memory forever. Without doubt, the best set i've ever seen. Nothing since has come close.
Great to see you two enjoying what was the best 30 minutes i've ever experienced
How amazing I was too young then but I watched snippets of it. I knew it was a big deal. my older brother was enthralled and sat rooted in front of the screen
I was 12 and spend the whole day in front of the tv...
so jealous mate
I was there too. My cousin was working back stage so i got a pass. I only went to see Queen. Best concert ever. He was Magic
Come on folks. This is nothing. Both Michael Jackson and prince live shows were 1000 times better. So you folks really are easily pleased
QUEEN never broke up ever!!!! His diagnosis was not till 1987. The last album was released 5 years after his death! The whole album but the last verse was Freddie. He sang into a recorder in bed with a keyboard and drum machine. Brian kept writing and Freddie kept singing. It was heart wrenching for the band to put the album out posthumously, but they did. The album is Made in Heaven, it is beautiful.
It was amazing how Freddie could make a cheap pair of jeans, t shirt and Adidas trainers iconic.
don't forget the arm band
Freddie knew how well a cool belt could bring it all together. :D
Everyone wore those tight light blue jeans back then..... I had levis...... 6 pairs light blue and 1 pair regular denim blue......
I would have to get liposuction and some surgery to get into them now.....😱
Wranglers aren't in the $100 / £75 range, but they aren't cheap shit jeans. And my God do they make him look good. Meeeow.
Gidget Trevathon and the daughter didn't seem to understand the enormity of it. All women can recognize that bored teenage girl look. 🤣
"Is that where Lady Gaga's name comes from"?
YES.
This was voted the greatest live performance in Rock & Roll History !
I love democraty
YES!!!
"When music was created, not produced". Wise words, bro!
You two have no idea what you just watched! That was THE BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FRONT MAN OF ALL TIME!!! That was an historic performance! Bowie came on after Queen and he yelled at Freddy saying, " How the hell am I supposed to follow that?!" That performance was HISTORY!!!
Freddie was the Great Pretender. He could be anybody he wanted to be. Although he was an introvert, he could be an extrovert if he wanted to. Although he was very insecure, he could be the FIRST person you think of when you think CONFIDENCE. I love you, Freddie❤️
I quote another fan:
"Queen only accepted the invitation to perform Live Aid bc the guy that orchestrated this from the Boomtown Rats had listed them as having already accepted playing. They finally accepted, and then backstage before this performance, the band was arguing bc they didn't think they'd be relevant in comparison to all the other more "current" singers from 1985. They thought no one would know/like them at that particular concert since they were popular 10 years prior. Then they came out, played a 21 minute set and stole Live Aid. That was the first time anyone had seen a performer command the audience to that level. When Radio Gaga played and the entire audience did the hand clap motions, it wasn't just the audience in Wembley stadium. This was live broadcasted with another concert in Philadelphia (the biggest concert to date at that time as it was live streamed to a ton of countries and had 2 Live Aid concerts going on at the same time. Matter of fact, side note: Phil Collins played on the Wembley stage and then got on a Concord, flew to Philly and played onstage at Philly for the concert), and the entire audience in Philly did the hand clap motion and could be seen via big screen satellite. There were thousands of people who were doing the hand clap motions between the 2 concerts and everyone (including other artists) were in complete awe of the whole experience. It was overwhelming the amount of people who responded to Queen. Also, when Queen took the stage, that's when massive amounts of donations poured in for the cause. 2 billion people saw the concert all over the globe. Biggest audience ever.
This was monumental in music history"
1.9b with a B watched this,
this when the population was at 5.4b
Bravo! Thank you . A true Rocker. Wembley was packed with about 75,000 ( due to lack of workers at the door. lol- it officially holds 72,000. ) the young man is into it, but the girl- not even a reaction? Is that even possible?
I love your history- Queen, turned up their sound without anyone knowing to a level 4- the audience loved them- and Queen got the phones ringing off the hook, raising !.5 million USD in 20 minutes. Bob Geldoff , who organized the Live Aid- it was Brian who finally confirmed it. TY bitcodexx--
'That was the first time anyone had seen a performer command the audience to that level.' - sure, because Live Aid was Freddie's first concert.
I guess that's a bit of bullshit about the backstage talk (maybe they were just joking aroung) they sold millions the The Works the year before, they were an immense group in 85.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!! THIS IS QUEEN! Freddie Mercury was the GREATEST frontman EVER!
R.I.P. Freddie!
I agree I was lucky enough to be there that day and I had seen them live on a couple more occasions
Also the greatest singer ever
@@sava9e266 i was about to say that XD
and queen was pretty much rock n roll was all about ;)
Very True...
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" was written by Freddie as a tribute to Elvis.
And he wrote it in about 20 minutes while taking a bubble bath.
Well done Freddie!
Yes
But Elvis Presley sang it
Umm...not trying to start a debate but elvis bought or stole every song. He was a figurehead. Definately not an artist
This is considered the best live set of all time. And Freddie was sick that day.
It's one of them, but so many throughout history by many legends to say who's no1.
throat infection and the doctor forbid him to sing that day..though it was one of the best live-performances of all time..
He was literally sick. And, he was SICK!!! Damn. RIP.
not one person bought a ticket to see queen in that whole crowd...the show was sold out before queen was added to the show, and they stole the show lol
He is not an extrovert by the way, only on stage, but in real life he was quite shy and introverted.
Rohan R. That’s quite the personality shift!
Yes, he was shy. If you look at interviews he gave, he smokes cigarettes one after the other. I noticed that in 20 minutes he smoked 5 cigarettes, he hated interviews
Same with Tim Lindemann /Rammstein/
extrem introverted, in real life^^
@@ChemicalReactions he said he din't like interviews,people wanted to see freddie and that wasn,t really him, and he din't want to disappoint. shows the measure of the man
Who followed Queen? - it was David Bowie, who allegedly greeted the guys as they walked off stage with "Bastards!!"
Christine Irving understandable
Bowie did a great set. It should have been an impossible act to follow, but Bowie nailed it as well. That was part of why it was such an epic gig.
@@RogerM9 That was one of his best performance
I wonder was he being sarcastic or jealous!! I'm sure it was both!!
Highest recognision, comming from Bowie!
all four had individual hits as well as those they had as a group. The fact they could all be hit makers made the fact that when they worked together they made magic.
Freddie’s energy was phenomenal and electrifying!
They had 18 min to do their bits. Queen stole the show. Freddie's Dr told him not to sing as he had a throat infection you sure wouldnt know it. Miss you Freddie
One of the best live performances ever. To think they weren't the headliner and this wasn't a Queen audience. Brian May even told Freddie not to do the Day-O crowd interaction because the crowd wouldn't understand it. You can even see Brian May turn his back as Freddie starts to do it.....but like most performances...Freddie had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand.
Most bands thought the 20 minute slot format was only worthy of a kind of token effort. Queen set out to really entertain and planned every second in minute detail. Hence they killed it. Deservedly.
It doesn’t matter how many times I watch this, it still sends shivers down my spine! I heard Bohemian Rhapsody the first time it was ever played! It was Freddie who got the audience, he reached out and gathered them in the palm of his hand, he did it wherever he went, didn’t matter if they were there or watching on film or TV! Oh, and something Freddie would have loved, all radio stations had a Queen CD ready for the news of Freddie’s death, each DJ was told to just put the disc on and press the play button, the DJ on the local commercial station in Liverpool, England, duly put the CD in and pressed the play button, the track that came on was “Another One Bites The Dust”!!!
I did watch the broadcast. It was truly amazing. Several artists had great sets, but Queen absolutely ruled that stage.
David Miller This is probably one of the best sets of all time.
@@ChemicalReactions Agreed. I've seen some amazing performances, and this one rivals any of them.
@@DavidMiller-dt8mx And in the run up to this concert music critics said Queen were washed up and old hat 🤭
@@ajayjust2626 Most critics are people that failed at what they critique. :p
@@DavidMiller-dt8mx OoOoOoOo Touchè
I was 16 when Live Aid happened. It's hard to comprehend just how huge it was when compared to our world today, with instant access to content from all over the world; back then we basically had cable TV. A concert broadcast around the world was just an amazing concept for us.
Best performance!!! NEVER GET TIRED OF FREDDIE OR QUEEN. 💙
Dont say he was quite a showman
Just say: GREATEST SHOWMAN OF ALL TIME.
Elvis Presley, sorry not even close.
He was THE showman
and an incredible musician and writer
@@johndessoye Elvis was a great showman but there was no one that could control the crowd like Freddie
If you continue listening to Queen, you are not going to want to stop. There never has been a band like theirs. I just attended the Queen Rhapsody Concert (50 years after the band was formed), and although Freddie is long gone, it still rocked the place and we all sang along to everything. Freddie was there as a hologram for part which was wonderful.
Freddie wasn't an extrovert he was in fact an introvert but on stage he was the greatest showman of ALL time
Got 5 mins in and started to really question why I’m watching two people’s faces when I could just listen to queen whilst looking in the mirror!!!!!
THE GREATEST ENTERTAINER WHO EVER LIVED! There will NEVER be anyone even close to being a tenth as good as Freddie was!
Indeed!
"Brian May can play guitar"
John Deacon- AM I A JOKE TO YOU???
The whole band was great, and that's a fact!
Felix Kütt agreed to me they are the greatest band of all time
Ebony 16627 - Deaky is always ignored but he wrote over a dozen great songs including several of their biggest hits and even more co written with Freddie. He was an amazing musician who also played guitar and some piano.
John deacon plays Bass.
Sometimes Queen is called, “mercury , may, Taylor and the other guy”
An important bit of clarification between what the film showed vs real life: Freddie was NOT diagnosed w HIV until 2 yrs after Live Aid in 1987.
And, Live Aid wasn't the band's "swan song", as the film kind of makes it feel: They were actually rejuvenated as-a-group by their awesome performance this day, so decided to do a massive concert tour the following year (1986) playing all giant stadium venues. (During the tour, they were also the FIRST band to play behind the Iron Curtain, in Budapest.)
Then, in 1987 (after he received his diagnosis) Freddie pursued a life-long dream of his, to write/sing an operatic performance w soprano Montserrat Caballe, whom he idolized: called Barcelona.
Plus: "The Miracle" in 1989 was a massive success, even though he wasn't able to perform live any longer. "Innuendo" in early 1991 went straight to number 1 as well. So, yeah, Live Aid definitely wasn't the swan song. However, I understand from the filmmaker's perspective that their Live Aid performance fits for the end of the movie. They wanted to leave the audience with that majestic feeling that Queen concerts tend(ed) to leave the audiences with. That they therefore had to push the diagnosis before the Live Aid event is a pity, but it makes sense from a storytelling point of view.
@Ro 2 This is my understanding also and at the time of the Live Aid concert Freddie had a severe throat infection, likely caused by his AIDS and his doctor had advised him not to sing. That's why he missed some notes he normally would have easily grabbed.
Ro 2 maybe, but that’s speculation since he was not diagnosed until afterwards. You can have HIV and not be aware until you develop AIDS
Yeah this is why.i.hate that crap movie for all the fictional rubbish which some people will believe as.fact.etc. they had not broken up for years infact they had just finished touring few months before live aid. Freddie did not.have aids.at this point however obviously he most likely had HIV but wasn't aware i belive at.this time. Bloody movie!!!! Grrrr
@@fryke makes no sense to me time is time you can't make.stuff up? Very poor taste in my opinion.
Would you believe, I only knew about Queen two weeks ago and, no, we're not living in the jungle. Now I can't get enough of them and Freddie is my idol. The neighbours hate it when I loudly sing along. R.I.P. Freddie. Gone too soon.
I was fortunate to have been at Live Aid , it was an electric long very hot day Queen being the highlight of course, You made me giggle when you said that it wasn't a great hit at first , it was a massive hit , the song became the 1975 UK Christmas number one, holding the top position for nine whole weeks
That thing could love - he says ‘am I the only get getting a little bit of Elvis here!!!!!!
Amen sister. I'm so jealous you got to see this live. I bet nothing has topped that. These two are not Queen fans bc I have not stopped dancing watching this. RIP Freddie
@@Nina5144 was a great tribute to Elvis, but you know that. Lol
I was there as well getting the ferry from Ireland ended up standing beside someone holding the U2 flag.
Yea, this guy clearly doesn’t know what he is talking about. He misspoke about several things
I love Queen! I've been a fan of them for 44 years. The music of this band is timeless and connects generations.Greetings from Poland from Krakow :)
QUEEN were in a league of their own, no one could compete with them. They were the very definition of "ROCK GODS". They made their mark in the history books and Freddie will live FOREVER!!!!!
I'm so glad i grew up in the 80's. So glad today's young generation can appreciate Queen and many others
It is sad and insane that Queen never won a Grammy for any of their great songs.
Rene Descartes they don’t need a Grammy .. their stars rise above that .
Fuck the Grammys
Says more about the quality of the gammys than queen
A sign that a band's talent is not measured by their trophy cabinet.
@@alanrickett2537 Amen!
Freddie was very shy because of his teeth.But when he entered the Stage,his personality changed totally....
I've always thought it just gives him even more character. He was a handsome dude regardless.
@@Republic3D First he hated his Teeth,but he came to the Understanding that his teeth are a part of and nessessary for his amazing voice are.
Ingo von der Lühe probably indeed a larger mouth to help resonate the sounds.
I'm glad he didn't change them, imperfections are sometimes so beautiful. Freddie is the perfect example, so full of charisma and sex appeal. ♡
@@ChemicalReactions He had a stunning vocal range and a beautiful voice and wouldn't mess with anything, including his teeth He had four extra teeth and thought that somehow this affected the way his voice sounded.
My teens was in the 80'ies. and my first thought back then when I first heard "waiting for the hammer to fall" was NUCKLEARSTRIKE. Yes I was one who grew up "tall and proud in the shadow of the mushroom cloud"
Indeed. Hamer to fall referred to the (thread of) nuclear war afaik.
justin beaber: Im a singer
freddie: Hold my bear
. .. I mead . . .
justin beaber: Im a singer
A deaf mute horse: Hold my hay
Justin doesnt even hold a NOTE to Queen. not even a note man
Hope it's a small bear
This comparison is so damn stupid it actually makes me angry
@@DukeOfBransholme yogi, or paddington bear possibly
I was at Live Aid. Queen certainly stole the show. Their performance was more intense than anyone else's. It was revealed later that someone turned off the stadium's volume limiters! It was really loud man!
Now you guys need to react to 'Show must go on' by Queen. Recorded only about a month before Freddie's death. Brian May said that Freddie looked really sick at the time (he was really thin) and he was afraid that Freddie could not do the vocals but Freddie really stepped up and literally did a one take on the vocals. He said that he was going to perform write and record until he couldn't stand up any more and the lyrics of the song really describes how his mentality towards music and art was. He was in my opinion one of the purest form of an artist 😊
Not quite! The song was released as a single in October 1991, a month before his death. The recording sessions for the album, Innuendo, occurred the year before.
Ok, my bad. It was released (As a single that is) 6 weeks before his death and recorded in 1990. I remembered wrong but at least I think everyone can agree that he had gotten very ill when he recorded the song.
@@siredwardThe3rd Yes, indeed. To punctuate just how much he was a performer to the end, he recorded his vocals for "Mother Love" in May 1991.
@@jeanne5950 mother love, Freddie sings first two verses and Brian may has to sing the last.
ChemicalReactions! -
First, they NEVER broke up before Live Aid and just did a massive stadium tour until a couple of months before. That was just for drama.
Secondly Freddie wasn't diagnosed with AIDS until 1987 and Live Aid was in 1985. He may have been suffering early symptoms like the sore throat he had at Live Aid.
The other stage was in Philadelphia.
David Bowie followed them. A lot of BIG names were po'd to have to follow Queen who stole the show at a time when some considered them "has been's".
All four had solo projects, not just Freddie. Brian and Roger did solo stuff and John played with other groups.
Why is it always ...Brian May, great guitarist? Freddie, great front man. Roger, singing drummer ...BUT....John Deacon is never mentioned. He wrote a lot of their great and biggest selling songs (look it up), was a top rated bassist and was a great dancer (DISCO DEAKY). You talked about tapping your toe. Did you tap it to Brian's guitar solo? Nope. You tap to John's throbbing bass, the backbone of all their songs. Give Deaky some respect. I'm sick of my favorite being ignored. He also was an electrical engineer (Brian wasn't the only one with a degree) who invented the "Deacy" amp which Brian used throughout his career (it had never been duplicated for decades). It allowed him to make the unique vocal and orchestral sounds he did with his guitar.... a major factor in Queen's and Brian's success.
Freddie's "arrogance" was his stage persona. People who knew him said he was kind and even a bit shy.
I saw them live. They were the best live act I ever saw and I attended a lot of concerts as far back as The Beatles (who were sadly held back by lousy technology in the 60's).
Your reaction needs some research.
*1987 *1985
I totally agree with you. The movie tells another story that has nothing to do with Freddie & can confuse peolpe who are not familiar to the real thing. I have been a Freddie & John fan for the last 40 years & really was disgusted when I saw the movie. Nothing to do with Freddie as a person that was generous & loving.
Carmem De jesus I agree. I’ve watched it several times, and will never again. I just get more and more pissed off!
@@heyjude1920 same for me. His friends Brian & Roger did not make him justice
& they say Freddie would be happy.... I wonder what John thinks about the movie. It's a pity we'll never know.
Completely agree Carmem. The movie made Freddie look like a jerk and the troublemaker in the band. Onstage he was confident but offstage he was painfully shy gentle and caring. It's great that younger people are getting to hear Queen's music but I hope they will watch some documentaries to see the real Freddie.
Bohemian Rhapsody was Huge upon its release in 1975. A Night at the Opera is their best selling album to date.
What I find incredible is that the event was sold out long before queen where even booked. So no one was actually there to see queen. But, by the end of the performance I doubt anyone there cared who else was on. Queen just dominated.
That wasn’t technically the full live aid though. Freddy and Brian returned later in the evening and did an amazing unplugged performance
Search Bohemian Rhapsody at Green day concert London Hyde Park. The whole crowd sing Bohemian Rhapsody while waiting for Green day to appear.
And Freddie looks down with a smile ☺
Wow!
@@ajayjust2626 are you referring to the cloud??
@@leef8126 Yup
Gives me goosebumps every time!
Watch some of their dvd concerts. They present 20+ songs over about 2 hours. Freddie had great stamina, all without back up tapes or autotune; just pure talent for all 4 artists.
Sharon Halliday I miss that era of music.
Bohemian Rhapsody was a massive hit when it was first released. It spent 9 weeks at Number 1 in the UK, and reached number 1 in six other counties.
I remember, it was so iconic we just knew on the Wednesday it would be #1 on TOTP on Thursday without a doubt.
i was 15 when Freddie passed away. there wasnt a dry eye in my home room. we all found some part of his works that stuck with us.
Hey it's Juliette! We all thought she got lost at the Slipknot concert 😂
Dean Smith LOL. There she is!
😂😂😂😂🤘🤘
Freddie's dance in Radio Ga-Ga is just the best!!!
Yes Freddie Mercury was completely spontaneous and brilliantly pleasing to watch. So glad he didn't need nor want to be taught anything. HE WAS JUST FREDDIE MERCURY! ♡♡♡♡♡
♡
One of the most attractive men that ever lived on this planet. 😍
@@courtneymercury4119 I don't know how or what to reply about that. Except i'm glad ladies think he was sexy👍🏻
@@AndresGrimace Charisma! Sex Appeal! Unique and Confidence! ♡
@@tammyservin6024 I love Freddie the artist in every way, shape or form, but i just can't say that i find him sexy or that he appeals to me in that way, but yeah he was a magnet on stage. No question!!!
What do you mean “ this rings a bell”?!
Have y’all been living under a rock?
To me, this was the greatest moment in rock history. At 52 years old I still get chills when I watch this performance. Do you know of anyone else who could command a crowd of a 100,000 people?
G.O.A.T. Frontman right here. Whatever 'it' is, Freddy had 'it'
He sings better than Robert Plant but Plant is better Front man from a way better band.
He’s got it all: the pipes, the energy, and the interaction with the crowd.
Can you please react to Somebody to love live at Montreal 1981, best live performance. The vocals are insane.
provenwrong For sure. On our list!
live at milton keynes is a much better performance
@@capoditutticapos19 - Milton Keynes' concert does not get the love it deserves.
The Milton Keynes version is way better than the Montreal version. Montreal is better known, due to a recenter release on bluray wich had an improved sound and picture quality. But Milton Keynes is so much better, Freddies intro to that song, that first minute, says it all.
Gary Wesley what about the final show of the tour in 1986 at Wembley and which also turned out to be their FINAL. SHOW with Freddie. That whole show was amazing. The pro shot is on CZcams just look it up. Amazing!!!
Queen made crazy little thing called love
thanks Guys, as a Queen fan from the late 70's, I personally get frustrated, when people get facts about the band wrong, now with the Movie out, lots think it's a "documentary" but lots of the story is distorted for dramatic purposes.
I don't blame anyone. I'm a bit of a super fan, I've seen EVERYTHING produced on Queen so my trivia on the band is pretty full on.
The biggest error was the "breakup" that never happened. Freddie was doing Mr Bad Guy before Live Aid but with the full support of the band, plus Rogers band "The Cross" had a great sound.
The best doco for Queen is a 3 volume VHS set (It's that old) called "Queen: Magic Years" which was filmed after the huge Magic tour in '86, after Live Aid, it's the best and most honest "behind the scenes" look at the Band and Freddie with interviews from a bunch of awesome musicians, friends, roadies, crew and just well known fans.
I still to this day get emotional when I listen to the "Made in Heaven" album, songs like "The Show Must Go On" feels like Freddie saying goodbye to each one of us true fans. I sometimes feel a bit robbed by losing the greatest frontman in history. Even now, even the best vocalists admit the vocals in Queen songs have to be altered (pitch/key etc) because nobody can replicate his vocals. George got close in Somebody to love, but interviews with artists from the '92 Tribute concert all said they had to change the songs. He will never be forgotten, even if the Movie is not really accurate, I love that Freddie and the boy's are immortalized now in this way.
"Not bad for 4 aging Queens".
much love Freddie. R.I.P.
I remember watching this live on tv when I was in high school. It was amazing. Queen put on the best performance of the whole event. There were many bands upset they upstaged them so bad. I miss the 80's life was so much more simple then.
Yeah I watched it too but I was in my 20s by then
Indeex it was
Hi guys I really love your reactions.
Since you talked in lenght about Queen and Live Aid after you saw the concert I want to draw your attention to some points😉
1. Queen never broke up, not before Live Aid nor afterwards. They had just completed a huge world tour of the The Works album. They did not tour the US for several reasons. So they were pretty at their game at that point.
2. Freddy was not diagnosed with Aids at the time of Live Aid. He learned about it in 1986 during the Kind Of Magic Tour. The Magic tour was their biggest and last tour, selling out stadiums all over the world. They did not toured the US.
3. Queen were huuuge all over the world throught the 80ies. After The Works album they made 3 more album during Freddys lifetime. All of them sold millions everywhere but not in the US. Their last album Made In Heaven alone sold over 20 million copies worldwide.
The Movie Bohemian Rhapsody is quite good, but it states some facts horribly wrong, which is quite annoying when you know the truth. I‘m not a fanboy, I just happend to witness the 80ies as a teenager😀
Nevertheless, great reaction. Thank you.
Should have known that the movie would take some large creative liberties.
Also, Bohemian Rhapsody DID do well when it was released, it went straight to number one and stayed there for nine weeks
Kodiak in disbelief
That‘s true Bohemian Rhapsody was one of the biggest tunes during the 70ies, and still is😀. But a whole new generation first heard of Bohemian Rhapsody when Wayne‘s World came out 17 years later.
I think his reference came from the movie where there were some stories added to make the movie interesting...
Freddie
I think that stadium held 72,000 people, and Freddie held them all in the palm of his hand, owning the wolf that day. never to be forgotten.
Has anyone ever thrilled an audience like Queen ? Audience were singing along ! Not screaming like you cannot hear the songs !
greatest 20 minutes in music history
I'd second what others have said about listening to Queen - Somebody To Love - HD Live - 1981 Montreal, the vocals are mind blowing to say the least.
alexw80 And in my home province!
They actually never did break up, that was just for the movie.
"Waiting for the hammer to fall" is a slightly old fashioned English saying, meaning the same as "waiting for the other shoe to drop". It means expectation of consequences or punishment.
Song about death and it's inevitability!! More inevitable than Thanos
Well done to you two. Seeing that young lady experience what I grew up with was phenomenal. Good luck and best wishes to you both
Freddie Reaction?...a sure "LIKE" for everything he ever made!...Fan for now 46 Years !!!!...more Queen please!!!!!!!!
Ingo von der Lühe Glad to see my metal heads recognizing greatness even outside of metal!
@@ChemicalReactions You have no idea how large my ranging is.Metal is only a small part of it. My main Genre is Old School Industrial,Electronic/Dark Ambient,EBM,Worldmusic and Scandinavian Traditional with a praise of Classic,Reaggie,Punk,Trip Pop and Wave/Goth !
Hammer to fall is about the Cold War we were living through then. And crazy little thing was Freddie’s tribute to Elvis. ❤ Freddie was told not to sing by his doctors due to a throat condition but he got through magnificently.
Get chills to this day watching a great LEGEND like Freddie sing and play the piano. Miss you Freddie
Plz remember; this was NOT a Queen gig, and still Freddie did this with the audiens!:)) Only a true artis could pull this off, and not to forget the rest of the band
@Hypercube Jones Elton John was allegedly saying I cant follow that
Freddie we miss you 🌹..but the Legend never die 🌺 R.I.P. 🙏🏻
Susanna Susan the music always lives on!
When a foreign reporter was interviewing Freddy he asked what instrument do you play? Freddy replied the crowd darling. Loved him and the rest of the band. One of the best bands to come out of England.
You said "Bohemian Rhapsody" didn't do well for a few years! I beg to differ b/c along with the video they made to go with it ( that, by the way, changed the way music was presented) "Bohemian Rhapsody" became an instant hit and remains an iconic masterpiece.
Patricia you are right and I couldn't agree with you more. If you watch the video Days of Our Lives Part 2; it is explained all about the group and their hits. When group wanted to release Bohemian Rhapsody, it was rejected b/c of the length. The record company was shocked that it went for estimated 6,000 copies sold to 60,000 copies sold over night. Also the song was released 3 times and each time it went big. First with the original release in 1975; I think when it was performed at Live Aid 1985; and in 1991 when Wayne's World was released. However, I don't know if the single climbed the charts again when the Bohemian Rhapsody movie was released in 2018. It seems that every time the song gets released; the song climbs up there. I think if Freddie was alive today, he would be shocked at just know much that song has done over the years. RIP Freddie Mercury.
@@marycostley77 Some of us are of an age when we were at school when Bohemian Rhapsody was first released. I remember hearing this on the radio when my mum dropped me off for school, and thinking 'This is AMAZING!'
It was a hit from day one I think in 75-76, I got it on a regular 45 when it came out (flat mp3 player for you kids) when it was released, even remember the record shop Elena Mays, then I got an 12” EP (a bigger flat mp3) months/years later. It was like Queen had a hit every release back then, often a single would have two greats on A side and B side.
Hammer To Fall might be my favorite Queen song. One never hears it mentioned when people talk about Queen, though :(
sopwithsnoopy Indeed. Catchy as heck though.
The Work Album its from was an odd time for Queen, it was the Album after Hotspace (which Bombed). SO Hammer to fall is a big fan favourite, but got little notice, else where, though it was also in Highlander (the movie) as well as Songs from the Kind of Magic Album
I love the live versions , not so much the studio one.
The live version at Wembley in 86 was immense brilliant version
sopwithsnoopy Hammer to fall is criminaly underrated
"Fortune favors the bold". The event took place in London and Philadelphia simultaneously on a Saturday (go figure).
The event also featured U2, The Police, Dire Straits and even Black Sabbath (back with Ozzy), among others.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS UPLOAD, MY DARLINGS! 😜
You just witnessed the greatest front man to ever perform. Freddy Mercury could hold a crowd in palm of his hand.
Actually Freddie was very humble, polite, and very much an introvert. His stage persona wasn't the "real" Freddie. But he was a beautiful man with a beautiful voice who touched the world. Brian May and Roger Taylor are extraordinary singers in their own right. John Deacon wrote several of the group's best hits but was more interested in the music than in the vocals. GREAT group and I wish I had known about them back in 85! I went to see Michael Jackson three nights in a row but I would have saved that $$ to go to Wimbley!
Lady Ga Ga did take her name from this song. She said in an interview once. Hope that helps. 💓🥰
Noomi Olsson Makes sense!
@@ChemicalReactions Lady Bohemian Rhapsody would be a mouthful. 🤣
She should have went with Blah Blah. Joke. lol
@@SuperElgringo1 Lady Goo Goo would have been a mistake. 😉
lolol
Did you know Freddie wrote Crazy little thing in the bathtub? He got hold on a guitar, rushed down to the studio and had to record it at once - and it got to be a great hit.
One thing for your daughter to think of: Watch the audience. There were ca 70.000 at Wembley, 100.000 at JFK stadium, broadcast all over the world. But this is the footage we have today. No candid cameras, no cellphones, no CZcams uploads.
This was not Queen's ordinary audience. Many of them came for other artists, or just for the good cause. I don't think we will ever have a similar concert today. It wouldn' be possible to deny people to bring their phones ...
Funny thing is he was only an extrovert on stage off stage he was shy and an introvert, and very humble he never took his success for granted he was also known for his generosity and his loyalty to his close friends who were and still are very loyal to him and his memory/legacy.
teamcougars
And he loved cats. That makes him timeless for me.
I was 14 when this concert took place, at a time when we were obsessed with the charts and popular music and tuned in every week to listen to the top 40. This concert was just enormous, and Queen just completely dominated. Look at their chart hits from about this year through to the early ‘90s. Soundtrack to the film Highlander, Kind of Magic album and tour, then Made In Heaven, Innuendo, Show must go on, the list of hits just keeps going and going and so would have Freddie if he hadn’t got ill and died in ‘91. This band (in their original format) spanned the 70’s, 80’s and cut short way before their time in the ‘90s. Bands that endure decades like this, I’ve always maintained, are the true musicians and artists. Those that leave a legacy. In stark contrast to those that last just a few years, a decade at the most, then never heard of again.
Wow I was Juliet's age when I first watched this with my Dad. It hasn't gotten old yet either. This should be shown in every school on earth, just like teaching Shakespeare. The greatest show on earth, stolen by the Greatest Showman of all time.
Freddy was certainly one of a kind. Wish he was still here 😔
Rhiannon Bernard...me too.
Ditto
Left us way too early
DEFINITELY! GONE TOO SOON.
Freddie was a comet. Someone like him can only blaze away not fade away.
Freddie was actually very shy off stage. Legend has it then when Bob Geldof called him to discuss doing the show, he said to Freddie “it will be the perfect stage for you” when Freddie asked why, Geldof said “it’s the world”
They performed Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Gaga,Hammer to Fall, Crazy Little thing called Love,We Will Rock you and We are the CHAMPIONS in that Concert. RIP Freddie Mercury
I love this reaction to Queen, it was so honest and you both clearly had fun! And you're on the right track regarding "Hammer to Fall"!
By the way, do you take song suggestions to react to??
Best wishes to you both.
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" was written by Freddie Mercury as a tribute to Elvis Presley.
The song is about the Cold War
Brian May and his dad made his guitar. All four members of the band wrote at least one number one top ten song.
Freddie was born to entertain. Queen became absolute masters of their art. Never to be forgotten.
Radio Gaga was possibly before Dad's time, definitely before rap-teens time :)
I remember listening to it in my bedroom in the mid 80's. My father came up and told me to turn it down. I swapped to headphones, best thing I ever did with Queen's songs (and Pink Floyd of course!)
You should check out George Michael absolutely SLAYING 'Somebody to Love' at the '92 Freddie Mercury tribute concert.
If anybody could have replaced Freddie in the band at that time I would have been him.
Who are you Sir ?
I think he means “it”
With deference to George Michael who was a brilliant and amazing singer, no one could ever replace Freddie, or come near to it, they smashed the mould to smithereens when they made him!
I am lucky to be old enough that I watched this event live on TV. I don't recall who followed on the US stage (the coverage alternated from London to US every other act), but David Bowie followed Queen on the London stage. He killed it, as well. Both acts were the only ones to rehearse and also used their own sound/tech crew.
Also, Queen had not broken up like in the movie, that was for dramatic storytelling. They had actually just finished a huge tour two months before. Queen did a massive tour the year after Live Aid. Freddie was not sick at Live Aid...he was diagnosed 2-3 years later.
Simple minds was in Philadelphia (the TV feed didn’t show the simple minds performance though)
@@Jezzaaa Ah, I don't remember seeing them, guess that's why. Too bad they weren't televised.
Freddie was a classically trained opera singer that switched styles and talk about his command of his audience he truly had it