A wonderful trio of perfectly executed songs. Early Queen stuff doesn't get the credit it deserves imho. Thanks for this, I've not listened to these for a while and they really lifted my spirits
Flick of the Wrist was the warning. Death on Two Legs finalized it, and what led to Freddie's famous "butt salute" at every concert! Money-grabbers pissed off the wrong band!!
It is is awesome that you played these songs together, they do belong together. I really all 3 songs, I think Tenement Funster is one of Roger's best songs, and Flick of the Wrist is great and Lily Of The Valley is really beautiful. There is a great live performance of Flick Of The Wrist at the Rainbow 1974, personally I think Flick Of The Wrist helps to explain some of Bohemian Rhapsody.
Flick of the Wrist can be seen as a precursor for Death on Two Legs on the next album Night at the Opera and is a dis of their management team at the time. Great reaction guys
It's part of a trilogy of songs. First two were about a shit manager who took most of their money. The third song was Millionaire Waltz . "Feel like a millionaire" when they got a better manager.
Great trio of songs, thank you for reacting to them. Now I'm here is wonderful. Sometime you might do the Wembley live version, stupendous and shows how it developed over the years.
Wait till you react to the sequel to Flick of the wrist on a Night of the Opera (Death on Two Legs). These songs both are Freddie frustrated and angry at the Management team they had.
👉Tenement Funster - IMO Hippie rockstar who is unpopular with the con-formative, stuffy older people in his apt building. ☮️ 👉Flick of the Wrist - “I wrote it as a tongue-in-cheek story about the con-men & rip-off artists we’re always running into. Our manager would like to think it’s about him, but it’s not.” (Freddie) ✝️ 👉Lily of the Valley - The flower means “Mary’s Tears”. Song was written by Freddie & it’s about looking at his girlfriend & realizing that his body needed to be somewhere else (IMO Mary Austin). 💟
lily of the valley-there could be an element of that but that was Brians guess on the meaning Freddie didn't discuss the meaning with him so Brian doesn't actually know what it was about looking at all the lyrics there could be an element but it seems to be more about over all acceptance and hate,is there time for peace..and the song follows flick of the wrist which is a very angry song about his manager,Roger said it was about the money but more that he didn't feel respected,the music industry didn't respect him either
Definitely I' ll be here tomorrow. Is there ant chance to see your reaction to some early Judas Priest albums like Sad Wings of Destiny and Sin After Sin or few songs from their debut like Run Of The Mill fir example?
'Flick of the wrist' = signing a contract. Mercury explained that the unpleasant character in the song was not based on anyone in particular: "I wrote it as a sort of tongue-in-cheek story about the con-men and rip-off artists we're always running into. Our manager would like to think it's about him, but it's not."
Lily of the Valley in opinion is Freddie's inner struggles with his sexuality. Lily of the valley in Christianity is Mary the mother of Jesus, in this case it stands for Mary his girlfriend, he stays awake with anxiety over his sexual attraction to men, he loved Mary and didn't want to hurt her. The serpent of the Nile stands for Cleopatra, who was known to seduce which Freddie was seduce and moved to men. Mary didn't know of Freddie's inner struggles. Freddie eventually told Mary, but his love for Mary never ended nor her love for him. They stayed extremely close, and he called her his wife, left nearly everything in his will to her.
for someone who's believed not to read I think he loved Shakespeare! 'my kingdom for a horse' 'serpent of the Nile' I don't think all Freddie's songs can be taken as a direct translation/reflection of his life, he said himself sometimes lyrics have meaning and sometimes they simply fit/sound good in the song but I do think he reflects on real life but more the emotions of different situations then use them either in the song or as inspiration for a song but no longer has a direct reflection this follows flick of the wrist a very angry song of how they but in particular how he was treated in the industry. Roger said Freddie was angry about the money but it was more about not being respected that angered and upset him, these songs were about their management but he was also treated badly by the press and music critics. so in LOTV it could still be holding that sentiment of being rejected 'forever searching high and low but why does everybody tells me no' still relating to the industry and part of that rejection was rejecting him because of racism and homophobia even though he wasn't out many saw him as camp and a lot had started calling him a Queen before they formed the band and was probably part of the reason he chose that name but it could also tie into his feelings that he would be rejected because of his sexuality now we don't know for sure if he was gay or just chose to only have relationships with men after Mary, but Mary said he was gay and everyone who knew him did, some argue he couldn't be gay because he was in a relationship with mary and had a girlfriend before her, but a lot of men such as Elton identified as gay even though he was married to a woman according to his previous gf he told her he also liked men but she does re tell the story differently in different interviews and her book so she's not that reliable Mary also implied that he had told her he was bi then later was trying to tell her he was gay but she said it for him,in later interviews it comes across more that it was one conversation, a lot of things aren't very clear I don't think Freddie really had an issue with being bi/gay but it was more upset about not being accepted by others and later on not being open properly with partners as his band mates could be with their partners there was a lot of hate but he was worried Mary wouldn't support him but she did straight away she said she wanted to see him happy I think he did see himself as bi but realised he was gay or maybe thought it was unfair to be in a relationship with a woman his previous gf didn't deal with it well my kingdom for a horse- give up everything for one thing wars will never cease is there time enough for peace I think he was thinking more about general rejection/hate due to differences and not being accepted rather than it having anything to do with him accepting himself serpent of the Nile- sex can be a relief an escape but it doesn't give much real comfort or meaning lily of the valley-flowers believed to have blossomed from Marys' tears didn't mean for this to be so long! edit the industry rejection of him was about just about everything! they just took against him and they were quite negative about prog rock ..
@@bluebell3720 I read some quotes from his gay friends that Freddie never really felt comfortable in his sexuality, he struggled with it, I truly feel Freddie may have been a Pansexual, with hedonistic over tones, Freddie said he lived for sex, addicted most likely. Mick Rock, and even Peter Freestone in the past stated Freddie was Bisexual, but Freddie was secretive, multifaceted, very interesting. His early music does reflect inner soul at the time.
@@deboraclark5791 Mary said he was gay I can't find anything that Peter said he was bi sexual I only saw him say he was gay and had said that in interviews but people ignored it Diane his designer said he was gay I haven't seen anything that he was uncomfortable with his sexuality I've never seen anyone suggest he was pansexual yes he was hedonistic early 80s but that was after 4 failed relationships during that time he was involved with Vince,Bill who was bad news and Winnie then Jim Brian is confusing You know, he never hid the fact that he was turned on by men instead of by women. But strangely enough, I don't think it was always the case because I used to - you know, in the early days, we used to share a room I don't think it was nice of him to say this he could have just mentioned Mary,he's not all that reliable with information they could have been friends,no one else is saying he was with lots of girls during tours Brian has also said Freddie said I guess you realised my private life has changed (men) but this was years after it was obvious Freddie was living with David in 76,according to John Reid he told Freddie to tell the band when he saw Freddie with David apparently he was worried they wouldn't be ok with it brian said he didn't try to hide it and didn't care who knew
@@bluebell3720 I saw in a clip from a documentary, Peter and Mick Rock both spoke about the fact that Freddie was Bi. Peter put it as I said, if you had to category him it would be Bisexual. Mick just said he was Bi. Mary believed he was gay, but that's not what Freddie said. I haven't seen any interviews where admitted being gay, he wouldn't do that, he protected his family and band. Any way, Freddie was the one who knew himself, he alone has the say, and he said he was Bisexual. Freddie was a mystery, his Friends even said they really know him completely , Freddie was secretive, the Roger and Brian said the same thing, Freddie adapted to what ever he encountered, he was able to be what he needed to be at any given time. Today some people for reasons unknown can't except the possibility that Freddie was what he said he was, a Bisexual who preferred men. Gay, Bi, or straight, really, would it change anything, or how we feel about him? No, he was a wonderful special human, greatly gifted in everyway, and we were blessed to live in the era as he.
Early Queen seems so complex musically & composition wise...compared to later Queen that seems streamlined., playing to the strengths of each band member. I almost feel like it's similar to studying classical music so you have the foundation and tools to make new music and discover your own sound.
death on two legs was a follow up to flick of the wrist Freddie still didn't say it was about his manager but it very clearly was that they were sued over it! flick of the wrist was double a side with Killer Queen no 2 uk no 12 US lily of the valley wasn't released but very beautiful but sad song nothing against the 80s except for a few of exceptions I prefer Freddies songs and vocals in the 70s
03:35 hahahha... I know that look so well. Queen fans trying to convert the rest of the world into Queenism, and that proud look: "Well, what do you say, man? " 🤩
This was Queen's best album imo. Queen could do many things well and one of those things was medleys. This is my favorite of theirs. I put their medleys on a par with the Beatles medleys. As to Flick of the Wrist, I think it's like Death on Two Legs from a Night at the Opera in that it's about former manager Norman Sheffield who owned their music. Queen was a great band. However, even though a Night at the Opera was a great album and made them wildly successful, I think they lost a bit of their edge after it and were never as good as with their 1st 4 albums. It is hard to maintain that level of quality.
Great choice, but you missed out the song "Now I'm Here" at the very end after "Lily Of The Valley", guys. Hey, no worries. Great channel, by the way. Just subscribed. 🙂🙂
A wonderful trio of perfectly executed songs. Early Queen stuff doesn't get the credit it deserves imho.
Thanks for this, I've not listened to these for a while and they really lifted my spirits
Always loved this medley, always loved Taylor's attitude. Flick of the wrist , in my opinion , one of the peaks of the album. Thank you, guys!
Flick of the Wrist was the warning. Death on Two Legs finalized it, and what led to Freddie's famous "butt salute" at every concert! Money-grabbers pissed off the wrong band!!
Loved it!! Flick of the wrist is one of my favourites and Lily of the Valley is beautiful!
I love '70s Queen!
It is is awesome that you played these songs together, they do belong together. I really all 3 songs, I think Tenement Funster is one of Roger's best songs, and Flick of the Wrist is great and Lily Of The Valley is really beautiful. There is a great live performance of Flick Of The Wrist at the Rainbow 1974, personally I think Flick Of The Wrist helps to explain some of Bohemian Rhapsody.
Flick of the Wrist can be seen as a precursor for Death on Two Legs on the next album Night at the Opera and is a dis of their management team at the time. Great reaction guys
It's part of a trilogy of songs. First two were about a shit manager who took most of their money. The third song was Millionaire Waltz . "Feel like a millionaire" when they got a better manager.
I've always loved this album from the first time I heard it....
Great reaction thanks for doing all three songs Tenement Funster is my favourite love Roger x
My new purple shoes are amazing the people next door...I Love Tenement Funster
Great trio of songs, thank you for reacting to them. Now I'm here is wonderful. Sometime you might do the Wembley live version, stupendous and shows how it developed over the years.
Thanks again for Queen 🙏🏻 ❤️
Wait till you react to the sequel to Flick of the wrist on a Night of the Opera (Death on Two Legs). These songs both are Freddie frustrated and angry at the Management team they had.
Love DO2L
The greatest album of all time x
gest amazing
Showing off their versatility.😊
Truly genre-less
Queen back in the day didn’t leave gaps between songs….that’s why their doing three consecutive songs today…
funster, Brian was ill with hepatitis so John played acoustic on the song
👉Tenement Funster - IMO Hippie rockstar who is unpopular with the con-formative, stuffy older people in his apt building. ☮️
👉Flick of the Wrist - “I wrote it as a tongue-in-cheek story about the con-men & rip-off artists we’re always running into. Our manager would like to think it’s about him, but it’s not.” (Freddie) ✝️
👉Lily of the Valley - The flower means “Mary’s Tears”. Song was written by Freddie & it’s about looking at his girlfriend & realizing that his body needed to be somewhere else (IMO Mary Austin). 💟
lily of the valley-there could be an element of that but that was Brians guess on the meaning Freddie didn't discuss the meaning with him so Brian doesn't actually know what it was about
looking at all the lyrics there could be an element but it seems to be more about over all acceptance and hate,is there time for peace..and the song follows flick of the wrist which is a very angry song about his manager,Roger said it was about the money but more that he didn't feel respected,the music industry didn't respect him either
Looking at the lyrics again I dont think it fits with Brian idea
Maybe he heard 'serpent ' and thought this meant men?
Check out "The Prophets song " and "Death on two legs" from their "Night at the opera album.
Omg I love this album!!!!
a kind of magic
Freddie claimed flick of the wrist wasnt about their manager but I'm guessing it was
With a Flick of wrist- signing a bad deal
It was an example of that, with 'Death On The Legs' being the real thing!
Definitely I' ll be here tomorrow. Is there ant chance to see your reaction to some early Judas Priest albums like Sad Wings of Destiny and Sin After Sin or few songs from their debut like Run Of The Mill fir example?
70s queen is underrated
Not by me they aren't
'Flick of the wrist' = signing a contract.
Mercury explained that the unpleasant character in the song was not based on anyone in particular: "I wrote it as a sort of tongue-in-cheek story about the con-men and rip-off artists we're always running into. Our manager would like to think it's about him, but it's not."
Lily of the Valley in opinion is Freddie's inner struggles with his sexuality. Lily of the valley in Christianity is Mary the mother of Jesus, in this case it stands for Mary his girlfriend, he stays awake with anxiety over his sexual attraction to men, he loved Mary and didn't want to hurt her. The serpent of the Nile stands for Cleopatra, who was known to seduce which Freddie was seduce and moved to men. Mary didn't know of Freddie's inner struggles. Freddie eventually told Mary, but his love for Mary never ended nor her love for him. They stayed extremely close, and he called her his wife, left nearly everything in his will to her.
for someone who's believed not to read I think he loved Shakespeare!
'my kingdom for a horse' 'serpent of the Nile'
I don't think all Freddie's songs can be taken as a direct translation/reflection of his life, he said himself sometimes lyrics have meaning and sometimes they simply fit/sound good in the song
but I do think he reflects on real life but more the emotions of different situations then use them either in the song or as inspiration for a song but no longer has a direct reflection
this follows flick of the wrist a very angry song of how they but in particular how he was treated in the industry.
Roger said Freddie was angry about the money but it was more about not being respected that angered and upset him, these songs were about their management but he was also treated badly by the press and music critics.
so in LOTV it could still be holding that sentiment of being rejected 'forever searching high and low but why does everybody tells me no' still relating to the industry and part of that rejection was rejecting him because of racism and homophobia even though he wasn't out many saw him as camp and a lot had started calling him a Queen before they formed the band and was probably part of the reason he chose that name
but it could also tie into his feelings that he would be rejected because of his sexuality now we don't know for sure if he was gay or just chose to only have relationships with men after Mary, but Mary said he was gay and everyone who knew him did, some argue he couldn't be gay because he was in a relationship with mary and had a girlfriend before her, but a lot of men such as Elton identified as gay even though he was married to a woman
according to his previous gf he told her he also liked men but she does re tell the story differently in different interviews and her book so she's not that reliable
Mary also implied that he had told her he was bi then later was trying to tell her he was gay but she said it for him,in later interviews it comes across more that it was one conversation, a lot of things aren't very clear
I don't think Freddie really had an issue with being bi/gay but it was more upset about not being accepted by others and later on not being open properly with partners as his band mates could be with their partners
there was a lot of hate
but he was worried Mary wouldn't support him but she did straight away she said she wanted to see him happy
I think he did see himself as bi but realised he was gay or maybe thought it was unfair to be in a relationship with a woman
his previous gf didn't deal with it well
my kingdom for a horse- give up everything for one thing
wars will never cease is there time enough for peace
I think he was thinking more about general rejection/hate due to differences and not being accepted rather than it having anything to do with him accepting himself
serpent of the Nile- sex can be a relief an escape but it doesn't give much real comfort or meaning
lily of the valley-flowers believed to have blossomed from Marys' tears
didn't mean for this to be so long!
edit the industry rejection of him was about just about everything! they just took against him and they were quite negative about prog rock ..
@@bluebell3720 I read some quotes from his gay friends that Freddie never really felt comfortable in his sexuality, he struggled with it, I truly feel Freddie may have been a Pansexual, with hedonistic over tones, Freddie said he lived for sex, addicted most likely. Mick Rock, and even Peter Freestone in the past stated Freddie was Bisexual, but Freddie was secretive, multifaceted, very interesting. His early music does reflect inner soul at the time.
@@deboraclark5791
Mary said he was gay
I can't find anything that Peter said he was bi sexual I only saw him say he was gay and had said that in interviews but people ignored it
Diane his designer said he was gay
I haven't seen anything that he was uncomfortable with his sexuality
I've never seen anyone suggest he was pansexual
yes he was hedonistic early 80s but that was after 4 failed relationships
during that time he was involved with Vince,Bill who was bad news and Winnie then Jim
Brian is confusing
You know, he never hid the fact that he was turned on by men instead of by women. But strangely enough, I don't think it was always the case because I used to - you know, in the early days, we used to share a room
I don't think it was nice of him to say this he could have just mentioned Mary,he's not all that reliable with information they could have been friends,no one else is saying he was with lots of girls during tours
Brian has also said Freddie said I guess you realised my private life has changed (men) but this was years after it was obvious
Freddie was living with David in 76,according to John Reid he told Freddie to tell the band when he saw Freddie with David apparently he was worried they wouldn't be ok with it
brian said he didn't try to hide it and didn't care who knew
@@bluebell3720 I saw in a clip from a documentary, Peter and Mick Rock both spoke about the fact that Freddie was Bi. Peter put it as I said, if you had to category him it would be Bisexual. Mick just said he was Bi. Mary believed he was gay, but that's not what Freddie said. I haven't seen any interviews where admitted being gay, he wouldn't do that, he protected his family and band. Any way, Freddie was the one who knew himself, he alone has the say, and he said he was Bisexual. Freddie was a mystery, his Friends even said they really know him completely , Freddie was secretive, the Roger and Brian said the same thing, Freddie adapted to what ever he encountered, he was able to be what he needed to be at any given time. Today some people for reasons unknown can't except the possibility that Freddie was what he said he was, a Bisexual who preferred men. Gay, Bi, or straight, really, would it change anything, or how we feel about him? No, he was a wonderful special human, greatly gifted in everyway, and we were blessed to live in the era as he.
Early Queen seems so complex musically & composition wise...compared to later Queen that seems streamlined., playing to the strengths of each band member. I almost feel like it's similar to studying classical music so you have the foundation and tools to make new music and discover your own sound.
death on two legs was a follow up to flick of the wrist Freddie still didn't say it was about his manager but it very clearly was that they were sued over it!
flick of the wrist was double a side with Killer Queen no 2 uk no 12 US
lily of the valley wasn't released but very beautiful but sad song
nothing against the 80s except for a few of exceptions I prefer Freddies songs and vocals in the 70s
The soundtrack of my teen years
I like it when MCA looks like he's playing the guitar 🎸
Flick of the Wrist and Death on Two Legs…..the original dis tracks?
03:35 hahahha... I know that look so well. Queen fans trying to convert the rest of the world into Queenism, and that proud look: "Well, what do you say, man? " 🤩
05:56 Here it goes again 😃
07:30 ..and again ...
08:04 haha... so?
now im here is the best song too
My favorite on the album
🎸🎸🥁🥁🎧🎧
did you have a favorite?
Please react to “the truth untold” live please
Queen’s band members are all college educated…that’s why their vocabulary is vast in song writing….
This was Queen's best album imo.
Queen could do many things well and one of those things was medleys. This is my favorite of theirs. I put their medleys on a par with the Beatles medleys.
As to Flick of the Wrist, I think it's like Death on Two Legs from a Night at the Opera in that it's about former manager Norman Sheffield who owned their music.
Queen was a great band. However, even though a Night at the Opera was a great album and made them wildly successful, I think they lost a bit of their edge after it and were never as good as with their 1st 4 albums. It is hard to maintain that level of quality.
Pretty lame… 3 great songs, an incredible trilogy and you guys barely had 3 words to say about them except about the transitions. Too bad.
Great choice, but you missed out the song "Now I'm Here" at the very end after "Lily Of The Valley", guys. Hey, no worries. Great channel, by the way. Just subscribed. 🙂🙂