Never. Ever. Interrupt any guitar solo, but especially a Brian May solo. You're forgiven this time. Live and learn guys. Glam rock was at it's height at the time, hence the clothes.
Just came here to say the same thing about not interrupting a Brian May guitar solo. But so glad to see your excitement in looking into some older music. For a lot of it, you won't be disappointed. Love to see your open-mindedness.
Guys let me give you some background on the band and this song. Freddie Mercury is the lead vocalist and plays piano and guitar. He has a 4 octave vocal range. He is considered by many to be the best frontman and singer ever. He got a diploma in graphic design and designed the band’s logo. Sir Dr Brian May is the lead guitarist and vocalist. He also plays keyboards and harp. He has a PhD in Astrophysics and has an IQ north of 180. He was knighted 2 years ago. He and his father made his guitar when he was 16 out of things around the house. The neck was hand carved from a 100 year old fireplace mantle, the body from an oak table, the tremolo bar from bicycle parts and his mother’s knitting needle. His guitar has a very unique sound you won’t find with anyone else and 60 years later he is still using it. It is called The Red Special. Roger Taylor is the drummer, vocalist and also plays guitar. He went to school to become a dentist but got bored and got a degree in Biology. He has a 3 and a half octave vocal range and a very high falsetto earning him the nickname, the dog whistle. He is considered by some to be one of the top 10 rock drummers ever. John Deacon is the bassist and also plays double bass, piano/keyboards and drums. He graduated with high honors in engineering. He made an amp called the Deacy Amp out of a speaker cabinet and parts he found in the trash. He gave the amp to Brian which enables Brian’s guitar to make different instrumental and orchestral sounds. Every member of the band wrote at least 1 number one hit and all were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Bohemian Rhapsody is considered by many to be the greatest rock and roll song ever and their video for it revolutionized the way music videos were made and used, paving the way for the inception of tv channels like MTV. Queen are 4 equal members of one of the best bands of all time.
4 octaves for Freddy's vocal range is a little too much. Something like "he was reliably able to hit notes from the booming low of F#2 to the high pitch G5 - that covers a full three octaves" is more accurate. His voice was amazing and well used in each song, I love it, but one thing that makes a good singer is that never push their limits while singing live. Freddy did it even in the studio and that makes his performances more human, more warmth. Trivia: Prince is ranked as the third male rock singer in vocal range with 5 octaves and 3 semitones.
you should watch the crowd singing along to this while waiting for a Green day concert to start. It shows how will known this song is and loved, even 50 years later.
The bassist, John Deacon, retired after Freddie died. The guitarist, Sir Brian May, Ph.D., and drummer, Roger Taylor, have continued to tour with different singers. They are still awesome live.
@@GreatestFrontman I've been a Queenie for 50 years plus and I still miss everything about him, but I'm excited we have a other generation to bring into the Queenie Family! Keep playing the music because that is what keeps Freddie with us.🌈💙👑🫶
The truth is Aids is man made and he was murdered. Sloan Bella the famous psychic did a video not on Freddie but on a rapper called Easy E - Easy E went to the 'doctor' who used a wooden spatula to the back of the throat that spatula was laced with a virus called AIDS He died a few mnths later Make of that what you will.
Guys, welcome to "ROCK OPERA!" Rock + Opera. Bohemian Rhapsody was written by Freddie Mercury, beginning to end, lyrics + music...everything! You probably saw the movie, "Waynes World" starring Mike Myers. When they're in the car rocking out with their heads bobbing, they were listening to THIS song! That's why the middle section sounded familiar to you. It's one of Queen's best and most successful songs, ever.
❤ Hey boys, so happy to see you back with more Queen, this is 1975, early Queen, so great watching your reactions, a better Christmas present I couldn’t get. Queen did all sorts of music, I don’t think there is any type of music 🎼 they didn’t give a go. True genius’s all of them. So Thankyou ❤
NEVER cut off a video before it ends! You talked over the soft ending that brings this amazing classic song together, then cut off the very end and missed out. Use "reaction etiquette" by stopping the song to make your comments (and satisfy You Tube rules by stopping at least twice per song so they won't take it down), then BACK UP A FEW SECONDS to start it again so it flows better for your first time hearing, and for us viewers. If you posted a video that didn't have a song title, no one would click on your video, right? Always remember: people ONLY click on a reaction video for a song they love, so they don't want you to talk OVER it, and they don't want you to cut off the ending. And, as someone down below said, listen to the song with headphones, for your own enjoyment, so YOU get the full effect of the song! (You haven't REALLY heard this song until you listen with headphones! When they do that operatic part, the sound goes from ear to ear back and forth.) And, put your video at full volume when you make it, so people can turn it down to their comfort level-- remember that rockers who grew up with this music LIKE IT LOUD. Just some helpful notes for you guys to keep in mind. I liked your reactions, and I'll watch more of your videos in the future to see if you took these suggestions to heart.... and then I'll subscribe and like.
*** You guys really need to react to the Greenday Concert at Wembley Stadium where the crowd sings Bohemian Rhapsody word for word before the concert even starts and without any prompting.
This was 1975 so 10 years before Live Aid. I love this song and have for (nearly) 50 years. This was the first video ever produced as a promotion for a song. The song was charting and Queen was going out on tour so they produced this video in 3 days so that it could be used while they were in another country. At that time, the only way to really promote music in the UK was on a show called Top Of The Pops and they would feature the band who had the #1 song in studio every week on their show. This song stayed at #1 for 9 weeks so they reluctantly had to show this video instead of having the band in their studio. You really do need to listen to this again with headphones. The panning and the ambient sounds are outstanding. It becomes a roller coaster ride for your ears.
@@sherryheim5504 very true! They are missing a lot with Queen if they don’t use headphones. There is one reactor that listened to Bohemian Rhapsody a 2nd time with headphones and wanted to go back and redo all his reactions haha!
Next to watch/react to: Somebody to Love - Live at Montreal 1981 Now I'm here - Live at Wembley 1986 Who wants to live forever - Live at Wembley 1986 It's a kind of magic - Live at Wembley 1986 One vision - Live at Wemley 1986 And another early song and also fabulous live performance: Liar - Live at the Rainbow 1974 Just to name a few.... :-) There are a few songs where studio version is the preferred version, but in general/most times with Queen you can say, live is the one to watch! By the way, the drummer Roger Taylor has a fantastic voice too, in the beginning he sang the very high notes, too. He also sings lead in some songs, like: Rock it - Prime Jive (here take the official lyric video, as there is no real live version. Starts with a beautiful intro of Freddie Mercury, then Roger takes over!) I'm in love with my car - Live at Montreal 1981 (here Roger is singing and playing the drums at the same time)
Don't forget the greatest hidden gem in the Queen catalog, "White Queen " A Night at the Odeon, Hammersmith, Live 1975 . I don't think they're ready for, " March of the Black Queen " quite yet.😅
You guys are just wonderful. I like that you have such natural reactions to everything you have been showing. A big difference between Queen at Live Aid and this production of a single song is the huge interaction with the crowd of 72,000 people at Live Aid. Look up Freddie Mercury to learn more about the story behind his incredible voice and his multi-octave range.
Freddie Mercury, Queen!! They will ROCK you, you should listen to more of their music, totally different from what the last couple of generations have produced.
Another One Bites the dust, Don't Stop me Now, Somebody to Love, We will Rock You, We are the Champions, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, The Show Must Go On, Fat Button Girls, Save Me, Radio Gaga, Love of my Life, and so many more timeless hits...
Thanks, guys - yes, as commented below -- headphones, please! it's a whole new experience... appreciate your reaction... (well, this was in 1975... almost FIFTY years ago) -- I saw your reaction to Live Aid performance.. y'all know a lot more Queen songs than you realize - lol
If you think this is surreal, listen to My Fairy King, and if you want crowd participation watch the vid of the Green Day gig crowd singng BoRhap whilst waiting for Green Day to take the stage! I envy you guys seeing BoRhap for the first time, I've watched it so many times and never get bored of seeing it, it's a true rhapsody, an a cappela ballad, an opera and a crazy rocker all in one place! A crime, confession, trial and punishment. Queen were their own genre, and every one a gem.
Guys you should definitely react to the crowd singing this song while waiting for a Green Day concert to start to realise just how big it was in the UK
"Bohemian Rhapsody" is from Queen's 4th studio album, "A Night at the Opera" (released Nov. 28, 1975). The single was released October 31, 1975 and reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1976. The album reached number 4 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart in 1976.
"I thought they were a rock band" lol! Hang on guys, you're in for a wild ride if keep going down the Queen rabbit hole. And you absolutely need headphones to fully appreciate their music. Great reaction, thanks!
This video was made when this beautiful song was first released in 1975. Queen was doing MTV loooong before there was an MTV. His performance at the Live Aid concert in Wembley Stadium was 10 years later. Freddie Mercury was truly touched by God. His classical training is all over this composition, and I feel truly blessed to have been around when he was around making such great music. He is still missed by me and his legion of fans. Yes, Brian has a Ph.D in Astrophysics.
I like how you put it, that Freddie has a heavy voice. Yes, that. Which is why it sounds so epic when he'd just keep sending it higher and higher into the stratosphere. Because his voice was very grounded and warm and earthy, but he could just let it fly away like that. Such a fantastic song.
Nice reaction! Just as a suggestiont it's really better to listen to it with headphones. A Rhapsody is a musical piece composed of different parts that are distinct from each other. Here there are five parts: intro, ballade, operatic section, rock, coda.
Elvis Presley popularized jumpsuits. Check out every genre for different iterations of jumpsuits, belts, rhinestones. All Elvis inspired. This was immediately following his time. Freddie was a unique and tortured soul. Such talent.
It was three bits of songs that Freddie had, and eventually threw together. It was twice as long as a regular single so the record label was reluctant to issue it, and radio shows were reluctant to play it. What saved it was Kenny Everett (qv) playing a private reel-to-reel tape of it repeatedly on his radio show - first some parts as teasers, then he played the full piece 14 times over 2 days - and the public loved it. The following Monday record stores were besieged by fans demanding the record, only to be told it hadn't actually been released yet! It was a similar story in the USA - a radio producer heard Everett's show, somehow got a copy of the tape, and played it in the USA - again fans were demanding the record before it had been released. In the UK it spent 9 weeks at number one, including Christmas week. After Freddie died the same version was rereleased and again became the Christmas number one - the only time the same version of a song has achieved that.
Kind of the same thing happened with American Pie in 1971 - record company didn’t want to release such a long single. Turned out, at over 8 minutes it was the longest song to hold the billboard #1 slot for almost 50 years.
He commuted a crime…the beginning, a confession. The middle operatic like section is a trial. The rock portion is him not wanting to accept his fate. The ending…he just gives in. Actually, most people think he’s coming out of the closet here and trying to reconcile his two lives. Freddie was raised Zoroastrian, the most ancient religion on earth. His parents…he feared their reaction. And his own feelings…he was bisexual or pansexual, not gay. Back then, not at all accepted, though he was and always was himself, not caring what anyone thought except those closest to him. RIP, Legend. 🙏❤
I know the song a long time and loved it, but I saw ans listened to it again after your comment and it makes so much sense in the lyrics and song and ads even more to and already legendary song. Thank you
The song came out in 1975 EMI’s executive producer Ray Foster refused to release it, saying “it’s to long”, and due to that, Queens left that studio. It became Queens most famous song, putting them on the map and earned them a platinum award.
What a great reaction from you guys…… I really enjoyed watching both of you.😊. Please remember that this song, the outfits and the hair are all 50 years old……but the singing and the music still lives today. Please….you absolutely must react to “Somebody to Love” live in Montreal 1981 ….. the outfits and hair will be gone ….but the incredible singing, music and performance will live forever. No autotune…..pure talent. Queen has so many other songs, many that you will probably recognize….or at least heard parts of before. Thank you for reacting to this iconic song ….please continue.
Someone to love live from Montreal is a great example of what they do, but it’s almost impossible to watch a song and not like it. They are insanely talented
In the 70's, Queen was the only group who introduced and combined rock n' roll and opera together and was very successful. Queen is from the 70's and there were fire and very popular throughout the 70's and 80's. Saw them twice in Indianapolis, one of the best concerts I've ever been to. "Killer Queen" and "You're My Best Friend" are two other early Queen songs that were very popular.
I was 1977 and I was 16 years old when I saw Queen live in NY and I've loved them ever since. I hope you dive into the Queen catalog because their songs are once in a lifetime great, so don't stop now listen to more Queen and headphones or ear buds are a must when listening to Queen, for real. Love watching you discover brilliant music. 🫶👑💙🌈
Watch one of the good documentaries on Queen. This song had multi-tracked (analogue obviously) choruses which explains why not all the song could be 'live'. NOT that they didn't have sufficient talent, it is Freddie alone singing them. The song alludes to Mercury 'coming out' to himself and his religious, fairly strict Madagascan origin parents (which would have been devastatingly difficult for anyone at the time, let alone someone pretty famous).
The fashion / clothes they are wearing in this video was part of the 70's Glam Rock Other 70's glam rock bands: Sweet, T-Rex, Roxy Music, New York Dolls.
Not only is Brian an Astrophysicist, the whole band was educated. John the bassist has a engineering degree, Roger, the drummer a degree in biology and Freddie was in college for design I think.
This is from 1975 and we were instant fans as it was quite original and genius. Please do yourselves a favor and next time you have headphones, re-listen! You must get full experience. ✌️
Since you said you liked the guitarist, here are some of their songs that he wrote and have excellent riffs and solos - Keep Yourself Alive, Now I’m Here, Stone Cold Crazy, It’s Late, Fat Bottomed Girls and my personal favorite, Tie Your Mother Down.
Guys, Queen’s record label did not want to release this song as a single, citing its length at almost 6 minutes being twice the normal length of the usual 3 minute pop song to be played on the radio. However, Freddie Mercury, the lead singer (and the writer of this particular song) was adamant it be released and reluctantly their record label agreed. Kenny Everett, a London DJ, was a friend of Freddie’s and loved Queen, and to help the band get the song the exposure it needed would tease his listeners by playing the song, but would chop it up into little bits, so eventually they would be able to hear the whole song during his radio slot and decide for themselves if they liked it or not. The plan worked and when audience demand for the song to be heard in its entirety intensified, the radio station had to give in to public pressure, and Everett (and other DJ’s) were allowed to play it in full. Bohemian Rhapsody was released as a single in the UK at the end of October 1975 and became the UK Christmas number one, holding the top position for nine weeks. The song was the first ever to get to number one in the UK twice with the same version, and is also the only single to have been Christmas number one twice with the same version. The second was upon its re-release (as a double A-side single with "These Are the Days of Our Lives") in 1991, following Freddie’s death in November that year, staying at number one for five weeks.
@@Mikey-DiLo He played parts as teasers, then over 2 days played the full piece 14 times. Fans besieged stores to get copies, but we're told it hadn't been released! The record company had to release it
Hi, just discovered your channel. I appreciate your respect for Queen, their music and even their 'look', which was common for the bands of that time.Queen, like the Beatles before them, changed themselves, their music and music for everyone. I recommend that you start watching early Queen of the 1970s and move on to the last in 1991. You'll get a better idea of how these four musicians changed the world. Thanks so much.
I don't know if anyone has suggested this already, but IF you want to hear an impromptu spur of the moment crowd singing this whole song, look up 'Green Day Bohemian Rhapsody' It was an outside concert in Hyde Park, UK. Random music was being played while the stage and the band were setting up, and Bohemian Rhapsody came on...and the crowd decided to sing. 75k+ unbelievable magical moment. Note that it's probably the only song. Literally, everyone in the UK knows word for word and will sing at the drop of a hat 😆
Yess,freddie is a,musical genius the best showman ever chosen by youtube,(mojo) freddie wrote this masterpiece and also is responsible to all the producing too is very well done andcalculate every single thing in producing this one you should see the movie bohemian rhapsody 2018❤❤❤
Queen is a rock band. Just because they are rock doesn't mean the band won't have slower songs, ballads if you will. Some of the hardest heavy metal bands of the 80's had a ballad or two in their catalog. As for this song, it's a rock opera from their 1975 album, A Night at the Opera. The rock band The Who also did a rock opera album with a movie: Tommy.
Hi, love Queen, being old I grew up listening to them, I was 14 when Bohemian Rhapsody hit the charts, be sure to check out " Somebody to Love, live in Montreal Montreal 1981 , BTW Brian May lives a couple miles down the road from me, Regards SJ, UK.
You should definitely listen to the song with headphones! One more thing: NEVER interrupt a Brian May guitar solo!
Never. Ever. Interrupt any guitar solo, but especially a Brian May solo. You're forgiven this time. Live and learn guys. Glam rock was at it's height at the time, hence the clothes.
What they said.
I agree with Elena! 👍🎶
Just came here to say the same thing about not interrupting a Brian May guitar solo. But so glad to see your excitement in looking into some older music. For a lot of it, you won't be disappointed. Love to see your open-mindedness.
When you hear the sound move from side to side.. a new and unique thing at the time... it's a wow moment when wearing headphones, or even ear buds.
Guys let me give you some background on the band and this song. Freddie Mercury is the lead vocalist and plays piano and guitar. He has a 4 octave vocal range. He is considered by many to be the best frontman and singer ever. He got a diploma in graphic design and designed the band’s logo. Sir Dr Brian May is the lead guitarist and vocalist. He also plays keyboards and harp. He has a PhD in Astrophysics and has an IQ north of 180. He was knighted 2 years ago. He and his father made his guitar when he was 16 out of things around the house. The neck was hand carved from a 100 year old fireplace mantle, the body from an oak table, the tremolo bar from bicycle parts and his mother’s knitting needle. His guitar has a very unique sound you won’t find with anyone else and 60 years later he is still using it. It is called The Red Special. Roger Taylor is the drummer, vocalist and also plays guitar. He went to school to become a dentist but got bored and got a degree in Biology. He has a 3 and a half octave vocal range and a very high falsetto earning him the nickname, the dog whistle. He is considered by some to be one of the top 10 rock drummers ever. John Deacon is the bassist and also plays double bass, piano/keyboards and drums. He graduated with high honors in engineering. He made an amp called the Deacy Amp out of a speaker cabinet and parts he found in the trash. He gave the amp to Brian which enables Brian’s guitar to make different instrumental and orchestral sounds. Every member of the band wrote at least 1 number one hit and all were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Bohemian Rhapsody is considered by many to be the greatest rock and roll song ever and their video for it revolutionized the way music videos were made and used, paving the way for the inception of tv channels like MTV. Queen are 4 equal members of one of the best bands of all time.
Was aware of some of those facts but mind blown by the other things! Thank you so much for the info❣️🖤🥰
Great summary!
Thank you so much for this info. Always loved Queen and have seen them several times, but didn't know a lot of this. Really great comment.
4 octaves for Freddy's vocal range is a little too much. Something like "he was reliably able to hit notes from the booming low of F#2 to the high pitch G5 - that covers a full three octaves" is more accurate. His voice was amazing and well used in each song, I love it, but one thing that makes a good singer is that never push their limits while singing live. Freddy did it even in the studio and that makes his performances more human, more warmth.
Trivia: Prince is ranked as the third male rock singer in vocal range with 5 octaves and 3 semitones.
Great info - thanks 👌
This song is 50 years old ! I was 13 when this came out , This song basically put them on the map !
Somebody to love - Queen live in Montreal 1981❤
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Queen sings everything.....they are their own genre!!
Many consider Bohemian Rhapsody the best Rock song ever and Freddy Mercury the best singer EVER.
FREDDIE
you should watch the crowd singing along to this while waiting for a Green day concert to start. It shows how will known this song is and loved, even 50 years later.
Was going to mention this one. Thank you so much for sharing this. =)
Yes! Entirely word for word by people that weren't even born when this came out. Leave it to Freddie and Queen to have a concert without showing up!
The bassist, John Deacon, retired after Freddie died. The guitarist, Sir Brian May, Ph.D., and drummer, Roger Taylor, have continued to tour with different singers. They are still awesome live.
Spend time learning about Freddie Mercury's life. He was an amazing man, so talented. He died of AIDS in 1991, it was so, so sad.
And some of us are still mourning 😢😢 Miss Freddie so very much!!
@@GreatestFrontman I've been a Queenie for 50 years plus and I still miss everything about him, but I'm excited we have a other generation to bring into the Queenie Family! Keep playing the music because that is what keeps Freddie with us.🌈💙👑🫶
One night the news was that he had AIDS, which was a shock.
The next night his death was announced. That was the gutpunch.
The truth is Aids is man made and he was murdered.
Sloan Bella the famous psychic did a video not on Freddie but on a rapper called Easy E -
Easy E went to the 'doctor' who used a wooden spatula to the back of the throat that spatula was laced with a virus called AIDS
He died a few mnths later
Make of that what you will.
Guys, welcome to "ROCK OPERA!" Rock + Opera. Bohemian Rhapsody was written by Freddie Mercury, beginning to end, lyrics + music...everything! You probably saw the movie, "Waynes World" starring Mike Myers. When they're in the car rocking out with their heads bobbing, they were listening to THIS song! That's why the middle section sounded familiar to you. It's one of Queen's best and most successful songs, ever.
❤ Hey boys, so happy to see you back with more Queen, this is 1975, early Queen, so great watching your reactions, a better Christmas present I couldn’t get. Queen did all sorts of music, I don’t think there is any type of music 🎼 they didn’t give a go. True genius’s all of them. So Thankyou ❤
NEVER cut off a video before it ends! You talked over the soft ending that brings this amazing classic song together, then cut off the very end and missed out. Use "reaction etiquette" by stopping the song to make your comments (and satisfy You Tube rules by stopping at least twice per song so they won't take it down), then BACK UP A FEW SECONDS to start it again so it flows better for your first time hearing, and for us viewers. If you posted a video that didn't have a song title, no one would click on your video, right? Always remember: people ONLY click on a reaction video for a song they love, so they don't want you to talk OVER it, and they don't want you to cut off the ending. And, as someone down below said, listen to the song with headphones, for your own enjoyment, so YOU get the full effect of the song! (You haven't REALLY heard this song until you listen with headphones! When they do that operatic part, the sound goes from ear to ear back and forth.) And, put your video at full volume when you make it, so people can turn it down to their comfort level-- remember that rockers who grew up with this music LIKE IT LOUD. Just some helpful notes for you guys to keep in mind. I liked your reactions, and I'll watch more of your videos in the future to see if you took these suggestions to heart.... and then I'll subscribe and like.
*** You guys really need to react to the Greenday Concert at Wembley Stadium where the crowd sings Bohemian Rhapsody word for word before the concert even starts and without any prompting.
I love seeing the younger generation discovering Queen. They were/are the best bands. And Freddy Mercury voice, amazing and Brian may guitar.
This was 1975 so 10 years before Live Aid. I love this song and have for (nearly) 50 years. This was the first video ever produced as a promotion for a song. The song was charting and Queen was going out on tour so they produced this video in 3 days so that it could be used while they were in another country. At that time, the only way to really promote music in the UK was on a show called Top Of The Pops and they would feature the band who had the #1 song in studio every week on their show. This song stayed at #1 for 9 weeks so they reluctantly had to show this video instead of having the band in their studio. You really do need to listen to this again with headphones. The panning and the ambient sounds are outstanding. It becomes a roller coaster ride for your ears.
@@sherryheim5504 very true! They are missing a lot with Queen if they don’t use headphones. There is one reactor that listened to Bohemian Rhapsody a 2nd time with headphones and wanted to go back and redo all his reactions haha!
@@Mikey-DiLo Mr. Video did the same. He was blown away by the difference.
@ yes it was him. He is pretty funny!
Always love seeing people discover Queen!
Freddie Mercury was a musical genius ❤. Please do more Queen.
50 years ago, boys! And fresh as ever. 33 years since our dear Freddie passed. Take those numbers in, and wonder if anything today will age as well.
One of the best songs ever written, you should also react to Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie
Next to watch/react to:
Somebody to Love - Live at Montreal 1981
Now I'm here - Live at Wembley 1986
Who wants to live forever - Live at Wembley 1986
It's a kind of magic - Live at Wembley 1986
One vision - Live at Wemley 1986
And another early song and also fabulous live performance:
Liar - Live at the Rainbow 1974
Just to name a few.... :-)
There are a few songs where studio version is the preferred version, but in general/most times with Queen you can say, live is the one to watch!
By the way, the drummer Roger Taylor has a fantastic voice too, in the beginning he sang the very high notes, too. He also sings lead in some songs, like:
Rock it - Prime Jive (here take the official lyric video, as there is no real live version. Starts with a beautiful intro of Freddie Mercury, then Roger takes over!)
I'm in love with my car - Live at Montreal 1981 (here Roger is singing and playing the drums at the same time)
Don't forget the greatest hidden gem in the Queen catalog, "White Queen " A Night at the Odeon, Hammersmith, Live 1975 . I don't think they're ready for, " March of the Black Queen " quite yet.😅
Freddies version of an opera. Hes magnificent. The whole band is outstanding. ❤❤❤❤
You guys are just wonderful. I like that you have such natural reactions to everything you have been showing. A big difference between Queen at Live Aid and this production of a single song is the huge interaction with the crowd of 72,000 people at Live Aid. Look up Freddie Mercury to learn more about the story behind his incredible voice and his multi-octave range.
This song is a masterpiece. Unbelievably creative. God bless queen.
R.I.P FREDDIE WE MISS YOU
Freddie Mercury, Queen!! They will ROCK you, you should listen to more of their music, totally different from what the last couple of generations have produced.
Another One Bites the dust, Don't Stop me Now, Somebody to Love, We will Rock You, We are the Champions, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, The Show Must Go On, Fat Button Girls, Save Me, Radio Gaga, Love of my Life, and so many more timeless hits...
Headphones absolutely needed👍😊
Thanks, guys - yes, as commented below -- headphones, please! it's a whole new experience... appreciate your reaction... (well, this was in 1975... almost FIFTY years ago) -- I saw your reaction to Live Aid performance.. y'all know a lot more Queen songs than you realize - lol
If you think this is surreal, listen to My Fairy King, and if you want crowd participation watch the vid of the Green Day gig crowd singng BoRhap whilst waiting for Green Day to take the stage! I envy you guys seeing BoRhap for the first time, I've watched it so many times and never get bored of seeing it, it's a true rhapsody, an a cappela ballad, an opera and a crazy rocker all in one place! A crime, confession, trial and punishment. Queen were their own genre, and every one a gem.
This is considered Rock opera!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s a defensible position to say this is the greatest song in history.
They were an EVERYTHING band.
Watch the movie Bohemian Rhapsody... It will give you a little insight into the band .
Also , I think there is a documentary about Queen
In case no one told you, Brian May, the astrophysicist, built that guitar with his dad when he was a kid.
Guys you should definitely react to the crowd singing this song while waiting for a Green Day concert to start to realise just how big it was in the UK
Check out the 2017 Green Day concert from Hyde Park. 65,000 people singing Bohemian Rhapsody. Beautiful tribute to Freddie and Queen
Keep going down the queen rabbit hole there catalog is huge and there live performances are incredible R.I.P FREDDIE WE MISS YOU
What’s up fellas!!! New to your channel. Just listened to your Live aid video so now checkin it all out.
Freddie coming out
They are the best Rock band. Freddie was so flamboyant. Always the entertainer. Brian May was brilliant.
Another fantastic group you should definitely listen to is Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall”, “Money”, “Dark Side of the Moon”. Thanks guys 👍
"Bohemian Rhapsody" is from Queen's 4th studio album, "A Night at the Opera" (released Nov. 28, 1975). The single was released October 31, 1975 and reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1976. The album reached number 4 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart in 1976.
Check out , Somebody to love, live in Montreal
"I thought they were a rock band" lol! Hang on guys, you're in for a wild ride if keep going down the Queen rabbit hole. And you absolutely need headphones to fully appreciate their music. Great reaction, thanks!
Thought the same thing….Oh, they’re a rock band. Hold tight.
This video was made when this beautiful song was first released in 1975. Queen was doing MTV loooong before there was an MTV. His performance at the Live Aid concert in Wembley Stadium was 10 years later. Freddie Mercury was truly touched by God. His classical training is all over this composition, and I feel truly blessed to have been around when he was around making such great music. He is still missed by me and his legion of fans. Yes, Brian has a Ph.D in Astrophysics.
I think you guys will *love* to watch the film QUEEN, done a few years ago about the story of the band.
We Queen fans have a rule. Never, ever interrupt the amazing Brian May guitar solos
True, need headphones
I like how you put it, that Freddie has a heavy voice. Yes, that. Which is why it sounds so epic when he'd just keep sending it higher and higher into the stratosphere. Because his voice was very grounded and warm and earthy, but he could just let it fly away like that. Such a fantastic song.
Nice reaction! Just as a suggestiont it's really better to listen to it with headphones. A Rhapsody is a musical piece composed of different parts that are distinct from each other. Here there are five parts: intro, ballade, operatic section, rock, coda.
Elvis Presley popularized jumpsuits. Check out every genre for different iterations of jumpsuits, belts, rhinestones. All Elvis inspired. This was immediately following his time.
Freddie was a unique and tortured soul. Such talent.
This song is like listening to 3 songs in one
It was three bits of songs that Freddie had, and eventually threw together. It was twice as long as a regular single so the record label was reluctant to issue it, and radio shows were reluctant to play it. What saved it was Kenny Everett (qv) playing a private reel-to-reel tape of it repeatedly on his radio show - first some parts as teasers, then he played the full piece 14 times over 2 days - and the public loved it. The following Monday record stores were besieged by fans demanding the record, only to be told it hadn't actually been released yet!
It was a similar story in the USA - a radio producer heard Everett's show, somehow got a copy of the tape, and played it in the USA - again fans were demanding the record before it had been released.
In the UK it spent 9 weeks at number one, including Christmas week. After Freddie died the same version was rereleased and again became the Christmas number one - the only time the same version of a song has achieved that.
Kind of the same thing happened with American Pie in 1971 - record company didn’t want to release such a long single. Turned out, at over 8 minutes it was the longest song to hold the billboard #1 slot for almost 50 years.
There is no other song like Bohemian rhapsody
He commuted a crime…the beginning, a confession. The middle operatic like section is a trial. The rock portion is him not wanting to accept his fate. The ending…he just gives in. Actually, most people think he’s coming out of the closet here and trying to reconcile his two lives. Freddie was raised Zoroastrian, the most ancient religion on earth. His parents…he feared their reaction. And his own feelings…he was bisexual or pansexual, not gay. Back then, not at all accepted, though he was and always was himself, not caring what anyone thought except those closest to him. RIP, Legend. 🙏❤
I know the song a long time and loved it, but I saw ans listened to it again after your comment and it makes so much sense in the lyrics and song and ads even more to and already legendary song. Thank you
Watch this song live from Montreal in 1981 next.
Queen also did the theme song for Highlander the movie Who wants to live forever.
It makes my heart happy to see you discover how amazing “old” music is. Keep going down the rabbit hole guys!
YOU'D BE SURPRIZED HOW MANY ROCKERS ARE HIGHLY EDUCATED!!! MUSIC LESSONS PAID OFF!!! 🎤📯🎻🎺🎷🎸🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎤📯🎻🎺🎸🎷
The song came out in 1975
EMI’s executive producer Ray Foster refused to release it, saying “it’s to long”, and due to that, Queens left that studio.
It became Queens most famous song, putting them on the map and earned them a platinum award.
This is one of the best songs ever written
This is why I love watching these reaction videos. Opening music and artists like Queen, Prince, even EM to younger generations❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
What a great reaction from you guys…… I really enjoyed watching both of you.😊. Please remember that this song, the outfits and the hair are all 50 years old……but the singing and the music still lives today. Please….you absolutely must react to “Somebody to Love” live in Montreal 1981 ….. the outfits and hair will be gone ….but the incredible singing, music and performance will live forever. No autotune…..pure talent. Queen has so many other songs, many that you will probably recognize….or at least heard parts of before. Thank you for reacting to this iconic song ….please continue.
Someone to love live from Montreal is a great example of what they do, but it’s almost impossible to watch a song and not like it.
They are insanely talented
In the 70's, Queen was the only group who introduced and combined rock n' roll and opera together and was very successful. Queen is from the 70's and there were fire and very popular throughout the 70's and 80's. Saw them twice in Indianapolis, one of the best concerts I've ever been to. "Killer Queen" and "You're My Best Friend" are two other early Queen songs that were very popular.
try 'Green Day crowd sing Bohemian Rhapsody at the British Summer Time Festival - Hyde Park, London' 2017 Its crazy fire!
I was 1977 and I was 16 years old when I saw Queen live in NY and I've loved them ever since. I hope you dive into the Queen catalog because their songs are once in a lifetime great, so don't stop now listen to more Queen and headphones or ear buds are a must when listening to Queen, for real. Love watching you discover brilliant music. 🫶👑💙🌈
This song was No1 in England over Christmas 1975. The Live Aid concert was 10 years later.
Watch one of the good documentaries on Queen. This song had multi-tracked (analogue obviously) choruses which explains why not all the song could be 'live'. NOT that they didn't have sufficient talent, it is Freddie alone singing them. The song alludes to Mercury 'coming out' to himself and his religious, fairly strict Madagascan origin parents (which would have been devastatingly difficult for anyone at the time, let alone someone pretty famous).
THEY ARE A ROCK BAND...AND MUCH MORE!!!!💋💋❤❤👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼💋💋
Thank you boys it’s always amazing seeing young people reacting to Queen you must watch Queen at live aid 20 minutes of pure heaven take care x x
The fashion / clothes they are wearing in this video was part of the 70's Glam Rock
Other 70's glam rock bands: Sweet, T-Rex, Roxy Music, New York Dolls.
Bohemian Rhapsody was released in 1975.
The clothes and hair are glam rock style.
Guys get yourself some headphones or earbuds and listen to this again. You are missing a lot with Queen if you don’t use them.
Not only is Brian an Astrophysicist, the whole band was educated. John the bassist has a engineering degree, Roger, the drummer a degree in biology and Freddie was in college for design I think.
You have to listen with headphones!! It’s amazing!
This is from 1975 and we were instant fans as it was quite original and genius. Please do yourselves a favor and next time you have headphones, re-listen! You must get full experience. ✌️
Yo guys ‼️do queen “ another one bites the dust “ you might have heard some of it before. Or sampled 💥thanks bosses
Quick tip…when you pause, bring it back a couple of seconds so you don’t miss anything😉
Since you said you liked the guitarist, here are some of their songs that he wrote and have excellent riffs and solos - Keep Yourself Alive, Now I’m Here, Stone Cold Crazy, It’s Late, Fat Bottomed Girls and my personal favorite, Tie Your Mother Down.
Probably the best educated band in history.
This was the 1st ever music video for VHS
50 years old this year
The movie is on Hulu guys. This was released in 1975.
notice bands of this era are truly live. no earpieces giving them a guide-track or even monitor. all live
Guys, Queen’s record label did not want to release this song as a single, citing its length at almost 6 minutes being twice the normal length of the usual 3 minute pop song to be played on the radio. However, Freddie Mercury, the lead singer (and the writer of this particular song) was adamant it be released and reluctantly their record label agreed.
Kenny Everett, a London DJ, was a friend of Freddie’s and loved Queen, and to help the band get the song the exposure it needed would tease his listeners by playing the song, but would chop it up into little bits, so eventually they would be able to hear the whole song during his radio slot and decide for themselves if they liked it or not. The plan worked and when audience demand for the song to be heard in its entirety intensified, the radio station had to give in to public pressure, and Everett (and other DJ’s) were allowed to play it in full.
Bohemian Rhapsody was released as a single in the UK at the end of October 1975 and became the UK Christmas number one, holding the top position for nine weeks. The song was the first ever to get to number one in the UK twice with the same version, and is also the only single to have been Christmas number one twice with the same version. The second was upon its re-release (as a double A-side single with "These Are the Days of Our Lives") in 1991, following Freddie’s death in November that year, staying at number one for five weeks.
@@andrewroberts299 fascinating! Thanks for the info. I didn’t know Kenny Everett chopped up the song.
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He played parts as teasers, then over 2 days played the full piece 14 times. Fans besieged stores to get copies, but we're told it hadn't been released!
The record company had to release it
There is a video of a crowd before a Green Day concert and the whole audience sang this song. You should definitely watch it.
Hi, just discovered your channel. I appreciate your respect for Queen, their music and even their 'look', which was common for the bands of that time.Queen, like the Beatles before them, changed themselves, their music and music for everyone. I recommend that you start watching early Queen of the 1970s and move on to the last in 1991. You'll get a better idea of how these four musicians changed the world. Thanks so much.
It was genius!!!
I don't know if anyone has suggested this already, but IF you want to hear an impromptu spur of the moment crowd singing this whole song, look up 'Green Day Bohemian Rhapsody'
It was an outside concert in Hyde Park, UK. Random music was being played while the stage and the band were setting up, and Bohemian Rhapsody came on...and the crowd decided to sing. 75k+ unbelievable magical moment.
Note that it's probably the only song. Literally, everyone in the UK knows word for word and will sing at the drop of a hat 😆
Singing from the Heart🤎 LOVE QUEEN 🫶🏼Freddie loved Opera so they mixed it. What a Brilliant Idea 💙
You should watch the Green Day concert, where the crowd sings along to this song....incredible...
You have to react to green day crowd at Hyde park singing this song, it will blow your mind, give it a go, 60,000 strong crowd
Yess,freddie is a,musical genius the best showman ever chosen by youtube,(mojo) freddie wrote this masterpiece and also is responsible to all the producing too is very well done andcalculate every single thing in producing this one you should see the movie bohemian rhapsody 2018❤❤❤
Oh you committed a cardinal sin. Never interrupt a Brian May solo 😂
Best song. Rock opera. Freddy is the best ever. Period. Same with the guutar player,
This is in the movie Waynes World. The movie brought them back to popularity. The band also did the soundtrack for the movie Flash Gordon...
Queen is a rock band. Just because they are rock doesn't mean the band won't have slower songs, ballads if you will. Some of the hardest heavy metal bands of the 80's had a ballad or two in their catalog.
As for this song, it's a rock opera from their 1975 album, A Night at the Opera.
The rock band The Who also did a rock opera album with a movie: Tommy.
The glad rags were all part of the theatre of it
Best song ever!!!
Hi, love Queen, being old I grew up listening to them, I was 14 when Bohemian Rhapsody hit the charts, be sure to check out " Somebody to Love, live in Montreal Montreal 1981 , BTW Brian May lives a couple miles down the road from me, Regards SJ, UK.