IS THIS STILL ROCK?! 🎵 KILLER QUEEN REACTION
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2021
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Lex: “What?!”
Me: “Yes, that is correct.”
God I love Queen, so jealous to see you guys get to hear them for the first time.
It is real nice to see younger people find Queen for sure... I am listening vicariously the first time. I can remember the first time I heard this on the radio in my dads car when I was about 5 40 years ago !
And I'm jealous as I heard this for the first time when I was 13 years old. I'm now nearly 61. I've remained a lifelong Queen fan thanks to Killer Queen and Seven Seas of Rhye - the rock anthems of my youth.
This is earlier Queen, which is by far my favorite Queen.
This is Queen. Front, Center, and unapologetic! There's a reason they are a rock staple. Timeless
The greatest 🙌
This is Farrokh Bulsara proud with flair style and no shame.
Back in the day there was less concern about genre. People just made music, people listened to the music, people enjoyed the music. There wasn't a thousand genres with their tribal fandoms.
It was a better time.
It really was.
It was all on the same radio station, they didn't compartmentalized songs in those days
So true, boxes and more boxes now.
Also, no internet, no MtV, the only image you saw, was the album covers and occasional TV appearances, so you had to judge on sound and music not on appearances, and what the internet told you they did behind closed doors, was a great time.
Your whole comment is basically "there's more music now and nothing is stopping me from listening to whatever I like, so things are worse now."
Queen is one of the most diverse sounding bands I have ever heard. Everything about them is unique and wonderful.
British bands from the 60s-70s are very diverse in their sound. Queen went from Rock to combining it with a touch of classical music and opera, then they go to rock/disco etc.
Beatles went from 50s style rock n roll to ballads to a whole different music that started the whole modern avant garde era with their psychedelic music.
i think they're able to do so because of their talent surely and more freedom from their music labels. I think musician nowadays especially those in the pop industry are put in a box and told to make only this or that kind of music
This man can go from bass low F to soprano high F plus this dude can sing Rock, Pop, Hard Rock, Opera!!!
Queen and Freddie Mercury are some of the greatest versatile artists. He played with his voice dynamics.
Ok let's take you to the other side of Queen. Stone Cold Crazy live at the Rainbow. Love your reactions.
Even better suggestion than mine - tie you mother down. Stone Cold Crazy is even more intense! #hardqueenrocks
@@Prone2Thrill Sheer Heart Attack from News of the World
Stone cold crazy!
Add to that DEAD ON TIME
Play "Queens" Orginal version of "Stone Cold Crazy!" Then "Metallicas" cover if it!! Soft rock ... Uhhhh NO...freakin way! Queen had their own sound, Songs that were geniuses on writing and musically lyrically beautiful on the ears! 🥰🎸🤘💯❤
Glad you're starting to realize that rock or just music isn't just one thing. It can surprise you.
My daughter saw them in 70s and she said it was the most entertaining show she had ever seen .
Shes lucky
Also, how old are u?
He’s got a great dynamic range. Not only can he go low to high but he can go gentle to strong. Smooth to growly. Roger and Brian both have amazing voice and complement Freddie. Their song composition is more like theatre. It moves around a stage - left to right, up and down and very visually dramatic. In some ways Queen has one song. Each song you listen to is just a different part of it just like bohemian rhapsody, my fair Queen, it’s a hard life, innuendo and black Queen are all multiple songs put together - but you did hit the nail on the head - they defy a category they are their own category.
Imagine how much fun it was to come home with a new album by them, and then sit there for 50 minutes of total surprising mystery, where the entire curated collection of songs came out like the chapters of a book--all interconnected and ordered, but all of them wonderfully baroque, detailed and refined.
I was too young to buy music in their "imperious" phase, but I remember being thrilled and shocked when my brother came home with Queen's Greatest Hits, from 1981. The band were kind of dangerous. Freddie was wonderful, but had this edge of transgression and sometimes, menace.
Queen is a genre in themselves. That's what it is all about- just as you mentioned. They not only defy categories but also do all various styles effortlessly and convincingly.
Queen is classic rock
I luv this track, killer vocals, killer guitar, killer arrangement. And that tone on Brian May's self made guitar is grungy, tubular and candy-sweet.
Long live Queen music!!
Brian May, the guitarist doesn't use a plectrum like other guitarists. He uses a British Sixpence coin. A coin that went out of circulation and use as currency in 1980.
2:34 Brian May wrote all guitar solos in Freddie's songs.
What I like about Brian May besides being a great guitarist is he’s a astrophysicist, how different can you be.
@@barrywood7322 record producer, author, Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University, consulted with NASA on its New Horizons probe, and is currently on a team investigating asteroids. What they call a "renaissance man".
Made that axe out of a mantelpiece, if I’m not mistaken
Trying to figure out if Brad is into a song can sometimes be tough to tell, but watching Lex there is no hiding anything. Between the wide eyes, head tilt to the side, and an occasional finger wag, her 1st listen to a song is pure entertainment.
He's tough to read, got a grade A poker face.
There are two words to describe Queen. Wholesome and Awesome.
Try 'The Show Must Go On' for a different type of Queen song - it is powerful, rousing and sad being one of the last releases before Freddie died..
yes! This is such an amazing song
Queen the greatest band ever could do anything.They are thier own catagory. They didnt fit any mold, they broke it!
The boys were blessed to have Freddie join. They likely would've given up without him coming along.
This is actually one of my favorites ❤
"Queen is a genre unto themselves".....the perfect description of Queen.
This was the first song I heard by Queen, back in the day, and I was amazed by it!
Such a unique sound/style. Class of '76, baby!
Killer Queen was the band’s first big hit. They were all young and were still developing their style. This was known as a combination of “Progressive (prog) rock and Glamorous (glam) rock. Freddie’s hair was long, but it was on the frizzy side. He wore that fox coat all the time and was inseparable from his hairbrush. They were in a terrible management contract and were living on very little money. In later years he either got his hair straightened or used a curling iron to keep it smooth.
The song is about a high class call girl.
Freddie doesn't use his falsetto; he doesn't need to. His natural range is phenomenal.
Correct.
Freddie came on the stage once dressed as the Queen of England, wearing a long velvet cape and crown. You never could predict how he would appear on stage, how he was dressed. Queen was definitely in a class all by themselves. Loved Queen and Freddie Mercury.
This was Queen's first hit in Canada, that I remember. I am pretty sure it got Ameican airplay as well. At any rate, it was pretty early in their career.
This was their first single to chart in the us at no 12
Great reaction guys! This song specifically is a Glam or art rock song, it was very popular in the first half of the 70's, in Britain. Men wore make-up and women's clothing. Queen were not really a Glam rock band at the time, they were a progressive, hard rock and metal band at the time. Later on they added more different styles. This was Queen's first big hit in America. Older Rock n Roll had loads of piano. You guys should check out their song Liar, it is one of their progressive rock songs from that era.
Classic Rock
@@roverwaters3875 Classic rock is not a genre of music, it is an American radio station format. The term only came into existence around 1981. In 1974 Killer Queen was a Glam rock song. In the early 70’s you had Psychedelic rock, Folk, Glam Rock, Progressive Rock and Hard Rock. Hard Rock developed as a term to create a divide from Psychedelic Rock, because it was heavier and harder. Metal did not exist as a genre but people were starting to use the term.
@@ZENOBlAmusic You should stop quoting terms and stories you do not understand or comprehend.
Keep it basic.
Or else, like you always do, you confuse yourself and other like yourself.
Queen is a classic rock band
this song is classic rock.
END of story.
By the way Brian May wrote the CrazyLTCL guitar solo, not Freddie.
@@roverwaters3875 Provide proof for your claims.
-Glam Rock:
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- Search for Classic Rock Definition". Wikipeadia provides a good definition.
- Search for "Crazy Little Thing Called Love Songfacts" You will find that Freddie Mercury composed and played a guitar solo for Crazy Little Thing Called Love.
I am waiting with baited breath for you to prove any of of your statements.
@@ZENOBlAmusic Songfacts is not a reliable source
Reliable source:
Brian May - Star Licks (Guitar Tutorial 1983) - Full Version
I love this song..I love Freddie's look in this video also. One of the things I loved Freddie Mercury for is that he was unapologetically true to himself, charming, down to earth, and one of the best singer/songwriters of his time ❤
I was in adolescence and early teens when Queen was pumping out hit after hit-- Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions, Killer Queen...these songs are intertwined with my childhood and teen years and always evoke such strong feelings of nostalgia.
Is this rock, isn't rock? Is the greatest Queen! Or you like or you don't. God save the QUEEN! ❤️👑
This song is inspired by classical music not opera.
This song is not rock opera, opera rock or theatrical rock.
it's classic rock with classical music influences.
Queen are the most versatile band of all time. They could do it all, hard rock, soft rock, ballads, everything. Queen are the first band I started listening to & when you have 4 members of a band that have different elements & bring it all together into one then that's when you have a very special band. That video was from 1974 but then you listen to them from 1984 it's like listening to another band. Queen evolved with each album over tiime but one thing that never changed is that they made great music.
This is seventies Queen long hair nail polish etc you can’t put Queen in one genre they do everything 😊 try some early Queen like Liar, Stone Cold Crazy, In The Lap of The Gods and In The Lap of the Gods Revisited (same title two completely different songs) from the Rainbow 1974 also White Queen from Hammersmith Odeon 1975 x
So happy to find another chill reaction channel! Listening to Queen, Heart, Guns n Roses, etc for the first time was surreal back in the day. This music was a big part of me becoming who I am, so it’s very special to watch other people hear it and appreciate it for the first time. Thanks, and keep reacting!
There is only one word to describe their music, it's QUEEN!
I love this... Queen is in a category/genre all their own. To me it's still rock and roll but the versatility as a band and Freddy Mercury as a singer. The man was put on earth to sing and entertain. LOL, you haven't even got to their 80's stuff. I look forward to when you get to "A Kind of Magic", "One Vision" or "The Show Must Go On". I almost forgot about "Another One Bites the Dust", "I Want It All" and "Flash" soundtrack... Sh$%, just listen to it all.
Great song list.
I saw them in 78. They were amazing and Freddie Mercury rules vocals. It was the best memory I have musically
Thanks for your Queen Reactions! Freddie is said to be the best ever rock vocalist. He could sing anything and their catalogue includes some quite heavy songs, prog rock, some funky songs, ballads, and probably many other things. Try some early Queen live in concert - In the Lap of the Gods 1975 Hammersmith. For a heavier sound, try Liar from 1974 at the Rainbow. Both of this are two favorites of many favorites among Queen fans. Thanks.
As teens, we called it Opera Rock!
lol
then you called it wrong
Not sure when you were a teen but if it was the 70's/early 80's then NO!
Lex - you mentioned Freddie's soft push of sound into the microphone compared to belting out lyrics. So glad you brought that up. There is a video that when I watched it - it turned on my Queen obsession... You Take My Breath Away from Hyde Park in 1976. First it is JUST Freddie at the piano and they're playing to about 150,000 people FREE concert. Police were so worried (didn't expect that many they forced the band to leave unannounced just before the encore for crowd control).
Heads up it's a slow song (not rock) and Freddie is wearing eye shadow - it was ok in that era. Another this is this song showcases Freddie's vibrato. That is where he vibrates his vocal chords and the sound comes out like when you throw a rock over water to make it bounce....it's skipping stones. Freddie had an unusually fast vibrato. For me what is amazing (beyond the fact this is nearly 50 years ago and Thank God we have it) but that alone on a stage to 150,000 people he practically whispers into the mic (or huffs at it like cleaning eye glasses) and the power is still strong enough to be heard and while Queen always had the best electronics it was still only 1976 electronics.
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Queen plays everything from thrash to heavy metal to rock to ragtime music. They can't be categorized.
This is one of my favorite songs and an earlier Queen song, possibly their second hit, certainly that was the case in the US. Long hair was the way of the world of rock back then as was the strange costuming. Queen was a rock band but they certainly had their own brand of rock. All four of them wrote number 1 songs and each of them liked different types of music so you will hear a bit of everything from Queen. If you have not yet listened to it, my very favorite live performance by Queen EVER is White Queen live at Odeon, Hammersmith 1975. The vocals will give you goosebumps and the instrumental portion of the song is simply put, outstandingly amazing, total perfection. You will not be disappointed. Freddie said that Killer Queen was showing how even rich and high society people could be prostitutes.
Loving watching you guys down the Queen rabbit hole
Now you need to do Stone Cold Crazy🤙🏼
Queen was in my top 5 bands in the 70's when I was a teenager.... They were so different that is why us kids loved them...
Live Aid is a worth watching Queen Live concert!!!
This group was and is still sublime in harmonizing rock music..
There never been better ones...
QUEEN - Innuendo
After I heard Killer Queen, that was it. I couldn't care less about anyone else. I was hooked on Queen. My husband, kids, got mad at me because that's all I listened to. My older daughter quipped, "my concert is tonight, you'll be there right?" I remember looking at her, "Of course." Then she said, "Mom, we aren't singing Queen, ya know." I just nodded and chuckled at her
This is early Queen; Freddie's look evolved over time since this era.
Late to the party but, … giggle giggle, the naïveté of their speculation about the character in the song. So sweet!
Lex got it spot on. Big Queen fan here for long time and one of the main reasons im fan of them is exactly what she is telling about the band. Hard to put the finger on, but their music is so complex and "simple" and the same time....Like a well composed dish all the ingredients are in harmony and you just feel "Yes, this is delicious. I want to try more from this chef ".
You guys are great. Queen refuses to be put in a box if you're going to do more queen try White queen live at the odeon hammersmith 75 or In the lap of the Gods live at the rainbow 74
Actually they were pretty well set in the ROCK box.
LOVE me some Brian May! He's definitely one of those guitarists that has his own unique sound, on full display in this song!
Queen is all kinds of rock. One of the best front men and band there has ever been.
I saw Queen at Wembley maybe 45 years ago. My ears were ringing for days afterwards!
You guys should check out “The Prophet’s Song” or “Death on Two Legs” (studio version). Queen has a ton of phenomenal music
Totally agree. Death On Two Legs is one of my all time favourite Queen songs. Love Of My Life leading into the Prophet Song would be an epic reaction too.
Please check out I Want It All! It's one of Queen's hard rock songs.
Yes, it is also a song that a lot of people recognise.
THE SHOW MUST GO ON!!! You might just cry really knowing the story of Freddie mercury. Brian may wrote the song.
This is my favorite Queen song ever and I love Queen.😀👍❤️✌️🌼
Great reaction! You should listen to the whole "Sheer Heart Attack" album! That is where Killer Queen comes form. Great album and ALL KINDS of style and genre changes! They have some of their heaviest music on here ("Stone Cold Crazy") and some of their most artful ("Lilly of the Valley")! They were incredible during this time, especially!
Another great reaction!😃
Fast-forward 15 years and listen to this track called 'Breakthru' where the band actually performed on a riding train when shooting the video! 👑
You'd love it!
Cheers 🥂
This song came out in the 70's what they look like was how it was then. The music Queen produced was Classic Rock.
T R U E
This song is MAGIC!
Queen are doing classical music with rock and roll instruments. They allowed them self to express every shades of their emotion, they just don’t limit their music in a specific genra.
This song is Queens first break out hit in the US. 1974. They were very "glam rock" in the 70's. Freddie's style changed every year. They had a hit with what is considered the first thrash metal song! Watch the live version of "Stone Cold Crazy" live at the Rainbow. It will blow you away!
Queen are absolutely fantastic rip Freddie Mercury
this is rock, and good one. this sound was so characteristic for those years
Melodic! When you're ready for more from Queen, check out their bangers like "Sheer Heart Attack", "Keep Yourself Alive", "Stone Cold Crazy", and "Tie Your Mother Down" or their ballads like "Spread Your Wings" or "All Dead, All Dead" among others.
It is so fun to watch you two experience what I am so used to hearing. it's almost like I'm watching and hearing it again for the first time. Lex your ability to describe what you hear in textures and colors is amazing. I watch a few movie reactors, I know what scenes are coming up I pretty much know how the reactor will act in general. With you two I know the music but never know how you will react to it or describe it😍
Pure and original talent period
Love Queen. God bless them
Think this was their first big radio hit.
QUEEN, "KILLER QUEEN". THIS THE FIRST SONG I REMEMBER HEARING BY THEM... MORE JUST KEEP PLAYING MORE OF THEIR CATALOGUE...
The first song I remember hearing by them was Brighton Rock. I still love it. Gonna go listen to it now.
Just came back from listening. Damn, I love that song!
Try “Ogre Battle”, Live at the Rainbow 1974 - for a total change of pace !
Love Love ❤️
Another great writer and composer, May is a master guitarist as well
We cannot set boundaries for the music Queen produced. They have to offer something to every genre. That is why people of many genres like their stuff be it blues, types of rock, pop, disco... many more!
Yes, that's his hair. He loved entertaining the audience with his unusual outfits.
"Princes of the Universe" and many other songs from the Highlander movie is Queen rocking hard.
"A genre in and of themselves" The last time I heard someone say that, it was Tom Hamilton, the bass player of Aerosmith. He was describing KISS.
Love your reactions, keep it up! Try " Save me" live. Queen is different every time
LOL..loving the perplexed looks on their faces. Yes, it is his hair before people actually knew he was Gay/Bi, though some of us suspected but didn't care. Freddy Mercury was unique in whatever circle or stratosphere he was in. If there is a heaven, they probably created a whole new place for him to be who he is unapologetically!~OR he is doing some great performances we have never had a chance to experience!!!
The song DEATH ON TWO LEGS....by Queen....will blow your socks off !!!
Lex, my dear, you are everything that is right with this world.
That was early Queen, probably their first major hit, back in the 70's
Queen is there own genre of rock and every other type of music melted into one. Do Who wants to live forever next. Guaranteed to blow your mind 😆
This song (i think) showcases Freddie`s opera roots...back when he did that in london,
Classical music, not opera.
This was the song, which came out when I was in high school in the early '70s, that made me a Queen fan for life!
Brian can play so clean. It sounds simple but hard to make it sound that good. Without distortion , can't have mistakes.
If an angel could sing, it would sing like Freddie Mercury, for me he is the goat of male artists, his range is unbelievable.
This was back in the early days of their careers! I believe it was 1974 or 1975 .I saw them live in Syracuse the second time they came to the US.
YES! Queen is their own genre!
Another song (from this album) where Freddie goes very high then low is Brighton Rock. It also features Brian’s signature guitar solo. His guitar is unique. He built it with his dad from household parts and he added a 3rd pickup so it makes unique sounds.
YESSSS - In my top three 👍
This song is special to me. I remember seeing Queen singing KILLER QUEEN in TOP OF THE POPS back in 1974 when it was released.
Queen is like progressive almost Rock opera. And they can all sing. Giving them that something different
You may already know this, but the guitarist (Brian May) has a PHD in astrophysics.
I think most of the band are very smart with college degrees
He was the chancellor at a British university, has won several awards for his work in astrophysics, geography and other sciences, has participated (and continue to participate) with space missions, besides also being a singer, songwriter, producer and all that. Renaissance man is what you call guys like him.
Another excellent day of reactions. You guys were busy.
Let's not forget that Queen were all brilliant musicians, so you have Freddie (one and only) then you had a amazing rhythm section with one of the fastest drummers in his day( notice I didn't say the best? ) and a clean base that everybody wanted to copy then the governor himself on guitar.
I'm really enjoying your Queen Reactions!!thank you for sharing your interpretations!! ~jenn ♡
70’s GlamRock, longhaired rock bands, hippie days, psychedelic, skintight bellbottoms, groovy, boss !! 🤩 Uptight & outta-sight,
Peace, man ! ✌🏽 Make love, not war
☺️🥰 I dig it !!
"Rock" is a sweeping term like "classical".
Also, Queen doesn't fit in one box. Or 20 boxes. They build their own containers to fit their music. 🙂
Guys CHILL!!! This is Queen yes they are rock and roll. This is earlier 1970's. They had to make a video that they BBC could play but Freddie being Freddie put his incredible spin on the visuals!