Queen - Death on Two Legs (Official Lyric Video)

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  • Taken from A Night At The Opera, 1975.
    Sing along to 'Death on Two Legs' with this official karaoke style Queen lyric video.
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  • @shahar5834
    @shahar5834 Před 5 lety +3241

    “We’d like to dedicate this song to our beloved manager. We love you darling”

  • @camsi2929
    @camsi2929 Před 5 lety +3307

    The best part about this song is that you can hear Freddie's contempt and disgust. Amazing!

    • @rinnittt
      @rinnittt Před 5 lety +97

      Renee Sethis Ikr he sounds genuinely pissed

    • @spikegore7280
      @spikegore7280 Před 5 lety +72

      He is probably gonna Kill a man.

    • @genevieve2106
      @genevieve2106 Před 4 lety +37

      Spikewing The Dutch Angel Dragon MAMA OOOOOO

    • @oregano6836
      @oregano6836 Před 4 lety +40

      yeah he sounds like he's going to kill whoever pissed him off

    • @GrayWolf1521
      @GrayWolf1521 Před 4 lety +21

      @@spikegore7280 Yeah he's gonna put a gun against his head

  • @Boudi-ca
    @Boudi-ca Před 2 lety +301

    Freddie was mad, mad.
    I love how he says he changed the words everyday to make it as vicious as possible 😂

    • @chrisfromwiisports7510
      @chrisfromwiisports7510 Před 2 lety +26

      And he doesn’t get mad often, when he gets mad you know you screwed up!!

  • @brodylawless9061
    @brodylawless9061 Před 4 lety +1118

    One of the most underrated queen songs

    • @alexanderkolganov3654
      @alexanderkolganov3654 Před 3 lety +11

      Who said it's underrated?

    • @joeyuzwa891
      @joeyuzwa891 Před 3 lety +75

      @@alexanderkolganov3654 it definitely is. nobody ever talks about this song when discussing their best songs

    • @alexanderkolganov3654
      @alexanderkolganov3654 Před 3 lety +6

      @@joeyuzwa891 They talk about rap all the time nowadays I couldn't care less about, who gives a shit? ; )

    • @MarioLuigi-yz9pz
      @MarioLuigi-yz9pz Před 3 lety +50

      @@alexanderkolganov3654 he said when people discuss their best songs, where the hell did you get rap from?

    • @tokunagaster
      @tokunagaster Před 3 lety +27

      Arguably the most underrated. The guitar is just fantastic.

  • @blindandwatching
    @blindandwatching Před 7 lety +2593

    This song was about the band's manager at the time. He was a real piece work. They couldn't fire him so they sang about him instead. The bloke quit. So the song worked.

    • @homogenicward1586
      @homogenicward1586 Před 5 lety +33

      Read this www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-2368614/Queen-Freddie-Mercury-felt-like-god-Then-started-behaving-like-man-signed-band.html

    • @Proudtrekkie96
      @Proudtrekkie96 Před 5 lety +47

      Prometheus damn. I hope this plays a part in bohemian rhapsody movies

    • @justinnamuco9096
      @justinnamuco9096 Před 5 lety +48

      Mario Gonzalez It's not even in the soundtrack :(

    • @emmaridley_youtube
      @emmaridley_youtube Před 5 lety +37

      they rejected him- left him beacuse he didnt believe in the albums success I KNOW THIS FROM THE MOVIE.

    • @Whipslinger1
      @Whipslinger1 Před 5 lety +10

      Like Killer Queen.

  • @chrisdamon5367
    @chrisdamon5367 Před 6 lety +3126

    Only Freddie could record a song in which he is spitting venomous hatred toward someone, and still make it sound beautiful and uplifting. A perfect album opener for one of the most perfect albums ever made!

    • @awsmdude12345
      @awsmdude12345 Před 5 lety +60

      Chris Damon lets not forget the part where they suggest suicide...

    • @mixxxo
      @mixxxo Před 5 lety +39

      @Sound N Vision
      huh, i heard another story where brian was the one who actually encouraged freddie to finish the song bc he thought it was too bitter and full of hatred.

    • @kman24
      @kman24 Před 5 lety +8

      He wrote this song to the record companies

    • @kman24
      @kman24 Před 5 lety +6

      @Sound N Vision it is it's based on the big record corporations listen to the words

    • @ilchsm6330
      @ilchsm6330 Před 5 lety +9

      @@kman24 "listen to the words" he's clearly talking to one person personally.

  • @Keston1302
    @Keston1302 Před rokem +564

    This is probably the best opening to any song ever. That guitar playing is insane!

  • @marvelgeek9577
    @marvelgeek9577 Před 3 lety +289

    “This next song is dedicated to a Mother f*cker of gentleman.” Freddie Mercury

  • @zsuzsannabenke9966
    @zsuzsannabenke9966 Před 5 lety +4219

    Freddie Mercury wrote this and dedicated it to Norman Sheffield, Queen's former manager and a co owner of Trident Studios. Queen felt that Norman had not provided them with the support they needed.The surviving band members noted the unhappy atmosphere in the Days of our Lives documentary, explaining that the band felt hard done by when they were producing hit singles without seeing any of the money - and with incidents such as Roger Taylor being told he couldn't hit the drums too hard as they supposedly "couldn't afford" new drumsticks. But as Taylor noted, "you see them (the management) running around in stretch limos and think 'hang on there's something not right here!'" The split occurred under very acrimonious circumstances, and this song acted as something of a final word from the band. The lyrics form a harsh character portrait that outline the band's full animosity towards their former acquaintance. Mercury was reportedly not a fan of the song after writing it, having felt it was too angry and bitter, but May encouraged him to complete it.
    On the Live Killers version, Freddie Mercury introduced this song by saying, "This is a song about a real motherf--ker of a gentleman!"

    • @robertoricci3393
      @robertoricci3393 Před 5 lety +141

      Lol! I know Queen never mentioned who was the target of the song, or at least his name was always censored in the recordings. CZcams is a fountain of secrets.

    • @arbeez4827
      @arbeez4827 Před 5 lety +73

      Thank you for giving me the real history of this song. I knew it was about their manager but I didn't know all this. I sincerely thank you,
      Space Cow The Unicorn

    • @tonystark1180
      @tonystark1180 Před 5 lety +45

      Thanks for the info about the Live Killers version. I've often wondered what Freddie said, because on my copies (LP and CD), it's censored. He introduces it like this;
      "This next song is from A Night At The Opera. This is about a BEEP BEEP BEEP. We call him Death on Two Legs" :)

    • @robertaconway1804
      @robertaconway1804 Před 5 lety +27

      Everybody knows someone like that.

    • @seekthegeek
      @seekthegeek Před 5 lety +18

      They were refused airplay for Bohemian (etc) so they went to Kenny Everett who was a DJ at the time and he gave them airplay and WOW! As stated in a doco about Queen and on the Bohemian movie right?

  • @lufia7387
    @lufia7387 Před 6 lety +5622

    Who needs a therapist when you have queen

    • @lemonbleach6337
      @lemonbleach6337 Před 6 lety +27

      Nelosn Portis and Jojo

    • @Kira-ky3ok
      @Kira-ky3ok Před 6 lety +21

      And Jojoke

    • @lemonbleach6337
      @lemonbleach6337 Před 6 lety +20

      Svetlana Ajinça life is a jojoke

    • @Kira-ky3ok
      @Kira-ky3ok Před 6 lety +7

      Lemon Bleach life jojo is life
      And Merry Christmas

    • @lemonbleach6337
      @lemonbleach6337 Před 6 lety +5

      Svetlana Ajinça you speak truth. Merry Christmas too you too... better late than ever

  • @jenniferreierson1755
    @jenniferreierson1755 Před 4 lety +498

    We all have someone on our mind when hearing this song

    • @ketrapope2260
      @ketrapope2260 Před 3 lety +38

      And if not, someone thinks of you when it plays!!

    • @THEL0VETHIEVES
      @THEL0VETHIEVES Před 3 lety +8

      yup !!

    • @jimdennis121
      @jimdennis121 Před 3 lety +8

      Indeed, my former employer.

    • @_.lizziejohnson
      @_.lizziejohnson Před 3 lety +4

      at first thing song reminded me of the girl that was going after my ex boyfriend and now ironically this song reminds me of my ex boyfriend 🤡

    • @MaeAlessa
      @MaeAlessa Před 2 lety +3

      Me having this song represent my OC:

  • @ArizonaRain220
    @ArizonaRain220 Před 3 lety +269

    I have to admit, I am VERY impressed with just how creative these lyrics are. It’s a bop

    • @corey-bird3489
      @corey-bird3489 Před rokem +4

      Freddie wrote “This thing called Love” in the bathtub; I’d like to know where he wrote this, one might claim a Dr. Seuss con!

    • @wong6645
      @wong6645 Před 8 měsíci

      @@corey-bird3489 crazy little thing called love

  • @corvixcorux8850
    @corvixcorux8850 Před 5 lety +1455

    Just picture four betrayed, penniless and enraged young men in their twenties- furiously composing and recording this song in some small studio..
    Pouring their rage out in the form of music.

    • @genevieve2106
      @genevieve2106 Před 4 lety +11

      Corvix Corux now I’m sad

    • @discodeakyinthestreetsfrea5638
      @discodeakyinthestreetsfrea5638 Před 4 lety +30

      Truly beautiful

    • @chrisanagn.3584
      @chrisanagn.3584 Před 4 lety +62

      Well, it was written by Freddie, so the other 3 members could only hear the lyrics. I can only imagine their faces with those hate lyrics. Absolutely great

    • @julianadequeiroz772
      @julianadequeiroz772 Před 4 lety +25

      now I'm feeling like trash because that turned me on. Damn it brain

    • @discodeakyinthestreetsfrea5638
      @discodeakyinthestreetsfrea5638 Před 4 lety +22

      @@genevieve2106 There's no need to be, dear. If anything in Queen's timeline happened slightly differently, the good and (unfortunately) the bad, things wouldn't have turned out the way they did. You see, these experiences made them stronger. Yes, unfortunately, they were betrayed, but, it made them the strong musicians they became.

  • @calfman3333
    @calfman3333 Před 5 lety +1510

    When you think about it, this is one of the first diss tracks ever.

    • @1960deek
      @1960deek Před 5 lety +118

      I wrote these same lyrics to a girl that broke up with me. She wasn't familiar with Queen so I though it was safe lol

    • @abdulbasheer6551
      @abdulbasheer6551 Před 4 lety +58

      Think Queen did it first with Flick of the Wrist from the previous album.

    • @lightningbugs925
      @lightningbugs925 Před 4 lety +13

      Luiz_27 I mean the oc said *one* of the first diss tracks so like-

    • @maggi1302
      @maggi1302 Před 3 lety +2

      YASSSSSS

    • @patriotboy93
      @patriotboy93 Před 3 lety +7

      That was George Harrison with Only a Northern Song.

  • @McMerlin11
    @McMerlin11 Před 4 lety +356

    Queen: “Do you feel like... suicide? (I think you should)”
    Also Queen: DONT TRY SUICIDE, NOBODY’S WORTH IT!

    • @rakdoxx873
      @rakdoxx873 Před 4 lety +19

      HawkyPlays he made dont try suicide for his suicidal ex boyfriend

    • @eduardovillarruel4640
      @eduardovillarruel4640 Před 3 lety

      JaAJJS

    • @ahard-daysnight6659
      @ahard-daysnight6659 Před 2 lety +8

      “Ayo don’t try suicide it’s not good”
      “Except for you norman go f*ck yourself”
      -freddie mercury, probably

    • @avpaavcomics1299
      @avpaavcomics1299 Před 2 lety +2

      Infact, both were written by Freddie.

    • @valeriebarcenas5566
      @valeriebarcenas5566 Před 2 lety

      Don't forget Keep Passing The Open Windows and Don't Try So Hard

  • @_Harmony_-
    @_Harmony_- Před 3 lety +55

    Thank you Norman Sheffield for bring us one of the best jewels of queen

    • @bluebell3720
      @bluebell3720 Před 3 lety +5

      Yeah Freddie was pretty mad!
      The others thought it was too harsh but went along with it anyway!

  • @voidexius5389
    @voidexius5389 Před 4 lety +1146

    Freddie: hmmm I just wrote a hate letter to my manager
    Freddie: oh I know let’s write a song about lazing on a Sunday afternoon next

    • @unicornnationsii8806
      @unicornnationsii8806 Před 3 lety +12

      69 likes lol

    • @maid_kr4t0s10
      @maid_kr4t0s10 Před 3 lety +42

      he just wants to ride his bike... on every wednesday evening

    • @trentoninnewjersey
      @trentoninnewjersey Před 3 lety +33

      @@maid_kr4t0s10 and go waltzing to the zoo on Thursday, and go painting in the louvre on Friday

    • @ryasanovar8175
      @ryasanovar8175 Před 3 lety +5

      whats the lazing on sunday song pls someone tell me 🥺🥺🥺🥺

    • @maximusheaton8375
      @maximusheaton8375 Před 2 lety +4

      That’s the point it’s meant to be a juxtaposition

  • @thil123456789
    @thil123456789 Před 7 lety +533

    "...and we'd like to dedicate this next song to our beloved manager. Love you loads!"

  • @errohaze2683
    @errohaze2683 Před rokem +135

    The intro is just fantastic! First the piano, then it shifts to guitar, so chaotic and angry, it builds in intensity, to the overbearing... I don't know what instrument it is, but it's like a musical shriek. Then it abruptly stops, the piano begins again as though the song has reset. It's like the anger gets so intense that it has stop and restart to get focused to deliver the delightful comebacks. Such a fantastic song!

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 Před rokem

      Hi I recommend an indie song called The Bond Villain By Robert Nix

    • @alextheguitarist7282
      @alextheguitarist7282 Před 10 měsíci +1

      That's Rog.

    • @theslava4208
      @theslava4208 Před 2 měsíci +1

      All instruments for the song other than piano, drums and bass were performed by Her Highness the Red Special gear.

  • @manboss52gaming30
    @manboss52gaming30 Před 2 lety +71

    Crazy how music can heal your feelings of contempt and disgust againt someone, like it gives you the confidence you needed.

  • @bookishnymph8533
    @bookishnymph8533 Před 5 lety +712

    "A sewer-rat decaying in a cesspool of pride"--has got to be the best lyric ever . . .

    • @PatrickMorcillo
      @PatrickMorcillo Před 4 lety +14

      It is a classic sentence, yes

    • @realmrjangoon
      @realmrjangoon Před 4 lety +22

      Sounds kinda disgusting but that's kinda the reality lmao

    • @lenaxo8260
      @lenaxo8260 Před 4 lety +18

      By far my favorite lyric here. The line is sung with so much anger and dirt and I love it!

    • @rafiderianto3604
      @rafiderianto3604 Před 3 lety +3

      yeahh my favo line of this song!!

    • @davidiswaluigi5982
      @davidiswaluigi5982 Před 3 lety +2

      Yes! The best! It’s truly the peak of insults.

  • @gymnassfan
    @gymnassfan Před 6 lety +2955

    The perfect combination of opera and hard rock.

  • @Galron1979
    @Galron1979 Před 3 lety +51

    1:53 The choir part is pure eargasm.

  • @jacobtan8729
    @jacobtan8729 Před 4 lety +90

    The intro is one of the most brutal I have ever heard

  • @killerqueen4692
    @killerqueen4692 Před 5 lety +564

    I love how the name on the album says “dedicated to...” they were so extra aahahha

  • @gemini945
    @gemini945 Před 6 lety +5610

    I feel so happy for my ex wife that Queen wrote a song for her.

  • @maick6131
    @maick6131 Před 2 lety +62

    This piano intro give me goosebumps!!!

  • @luciaortiz6409
    @luciaortiz6409 Před rokem +68

    This is probably the heaviest song from this whole album!!! And you know what? This song is so awesome!!! I really like it!!!

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 Před rokem

      Hi I recommend an indie song called The Bond Villain By Robert Nix

    • @annabelej8021
      @annabelej8021 Před 9 měsíci

      From this album. Listen to the 1974 Rainbow concerts. / The first 3 Albums .There are heavier songs.

  • @HaSabeanies
    @HaSabeanies Před 5 lety +1386

    I love how this and seaside rendezvous are on the same album

    • @perfectpixels6531
      @perfectpixels6531 Před 4 lety +37

      those are my 2 favorite songs on anato omg

    • @Alfonso162008
      @Alfonso162008 Před 3 lety +94

      It's even better that the song that immediately follows this one is Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon 😂

    • @NathanielKeatley
      @NathanielKeatley Před 3 lety +3

      My two favorite songs!!!

    • @menachemdo
      @menachemdo Před 3 lety

      They aren't lol

    • @saraa136
      @saraa136 Před 3 lety

      menachemdo They are

  • @matthewrose4797
    @matthewrose4797 Před 6 lety +3418

    Boy freddie mercury sounds like hes legit pissed in this song

    • @tsukigalleta
      @tsukigalleta Před 5 lety +437

      And rightfully so. That manager was sucking them dry

    • @iampewdiepie2645
      @iampewdiepie2645 Před 5 lety +165

      tsukigalleta when ur 14 that sounds a lot different

    • @tsukigalleta
      @tsukigalleta Před 5 lety +181

      @@iampewdiepie2645 Haha! When you're 41 it does too, but don't stop me now, honey ;)

    • @terryperring104
      @terryperring104 Před 5 lety +39

      Sounds as sober as a judge to me

    • @Crazy-SixtyFour
      @Crazy-SixtyFour Před 5 lety +59

      Yeah it sounds like he's pissed

  • @queenareforever2211
    @queenareforever2211 Před 4 lety +97

    What to say.... thank you Queen for writing a song dedicated to my father

  • @aquariusbree
    @aquariusbree Před 4 lety +1220

    *Not-so-fun fact:* Freddie dedicated this song to Norman Sheffield (Queen's former manager and a co-owner of Trident Studios who was basically robbing them of their money at the time) after being released from that management, Freddie wanted to express his feelings towards the man in a song. Gary Langhan remembers when Freddie took his headphones off after laying his vocal tracks on DOTL, he witnessed blood pouring out from Fred's ears just from the sheer anger he put into the song, and sometime later on Freddie said that his throat was literally bleeding because he went so hard on the song.

  • @manifestgtr
    @manifestgtr Před 5 lety +410

    “Mister KNOWWW alllllll”
    I always loved that note.

    • @janemay8950
      @janemay8950 Před 5 lety +16

      right when i read this comment, that same note played!

    • @nancy8605
      @nancy8605 Před 2 lety +2

      This reminds me of " mr superior thinking or mr perfectly fine . By taylor swift

    • @theanimatronics6076
      @theanimatronics6076 Před 2 lety

      I was just hearing that part when i read it

  • @axobottled5240
    @axobottled5240 Před 5 lety +2530

    The intro is good
    The chorus too
    The end too
    ...
    the whole thing is great, really.

    • @pk-nn7qf
      @pk-nn7qf Před 5 lety +14

      what the intro! want to ringtone

    • @odhranmartin1154
      @odhranmartin1154 Před 4 lety +12

      the intro is scary

    • @linzi2720
      @linzi2720 Před 4 lety +38

      The only problem is. It ends. That's the problem with all queen songs.

    • @joseph3062
      @joseph3062 Před 3 lety +10

      @@linzi2720 yeah it really ruins the songs

    • @Weirdsoul91
      @Weirdsoul91 Před 3 lety +1

      @@linzi2720 All songs have that problem. Not only Queen songs

  • @radio_gabba
    @radio_gabba Před 8 měsíci +17

    The guitar in this is just INCREDIBLE.

  • @theinfamousarmyof1band481
    @theinfamousarmyof1band481 Před 2 měsíci +4

    I can't believe how much I forgot how much I love the sound of Brian May's guitar and Freddie's arrangements.

  • @nicolasgotte4000
    @nicolasgotte4000 Před 6 lety +587

    I'm French and i learned how to speak english with this song. listening to it everyday, for 5 years, on CD, reading the lyrics on the Cd's book. Eternal gratitude to Queen, the best band in the universe period.

    • @theocoxd
      @theocoxd Před 5 lety +42

      Just did the same to me, my big brother posted Bohemiam Rhapsody's lyrics on our bedroom's wall, so, when I woke up in the morning I'd read it every single day since I was 6 years old.
      Salutations du Mexique. (Correct me if I'm wrong)

    • @justsomeonewhopopsupeveryw1444
      @justsomeonewhopopsupeveryw1444 Před 5 lety +23

      Juan Jacobo Guzman your English is PERFECT 👌

    • @alexkaram-9945
      @alexkaram-9945 Před 5 lety +13

      Very nice to see someone learning a new language with music :)
      C’est très bien de voir des gens apprendre à parler une langue grâce à la musique :)

    • @ZzippystardustT
      @ZzippystardustT Před 5 lety +15

      Nicolas GOTTE well now I’m doing the opposite, I’m listening to French music trying to Learn French

    • @clairefrewin4049
      @clairefrewin4049 Před 5 lety +10

      @@ZzippystardustT Well, good luck ! As a French speaker, I can tell that French is pretty hard to learn :) Btw, if you don't know these French bands, I suggest you to listen to Téléphone and Indochine

  • @maeve1214
    @maeve1214 Před 5 lety +4524

    Queen made disstracks before it was cool y’all

    • @siamenace4680
      @siamenace4680 Před 5 lety +88

      Maeve G By your PFP, and this comment, it's safe to say you have good taste in music.

    • @mummylovescuddles6834
      @mummylovescuddles6834 Před 5 lety +6

      😂 lol

    • @burningoldsage4012
      @burningoldsage4012 Před 5 lety +29

      Check out "Positively 4th Street" and "Like A Rolling Stone" by a guy named Bob Dylan. Brutal.

    • @hannah-bz3tt
      @hannah-bz3tt Před 5 lety +47

      THE coolest diss track (in my opinion)

    • @Hi-hl8jw
      @Hi-hl8jw Před 5 lety +34

      Jaden Man that was after Freddie died. John made Backchat when Freddie was alive...Not being mean but like every Queen fan knows this😂

  • @joem2087
    @joem2087 Před 4 lety +37

    Think only "rappers" can make diss tracks? Side not,dont piss a lyrical Genius like Freddie off.

  • @Inikage11918
    @Inikage11918 Před 4 lety +233

    News headline: "BREAKING NEWS:
    Legendary singer songwriter has found a way to make the best hate letter in history."

  • @Endy_123
    @Endy_123 Před 6 lety +152

    This is the most underrated Queen song and it's my favorite. Freddie you genius

  • @maolsheachlannoceallaigh4772

    The irony is that Death on Two Legs is a kind of cool name to be given.

    • @zbr76
      @zbr76 Před 4 lety +53

      The guy this is dedicated to - Norman Sheffield - actually called his autobiography 'Life On Two Legs'. He knew this was about him.

    • @francescapatti2934
      @francescapatti2934 Před 4 lety +34

      Just not at all related right now but Roger's nickname was sex on legs 😂😂😂

    • @owenflude7501
      @owenflude7501 Před 3 lety +7

      Yeah, if I were to have a nickname, it would be death on two legs.

    • @MonsieurTerrorizer
      @MonsieurTerrorizer Před 2 lety +1

      @@zbr76 Lol what an ass

  • @alexn44405
    @alexn44405 Před 3 lety +82

    Man, i can't believe my ex is so famous Freddie wrote a *song* for him!

  • @sirenix4453
    @sirenix4453 Před 3 lety +80

    Well the only good thing Norman Sheffield did is give Freddie a reason to write this masterpiece

  • @mr.midgetmayo8145
    @mr.midgetmayo8145 Před 5 lety +640

    I know this song is about the manager, but hear me out, This song always reminds me of my friends in high school, they ignored me, constantly talked shit about me behind my back, treated me like shit when i was around and tell me to shut up whenever i was talking about something i was passinate about, took me until last year to just leave them behind. And this song helped me realise that. Thank you.

    • @phoebemerchant6368
      @phoebemerchant6368 Před 5 lety +60

      Exactly the same with me, whenever I used to talk about things like queen or the Beatles they would ignore me and laugh at me and I would feel like they were friends and I was kind of the loner of the group so then one day at the school dance I asked the DJ to play this and he hadn’t heard the song so I asked him to dedicate it to my 3 best friends (then I said their names)... they hate me, but everyone was laughing so hard lol

    • @IAmInfinitus208
      @IAmInfinitus208 Před 5 lety +3

      @@phoebemerchant6368 Damn!

    • @BaileyTheBat
      @BaileyTheBat Před 5 lety +8

      @Mr.midget Mayo keep parasitic people like that out of your life, they aren't even worth the effort to try to tolerate.

    • @Meyyy_Ming
      @Meyyy_Ming Před 5 lety

      Same...

    • @imgoodatmoaning9561
      @imgoodatmoaning9561 Před 4 lety +4

      Those people sound horrible. Glad that phase of your life is over.

  • @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X
    @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X Před 9 lety +940

    That piano intro...

  • @invisibleman4827
    @invisibleman4827 Před 2 lety +29

    How kind of Freddie mercury to see into the future and write a song about the prick who bullied me out of my last job.

  • @mr.rangergaming6540
    @mr.rangergaming6540 Před 3 lety +51

    Lol I just found out that Norman Sheffield has book called "Life on two legs"

  • @82nddave38
    @82nddave38 Před 6 lety +344

    Brian May is the most under looked, not underrated, but definitely under looked classic rock guitarist. Its always Gilmore, Page, Clapton, exc. Nobody ever mentions Brian May but when that someone does mention him as a top 3 great. Most people then recognize what else, but Bohemian Rhapsody. Thank you Wayne's World! Although this is my absolute favorite May riff and solo.

    • @kangurukaiser9395
      @kangurukaiser9395 Před 5 lety +4

      I agree with you in that he's underrated and a fantastic guitar player but um...top 3 is a stretch there bud. The people you just mentioned: Gilmore, Clapton, and Page, are way better guitar players, and lets not mention Jimi Hendrix or Eddie Van Halen

    • @neuralmute
      @neuralmute Před 5 lety +12

      @@kangurukaiser9395 I'd rate May over van Halen. Brian might not be quite as technical, but he's got more depth of feeling to his playing, and I'd say he's a better songwriter by far. Of course, when we're discussing the best of the best, so much comes down to personal taste, as there IS no way to objectively rate guitar players. All I can say is that Hendrix is God, and let the rest sort themselves out from there!

    • @shadow102994
      @shadow102994 Před 5 lety +9

      I've never noticed that. He always comes up in conversations I've had about the greats. Maybe not the most technical, but fuck man. May has a tone that is unmistakable

    • @gabriellaveres9179
      @gabriellaveres9179 Před 4 lety +1

      @@kangurukaiser9395 not mention Mark Knopfler Dire Straits

    • @judycolella5554
      @judycolella5554 Před 4 lety +1

      As great as they all are (and I totally agree Brian May deserves waaaay more recognition), the ultimate guitarist in my book was Stevie Ray Vaughn. He was kinda in his very own category.

  • @nykterion7
    @nykterion7 Před 6 lety +558

    BUT NOW YOU CAN KISS MY ASS... GOODBYE!
    NEXT: LAZING ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON..HAHAHHA WHAT AN ALBUM
    BEST BAND IN ROCK (AND NOT ONLY) HISTORY

    • @joyceg8546
      @joyceg8546 Před 5 lety +17

      Revisited this album with my brother the other day and the contrast between the songs really stood out. HATE SONG, followed by Lazing, followed by the ferocious I'm in love with my car, followed by the sweet You're my best friend, etc. Pure genius!

    • @th3odoros
      @th3odoros Před 4 lety

      Έχεις δίκιο Μιχάλη

    • @zDeityz
      @zDeityz Před 4 lety +1

      Seaside rendezvous

  • @little_swan07
    @little_swan07 Před 3 lety +35

    This is my type of music.
    Chaotic yet still enjoyable.

  • @michddd5534
    @michddd5534 Před 3 lety +76

    One of the best lyrics ever written imo.

  • @musicalprostitute7860
    @musicalprostitute7860 Před 4 lety +164

    Brian’s guitar is venomous and johns bass is DEADLY and Rogers drums are killer and Freddie’s voice is HEAVENLY AND MAD........ yet this song is still amazing 😂

  • @paulsantos4396
    @paulsantos4396 Před 9 lety +409

    "But now you can kiss my ass goodbye"........Awesome strong lyrics!

  • @billybobjoethethird1679
    @billybobjoethethird1679 Před 3 lety +73

    This ain’t just a diss track... this is a full on assault!

  • @manuelis9414
    @manuelis9414 Před 3 lety +38

    I feel that Freddie was very angry when he wrote this song ... and it is my favorite!

    • @keith9482
      @keith9482 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/NSacKiioW90/video.html agree👍🏻👍🏻😎

  • @mr.whatareyadoin889
    @mr.whatareyadoin889 Před 8 lety +745

    Brian is badass in this song

  • @martinfalk8597
    @martinfalk8597 Před 5 lety +151

    Queen: made a diss-track over 40 years before it was cool

    • @CurrencyChronicles1
      @CurrencyChronicles1 Před 3 lety +1

      Indeed

    • @pufflord4230
      @pufflord4230 Před 3 lety

      11 years*

    • @c9k984
      @c9k984 Před 3 lety +1

      @@pufflord4230 I am confused as to what you mean by "11 years*". This song was released in 1975

    • @girl-xk2db
      @girl-xk2db Před 3 lety

      @@pufflord4230 what "diss track" was released in 1986?

    • @sj49770
      @sj49770 Před 3 lety +3

      "How Do You Sleep?" was a diss track in 1971. It's nothing new.

  • @clarenceeugene9692
    @clarenceeugene9692 Před 2 měsíci +5

    This has got to be one of the best intros to an album ever.

  • @emefcue
    @emefcue Před 6 měsíci +13

    I love the lyrics of the song , the guitar, piano, everything

  • @aaronlaluzerne6639
    @aaronlaluzerne6639 Před 5 lety +900

    The anthem of every divorce ever.

    • @pk-nn7qf
      @pk-nn7qf Před 5 lety +8

      😂😂😂 that's good

    • @neuralmute
      @neuralmute Před 5 lety +19

      I danced my last number ever in the world's bitchiest burlesque troupe to this song. Queen were always my favourite go-to band for stage music, so it just felt right to end with two middle fingers raised high to a couple of "directors" who didn't deserve the title. And the audience ate it up with a spoon.Taking the backstage drama onstage, and then leaving it there! ;D

    • @dark6091
      @dark6091 Před 4 lety +2

      😂

    • @BiGAlelen
      @BiGAlelen Před 4 lety +3

      👌🏻 noice

    • @1vrsc
      @1vrsc Před 4 lety +5

      and cocksucker bosses

  • @thitsugaya1224
    @thitsugaya1224 Před 6 lety +56

    Brian's guitar work in this was just masterful.

  • @spinny003
    @spinny003 Před 3 lety +18

    Love that beginning, man. Starts nice and soft, into a chaotic jumble of sound and then just cuts off abruptly for the lyrics to kick in. It give you a quick taste of the song's intense nature.

    • @keith9482
      @keith9482 Před 3 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/NSacKiioW90/video.html awesome 👍🏻👍🏻

    • @spinny003
      @spinny003 Před 3 lety +1

      @@keith9482 Thanks.

  • @josiehoyle9314
    @josiehoyle9314 Před 11 měsíci +25

    It's worth being a horrible person if you get a brilliant song like this dedicated to you ❤️

  • @liana7794
    @liana7794 Před 5 lety +3717

    “Do you feel like suicide (I think you should”
    *makes a song called **_don’t try sucide_*
    Everyone is confused now

    • @carolinering6129
      @carolinering6129 Před 5 lety +249

      They were like, "That was a little harsh, I guess."

    • @neuralmute
      @neuralmute Před 5 lety +177

      They really only wanted Norman Sheffield to kill himself. Everyone else, they were pretty alright with keeping around at this point.

    • @neuralmute
      @neuralmute Před 4 lety +88

      @Jacob Playz Well, he was a shitty manager who screwed them out of *a lot* of money. They were extremely pissed off at him.

    • @genevieve2106
      @genevieve2106 Před 4 lety +22

      Jacob Playz do you know how horribly he treated them?

    • @auroramcct1982
      @auroramcct1982 Před 4 lety +73

      The old manager told Roger to not bang his drums too hard because he didn’t have the money for buy new drum sticks!

  • @simonw7284
    @simonw7284 Před 8 lety +242

    I have been obsessed with this song for 25 years. Such a work of art, so powerfull

    • @kobesamurai
      @kobesamurai Před 7 lety +18

      Been 41 years for me - my first ever album purchase! STILL seems like yesterday when I hear it!

    • @glencuthers8775
      @glencuthers8775 Před 7 lety +5

      yep Auckland Nz l did the same thing 55 now lols

  • @duchesshateshim8045
    @duchesshateshim8045 Před 4 lety +62

    I'm so happy Freddie Mercury wrote this for my 4th grade bully

  • @vjthehandsome5659
    @vjthehandsome5659 Před 4 lety +52

    3:16 "shark!"
    *"hey man Jaws was never my scene and I don't like star wars"*

  • @leukkemiaa
    @leukkemiaa Před 9 lety +436

    I was 6 when I got this vinyl as Christmas gift.
    EPIC.

  • @antoinevs7201
    @antoinevs7201 Před 6 lety +146

    "You're just an overgrown school boy" how rude and cruel incredible.

    • @alex28530
      @alex28530 Před 4 lety +1

      Antoine VS “you’re a sewer rat decaying I a cesspool of pride” is an absolutely raw line

  • @schreckeninecken2583
    @schreckeninecken2583 Před 2 lety +18

    That guitar intro is savage!

  • @cauldronofcreations6138
    @cauldronofcreations6138 Před rokem +35

    This year my resolution is to learn drums (mostly to help with some issues) and when this song came up on my Spotify I absolutely *froze* at how good it was and basically, I dedicate this to the person who I thought was a good person for a good 11 years and now I wanna learn the drums to this song.

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 Před rokem +1

      Hi I recommend an indie song called The Bond Villain By Robert Nix

  • @monstergod888
    @monstergod888 Před 8 lety +1203

    When an album starts with a song like that,you know that you have a great taste for music!

    • @MarkCox21125150
      @MarkCox21125150 Před 7 lety +31

      well said!

    • @Mark-ek2eo
      @Mark-ek2eo Před 7 lety +99

      *you know that the artists are amazing
      Get over yourself

    • @MarkoKovachki
      @MarkoKovachki Před 7 lety +15

      tchaco lynma
      Your taste of music has nothing to do with any song of any album on the world... unless you're Freddie,which i reckon You're not...

    • @dexterdog717
      @dexterdog717 Před 7 lety +2

      fart in your face

    • @xavierlopez7717
      @xavierlopez7717 Před 6 lety +4

      Marko Kovachki,
      you are god damm right

  • @alinedomingues9543
    @alinedomingues9543 Před 7 lety +71

    A NIGHT AT THE OPERA the best album ever and ever

  • @johnmichaelson9173
    @johnmichaelson9173 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Brian is fire on this song, the guitar playing is just on another level.

  • @NeneSimone
    @NeneSimone Před 5 měsíci +6

    This is the best and classiest diss track in my book.

  • @Alteori
    @Alteori Před 6 lety +1629

    See ya, Norman Sheffield.

    • @toptop961
      @toptop961 Před 5 lety +49

      He's dead

    • @downed7590
      @downed7590 Před 5 lety +60

      @@toptop961 dead as shit

    • @odescobridordobrasil8193
      @odescobridordobrasil8193 Před 3 lety +31

      @@toptop961 death on two legs

    • @amdinu
      @amdinu Před 3 lety +37

      @@odescobridordobrasil8193 more
      Like dead on two legs ahahaha

    • @Pyro_Mothman
      @Pyro_Mothman Před 3 lety +2

      I'm so surprised to see a comment from you, didn't know you liked queen

  • @tullfan7872
    @tullfan7872 Před 7 lety +86

    This song has the most brutal guitar interlude/transition in it I've ever heard! I first heard A Night At The Opera in the late-70s and have never forgotten this song. Bohemian Rhapsody and '39 were the other great songs on the album.

  • @lizzystringfellow1624
    @lizzystringfellow1624 Před 2 lety +34

    The fact that I can sing this whole song from memory is 😳😳. I LOVE THIS SONG, thank you Queen for amazing music

  • @funkyfrog2944
    @funkyfrog2944 Před rokem +80

    This song would be great for when you're mad at your boss

    • @dziadkalwaryjski3450
      @dziadkalwaryjski3450 Před rokem +12

      I'll tell u what - it was probably dedicated to Queen's manager, Norman Sheffield

    • @DrWho2008
      @DrWho2008 Před rokem +4

      ​@@dziadkalwaryjski3450 it was

  • @harrythebatt22
    @harrythebatt22 Před 5 lety +90

    Queen wrote the most fire diss track before they were even a thing

  • @geraltofrivia7448
    @geraltofrivia7448 Před 5 lety +131

    When i finish highschool im gonna blast this on the biggest speakers i can find

  • @savoy99
    @savoy99 Před 9 měsíci +5

    And then it follows up with the lighthearted and jaunty “Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon”. LOL

  • @martinaalderink7773
    @martinaalderink7773 Před 2 lety +15

    2:26 Red Special`s evil laugh....

  • @Fookar
    @Fookar Před 7 lety +2626

    Freddie looks like lord farquad on the first picture

    • @MrAnapires
      @MrAnapires Před 7 lety +78

      OMG LMAO

    • @aaah4987
      @aaah4987 Před 7 lety +78

      Fookar And Brian looks like Dan from game grumps

    • @Crizlo121
      @Crizlo121 Před 7 lety +31

      ArtJams queen fan and grumps fan, boi you going places :*

    • @MGstaR17
      @MGstaR17 Před 7 lety +40

      Yes, this was Lord Farquad when he was young XD

    • @ozzydetxemendy9471
      @ozzydetxemendy9471 Před 7 lety +104

      MGstaR17 No Lord Farquad WANTED to be Freddie when he was young

  • @James-fx8eb
    @James-fx8eb Před 9 lety +40

    So underrated it hurts.

  • @threesugarssevensugars2113
    @threesugarssevensugars2113 Před 4 lety +19

    I reckon this is actually one of my favourite Queen songs

  • @joemama9344
    @joemama9344 Před 3 lety +39

    this is actually my favorite song of all time and the fact that no one talks about it is bloodcurdling

    • @corey-bird3489
      @corey-bird3489 Před rokem +1

      Wise choice but we luckily do here!

    • @joemama9344
      @joemama9344 Před rokem +2

      @@corey-bird3489 haha i forgot i even made this comment. still my favorite tho!

  • @laurieford5257
    @laurieford5257 Před 5 lety +42

    I was 16 years old when A night at the opera came out. My friends and I knew Queen and Freddie Mercury would be a legend. no, we didn't know any of that. They were amazing, fascinating, talented, brilliant. The instruments, the voices, the lyrics....brilliant.......we knew that, but at 16 I never much thought about it...I, we just knew we loved their music. We didn't have the media nor knew much of their personal life. I don't remember when I learned Freddie was gay or do I care. I am saddened by how he died. I just watched Bohemian rhapsody. I loved it, it wasn't perfect, wasn't "accurate" but loved it just the same. I think back... 16 years old, '67 super sport Camaro, 8 track deck, spending Friday nights with my friends and listening to A night at the opera, cant get any better than that ;)

  • @lucymcdonald6398
    @lucymcdonald6398 Před 5 lety +33

    this song heightens any mood I’m feeling. Whether it’s happy, sad, angry or excited. Freddie’s ability to tailor every song to fit each and every persons likings is unbelievable.

  • @suryaprakashvedurumudi357

    RIP Great Legend. 24th Nov 2021.

  • @gainhi4288
    @gainhi4288 Před 4 lety +17

    0:42 (FREDDIE'S SCREAMING)

    • @syarifd5605
      @syarifd5605 Před rokem +7

      This isn't Freddie's scream but Roger's scream

  • @docky4835
    @docky4835 Před 5 lety +291

    i need a 10 hour version of this

  • @MagnusOfficial
    @MagnusOfficial Před 5 lety +421

    1975: a diss track for their manager.
    2019: a diss track for Jake Paul.

  • @douglas2902
    @douglas2902 Před 9 měsíci +6

    I've listened to a lot of rock n roll albums and "A night at the opera" has to be one of the greatest albums ever made. The album "The game" introduced me to queen. That album in its self was an eye opener. One of my favorite bands every album was a piece of magic 🎩 ✨️

  • @jajaleco
    @jajaleco Před 2 měsíci +2

    This follows up to Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon, and it's in the same album as Bohemian Rhapsody and Love or my Life... Pure genius

  • @ckamalek162
    @ckamalek162 Před 5 lety +42

    A night at the opera is pure art!!

  • @caseyshewak6862
    @caseyshewak6862 Před 8 lety +394

    Brian May top 5 guitar player of all time

    • @deathtrap2672
      @deathtrap2672 Před 8 lety +5

      +Rush Ron So innovative alongside Tom Morello of course .

    • @ryannewton1202
      @ryannewton1202 Před 7 lety +17

      I think that Jimmy page was better in the studio, but Brian could wipe the floor with him live.

    • @qwertyuio2758
      @qwertyuio2758 Před 6 lety +5

      Casey Shewak he's my top 1 of all time

    • @ViniciusTeixeira1
      @ViniciusTeixeira1 Před 6 lety

      Buckethead is my favorite :) Brian May is problably in third place for me

    • @marknicholson9205
      @marknicholson9205 Před 6 lety +4

      jimmy page couldnt dream of inventing a solo like this

  • @SolitaryReaper666
    @SolitaryReaper666 Před rokem +18

    It's an amazing unique song, sounds like a work of art even in 2022

  • @cwdan1964
    @cwdan1964 Před 3 lety +35

    This song accurately describes my anger and resentment towards all those people in my life who betrayed me, stabbed in back and became turncoats for their own selfish desires. It counts in some people from elementary school, high school and two of my former roommates.