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  • @TheOutcast05
    @TheOutcast05 Місяць тому +115

    What really makes this song stand out to me is, as the story goes, when it was time to record it Freddie was very ill, and Brian was worried if he would even be able to sing it. Freddie downed some vodka and said "I'll fucking do it darling", then nailed it in one take. A true legend. There will never be another Freddie Mercury

    • @Echelon1984
      @Echelon1984 Місяць тому +12

      Very true. What a lot of people don’t seem to realise is Freddie was LITERALLY on his deathbed when he found the strength to get in the studio to record it. I will always be amazed at how he managed to give such a performance in the condition he was in. A LEGEND TO THE END

    • @RoverWaters
      @RoverWaters 18 днів тому +2

      one take was a part of the song
      not the whole song

    • @patricksnow5326
      @patricksnow5326 14 днів тому

      So very true. We will never see his like again.

    • @unforgiven642
      @unforgiven642 10 днів тому

      Freddie was the one true legend

    • @johngreig7281
      @johngreig7281 9 днів тому

      "There can be only one" and he was it!

  • @neils123
    @neils123 Місяць тому +51

    Freddie was one of only a handful of celebrities who I cried about when I heard they died. To this day, whenever I hear this song I can't help but shed a tear. He was truly unique.

    • @AgenteusaRR
      @AgenteusaRR Місяць тому +1

      To me was him and Ayrton Senna, the sequence of events that weekend was tragic and sad. Both were men of the people I guess thats why, you could see they were real. But I know i will have my 3rd one soon in John Williams :S

    • @conan5885
      @conan5885 28 днів тому +2

      Oh yeah... completely...
      I'll never forget that evening news on November 25th 1991 (the day after he left us), it's like a moment frozen in time for me, i was in complete shock, couldn't believe it. My mum looked at me a asked me if i was alright, i think i remember just saying: "Freddie died...", couldn't even speak right...
      33 years gone by and it's still crystal clear in my mind.

    • @conan5885
      @conan5885 28 днів тому

      @@AgenteusaRR Yes. Ayrton was the same to me too, also remember crystal clear the news that day, the race, the accident, the flight to the hospital, and the "brain death" news... Heart breaking.
      I was an obsessive F1 fan in the 80's and 90's, after that day i never watched an F1 race again...

  • @QuayNemSorr
    @QuayNemSorr 21 день тому +11

    This song always brings tears to my eyes. There will never be another Freddie Mercury!!

  • @kaianttila1619
    @kaianttila1619 25 днів тому +12

    I remember how this song was played a lot in 1991 after Freddie Mercury had died. It felt like his farewell to the world.

  • @leeclarke6067
    @leeclarke6067 24 дні тому +10

    This song always gives me huge goosebumps, it always makes me cry so much, not for sadness just the sheer power of it, Freddie was an incredible singer there will be no-one like him ever. ❤️

  • @hahatoldyouso
    @hahatoldyouso 29 днів тому +17

    ‘My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies’ is my favourite lyrics from a song ever!

  • @SergioSBloch
    @SergioSBloch Місяць тому +23

    Who wants to live forever.... that is another must listen.

  • @AlejandroDiazadiaz201
    @AlejandroDiazadiaz201 Місяць тому +14

    This song is unique, it is heartbreaking, but powerful in a way. "I'll face it with a grin!,I'm never giving in! On with the show!" and the guitar. It's about doing what you do better than anyone, through it all.

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 17 днів тому +8

    Farrokh Bulsara, Freddie Mercury, Sept. 5, 1946- Nov. 24, 1991

  • @robmaher42
    @robmaher42 Місяць тому +22

    The final part of Brian's unintentional Freddie trilogy: Who Wants To Live Forever?, Scandal, The Show Must Go On. I remember watching the video when it came out a few weeks before he died. It felt like being at a wake. Long before social media, everyone knew what was coming.

  • @Echelon1984
    @Echelon1984 Місяць тому +6

    Written by Brian May. If you listen closely to the lyrics Freddie is ACTUALLY singing about his impending death and how he was on stage and his personality

  • @kenanderson2002
    @kenanderson2002 12 днів тому +4

    I can't help but to cry when I hear some of their songs.. this one almost always hits me like a ton of bricks. These are the Days of Our Lives hurts to watch, but the hardest two songs to listen to are Motherlove and No One But You. Not sure if you heard Motherlove yet so I won't give away any spoilers, but if you know the story, you will cry too at the beginning of the last verse.

  • @scottirvine121
    @scottirvine121 Місяць тому +6

    When you hear from the band about what Freddie pushed himself to do for this video it’s both moving and heartbreaking

  • @jujubarei25
    @jujubarei25 19 днів тому +4

    This song... Break me so hard!! I love it with all my soul and heart! 😭💕

  • @megamaorifulla
    @megamaorifulla 21 день тому +4

    Fred gave us 1000 percent right till the end ...the greatest frontman that ever lived gave us one of the best vocals of his career in this song ..he left us shortly after this RECORDING

  • @dannysilva3210
    @dannysilva3210 23 дні тому +6

    This is my favorite song. So happy to see your reaction ❤

  • @stevem-h3562
    @stevem-h3562 Місяць тому +4

    I will never forget when I first saw this video at the end of a British weekly music TV programme called Top Of The Pops, two days after he'd passed. It hit me like a steam train and has left a mark on me to this day. This song was and remains my favourite Queen song and no one will ever be able to cover this and do it justice like Freddie could. Nobody. Its one of those songs that should never ever be covered by anyone else.

  • @daveloboda1769
    @daveloboda1769 Місяць тому +5

    I have been a Queen fan ever since I first heard them in the early 70s. Four great musicians led by Freddie Mercury. The GOAT, the best frontman of any band, ever. As others have said, he was very ill when this was recorded and it just shows how good he was.

  • @FelixNemo
    @FelixNemo 24 дні тому +7

    This was released as a single and a couple of weeks later Freddie had died. Big shock. I always think of Freddie’s heavy makeup to hide the KS. And “My soul is painted with the wings of butterflies” reminds me of the lyrics from that wonderful Freddie composition - My Fairy King “someone has drained the colour from my wings”. First album to last album. ❤

  • @dordagiovex9989
    @dordagiovex9989 21 день тому +5

    That Is a modern Mozart Requiem. Same tragic intensity and exquisite beauty

  • @GinMae
    @GinMae 27 днів тому +3

    Yep - thanks for this, Ray.. made to make you cry.. it usually brings tears for me... appreciate your reaction... (mostly written by Brian May, who wasn't sure Freddie would be able to sing it... but according to Brian, Freddie just said "I'll F*ckin do it darling.. downed a shot a vodka, simply "lacerated" that vocal..."

  • @RetrofanFilms
    @RetrofanFilms 29 днів тому +9

    Interesting fact: The video for “Show Must Go On” was compiled and put together rather quickly. It was released in November of 1991; just a few hours after Freddie died from AIDS-related pneumonia; and it was playing quite a bit in rotation on MTV. For fans in the USA, some of the footage from past music videos and concerts many had never seen before. This was due to Queen focusing on either touring or making music videos for audiences outside of America.

    • @jamesrigby789
      @jamesrigby789 14 днів тому

      Yeah well when they didn't get the video of I Want To Break Free and the fact that they blamed Freddie for most of it, even though the song was written by John and the fact the video idea was Roger's/Roger's Girlfriend at the time idea to cross dress and to pay homage to Corrie, you couldn't blame him for blacklisting the states.

  • @mikenastasi8927
    @mikenastasi8927 Місяць тому +12

    When guitarist Brian May was concerned that Freddie Mercury was too ill to sing The Show Must Go On, Freddie took a shot of vodka and said: "I'll f****n do it, darling!" Recorded his vocals in 1 take. Freddie passed away 9 months after the album was released. Freddie only co-wrote the 1st verse with Brian May, everything else was written by May.

    • @RoverWaters
      @RoverWaters 18 днів тому

      nah
      he didn't record the whole song in one take

  • @kingbrutusxxvi
    @kingbrutusxxvi Місяць тому +6

    I was in college when Freddie passed. Having been a Queen fan since my earliest memories it was just shocking to lose him. The one thing that struck me and is still incredible is how the rest of the band dealt with his illness and death. John, Roger and Brian all came together to protect Freddie during those last years of his life and have continued to protect his legacy in the nearly 33 years since. They really are a class act.

  • @davidjohnstone7665
    @davidjohnstone7665 2 дні тому

    It’s a song that inspires you to stand up after every fall & when it’s over offers comfort for those you leave behind , the four of them have delivered some of the most iconic songs of all time and there audience keeps growing, .

  • @RobinC63
    @RobinC63 Місяць тому +3

    I’m not a person who uses words like “favourite”…”the best”…”the greatest”….as I feel they place limitations on us and they are mostly subjective anyway. However, this song is so uniquely special to me that I do say my favourite because it literally saved my life and the darkest time of my life! I hope that if I’m given a celebration of life gathering that this song will be played as really defines who I am!

  • @johnfullbrook628
    @johnfullbrook628 28 днів тому +2

    This song came out when I was about 8 years old and my father was a Queen fan and had followed them from a young age. I heard there music growing up I never knew the meaning behind the song when it was released. But this will always be one of my favourite Queen songs

  • @redthezz
    @redthezz Місяць тому +5

    "The Show Must Go On" was a brilliant song that Freddie knew the end was coming, but "Mother Love" is more sadder: Mercury never got to complete it as he died midway in production, and Brian finished singing the last verse.

  • @conan5885
    @conan5885 28 днів тому +2

    Watch the "These Are The Days Of Our Lives" video... Last time Freddie ever appeared on film, i still can't watch it without tears

  • @sherryheim5504
    @sherryheim5504 29 днів тому +4

    This is a great song written by Brian. Freddie was too ill at this point to do a video. He was proping himself up on the desk to sing. Brian said that as he was writing this song he had a vision of a sad clown who painted a smile on his face to entertain his audience. One would think he was referring to Freddie and perhaps in a way he was, but Freddie was not sad and never complained. Brian seems to be a fairly emotional guy and I think that it is Brian who is sad. Sad to see the suffering of his friend and bandmate, sad because he was not only going to be losing that friend he was also going to be losing his band, so the playback of all the historical clips is appropriate for this song. Brian's marriage was falling apart as well and he was very upset and depressed over that, too. Brian didn't know what the future held for him but he knew that beneath all of it, he was a musician and he needed to keep music alive because it was his only constant. Freddie had told Brian to continue, that he would always want him to do that. Thank you for your reaction. At this time, they band had decided that everyone in the band would be credited on all songs but Brian May wrote this one.

  • @sumonjamal1653
    @sumonjamal1653 Місяць тому +14

    By the time 'The show must go one' was released as a single by Queen in 1991, it was the last song on the album 'Innuendo'... Freddie Mercury was too ill to appear on camera anymore... The song itself captured the end of the band; after all is done... life keeps going.
    Freddie's last appearance was on the music video for the single 'These are the days of our lives'... and he looked thin and frail.
    The other members of Queen were always contributing backing vocals (and even lead vocals) to Queen songs since their first record... Their vocal harmonies were a trademark sound of the band.

    • @dinobravo852
      @dinobravo852 Місяць тому

      John didn't sing.

    • @alexandremaireno-ni4ec
      @alexandremaireno-ni4ec Місяць тому

      ​@@dinobravo852 not lead, but all of them did backing vocals

    • @dinobravo852
      @dinobravo852 Місяць тому

      @@alexandremaireno-ni4ec John never sang on recordings...sometimes he sang live, but not on recordings. It's been confirmed by numerous people in Queen's entourage...

    • @raynepromotions
      @raynepromotions Місяць тому

      It’s not that he was ill and couldn’t go on camera. This single was released after he died that’s why there’s no new video made with him in it. He had already assed.

    • @dinobravo852
      @dinobravo852 Місяць тому

      @raynepromotions The show must go on was released on the 16 October 1991, merely a month before he passed. Of course he was too ill to appear on video, hence the collage video we got.

  • @danielbailey9821
    @danielbailey9821 Місяць тому +10

    Absolutely one of my favorite songs by them! Such a banger

  • @fotografo4295
    @fotografo4295 29 днів тому +4

    Freddie was checking out and they all knew it. He recorded this album with his last breath, literally.

  • @MuhammadNurulIslam
    @MuhammadNurulIslam Місяць тому +5

    You can visit the studio where they recorded in Montreux, Switzerland - its tucked away hidden on the second floor of a casino and its free.

  • @largemansteve60
    @largemansteve60 22 дні тому +2

    Don't know why exactly, but the cover of this song by Tommy Johansson popped into my head, and it's one helluva cover....

  • @COOLturalni
    @COOLturalni 9 днів тому

    I remember in november of 1991 this video was start for all the world brodcast tv in the same time when the news station get breaking news about Freddie's death. It was horrable sad to see this video in the same time. Few month erlier they gest Britis Music Awards for this song. Everone was in shock in that time. Music Queen sty forever. It's song about daying... about gone from material to soul existing in eternity.

  • @BC-ui9yt
    @BC-ui9yt 29 днів тому +1

    I can't recall if this came out just before he died, or just after (I'm pretty sure it was before, though). But he was clearly deathly ill with AIDS, and hearing this song the first time, I cried like a baby. And I've never been able to listen to it without still crying. I knew right away he was saying goodbye.

  • @tomlegge4880
    @tomlegge4880 18 днів тому +1

    Any day of the week, you can hear this is a Brian May composition.

  • @russellbywater4648
    @russellbywater4648 22 дні тому +3

    It's hard to believe, especially for a Yankee Doodle, but Freddie didn't write this song. Brian wrote this song. Love is just love.

  • @user-el7tj6mt3v
    @user-el7tj6mt3v Місяць тому +7

    Mito assoluto e leggenda inarrivabile ed intramontabile....

  • @vinniedixon1140
    @vinniedixon1140 Місяць тому +8

    The words "I'm aching to be free" means he just wants the end to come so he no longer has to suffer.

  • @srj6678
    @srj6678 Місяць тому +8

    When he recorded this song he did it all at once. He was on his last legs and had asked the other members to bring all the songs they had for him to do the vocals. They already knew that the end was near. For this song Brian May offered to sing the altos and Freddie asked them all to leave, to bring him whiskey and ge increirabó the whole song in one take....absolutamente incredible. The heartbreak you can feel in his voice, it gives you chills. Great reaction, great song...greetings from Argentina.

  • @70yroldgit
    @70yroldgit Місяць тому +25

    YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THIS WITH? THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES

  • @leonvibroboy
    @leonvibroboy 14 днів тому +1

    Of course, still hearing this song, as for, for different reasons, These are the Days, the one that Always tear my heart and soul apart is Mother, especially the 1st verse's ending 😢😢 , i really recommend this one also... With some tissues near by 😉👍

  • @maksphoto78
    @maksphoto78 Місяць тому +2

    Hey from here and Twitch! Queen and Freddie have a special place in my heart.

  • @vernhoke7730
    @vernhoke7730 Місяць тому +7

    I consider myself fortunate to have seen Queen twice in the early eighties.

  • @jamesschmidt5813
    @jamesschmidt5813 Місяць тому +2

    I used to listen to Queen on my cassette Walkman and his voice got quite bassy when the batteries got low.

  • @trudehunnicutt8214
    @trudehunnicutt8214 29 днів тому +1

    So grateful I had the chance to see them several times with Fred

  • @jamieosborn
    @jamieosborn Місяць тому +2

    One take vocals after a shot of vodka. Imagine being able to pull that out when so ill.

  • @peteralt9490
    @peteralt9490 20 днів тому

    My father used to say, that we all are only guests in this earth....

  • @raynepromotions
    @raynepromotions Місяць тому +1

    The lyric your talking about he said in a video was his jaw line started to show the effects of the disease so first he started to wear a beard to cover it up. That’s why after 1986 you see him with a beard instead of his mustache.
    But the part he says about his makeup is he started to put on makeup to cover up his jaw line and sometimes the makeup would fake on him so that’s why he says even thought it’s faking I’m still smiling through it.

  • @Lydiag85
    @Lydiag85 11 днів тому

    Lump in my throat every time I hear this song. Not only for Freddie but for everyone we lost to AIDS and the way the queer community suffered in the 80s and 90s. The loneliness of going through it in the closet and facing the judgment of the public. Heartbreaking.

  • @celticc9580
    @celticc9580 Місяць тому +11

    Everyone need to go learn the story of how the vocals was recorded for this song.

    • @aa3on
      @aa3on Місяць тому +2

      And not to talk over them when listening to the song.

  • @martinwhite3559
    @martinwhite3559 Місяць тому +8

    This might be Queens best song given the circumstances behind this song and the whole album. There will never be anyone else like Freddie. He is the best performer ever. No question. The lyrics were written by guitarist Brian May about about Freddie. I believe it was Brian's way of dealing with the situation and the uncertain future of the band.

  • @hectorgutierrez2678
    @hectorgutierrez2678 22 дні тому

    those are freddy´s vocals, this was the last song he recorded before his dead, brian Said recently in a interview the part ¨I have to find the will to carry on¨ was freedy last record

  • @BjornAgain76
    @BjornAgain76 Місяць тому +2

    You understand the song completely

  • @thedryparn1279
    @thedryparn1279 Місяць тому +5

    Most choirs on Queen songs is many layered Freddie voices.

  • @EsElAlessi
    @EsElAlessi Місяць тому +3

    all in one take, that how great freddy was, even when he was so sick

  • @patrick86806
    @patrick86806 7 днів тому

    classic! iconic! epic! enjoyed your reactions!

  • @DaveKing-f2r
    @DaveKing-f2r Місяць тому +1

    Best hair on the UA-cams Ray

  • @gerardgrywacheski1418
    @gerardgrywacheski1418 Місяць тому +1

    Great reaction video!! I miss Freddie's voice and his showmanship on stage!! R.I.P. Freddie Mercury 😪💔

  • @SimonHelling
    @SimonHelling Місяць тому +6

    One of the best songs in the world

    • @RoverWaters
      @RoverWaters Місяць тому

      at least we Europeans believe that

  • @MrGameLords
    @MrGameLords 22 дні тому

    one of my grandpa's last song who died of canser, the other queen song was who wants to live forever. still hurts.

  • @tobimobiv1
    @tobimobiv1 Місяць тому

    Even as emotional and empathetically challenged i was at 12 - 13 and older this song always made my throat tighten up and my eyes got moist.

  • @DanDisorder
    @DanDisorder Місяць тому +2

    You should listen to Innuendo from them, it's a dark masterpiece with powerful lyrics. In my opinion, it's one of their best and most emotional compositions.

  • @sorgus1199
    @sorgus1199 8 днів тому

    imagine , u are so sick and weak, u cant even walk, or stay. and here is Freddy, he sings this song like hes 20 again. and the lyrics breakin my heart every time. what a Showman😭💔

  • @jt1wolf
    @jt1wolf Місяць тому +2

    Thank you, loved your reaction very powerful!

  • @jk-wf7uc
    @jk-wf7uc Місяць тому +3

    Listen to Freddie Mercury song: T lime waits for no one. Love your reaction❤️👑🎶
    Thank you!

  • @pekkaerholtz3163
    @pekkaerholtz3163 Місяць тому +4

    Bryan wrote the lyrics and write the song

  • @SteveDurose
    @SteveDurose Місяць тому +8

    Watch live aid ❤❤❤

  • @Finkele1
    @Finkele1 26 днів тому

    Queen has changed the videos quite a lot after Freddy died to AIDS. Somehow i like it that more bc band members are shown bc they did most of the music and Freddy is shown how Freddy was in the end..Death is part of life.

  • @HelgeKS
    @HelgeKS Місяць тому +3

    7:08 - I was there!

  • @NABIL7
    @NABIL7 25 днів тому +1

    The acapella version is even better.

  • @supertrejomxtx
    @supertrejomxtx 29 днів тому

    Lovely reaction, if you want descriptive and heart breaking, listen to, "Too much love will kill you", both versions, Freddie's and Brian's, love from Mexico.

  • @christianincorvaia7569
    @christianincorvaia7569 Місяць тому +2

    Great vid as always, keep going girl!!!

  • @sebacastillos
    @sebacastillos 25 днів тому

    I love Queen and I love you 😍

  • @ryanford9705
    @ryanford9705 Місяць тому +2

    Queen - who wants to live forever

  • @jamesg7811
    @jamesg7811 26 днів тому

    He was dying from aids on the illusion album. He gave his all. As always. He is a legend!

  • @Keradurakh
    @Keradurakh Місяць тому +3

    I love the song, it's so powerful and heartbreaking!
    I really can recommend "Blood for the blood god" from Gunship feat. Health. But the video, not just the audio, you wouldn't want to miss Doug Bradley's monologue.

  • @rodolfovargas3504
    @rodolfovargas3504 Місяць тому +1

    record in one take oh yeah!!! the voice I said

  • @KelliViti
    @KelliViti Місяць тому

    This was written mostly by Brian, for Fred. Who was very weak, at this point. Layered vocals with a few exceptions in 200 + plus songs. Are courtesy of Fred, Brian, & Roger.

  • @kenanderson2002
    @kenanderson2002 12 днів тому

    This is one of the albums where they decided Queen wrote the songs. I think from Innuendo on, they decided they were a band, not just 4 guys who all did things differently.

  • @ShawnKavanagh
    @ShawnKavanagh 10 днів тому

    Freddie returned to the angels
    with Bowie, Prince, Janis et al

  • @thedreamer1723
    @thedreamer1723 29 днів тому

    Thanks for this freddie tribute in 2024...

  • @thedreamer1723
    @thedreamer1723 29 днів тому

    Look these are the days of our lives....that was the freddie legacy and goodbye...

  • @pauloaraujo3824
    @pauloaraujo3824 15 днів тому

    Triste musica mas feliz de ver o passado dos Queen

  • @marcelopessoa4911
    @marcelopessoa4911 Місяць тому

    Yes, I do know how heartbreaking this song is for I heard it many times soon after my mother's death 10 years ago - I was her only child and she suffered a heart attack - a sudden death.
    Since then and to this day I cry every time I hear it. 😭

  • @James_18.
    @James_18. 5 днів тому

    If this is sad, listen to Mother Love. First the lyrics to it then when Brian takes over because Freddie wasn't able to finish it

  • @antoniocarlin5026
    @antoniocarlin5026 27 днів тому

    this song was writen when the band knows Freddie had AIDS ...1986, the song is recorded in 1991.

  • @baldock45
    @baldock45 Місяць тому

    About time 😊❤

  • @kyleharwell4373
    @kyleharwell4373 26 днів тому

  • @justitia257
    @justitia257 Місяць тому +1

    Wonderful

  • @firebird_613
    @firebird_613 Місяць тому

    Awesome video keep up the great work you do 👍 and hope you have a blessed and Happy Wednesday ☺️🙏

  • @RossanoMacchioni-gm4mg
    @RossanoMacchioni-gm4mg Місяць тому

    Innuendo great end of true Queen best early '90 , this track is freddie Mercury legacy. Wonderful lyrics don't cry for me , the Show must go on. My life is about to End my legacy is forever. Died in London in 1991 Aids .

  • @msteve777
    @msteve777 Місяць тому +4

    I have heard this song many times with many reactions, but in light of the current political environment it has taken on a whole new significance.

  • @HaraldOliwen
    @HaraldOliwen 21 день тому

    Queen hat etwa 200 Songs geschrieben, da haben Sie noch sehr viel zu hören/sehen.

  • @RoverWaters
    @RoverWaters 18 днів тому

    Freddie did not record the vocals for this song in one take

  • @patricksnow5326
    @patricksnow5326 14 днів тому

    You need to watch their live aid set.

  • @MetalHeadDrew
    @MetalHeadDrew Місяць тому +4

    Avenged Sevenfold - God Hates Us live at the Rock Am 2011 honestly one of their best performances

    • @Abbym22
      @Abbym22 Місяць тому +1

      Yeees 🔥🔥

  • @patricksnow5326
    @patricksnow5326 14 днів тому

    You asked about the layering of vocals in part of the song. I don’t know whether John can sing, but I know Brian and Roger can.