He was propped up on the studio mixer when he recorded this, Brian was afraid he wasn't going to be able to hit those high notes, he was so sick, and offered to re write at a lower register, Freddie downed a vodka and said "no, I'll fucking do it darling" and did it in one take.
@johanbruinsma8243 Well of the 3, maybe 4, lead vocalists I put him at #1. The others were Ann Wilson in '77, Steve Perry-twice, '82 & '83 and Dennis DeYoung-twice, in '78 & '83.
I came across a ranking of bands with the best stage shows. In describing Queen (in the number one spot) they didn't have lasers, explosions, or intricate light shows. They had Freddie Mercury which is far more than all of that put together
Yes , it makes me sad sometimes when I hear it , it gives me goosebumps sometimes listening to it still after all these years being a Queen fan , a very emotional song !
Hard to imagine he knew he was dying in this video. His every effort put into laying down another timeless song knowing it would be immortal, as with his legacy!
One of my absolute favorite Queen songs. Freddie was extremely sick when he recorded it and could barely stand up. He had only about 6 months left to live. And yet he sounds amazing and imo he's doing his best singing here. Brian May, the guitarist wrote the song about Freddie. They weren't sure if he was able to sing the song but Freddie downed some vodka and said "I'll fucking do it, darling" and just killed it. One of my favorite stories about him 😄❤❤❤❤
Glad you jumped in with this as they clearly didn't get the significance of this song. And I'm guessing they didn't get that as he was never able to perform it live, that it's made up of clips from old videos and concerts. Anyway, agree completely on it being a favorite.
Geez You constantly and stubbornly spread nonsense that The Show Must Go On was recorded 6 months before Freddie died. This song was released on album Innuendo on 4th February 1991 . It is about 9,5 months before Freddie died if I'm correct so the song was probably recorded at the end of 1990
Yes! and another favorite story is when Queen was in the studio where Sex Pistols were also recording.. when Queen was there, "Sid Vicious" showed up, all drunk and drugged out - and Freddie called him "Simon Ferocious" - in a mocking way... and when Sid was still behaving poorly, Fred went and "grabbed him by the lapels" - and just PUT him out... many people did not realize how physically strong Freddie was - grew up as a "boxer" -- I LOVE this story - I believe it b/c I have seen & read it from numerous sources - including Roger Taylor..
The last song Freddie recorded was "Mother Love"...and he didn't get to finish it, Brian had to complete the vocals. However, yes he was ill when they recorded this track and Freddie did it in one take apparently. I think if you listen to the lyrics, it's Freddie saying 'no matter how I am, the show must go on'..the man worked until he couldn't work any longer. Respect. RIP Freddie.
Queen was harshly attacked by critics and yet proved that the real judge is the people on the street. They ignored the criticism and made Queen one of the most legendary bands in history. This was another of Queen's great legacies. It doesn't matter what the critics think. Don't let anyone tell you what you have to like or what you don't. There is no better judge for a person than oneself. A big hug and God save the Queen. We miss you Freddie.
Brought a tear the eye of this old fella. I was a teenager in the 80’s and Queen were just mind blowing. I still listen to theses guys all the time. What a time the 80’s were to be a teenager!
Freddie Mercury sang this song in one take. Brian May had written it with the intention to sing it himself because Freddie at this point was so sick he didn't know if he could it. Freddie literally downed some vodka and said "Let's do this" and they got this rendition.
I’m 69, goosebumps every time I hear this, it makes me cry, it touches my soul. These two are totally without any emotions, they might just as well have been listening to the weather forecast 🤷♀️🤷♀️
This song is 😍❤️😢😭😖😣😞😥😓😩😩😩😩❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑 You can love and hate it at the same time... one of my absolute favorites and I'm always nealy crying if I hear it😭❤️
The greatest band of all time with the greatest singer and entertainer of all time. A British national treasure and a British Legend. Queen have always been my favourite band and Freddie Mercury my musical hero. You have Legends like Pele, Muhammad Ali, Ayrton Senna and many more who are a one off, but for music it's Freddie Mercury who we will never see the likes of again. RIP Freddie we miss you. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Not-so-fun-fact: this is (one of) the last song he recorded before he died. They hadnt recorded a musicvideo yet so they made this mishmash of Freddie’s moments in other videos
The last song they all did in the studio together was 'Mother Love'.... It's so 'last song' that Brian had to sing the last verse because Freddie was dead/dying.
Damn youtube algorithm, I thought that this was going to be a very honest and emotional reaction, but this was one of the most soulles reactions I've seen. "That was The Show Must Go On, yeah, this was not popular, yeah...". You guys don't have to be musicians or experts of Queen to show a little of emotion and care to the song!
id say round the same time. as there crowd at hyde park in 1976 was the biggest ever in london still to this day almost a million people attended the free concert!!
Freddie's voice is a real mystery. They have already written their name in the history of music. Their music will be performed and mixed in a hundred years, just like Mozart and Beetoven. Freddie left his legacy to us. for joy.
Read the lyrics...written specifically for and about Freddie. He was in incredible pain when he recorded the song and did it in one take. Mercury is still considered the best rock frontman ever in the history of rock and roll. He had a vocal range of between 4 and 5 octaves which is exceedingly rare!
You’d have to born in the 70’s or 80’s to get a proper taste of Queen music whilst Freddie was still with us, he passed away in 1991. and was gravely ill at the time of doing this song, legend right till the end and still is 29yrs after we lost him.
@@OsoMarcol whatever who cares, I was born in the 80’s and still got a taste of Queen as a 4 piece with Freddie, although I didn’t get to see them live with Freddie a lot of the music was fresh from mouth to radio.
One of Queens greatest tracks, I have heard this I cant count and I never get tired of hearing it. The last song to be released in the UK before Freddie died, "These are the days of our lives" was released the day after he died with "Bohemian Rhapsody" as a double A side. Bohemian Rhapsody is the only song in the UK to released twice with it being no1 in 4 different years and Christmas no1 twice in the UK, 1975/76 & 1991/92, I don't think anyone else has matched it but I live to learn
I would just bring back Freddie Mercury as he is the greatest singer and showman of all time. The huge crowd that you saw was a Queen Concert at Knebworth House, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England just a couple of miles from where I live in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. At the Concert was between 250,000 and 300,000 Queen fans. As a Queen fan since the early 1970's I tried to get a ticket but they were sold out within 1 hour, but I could hear it from my back Garden. Love your reaction, Jon now I know why you are intelligent, you are a Queen fan and a Freddie Mercury fan. You two are a great couple, I wish you both my kindest regards, keep up the great work. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Freddie was so sick when they did this... One take for the singing and this is what they got. Perfection and one of the most emotional songs of all time. Freddie was a legend and will be missed for as long as there is music.
Unless these kids know Freddie was singing like a god while fighting to just stay alive long enough to finish the track they can never know the heartbreak millions feel when listening to it !
As some of the other commenters said, Freddie was terminally ill when this was recorded. He knew the end was coming and he delivered this amazing vocal performance. The video is a compilation of many Queen videos because Freddie was too ill to be on camera. To see how AIDs affected him you need to see the amazing These Are The Days of our Lives video. So sad but still an amazing performance. The last video appearance of Mr Mercury. Some scenes in this video were taken from the I Want To Break Free video where the band dressed in drag to spoof a popular TV show in England. The gag did not translate well to American audiences who did not know the show and did not appreciate the long comedic tradition of British humor for men to dress in drag. See: Monty Python, Benny Hill, etc... The video was actually banned on MTV while wildly sexual and violent videos were played round the clock. Its too bad because that was one of the factors that led to Queen no longer performing in the United States much before Freddie died. I was lucky enough to see Queen live during the Game tour. I was just a kid but its still the best concert I have ever seen.
There are a lot of queen hidden gems that is awesome and amazing if appreciated music..by one of music analyst, this is the great vocals of a song by a dying man...freddie is still the best, decades after decades..
Well, being born in the early 90's you still got a lot of other great music, and still get to hear this. I take it as a win. Now, the issues surfacing today might be another reason to not love the times we're living in... But you could have been born in the 20's, 30's, 40's or 50's... Lots of worse shit to worry about then.
Show must go on. was released after Freddie died in 1991 the video was made up from clips of his other performances. The pictures of Freddie in drag was from a video of
I don't if you heard this one but Brian, Roger and John did a tribute to Freddie called Only the Good Die Young / No One But You. Listen to it on UA-cam. Its Beautiful song.
This is Queen's 10th most popular song. It was released in 1991, it went strait to no.1 in the UK, a month before Freddie's death. At this stage Queen was not that popular in the US, but they were still very popular around the rest of the world. They lost popularity within the US, with the video where they were dressed up as women. This video is a compilation of other Queen music videos, because Freddie was too sick at this point to do a music video. Guitarist Brian May wrote the song for Freddie, this is a very difficult song to sing, and Freddie practically recorded it in one take, whilst he was dying.
The single which went straight to number one was double A side single Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives released two weeks after Freddie's death
@@janslowhand1684 "Innuendo is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor but credited to Queen, it is the opening track on the album of the same name, and was released as the first single from the album. *The single debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart in January 1991* the band's first number one hit since "Under Pressure" in 1981, and additionally reached the top ten in ten other countries." -> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innuendo_(song)
@@mori1bund As a Queen since 80ies I know most the facts about Queen . There were two Queen singles that reached no 1 in UK in 1991. innuendo and These Are The Days Of Our Lives/Bohemian Rhapsody. Both went sraight to number one. Innuendo in January and TATDOOL/BR in December. Zenobia probably mixes up The Show Must Go On w ith These Are Days Of Our Lives
If Jon loves Bohemian Rhapsody, then he would absolutely go GaGa over.... INNUENDO💕 It also looks like maybe Ashtyn has not yet seen I Want To Break Free?
@@redchili6927 No she is not an idiot, she is just giving her opinion, which also happens to be similar to mine... Utterly boring and meaningless reaction! You on the other hand are just a rude troll, insulting other people for having a different opinion. Grow up and learn some manners!!
Some may say the clip is something like "im dying and all this i did is dying with me" (cos the several videos cut all together in the clip)... But Freddie was an artist, he knew better.. he was dying, and this he did he left here on Earth for YOU. Yes... twenty years after he died, you are watching this and getting something from him, some heritage, some emotion, messages, words... And the show must go on, new things will come, old things wil show and or be copied, the message never dies, humans never dies, and while humans lives... the shows keeps going on ;-)
There are too many musical artist I wish were still a live Freddie being one near the top.Prince also was a huge loss for me but at least we have their music. So listen to them with a tearful smile and enjoy the time we had with them.
The amazing thing about this song is that Freddie Mercury was deathly I'll when he recorded it. He actually died shortly after. His band was concerned about his health because he had to be basically carried into the studio. After some back and forth, Freddie threw back a shot of vodka and said, "Fuck it, I'm recording it." The song you hear is the only version ever recorded because he did it in one take.
Mj can, stay the fuck where he is. In Hell!! You people make me sick that you are even willing to overlook overwhelming evidence of paedophilia just because he was an incredible artist. What kind of sick world do I live in.
Hey you need to react to some queen live. Here are a few One vision live wembley Tie your mother down live wembley Queen live aid 20min set. They made rock history with this one Under pressure live wembley Somebody to love live montreal 1981 Dragon attack live montreal 1981 Save me live montreal 1981 Play the game live Montreal 1981 Lap of the gods, seven seas of rythe, tear it up live wembly. These three songs run consecutively Another one bites the dust live Montreal We are the champion and god save the queen these two run consecutively I want to break free live wembley These are just a few and all of them are incredible. Queen could do everything. And then there FREDDIE there are not enough word to explain how great Freddie really was. R.I.P FREDDIE WE MISS YOU WE HERE YOU SINGING FROM HEAVEN
Dear Freddie. My name is Mark Daniels. My brother Paul contracted HIV in 1987 when he ran away from home. He went to London chasing a dream of a professional dancer. Sadly it never happened. He returned home with us in 1990 and told his family he was infected and his heart broken along with our family and it finally took him in January 2020. My brother was beautiful and had a hearty of gold and for everything bad he did he regretted. When he died I reflect to this song because the pain was there but the love was genuine l. I love u Paul and you Freddie. Friends or Stangers is irrelevant. Your hearts oozed love and sincerity I love you x Mark Daniels x
Freddie in drag is from the video for their song 'I want to break free' The video is a parody of a British t.v. show Freddie looks sexy in those heels😀
Two queen secret weapon singing and playing the show must go on while they’re already realize they’re no longer to carry on #invisible_hero #F_M #J_D #2020stillmissyou
React to that song again, with lyrics on screen, knowing he had told his band members he had aids and would likely die (and he did), knowing that he had just recovered from a fucked up time in his life (almost blowing off Live Aid) and for the next 4/5 years continued to perform, keeping it a secret. May has been quoted as saying he wrote it about Fred's life and when it came time to record, didn't think he was well enough to sing it... Allegedly Freddie replied saying he could and nailed it.
I’m a month late but the huge turn out you mentioned was “ live aid “ it was a huge fundraiser viewed by millions of people and the sing was sung and recorded on the last bit of Freddie’s life and it depicts him wanting to continue making music while battling he’s illness
Next day Freddy mercury passed away May his soul rests in peace He kept rocking until his last breath even tho he was unable to move simply because he was HIV positive and He was dying from aids yet he took couple shots of vodka and succeeded in recording it in one shot This is literally the voice of someone who's dying but he is alive within our hearts he is immortal the best frontman in history of the rock industry
So I guess from watching this, you 2 are going to need to react to “I Want to Break Free”!!!!!! (A’s comment “I know we’ve seen that somewhere before”.) Please please. Not many react to that song. One of the best, and a banned video by MTV to boot!!!!!
This some was written for Freddie as he was dying. He was too ill to film a video for the song so they used a compilation of all their other music videos for the song.
It's a collage of their most popular videos since Freddie was bedridden at the time of its release and therefore too sick for a fresh appearance. Also, he and the band had a secret to guard
if you noticed, this is not an actual music video, this is just a mix of a ton of their other music videos because Queen could never make one due to Freddie's death in 1991. This was the last song they ever recorded, and Brian told Freddie he couldn't do it, but Fred chugged down a Vodka and killed it! Rock the heavens Fred!!!😭❤
The album Innuendo containing this song was released in April 1991 and was recorder between March 1989 and November 1990. The last song which Freddie recorded was Mother Love in May 1991.
Talking about old artists and such, one of the ones I plan to have them react to at some point is Buddy Holly but I haven't settled on which ones from him yet to pick though 'Everyday' is an obvious one.
This is a sad song because by the time they finished the song Freddie passed away and also all of this video is from his other songs like when he was dressed up as a girl that’s the song I want to break free
So for the movie, Bohemian Rhapsody, why they didn’t decide to end the movie with Freddy going out the way he did in real life by singing this song, while facing his own mortality. Instead of the movie ending with them performing the iconic live age show is beyond me like it would’ve been a way more triumphant, emotional ending. Because that’s what happened in real life you see that’s one of the major things that pissed me off about the movie is how unrealistic it was to the truth about the bands history. Like they added a bunch of shit in the movie that did not happen just for dramatic affect because apparently they didn’t want to show people the truth about the band and also the reality of Freddys battle with aids. Instead, they just wanted to make a bland, generic boring bio pic for the hot topic crowd. Because they just wanted everybody going home feeling better about themselves instead of making people feel the weight of the reality of the band, and how Freddie Mercury really died. The movie was really bad. It could’ve been so much better like for a band like queen, who was big, an epic and larger than life that’s exactly how they should’ve made the movie because that’s how the band was in real life. They should’ve made it bigger and epic and larger than life. Instead, it’s just a bland, generic uninspiring greatest hits biopic for the fucking hot topic crowd. It was a terrible movie like I personally thought the biopic about Mötley Crüe was better than this because the thing is, they didn’t shy away from the reality of the bands history. Like they showed you the nitty-gritty reality of motley Crue‘s rise to fame and the sex and the drugs and the Mayham that they caused. And also another thing I hated about the movie was how they represented Freddie Mercury like you got to understand something. Freddie was a very confident man put in the movie they make it seem like he’s conflicted about his sexuality. Like that’s not true, he was never conflicted. He was a very confident man. And also another thing that wasn’t true was when Freddy told is bandmates about him having aids. They made it seem like he told the band before live aid, which is a bunch of bullshit that never happened. Freddie Mercury told his band mates after live aid. And why they didn’t have this song featured in the film is beyond me. Oh yeah, I forgot it’s because it didn’t become a big hit so basically the biopic was pointless because all it was was just a greatest hits sing-along biopic movie. It’s a goddamn shame because the show must go on should have been a huge hit. I mean, for god sake’s Freddie Mercury sang this song, while facing his own mortality, and he recorded it in one take while before the band was, fearing that he wasn’t going to be able to hit the notes because of how ill he was.
even as a terminally ill man, still a brilliant singer.😥
but hey, the show must go on!!!
At his worst when doing this song in the studio in fact
He was propped up on the studio mixer when he recorded this, Brian was afraid he wasn't going to be able to hit those high notes, he was so sick, and offered to re write at a lower register, Freddie downed a vodka and said "no, I'll fucking do it darling" and did it in one take.
This shows that Freddie really cared about his fans
Literally these two is the perfect example of an average stereotype americans judging based on their knowledge about random things
Yes, very sad... very poor spirits...
Culture is like hard and stuff
Looool without being a jerk but thought the same
if only they had knew freddy was already getting very damage by his sickness when he sang that
These two have no clue at all. None.It may as well have been reviewed by your neighbors cat.
As someone who has seen Queen live twice, in 1980 & 1982, at the peak of their popularity I can tell you that they were phenominal in concert.
Freddy is without a doubt in the top 3 of all time greatest on stage performers.
How I envy you. It must have been amazing. ☺
@johanbruinsma8243 Well of the 3, maybe 4, lead vocalists I put him at #1. The others were Ann Wilson in '77, Steve Perry-twice, '82 & '83 and Dennis DeYoung-twice, in '78 & '83.
I came across a ranking of bands with the best stage shows. In describing Queen (in the number one spot) they didn't have lasers, explosions, or intricate light shows. They had Freddie Mercury which is far more than all of that put together
one of the most emotional songs in history
Bro I explore abandoned places for photography and I listen this song sometime I can say this song is All about reality of our life
Yes , it makes me sad sometimes when I hear it , it gives me goosebumps sometimes listening to it still after all these years being a Queen fan , a very emotional song !
Yes😢❤️
@@blonderebel8356 this it pretty much Freddie’s goodbye and saying i may be dying but the show will go on
@@electricpuddle1320 oh yes , that's so true , I believe it .
Hard to imagine he knew he was dying in this video. His every effort put into laying down another timeless song knowing it would be immortal, as with his legacy!
One of my absolute favorite Queen songs. Freddie was extremely sick when he recorded it and could barely stand up. He had only about 6 months left to live. And yet he sounds amazing and imo he's doing his best singing here. Brian May, the guitarist wrote the song about Freddie. They weren't sure if he was able to sing the song but Freddie downed some vodka and said "I'll fucking do it, darling" and just killed it. One of my favorite stories about him 😄❤❤❤❤
Glad you jumped in with this as they clearly didn't get the significance of this song. And I'm guessing they didn't get that as he was never able to perform it live, that it's made up of clips from old videos and concerts. Anyway, agree completely on it being a favorite.
Geez You constantly and stubbornly spread nonsense that The Show Must Go On was recorded 6 months before Freddie died. This song was released on album Innuendo on 4th February 1991 . It is about 9,5 months before Freddie died if I'm correct so the song was probably recorded at the end of 1990
Yes! and another favorite story is when Queen was in the studio where Sex Pistols were also recording.. when Queen was there, "Sid Vicious" showed up, all drunk and drugged out - and Freddie called him "Simon Ferocious" - in a mocking way... and when Sid was still behaving poorly, Fred went and "grabbed him by the lapels" - and just PUT him out... many people did not realize how physically strong Freddie was - grew up as a "boxer" -- I LOVE this story - I believe it b/c I have seen & read it from numerous sources - including Roger Taylor..
The last song Freddie recorded was "Mother Love"...and he didn't get to finish it, Brian had to complete the vocals. However, yes he was ill when they recorded this track and Freddie did it in one take apparently. I think if you listen to the lyrics, it's Freddie saying 'no matter how I am, the show must go on'..the man worked until he couldn't work any longer. Respect. RIP Freddie.
@@damot1051 I know. I never said this was the last song he sang.
Queen was harshly attacked by critics and yet proved that the real judge is the people on the street. They ignored the criticism and made Queen one of the most legendary bands in history. This was another of Queen's great legacies. It doesn't matter what the critics think. Don't let anyone tell you what you have to like or what you don't. There is no better judge for a person than oneself. A big hug and God save the Queen. We miss you Freddie.
The critics dissed queen for innuendo so much. If only they knew what was happening to Freddy when he did the album
Legendary band.
Brought a tear the eye of this old fella. I was a teenager in the 80’s and Queen were just mind blowing. I still listen to theses guys all the time. What a time the 80’s were to be a teenager!
Freddie Mercury sang this song in one take. Brian May had written it with the intention to sing it himself because Freddie at this point was so sick he didn't know if he could it. Freddie literally downed some vodka and said "Let's do this" and they got this rendition.
That man can bring me to tears his voice is so good.
I’m 69, goosebumps every time I hear this, it makes me cry, it touches my soul. These two are totally without any emotions, they might just as well have been listening to the weather forecast 🤷♀️🤷♀️
It's more like a no-visible-reaction-at-all video
Yeah, if you don’t bother making a decent reaction, it’s better to not post it
This song is 😍❤️😢😭😖😣😞😥😓😩😩😩😩❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑 You can love and hate it at the same time... one of my absolute favorites and I'm always nealy crying if I hear it😭❤️
The greatest band of all time with the greatest singer and entertainer of all time. A British national treasure and a British Legend. Queen have always been my favourite band and Freddie Mercury my musical hero. You have Legends like Pele, Muhammad Ali, Ayrton Senna and many more who are a one off, but for music it's Freddie Mercury who we will never see the likes of again. RIP Freddie we miss you. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Not-so-fun-fact: this is (one of) the last song he recorded before he died. They hadnt recorded a musicvideo yet so they made this mishmash of Freddie’s moments in other videos
I thought ot wasn't the last they recorded, but the last one that came out as a single
FALSE
Rover Waters whats false?
Rover Waters Judith said “ ONE OF” (NOT) the last one.
The last song they all did in the studio together was 'Mother Love'.... It's so 'last song' that Brian had to sing the last verse because Freddie was dead/dying.
You need to watch Queen doing there live aid performance considered the best performance at live aid and it was only 20 minutes
Damn youtube algorithm, I thought that this was going to be a very honest and emotional reaction, but this was one of the most soulles reactions I've seen. "That was The Show Must Go On, yeah, this was not popular, yeah...". You guys don't have to be musicians or experts of Queen to show a little of emotion and care to the song!
Its true no better music was ever made than in the 80s! Had the time of my life and no cell phones or internet...can u imagine? Crazy huh?
I love this song. Is one of my favourites
Queen is an UK band.
However, they became popular in Japan before Uk.
id say round the same time. as there crowd at hyde park in 1976 was the biggest ever in london still to this day almost a million people attended the free concert!!
Freddie's voice is a real mystery. They have already written their name in the history of music. Their music will be performed and mixed in a hundred years, just like Mozart and Beetoven. Freddie left his legacy to us. for joy.
Corect.
I wish we could bring Freddie back , I'd cry with happiness if that happened 💗!!!
He'd fill every stadium on the planet, THE greatest there was or will ever be
Privileged to see his final live show at knebworth park in 86
@@martinwood6503 that's amazing !!!!!
Read the lyrics...written specifically for and about Freddie. He was in incredible pain when he recorded the song and did it in one take.
Mercury is still considered the best rock frontman ever in the history of rock and roll. He had a vocal range of between 4 and 5 octaves which is exceedingly rare!
You’d have to born in the 70’s or 80’s to get a proper taste of Queen music whilst Freddie was still with us, he passed away in 1991.
and was gravely ill at the time of doing this song, legend right till the end and still is 29yrs after we lost him.
And yet he recorded it in one vocal take according to Brian May
No, Those born between 1955-1970. We enjoyed Queen at their prime time.
@@OsoMarcol whatever who cares, I was born in the 80’s and still got a taste of Queen as a 4 piece with Freddie, although I didn’t get to see them live with Freddie a lot of the music was fresh from mouth to radio.
Although I hate being 52, the best time of my life was the 80's. Sadly they stopped touring in 86 my senior year of high school.
One of Queens greatest tracks, I have heard this I cant count and I never get tired of hearing it. The last song to be released in the UK before Freddie died, "These are the days of our lives" was released the day after he died with "Bohemian Rhapsody" as a double A side. Bohemian Rhapsody is the only song in the UK to released twice with it being no1 in 4 different years and Christmas no1 twice in the UK, 1975/76 & 1991/92, I don't think anyone else has matched it but I live to learn
The video was made after the freddy mercury's death, they could made the song but not the video and Brian wanted to made it in memory of him
The greatest band ever to vome out of Britain 🇬🇧 we the British fans where so lucky to have Freddie snd queen rip freddie
I would just bring back Freddie Mercury as he is the greatest singer and showman of all time. The huge crowd that you saw was a Queen Concert at Knebworth House, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England just a couple of miles from where I live in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. At the Concert was between 250,000 and 300,000 Queen fans. As a Queen fan since the early 1970's I tried to get a ticket but they were sold out within 1 hour, but I could hear it from my back Garden. Love your reaction, Jon now I know why you are intelligent, you are a Queen fan and a Freddie Mercury fan. You two are a great couple, I wish you both my kindest regards, keep up the great work. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Freddie was so sick when they did this... One take for the singing and this is what they got. Perfection and one of the most emotional songs of all time. Freddie was a legend and will be missed for as long as there is music.
Freddie did NOT record this song in one take
knowing he was on death's door when he sang this...he's putting his very SOUL into the song and you can tell.
Unless these kids know Freddie was singing like a god while fighting to just stay alive long enough to finish the track they can never know the heartbreak millions feel when listening to it !
I explore abandoned places for photography and I listen this song sometime I can say this song is All about reality of our life
As some of the other commenters said, Freddie was terminally ill when this was recorded. He knew the end was coming and he delivered this amazing vocal performance. The video is a compilation of many Queen videos because Freddie was too ill to be on camera. To see how AIDs affected him you need to see the amazing These Are The Days of our Lives video. So sad but still an amazing performance. The last video appearance of Mr Mercury. Some scenes in this video were taken from the I Want To Break Free video where the band dressed in drag to spoof a popular TV show in England. The gag did not translate well to American audiences who did not know the show and did not appreciate the long comedic tradition of British humor for men to dress in drag. See: Monty Python, Benny Hill, etc... The video was actually banned on MTV while wildly sexual and violent videos were played round the clock. Its too bad because that was one of the factors that led to Queen no longer performing in the United States much before Freddie died. I was lucky enough to see Queen live during the Game tour. I was just a kid but its still the best concert I have ever seen.
Yep - the reason the video is a "compilation" of others - see below!
we are forgetting one ( michael jackson ) .
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There are a lot of queen hidden gems that is awesome and amazing if appreciated music..by one of music analyst, this is the great vocals of a song by a dying man...freddie is still the best, decades after decades..
Well, being born in the early 90's you still got a lot of other great music, and still get to hear this. I take it as a win. Now, the issues surfacing today might be another reason to not love the times we're living in... But you could have been born in the 20's, 30's, 40's or 50's... Lots of worse shit to worry about then.
Show must go on. was released after Freddie died in 1991 the video was made up from clips of his other performances. The pictures of Freddie in drag was from a video of
I don't if you heard this one but Brian, Roger and John did a tribute to Freddie called Only the Good Die Young / No One But You. Listen to it on UA-cam. Its Beautiful song.
This is Queen's 10th most popular song. It was released in 1991, it went strait to no.1 in the UK, a month before Freddie's death. At this stage Queen was not that popular in the US, but they were still very popular around the rest of the world. They lost popularity within the US, with the video where they were dressed up as women. This video is a compilation of other Queen music videos, because Freddie was too sick at this point to do a music video. Guitarist Brian May wrote the song for Freddie, this is a very difficult song to sing, and Freddie practically recorded it in one take, whilst he was dying.
This song reached number 16 in UK
I think you mixed that up. The song that went strait to no.1 in the UK was the title track from the same album, Innuendo.
The single which went straight to number one was double A side single Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives released two weeks after Freddie's death
@@janslowhand1684 "Innuendo is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor but credited to Queen, it is the opening track on the album of the same name, and was released as the first single from the album. *The single debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart in January 1991* the band's first number one hit since "Under Pressure" in 1981, and additionally reached the top ten in ten other countries." -> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innuendo_(song)
@@mori1bund As a Queen since 80ies I know most the facts about Queen . There were two Queen singles that reached no 1 in UK in 1991. innuendo and These Are The Days Of Our Lives/Bohemian Rhapsody. Both went sraight to number one. Innuendo in January and TATDOOL/BR in December. Zenobia probably mixes up The Show Must Go On w ith These Are Days Of Our Lives
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (Live at Rock Montreal, 1981
Somebody to love, live at montreal, is probably the best live performance ive ever seen.
I could fly my friends..... when his soul was breaking to be free ..
one of the most beautiful voices in ... WORLD!
If Jon loves Bohemian Rhapsody, then he would absolutely go GaGa over.... INNUENDO💕
It also looks like maybe Ashtyn has not yet seen I Want To Break Free?
I’m sorry to be negative, but this isn’t much of a reaction. No comments on the actual song, and talking over the music is a big no-no.
You're an idiot.
Agree
@@redchili6927 No she is not an idiot, she is just giving her opinion, which also happens to be similar to mine... Utterly boring and meaningless reaction!
You on the other hand are just a rude troll, insulting other people for having a different opinion. Grow up and learn some manners!!
Sad, freddie knew he would die.!! Queen got better and better to the end, finally 1991 Inuendo!! The most successful album from queen.!!
Some may say the clip is something like "im dying and all this i did is dying with me" (cos the several videos cut all together in the clip)...
But Freddie was an artist, he knew better.. he was dying, and this he did he left here on Earth for YOU.
Yes... twenty years after he died, you are watching this and getting something from him, some heritage, some emotion, messages, words...
And the show must go on, new things will come, old things wil show and or be copied, the message never dies, humans never dies, and while humans lives... the shows keeps going on ;-)
There are too many musical artist I wish were still a live Freddie being one near the top.Prince also was a huge loss for me but at least we have their music.
So listen to them with a tearful smile and enjoy the time we had with them.
No One But You
Reation Queen
❤
End of Cobra Kai - 2x06 - Impossible not to cry with this song
The amazing thing about this song is that Freddie Mercury was deathly I'll when he recorded it. He actually died shortly after.
His band was concerned about his health because he had to be basically carried into the studio. After some back and forth, Freddie threw back a shot of vodka and said, "Fuck it, I'm recording it."
The song you hear is the only version ever recorded because he did it in one take.
You guys need earphones esp for Queen 👍💕
Freddie was literally dying when he made this. He had no body weight.
He had tons of clothes on and his right foot was half gone.
Freddie, John Lennon, MJ and Prince bring em back
Mj can, stay the fuck where he is. In Hell!! You people make me sick that you are even willing to overlook overwhelming evidence of paedophilia just because he was an incredible artist. What kind of sick world do I live in.
So George Harrison the other dead beatle along with John should stay dead while John is revived?
@@cancerandaids3822 George was too pure to come back to this putrid place, leave him be
Hey you need to react to some queen live. Here are a few
One vision live wembley
Tie your mother down live wembley
Queen live aid 20min set. They made rock history with this one
Under pressure live wembley
Somebody to love live montreal 1981
Dragon attack live montreal 1981
Save me live montreal 1981
Play the game live Montreal 1981
Lap of the gods, seven seas of rythe, tear it up live wembly. These three songs run consecutively
Another one bites the dust live Montreal
We are the champion and god save the queen these two run consecutively
I want to break free live wembley
These are just a few and all of them are incredible. Queen could do everything. And then there FREDDIE there are not enough word to explain how great Freddie really was.
R.I.P FREDDIE WE MISS YOU
WE HERE YOU SINGING FROM HEAVEN
Dear Freddie.
My name is Mark Daniels. My brother Paul contracted HIV in 1987 when he ran away from home. He went to London chasing a dream of a professional dancer. Sadly it never happened.
He returned home with us in 1990 and told his family he was infected and his heart broken along with our family and it finally took him in January 2020.
My brother was beautiful and had a hearty of gold and for everything bad he did he regretted.
When he died I reflect to this song because the pain was there but the love was genuine l. I love u Paul and you Freddie.
Friends or Stangers is irrelevant. Your hearts oozed love and sincerity
I love you x
Mark Daniels x
Freddie in drag is from the video for their song 'I want to break free' The video is a parody of a British t.v. show Freddie looks sexy in those heels😀
I am so grateful that as a guy in his 50s, he grew up with these icons!
I'm grateful that my dad used the Queen's music as lullabies😅
Please, react to These Are The Days Of Our Lives, Too Much Love Will Kill You, and No One But You (Only The Good Die Young) - all by Queen
Never winner the grammy queen champions the world
Hy guys...im italian freddi fan....and this is the perfect rocksong....thank you....
Two queen secret weapon singing and playing the show must go on while they’re already realize they’re no longer to carry on
#invisible_hero #F_M #J_D #2020stillmissyou
React to that song again, with lyrics on screen, knowing he had told his band members he had aids and would likely die (and he did), knowing that he had just recovered from a fucked up time in his life (almost blowing off Live Aid) and for the next 4/5 years continued to perform, keeping it a secret.
May has been quoted as saying he wrote it about Fred's life and when it came time to record, didn't think he was well enough to sing it...
Allegedly Freddie replied saying he could and nailed it.
With the pink top and wig: Video I want to break free. Hilarious funny!
Я что через 10 лет должна смотреть 50 цент или Бьенсе. Блин ребят ну серьезно это песня была мне колыбельной!!!!!!!!!
For me ...his best song it said it all and especially at the time.
you don't get the epic context out of it
That is what i am missing in their videos. Try to understand the songs and stop talking about other stuff while watching it.
@@mars76mr yep. That's why I'm a proud hater of this channel.
THE SHOW MUST GO ON was recorded when Freddie Mercury was terminally ill with an aids related disease. He died a month later before it was released...
The 80's was deffo the best decade ever.
I love how you don't stop the video to talk, like other reaction videos. Your friend from Manchester, England, U. K.
I’m a month late but the huge turn out you mentioned was “ live aid “ it was a huge fundraiser viewed by millions of people and the sing was sung and recorded on the last bit of Freddie’s life and it depicts him wanting to continue making music while battling he’s illness
The turnout was from knebworth, I believe
Next day Freddy mercury passed away
May his soul rests in peace
He kept rocking until his last breath even tho he was unable to move simply because he was HIV positive and He was dying from aids yet he took couple shots of vodka and succeeded in recording it in one shot
This is literally the voice of someone who's dying but he is alive within our hearts he is immortal the best frontman in history of the rock industry
So I guess from watching this, you 2 are going to need to react to “I Want to Break Free”!!!!!! (A’s comment “I know we’ve seen that somewhere before”.) Please please. Not many react to that song. One of the best, and a banned video by MTV to boot!!!!!
This some was written for Freddie as he was dying. He was too ill to film a video for the song so they used a compilation of all their other music videos for the song.
I tear up whenever I hear this song
It's a collage of their most popular videos since Freddie was bedridden at the time of its release and therefore too sick for a fresh appearance. Also, he and the band had a secret to guard
You forgot David Bowie❤️
Seriously, it would be hard to find a bad Queen song. Check out their live Wembley performances
if you noticed, this is not an actual music video, this is just a mix of a ton of their other music videos because Queen could never make one due to Freddie's death in 1991. This was the last song they ever recorded, and Brian told Freddie he couldn't do it, but Fred chugged down a Vodka and killed it! Rock the heavens Fred!!!😭❤
The album Innuendo containing this song was released in April 1991 and was recorder between March 1989 and November 1990. The last song which Freddie recorded was Mother Love in May 1991.
All of these clips are from their videos and concerts
I love you Freddie Mercury 💕
He was dying when he recorded this he was so weak he hat to sit down to perform the vocals 😢 but he smashed it
But all over the world queen got more success and successful.!! The last album was Inuendo and it was the most successful queen album.!!
Freddie Mercury Forever Legend
This song hurts when you know he knows that he must die! The Song played at the Funeral
of my cousin😥😥😥😥😥😥
I think it's great the younger generation listening to this music,go further back and listen to some due op groups and of course ELVIS.
Talking about old artists and such, one of the ones I plan to have them react to at some point is Buddy Holly but I haven't settled on which ones from him yet to pick though 'Everyday' is an obvious one.
@@dragoonlordz Yes that's true but personally I would go something less obvious but what ever it's going to be it will be great.
This is a sad song because by the time they finished the song Freddie passed away and also all of this video is from his other songs like when he was dressed up as a girl that’s the song I want to break free
Shame on you comparing Prince to Freddie Mercury ! Freddie was and always will be the greatest singer. The man was and is a legend
What a lame reaction to one of the greatest songs
To still be able to produce a voice like that when dying of aids is amazing
This basically was Freddie's goodbye song!
❤
Freddie is the GOAT.
didnt want to say this....i was there.. :)
How are they not gonna know this song 🤦♀️
If you like Bohemian Rhapsody, you'll love Innuendo
The reason why queen was not successful in the mid and late 80s was, freddie was gay.!! But he was bisexuall.!!
So for the movie, Bohemian Rhapsody, why they didn’t decide to end the movie with Freddy going out the way he did in real life by singing this song, while facing his own mortality. Instead of the movie ending with them performing the iconic live age show is beyond me like it would’ve been a way more triumphant, emotional ending. Because that’s what happened in real life you see that’s one of the major things that pissed me off about the movie is how unrealistic it was to the truth about the bands history. Like they added a bunch of shit in the movie that did not happen just for dramatic affect because apparently they didn’t want to show people the truth about the band and also the reality of Freddys battle with aids. Instead, they just wanted to make a bland, generic boring bio pic for the hot topic crowd. Because they just wanted everybody going home feeling better about themselves instead of making people feel the weight of the reality of the band, and how Freddie Mercury really died. The movie was really bad. It could’ve been so much better like for a band like queen, who was big, an epic and larger than life that’s exactly how they should’ve made the movie because that’s how the band was in real life. They should’ve made it bigger and epic and larger than life. Instead, it’s just a bland, generic uninspiring greatest hits biopic for the fucking hot topic crowd. It was a terrible movie like I personally thought the biopic about Mötley Crüe was better than this because the thing is, they didn’t shy away from the reality of the bands history. Like they showed you the nitty-gritty reality of motley Crue‘s rise to fame and the sex and the drugs and the Mayham that they caused. And also another thing I hated about the movie was how they represented Freddie Mercury like you got to understand something. Freddie was a very confident man put in the movie they make it seem like he’s conflicted about his sexuality. Like that’s not true, he was never conflicted. He was a very confident man. And also another thing that wasn’t true was when Freddy told is bandmates about him having aids. They made it seem like he told the band before live aid, which is a bunch of bullshit that never happened. Freddie Mercury told his band mates after live aid. And why they didn’t have this song featured in the film is beyond me. Oh yeah, I forgot it’s because it didn’t become a big hit so basically the biopic was pointless because all it was was just a greatest hits sing-along biopic movie. It’s a goddamn shame because the show must go on should have been a huge hit. I mean, for god sake’s Freddie Mercury sang this song, while facing his own mortality, and he recorded it in one take while before the band was, fearing that he wasn’t going to be able to hit the notes because of how ill he was.
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