Queen - Great King Rat (Official Lyric Video)

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2014
  • Taken from The Debut Album, 1973.
    Sing along to 'Great King Rat' with this official karaoke style Queen lyric video.
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    Queen - Great King Rat (Official Lyric Video)
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  • @nicholasperl1484
    @nicholasperl1484 6 років тому +3858

    Never trust a Queen song when it sounds like it's over.

    • @Josh-os7vn
      @Josh-os7vn 5 років тому +247

      Take the March of The Black Queen for example, I was majorly shocked when that countinued past that little piano fade

    • @lyingonthekitchenfloorasus608
      @lyingonthekitchenfloorasus608 5 років тому +183

      Queen songs are like marvel movies

    • @xiosponge8774
      @xiosponge8774 5 років тому +46

      Josh 'The True Master' yeah and innuendo too

    • @alexharvey6522
      @alexharvey6522 5 років тому +79

      @@lyingonthekitchenfloorasus608 don't disrespect Queen by comparing them to Marvel

    • @jimevans2579
      @jimevans2579 5 років тому +47

      @@alexharvey6522 I think he means because Marvel movies when everyone thought theyre done but they arent after they show the credits of names and its gonna have like a 10-15 seconds video and then it finally ends 😂

  • @jamie6506
    @jamie6506 5 років тому +2188

    Some bands start small.
    Queen? No, they started at the very top and proceeded to break the scale of musical excellence.
    What a band.

    • @cokelackingice
      @cokelackingice 5 років тому +89

      Queen started very small, they once called the band Smile, and it wasn't till after Killer Queen the band became popular and only a year later they released what is considered their best song, Bohemian Rhapsody, but many devout Queen fans will tell you to listen to a different song they believe is underrated. Underrated is a term coined by Queen fans that wanna stay hip and seem cool by acting like they know every Queen song and will most likely say it is better than [insert any popular Queen song after 1975]. This song isn't underrated it was just in the earlier years of the band, when they were still in the discovery age, so this song isn't underrated it was just ignored for the most part, forgotten. This is a really long and rambling on comment, so the point is that just because something is popular it started from the top, it took many years for Queen to get as famous as it is now. Or maybe I misread your comment and you were right and I wrote this essay for nothing. Cheers mate

    • @Sofia-nu4qt
      @Sofia-nu4qt 5 років тому +117

      eBaka I think they were talking about quality of music. They didn’t need to learn. They started off as experts of music.

    • @wilbursmoonwater
      @wilbursmoonwater 5 років тому +22

      and could do many genres in one song(reference to the song Bohemian Rhapsody)

    • @benjaminwolff3935
      @benjaminwolff3935 4 роки тому +11

      your damn raight

    • @evyakoyg718
      @evyakoyg718 4 роки тому +23

      @@cokelackingice They became popular with the release of "Queen II" and "Seven Seas of Rhye"

  • @monke2282
    @monke2282 5 років тому +1231

    This song is the definition of “but wait there’s more”

  • @m3rcmusic
    @m3rcmusic Рік тому +305

    Early Queen is so underrated. A perfect blend of progressive rock and heavy metal.

    • @jondunmore4268
      @jondunmore4268 Рік тому +8

      You really gotta look up the meaning of underrated, zoomer.

    • @m3rcmusic
      @m3rcmusic Рік тому +35

      @@jondunmore4268 I mean compared to their later stuff, the early stuff is underrated. There aren’t any songs from Queen I or II in their top 20 most streamed

    • @Kashmiror4044
      @Kashmiror4044 Рік тому +27

      @@jondunmore4268 there earlier stuff is underrated compared to all there other work

    • @goukenslay7555
      @goukenslay7555 Рік тому +6

      @@jondunmore4268 thei first ever album didnt sell well. As brian may said, it wasnt very radio friendly as it took time for the song to hook you in and thats wherw Queen 2 came in, they made sure the songs were radio friendly with the hook coming in as early as possible

    • @markt4815
      @markt4815 11 місяців тому +5

      When Brian opens his wah.....it sounds as if the King Rat is throwing up......... brilliant!

  • @npc-1436
    @npc-1436 6 років тому +2572

    This song is so underRATed..

    • @kc-zk1wr
      @kc-zk1wr 5 років тому +33

      That's funny

    • @josetomasdonoso5053
      @josetomasdonoso5053 5 років тому +27

      It is probably because it doesn't have that QUEEN SOUND YET , OR , AT LEAST , JUST SOME OF THE QUEEN SOUND , BUT STILL , MASTERPIECE

    • @michaelrusso996
      @michaelrusso996 5 років тому +6

      I knew someone would do that 😜.

    • @dory4008
      @dory4008 5 років тому +9

      Lmao puns should br illegal lmao

    • @dory4008
      @dory4008 5 років тому +2

      @@abandonedaccount8378 omg lmao

  • @AlexAngel
    @AlexAngel 4 роки тому +877

    I think, this is one of the best Queen songs ever!

    • @mathildesautin8560
      @mathildesautin8560 3 роки тому +24

      Waw Brian May is a genius with his red guitar 🎸

    • @aprilmoore2917
      @aprilmoore2917 3 роки тому +25

      Queen was just the best ever - what a repertoire!

    • @kirksav
      @kirksav 3 роки тому +29

      Love this and 'Liar'.

    • @elVILLANOstalgia
      @elVILLANOstalgia 3 роки тому +6

      Agree.

    • @oczlik4
      @oczlik4 3 роки тому +7

      I agree!!! I guess, my 16 years old son can also confirm this.

  • @HarekaTysiri
    @HarekaTysiri 5 років тому +1675

    so this is why a lot of people like the 70's queen better

    • @paulr2540
      @paulr2540 5 років тому +32

      A Nail and Head moment, right there.

    • @reiackerman3681
      @reiackerman3681 5 років тому +34

      Yeah, I'm one of theme ❤️😂

    • @lunacxx1330
      @lunacxx1330 5 років тому +70

      Right! 70s Queen is betterrrrr

    • @dory4008
      @dory4008 5 років тому +8

      Yes

    • @braydenj1327
      @braydenj1327 5 років тому +14

      Let's be honest, their first album was weak.

  • @jirem4820
    @jirem4820 5 років тому +1530

    Man, queen has a thing for royalty:
    Killer Queen
    March of the Black Queen
    White Queen
    My Fairy King
    Great King Rat
    Edit:
    I forgot Princess of the Universe

    • @coainc
      @coainc 5 років тому +295

      well to be fair, they’re called *queen.*

    • @whatamidoing5836
      @whatamidoing5836 5 років тому +13

      @classygal
      Yea

    • @ironinthesoul9680
      @ironinthesoul9680 5 років тому +92

      Princes of the Universe

    • @whatamidoing5836
      @whatamidoing5836 5 років тому +25

      @Galileo
      Do Gods count????
      Well some of the gods are royalty so that's why I'm asking

    • @allison2671
      @allison2671 5 років тому +105

      Don’t forget God Save The Queen

  • @milesjolly6173
    @milesjolly6173 8 років тому +1437

    If you like this, you may want to look for "The Prophet's Song", "The March of the Black Queen", "Ogre Battle" and "Brighton Rock".

    • @coenruijs7140
      @coenruijs7140 8 років тому +80

      +Miles Jolly and don't forget "Liar".

    • @milesjolly6173
      @milesjolly6173 8 років тому +10

      +Coen Ruijs never listened to that one mate but will seek it out, thanks for recommending it to me :)

    • @coenruijs7140
      @coenruijs7140 8 років тому +4

      +Miles Jolly and, what did you think of it?

    • @winando12
      @winando12 8 років тому +40

      +Coen Ruijs If he says that he didn't like it, he would be a LIAR

    • @coenruijs7140
      @coenruijs7140 8 років тому +25

      Nobody believes him! LIAR!

  • @hernandezs5024
    @hernandezs5024 8 років тому +688

    Brian "The Guitar Beast" May

    • @stephenlisson1994
      @stephenlisson1994 5 років тому +20

      The most underrated guitarist of this era, or, any era.

    • @renzo3939
      @renzo3939 5 років тому +28

      @@stephenlisson1994 how is he underrated? He is one of the most well known guitarists ever

    • @arkantika6881
      @arkantika6881 5 років тому +9

      Absolutely legendary

    • @dory4008
      @dory4008 5 років тому

      No the guitar cloud slash is thr guitar beast

    • @KidaMilo89
      @KidaMilo89 5 років тому

      Buckethead is honestly the best guitarist who ever lived...

  • @IzzyTheInsane97
    @IzzyTheInsane97 7 років тому +581

    damn this song features like 30 different genres it's mesmerizing

    • @fahrenberg3940
      @fahrenberg3940 5 років тому +43

      IzzyTheInsane97 I think this is called Progressive Rock

    • @samstaton530
      @samstaton530 5 років тому +3

      @@fahrenberg3940 I think SOAD refrence

    • @PepeLuguillo
      @PepeLuguillo 4 роки тому +7

      You don't know anything about progressive rock, right?

    • @owenf2835
      @owenf2835 4 роки тому +4

      early 70s progressive

    • @tima9790
      @tima9790 2 роки тому +1

      He said in an interview that he wanted to be able to sit everything. In the beginning, he died to fit it all into every song.

  • @slomojoe9395
    @slomojoe9395 7 років тому +357

    That whole album so ahead of its time.

    • @spionsilver9626
      @spionsilver9626 5 років тому +22

      yes ahead! their stuff was more harmonic more agressive harder and softer at the same time..
      never been done before and i didnt hear much like that since
      for some debut album it was the real deal

    • @edanlaron5552
      @edanlaron5552 4 роки тому +7

      Actually it was right for its time. Their rock was very natural in the musical enviroment of that time. 10 years later everything already changed, and (sadly) so did Queen music.

    • @nesimusic9153
      @nesimusic9153 3 роки тому +3

      Absolutely!!!!!! I totally agree!!! I am listening to this 2021 and last year too and enjoying so much!!! Love this so much!!!!! :-)

    • @Slamit88
      @Slamit88 3 роки тому +3

      @@spionsilver9626 BAM!! ("Good on Ya" & See my above comments Spion!!)....

    • @NuIIname
      @NuIIname 2 роки тому +3

      And the times still haven't caught up

  • @margauxcarizo4539
    @margauxcarizo4539 5 років тому +727

    Literally every queen song is underrated

    • @cokelackingice
      @cokelackingice 5 років тому +26

      You can literally call every Queen song except a few exceptions, you can even say "Spread Your Wings" or "39" and "Love Kills (Ballad)" are all underrated songs, even though they each have over 1 million views on UA-cam

    • @bracketsbiscuits4734
      @bracketsbiscuits4734 5 років тому +26

      I want to like your comment, but there’s 39 likes lol

    • @Nichtbinjkjjjjjj
      @Nichtbinjkjjjjjj 5 років тому +1

      Maylor Deacury if there still was it would be a coincidence

    • @jamie6506
      @jamie6506 4 роки тому +8

      Sweet Lady is the one and only Queen song I've heard that I simply cannot like. One of the few that really isn’t underrated.

    • @hassanabolhassani5501
      @hassanabolhassani5501 4 роки тому +5

      Even bohemian Rhapsody is underrated...

  • @darqv9358
    @darqv9358 4 роки тому +199

    Everybody gangsta till Brian May's guitar goes wowowowowowowow

  • @MissyFaye
    @MissyFaye 8 років тому +2497

    This was off their first album? Are you kidding me? I came here to be like "see everyone starts small".. well eff me right? jesus..

    • @Credin84
      @Credin84 8 років тому +37

      No it was always there in their first album :)

    • @MissyFaye
      @MissyFaye 8 років тому +165

      i didn't mean left off.. i mean like this is a song off of their first album.. i meant was shocked at how good they are in the first go.

    • @Credin84
      @Credin84 8 років тому +2

      Ok

    • @count69
      @count69 8 років тому +88

      +fayenesse Talking of Jesus. Check that song out, if you liked this then "Jesus" will blow your socks off! Also from the first album. :)

    • @ultrasynthax3046
      @ultrasynthax3046 8 років тому +2

      +fayenesse :-)

  • @minecartbeast7354
    @minecartbeast7354 3 роки тому +107

    Queen's debut was, quite possibly, the best debut of history.
    Props to Mr. Fahrenheit and the rest of the band!!

    • @idorion9096
      @idorion9096 5 місяців тому

      I usually give that title to Appetite For Destruction but this album is definitely worthy

  • @SP-yl1qz
    @SP-yl1qz 6 років тому +872

    You have to admit that the Brits do rock music better than anyone else, it may have started here in the states, but it took the British to show us how to do it properly.

    • @clarenceeugene9692
      @clarenceeugene9692 5 років тому +91

      They incorporated more classical european musical styles into rock whereas American acts were still doing blues oriented rock. The result is way better music.

    • @12Zenyatta
      @12Zenyatta 5 років тому +24

      @@clarenceeugene9692 you are so right. And that's one reason (I speculate) that they never quite went over here as well as in the UK. There are 2 branches (to simplify). I LOVE that the Euros have the classical influence (but then I took piano/ballet for years).

    • @emobloom
      @emobloom 5 років тому +18

      @George Lincoln Rockwell Archive haha no George, just no.

    • @berachtdorian6191
      @berachtdorian6191 5 років тому +5

      Clarence Thompson Blues-oriented rock that, with a few notable exceptions, was lacking in the musical subtleties that made blues what it is.

    • @TheCornishCockney
      @TheCornishCockney 5 років тому +13

      @George Lincoln Rockwell Archive how wrong can you be.zappa is a fave of mine but Queen are iconic with a classic British sound.cant compare with Frank fucking Zappa ffs.and the states always ahead? not from about 1963 onwards.now what happened to change music and ultimately,THE WORLD in '63,erm,errrr,oh yeah.....The Beatles.never looked back from then on and the creative genius displayed by British bands and artists is incomparable,the standard was so high.

  • @avpaavcomics1299
    @avpaavcomics1299 2 роки тому +76

    Queen, Queen 2, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night At The Opera, A Day At The Races, News Of The World, Jazz, Live Killers, Flash Gordon, The Game, Hot Space, The Works, A Kind Of Magic, The Miracle, Innuendo, Made In Heaven.
    All of these albums are treasures. The songs they have are priceless.

    • @karoll287
      @karoll287 2 роки тому +6

      Y Hot space? Bien gracias

    • @arifdanial647
      @arifdanial647 2 роки тому +3

      Hot space? really you forgot it

    • @petergriffin1409
      @petergriffin1409 2 роки тому +1

      Live killers is not an "official album"

    • @shewolfcub3
      @shewolfcub3 2 роки тому +2

      No. Just Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night At The Opera, A Day At The Races, News Of The World, Live Killers, The Game, The Works, The Miracle, and Innuendo

    • @refugiocinefilo887
      @refugiocinefilo887 Рік тому +1

      @@shewolfcub3No. Just Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, News of the World, Jazz, The Game, The Works, A Kind of Magic, The Miracle, Innuendo and Made in Heaven. (the only one I'd take out is A Kind of Magic, but it has Who Wants to Live Forever, so I'll keep it)

  • @saraa136
    @saraa136 3 роки тому +114

    This song is a pure masterpiece

  • @daisy-ww4bi
    @daisy-ww4bi 4 роки тому +55

    Most bands start small. Small songs. Small quality. Queen? No Never. Have always had the best quality ever, WAY ahead of their time

  • @joaquinlezcano2372
    @joaquinlezcano2372 2 роки тому +145

    I never realized before until I started playing guitar and "training" my musical ear with different artists... that Brian May's guitar tone is truly UNIQUE!. You can either like or dislike his playing or tone, but that specific tone is up there with guys like David Gilmour, Jimi Hendrix and Robert Fripp

    • @samsowden
      @samsowden 2 роки тому +12

      John Deacon is quite the electronic engineer, as well as a kick ass bassist. The Deacy amp was a masterpiece, that Brian has spent years trying to reverse engineer with limited success.

    • @danielfelipe1606
      @danielfelipe1606 2 роки тому +7

      You can't not like his playing. I do not allow such crime to happen.

    • @kitko33
      @kitko33 2 роки тому +3

      May's sound is always determined by what the song needs (within the boundaries of the technology available) :)

    • @confusedmango6557
      @confusedmango6557 2 роки тому +2

      ye people forget

    • @Cincinnatus1869
      @Cincinnatus1869 Рік тому +4

      Totally unique because literally nobody has a guitar even similar to his. He built it from scratch using wood and materials he found at his house when he was a teenager. It's truly a one of a kind instrument and it sounds great

  • @gothenix
    @gothenix 4 роки тому +83

    Wouldn’t you like to know?
    Wouldn’t you like to know?
    Weather Boy?

  • @TheShadowOfInnocence
    @TheShadowOfInnocence 8 років тому +355

    Even in death, Freddie and his bands music still rock this generation! 😍

    • @TheShadowOfInnocence
      @TheShadowOfInnocence 8 років тому +13

      +Octavio Cortex not true I no many that do and yes they will, many do

    • @buckloski9522
      @buckloski9522 8 років тому +13

      "I was born in the wrong generation"
      P.S. Nothing wrong with 14 year olds who listen to 70s music

    • @jgperfater
      @jgperfater 8 років тому +2

      +Octavio Cortex oh yes they do

    • @Destruction-1990
      @Destruction-1990 8 років тому +13

      +The Shadow Of Innocence and the next generations !!!

    • @Destruction-1990
      @Destruction-1990 7 років тому +15

      the best time to be born would be the the early to mid 50s. Because you could see Queen live in the 70s and 80s. And all the other great bands in their prime

  • @zwxndlr-9091
    @zwxndlr-9091 7 років тому +189

    freddie is the best singer with the voice of an angel

    • @KentuckyBrad
      @KentuckyBrad 11 місяців тому

      Levon helm is better

    • @Theprophet3928
      @Theprophet3928 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@KentuckyBradNever heard of him

    • @NA-AN
      @NA-AN 7 місяців тому

      @@Theprophet3928A Drummer/Vocalist that worked with a couple different bands. Apparently he has a pretty damn good voice.

  • @konradtarand4429
    @konradtarand4429 9 років тому +803

    this song is underrated

    • @winando12
      @winando12 8 років тому +43

      +Konrad Tarand Most Queen songs are "underrated", but that's a good thing. If they were popular/well known they would be (over)played at radio stations. Now, everytime I listen to Queen, it's special and it will cheer me up.

    • @twilightwyrm
      @twilightwyrm 7 років тому +58

      To be fair, Queen songs are at the inherent disadvantage of having to compete with other Queen songs.

    • @magicmike6961
      @magicmike6961 7 років тому +8

      Modern times rock n roll is underrated

    • @Csoery
      @Csoery 7 років тому

      By whom? I listen to it like 3x every week :) (Praying that Edguy will one day make a cover.... *sigh*)

    • @debiruman9200
      @debiruman9200 6 років тому +6

      I agree, to me this is one of the greatest Queen song ever... I don't get why people make most case of Queen II as a greater album, Queen I has at least 3 of Queen's greatest songs ever, "Keep Yourself Alive", "Great King Rat" and "Liar", I just don't hear anything that good in Queen II.

  • @salvarod9043
    @salvarod9043 5 років тому +57

    This song deserves a minimum of 20 millon views

  • @TheCplHicks
    @TheCplHicks 6 років тому +68

    This song is a f*****g masterpiece!!!!!!

  • @bludrugo29
    @bludrugo29 4 роки тому +141

    I think this is the best drumming performance in Roger's career

  • @VoyagersRevenge
    @VoyagersRevenge 5 років тому +46

    This song has an outlaw/western feel... I LOVE IT DEARLY.

  • @sign543
    @sign543 4 роки тому +50

    I’m as fascinated by this kind of epic composing just as I am with the classical composers, because I have no idea how they do this...how do they come up with these intricate compositions...they seem so random, but I know they’re not. Freddie had some kind of image in his mind...some message, but how they come to express it in rock composition like this just boggles my brain. The drumming is perfect...the guitar work is perfect, and Freddie’s vocals are pristine. It seems they came from the egg fully formed.

    • @MagusMirificus
      @MagusMirificus 2 роки тому +3

      You're absolutely right, although I think this song makes a good object lesson in that idea because it's actually fairly straightforward: Mercury first describes King Rat as society saw him living in its streets, a rebel and a delinquent, with tense, angry music underlying this simmering conflict. Then after three times indicating that the implications haven't sunk in for the listener and that he's in need of a more direct way of showing us what Great King Rat was all about ("Now what did I tell you/Would you like to see?"), the tension gives way into a glorious exultant bridge in which Rat's philosophy and the freedom it entails is proclaimed by Mercury as from atop mountains. It's a song about the romance of rebellion, which comes on at first like it's about the grimness and grittiness of rebellion but keeps giving you clues until it finally admits what it's doing, leaving just enough time to reaffirm the bottled violence of the first section as the flipside of the bridge's liberating swell, returning to the street and its fights with the sacred revelation of Holy Mischief now burning in the heart and landing the punches even harder.

    • @mikishomeonyoutube2116
      @mikishomeonyoutube2116 Місяць тому

      @@MagusMirificus Excellent reading right here

  • @robgeorge4581
    @robgeorge4581 6 років тому +346

    Did Queen invent Power Metal? And in their debut album??? Damn.

    • @donwhite8636
      @donwhite8636 5 років тому +26

      no, Zep did that in '68. Queen just perfected it :D

    • @drdead2006
      @drdead2006 5 років тому +18

      @@donwhite8636 What Zep song was power metal you fucking pleb?

    • @Kowasi
      @Kowasi 5 років тому +19

      @@drdead2006 Mind you manners, Dr DEAD.

    • @Kowasi
      @Kowasi 5 років тому +25

      A later track on this album-Son and Daughter-shows a strong Black Sabbath influence. Queen are great, but their early forays into metal owe a lot to the Sabs, Mssrs . Butler, Iommi, Osborne et al. Credit where credit's due!

    • @linsioux217
      @linsioux217 5 років тому +3

      Actually "Sweet" started it all off. Before Queen, Bowie, etc., there was Sweet. Their management had them doing pop stuff but let them have the B sides. And they rocked.

  • @1v966
    @1v966 Рік тому +13

    Happy birthday Great King Rat. May you rest in peace

    • @PAULISNOTDEAD
      @PAULISNOTDEAD 6 місяців тому +1

      Im marking the 21st of may on my calendar

    • @The_legobrick
      @The_legobrick 3 місяці тому

      @@PAULISNOTDEADshould be international queen day lol

  • @josetomasdonoso5053
    @josetomasdonoso5053 5 років тому +111

    THE DRUMS ARE EXQUISITLY PERFECT AND A PIECE OF ART

    • @emoedison
      @emoedison 2 роки тому +2

      Every time I think I can find common ground with hardcore Queen fans around their hard rock material, they have to go and praise Roger's terrible plodding sloppy "slow down guys, we are in danger of hitting a groove" drumming. He had other (vocal and image) qualities, and he definitely had his moments even when (as here) he didn't have Freddie's piano or a drum machine to keep him honest, but he was never very good, let alone perfect. And I love a lot of songs he nearly ruined!

    • @jamespendergast3998
      @jamespendergast3998 2 роки тому

      I read this comment as a piece of RAT

    • @mahogani564
      @mahogani564 2 роки тому +4

      @@emoedison Bro…

    • @aviliverpoolfan
      @aviliverpoolfan Рік тому +1

      Just like Keep Yourself Alive also I wonder what Bohemian Rhapsody means

  • @0mik3mik3
    @0mik3mik3 7 років тому +137

    Why on earth is this album so very underrated? It's certainly in my top 4 Queen albums. And this album is my personal favourite.

    • @hermanjanssens9550
      @hermanjanssens9550 5 років тому +7

      i love the first album very much (very underrated)

    • @tortadeaguacate2490
      @tortadeaguacate2490 5 років тому +5

      Mihai Mike Queen 1 and Queen 2 oh god

    • @gipsnadel6418
      @gipsnadel6418 5 років тому +5

      Queen, Queen 2 and Innuendo :D

    • @crawnation
      @crawnation 2 роки тому +2

      No doubt. I have 3 different copies of the album on vinyl

    • @KentuckyBrad
      @KentuckyBrad 11 місяців тому

      It’s not the album sucks

  • @recklesscherry3802
    @recklesscherry3802 5 років тому +137

    Great King Rat was born today, on 21st of may 2019💕
    0:36

    • @kosi684
      @kosi684 5 років тому +3

      Hey it’s Bohemian Submarine! I saw you in the comment section of “I Feel Fine”!

    • @recklesscherry3802
      @recklesscherry3802 5 років тому +2

      @@kosi684 Nice to know it haha :D

    • @-kashik0-10
      @-kashik0-10 3 роки тому +1

      Da thing is Is I’m da rat queen tho 🐀

    • @recklesscherry3802
      @recklesscherry3802 3 роки тому

      @@-kashik0-10 wow I already forgot about this comment LMAO

    • @1v966
      @1v966 2 роки тому +1

      Happy anniversary.
      21/5/22

  • @stephenbiggins9114
    @stephenbiggins9114 Рік тому +23

    Greatest rock band ever!

    • @bryanmelanson4235
      @bryanmelanson4235 11 місяців тому

      One of!

    • @NA-AN
      @NA-AN 7 місяців тому

      @@bryanmelanson4235Weird way to say you want to be impaled by a stake but okay. (Just kidding )

  • @bonhamcymbal
    @bonhamcymbal 2 роки тому +66

    Completely underrated album

    • @jondunmore4268
      @jondunmore4268 Рік тому +1

      Please stop using underrated until you understand what it means, zoomer.

    • @bonhamcymbal
      @bonhamcymbal Рік тому +1

      @@jondunmore4268 ok... what does it mean then

    • @AndrewLovesQueen
      @AndrewLovesQueen Рік тому +7

      @@jondunmore4268 it is underrated compared to their other albums,that's what he means

    • @garyolson3597
      @garyolson3597 Рік тому +4

      The best band of all time! 💜

    • @user-17su-aj282aui
      @user-17su-aj282aui Рік тому

      ​@@jondunmore4268and you shouldn't fuck at all what he wrote

  • @iielysiumx5811
    @iielysiumx5811 8 років тому +305

    another very underrated queen song there are so many songs by queen that are great and there so underrated

    • @visualkeiworldwide
      @visualkeiworldwide 6 років тому +8

      Every queen song is underrated

    • @anobano8331
      @anobano8331 6 років тому +1

      VisualShock WorldWide no

    • @aquariusburke7989
      @aquariusburke7989 5 років тому +8

      The conclusion I came to after listening to every album in preparation for the Bohemian Rhapsody film is that damn near every song is fucking tremendous. Folks I work with have been asking me, "Whats your favorite Queen song?" and I want to give them a list.

    • @kumarnepal1763
      @kumarnepal1763 5 років тому +1

      Nepali films

    • @love2beamom
      @love2beamom 2 роки тому

      Agree

  • @LJsShiz
    @LJsShiz 9 років тому +346

    Great song, under-rated as hell though.

    • @hi-yi9gc
      @hi-yi9gc 4 роки тому +2

      LJsShiz can’t argue (listen to my fairy king)

    • @TheVoltrom
      @TheVoltrom 3 роки тому +3

      unfortunately all songs before Bohemian Raphsody were forgotten :(

    • @jpbdude4223
      @jpbdude4223 2 роки тому

      @@TheVoltrom killer queen was before bohemian rhapsody 😂

    • @TheRealGamada
      @TheRealGamada 2 роки тому

      Well yes but YES.

  • @Greatkingrat68
    @Greatkingrat68 2 роки тому +35

    Queen has a lot of great albums but the first will always has a special place in my heart

  • @chseontst4758
    @chseontst4758 5 років тому +45

    05/21/19
    Happy Birthday Great King Rat!

  • @factoriz
    @factoriz 2 роки тому +99

    If I die 44, I want this played at my funeral.

    • @jordan-gz7cp
      @jordan-gz7cp Рік тому +31

      you cant die though, queen said to keep yourself alive

    • @Вихнажд
      @Вихнажд Рік тому

      Die syphilis?

    • @Naileira
      @Naileira Рік тому +6

      @@jordan-gz7cp Point for this gentleman. Keep yourself alive, bro. Great King Rat is for other... Beings, not Queen fans ⚔️

    • @fruitchewx127
      @fruitchewx127 Рік тому +5

      But were you born on the 21st of May?

    • @crazy4gta1
      @crazy4gta1 Рік тому

      I’m not sure you want people knowing that you died of syphilis

  • @Galron1979
    @Galron1979 Місяць тому +3

    Happy b&d-day, great king.

  • @user-rw9ju2zy5u
    @user-rw9ju2zy5u 3 роки тому +27

    The mixture of Jimi Hendrix and Genesis. I think it's miracle that Queen succeeded at the difficult attempt on this Great King Rat. Their deed when they were young proves Queen's talent and greatness.

  • @Stickmanisthecool
    @Stickmanisthecool 5 років тому +40

    Bought my first album 35 years ago when I was 12 years old.That album was greatest hits, it led me on a journey of discovery of all Queen,Freddies vocals,Brian’s brilliant playing , Rogers falsetto and Johns riffs have shaped my life as it is now

  • @Shelly_95
    @Shelly_95 Рік тому +8

    21st of may. Happy birthday great king rat, and album hot space!

  • @stevephillips6309
    @stevephillips6309 6 років тому +47

    Brilliant debut album. You can tell form this that they were going to become legends.

  • @user-rg5yn7lt9o
    @user-rg5yn7lt9o Рік тому +12

    Never have I heard so much.heavy rock, electric sounding, harmonizing, accoutic mixing , drum pounding .
    music with a voice for the ages behind this, backed up by geniuses, EVER !

    • @gloriapascoe2614
      @gloriapascoe2614 Рік тому +1

      Agree absolutely. 75 and listening from Australia

  • @arceptor
    @arceptor 9 років тому +84

    now this is what queen is

  • @geinerelizondo2019
    @geinerelizondo2019 9 років тому +26

    The best song of the album!

    • @melleaphart8910
      @melleaphart8910 9 років тому +5

      Geiner Elizondo Agree but "Liar" and "My Fairy King" are right there. 1a. and 1b. to this track. Of course this is Queen we are talking about ... it is all great. ;-)

    • @geinerelizondo2019
      @geinerelizondo2019 5 років тому

      Actually this is hard; I mean, I love all the freakin' album so much XD

  • @leon.bzlpkn
    @leon.bzlpkn 8 років тому +84

    One of their best debut songs!!! Actually, I like their whole debut album!!Thank you Freddy for music which we delight in until now.

  • @winniestreetzer1404
    @winniestreetzer1404 3 роки тому +11

    Start the day with Queen's songs and see a ranbow, this gonna be a great day.

    • @winniestreetzer1404
      @winniestreetzer1404 3 роки тому +1

      My teacher with whom I start for an hour with and who I finish for two hours is absent, this gonna be a great day.

    • @user-cb2gu1sw9w
      @user-cb2gu1sw9w 3 роки тому +1

      @@winniestreetzer1404 was it

    • @winniestreetzer1404
      @winniestreetzer1404 3 роки тому

      @@user-cb2gu1sw9w it was

  • @wanawana7245
    @wanawana7245 5 років тому +35

    you could come up with an entire fantasy plot using only songs from Queen and Queen II...

    • @Manny29
      @Manny29 5 років тому +6

      And that's why they are my two favorite albums you could literally write some sick ass fiction with that

  • @relaxandrefocuswithmegan
    @relaxandrefocuswithmegan 4 роки тому +32

    Freddie isn't dead cos legends never die.

  • @aeb1885
    @aeb1885 4 роки тому +17

    Man, Queen Freddie's songs are incredible.

  • @cia898
    @cia898 5 років тому +21

    This is one of the best songs ever made by Queen

  • @user-17su-aj282aui
    @user-17su-aj282aui Місяць тому +7

    Happy birthday, Great King Rat!
    (21.05.24y.)

  • @amantedaarte2447
    @amantedaarte2447 2 роки тому +12

    A lot of people think this is the best song in the album (including me). And I wonder... why this is so underrated? I mean, I know it's their first album and whatever, but this song is so magical. This song's really appreciated among the true Queen fans.

    • @JohnnyLaps
      @JohnnyLaps Рік тому +1

      I feel it was maybe TOO complex for some, considering the glam scene at the time.What a great rock song,and maybe Freddie's best work.

  • @BlazingSkull561
    @BlazingSkull561 5 років тому +19

    And again a very underrated song by the best band QUEEN

  • @maenastevenson5776
    @maenastevenson5776 5 років тому +12

    They started their careers so well, I do not even feel it’s their first album, God I love Queen.

  • @hulahop28
    @hulahop28 7 років тому +27

    just listen to Freddie's amazing falsetto at about 05.09' ..it compliments guitar solo perfectly..i love this song so much..music, sound, vocals rule..one 9f the best of Freddie imo.

  • @medd0ws
    @medd0ws 5 років тому +12

    I'm making a plan to listen to every single Queen song by album

    • @jordan-gz7cp
      @jordan-gz7cp Рік тому

      me rn, i finished night at opera and queen 2, got a lot left to go

  • @johntowers5231
    @johntowers5231 5 років тому +32

    One of my favorites Queen songs. Very interesting and strong.

  • @HuongVuOfTheValley
    @HuongVuOfTheValley 2 роки тому +12

    Those Queen songs are just soo (yeah you've heard it so many times) underrated :(
    They just sound too good for my ears I just can't--

  • @QueenLiveConcerts-dv6mz
    @QueenLiveConcerts-dv6mz 10 місяців тому +5

    Still miss you every day Freddie! After all those years there is still nobody coming even close, you are still the greatest! ❤

  • @RC-zf7hp
    @RC-zf7hp 5 років тому +8

    Queen has lot of royalty or majestic songs like this one, The March of the Black Queen, White Queen, and others. Indeed, Queen is a gift from God above. I'm an Asian born in 1994 and yet I started to marathon Queen's song after the Bohemian Rhapsody movie. Who else are listening here and can't get enough of Queen?

  • @misaelyajurecatolico3164
    @misaelyajurecatolico3164 5 років тому +453

    Queen created Trash Metal, Power Metal, Viking Metal, Melodic Metal, Celtic Metal, Glam Metal, Speed Metal, and the list continuous... shame on you who think about Queen is only BoRap, Another One Bites the Dust or Under Pressure.

    • @dakotaword1913
      @dakotaword1913 5 років тому +9

      Viking metal?

    • @RabuHina
      @RabuHina 5 років тому +9

      @@dakotaword1913 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_metal for some reason I think of power metal when I hear viking metal (many with themes of going to battle brandishing a sword or other fantasy/fantastical like themes)

    • @Kowasi
      @Kowasi 5 років тому +17

      Queen 1973… Black Sabbath 1970. C'mon.

    • @Kowasi
      @Kowasi 5 років тому +14

      @@dakotaword1913 Honestly, the Zeppelin had Immigrant Song in 1970, three years before Queen's debut.

    • @dakotaword1913
      @dakotaword1913 5 років тому +14

      @@Kowasi technically Queen formed in 1970 but released their first album in '73

  • @elliottvaughn700
    @elliottvaughn700 3 роки тому +11

    SO hungry in their early albums... I love every album, but as Brian would put it about the first two "the excesses of youth", the first two albums are my favorite because they're so show offey "HERE IS EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE!!!" amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @keephiding9548
    @keephiding9548 5 років тому +21

    This song is a masterpiece.

  • @patriciakent6728
    @patriciakent6728 2 роки тому +4

    Freddie proves he can make rock and roll from any lyric, no kidding😀😀😀😀

  • @user-jw2ru9ho9l
    @user-jw2ru9ho9l 4 місяці тому +2

    Freddie’s voice is amazing! The 4 genius = Queen forever

  • @b..e9431
    @b..e9431 4 роки тому +9

    Every time I listen to this album, I fall in love with it again

  • @bluestate69
    @bluestate69 6 років тому +98

    People, me included, always seem to assume that Freddie wrote the ballads, and the softer music, but this one was written solely by Mercury! Queen always throws you for a loop!

    • @cokelackingice
      @cokelackingice 5 років тому +4

      Wait isn't Freddie's last name Mercury and I am just being dumb, but it seems like you are talking as if Freddie and Mercury are two differnet people and not just one person's full name
      EDIT: So I am hella dumb and read the comment out of context

    • @anirrelevantchild5516
      @anirrelevantchild5516 5 років тому +1

      I'm confused

  • @AlbumSea
    @AlbumSea 6 років тому +55

    Happy birthday, and happy death day to Great King Rat! He died today, born on the 21st of may, died syphilis 44 on his birthday!

  • @anavadyashibu4805
    @anavadyashibu4805 5 років тому +15

    This song is underrated as HELLLL!!!!

  • @sputumtube
    @sputumtube 7 років тому +35

    The sound track of my youth - miss the thrill so very much...

    • @TheCornishCockney
      @TheCornishCockney 5 років тому +3

      the sheer quality of albums back then were of the very highest level.that standard has never been reached since and the 60's/70's will go down in history as the best most creative period EVER for music.

  • @evildiamond6247
    @evildiamond6247 Рік тому +14

    0:19 to 0:30 is really a unique QUEEN sound

    • @FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf
      @FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf Рік тому +2

      I know I wish they would have kept a little bit of it in there later work not to knock there later stuff or anything its great too but this it just sounds so idk hard seems like a good description of it.

  • @wheatleymf
    @wheatleymf Рік тому +6

    It is May 21st today, good timing to listen to the song.

  • @goldbrickstudios6903
    @goldbrickstudios6903 Рік тому +7

    Every single Queen song is underrated in one sense or another.

  • @SolidAsianGold
    @SolidAsianGold 10 місяців тому +5

    I always come here looking back, because there's simply nothing forward, musically speaking.

  • @therebelliousdreamer215
    @therebelliousdreamer215 5 років тому +11

    This song is hitting ne hard ! What a composition , " you're a legend Fred ! "

  • @mathildesautin8560
    @mathildesautin8560 3 роки тому +6

    First records (professional demo.) at De Lane studio Lea thanks to Terry Yeadon after a call from Brian May (end 1971)
    And it is the beginning of Queen.... (John Deacon is just arriver).
    4 songs are recorded: « Keep Yourself Alive », « Liar », « Jesus », « Great King Rat » and « The NightComes Down »

  • @liv4815
    @liv4815 5 років тому +15

    Why is this so underrated?! This is a bop!

  • @ginavaldivieso6150
    @ginavaldivieso6150 6 років тому +19

    Wouldn't you like to know something? Queen is the best band , unique , perfect and have big differents songs and I love it , thanks QUEEN THANK YOU SO MUCH and never find a similar band like you ! 🤘🏻🖤🎶

  • @Ta2dlam
    @Ta2dlam 5 років тому +13

    I've had the greatest hits and classic queen albums for some time and listen to them periodically. The movie gave me the impetus to start at the beginning and go whole albums in chronological order. I've never heard of this song and damn it's freaking magnificent.

  • @PartyDude_19
    @PartyDude_19 2 роки тому +6

    I like to believe this song was what birthed Queen's distinctive style.
    I mean, you could hear echoes of what Queen's style would become in earlier songs but, this in my opinion was the first Queen song in which their distinctive style was in full effect.

  • @user-gv2mc3db8v
    @user-gv2mc3db8v 2 роки тому +5

    Queen's songs should be more popular, people are missing soooo much

  • @Gago300
    @Gago300 2 роки тому +9

    This guitarist is a legend. 😳

  • @robertmiles1603
    @robertmiles1603 Рік тому +18

    Q: What's the worst Queen song?
    A: There is no worst Queen song. They're all masterpieces.

    • @JohnnyLaps
      @JohnnyLaps Рік тому

      🤔um.....

    • @oliverafton1444
      @oliverafton1444 Рік тому

      Umm... let me remind you of Sheer Heart Attack. That one is not too great

    • @JohnnyLaps
      @JohnnyLaps Рік тому

      @@oliverafton1444 I like sheer heart attack

    • @oliverafton1444
      @oliverafton1444 Рік тому

      @@JohnnyLaps Oh well, that's ok. I just don't really like it... heck, i don't like half of this album

    • @clonker77
      @clonker77 7 місяців тому

      ​@@oliverafton1444sheer heart attack is great tho

  • @carloseugeniosantosgomes1808
    @carloseugeniosantosgomes1808 6 років тому +11

    Underrated masterpiece what a brilhant voice Freddie have!

  • @sachinchahal4131
    @sachinchahal4131 4 роки тому +25

    This is such a cool song. I don't like songs with swearing in them usually, but even if Queen do, I don't care. I love Queen. Those guys know how to rock for sure. Imagine listening to T Rex or the Beatles. Then along comes blistering rock like this- your life has changed forever

    • @theanimatronics6076
      @theanimatronics6076 2 роки тому

      Why do People prefere the Beatles?

    • @theanimatronics6076
      @theanimatronics6076 2 роки тому

      QUEEN IS THE BEST FORGET ABOUT THE REST!!!!

    • @rodrigosalinascorona
      @rodrigosalinascorona 2 роки тому +2

      where's the swearing?

    • @sachinchahal4131
      @sachinchahal4131 2 роки тому +1

      @@rodrigosalinascorona not swearing exactly but the lyric "yes, he was the son of a whore". Obviously it was the 1970s, but I don't usually like songs with profanities in them, but if they're mild ones like the example I gave, I don't really mind.

    • @petermmm42
      @petermmm42 6 місяців тому

      @@rodrigosalinascorona "yes he was a son of a whore"

  • @TheKeenTribe
    @TheKeenTribe Рік тому +10

    This is their first album? For their first, this is an above and beyond masterpiece!

  • @chrisdrummond8893
    @chrisdrummond8893 5 років тому +10

    This song could have been a musical on Broadway it's so good.

  • @15gilsonrd
    @15gilsonrd 4 роки тому +6

    Intoxicating and intriguing vocals, lyrics, and instrumentals - Where art thou Queen in 2019!?! 🙏🏻👑💜🤩🎶

  • @johndeaconsfavcheeseslice8979
    @johndeaconsfavcheeseslice8979 2 роки тому +13

    Okay I just can't express how much I love this song it's just a masterpiece and so underrated!♥

  • @ph2741
    @ph2741 3 роки тому +3

    Anyone who loves this album has GREAT musical taste! I would probably like to meet them.

    • @chrome50
      @chrome50 3 роки тому +1

      Bought this album way back in 1972/3. Cant remember the year..lol. Anyway, was working in the Jeans Dungeon cnr hay and william street perth. Best thing i bought that day...

  • @fdo958
    @fdo958 3 роки тому +12

    Oh God, this song is totally underrated.

  • @1v966
    @1v966 2 роки тому +3

    Happy birthday, Great King Rat. May you rest in peace

  • @greghansell5115
    @greghansell5115 2 роки тому +4

    I have vague recollections that when I was a teenager way back in the early 80's, this was my favourite song off the album...

  • @scotstevens5263
    @scotstevens5263 Рік тому +3

    I used to air guitar and sing this entire album, now I’m 64 and doing’s it in my head. Ha. Love it❤🎸🎶