If one didnt know that Freddie was gay they really need to check their 'Gay-Dar' - Same as George Michael - seriously - the thing is. it should never be a thing - Freddie was a Queen he knew how to put on a show and he can never be matched - god rest his soul
He only formally “announced it” just before he died. If you watch these were the days of our lives ,painful and very poignant he could only sing a few minutes at a time as he was so ill
Cherry McGregor that was that he had aids, not that he was gay, you need to go back and listen to his live shows, he drops loads of hints he’s gay. Nobody took any notice as they were to wrapped up in their music and his performance.
The Brits, Aussies and Europeans are very theatrical...we have a different sense of humor to most Americans. It's called in slang " taking the piss ", or having a joke. It was actually Roger Taylor's idea to dress in drag for a laugh.. It was and is a great song..
Absolutely...even Shakespeare wrote “As You Like It”...where Rosalind dressed up as a man..we don’t see any thing weird about it..it was the U.S. that had a problem with it...that puritanical streak runs deep there...but the land of the open carry has no problem with gun ownership...a very strange attitude...give me cross dressing any day rather than walking around carrying guns🤩
The thing is that dressing in drag for entertainment, particularly comedy, was pretty mainstream then and continues to be in Britain to this day. This may have been controversial in the US but everyone in the UK was entirely on board with the joke.
I lived for new Queen songs and videos being released. I was 13 in 1984 and laughed my ass off to at Freddie and the guys. I totally "got" their sense of humour and couldn't understand why this video was banned in US. It was fun, carefree but with a serious undertone. Freddie never admitted publically his sexuality and left everyone guessing his entire career. His attitude was " I'm an entertainer and that's all you really need to know" God I miss him 😭😭
US is by no means a prudish society, though with so many different cultures, religions etc, the Media brain trust's decision to censor certain topics on public television does little in a country that at this time had hundreds of TV channels That being said, I recall , a time when listening to ROCK and Roll , most of Europe and Britrain were cut off, and was only achieved by an off shore pirate radio station, so,,, sensorship is pretty weak in these here parts.
@@dantofthegenxfamily9529 Maybe they can't be considered a prudish society, but a schizophrenic one. Because, yes they do try to ban books like mark twains huckleberry finn. While the televangelists are shouting god wants you to send money to the evangelists? So stop sinning? While the televangelists sin with greed? Our society is confused. Tactically so.
I rarely make such broad stroke statements or throw 50 million people into such a category without knowing who ever they are. ,or without paying a visit to the land of they
Oh and actually Freddie and Roger did another video in drag together for Freddie’s solo album performing Freddie’s version of the song „The Great Pretender“👍🏻 it’s also a must- watch ! Really good, the song fits Freddie very very well!👍🏻 That’s why he decided to cover it.
Rogerina is the prettiest no matter what she wears. Frederica on the other hand looked better in this one because she shaved her moustache in the other video!
This is a Deaky's song (John Deacon, the bass player) about how sick he was of the endless time he had to spend working. He's a very family man and wanted to spend more time with his wife and children. Freddie was gonna shave his moustache (he did it in the ballet part), but they all said it was funnier if he kept it. About your question, I would have no problem to dress as a woman for a music video, mostly because I kind of am one :P Did you assume all of your followers are men? LOL! I've played male characters too, so obviously I'm fine with it. You men live under this terrible pressure to "act manly" 24/7, which believe it or not has to do with women being considered less than men (and therefore humiliating for a man to have the slightest feminine trait). What I enjoy the most about this video is how much fun the 4 of them had recording it. They said it was between their favorite videos along with Radio Ga Ga.
They had a sense of humor. British humor seldom equates with that in the US. I find Brits much funnier. They can be dry wits, punsters, outlandish, make fun of themselves....run the whole gamut! The Coronation Street reference would fall flat in the US.
@@catenystrom6506 I always found that so stupid, not to mention hypocritical , especially since many famous American actors had already done comedy work dressed in drag. Look at Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, one of their most popular movies together was Some Like It Hot. Benny Hill was also very popular in the States in the late 70s, as well as Dana Carvey on SNL doing Church Lady. I just don't get why Mtv considered it a big deal.
If all the mainstream media played the video regularly and let the people decide it would’ve been popular. The media and the companies who advertise through the media in the u.s. chose not to play that video.
@@Chinachik I agree it was stupid, but the examples you gave weren't relevant in context to Queen's general 'persona'/image BEFORE this, on top of America's burgeoning and repressive political climate at the time this vid came out....you forgot ''Boy George'' BTW, but MTV and many Americans '''accepted'' Boy George because Boy George was Boy George from the git go, if that makes sense ...Imagine Americans being taken aback a bit if our Rock Icons, Elvis Presley or Chuck Berry came out on Television appearances dressed in drag like this in the 50's/60's even if it was satire, or whatever. I can elaborate a bit, and we don't know if you're American or not because you may understand this a bit better if you are, as in Europe and elsewhere this vid wasn't nearly as controversial, and the song itself was a much bigger hit Worldwide than it was in the States anyway. However the biggest injustice Queen faced with MTV, at the time a hugely influential Music Network, was that MTV not only banned this vid, but from that time on, they banned airing every other music vid Queen made afterwards! THAT'S the real '''stupid'' part, that MTV threw out the baby with the bathwater with Queen in the 1980's, as Americans were totally deprived of watching watching music vids of ''One Vision'', ''Princes Of The Universe'', etc. etc. on MTV. Those vids never aired on MTV, I know; as I was a regular viewer of that channel back in the day...and in the pre-internet era we had no access to watch Queen's music vids at all until they were finally released on video YEARS later.
Apparently they didn't get the joke...it being a piss take of the UK soap opera Coronation Street...which Americans knew nothing of. When it was released, the American public though they were drag queens and it bombed over there. It was years after this came out when I found out the guitar solo wasn't an actual guitar solo....it was done on a synth!
I appreciate that you do a little research to provide context for the videos you watch! Britain has a long history of men in drag for comedic effect (Monty python comes to mind). It wasn’t the sensitive subject there that it was in the US at the time. Weird, cuz wasn’t Bosom Buddies on TV in the 80s in the US? Hm...
The Rolling Stones dressed in drag for their cover of Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby and in a documentary later, Mick just said it was something British guys did for a lark sometimes.
@@erikaschultze4304 Yes Brits love to dress up for parties like on New Year's Eve, especially when they can make fun of themselves. I've a few "compromising" photos of my cousin in his girlfriend's school uniform. All in good fun!
Milton berle dressed in drag. The marx brothers dressed in drag. Even before monty python. Harpo, groucho. I've never seen his show, but flip wilson I've heard, was cross-dressing.
@@mollyfrom5556 Yes, I've always wondered if the troubling part was the in-your-face sensuality of that section rather than the more obviously jokey drag scenes. If so, the knees together pearl-clutchers might be interested to know that fantasy part with the faun costume (with the black patches) and the pipe and grapes etc was based on a ballet from early in the 20th century called L'Apres-Midi du Faun, danced by the legendary Nijinsky. it did cause a bit of a scandal back then too, but as far as I know, no-one thought to ban it!
I just love this song, ever since hearing it as a child (my dad is a BIG Queen fan). My favourite driving song, singing at the top of my voice on a sunny day ❤ Queen are the background soundtrack to so many childhood memories, for me and many others born in the 70s and 80s I imagine. Just amazing
Your my favorite reaction channel. Love that you research everything before jumping into it and you listen to the words rather talk over them. A lot of reactors talk through the song, I mean here and there is fine, but you have some that do it through the whole song and miss important words of the song, so they don't get it.
John Deacon wrote this song, and the video idea was Roger Taylor's. I was a kid during Queen's heyday, and I don't ever remember Freddie making an announcement about his sexuality. But he didn't deny anything either. My memory is that it was well known about Freddie's partying and that he was bisexual, but mainly with men. He did announce he had AIDS the day before he died. RIP Freddie. A unique, fascinating and talented person.
When this video first came out, my teen children called me to the television, to see this. I absolutely loved it! Still love it! They had an entertainment ability like no other. They loved to switch things up, keep things interesting and fun, and entertain us to the max!
Another great reaction. they took the dressing in drag approach also because dressing in drag was considered a highly popular form of British comedy, but MTV didn't get the joke and banned it and it even caused the band's popularity in America to dramatically drop. It only got worse after they released their album hot space which many today consider to be their weakest one. all the more reason why live aid was such a massive comeback for them.
It wasn't just this video that caused their reduction of visibility in the US. Radio stations were nervous of Freddie's look, the Castro Clone, because of it's ties to gay culture. Add in that with Queen's concerts in South Africa, which was a no-no due to the UN ban due to the practice of Apartheid in that country.
You have to remember, men dressing as women go all the way back to the time of Shakespeare. It's a very British thing. From Monty Python to Bennie Hill, it's not considered offensive, but funny.
I was 4yrs old wen I 1st heard Bohemian. Classic. Loved the man, the band, just the music. It wood b another 6-7 yes b4 hearing dis song. I was really confused watching dis. Didn't even no Freddy was like dat. But wen u hear is music his voice, it just doesn't even matter. Glad I'm on dis journey wit u man. Luv de rugby reacts 2 man. Peace
You are the ONLY one who looks at the backstory information before seeing the video. I have been subscribed since the first video from Queen that you reacted to. I love how you review them and are so honest and respectful. LYF!!!
One of my earliest memories is watching this with my mum who’s a huge Queen fan and her laughing like mad with me laughing just because she was. My Dad on the other hand was a very straight steel worker and didn’t like it at all!
British threatre has history of drag on stage. its not about being gay, it was the law that women were not allowed on stage. Hence we have a history up to day with pantomine dames being played by men. widow twankey in alladdin, or the ugly sisters in cindarella for example. they are class as satire or charcature of particular types. Remember Shakespere had no women actors in his time either. every winter 1000s of kids go to watch panto and it is a cultral history that is twice as old as the united states itself, as it dates back to medievel times.
When my husband left, each time I would come home from a 12 hour shift he had been in and taken something. Then one morning after a really tough night (I'm a paramedic), I decided to get to vacuum cleaner out to take my mind off things. Only to find it had GONE! bastard. Anyway, I went to a shop and bought another (I have dogs I need a vacuum) And as I plugged it in, this song came in my head and I started singing "I have broken free, I have broken free yeah."
Brother.... It has ben a pleasure (as a Brit) to watch you come to life. appreciate the music, of a lifetime away from you. As a Brit, Queen was a staple for me growing up, the songs always playing in my minds IPlayer!. I appreciate you Brother, you have an ear. You are not blinkered to music from only your own generation. YOU give me hope for the future.
Queen can do no wrong in my eyes. This is my favorite video ty for reaction. You got to do BARCELONA! Just a beautiful song. I think I read it was in the closing ceremonies of the Olympics in Barcelona. You could find out in your research.
I joined the Official International Queen Fan Club back in 1977. I remember receiving a newsletter years later from the Fan Club Office asking for volunteers to appear in the new Queen music video (which was this one) .... Participants would be required to carry torches, it said. I was picturing a rowdy crowd with pitchforks and medieval torches, but I eventually learned that in England, what we Americans call a "flashlight" is referred to as a "torch". (BTW Because I lived in the US, I received my newsletter much too late to volunteer for torch duty.... :D )
The Matthews Fam seriously! They said that was the reason but we fans believed it had a lot to do with his sexuality and AIDS status. It was a different time. That’s why I admire Reba McIntire, you will find live footage of her singing at one of the award shows “She thinks his name was John”. She said she was doing one of her famous songs then shocked the executive with this song about AIDS. It was so taboo and she wanted the subject out there ... no one was safe from it. At this time, it was still thought to be a “gay” epidemic even though a little boy named Ryan White was fighting just to be able to go to school. He was not allowed - KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL. His story of courage is amazing, contracting AIDS from a blood transfusion.
Aaaawwww U hit the spot there hun ...loved it...Ive always been a huge Queen fan an I'm glad U said it like see past his obvious struggle an hear the music an passion 😎
I have always been fascinated with queens videos and lyrics, I wish I was alive when they were touring with Freddie I would have spent everything I had to see them live
Drag is a British comedy tradition. Almost every troupe or comedian has done a drag bit at one time or another. It used to be illegal for women to perform onstage, so men played the female roles.
Men dressing in drag also has been a tradition in the US for a very long time., so I don't understand the controversy. I graduated from high school in Minnesota in 1954. (Yes, I'm that old.) At every class reunion I attended, we had two or three of our football stars dressed in drag & lip-syncing to an Andrews Sisters song. It was hilariously funny, & enjoyed by all. Maybe it has something to do with MN sharing a border with Canada. My son, keeper of family photos tells me he has a pic of my totally he-man father in drag, for some sort of skit. I don't remember that, but do have one of him dressed in a barrel. I think some of the ones who objected to the Queen video might have been southerners. North & south have traditionally been so culturally divided that they might as well be two different countries. This is not meant as a blanket statement. & realize that we also have much in common with each other, but when I lived briefly in Texas, I did experience a bit of culture shock.
MTV banned this video but the Queen fans here gave MTV so much grief that they had no choice but to put it back on their video playlist after the controversy cooled down a little. All the Queen fans got it and laughed their collective asses off! The Queen fans already knew about Freddie and realized the video was a young in cheek presentation. Another great song from that album, The Works, is an album cut called Machines (or Back To Humans). On a different subject, please don't do Southern Rock. If I hear the song Sweet Home Alabama one more time, I may loose my mind. You see, I live in Alabama and you would not believe how many times I've heard that and other southern rock songs since the 70's when they first came out! Try another song and group instead such as Dear Diary/The Moody Blues or Follow Your Bliss by the B-52's. Great Stuff!
the best thing i remember reading about this video was that they expected freddie to dance with the royal ballet, found out he couldnt really dance, so they just carted him about like that in the video! lmao i'd say the cow ballet is even more hilarious than the drag which has had a long standing tradition in in british culture, anyway. dunno what the fuss is about wearing clothes of the opposite gender. women wear jeans and other 'masculine' type clothing but for men to wear women's clothing is somehow demeaning. toxic masculinity, what can i say? everyone should feel free to wear dresses/skirts if they want, it's very refreshing :)
This's the first Queen song I ever heard (in 1991), and thus my journey to become a Queen-Freddie "devotee" emerged. Love your "thorough" reactions on Queen. Cheers with much love, mate.
also, in case your wondering, the devise on the bedside table in the opening sequence is called a teamaid: its supposed to make you a cup of tea when the alarm goes off. they aren't so popular as they once were.
How many times do I gotta beg ya from their biggest fannnnn BREAKTHRU AND DONT STOP ME NOW u are missing their two best songs and Freddie’s best vocal performances for the love of goddddd please
So iconic!!! I love everything of this man, his zero fuck attitude, his creativity, his voice, his personality. He was a genius and an incredible human being. Credit to John Deacon for this masterpiece.
I wouldn't have a problem dressing in drag. I did in fact, over Halloween and the movie premier. I'm a woman who dressed like Freddie dressed as the woman in this video. British humor has long had men dress in drag for comedy. See: Monty Python, Benny Hill, Dr. Who, The Mighty Boosh, The Goodies, etc...) So it's no big deal in the UK. Americans were so uptight about this video that MTV banned it, all but destroying Queen's career in the States. Americans are so weird about sexuality. But look at those that are in elected offices that are flat out sexual perverse, if not pedophiles. How dare those people try to cast shadows on others! *I'm an American, btw. I don't understand why some people are so judgemental about silly things.
Yes, I would definitelly dress up in drag, I would dress up as a cat, dog, horse, plant, hell, I would even dress up as a poop with flies flying all around me. If it is fun and has some purpose, why not? It is true US is a bit different from our "decadent" Europe in this. Nobody...literaly NOBODY I know has ever had a single problem with the video. On the contrary, they all found it very amusing and original. Even my grandma who was born in 1928.
To answer your question about dressing up like a woman for a music video, I absolutely would! I've done it without anyone filming even if there are pics of that, so yes, I don't have any problem with it at all or with someone documenting the occasion. I mean, a lot of artists have done it, the one I recall off-hand being Eminem in one of his music vids. Guess MTV got over it by the time the 90s rolled around.
I remember watching this on mtv at age 11 or 12 before they banned it from MTV! I LOVED it but can’t help but remember the look on my mom’s face when she walked in the room😳😂. She said “WTH are you watching?”😂😂. Good stuff!
This song and video was one of my favorites when I was a kid:)) I remember that I was so impressed how men turn into women :D But anyway I've watched all of your reactions of the Queen! I'm so glad you've appreciate the good music and you're already a fan:) I love your Queen's reactions! Stay true to yourself!
They did it as a goof. It was never meant to be a “coming out” for Freddie. He was a VERY private person and never wanted go be a spokesperson for anything, especially as a gay man or bi-sexual.
I can't figure out why it's such a big deal now. Back in the day women wern't allowed to be actresses so men dressed as women in plays. So if you think about it they were more forward thinking then than now.
My cousin in Canada told me about Queen... And about Freddie's orientation. I was 11 and from a strict religious background. I said "Oh" to my cousin and had no idea what he meant. I also wasn't sure why he had women nude, on bicycles, on the wall of his room. And that's when I fell in love with Queen, Styx, and Chilliwack. Shout out to my cousin Butch!
Freddie never pubicly "came out" to being bisexual to the world, but it wasn't a big secret either. When asked he notoriously replied, “Darling, my attitude is ‘fuck it.’ I’m doing everything with everybody.”
I am laughing so hard at you!! You’re not laughing on the outside seeing Freddie vacuum the floor!! It’s ok I’m a queen fan all my life! But to me I crack up every time!!
This video was made as a spoof to a British soap opera I grew up with called coronation street. The first part of the vid shows rooftops and chimneys which is how coronation street starts it’s show.
You're one of my favorite guys to watch Queen reaction videos from. You've gone from feeling a little uncomfortable about the band in "blouces" haha to watching this with them dressed in drag and going, who gives a shit, listen what these people are capable of making. That dude, is exactly what happened in the day across the entire world, we said we don't care what his sexuality is. Truth.
Interesting side note, when the Royal Ballet asked Freddie to work with them, they quickly realized he couldn’t dance. That’s why they carry him around
The first time I saw this on MTV, I was ROTFLMAO. Now that I'm older it's CUTE😁😁😁😂🤣😂🤣I always thought that song was Freddie's coming out of the closet song but I never expected to see them All dressed in drag.
Great video!! I hope you'll do "No One But You (Only the Good Die Young)" it was the last video that the three remaining members of Queen did after Freddie died, and the last video to feature John Deacon.
@@imweakfordeaky everybody reacts to these songs only. they have way much much more, super, exciting songs. with a back catalogue like queen have it's quite tedious by now that only these are that you all think worth a big reaction when there are 100 of them already here on yt.
Flick of the Wrist has a pretty hard rock feel to it too, it’s a good song. It’s on the Sheer Heart Attack album and it runs right into Lily of the Valley, which is also really good.
Foo Fighters did it too as well as others. As a Brit I would dress in drag as we have a comedy tradition here from Monty Python through pantomime and even me dressing as Freda Mercury (the name for Freddie. In this video!) at a party some years back.
Not only America MTV banned the video because they didn't catch the joke behind it, but all the radios refused to broadcast the song, and their intention was to do so for at least seven years. Queen have always said they lost America for that reason, while at the time Freddie declares that Queen would no longer perform in the United States. Unfortunately he didn't have the time or the opportunity to change his mind.That's what the controversy was all about.
If you want a good laugh and some insight on how Queen, specifically Freddie, read “Queen, Unseen” by Peter Hince. He was Freddie and John’s roadie for years and years. It’s a book full of hilarious stories and how their live shows were put together. It made me actually laugh out loud many times. He also talks about how they shot their videos.
my mom had told me years ago that this video was about how woman where in the past less free and had to be house wifes. And that it was said that Mercury was gay only after his death and that a lot of fans where surprised (especially girl fans that liked him) and she told me that he in interview from the past she saw that he had a lot of girl as friends that knew his secret and helped him to make it seem like he would spend times with girls(even if they were just friends)
Tidbit: In a song called "In My Defense", Freddie sings "...torn between the Lover (Jim Hutton) and the "Love you left behind (Mary Austin a/k/a Freddie's girlfriend/fiance) 1980’s Fat Bottom Girl from Old HB, NYC
Freddie was actually bisexual and married long time friend, Mary Austin. They truly loved each other and she understood his sexuality and didn’t judge him, as so many, I’m sure, did. Questions always surrounded him about his sexuality and I don’t believe he EVER said one way or another. We figured it out. It wasn’t difficult. I, for one, never cared WHO TF he loved, as long as he kept gracing us with his velvet voice. 😀 R.I.P. Freddie Mercury. RIP.
Freddie told the world the day before he died. They said he never told anyone because he didn't want to hurt his family and friends. I'm sure people speculated. And yes, he couldn't get the microphone out of the stand so he ripped it out and he liked the part of the stand and always used it onstage after that.
It's funny, you can see he is not comfortable with this video. People in the US are different than in Europe or elsewhere. Imagine how it must been in 1984 when it came out. You tell them that it is a mock on a soap opera and they still raising their brows lol
It's not a mock of corrie, is a take on George orwells 1984, and they fell on the idea off corrie for the video to anchor the 'tradition' rolls of people and how they do as they are told. Go and look at apples advert in 1984, which also was a not tho George Orwell. The crossover is startling.
Not at all. We aren't a prudish society at all. Funny how after WW1 , and after we introduced o the Brits and Europeans our swing, jazzy and other wild for the times type of music , to go with our tough, meet and potatoes , can do , non pretentious, just be yourself ,Military personnel, would seem to belie what you seem to think is the truth.
@@dantofthegenxfamily9529 lol. I think it's you what has the wrong end of the reality stick my friend. I was with you with the music they you went full on spaz. The Europeans, have been doing militery just a tad longer. And in the whole it's common knowalge that American culture is more prudish than Europeans. It's dates back to you was founded by Bible basher escaping form Europe and your nation is still full of similar ideots. Just look at euro TV to yours. Even south American TV is more 'out there' sex wise than the US. This isn't my opinion its facts. You have loads of rules around your water shed times.
@@StephenButlerOne served em well as we've whooped em all we are the teacher . Now , my point about military was that during WW1 we introduced modern music to the so called old world. C'mon. You have no gmfoot to stand on here einstein.
@@StephenButlerOne And maybe I should remind you we are the world. You talk as if we fell out of the sky. C'mon reality master. Do you think it out before you type
I had to look at Roger 3 times I though he was a girl. He really really really looks like a girl. I laughed so had whe I first saw this video because I though OMG he makes a perfect girl
The soap opera parody was missed in the US, where the video was interpreted as a celebration of transvestism and subsequently banned from MTV, which may have led to the song’s lack of success in the US, as compared to the rest of the world. Thank God the rest of the world understood the song, its context, the band, and wasn't close-minded. Me personally, I just LOVE this video.
This comment makes no sense. They dressed in drag once, it was not part of their style or aesthetic, and only one of them was into guys (bisexual, Freddie was) and he's best known for his macho look.
Roger Taylor was incredibly hot as a girl
I definitely would :)
Agreed hahaha... When that camera pans up his legs.. damn XD that did not look like a guys legs
He was gorgeous even when not in drag! And I say that as a comfortably heterosexual man!
@@bicolouredprawn Well, as a heterosexual woman I agree with you!
That's why his gf suggested it
Freddie was private and never really came out, but he didn't hide it, either.
If one didnt know that Freddie was gay they really need to check their 'Gay-Dar' - Same as George Michael - seriously - the thing is. it should never be a thing - Freddie was a Queen he knew how to put on a show and he can never be matched - god rest his soul
He only formally “announced it” just before he died. If you watch these were the days of our lives ,painful and very poignant he could only sing a few minutes at a time as he was so ill
Listen to his live shows he dropped loads of hints he was a fruit.
Cherry McGregor that was that he had aids, not that he was gay, you need to go back and listen to his live shows, he drops loads of hints he’s gay.
Nobody took any notice as they were to wrapped up in their music and his performance.
The Brits, Aussies and Europeans are very theatrical...we have a different sense of humor to most Americans.
It's called in slang " taking the piss ", or having a joke.
It was actually Roger Taylor's idea to dress in drag for a laugh..
It was and is a great song..
Michael T throw Canadians in that list too! We loved it up here!
Absolutely...even Shakespeare wrote “As You Like It”...where Rosalind dressed up as a man..we don’t see any thing weird about it..it was the U.S. that had a problem with it...that puritanical streak runs deep there...but the land of the open carry has no problem with gun ownership...a very strange attitude...give me cross dressing any day rather than walking around carrying guns🤩
The thing is that dressing in drag for entertainment, particularly comedy, was pretty mainstream then and continues to be in Britain to this day. This may have been controversial in the US but everyone in the UK was entirely on board with the joke.
I lived for new Queen songs and videos being released. I was 13 in 1984 and laughed my ass off to at Freddie and the guys. I totally "got" their sense of humour and couldn't understand why this video was banned in US. It was fun, carefree but with a serious undertone. Freddie never admitted publically his sexuality and left everyone guessing his entire career. His attitude was " I'm an entertainer and that's all you really need to know" God I miss him 😭😭
US is by no means a prudish society, though with so many different cultures, religions etc, the Media brain trust's decision to censor certain topics on public television does little in a country that at this time had hundreds of TV channels
That being said, I recall , a time when listening to ROCK and Roll , most of Europe and Britrain were cut off, and was only achieved by an off shore pirate radio station, so,,, sensorship is pretty weak in these here parts.
Kenna Smith I thought it was funny too! I loved the video and song. Still do. It's cheeky and so fun to watch.
Kenna Kool
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Maybe they can't be considered a prudish society, but a schizophrenic one. Because, yes they do try to ban books like mark twains huckleberry finn. While the televangelists are shouting god wants you to send money to the evangelists? So stop sinning? While the televangelists sin with greed? Our society is confused. Tactically so.
I rarely make such broad stroke statements or throw 50 million people into such a category without knowing who ever they are. ,or without paying a visit to the land of they
Oh and actually Freddie and Roger did another video in drag together for Freddie’s solo album performing Freddie’s version of the song „The Great Pretender“👍🏻 it’s also a must- watch ! Really good, the song fits Freddie very very well!👍🏻 That’s why he decided to cover it.
Rogerina is the prettiest no matter what she wears. Frederica on the other hand looked better in this one because she shaved her moustache in the other video!
tsukigalleta hahahaha 😂🙏🏻
Freddie was going to shave off his mustache, but everyone told him no, it would be hilarious to keep it while in drag!! LOL! It was.
I LOVE that you are the ONLY reactor who does research so you know what the hell you're about to ask and don't ask stupid questions!! Thanks :)
People in America maybe assumed it came from Freddie but this is very much British humour, I really wasnt a big deal in the UK at all.
LisaMarie D as a Canadian, maybe I just grew up on Monty python and stuff like this never bothered my family in the least. It was hilarious
@@SugarcatPlays agreed. i am Canadian as well. I should have clarified. It was fantastic. Don't forget Benny Hill haha
Not in Canada either....thank god. Loosen up.
This is a Deaky's song (John Deacon, the bass player) about how sick he was of the endless time he had to spend working. He's a very family man and wanted to spend more time with his wife and children.
Freddie was gonna shave his moustache (he did it in the ballet part), but they all said it was funnier if he kept it.
About your question, I would have no problem to dress as a woman for a music video, mostly because I kind of am one :P Did you assume all of your followers are men? LOL!
I've played male characters too, so obviously I'm fine with it. You men live under this terrible pressure to "act manly" 24/7, which believe it or not has to do with women being considered less than men (and therefore humiliating for a man to have the slightest feminine trait).
What I enjoy the most about this video is how much fun the 4 of them had recording it. They said it was between their favorite videos along with Radio Ga Ga.
tsukigalleta drag doesn’t necessarily mean dressing as a woman though
@@yingyang2838 Well, he specifically asked if we guys would dress as women
They had a sense of humor. British humor seldom equates with that in the US. I find Brits much funnier. They can be dry wits, punsters, outlandish, make fun of themselves....run the whole gamut! The Coronation Street reference would fall flat in the US.
It is said that this video killed Queen's popularity in USA... By the way - this is John Deacon's song (bassist), not Freddie's
Americans are wound tight.
@@catenystrom6506 I always found that so stupid, not to mention hypocritical , especially since many famous American actors had already done comedy work dressed in drag. Look at Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, one of their most popular movies together was Some Like It Hot. Benny Hill was also very popular in the States in the late 70s, as well as Dana Carvey on SNL doing Church Lady. I just don't get why Mtv considered it a big deal.
If all the mainstream media played the video regularly and let the people decide it would’ve been popular. The media and the companies who advertise through the media in the u.s. chose not to play that video.
@@Chinachik I agree it was stupid, but the examples you gave weren't relevant in context to Queen's general 'persona'/image BEFORE this, on top of America's burgeoning and repressive political climate at the time this vid came out....you forgot ''Boy George'' BTW, but MTV and many Americans '''accepted'' Boy George because Boy George was Boy George from the git go, if that makes sense ...Imagine Americans being taken aback a bit if our Rock Icons, Elvis Presley or Chuck Berry came out on Television appearances dressed in drag like this in the 50's/60's even if it was satire, or whatever. I can elaborate a bit, and we don't know if you're American or not because you may understand this a bit better if you are, as in Europe and elsewhere this vid wasn't nearly as controversial, and the song itself was a much bigger hit Worldwide than it was in the States anyway. However the biggest injustice Queen faced with MTV, at the time a hugely influential Music Network, was that MTV not only banned this vid, but from that time on, they banned airing every other music vid Queen made afterwards! THAT'S the real '''stupid'' part, that MTV threw out the baby with the bathwater with Queen in the 1980's, as Americans were totally deprived of watching watching music vids of ''One Vision'', ''Princes Of The Universe'', etc. etc. on MTV. Those vids never aired on MTV, I know; as I was a regular viewer of that channel back in the day...and in the pre-internet era we had no access to watch Queen's music vids at all until they were finally released on video YEARS later.
Apparently they didn't get the joke...it being a piss take of the UK soap opera Coronation Street...which Americans knew nothing of. When it was released, the American public though they were drag queens and it bombed over there. It was years after this came out when I found out the guitar solo wasn't an actual guitar solo....it was done on a synth!
I appreciate that you do a little research to provide context for the videos you watch! Britain has a long history of men in drag for comedic effect (Monty python comes to mind). It wasn’t the sensitive subject there that it was in the US at the time. Weird, cuz wasn’t Bosom Buddies on TV in the 80s in the US? Hm...
I don't think Bosom Buddies lasted that long. And Elton's career took a huge downturn when US rock fans found out he was gay.
The Rolling Stones dressed in drag for their cover of Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby and in a documentary later, Mick just said it was something British guys did for a lark sometimes.
@@erikaschultze4304 Yes Brits love to dress up for parties like on New Year's Eve, especially when they can make fun of themselves. I've a few "compromising" photos of my cousin in his girlfriend's school uniform. All in good fun!
Milton berle dressed in drag. The marx brothers dressed in drag. Even before monty python. Harpo, groucho. I've never seen his show, but flip wilson I've heard, was cross-dressing.
Bowie had to change the cover of 'The Man who Sold the World' for the US release because he had long flowing hair and was wearing a frock -
I’m so confused even now as to why it was banned... people were and ARE such prudes and so sheltered. Let people have fun for God’s sake
I always thought that the people who claimed to be offended by the band dressing in drag were really uncomfortable with the ballet scene.
@@mollyfrom5556 Yes, I've always wondered if the troubling part was the in-your-face sensuality of that section rather than the more obviously jokey drag scenes.
If so, the knees together pearl-clutchers might be interested to know that fantasy part with the faun costume (with the black patches) and the pipe and grapes etc was based on a ballet from early in the 20th century called L'Apres-Midi du Faun, danced by the legendary Nijinsky. it did cause a bit of a scandal back then too, but as far as I know, no-one thought to ban it!
I just love this song, ever since hearing it as a child (my dad is a BIG Queen fan). My favourite driving song, singing at the top of my voice on a sunny day ❤ Queen are the background soundtrack to so many childhood memories, for me and many others born in the 70s and 80s I imagine. Just amazing
In Britain, dressing like a woman is just not a big deal.
I'm surprised you didn't say anything about Rogerina's hot look. No man should look that beautiful in drag.
Your my favorite reaction channel. Love that you research everything before jumping into it and you listen to the words rather talk over them. A lot of reactors talk through the song, I mean here and there is fine, but you have some that do it through the whole song and miss important words of the song, so they don't get it.
John Deacon wrote this song, and the video idea was Roger Taylor's. I was a kid during Queen's heyday, and I don't ever remember Freddie making an announcement about his sexuality. But he didn't deny anything either. My memory is that it was well known about Freddie's partying and that he was bisexual, but mainly with men. He did announce he had AIDS the day before he died. RIP Freddie. A unique, fascinating and talented person.
while we always laughed our asses off at this video usa banned it. but they banned kinder eggs too, so... no surprise here haha
When this video first came out, my teen children called me to the television, to see this. I absolutely loved it! Still love it! They had an entertainment ability like no other. They loved to switch things up, keep things interesting and fun, and entertain us to the max!
Another great reaction. they took the dressing in drag approach also because dressing in drag was considered a highly popular form of British comedy, but MTV didn't get the joke and banned it and it even caused the band's popularity in America to dramatically drop. It only got worse after they released their album hot space which many today consider to be their weakest one. all the more reason why live aid was such a massive comeback for them.
hot space (btw quite a good album now looking at it in 2018) was released in 1982, 'i want to break free' was released in 1984
@@sodapop83 Oh, whoops, a slight mix up, sorry. I like hot space too.
@@celticpoet21 finally someone else too! :D
It wasn't just this video that caused their reduction of visibility in the US. Radio stations were nervous of Freddie's look, the Castro Clone, because of it's ties to gay culture. Add in that with Queen's concerts in South Africa, which was a no-no due to the UN ban due to the practice of Apartheid in that country.
You have to remember, men dressing as women go all the way back to the time of Shakespeare. It's a very British thing. From Monty Python to Bennie Hill, it's not considered offensive, but funny.
Les Dawson did it well as well - ha ha and Hinge and Brackett (remember them!!)
I was 4yrs old wen I 1st heard Bohemian. Classic. Loved the man, the band, just the music.
It wood b another 6-7 yes b4 hearing dis song. I was really confused watching dis. Didn't even no Freddy was like dat. But wen u hear is music his voice, it just doesn't even matter.
Glad I'm on dis journey wit u man.
Luv de rugby reacts 2 man. Peace
Fearless...love them. Barcalona next? PLEASE
You are the ONLY one who looks at the backstory information before seeing the video. I have been subscribed since the first video from Queen that you reacted to. I love how you review them and are so honest and respectful. LYF!!!
One of my earliest memories is watching this with my mum who’s a huge Queen fan and her laughing like mad with me laughing just because she was. My Dad on the other hand was a very straight steel worker and didn’t like it at all!
Rogerina looking good! LOL
British threatre has history of drag on stage. its not about being gay, it was the law that women were not allowed on stage. Hence we have a history up to day with pantomine dames being played by men. widow twankey in alladdin, or the ugly sisters in cindarella for example. they are class as satire or charcature of particular types. Remember Shakespere had no women actors in his time either. every winter 1000s of kids go to watch panto and it is a cultral history that is twice as old as the united states itself, as it dates back to medievel times.
When my husband left, each time I would come home from a 12 hour shift he had been in and taken something. Then one morning after a really tough night (I'm a paramedic), I decided to get to vacuum cleaner out to take my mind off things. Only to find it had GONE! bastard. Anyway, I went to a shop and bought another (I have dogs I need a vacuum) And as I plugged it in, this song came in my head and I started singing "I have broken free, I have broken free yeah."
Brother.... It has ben a pleasure (as a Brit) to watch you come to life. appreciate the music, of a lifetime away from you. As a Brit, Queen was a staple for me growing up, the songs always playing in my minds IPlayer!. I appreciate you Brother, you have an ear. You are not blinkered to music from only your own generation. YOU give me hope for the future.
Freddie didn't announce being bi
Freddie lived gay. But he loved the mystic and never really said one way or the other.
Queen can do no wrong in my eyes. This is my favorite video ty for reaction. You got to do BARCELONA! Just a beautiful song. I think I read it was in the closing ceremonies of the Olympics in Barcelona. You could find out in your research.
Anyone else thinks it's hilarious that Brian has his hair in curlers?
I joined the Official International Queen Fan Club back in 1977. I remember receiving a newsletter years later from the Fan Club Office asking for volunteers to appear in the new Queen music video (which was this one) .... Participants would be required to carry torches, it said. I was picturing a rowdy crowd with pitchforks and medieval torches, but I eventually learned that in England, what we Americans call a "flashlight" is referred to as a "torch". (BTW Because I lived in the US, I received my newsletter much too late to volunteer for torch duty.... :D )
yes i would - it´s just fun ... and by the way: the sexiest one in this video is roger, haha.
Gerald Herrmann I know right! Roger makes my sexuality confused watching this lol
under pressure jo. and barcelona !!!
Love you Matthews Family. Love your reactions. Take care.
MTV refused to play this video because of the drag queens. Crazy.
Wow seriously???
The Matthews Fam seriously! They said that was the reason but we fans believed it had a lot to do with his sexuality and AIDS status. It was a different time. That’s why I admire Reba McIntire, you will find live footage of her singing at one of the award shows “She thinks his name was John”. She said she was doing one of her famous songs then shocked the executive with this song about AIDS. It was so taboo and she wanted the subject out there ... no one was safe from it. At this time, it was still thought to be a “gay” epidemic even though a little boy named Ryan White was fighting just to be able to go to school. He was not allowed - KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL. His story of courage is amazing, contracting AIDS from a blood transfusion.
React to Death on two legs by Queen, the original diss track.
Yung_ Lonestar yessss I love that song
men already dressing like that now! but no1 can pull it off like QUEEN!
Aaaawwww U hit the spot there hun ...loved it...Ive always been a huge Queen fan an I'm glad U said it like see past his obvious struggle an hear the music an passion 😎
Great video and a magnificent song, Also I’d definitely do a music video in drag 😂
I have always been fascinated with queens videos and lyrics, I wish I was alive when they were touring with Freddie I would have spent everything I had to see them live
Drag is a British comedy tradition. Almost every troupe or comedian has done a drag bit at one time or another. It used to be illegal for women to perform onstage, so men played the female roles.
Men dressing in drag also has been a tradition in the US for a very long time., so I don't understand the controversy. I graduated from high school in Minnesota in 1954. (Yes, I'm that old.) At every class reunion I attended, we had two or three of our football stars dressed in drag & lip-syncing to an Andrews Sisters song. It was hilariously funny, & enjoyed by all. Maybe it has something to do with MN sharing a border with Canada. My son, keeper of family photos tells me he has a pic of my totally he-man father in drag, for some sort of skit. I don't remember that, but do have one of him dressed in a barrel.
I think some of the ones who objected to the Queen video might have been southerners. North & south have traditionally been so culturally divided that they might as well be two different countries. This is not meant as a blanket statement. & realize that we also have much in common with each other, but when I lived briefly in Texas, I did experience a bit of culture shock.
MTV banned this video but the Queen fans here gave MTV so much grief that they had no choice but to put it back on their video playlist after the controversy cooled down a little. All the Queen fans got it and laughed their collective asses off! The Queen fans already knew about Freddie and realized the video was a young in cheek presentation. Another great song from that album, The Works, is an album cut called Machines (or Back To Humans). On a different subject, please don't do Southern Rock. If I hear the song Sweet Home Alabama one more time, I may loose my mind. You see, I live in Alabama and you would not believe how many times I've heard that and other southern rock songs since the 70's when they first came out! Try another song and group instead such as Dear Diary/The Moody Blues or Follow Your Bliss by the B-52's. Great Stuff!
the best thing i remember reading about this video was that they expected freddie to dance with the royal ballet, found out he couldnt really dance, so they just carted him about like that in the video! lmao i'd say the cow ballet is even more hilarious than the drag which has had a long standing tradition in in british culture, anyway. dunno what the fuss is about wearing clothes of the opposite gender. women wear jeans and other 'masculine' type clothing but for men to wear women's clothing is somehow demeaning. toxic masculinity, what can i say? everyone should feel free to wear dresses/skirts if they want, it's very refreshing :)
This's the first Queen song I ever heard (in 1991), and thus my journey to become a Queen-Freddie "devotee" emerged.
Love your "thorough" reactions on Queen.
Cheers with much love, mate.
his vocal acrobats, their ability to play their instruments is simply amazing!!! genius!!
also, in case your wondering, the devise on the bedside table in the opening sequence is called a teamaid: its supposed to make you a cup of tea when the alarm goes off. they aren't so popular as they once were.
How many times do I gotta beg ya from their biggest fannnnn BREAKTHRU AND DONT STOP ME NOW u are missing their two best songs and Freddie’s best vocal performances for the love of goddddd please
MrPpppppppppf One of my favorite tunes is “Ride the Wild Wind”, that’s on the Innuendo album. No one ever plays it either.
So iconic!!! I love everything of this man, his zero fuck attitude, his creativity, his voice, his personality. He was a genius and an incredible human being. Credit to John Deacon for this masterpiece.
Would I dress in drag as a married straight dude? Oh hell yeah I would! It looks like it was a blast!
Roger looks so cute in the video, even though he's a guy 😀
Dude I don't know how you kept a straight face when Freddie walked out! I laugh everytime I see it 😂!
I wouldn't have a problem dressing in drag. I did in fact, over Halloween and the movie premier. I'm a woman who dressed like Freddie dressed as the woman in this video.
British humor has long had men dress in drag for comedy. See: Monty Python, Benny Hill, Dr. Who, The Mighty Boosh, The Goodies, etc...)
So it's no big deal in the UK.
Americans were so uptight about this video that MTV banned it, all but destroying Queen's career in the States. Americans are so weird about sexuality.
But look at those that are in elected offices that are flat out sexual perverse, if not pedophiles. How dare those people try to cast shadows on others!
*I'm an American, btw. I don't understand why some people are so judgemental about silly things.
Thank. Listen to this for 25 yrs
Why not, I think it's a brilliant video! Can't imagine any other band having the guts! I love this song and video!
Yes, I would definitelly dress up in drag, I would dress up as a cat, dog, horse, plant, hell, I would even dress up as a poop with flies flying all around me. If it is fun and has some purpose, why not? It is true US is a bit different from our "decadent" Europe in this. Nobody...literaly NOBODY I know has ever had a single problem with the video. On the contrary, they all found it very amusing and original. Even my grandma who was born in 1928.
To answer your question about dressing up like a woman for a music video, I absolutely would! I've done it without anyone filming even if there are pics of that, so yes, I don't have any problem with it at all or with someone documenting the occasion. I mean, a lot of artists have done it, the one I recall off-hand being Eminem in one of his music vids. Guess MTV got over it by the time the 90s rolled around.
I remember watching this on mtv at age 11 or 12 before they banned it from MTV! I LOVED it but can’t help but remember the look on my mom’s face when she walked in the room😳😂. She said “WTH are you watching?”😂😂. Good stuff!
This song and video was one of my favorites when I was a kid:)) I remember that I was so impressed how men turn into women :D But anyway I've watched all of your reactions of the Queen! I'm so glad you've appreciate the good music and you're already a fan:) I love your Queen's reactions! Stay true to yourself!
Finally 🙌 Wooohoo, Awesome reaction as usual
Please review "Don't Stop Me Now" LOOOOOVE that song from Freddie!!
They did it as a goof. It was never meant to be a “coming out” for Freddie. He was a VERY private person and never wanted go be a spokesperson for anything, especially as a gay man or bi-sexual.
Even my kids sing with the Hoover around the house ...classic
You should listen Mother Love....Powerful song and a heartbreaking background. Freddie's voice is mindblowing and he could bearly stand.
I can't figure out why it's such a big deal now. Back in the day women wern't allowed to be actresses so men dressed as women in plays. So if you think about it they were more forward thinking then than now.
My cousin in Canada told me about Queen... And about Freddie's orientation. I was 11 and from a strict religious background. I said "Oh" to my cousin and had no idea what he meant. I also wasn't sure why he had women nude, on bicycles, on the wall of his room. And that's when I fell in love with Queen, Styx, and Chilliwack. Shout out to my cousin Butch!
You honestly have the best reaction videos
Freddie never pubicly "came out" to being bisexual to the world, but it wasn't a big secret either. When asked he notoriously replied, “Darling, my attitude is ‘fuck it.’ I’m doing everything with everybody.”
You should listen to the Queen song I'm In Love With My Car written and sung by the drummer Roger Taylor.Freddie does backup vocals..
Oh and do great king rat, too! They have so many awesome tunes. That’s a pretty long one, but I love it lol
I am laughing so hard at you!! You’re not laughing on the outside seeing Freddie vacuum the floor!! It’s ok I’m a queen fan all my life! But to me I crack up every time!!
Yassssssssssssssssssssssss.I love this reaction
This video was made as a spoof to a British soap opera I grew up with called coronation street. The first part of the vid shows rooftops and chimneys which is how coronation street starts it’s show.
You're one of my favorite guys to watch Queen reaction videos from. You've gone from feeling a little uncomfortable about the band in "blouces" haha to watching this with them dressed in drag and going, who gives a shit, listen what these people are capable of making. That dude, is exactly what happened in the day across the entire world, we said we don't care what his sexuality is. Truth.
@4:54 asking 21 year old me would say no... but 41 year old me would, for the laugh....
Interesting side note, when the Royal Ballet asked Freddie to work with them, they quickly realized he couldn’t dance. That’s why they carry him around
PLEASE PLEASE do Queen Under Pressure 🙏🙏🙏♥
...the Live at Wembley version. Please 🙏♥
Please react to One Vision (Official Video)
The first time I saw this on MTV, I was ROTFLMAO. Now that I'm older it's CUTE😁😁😁😂🤣😂🤣I always thought that song was Freddie's coming out of the closet song but I never expected to see them All dressed in drag.
Great video!! I hope you'll do "No One But You (Only the Good Die Young)" it was the last video that the three remaining members of Queen did after Freddie died, and the last video to feature John Deacon.
You need to reach back to *rock* Queen : “Stone Cold Crazy” and *funky* Queen “Dragon Attack”...
Maria Rosen YESSSS!!
omg stooop, they have so many better songs
Flowing Flo I simply asked for the ones *I* would like him to react to... you can always ask for yours.
@@imweakfordeaky everybody reacts to these songs only. they have way much much more, super, exciting songs. with a back catalogue like queen have it's quite tedious by now that only these are that you all think worth a big reaction when there are 100 of them already here on yt.
Flick of the Wrist has a pretty hard rock feel to it too, it’s a good song. It’s on the Sheer Heart Attack album and it runs right into Lily of the Valley, which is also really good.
Foo Fighters did it too as well as others. As a Brit I would dress in drag as we have a comedy tradition here from Monty Python through pantomime and even me dressing as Freda Mercury (the name for Freddie. In this video!) at a party some years back.
Not only America MTV banned the video because they didn't catch the joke behind it, but all the radios refused to broadcast the song, and their intention was to do so for at least seven years. Queen have always said they lost America for that reason, while at the time Freddie declares that Queen would no longer perform in the United States. Unfortunately he didn't have the time or the opportunity to change his mind.That's what the controversy was all about.
If you want a good laugh and some insight on how Queen, specifically Freddie, read “Queen, Unseen” by Peter Hince. He was Freddie and John’s roadie for years and years. It’s a book full of hilarious stories and how their live shows were put together. It made me actually laugh out loud many times. He also talks about how they shot their videos.
my mom had told me years ago that this video was about how woman where in the past less free and had to be house wifes. And that it was said that Mercury was gay only after his death and that a lot of fans where surprised (especially girl fans that liked him) and she told me that he in interview from the past she saw that he had a lot of girl as friends that knew his secret and helped him to make it seem like he would spend times with girls(even if they were just friends)
Tidbit: In a song called "In My Defense", Freddie sings "...torn between the Lover (Jim Hutton) and the "Love you left behind (Mary Austin a/k/a Freddie's girlfriend/fiance)
1980’s Fat Bottom Girl from Old HB, NYC
Freddie was actually bisexual and married long time friend, Mary Austin. They truly loved each other and she understood his sexuality and didn’t judge him, as so many, I’m sure, did. Questions always surrounded him about his sexuality and I don’t believe he EVER said one way or another. We figured it out. It wasn’t difficult. I, for one, never cared WHO TF he loved, as long as he kept gracing us with his velvet voice. 😀 R.I.P. Freddie Mercury. RIP.
Freddie told the world the day before he died. They said he never told anyone because he didn't want to hurt his family and friends. I'm sure people speculated. And yes, he couldn't get the microphone out of the stand so he ripped it out and he liked the part of the stand and always used it onstage after that.
It's funny, you can see he is not comfortable with this video. People in the US are different than in Europe or elsewhere. Imagine how it must been in 1984 when it came out. You tell them that it is a mock on a soap opera and they still raising their brows lol
It's not a mock of corrie, is a take on George orwells 1984, and they fell on the idea off corrie for the video to anchor the 'tradition' rolls of people and how they do as they are told.
Go and look at apples advert in 1984, which also was a not tho George Orwell. The crossover is startling.
Not at all. We aren't a prudish society at all.
Funny how after WW1 , and after we introduced o the Brits and Europeans our swing, jazzy and other wild for the times type of music , to go with our tough, meet and potatoes , can do , non pretentious, just be yourself ,Military personnel, would seem to belie what you seem to think is the truth.
@@dantofthegenxfamily9529 lol. I think it's you what has the wrong end of the reality stick my friend. I was with you with the music they you went full on spaz.
The Europeans, have been doing militery just a tad longer. And in the whole it's common knowalge that American culture is more prudish than Europeans. It's dates back to you was founded by Bible basher escaping form Europe and your nation is still full of similar ideots.
Just look at euro TV to yours. Even south American TV is more 'out there' sex wise than the US. This isn't my opinion its facts. You have loads of rules around your water shed times.
@@StephenButlerOne served em well as we've whooped em all we are the teacher .
Now , my point about military was that during WW1 we introduced modern music to the so called old world. C'mon. You have no gmfoot to stand on here einstein.
@@StephenButlerOne And maybe I should remind you we are the world. You talk as if we fell out of the sky.
C'mon reality master. Do you think it out before you type
This song is amazing and the video makes me smile so much. Freddie was a genius, no doubt about it.
When you see the scenes of Freddie with all of the dancers. It’s with The ballet company from Paris.
I had to look at Roger 3 times I though he was a girl. He really really really looks like a girl. I laughed so had whe I first saw this video because I though OMG he makes a perfect girl
This is just Freddy being Freddy not a dull moment
Yes, do Lynyrd Skynyrd.... Yes, you will recognize their music. Love your reactions..Love me some Queen...
Where did you find that video??? Ummm first time for me. I've seen one but not this one. Danggggggggggg.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird" Oakland, CA concert performance is amazing.
The soap opera parody was missed in the US, where the video was interpreted as a celebration of transvestism and subsequently banned from MTV, which may have led to the song’s lack of success in the US, as compared to the rest of the world.
Thank God the rest of the world understood the song, its context, the band, and wasn't close-minded.
Me personally, I just LOVE this video.
A band named Queen dressed in drag. Shocker.
This comment makes no sense. They dressed in drag once, it was not part of their style or aesthetic, and only one of them was into guys (bisexual, Freddie was) and he's best known for his macho look.
Greatkingrat88 Freddie and Roger dressed in drag for one of Freddie’s solo songs too. But I agree that the comment doesn’t really make sense
M. M. Monroe oh cool! I knew it was a cover but I did not know that was their record label that’s so funny