If you say you've never heard it you're either lying or you were raised by wolves with no contact with civilisation ever. Actually nevermind the second one is no excuse either
This was all in Freddies’s head. He wrote the whole thing. Refused to let them cut it up into 3 separate songs. It was 6 minutes long and they were told it was to long for radio. But Freddie being Freddie refused. Freddie Mercury was a genius, and never took credit for anything. With him it was always all four of them equally.
Im glad they kept it like that it would not be the same
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He couldn't let them split it up. It's a rhapsody based on his own life experience that he'd been working on in his head for a very long time & he put it down on paper at last. Freddie loved opera, & by definition, a rhapsody is a one movement work that's episodic yet integrated. It wouldn't have been his rhapsody if they cut it up. HE is the "Bohemian"--an artist.
Because it was so long the radio stations had refused to play it, until one DJ, by the name of Kenny Everett, on Radio One, heard the song and played it, I think, 12 times during one show, the rest, as they say, is History.
It`s actually a sad story. He was deaf until the operation three days before. The operation was financed by Nicki Minaj, and he was forced to listen to her for all these three days. That`s how he have never heard BR.
1st part: a man has commmited homicide and will be put to death, so he's saying goodbye to his crying mother, whose whipping is represented by the guitar solo. 2nd: "I see a little silhouette..." the man is at the Gates of Hell (Thunderbolt and Lightning... )but he's still fighting, along with his mother's prayers for salvation: "I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me / He's just a poor boy from a poor family, spare his life from this monstruosity" 3rd: "Bismillah!" means "In the Name of God", which marks the entry of angels and begins the battle for this poor soul: "We will not let you go / Let him go! Bismillah!..." 4th: "So you think you can stop me and spit in my eye?" The demons are angry and losing, and he's "just gonna get outta here". Angels win the battle and the man is forgiven. Sorry for long response, I was raised on Queen. And this is like my 4th video in a row, so, new subscriber, yay!
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Well, this is Freddie's personal musical story of his own life, put into artistic terms for effect & for the musical enjoyment of others. Freddie said he didn't want to change the world, he just wanted to express how he felt to others. ( A true artist.) He is the "Bohemian" & this is his "rhapsody". You have to remember he loved opera. He fantasizes killing a man who betrayed him in a relationship, which scared him because he actually felt like he could, he was so angry. Like an opera, it's all very melodramatic & cheeky. Thus the abrupt, dead pan confession of the murder to his mother (some think his mother did the murder. No, you misunderstood.)-- a dramatic scene we can all relate to with our own mothers if we were in that situation--& some listeners actually ARE in that situation, in war torn countries & in city violence. He says he's a poor boy--most of the world can relate to that too. Then he wants to be let go by the Justice/religious powers that be. He mentions "Bismillah"--a nod to his religious upbringing, he's Parsi from British India. But justice/ god won't let him go, he must pay the price for his murder. He's going to be executed. The Goodbye foreshadows his real death, as do many of the lyrics in his songs. He probably did wish he'd never been born many times because he grew up in a community that did not accept gays at all, & in which his father dissed everything he wanted to do with his life--he dissed who he was as a human being. Also his buck teeth were so pronounced I'm sure he suffered a lot from bullies--like he wrote about in We Are the Champions. I could go on, but all of it relates to his own life experience & his own, personal style.
It's very simple (the meaning). "Bohemian Rhapsody" was Freddie's vision. He NEVER told anyone what it was about---even his closest friends. There have been plenty of theories as to it's meaning (some very good) but the true meaning of "Bohemian Rhapsody" died with Freddie.
After singer Freddie Mercury died of AIDS, guitarist Brian May went back to school to finish the degree that had been interrupted by Rock godhood. May is now, at last, a Doctor of Astrophysics!
Fun fact. You said "their voices are crazy" at the start. The intro to the song is just Freddy Mercury singing on multiple vocal tracks (even though the video shows the whole band) The operatic part, on the other hand, it's all the members singing together. No joke, this is possibly the best song ever recorded.
If you enjoyed this, I highly recommend watching Queen's performance at Live Aid. It's highly praised as one of the best live performances of all time. Particularly when they played Radio Gaga.
@@richieb7692 Not his best performance vocally - he had a throat infection, and was disobeying his doctor's orders just by singing that day! - but Freddie pushed through it and showed the whole damn world what a real rock star could do. He held that entire audience in his hand, and stole the show so hard that when Queen left the stage, DAVID FUCKING BOWIE (who was going on next) had just three words for his old friend Freddie: "You fucking bastard." If you want to hear Freddie at his best, btw, try Montreal, 1981. He OWNS that show in every way, and blows Live Aid out of the water!
I mean, I didn't grow up with queen too much. Maybe a little ABTD or WWRY... but never Bohemiean rhapsody until like 2 years ago. But my dad plays rap and my mom plays lots of 80s except queen... sooo
It does not surprise me at all, all the most distinctive work comes from a single mind. It provides the adage that a camel is a horse designed by committee.
I;m an older man now, but Queen was the rock band that enchanted me in my youth. Their sheer together and individual talents still fascinate me to this day. Let me just add that I love watching your videos because your journey of discovery with this music is so clearly represented on your face. Great job!
Yeah, but that intro is all Freddie’s voice. During the second section of the song Brian and Roger sing along with Freddie, but the intro was all Freddie over dubs
Willemijn V.E. -- hate to educate you man, but it was not just Freddie's voice. Roger could actually hit higher notes than Freddie. Forget about the movie Bohemian Rhapsody; there is a documentary out there on the making of Bohem. Rhap. made by Brian May, and Roger Taylor. They actually go back to the exact place where they recorded Bohem. Rhap. and recount the whole process of them recording the song. That doc. gives you way more information than that movie, and it is accurate. The tape was wearing out because they had over dubbed so many musical parts as well as voice parts. They had reached a point where it was impossible to add anything else so they had to stop. Brian also explains how they achieved the visual effects in the video that they had made. And they had made the video because it was impossible to recreate every aspect of the song, while in concert. Brian May puts a lot of stuff on the internet about Queen, because it is his way of keeping the memory of his friend Freddie, alive.
Please please watch their "Live Aid Performance - Queen" 20min in front of over 1 Billion People world Wide live and on television.. Yiu will have goosebumps from beginning till end One of histories greatest shows :D
Freddie’s voice in one of a kind. His vocal range can spans almost 4 octaves which is almost unheard of. He died nearly 30 years ago, at a decently young age. So many amazing singers like Freddie and John Lennon had their lives and their careers cut short by such tragic events. This song is Freddie’s baby. It was being written in his head for years, and it shows. This is the best and most unique song ever written by one of the most unique and amazing singers of all time. If only he were still here to amaze a new generation. RIP Freddie.
I first learned about this song a year ago. It really depends on what you grow up with or what the people around you listen to. It’s not like they play this stuff in the radio anymore or have been in a long time.
its scary how he hadn't listened to borhap before but I'm jelous because I want to experience it for the first time again. love how he appreciated the jem that it is and yes they're the most unique, experimental and just unbelievable band I've heard they just never fail to impress and make you feel something very intensely and that's something that no matter what, WILL ALWAYS MAKE THEM THE GREATEST
@@steveviews6051 why, Despacito apparently has had billions of views on you tube alone. I've never heard Despacito because the stations I listen to would never play it. I don't know any Hip Hop songs or artists unless I've come across them in a movie. And even then I'd be struggling to name one. My neighbor is twenty five and couldn't name one Beatles song, even though he suspects he might have heard a couple but not taken notice. People have different lives and not everyone listens to the same stuff that you do.
@@Funny24686 there are people out there who have never heard the entire song. I know people who have never listened to the entire song because it's just not their thing. And I've been listening to it since 1975.
One of my favourite stories I heard about Queen. At a music festival, Freddie Mercury ran into Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistol. The brief conversation went like this: SV: So, you're that Freddie Platinum that's trying to bring opera into rock'n'roll? FM: Why, yes, Mr. Ferocious. Thank you for noticing. 😂😂😂 Classic Freddie! 😂😂😂
Finally you’re reacting to Queen! Listen to everything off their albums A Day At the Races, The Works, and A Kind of Magic. Probably their best work. 🤘🏽
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And Jazz, I really like it very much. Yes, it's unusual to have an opening with a song like Mustapha, even more in this days with islamophobia. But it has plenty of energy, and this album has Don't Stop Me Now, Bycicle Race, Fat Bottomed Girls and I really like Let Met Entertain You and Dead On Time too. And songs like In Only Seven Days, Leaving Home Ain't No Easy or Jealousy can be good songs to listen to when you want to chill out a little.
I know its a reaction video, and u have a pretty good content, but theres one thing, u can NEVER do! Stop the Bohemian rhapsody in the middle of the song! This song is a masterpiece!!
I give him major points for not talking over the beautiful ending, which so many people do. That last almost whispered 'Any way the wind blows' with the final softly crashing giant gong gets me every time.
I remember several years ago driving to a relatives house for Christmas dinner with my sister , her husband , and son and my mom who was 87 at the time . This song came on so of course we all started singing it . When it came to the head banging part we all started bouncing up and down. My mom just looked confused and said "I'm in a car full of crazy people" One of my favourite memories !
Onarashin The Peppers' Daddy But you would still know the song if you heard it. It's like saying you haven't heard a Michael Jackson song, which is impossible unless you live somewhere without electricity.
I saw them live in the 80's here in Germany. When i hear songs of Queen today i see them in front of me. Is this the real life? Is this just phantasy? I like to see how enthusiastic you are. Greetings from Germany!
I'm 67 years old. I grew up listening to the music of the 40s (my parents), the 50s (my older brothers), the 60s, 70s, 80s, ...up to the present. I like some of it and love a lot of it. Come on, kids! Do you think music was invented only when *YOU* got into it?!? You're missing out on a world of amazing styles and performers. Open yourself to learning about the history. I guarantee you will not be sorry!
BTW at the very beginning of the song, The harmonies that you hear are all Freddie Mercury and no one else. After the piano part, and throughout the rest of the video, The harmonies are Freddie Mercury Brian May & Roger Taylor. John Deacon, who played the bass, didn’t sing very much because he said he couldn’t. BS!! I’ve heard him sing on a UA-cam video and in concert with Freddie mercury and he sounded just wonderful. I think John was just self-conscious
That is just bullshit right, the idea of this is getting new and exiting reactions. Not watching a dude rehash some old shit he has listened to a thousand times already
I don´t know Alex personally and can only speak for myself, but I haven´t heard this song until like 3-4 years ago even though I am 29 years old now. I could absolutely buy into it. I have so many friends who haven´t even heard the band name Queen. Of course most people know We ar the champions and We will rock you, but that is it. And to be honest. Those two songs, especially if you had to listen to them in your childhood at every freaking competition and children party, it doesn´t make you want to listen to more songs from them, since they are really not that outstanding. I am never listening to the radio, so that might be the reason why I didn´t know the song.
Wollestar if youve seen waynes world, or been in public like a department store its hard to dodge. But this is def fake and made to get views when the movie originally was released
You mention often Queens excellent harmonies, and they were Soooo amazing! But interesting enough the entire first few lines were actually just Freddie overdubbing his own voice. Talk about a talented man and band!
The guitarist is Brian May, and he's also a legend. He designed and made his guitar. Aaaaand he's an astrophysicist. The entire band was composed of geniuses in all sorts of fields. Except Roger Taylor. He was just the drummer.
Actually, Roger's biology degree (which he switched to from dentistry) probably tops Freddie's 'A' Level Art and Diploma in Art & Design, academically speaking. But Freddie was also a talented writer/cultural observer - his art school thesis on Jimi Hendrix included a fascinating analysis of the history and significance of the cultural changes taking place in the 1960s, before many other people were writing on the subject in this way. It's a shame really he didn't write more of this sort of thing. Roger was something of a genius at having fun and getting up to mischief, mostly in cahoots with Freddie, IIUC. :-)
Still one of the best stories about queen I know: Freddy asked for a screening of highlander so he could write the best song he could for it... (was contracted initially to just do 'who wants to live forever') Less than a month later, freddy returned to the makers with the entire soundtrack.
@@kathleenhudson8429 relevance? that others in queen helped write the soundtrack wasn't in question from the comment i made. that it was freddie who requested the screening, and returned with the soundtrack is still true. and hell.. did you have to necro a 3 year old comment to make a karen-esque 'correction' that wasn't even relevant?
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Freddie also wrote an opera called "Barcelona" in 1987 & he sang it along with the premiere soprano in Spain called "Montserrat Caballe". It was well received by the critics & had never been heard of before--combining rock & opera, a new Freddie first. He was going to sing it at the 1992 Bercelona Olympics with her but he died first. She sang it anyway with his part cut in. She loved Freddie & was very 'taken' by him! ( She's female, she couldn't help it. ). Also, Freddie danced with the Royal ballet in 1979, he did ballet, with leaps etc. It was for charity but it was also well received by the critics who were excited to see such a creative idea. After doing it--Freddie jokingly said, "Let's see Mick Jagger do THAT!". NONE of the other frontmen in rock were even close to him.
I think because Wayne's world added the hilarious head banging element to the song, which without doubt popularised it more, you actually forget what a genuinely sad and somewhat terrifying song this is. Apparently Freddie didn't enjoy playing it at all! When you listen to it properly and take out the funny operatic harmonizing.. and head banging... it's a guy who's thrown his life away by killing someone and is going through turmoil - also from his mum's perspective and then the battle for his soul begins, the devils dragging him down, whilst his mum admits he is a bad seed and then he loses all hope... it's a peice of genius really. If Shakespeare was music.... it's be this. #RIPFREDDIE
That goes for a lot of the music we consider classics. The curse of a timeless song is that it becomes background noise at some point. Everybody's heard it, everybody knows it, everybody enjoys hearing but nobody really pays attention to it. It's omnipresence means it becomes associated with memories (usually positive ones because we tend to listen to more music in those times) and everybody just recalls those on hearing the song instead of listening to it.
Great comment really. In fairness that headbanging was something everyone did when that section came on, Waynes World pretty much nailed every party I've ever been to when Queen's greatest hits went on, everyone sang every song even if they couldn't do every word correctly. Bohemian Rhapsody had that effect always, but seeing it with their greatest hits surprised me. It was something I never expected the first time I saw the phenomenon, but something that I saw repeated time and again. Most of those people would never have ranked Queen as their top 3, but everyone got them, it's a strange thing when you try to rationalize it. It transcended genre's, race, and cliques.
@@sandrosarunic9486 In a way, that's correct. The song is Mercury coming out. It's about how he killed the man he was trying to be for his family, because he was raised in a religiously strict home, and homosexuality was not accepted.
Actually, that headbanging part that you call was the "hardships and turmoils of life" ... I think it speaks about Freddie's life... His battle within himself, his sexuality and all... Its a metaphor... the one that he killed I think was his past self and becoming his own renewed being... but it doesnt really matter... to him! idk, I cant even measure the depth of this masterpiece, no one can!!! Its magical!
Honestly 300 years from now people will still know the lyrics to this song, Freddie & Queen are a timeless & truly legendary band Riposare In Pace Freddie.
I was 12 yrs old when this song came out. I'm 57 now. So this song is 45 yrs old. Omg!!! I'm so old! Nah. Lol. Hey it's considered an oldie but a goodie. Like me. Enjoy the music. Rock on!
You really should check out their live set fit the 1985 LIVE AID Show. They play a little over 20 minutes, and it's considered one of the best live performances ever. The crowd might give you permanent goosebumps.
@@thereverendtholomewplaque2987 how is that weird ? Its very similar to "mood" i think but Im not sure as Im not english so idk if it meant what I wanted haha
I dont believe these reaction channels just didn't live normal lives until their mid to late 20s and now are finding all these insanely popular songs, I grew up in Tokyo in the early 2000s and I heard this song often, Gus Johnson has a video specifically about these memers
It's completely possible if you just weren't raised around this type of music. Most of us prolly have heard bits of it tho considering this song has been used in so much tv and film.
Actually, he should do an album reaction for System. He's mentioned that he likes the randomness, he might enjoy it more with the context of a full album.
There's always a few sheltered people. I have a friend in his 20s who didn't know it. We were all at an event, and the song was played. In a room of about 150 people, 149 of them were singing along and knew the lyrics. My friend was staring around with wide eyes and was all "wtf is happening". He'd heard of the song of course, and had probably heard bits of it, but he didn't recognise it. Now there's no guarantee this is real of course. Most of the reactions to this are at least partly nonsense. BUT, they're nearly all American, young and into Rap and or Hip Hop music. Queen were never as ubiquitous in the States (especially after Break Free) and it's a 6 minute song, it's very possible to have never heard the full thing, and you can probably guarantee he's never see the video or heard it with headphones on to appreciate the stereo. Just my tuppence worth.
@@delriogw You make some good points but most Americans have heard this song at least in part. It was used in the trailer to Suicide Squad and that trailer was everywhere. Still, I'm not going to complain and I choose to take people at their word. There are a lot of hip hoppers listening to rock and metal. I am pleased by this, they are returning after a long exodus to rock. When Rap and Hip Hop came out I listened to and enjoyed it but I never lost my love for rock and Metal. Many picked up Rap and never looked back and I think music may have suffered because of it. Sorry, lost myself in a rant, lol anyways-Peace-
I'm proud to say I grew up listening to queen and saw Freddie's last gig at knebworth in UK in 1986. I love and miss you every day Freddie thank you for your contribution to music you will never be forgotten. One of the world's great entertainers and possibly the greatest rock star 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Why do I feel so good when someone likes bohemian rhapsody, I literally feel proud...
Me too, another queen fan
Same
Same (and I’m French)
My god I feel the same way, that is so spooky but I am glad I am not alone.
Andrew 6z so am I
How in the HELL have you never heard Bohemian Rhapsody before? It's a cultural icon
Anna 3084 its even more than a icon
If you say you've never heard it you're either lying or you were raised by wolves with no contact with civilisation ever. Actually nevermind the second one is no excuse either
I think it was the first time reacting to the video ....
Dude is from Mars
@Onarashin The Peppers' Daddy YOU WHAT? D: Where you have been living?
Freddie has been gone for nearly 30 years, but he never fails to impress.
Dude the song is literally 45 years old
@@Rimber Where did he say the song was 30 years old? Freddie passed away nearly 30 years ago, that was the point.
Facts
@@RainsChannel Dude, read the comment again. *45* not *30*
God bless him for making a masterpoece
This was all in Freddies’s head. He wrote the whole thing. Refused to let them cut it up into 3 separate songs. It was 6 minutes long and they were told it was to long for radio. But Freddie being Freddie refused. Freddie Mercury was a genius, and never took credit for anything. With him it was always all four of them equally.
Im glad they kept it like that it would not be the same
He couldn't let them split it up. It's a rhapsody based on his own life experience that he'd been working on in his head for a very long time & he put it down on paper at last. Freddie loved opera, & by definition, a rhapsody is a one movement work that's episodic yet integrated. It wouldn't have been his rhapsody if they cut it up. HE is the "Bohemian"--an artist.
Because it was so long the radio stations had refused to play it, until one DJ, by the name of Kenny Everett, on Radio One, heard the song and played it, I think, 12 times during one show, the rest, as they say, is History.
It was nearer eight minutes but I'm glad they kept the song as it is
Freddie really pitied the wife if 6 minutes was a long time.
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“The most unique sounding band ever” you are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT
no one sounds like queen
No one ever could !
100% on the money!!!
Anything is possible if you the harmonizer like them
No one should ever try either. Queen ahead of their time, IMO. Love'm!!!
✌💚🤘 (it's the only way to fly)
well that's where I have to disagree, when you look at bands like Yes and Genesis, they were way more unique and according to me, much better
@@afilag7779 "according to me" in that case no one gives a fuck
Freddie Mercury is the best male vocalist of all time
Best -male- vocalist
Paula Mendoza true bro
He makes Micheal Jackson look bad he is that good
Along with Chris Cornell
@@aldobernaltvbernal8745 is*
"i've never heard the song"
Wait, that's illegal
It`s actually a sad story. He was deaf until the operation three days before. The operation was financed by Nicki Minaj, and he was forced to listen to her for all these three days. That`s how he have never heard BR.
@@kamilkrupinski1793oo
@@kamilkrupinski1793 This explains *EVERYTHING!*
😂😂😂😂
Thanks But deaf people
1st part: a man has commmited homicide and will be put to death, so he's saying goodbye to his crying mother, whose whipping is represented by the guitar solo.
2nd: "I see a little silhouette..." the man is at the Gates of Hell (Thunderbolt and Lightning... )but he's still fighting, along with his mother's prayers for salvation: "I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me / He's just a poor boy from a poor family, spare his life from this monstruosity"
3rd: "Bismillah!" means "In the Name of God", which marks the entry of angels and begins the battle for this poor soul: "We will not let you go / Let him go! Bismillah!..."
4th: "So you think you can stop me and spit in my eye?" The demons are angry and losing, and he's "just gonna get outta here". Angels win the battle and the man is forgiven.
Sorry for long response, I was raised on Queen. And this is like my 4th video in a row, so, new subscriber, yay!
Well, this is Freddie's personal musical story of his own life, put into artistic terms for effect & for the musical enjoyment of others. Freddie said he didn't want to change the world, he just wanted to express how he felt to others. ( A true artist.) He is the "Bohemian" & this is his "rhapsody". You have to remember he loved opera. He fantasizes killing a man who betrayed him in a relationship, which scared him because he actually felt like he could, he was so angry. Like an opera, it's all very melodramatic & cheeky. Thus the abrupt, dead pan confession of the murder to his mother (some think his mother did the murder. No, you misunderstood.)-- a dramatic scene we can all relate to with our own mothers if we were in that situation--& some listeners actually ARE in that situation, in war torn countries & in city violence. He says he's a poor boy--most of the world can relate to that too. Then he wants to be let go by the Justice/religious powers that be. He mentions "Bismillah"--a nod to his religious upbringing, he's Parsi from British India. But justice/ god won't let him go, he must pay the price for his murder. He's going to be executed. The Goodbye foreshadows his real death, as do many of the lyrics in his songs. He probably did wish he'd never been born many times because he grew up in a community that did not accept gays at all, & in which his father dissed everything he wanted to do with his life--he dissed who he was as a human being. Also his buck teeth were so pronounced I'm sure he suffered a lot from bullies--like he wrote about in We Are the Champions. I could go on, but all of it relates to his own life experience & his own, personal style.
I think the first part "just killed a man" refers to Freddie killing his "straight self" after struggling to accept and understand that he is gay.
@ another theory, the "I just killed a man" was him metaphorically killing the man he was *expected* to be
Love this!! Thanks for the run down!!
It's very simple (the meaning). "Bohemian Rhapsody" was Freddie's vision. He NEVER told anyone what it was about---even his closest friends. There have been plenty of theories as to it's meaning (some very good) but the true meaning of "Bohemian Rhapsody" died with Freddie.
1975: This is the best song ever❤️❤️
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the best song ever is cant help falling in love with you
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So tru bro timeless classic 👍🏻🎸🔥♥️
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@@8jingle año 20192738: acabamos de encontrar esta joyita de 1975, que buena música
Freddie is still ranked as the Best Rock Vocalist. He had a 4-5 octave range. Such an amazing voice.
Maybe in terms of popularity and how his voice sounds. But definitely not in vocal range.
Yep. He was a natural baritone but almost always sang as a tenor. He was so amazing, and that vibrato was what gives me goosebumps
Swamp Thing Very true, but the range was amazing
@@nursemarn and also he never had any formal vocal lessons/training. just pure RAW talent!
carlo jalasco the man was a prodigy for sure
After singer Freddie Mercury died of AIDS, guitarist Brian May went back to school to finish the degree that had been interrupted by Rock godhood. May is now, at last, a Doctor of Astrophysics!
John Deacon an honors degree in electrical engineering and acoustics, Roger Taylor a degree in biology, Freddie arts and graphic design.
And now, Brian May has been vote has the best Guitard player of all Time..... So deserved!
@@MsMarienoire nah I’m still saying randy Rhoads is or Eddie van halen
This song WILL NEVER get old. Ever.
Queen, brilliant choice.
Watch the Queen at Live Aid video 1985, when they did a performance for a concert. One of the best rock performances ever.
It is the best performance man!
Indeed matey, they stole it completely. One of the best live sets in history.
The BEST 20 minutes live music EVER.
YEEEEEEEAH
He should watch the complete live aid
To every single Queen fan: look at my precious deaky boy. He is such a blessing.
Yes indeed
Aw I love Deaky ❤️
love deakyyy
Actually I was like: look at my piece of man candy roger showing off them falsettos 😂😂😂
John Deacon standing on stage playing awesome bass and wearing a sweater vest. I love that guy.
Fun fact. You said "their voices are crazy" at the start. The intro to the song is just Freddy Mercury singing on multiple vocal tracks (even though the video shows the whole band) The operatic part, on the other hand, it's all the members singing together.
No joke, this is possibly the best song ever recorded.
this song sucks
@@G.G14 That's a daring opinion, care to detail it at length?
Klatix not possibly. It is the best song ever recorded.
@@G.G14 care to elaborate
@@G.G14 Unpopular opinion stated as fact, how original.... 😒😒
Alex Hefner: Oh my God! Such a soothing voice!
Freddie the legend: Yes Darling
Mann... I love Freddie Mercury... What a legend
Speaking of both "Stairway to Hwaven" and "Hotel California" those are two song worth checking out and listening to
together that would complete the big trio of complex rock hymns (hotel california is a bit less complicated musically but the lyrics are deep as hell)
These 2 songs are a must....
freddie was a genius r.i.p
More like LEGENDARY.
Is not genius is a god
Queen not only Freddie
Not smart enough to use a condom
Hybridsteel his vocals were amazing there is none else like him rest in power my brother
You NEED to watch Queen's Live Aid concert performance. Legendary.
everyone who hasn’t listened to bohemian rhapsody is still ear virgin
everyone who didn't try every genre of music (besides nowadays crap) is still a ear virgin
If you enjoyed this, I highly recommend watching Queen's performance at Live Aid. It's highly praised as one of the best live performances of all time. Particularly when they played Radio Gaga.
*the best haha
Live Aid belonged to Freddy..
That was his finest performance
@@richieb7692 Not his best performance vocally - he had a throat infection, and was disobeying his doctor's orders just by singing that day! - but Freddie pushed through it and showed the whole damn world what a real rock star could do. He held that entire audience in his hand, and stole the show so hard that when Queen left the stage, DAVID FUCKING BOWIE (who was going on next) had just three words for his old friend Freddie: "You fucking bastard."
If you want to hear Freddie at his best, btw, try Montreal, 1981. He OWNS that show in every way, and blows Live Aid out of the water!
AAAAAAYYY OOOOOOOH
YOU JUST HAVE TO LISTEN Led Zeppelin: Stairway to heaven! YOU HAVE TO!!!!
Greatest song of all time 🤘🏻🙌
@@007akakak not even Zeppelin's best tbh
I have to say, it is not even near to be the best led Zeppelin song
Or Achilles Last Stand
I mean TBH I don't like Zeppelin in general. Black Dog is the only one I like
What kind of music did your parents play while you were growing up? Just curious.
Probably Lil Pump 😂
That's a legit question. I think we all want to know that.
he looks like a metal head, he definitely knew this song before
Ahmed Safdar sorry I Come from a third world country and I was too busy hunting for my dinner at age 7.
I mean, I didn't grow up with queen too much. Maybe a little ABTD or WWRY... but never Bohemiean rhapsody until like 2 years ago. But my dad plays rap and my mom plays lots of 80s except queen... sooo
It still impresses me today that one person wrote this whole song
Its Freddie Mercury
@@clownpolice69 holy shit really? I thought it was Caesar that wrote it
It does not surprise me at all, all the most distinctive work comes from a single mind. It provides the adage that a camel is a horse designed by committee.
Freddie Mercury was a musical genius
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@@clownpolice69 u sure about tht? I thought elastic girl wrote it.
The tracks were layered back in the day, not saying this to undermine their ability. No autotune, just phenomenal talent
It's within bounds of reasonable argument to say that Freddie Mercury is one of the greatest artists in history.
"Makes me feel stupid and embarrassed about myself"
*Good*
I;m an older man now, but Queen was the rock band that enchanted me in my youth. Their sheer together and individual talents still fascinate me to this day. Let me just add that I love watching your videos because your journey of discovery with this music is so clearly represented on your face. Great job!
The beginning (you where talking about perfect harmony) is all freddies voice. He recorded his own voice a ton of times. The tape began wearing out 😂
Yeah, but that intro is all Freddie’s voice. During the second section of the song Brian and Roger sing along with Freddie, but the intro was all Freddie over dubs
Willemijn V.E. -- hate to educate you man, but it was not just Freddie's voice. Roger could actually hit higher notes than Freddie. Forget about the movie Bohemian Rhapsody; there is a documentary out there on the making of Bohem. Rhap. made by Brian May, and Roger Taylor. They actually go back to the exact place where they recorded Bohem. Rhap. and recount the whole process of them recording the song. That doc. gives you way more information than that movie, and it is accurate. The tape was wearing out because they had over dubbed so many musical parts as well as voice parts. They had reached a point where it was impossible to add anything else so they had to stop. Brian also explains how they achieved the visual effects in the video that they had made. And they had made the video because it was impossible to recreate every aspect of the song, while in concert. Brian May puts a lot of stuff on the internet about Queen, because it is his way of keeping the memory of his friend Freddie, alive.
amr Smith the real life and fantasy part is just freddie, the other parts everybody sings. But the first part is just freddie
Please please watch their "Live Aid Performance - Queen" 20min in front of over 1 Billion People world Wide live and on television..
Yiu will have goosebumps from beginning till end
One of histories greatest shows :D
it was voted the best rock concert - 10 yrs after live aid. would highly recommend the live aid video
Yes please. I wanted to post the same comment but this dude beat me to it.
@@masmasure7234 let's make it happen
Up
Not one of the greatest performances IT IS the greatest performance :3
Freddie’s voice in one of a kind. His vocal range can spans almost 4 octaves which is almost unheard of. He died nearly 30 years ago, at a decently young age. So many amazing singers like Freddie and John Lennon had their lives and their careers cut short by such tragic events. This song is Freddie’s baby. It was being written in his head for years, and it shows. This is the best and most unique song ever written by one of the most unique and amazing singers of all time. If only he were still here to amaze a new generation. RIP Freddie.
The greatest song ever written. Freddie is genius.
the harmony you hear in the opening is all Freddie. He recorded the different octaves and laid them over each other. the man is a freaking genius!
You've never heard this? C'mon man
Did you see the title? It doesn't says "FIRST TIME".
yeah I don't believe it also. I like Alex but one doesn't need to know rocket science to know it's bullshit lol.
@@sebaa_cl did you see the beginning? He says, "IVE NEVER HEARD THE SONG"
I first learned about this song a year ago. It really depends on what you grow up with or what the people around you listen to. It’s not like they play this stuff in the radio anymore or have been in a long time.
Yeah every reacting channel on the internet is acting like theyve NEVER heard this
its scary how he hadn't listened to borhap before but I'm jelous because I want to experience it for the first time again. love how he appreciated the jem that it is and yes they're the most unique, experimental and just unbelievable band I've heard they just never fail to impress and make you feel something very intensely and that's something that no matter what, WILL ALWAYS MAKE THEM THE GREATEST
I truly feel lucky that I saw Queen in concert. They really put on s show. Freddie's presence was powerful
It's not mama just killed a man. It's mama, just killed a man. Mind the comma.
Thank you! Lol
Punctuation saves lives: Compare - " Let's eat, Grandpa!" vs " Let's eat Grandpa!"
Shhh he doesn't know that. He likes hip hop.
It's 'mama I just killed a man'. Left out the 'I'.
Everybody in the universe knows that. He's telling his mom that he just killed a guy.
HOW TF come you never heard this before!!! I'M SCREAMING LIKE HOOOOWWWWWWW
Dr. Brian May is home recovering from a heart attack. Blessings and healing to him!
Now watch Green Day Hyde park London where they play this while setting up and the entire crowd sing it perfectly
I was there! Absolutely fantastic.
O en Argentina UwU
memeber what kayne did to this.Usless shite burger.
That video is amazing. Gave me chills.
@@mangoandguavafruitsmoothie4352 the crowd knew the lyrics but he didn’t 💀
You've never heard this? You've gotta be kidding...
God damn Freddie's voice gives me goosebumps everytime I hear it
Love your channel Alex. But I'm sorry, there's no way I believe that you've never heard this entire song before lol
Not everyone has had the same life you have had.
@@helenwood8482 Stop defending him. Every youtuber now says they hear this song for the very first time. Sorry to burst your bubble but he`s lying!
@@steveviews6051 why, Despacito apparently has had billions of views on you tube alone. I've never heard Despacito because the stations I listen to would never play it. I don't know any Hip Hop songs or artists unless I've come across them in a movie. And even then I'd be struggling to name one. My neighbor is twenty five and couldn't name one Beatles song, even though he suspects he might have heard a couple but not taken notice. People have different lives and not everyone listens to the same stuff that you do.
@@johnvandelay5159 not knowing today's hip hop artists is different from not knowing fucking Bohemian Rhapsody, the song is a masterpiece
@@Funny24686 there are people out there who have never heard the entire song. I know people who have never listened to the entire song because it's just not their thing. And I've been listening to it since 1975.
Most people don't know that the entire "choir" intro is Freddie..
you havent Heard the Worlds national Anthem?!
Ya mean international anthem?
It's actually Imagine from Lennon
@@barssoylemez7642 who
@@mohsinpervez John Lennon
You mean the universal anthem
GODDAMMIT! REACT TO STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN OR HOTEL CALIFORNIA! 👻
Since you can never leave Hotel California, you'll die there then have to climb the stairway to heaven
Hotel California , but the hell freezes over version........the best of all time
BOTH! :D
Hotel California is all about insane asylum
Hey! **points at the NO STAIRWAY sign**
you been livin under a rock, patrick?
No, this rock.
i laughed way to hard at this
I LOVE how much you loved it. Constantly smiling, bobbing along, or just sitting completely ENTRANCED by the music.
Best singer of all times!! RIP Fred Mercury
I only used to listen to hip hop until I heard this song now I’m addicted to rock😂
Wtf is hip hop?
Check out pinkmetalhead's reactions.
You saw the light. Hip hop, rap, trance, techno, etc are utter crap. The only music is Rock Music. Period.
Welcome to music
I listened to nothing before I heard this song
Now my entire life revolves around rock lol
Gojira - The Art of Dying or Backbone
Silvera would be awesome too
One of my favourite stories I heard about Queen. At a music festival, Freddie Mercury ran into Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistol. The brief conversation went like this:
SV: So, you're that Freddie Platinum that's trying to bring opera into rock'n'roll?
FM: Why, yes, Mr. Ferocious. Thank you for noticing.
😂😂😂 Classic Freddie! 😂😂😂
This song is a three-act epic that I've loved since the 1970s
actually it can be split up into 5 parts
Finally you’re reacting to Queen! Listen to everything off their albums A Day At the Races, The Works, and A Kind of Magic. Probably their best work. 🤘🏽
And Jazz, I really like it very much.
Yes, it's unusual to have an opening with a song like Mustapha, even more in this days with islamophobia.
But it has plenty of energy, and this album has Don't Stop Me Now, Bycicle Race, Fat Bottomed Girls and I really like Let Met Entertain You and Dead On Time too.
And songs like In Only Seven Days, Leaving Home Ain't No Easy or Jealousy can be good songs to listen to when you want to chill out a little.
@Edward Madrigal, one of my other favourites is "Killer Queen"! And "I Want It All"...that one I posted on FB for Christmas maybe??? Peace! ✌☮😉🔥💨
Carlos Martínez Medina dude I lost my virginity after playing Fat Bottom Girls at one of my first gigs! Will always have a place in my heart. 🤘🏽🔥
Sheer Heart Attack is the best album 😁🤘🏻
The prophet's song.
I know its a reaction video, and u have a pretty good content, but theres one thing, u can NEVER do!
Stop the Bohemian rhapsody in the middle of the song! This song is a masterpiece!!
I give him major points for not talking over the beautiful ending, which so many people do. That last almost whispered 'Any way the wind blows' with the final softly crashing giant gong gets me every time.
At least he didn't pause it during the head banging part
Gotta dodge that copyright yo
He has to stop it to prevent copyright infringement
I remember several years ago driving to a relatives house for Christmas dinner with my sister , her husband , and son and my mom who was 87 at the time . This song came on so of course we all started singing it . When it came to the head banging part we all started bouncing up and down. My mom just looked confused and said "I'm in a car full of crazy people" One of my favourite memories !
Are you fr gonna try to lie to me and tell me you’ve never heard Bohemian Rhapsody
I also can't believe him
Onarashin The Peppers' Daddy But you would still know the song if you heard it. It's like saying you haven't heard a Michael Jackson song, which is impossible unless you live somewhere without electricity.
lol someone has been living in a 'cave'...don't worry Alex, we still luv yah!
Now you have to react to Queen - Don't Stop Me Now!
Hammer to fall.
He should just react to the entire Live Aid show.
I always heard this song while I was little and growing up because this is my mum's fav band and now this is my fav band aswell
Rip - Freddie Mercury
'No other band sounds like this'
I agreed
I saw them live in the 80's here in Germany. When i hear songs of Queen
today i see them in front of me. Is this the real life? Is this just
phantasy? I like to see how enthusiastic you are. Greetings from
Germany!
Yeah, alex I believe you. When is your second channel going to go up where you try water for the first time.
Lmao
Totally
And when he pets a dog for the first time. "Woooaahh. Wtf? I've never felt ANYTHING like this."
😂😂😂 oh man, that killed me!
I'm 67 years old. I grew up listening to the music of the 40s (my parents), the 50s (my older brothers), the 60s, 70s, 80s, ...up to the present. I like some of it and love a lot of it. Come on, kids! Do you think music was invented only when *YOU* got into it?!? You're missing out on a world of amazing styles and performers. Open yourself to learning about the history. I guarantee you will not be sorry!
'' Wayne's World, party time, excellent''
Loki69 darren DIDLYDIDLYDIDLYDOO!!!
Then a drunken dude in the back of the car wakes up just in time for "Let me Go !"
No other band ever sounded like Queen. So much great and inventive music from this Band.
Freddie Mercury was one of a kind! We may never have another man eith his talent and range.
BTW at the very beginning of the song, The harmonies that you hear are all Freddie Mercury and no one else. After the piano part, and throughout the rest of the video, The harmonies are Freddie Mercury Brian May & Roger Taylor. John Deacon, who played the bass, didn’t sing very much because he said he couldn’t. BS!! I’ve heard him sing on a UA-cam video and in concert with Freddie mercury and he sounded just wonderful. I think John was just self-conscious
Love this song it always takes me back to Wayne's world! PARTY ON ALEX!!
The song everybody know, and just when a movie about it is running every youtuber "never heard it".
Freddie Mercury will always be The Legend
Imagine if you could hear bohemian rhapsody for the first time again. ❤️
This is his 1st time reacting to Bohemian Rhapsody on UA-cam. Also known as his 478th time hearing Bohemian Rhapsody.
That is just bullshit right, the idea of this is getting new and exiting reactions. Not watching a dude rehash some old shit he has listened to a thousand times already
R/wooosh
Yea i think these guys were piggybacking on the movie release and reviews etc.
I don´t know Alex personally and can only speak for myself, but I haven´t heard this song until like 3-4 years ago even though I am 29 years old now. I could absolutely buy into it. I have so many friends who haven´t even heard the band name Queen. Of course most people know We ar the champions and We will rock you, but that is it. And to be honest. Those two songs, especially if you had to listen to them in your childhood at every freaking competition and children party, it doesn´t make you want to listen to more songs from them, since they are really not that outstanding. I am never listening to the radio, so that might be the reason why I didn´t know the song.
Wollestar if youve seen waynes world, or been in public like a department store its hard to dodge. But this is def fake and made to get views when the movie originally was released
You mention often Queens excellent harmonies, and they were Soooo amazing! But interesting enough the entire first few lines were actually just Freddie overdubbing his own voice. Talk about a talented man and band!
I'm a hip-hop head and this is still one of my favourite songs ever...:-)
The guitarist is Brian May, and he's also a legend. He designed and made his guitar. Aaaaand he's an astrophysicist. The entire band was composed of geniuses in all sorts of fields. Except Roger Taylor. He was just the drummer.
And - nearly a dentist. Dental genius is underrated. Give him his due.. :-)
"just the drummer" 😆😆😠😆😆😆😆
Actually, Roger's biology degree (which he switched to from dentistry) probably tops Freddie's 'A' Level Art and Diploma in Art & Design, academically speaking. But Freddie was also a talented writer/cultural observer - his art school thesis on Jimi Hendrix included a fascinating analysis of the history and significance of the cultural changes taking place in the 1960s, before many other people were writing on the subject in this way. It's a shame really he didn't write more of this sort of thing.
Roger was something of a genius at having fun and getting up to mischief, mostly in cahoots with Freddie, IIUC. :-)
It's just a joke, dude. Roger was good in his own right. But compared to Freddie, Brian, and John's talent, he was *just the drummer.*
And the drummer could sing. Granted he sounded like Rod Stewart but still...
React to Queen at live aid 1985! Best live performance of all time
I love live in Montreal 1981 too♡
It's about HIV and dying from AIDS. For years after Freddie died just hearing the song would cause people to break into tears.
Still one of the best stories about queen I know:
Freddy asked for a screening of highlander so he could write the best song he could for it... (was contracted initially to just do 'who wants to live forever')
Less than a month later, freddy returned to the makers with the entire soundtrack.
Actually, the others also wrote for The Highlander. Brian May wrote Who Wants to Live Forever. Freddie wrote Princes of the Universe.
@@kathleenhudson8429 relevance? that others in queen helped write the soundtrack wasn't in question from the comment i made.
that it was freddie who requested the screening, and returned with the soundtrack is still true.
and hell.. did you have to necro a 3 year old comment to make a karen-esque 'correction' that wasn't even relevant?
Freddie also wrote an opera called "Barcelona" in 1987 & he sang it along with the premiere soprano in Spain called "Montserrat Caballe". It was well received by the critics & had never been heard of before--combining rock & opera, a new Freddie first. He was going to sing it at the 1992 Bercelona Olympics with her but he died first. She sang it anyway with his part cut in. She loved Freddie & was very 'taken' by him! ( She's female, she couldn't help it. ). Also, Freddie danced with the Royal ballet in 1979, he did ballet, with leaps etc. It was for charity but it was also well received by the critics who were excited to see such a creative idea. After doing it--Freddie jokingly said, "Let's see Mick Jagger do THAT!". NONE of the other frontmen in rock were even close to him.
I think because Wayne's world added the hilarious head banging element to the song, which without doubt popularised it more, you actually forget what a genuinely sad and somewhat terrifying song this is. Apparently Freddie didn't enjoy playing it at all!
When you listen to it properly and take out the funny operatic harmonizing.. and head banging... it's a guy who's thrown his life away by killing someone and is going through turmoil - also from his mum's perspective and then the battle for his soul begins, the devils dragging him down, whilst his mum admits he is a bad seed and then he loses all hope... it's a peice of genius really. If Shakespeare was music.... it's be this. #RIPFREDDIE
Song is about how he "kills" himself to become a new person ...
That goes for a lot of the music we consider classics. The curse of a timeless song is that it becomes background noise at some point. Everybody's heard it, everybody knows it, everybody enjoys hearing but nobody really pays attention to it. It's omnipresence means it becomes associated with memories (usually positive ones because we tend to listen to more music in those times) and everybody just recalls those on hearing the song instead of listening to it.
Great comment really. In fairness that headbanging was something everyone did when that section came on, Waynes World pretty much nailed every party I've ever been to when Queen's greatest hits went on, everyone sang every song even if they couldn't do every word correctly. Bohemian Rhapsody had that effect always, but seeing it with their greatest hits surprised me. It was something I never expected the first time I saw the phenomenon, but something that I saw repeated time and again. Most of those people would never have ranked Queen as their top 3, but everyone got them, it's a strange thing when you try to rationalize it. It transcended genre's, race, and cliques.
@@sandrosarunic9486 In a way, that's correct. The song is Mercury coming out. It's about how he killed the man he was trying to be for his family, because he was raised in a religiously strict home, and homosexuality was not accepted.
Actually, that headbanging part that you call was the "hardships and turmoils of life" ... I think it speaks about Freddie's life... His battle within himself, his sexuality and all... Its a metaphor... the one that he killed I think was his past self and becoming his own renewed being... but it doesnt really matter... to him! idk, I cant even measure the depth of this masterpiece, no one can!!! Its magical!
For a masterclass in being the front man of a rock band check out Queen at Live Aid...arguably the greatest live performance ever!!!
Honestly 300 years from now people will still know the lyrics to this song, Freddie & Queen are a timeless & truly legendary band Riposare In Pace Freddie.
I was 12 yrs old when this song came out. I'm 57 now. So this song is 45 yrs old. Omg!!! I'm so old! Nah. Lol. Hey it's considered an oldie but a goodie. Like me. Enjoy the music. Rock on!
You really should check out their live set fit the 1985 LIVE AID Show. They play a little over 20 minutes, and it's considered one of the best live performances ever. The crowd might give you permanent goosebumps.
"Never heard a queen song before"
Me:😨ARE YOU OUTTA YOUR MIND!!??😨
Freddie Mercury is singing all 4 parts in the beginning . They were multitracks.
This song is a masterpiece
I love how every time I click on any of your videos I'm suddenly in a good mood and great shape ✌
Jérémy Honestly its like magic :P
I agree with good mood but not good shape, thats wierd.
@@thereverendtholomewplaque2987 how is that weird ? Its very similar to "mood" i think but Im not sure as Im not english so idk if it meant what I wanted haha
Same bro!
@@jeremy9951 good shape means, where i am from, you have good fitness.
Won’t let this go.
Rose Of Sharyn - Killswitch Engage
ABSOLUTELY!!! Tremendous song.
Yes! One of my favourite killswitch songs!
I dont believe these reaction channels just didn't live normal lives until their mid to late 20s and now are finding all these insanely popular songs, I grew up in Tokyo in the early 2000s and I heard this song often, Gus Johnson has a video specifically about these memers
It's completely possible if you just weren't raised around this type of music. Most of us prolly have heard bits of it tho considering this song has been used in so much tv and film.
@@system0fadowner251 Dude i was born in 1998 and live in Argentina and literally everyone here knows and loves this song.
@@1998Canz well yeah. It's Argentina. Not mars lol
i actually hadn't heard this song till i had watched wayne's world...lol it just happens..
I literally heard this song for the first time in the Suicide Squad trailer. And I'm 23
Greatness will never die
Best song ever
But react to Ghost Year Zero
U should react to Soldier Side by System of a Down
Or "Lonely Day"
He has to do Question. Or Revenga, that would fit with Queen 😅
Actually, he should do an album reaction for System. He's mentioned that he likes the randomness, he might enjoy it more with the context of a full album.
@@wolfgangengel4835 Wouldn't Darts be better than? xD
Spiders
wasnt a big queen fan,but my god freddie had the greatest voice of all time,male or female .,absolutely flawless!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love the reaction to "Mama, just killed a man..."
Gets 'em every time!
Jealous that you get to hear the song for the first time.
yeah, sometimes i want to erase my memory and relisten to it
I think this song is a universal icon
I was literally raised by Queen I can't even remember the first time I heard this 😂
There's no way you didn't hear it before, that's a fake reaction
Johnny #59 bullshit
Haven't heard it before too
Your fucking profile pic made think there was an eyelash on my screen.
There's always a few sheltered people. I have a friend in his 20s who didn't know it. We were all at an event, and the song was played. In a room of about 150 people, 149 of them were singing along and knew the lyrics. My friend was staring around with wide eyes and was all "wtf is happening". He'd heard of the song of course, and had probably heard bits of it, but he didn't recognise it.
Now there's no guarantee this is real of course. Most of the reactions to this are at least partly nonsense. BUT, they're nearly all American, young and into Rap and or Hip Hop music. Queen were never as ubiquitous in the States (especially after Break Free) and it's a 6 minute song, it's very possible to have never heard the full thing, and you can probably guarantee he's never see the video or heard it with headphones on to appreciate the stereo.
Just my tuppence worth.
@@delriogw You make some good points but most Americans have heard this song at least in part. It was used in the trailer to Suicide Squad and that trailer was everywhere. Still, I'm not going to complain and I choose to take people at their word. There are a lot of hip hoppers listening to rock and metal. I am pleased by this, they are returning after a long exodus to rock. When Rap and Hip Hop came out I listened to and enjoyed it but I never lost my love for rock and Metal. Many picked up Rap and never looked back and I think music may have suffered because of it. Sorry, lost myself in a rant, lol anyways-Peace-
I'm proud to say I grew up listening to queen and saw Freddie's last gig at knebworth in UK in 1986. I love and miss you every day Freddie thank you for your contribution to music you will never be forgotten. One of the world's great entertainers and possibly the greatest rock star 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Knebworth 86 best concert ever!