BEST PERFORMANCE I'VE EVER SEEN! - Queen - Somebody To Love - HD Live - 1981 Montreal
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Can we take a minute, and recognize the vocal brilliance of Mr Taylor on drums. Those harmonies are divine!
we already have.
And a great pair of legs in I want to break free lol
He had an awesome rock voice. Kinda like axel rose towards the end of the song. Amazing
Amen ❤
Yes we can!
Freddie’s level of crowd control is eternally unmatched
He plays the audience like a virtuoso at their instrument.
It's not just Freddie. The whole band makes this fabulous, especially Roger on drums. His singing is great too.
Freddie was an absolute goat
Yes, yes he was.
Freddie is the GOAT
Absolutely. No one could ever be compared to him . He was one of a kind ❤
Still my absolute fave to this day.
Freddie still Is the Goat, Always will be!! Long Live Freddie!!
We only had Freddie for 45 years. What joy he gave us in such a short time. RIP Freddie!
we still have him
@@cnervip Thank God for awesome filming!
@@janetd8198filming, recording, pictures, writings, people who knew him, his influence not only in music - we have a lot of freddie still around us. never been a hardcore queen fan, but never disliked any song an hear them from time to time, but the videos are the best, the way freddie acted on the stage, confident, proud, and having fun all while killing it with vocals, piano and managing the crowd. never new him in life but he was more than a man
Best frontman the world will ever see
Cliff, when I saw your smile I broke out in tears. This man right there and the boys literally saved me two years ago. - What you felt at the end is the"Freddie Effect" as I call it. His spirit and strength comes through so strong when you need it most and can cause these psychosomatic symptoms.- I am just small on YT but I gladly send them all over here if you decide to react to more of their music. The catalogue is endless even without Freddie's solo projects.- I hug you tight ❣
I also find his music very healing whenever i feel down
I discovered Freddie and Queen about 12 years ago when I was suicidal. My ex wife and I were trying to have a baby and one day, she just decided to leave me for another guy. Then she got pregnant. I wanted kids so bad and it really ripped my heart out. And for some reason, I discovered that 4 names I'd heard many times before and 25 songs I knew & heard almost daily were all the same band. Freddie and Queen saved me too. I found out soon that Freddie was so much more than I ever knew: he wasn't just some gay performer and flamboyant LGBT icon like I'd been told for so many years: he was... is... the man who wrote & sang some of the most influential and deep songs humanity has ever heard. He was a kind, sweet man who loved everybody, whether male or female. And because of his love for people, he got AIDS and was taken from the world far too soon.
I too cannot help but to cry some when I hear Freddie. I've heard this song and watched more people react to this song than I could ever count, and every time it feels like I'm hearing it again for the first time when I see people light up from it. My mom liked Queen as much as I did and she died recently. I'm really trying to believe there's something after death but lately all I think there is, is nothing.
RIP mom, RIP Freddie. The two of you saved my life. Thank you.
My eyes swelled up at the cross. Long live Freddie's memory!❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
And me when my mum died. She saw him in concert, and I grew up listening to him. He has a special place in my heart🖤
With “Killer Queen” I went to high school when it came out. Incredible group. RIP Freddy!
Freddie was the best performer ever!!
I read that just when Freddie was "working the crowd", Bri broke a guitar string. You can see him fade to the back to fix it and Freddie was ad libbing to give Bri a little time. You can see Freddie looking behind him to see when Bri come back. And it was utterly flawless. Seamless. Master musicians. All of them.
I read that too, and listened to a musician cogently breaking down the structure of this version, dispelling the claim.
@@thewonkyembouchurea breakdown video here, perhaps? If so, would love to see it.
@@thewonkyembouchure When guys break a string on stage, they just hand him the back up guitar they had at the ready, already plugged in, with the guitar volume knob on zero. Brian May plays a homemade guitar, of which there is no back up. You would have seen a different instrument in later parts of the video. You can't just put on a new string, and then go to town. It has to be stretched out, then tuned, or repeatedly tuned to stretch it out. That breakdown isn't long enough to complete that process. Furthermore, Brian May uses fresh strings, unlike certain players who like them broken in, like Stevie Ray Vaughan. He probably didn't break too many strings on stage, as defects are rare, and they usually break from being old.
Brian had a backup copy of the Red Special for this concert (1981); it was made by John Birch in 1975. It can be seen in the official WWRY video. Brian inadvertently destroyed it onstage in 1982. If he did break a string, the copy was available until the original was ready to go. I pre-stretch my back-up strings for gigs; surprised if Brian's technican didn't do the same.
Regardless of the broken string or not, the band's intelligence flows through. Look at Live Aid, when Freddie's singing Hammer to Fall. He dances with the cameraman and all the cords got wrapped up. Freddie goes to the center of the stage to sing and stays still so the two guys can untangle the cords. You can see the cord get tight and Freddie barely flinches. Then it happens again. You can see Freddie is consciously aware that his mic could unplug accidentally so without even thinking, he grabs the cord so it doesn't get pulled out of the mic. What I always found so cool, is there's a short 3-second clip of Freddie holding the mic and the cord, singling, and putting his hands up. It's pretty humbling because it's just so natural that people don't even notice it. However, and I wish I knew why that clip was chosen, but two short clips of Freddie appear in the ending montage of And the Band Played On, which was a movie made that addressed the beginning of AIDS and set to Elton John's The Last Song. That clip of Fred holding the cord is one of the clips. The other is his performance at Wembley, the Magic tour.
'I won't be a rock star. I'll be a legend.' Freddie Mercury. I was at this concert, 8th row, and center. Spent my 24th birthday there. One of the best live concerts I've ever seen.
Oh wow! That’s awesome! Not jealous at all 😊
I saw Queen around 1977. I would have been around 17. Definitely one of the best live performances I have seen as well.
I worked with a guy, this was his first concert, he was 13 and his dad took him. He said soon as the lights went down, you just saw a thousand lighters flash, and then he got his first smell of marijuana lol
I think he said he would be a God
😭 I know you might have been married and had kids in between but please tell me other than that, was this the best day of your life?
Nobody has ever been Freddie's equal in commanding a stage. Or an audience.
Prince comes close, but Freddie is the goat. No question.
Or singing ❤
Elvis also had Freddie's level of performance.
John Fareham for sure
As Freddie so BOLDLY & eloquently sang "There can be ONLY ONE!" & he was IT.
Always loved him walking around with 3 feet of microphone stand!
Freddie Mercury was truly once in a lifetime
RIP Freddie 😢 Roger's vocal capabilities shine in this one. Him Freddie harmonize so well together ❤
Roger gives me chills with his vocals in this one 😊
Greatest live performance of all time. RIP Freddie, we will never see the likes of you again.
I was 17 when Freddie died and I cried for weeks. I was devastated, completely heartbroken. I knew there would never be another like him. Queen will always be one of my all time great bands.
Queen live aid in England if you have never seen the entire performance is immaculate! I remember watching it as a kid!
his death was the greatest loss to us all, queen's music touched everyone
He knew how to work the crowds. He was a crowd-pleaser. RIP Freddy.
Absolutely phenomenal performance I’ve probably watched this video a 100 times or more, and I’m still amazed at how talented Queen were, they all jelled as a group, they were all outstanding musicians, Freddie was considered as the best frontman of a band ever, all the members of Queen have written No1 hits, Queens greatest hits album is still today the best selling album of all time in there home country United Kingdom,Freddie always played to the crowds and had them in the palm of his hand with his live flamboyant performances, I attended many Queen live concerts over the years they never disappoint, great reaction thanks!
If you have the and the inclination Cliff, check out their full Live Aid set.
Yes, please, so seamless and timed so well between they had a limited time on stage, and everyone loved them
Seconded.
Definitely!
One of the greatest live performances of all time.
the live aid concert is amazing, it pissed off performers that were to go after them cos Queen left them nowhere to go..... it is iconic... the crowd interaction was amazing too, Freddy played the crowd like a master
Great reaction, and nicely summarized . I heard someone once say "And somewhere Superman is wearing a Freddie Mercury t-shirt". Love that!!
This was live no auto tune. Freddie vocals are un matched. There music is timeless.
WE HERE YOU SINGING FROM HEAVEN FREDDIE!
"Hear" you singing.
{:o:O:}
@@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 -- and "Their music" lol (to add to your corrections to Scott haha)
Freddie and his band mates knew how to write and perform next level.❤
Never get tired of this! ❤️ Queen’s set from the Live Aid concert in 1985 is one of the best live performances ever! 🔥 🔥 🔥☮️❤️😎
yeah was broadcast live on my 16th birthday
I was actually in the crowd . I was 13 years old and never really followed or knew who Queen were, but I can safely say I've never experienced anything like it again in my life . I still tingle now everytime I think back on it . I've never seen so many people respond to 1 man in that way, and I don't think you ever will .
@@andrewdavies1383I'm so jealous but happy for you ❤️
@albamartinez4987 I've gotta be honest at 13 years old. I never really appreciated the genius I was seeing and couldn't really comprehend just how lucky I was at the time . But now I fully appreciate just how very very lucky I was and am to of seen that live . The lucky thing is I only got to go because my brothers friend was ill and couldn't go, so being very lucky to have the amazing big brother I have, he took me and that's why my brother even in my 50's is still my hero and the person I look up to most in this world . Thank you for responding and your comment . Love and peace to you
Brian May had an issue with his guitar and Freddie saw him walk off stage and he went to work on the crowd waiting for Brian to return. Check it out again. ❤
the way they all glued together with their whole sound was second to none, especially the way Mays guitar duetted with Freddy's voice, genius
There's a lovely chemistry than can be created between a few people playing instruments together.
Freddie went through so much …..I’m so glad people snapped to reality before it was too late ❤ huge talent with a lot of courage ….I just teared up
Thanks Cliff and whoever requested this song!
Those mic hand offs were amazing. His roadie never missed.
That is Peter Hince.
He wrote a book about his time with queen. I haven't read it yet so I can't say if it's good or not
Freddie is a legend 😎 I miss him. I can still clearly remember watching him perform at Live Aid though most of those years are a haze.
Me also on a small TV
You should watch Queen's Live Aid performance, now that was something else. Absolute masterclass in how it's done, the way Freddy had the whole stadium eating out of the palm of his hand, sublime ❤
I still think if Freddy told the crowd to turn around and take the royal palace, they would of❤😂 What a day that was. So naïve but still hopeful music could save the world.
Freddie was the greatest frontman ever. Never matched.
This was Freddie’s ‘homage’ to Aretha Franklin.. he loved her, and from what I’ve read from Brian and Roger, he hoped to be able to sing with her one day. Brian once said in an interview that Freddie wanted to be Aretha.. that’s how much he loved her! Kudos to Roger Taylor (drummer) - amazing singing, and back up for Freddie - all the while pounding on that drum kit - and not missing a beat!!!!
She sang at his funeral 😭
Nice respectful words about Freddie. Cool.
Cliff then I'm so glad you watched this!!❤ I absolutely love Freddie Mercury!!!! My favorite group is queen!! They were incredible!!!
Continue to be remarkable with Adam as their lead singer. Not the same as Freddy but pretty close.
That's QUEEN!!! Four of them giving us this magnificence. They come to entertain their fans...and it's never over 'til they succinctly STOP!
Live aid England next please🙏,i was a little girl sat on the floor watching history unfold, Queen is still played in my home with my boys knowing Freddie and his musical talents, now we have Ren and im witnessing history in the making again , im alone every night,many struggles and truma and have found myself asking whats the point in it all just to get a knocked down again in life,but music has saved me many times, music heals my soul and helps me out of darkness,loved you're reaction,its nice knowing you're out there my friend,much love🥰
Queen was and is an amazing band! Except for their Live Aid performance this is probably the best live rock performance ever! Thank you Cliff!
My 2 go to performances are this and Radio Gaga from Live Aid!!!
I have watched the Live Aid performance dozens of times...it will never get old!
Absolute master of his craft!! So glad I saw them live before he passed - even if I was a small kid! My dad was the BIGGEST Freddie fan!!!
The talent in og QUEEN was insane, musical on top of scientific education on top of creativity to innovate. Bohemian Rhapsody has never not moved me and the entire premise of creating We Will Rock You was to be entirely participatory. That stomp stomp clap was heard around the world. I remember when I was 4 or 5, sitting cross legged in the living room with my dad. He had my sister and me slap our thighs for the stomps and we would sing we will rock you.
Freddie was a huge influence in my life. He also helped soften a lot of people to the idea of queerness which helped me (didn't know that for a long time but there it was).
The movie they made in 2018, with Rami Malek? Was so beautiful and fitting. My dad had an encyclopedic knowledge of the classics and frankly most music from 60s on. And he thought it did them justice. He almost never thought that about whats basically a docudrama for the silver screen.
More Queen! Ain't nobody like him and there will never be.
Freddy was performance personified as a man. Absolute legend. No one will ever really be like him again. Utterly unique.
Freddie, Thanks
Freddie is/was one of the true kings of performance. He could hold an entire crowd in the palm of his hands. If you've never seen it, I would 100% recommend watching their full Live Aid performance. Quite possibly their most legendary performance.
This is by far my favorite Queen song.
Queen is now in the British DNA of that I'm sure.. Will always be madly in love with Freddie.. when this aired I was a 29 year old Mom to my first 2 kids.. Freddie and Queen were Phenomenal and will live on forever,, Thanks Cliff
'you don't know what you've lost till it's gone' - sitting here, aged 71, 43 years on, at 0827 crying, 2014. Life is beautiful but can be cruel. Darling Freddie RIP.
Not just Freddie, the entire band. My father found this band in his 80’s. He asked if I knew who they were? I was like yes Dad I do. We enjoyed them together until he died last December. He was 92. He loved this band until the day he died. I am grateful that we shared this.
Greatest showman the world has ever seen
Freddie was one of the best performers ever, but I don't think people give enough flowers to Roger Taylor, the drummer. Another great singer!
I remember in high school sitting in my room watching the Freddie Mercury Memorial. It was so sad. What a legend.
There will never be another Freddie, he was the greatest, so heartbreaking when we lost him. R I P Freddie. And Cliff, you have a beautiful soul, never change
There will never be another to rival the voice of Freddie Mercury!!!! My god!!!!
Check out "Love Of My Life", from the same concert in Montreal!! Amazing!! ❤❤❤
I have been a Queen fan for 1976. Almost fifty years. I have been listening to “Somebody To Love” probably 100,000 times. It comes a thrill to hear “Somebody To Love” the first time. It’s a thrill! 😊 As a comment, this song Freddie Mercury said this is the favorite songs. Tops.
I was privileged to see them in Melbourne Australia in 1985 at the old Sports and Entertainment Centre (now gone). It is without a doubt the most amazing concert that I have ever been to in my life and he was the ultimate showman, played to every part of the crowd and strutted around that stage like it was nothing. His voice, and also the band themselves, were just mind blowing. As I never got the chance to see Pink Floyd live, I have to say that what we saw that night will never be surpassed for me, and we all floated out of that arena afterwards. It was a magical experience. I grew up as a teenager in the mid 70’s lucky enough to see AC/DC with the amazing Bon Scott live at least 6 times and they are just about on a par with Queen for me. It was a brilliant time to be alive for music and I’m so glad that I was born when I was and where I was. Oh to go back and appreciate it all more than we did!
I went and saw this concert in the IMAX theater when it was released for 3 days only in Jan. What an experience that was! It was almost like being there.
I saw this too in Manchester last month. Wow😍 what an amazing concert.
I had shivers watching Somebody to Love. It’s my favourite Queen track, mainly because George Michael sang it so beautifully with the rest of Queen, at the Tribute concert in 92.
If you haven't done live aid Queen performance please do.Freddie's crowd control was like none other. RIP sweet Freddie❤
Freddie is definitely one of the top frontmen of all time! Born to perform
My dad was never into rock, but he knew l loved Queen he bought me their greatists' hits, LP for my birthday, which is on Christmas day now every time l hear Queen it brings tears reminds me of my dad and Freddy my dad died 1991 god bless my dad and Freddy love them both forever ..
This is my favorite live performance, period. Thanks, Cliff! ♥️
Freddie is the greatest vocalist and frontman in the history of humanity, and he always will be.
To this day. I still hear a Queen song at least twice a week. All these years, we still love them! A forever friend. 🥰
You have to watch their Live Aid set! It’s phenomenal ❤
I’m in awe every time I watch Freddie and the boys perform. Legend. Thanks Cliff.
"My favourite instument?.... The audience darling"
Very powerful voice amazing range and control! Theatrical Rock n Roll!
At about 05:16 of your video you can see Freddie move on the stage towards the crowd. You can see Brian May walking to the back of the stage. I read he broke a string on his guitar and went to get another and that's why Freddie is working the crowd at that point. He's keepin it goin till Brian gets back. You can see him glance over his shoulder to see him back then continues on. :)
This was reportedly Freddie's favorite of all his songs, even above Bohemian Rhapsody.
THANK YOU
This is a great performance ❤
Thank you very much
CORRECT,there will never be another Freddie Mercury...HOWEVER,the band Queen is still alive and well today,and still performs. Brian May and Roger Taylor the original guitarist and drummer are still playing,and then Adam Lambert performs Freddie Mercury's lead singer roll. Honestly,having grown up with Queen wait back when...I can't use the phrase Adam is the new Freddie or anything remotely close to that,because as I mentioned in the beginning,there will never be another Freddie,and I don't want folks to misunderstand my words of "New Freddie" for that very reason. Adam Lambert is a great singer,and I give him all the props in the world for being blessed with his voice. But even he himself has commented many times,that he is just honored to be able to be apart of the music history Queen has brought us over the years,and that he will never be like Freddie Mercury,but is gratefully blessed to be able to keep all of his(Freddie's)music alive.
I love Queen and Freddie is one of the best artists of all time and a true legend. Their music is timeless and will live on forever ❤
Would love love LOVE to see you react to more Queen live performances! Live Aid is an obvious next watch Cliff
I still miss Freddie. No one can replace him and every member of Queen were singer/songwriters and talents alone. I have never been able to watch Queen without Freddie. Thank you.
Brother Clif if you have never heard the studio version please go and check it out this is one of their best
I second this, I just suggested the same thing.
Please go do it❤
I would disagree. Queens was an arena band. Bohemian Rhapsody maybe but otherwise live is definitely THE WAY to go.
Couldn’t click on this one fast enough! My absolute favorite live of this song ❤
Great reaction 😊
One of the best performances ever by the best band ever! ✌❤
I love the words you used to described queen. You are so appreciative of their greatness. ❤
One of the most talented groups of people to ever take the stage together to make music, with a front-man with supernatural vocal skills, and an aura of charisma that was like looking into the Sun. On their worst day they effortlessly surpass most bands now. What's insane is that I can easily name half a dozen more from the 70's that would do the same.
Such an amazing song ,Freddie is an excellent performer,loved your reaction 😊😊
Simply spectacular!
You have just witnessed the greatest, most electrifying live prefomance in history. I've seen it a hundred times and it's always like the first!!!! Another unbelievable preformance that will absolutely blow you away, is "White Queen" live at the Oden Hammersmith. MIND BLOWING. Period. Please check it out. You won't be disappointed....you'll be so glad you saw it. Freddie and Queen fan longer than you have been on the planet😅😅😅 Thanks for doing this and your kind words. Kaye
A moment of Silence 🙏Well Said !!! Great reaction ❤ ty
The best band/frontman ever!!!!!
This was Freddies favourite song , Queen are incredible still, ive been a fan of Queen since i was a 16 yr old in 1974 (im old lol) i know noone can replace Freddie but the band still put on an incredible show, i saw them in my home town of Manchester UK 🇬🇧 in 2022 and then last October in Minnesota, MN , they are legends but now even at my age Ren is my new favourite artist, he reminds me a lot of Freddie, how he can genre bend his music, great reaction ❤
Freddie was Awesome. Try Live Aid live performance by Queen. Best live act ever.
Well spoken, Cliff. About Queen and your outlook on life. Words to live by.
😊❤ I think, Freddie Mercury was not only one of the greatest vocalist of all time but he was the greatest showman of all time!! 😉😊❤❤
I was lucky enough to see them
Live in 1986, best gig I’ve seen.
RIP Freddie❤
Wembley, UK???
@@sonyavincent7450 No, Maine Road Manchester
I took Queen for granted for 40 yrs. Since the movie “Bohemian Rhapsody” I have been listening to and learning more about them and have been verging on obsession, lol. The world was blessed with a tremendously talented musician surrounded by 3 other incredible musicians, it was a terrible loss. I hate he suffered so much in his final yrs and days, as no one that has brought such great musical words and sound does not deserve such torture. I love how Brian and Roger pay their respects constantly and I feel for John showing his by not wanting to go on playing without his great friend. They are a class act. I am so happy their music and documentary info is so available on UA-cam.
The movie in no way truly represented who they were - and I'm a Queen and Freddy fan, but it was the Disney version of what the remaining band members allowed. Musical geniuses - yes - based on the movie, do your research. Hollywood ain't always what you see.
A GENIOUS MUSICALLY.... I am a woman oF a certain age and I had a chance to see then way back in the day and I PASSED due to a prior engagement and he passed before i had another chance....no one new Freddie was sick....I have made up for that mistake by seeing Queen with Adam Lambert ON FREDDIES BIRTHDAY in a venue that seats 2500...IT WAS ABSOLUTE FIRE.....we sang happy birthday to Freddie...through the magic of video Brian May sang "love of my life" WITH A VIDEO of Freddie on the big screen it was amazing .....Freddie was a legend b4 his time!!!! RIP and thank you for the music of my youth!!!!!! Great reaction Cliff...PEACE OUT man....HUGZZZZ
Can we show some mad love to the drummer and his amazing back up vocals?!?’ Holy shit! He’s got a better voice than many band’s lead singer!!!
@Cliff, after Freddy passed the rest of Queen asked our own Aussie John Farnham to become Queens next lead singer. John was bowled over by their offer but didnt want ro leave Oz and his family. Years later John and lead guitarist Brian May were on stage together when we had a fundraiser for one of our worst bushfires "Black Saturday"2020. Fantastic concert!!!!
Having seen Queen live 3 times with Freddie, I have to say, it is very rare to see talent like this. I was also stunned to hear them sound exactly like they did on their albums. Queen is absolutely the best band I have seen live!!!
I totally agree with your reaction! It was fun for me to see Freddie from '81...WOW! I had forgotten how magnetic he was!
You really should check out the 1986 its a kind of magic tour at Wembley or his band aid gig at Wembley. I was a 13 year old boy and got to see it live . Let's just say it influenced me in a way words can't describe, but I've never experienced anything even close to that again in life . Mind blowing and the way he gets the whole crowd involved is breathtaking . The greatest showman of all time
Most of the songs from this concert are available and worth watching. They had a professional crew film the concert because they were planning to release a concert film, which is why the quality is so good for the time.
Freddie was right...he was a legend...in truth, the whole damn band...the whole era...and all us fans, past present and future.
Long Live Queen...
one of my favorite live performances of all time. I watch this over and over.
Actually went through a point in time when queen were getting slated but they are seen in hindsight as legends ❤
Faultless every performance, change of note, live every time, no miming. This my friend is beyond talent, this is pure magic 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️