Freddie Mercury: Bohemian Rhapsody
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Source/Further reading:
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (paywall or free with British library card - more of a general Queen bio than a Freddie bio): www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.109...
BBC: Who was the real Freddie Mercury? www.bbc.com/culture/article/2...
Uncut, the full story of Queen: www.uncut.co.uk/features/quee...
Freddie’s bisexuality and HIV diagnosis: www.hivplusmag.com/entertainm...
Bi-erasure: www.out.com/music/2018/9/05/r...
Mary Austin: www.biography.com/news/freddi...
Jim Hutton: www.irishcentral.com/culture/...
Freddie’s roots in India and Zanzibar: www.latimes.com/entertainment...
Freddie and Zanzibar: www.bbc.com/news/world-africa...
Slightly odd, very old fansite that nonetheless has a load of great details on his early years: www.freddie.ru/e/bio
Making Sheer Heart Attack: www.loudersound.com/features/...
Making Under Pressure with David Bowie: www.biography.com/news/david-...
Brian May hepatitis: brianmay.com/queen/queendiary...
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Please make a video about paul kruger and Piet Retief
And Ian Smith
Please
You should make a bigraphic on the great luke kelly
Suggestion - Diego Armando MARADONA!
"I don't care how you remember me, darling, just don't make me boring."
As if anyone could make him boring
@@philipjohnson3225 The biopic did a fairly decent effort at it.
If Simon did a biographics about himself it would create a singularity and destroy the universe in a business blaze of glory.
It'd be a Simonception.
"Allegedly"
You mean a "business blaze" of glory? ;)
Lets be real, we need a biographics about Danny
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Freddie was one of a kind. Sadly missed.
Queen with Adam Lambert does a very good job with the music. Adam is flamboyant, but its a different kind of flamboyant. He has the voice, but Freddies style will never be successfully copied. His style was part and parcel of the wild ride that the latter half of the 1970's and 1980's were, a time of total excess on display and Freddie took advantage of those excesses, putting it on display for the world to see. Nobody could do what he did then today, the world has changed too much. Adam has the voice to do the music justice, but his flamboyance is more reserved, and more fgitting since his band mates are grandfathers and great grandfathers.
@Joe Horn that's the point. Not just having a karaoke band who just happens to be Queen.
He was truly one of greatest performers/musicians of all time.
''Sadly missed'', is actually saying; you are glad he is gone...
I hate looking like a grammar nazi, but I'm just saying.
Greatest singing voice in rock history
I finally got the Biographic that I wanted
Nice
👏
Me too🙏
The greatest concert I have ever seen: Queen at Wembley
I always liked Queen Rock Montreal more
I didn’t see him at Wembley, but I did get to see Queen 2, times in LA. Maybe three.🤔. (I went to a lot of concerts in the 70’s and 80’s). And once I actually had really great seats, even though the were a bit off of center stage. But only 20 rows back. I always remember the crown, and him throwing off that cape.
Live at the fireball has some of the best vocals and sets imo
Live Aid
@@DragonZeron No. we never recorded any concerts we went to. Never crossed our minds, actually.
This world will never see another Freddie Mercury'
This world will never see another great singer because we are in the age of auto-tune.
@@taskdon769 man im so sorry you were born in the wrong generation... my condolences... god bless...
@@galebh9715 I was born in MJ's Thriller era though.
@@taskdon769 You know talented singers still exist and make music, right? You don't have to listen to global top 40... People have criticized the popular music of the time and reminisced about the "good old times" for the past 100 years. You ain't saying anything new or special.
As a baby my mum told me she would replay the concert as I’d sit there and listen to him singing and I’ve grown up with his music and love every song
🙏to your mum💖💖💖
You either like Queen or you're wrong
😘😘😘
Anyone who doesn't like Queen. You need to remove that person from your life immediately. Ain't no time for that negativity.
normally i respect everyone’s music taste, but this is not an opinion, it’s a fact.
Guess I'm wrong then I sc a bit abt queen especially bohemian rhapsody I think tht song sounds like a jumbled mess
@@jleeblackmon5340 the only thing that's a jumbled mess is your comment.
Mercurys voice was so incredible. Such an interesting dude. Maybe you could do a Biographic on Eddie Van Halen ?
Im hoping one is coming.
Freddies been gone nearly three decades now and left a cultural legacy admired by millions.
His popularity only vamped back up after the movie abt him came out and it became kool to be a Freddie mercury fan not really even a Queen fan but just a Freddy fan it seems like. Which theres nothing wrong with tht i just always thought it was interesting seeing how entertainment like a movie can start the wave of Fandom it did for Freddy Mercury. Me personally don't really care for him or Queen myself their music is ok I guess not my style especially tht bohemian rhapsody song I just think it sounds terrible to me lol but thts only personal preference, obviously because the majority seems to adore (it/him). After bohemian Rhapsody (the movie) came out their music downloads and CZcams views sky rocketed which is pretty kool I guess. The only thing tht isn't kool is having aids, finding out u have aids, and then still sleeping around transmitting what back then was a death sentence to other ppl tht is not very kool.
@@jleeblackmon5340 he wasn't sleeping around when he found out he had AIDS, he was already in a steady relationship with Jim Hutton when he found out
@@jleeblackmon5340 sorry but you're completely wrong, their popularity was coming back years before the movie.
@@jleeblackmon5340 What do you like? I don't want to smash your preferences, just curious for a comparison
@@Miqz0 he was still sleeping around when with him. Do your research it’s on CZcams coming from Hutton himself and everyone
The best frontman in history. Period.
Subjective
Good choice tho
I'll go with Jim Morrison
I love Queen's songs! ♥️🎶
Close second in my opinion. I think Cab Calloway did it best
Ever
I've been waiting for this day. Now just waiting on the David Bowie episode
Karl Smallwood has done a few videos about Bowie. He's a big fan of Bowie; also occasionally writes for one of Simon's channels
If Oscar Wilde reincarnates as a rock singer, he'd be Freddie.
freddy was not that racist tho
Brilliant 🇬🇧
There is an unpopular kid at school. Last to be picked for the volleyball team. Sitting alone at a school desk. It's 2001, there is no mercy for "freaks". If they ignore you, good. If they don't, you're on your own. They know where to kick so that nobody notices. Then the kid wins a contest and is invited to stand in front of the entire school as "We are the champions" plays from loudspeakers. One sunny day amongst all the grey ones. Doesn't matter that the next day it's same old, same old. A music from a man ten years gone has just made somebody's day. You are all obsessed with "Bohemian Rhapsody". But have you ever heard "Spread Your Wings"? I found it way too late. Though much simpler, it has a timeless message.
Absolutely unparalleled talent and charisma that the music industry has never seen since and will likely never see again.
I am going to go out on a limb and say we will never see his like again✌️
He was truly a wonderful person, onstage and off. He was so good to his family, and friends, not many super stars have that said about them....
Amen
I was at Live Aid.....Freddie that day....ruled the world !
He also said one time (with his head in his hands “I wont become a star.. “ then triomfantacly stand up.. “I will become a legend!! “ shame you didnt mention his duets and album with Opera singer Montserrat Caballe in 87 and 88, that was i think his biggest wish in his last years..
"triomfantacly" - ok
I saw a video of him singing with an opera singer. His voice was amazing.
That was Montserrat Caballé and she was one of Spain’s most famous opera singers. The song was “Barcelona”, submitted to be the theme song of the ‘92 Olympics there. Too bad Freddie didn’t live to see it chosen and performed.
together, they made a whole album
Queen is my all-time favorite band. Freddie Mercury is one of the most musically talented human beings to ever walk the Earth. Excuse me, I mean, strut the Earth.
Freddie Mercury. The best voice in Rock. The best Rock showman. He lived his life his own way, on his own terms.
a shed so many tears just listening to Freddie Mercury ..
Freddie Mercury asked the question “Who wants to Live Forever?” The answer is no one but he is and shall be remembered forever. He is remembered and truly missed.
Next one: Lemmy Kilmister.
Yes!
That would be almost as wild as this one
Who would win in a fight Lemmy or God?
Trick question, Lemmy is God
Hear, hear!!
I never got to see the dude live
There was a scientific frequency study done with Freddie’s Voice a few years ago and it was determined the irregular way Freddie would sing was 100% unique in every way
All one needs to study to come to that conclusion is a single Queen song! 😉
@@eurofox994 actually the inflections of his voice are 100% unique. As stated, he had a peculiar way of speaking and singing because of his sever overbite it created a sound as unique as a fingerprint. Sure some people can mimic the notes but would never be able to perform like Freddys voice naturally.
I was so happy when I saw this notification. I was really sad yesterday. Hopefully today I won't be so sad.
The day before my dad passed I coincidentally listened to these are the days of our lives. I cried super hard when I heard it again.
Similar, my father died just a month before Freddie and I barely noticed Freddie's passing. A bad time.
I can't do the vacuuming without humming "I want to break free" to myself, when someone cam make an impact that even affects the most mundane of tasks, they've definitely made it into every aspect of life... :)
Bohemian Rhapsody, aka The one song people wish they could sing at Karaoke but they can’t.
Even if you are an excellent singer you need two more with different ranges because nobody alive has Freddie's vocal range! And then you need to add another 20 copies of yourselves or you can forget about the "Galileo" section. It is impossible to perform Rhapsody completely live.
Ah, but I have sing that song at karaoke. Brought an entire karaoke bar together.
We don’t stop trying though
@@KonradTheWizzard there's quite a lot people who have wider vocal range than freddie though. I'm not saying he wasn't great I'm just saying you're wrong.
@@ilarious5729 Do you have any examples of other professional singers with that kind of range? Possibly something I can find on CZcams? I'd really like to be impressed...
Freddie was truly an icon this world never deserved but was so lucky to have 💔
I don’t care and never have cared about any musicians sexuality, do they rock?! Freddie Mercury ROCKED! Hands down! He also had a range more developed than most opera singers! “These are the days of our lives” is one of the most beautiful songs ever written! I feel his talents outweigh his demons as conversations about him and Queen rarely speak of the bad.
As a young gay man, Freddie made me feel like being gay was something cool growing up in a world of bigotry it was a blessing I'll never stop appreciating.
My husbands friend Kurt was a wonderful young gay man from El Paso, Texas!!! Can you imagine??
He grew up having to hide or be killed, probably. He moved to San Antonio, Texas, which had a growing, wonderful community in the early 80s, of everyone! There is STILL a fantastic dance club there, called the Bonham Exchange, which welcomes everyone, and where my husband met Kurt. They worked together at a bookstore, became great friends, and when I met him, I loved him too, he was the sweetest guy and made people happy, just by being around.
What a beautiful comment
I completely felt the same way as a 13 year old, 10 years ago when I first began consuming Queen. Before I even researched his sexuality, there was something flamboyant and extraordinary about him and particularly in his voice that made me question his sexuality. Never before had I heard a man express the things Freddie expressed through his voice nor the way he expressed them. His voice embodied rich masculinity, yet also light vulnerability and was often overtly seductive in tone. He seemed to highlight a perspective of existence that other men could not in the music industry. I thought, “if Freddie can be accepted and loved by the world despite being queer, then why can’t I?” He truly was the first stepping stone into self-acceptance for me as a gay male.
"Don't Stop Me Now"
I LOVE that song!
But what if i did stop you?
@@mattfromswitchsports9679 Biden already did 😂😅🤣🤣🤣
Oddly, Brian at least is really conflicted by that song. Brian said it reminds him so strongly of the time when Freddie really started in with the huge excess, a time he sees now, with hindsight, as the beginning of the end. I bloody love it myself but I guess I can understand where the curly one is coming from.
There's a parody called "Post-Doc me Now." I loved it
He was and still is the definition of the light that burns twice as bright lasts half as long. I love you brother the big man needed you home see you soon and for ever x
Maybe the best singer ever, and 100% the greatest frontman ever
Nehhh
"Pump the breaks"
Freddy mercury is great but death made him a legend.
Prince, Michael Jackson, frank Sinatra, John lennon, aretha Franklin, James brown,Ella Fitzgerald, Marvin Gaye, dolly parton
In terms of octave range I'm pretty sure the only person to outdo him that's a man is Axle Rose of all people.
@@kendrickoyola4290 In terms of vocal technique,Dolly Parton,John Lennon and James Brown aren't even in Mercury's league.
One of the most important figures in Rock and Roll, and music, history.
I love Queen. In my opinion one of the greatest rock bands ever. My 10-year-old son loves Bohemian Rhapsody as much as I do if not more. Freddie Mercury is truly legendary.
That shade thrown at Vanilla Ice was perfection. Worthy of any sweet Southern woman dealing with a difficult mother-in-law
That hit me in the feels.
"A handy bag of uncle escobars finest"
That is an awesome sentence.
RIP, Freddie. Youi will never be forgotten.
Freddie Mercury, one of the best singers ever
There will never be another one like Freddie Mercury. Personally my favorite rock frontman and one of my favorite bands.
You should talk about the other members of Queen too! All four of them were super talented!
This makes me so happy to see - thank you for covering this absolutely wonderful man!!
What a voice if I could go back in time I was go to Live Aid 1985 and watch this incredible genius perform when God was handing out voices he must have handed out a real jewel to this incredible man
Paradoxically i discovered Queen the same year that reddie died, " Innuendo" was the first album i listened to. Dark, bitterly ironic album, the few musicvideos where a mix of pre recorded Freddie's shorts, stop motion and sketches. Few days after buying the vinyl, i heard the news of his death. We'll never have another Queen like Freddie.
I'll face it with a grin! I'm never giving in! On with the show!
And the anniversary of his passing was the other day. May he rest in peace.
Thank you! So well done and comprehensive. Freddie was one of a kind, he lived life on his own terms, unapologetic, unafraid. Truly one for the ages.
Wow, almost 29 years to the day of his passing. He was my favorite back then and he remains my favorite singer now. Thanks for the video.
i still remember finding one of queen's records in my mom and dad's huge collection in the basement, and being absolutely fascinated at the prospect of 4 men calling themselves "queen." i subsequently found their record player and had my mind completely blown by everything i heard. i've been a huge fan of them ever since
Can you do Diego Maradona as he has just passed on. The most talented football player of all time. Unbelievably interesting life as well! Great video though! Freddie Mercury was my hero. 🙌
We will Rock you 🤟🏽
Of his repertoire, I like" Bohemian Rhapsody" best . In my opinion, this song is about the struggle of man with himself, with the devil within himself. The period when this song was written , for Freddie ,was associated with carnal revelry , which caused an internal conflict in him. . At the time of this song's creation, mercury began to realize not only his homosexuality, , but also his transformation as a whole. Another name, another surname, an attempt to disown his true origin, a new star status, a looming glory - he was on the eve of great changes, on the eve of the birth of a new personality. And he struggled with inner demons, walking the path of the outcast and the stranger to idol . And the line "mom, I killed a man" means metaphorically "killing" himself, his old self.
That was really, really well put together. I'm a Queen fan of almost thirty years and still this video had a couple of tidbits that I wasn't aware of. Superb work!
The best lead vocalist ever! There will never be another Freddie.
I had to stop this video and rewatch Queen at Live Aid. WOW! what a set! Open with Bohemian Rhapsody and close with We Will Rock You/ We Are the Champions carrying suoer hig energy through out the entire set. Amazing! I'm not sure that they could have played more than 20 minutes, Fredddie looked exhausted with them finished.
I still remember where I was when the news of his passing came over the radio.
I was hosting a radio show when I heard the news and changed the format to all Queen until the program ended
If ever there was anyone born to be on stage....it was Freddie.
*"I won't be a rockstar, I will be a legend!"* - Freddie Mercury
By the way, it will be great if you can make one of Jim Morrison.
Mercury is undoubtedly one of the most talented musicians in modern history. Few musicians have songs that people from 9 to 99 know. We Will Rock You and We are the Champions are two songs that my 9 yr old niece, 21 yr old nephew, 43 yr old sister, 73 yr old mom, and 99 yr old grandmother, know the melodies of both songs. And I'm sure their were people in their hundreds that have passed, that knew those songs They are in movies, played at high school, college sports and national sports, and used in music classes. If you say well what about Elvis . . Sure, the king of Rock and roll and loved by people 30 to 80. But my 9 yr old niece doesn't know any of his songs. And Elvis isn't usually played in at sporting events as an anthem, which is what will keep queen known to people in the sports world until a better known sports anthem song comes along.
The end of this video gives me "goosebumps". RIP Freddie
No one could ever match Freddie's voice!
He had a awesome voice.
The greatest Rock artist ever to walk on Earth
Elvis says hold my fried banana peanut butter and jelly sandwich 😋🥪
One of the greatest not the greatest
"The British Empaarrr " love how he says that
What are your top 5 Queen songs?
Mine: don't stop me now, you take my breath away, my fairy king, don't try so hard, somebody to love
I Want It All, My Best Friend, Love of my Life, Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are The Champions
Seeing Don’t stop me now in that Shaun of the Dead scene was one of the most perfect moments in my life😎
@@mammuchan8923 cornetto trilogy is already timeless classics ^.^
Bohemian Rhapsody
We will rock you
I want to break free
Radio Gaga
We are the Champions
Killer Queen
Another one bites the dust
Fat Bottomed Girls
You're my best friend
I want it all
Killer Queen, I Want To Break Free, My Best Friend, Somebody To Love, I Want It All.
Lovely, sad yet inspiring also.
One of the greatest performers of all time
I'd hardly call Made in Heaven outrageous. It's an excellent that I didn't appreciate as a child, but as an adult it speaks to me. The re-release of some of his solo works redone with the Queen sound are really well done. I was stoked I got to Queen play live in Australia in February 2020 before COVID really took hold. May have got something in my eye when they had 'hologram' Freddie sing Love of My Life and the stadium was lit with nothing but camera phones...
A biographics on the great and tragic Robert Emmett would be legendary. RIP Emmett.
I do not have kids, but I can not wait to introduce my kids to Queen's music someday. Timeless and powerful!
Best singer in history, by a country mile. Change my mind.
Why change it when you're not wrong
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG!!! THANK YOU!!!
This might be the best presentation biographics has produced. Bravo 😁
The Music Freddie and the Band created has influenced me since I bought their first album in 74. I started playing guitar obsessively, modelled a sound after Brian's; though never as good of course. Played 4 Stadiums or arenas - 3 - 5000 seaters...and gigging 250 nights per year for 3 years. We ALWAYS played Tie your Mother during encores. I will live with this group and my own band " until I Fucking die...I'm sure of it". Hey, hey, HEY...!!!!
Greatest singer in history.
Really hard to argue against.
I often say... If we had more humans like Freddie in the world. We all would be in much better place. Heart of true love. Not many humans are made like Freddie.
Love the dig on vanilla ice. If anyone deserves it, its definitely that guy.
I’m not in the know here. What did vanilla ice do??
Take the bass line from under pressure and used it in ice ice baby while swearing it wasn't the same for years on top of all kinds of other stupid stuff. Watch the jontron video about vanilla ice movie lol.
I was at Queen’s last ever performance at Wembley Stadium: 12th July 1986.
It was my first ever concert aged 13 and I got to see my musical hero, Freddie and his three buddies, Brian, Roger and John live on stage.
Long live Freddie. 😎❤️
Music journalist: Queen pffffff!
Freddie: WE WILL ROCK YOU!
The day Queen released "A Night At The Opera" my parents thought dressing up as a robot from cardboard boxes and aluminum foil was a good idea for Halloween. I was 9. Then the teenage kids targeted me with shaving cream inside my suit. And I got pushed around and roughed up a bit. It was our first Halloween in the new neighborhood. It was traumatizing enough to remember that night to this day. October 31st 1975 the release date for Queen's new record.
Finally! Thank you Simon you beutiful bastard!
I've been suggesting this one forever and now i have it
Every time I get blown away with these guys' talent...and although Queen is the sum of these 4 amazing musicians, Freddie stands out for every reason in the whole universe (and beyond)
He was the most amazing, wonderful, good-looking, sexy, electric, mind-blowing, charismatic, talented, thoughtful, funny, caring, loving frontman ever.
In every live concert, we can tell he had a lot of fun, and they interacted with the crowd in such a way they could, in a way Freddie could. He loved the crowd and the crowd of course reciprocated all that love. And how not to love him?
Freddie is Queen, Freddie is Queen's frontman, unique, irreplaceable. That simple. 💖💖💖👑👑👑
He is (still and forever) the King of Queen...darlings
I was 4 days from turning 6 years old when he died.
His legacy can't be described into words and Queen will always be one of the greatest rock bands ever with him being the greatest frontman ever.
@kristichips 👍
13:53 sounds like the climax of Society pun not intended.
Videos on (Dr.) Brian May, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Ravi Shankar?
Initially were drawn in by his incredible talent but stayed to witness the bewildering beauty of the sensual sexuality Freddie encompassed. Some called him a perversion , some called him gods triumph, but all marveled at the feelings he stirred in us as he floated across the stage. Am I straight? Am I gay? Does it matter? Freddie was a living testament that it truly didn’t. preaching acceptance and tolerance , long before the world was ready. Immortalizing echoes that our children today live by; love, however it’s granted, is beautiful. Thank you Freddie for paving the way
Simon you are a legend
Can you do David Bowie next?
Thank you. Been waiting for this. Sadly missed.
Been following your channel since the beginning and this was one that I've always wanted to see. Thanks Simon!
I asked for this video! Thanks Simon!
Some inaccurate information here, Jim Hutton didn't look much after Freddie. The last person with Freddie was Dave Clark. There are more mistakes, but better then some biographies I have seen.
One of the most powerful voices in music
You should do one on Neil Peart. Arguably the greatest drummer of all time and weather you agree with that statement or not his life contains tragedy and is a great story about a Canadian icon