Queen - Death on Two Legs (Official Lyric Video)

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  • Taken from A Night At The Opera, 1975.
    Sing along to 'Death on Two Legs' with this official karaoke style Queen lyric video.
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    Queen - Death on Two Legs (Official Lyric Video)
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  • @camsi2929
    @camsi2929 6 років тому +3651

    The best part about this song is that you can hear Freddie's contempt and disgust. Amazing!

    • @rinnittt
      @rinnittt 6 років тому +104

      Renee Sethis Ikr he sounds genuinely pissed

    • @SpikeGore
      @SpikeGore 5 років тому +72

      He is probably gonna Kill a man.

    • @genevieve2106
      @genevieve2106 5 років тому +37

      Spikewing The Dutch Angel Dragon MAMA OOOOOO

    • @oregano6836
      @oregano6836 5 років тому +46

      yeah he sounds like he's going to kill whoever pissed him off

    • @GrayWolf1521
      @GrayWolf1521 4 роки тому +21

      @@SpikeGore Yeah he's gonna put a gun against his head

  • @chrisdamon5367
    @chrisdamon5367 6 років тому +3390

    Only Freddie could record a song in which he is spitting venomous hatred toward someone, and still make it sound beautiful and uplifting. A perfect album opener for one of the most perfect albums ever made!

    • @awsmdude12345
      @awsmdude12345 6 років тому +61

      Chris Damon lets not forget the part where they suggest suicide...

    • @mixxxo
      @mixxxo 6 років тому +43

      @Sound N Vision
      huh, i heard another story where brian was the one who actually encouraged freddie to finish the song bc he thought it was too bitter and full of hatred.

    • @kman24
      @kman24 6 років тому +9

      He wrote this song to the record companies

    • @kman24
      @kman24 6 років тому +6

      @Sound N Vision it is it's based on the big record corporations listen to the words

    • @ilchsm6330
      @ilchsm6330 5 років тому +9

      @@kman24 "listen to the words" he's clearly talking to one person personally.

  • @brodylawless9061
    @brodylawless9061 5 років тому +1353

    One of the most underrated queen songs

    • @alexanderkolganov3654
      @alexanderkolganov3654 4 роки тому +12

      Who said it's underrated?

    • @joeyuzwa891
      @joeyuzwa891 4 роки тому +79

      @@alexanderkolganov3654 it definitely is. nobody ever talks about this song when discussing their best songs

    • @alexanderkolganov3654
      @alexanderkolganov3654 4 роки тому +6

      @@joeyuzwa891 They talk about rap all the time nowadays I couldn't care less about, who gives a shit? ; )

    • @MarioLuigi-yz9pz
      @MarioLuigi-yz9pz 3 роки тому +52

      @@alexanderkolganov3654 he said when people discuss their best songs, where the hell did you get rap from?

    • @tokunagaster
      @tokunagaster 3 роки тому +31

      Arguably the most underrated. The guitar is just fantastic.

  • @zsuzsannabenke9966
    @zsuzsannabenke9966 6 років тому +4378

    Freddie Mercury wrote this and dedicated it to Norman Sheffield, Queen's former manager and a co owner of Trident Studios. Queen felt that Norman had not provided them with the support they needed.The surviving band members noted the unhappy atmosphere in the Days of our Lives documentary, explaining that the band felt hard done by when they were producing hit singles without seeing any of the money - and with incidents such as Roger Taylor being told he couldn't hit the drums too hard as they supposedly "couldn't afford" new drumsticks. But as Taylor noted, "you see them (the management) running around in stretch limos and think 'hang on there's something not right here!'" The split occurred under very acrimonious circumstances, and this song acted as something of a final word from the band. The lyrics form a harsh character portrait that outline the band's full animosity towards their former acquaintance. Mercury was reportedly not a fan of the song after writing it, having felt it was too angry and bitter, but May encouraged him to complete it.
    On the Live Killers version, Freddie Mercury introduced this song by saying, "This is a song about a real motherf--ker of a gentleman!"

    • @robertoricci3393
      @robertoricci3393 6 років тому +146

      Lol! I know Queen never mentioned who was the target of the song, or at least his name was always censored in the recordings. UA-cam is a fountain of secrets.

    • @arbeez4827
      @arbeez4827 6 років тому +76

      Thank you for giving me the real history of this song. I knew it was about their manager but I didn't know all this. I sincerely thank you,
      Space Cow The Unicorn

    • @tonystark1180
      @tonystark1180 5 років тому +46

      Thanks for the info about the Live Killers version. I've often wondered what Freddie said, because on my copies (LP and CD), it's censored. He introduces it like this;
      "This next song is from A Night At The Opera. This is about a BEEP BEEP BEEP. We call him Death on Two Legs" :)

    • @robertaconway1804
      @robertaconway1804 5 років тому +28

      Everybody knows someone like that.

    • @seekthegeek
      @seekthegeek 5 років тому +20

      They were refused airplay for Bohemian (etc) so they went to Kenny Everett who was a DJ at the time and he gave them airplay and WOW! As stated in a doco about Queen and on the Bohemian movie right?

  • @HaSabeanies
    @HaSabeanies 6 років тому +1467

    I love how this and seaside rendezvous are on the same album

    • @perfectpixels6531
      @perfectpixels6531 5 років тому +38

      those are my 2 favorite songs on anato omg

    • @Alfonso162008
      @Alfonso162008 4 роки тому +100

      It's even better that the song that immediately follows this one is Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon 😂

    • @NathanielKeatley
      @NathanielKeatley 4 роки тому +3

      My two favorite songs!!!

    • @menachemdo
      @menachemdo 4 роки тому

      They aren't lol

    • @saraa136
      @saraa136 4 роки тому

      menachemdo They are

  • @Keston1302
    @Keston1302 2 роки тому +667

    This is probably the best opening to any song ever. That guitar playing is insane!

    • @MaPercheNo2004
      @MaPercheNo2004 2 роки тому +4

      勳則天天空調味?

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 2 роки тому +3

      Hi I recommend an indie song called The Bond Villain By Robert Nix

    • @KKFWB
      @KKFWB Рік тому +3

      What about money for nothing tho

    • @vanplq8841
      @vanplq8841 Рік тому +5

      Absolutely not

    • @Theprophet3928
      @Theprophet3928 Рік тому

      ​@@vanplq8841😂

  • @shahar5834
    @shahar5834 5 років тому +3684

    “We’d like to dedicate this song to our beloved manager. We love you darling”

    • @deborauseinovski9267
      @deborauseinovski9267 4 роки тому +77

      IM SCREAIMGINGGFJDK

    • @Ahilik
      @Ahilik 4 роки тому +145

      Oh God I can hear him say this😂😱❤️

    • @Taylor_greenwood
      @Taylor_greenwood 4 роки тому +94

      Im trying to imagine how hilarious that would be

    • @gherbiebachar8744
      @gherbiebachar8744 4 роки тому +17

      lmao hahahaha

    • @saraa136
      @saraa136 4 роки тому +65

      LMAO I imagined this with his sassy voice. Did he really say that?

  • @blindandwatching
    @blindandwatching 8 років тому +2797

    This song was about the band's manager at the time. He was a real piece work. They couldn't fire him so they sang about him instead. The bloke quit. So the song worked.

    • @homogenicward1586
      @homogenicward1586 6 років тому +32

      Read this www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-2368614/Queen-Freddie-Mercury-felt-like-god-Then-started-behaving-like-man-signed-band.html

    • @Proudtrekkie96
      @Proudtrekkie96 6 років тому +52

      Prometheus damn. I hope this plays a part in bohemian rhapsody movies

    • @justinnamuco9096
      @justinnamuco9096 6 років тому +52

      Mario Gonzalez It's not even in the soundtrack :(

    • @emmaridley_youtube
      @emmaridley_youtube 6 років тому +40

      they rejected him- left him beacuse he didnt believe in the albums success I KNOW THIS FROM THE MOVIE.

    • @Whipslinger1
      @Whipslinger1 6 років тому +10

      Like Killer Queen.

  • @rickyivani
    @rickyivani 2 місяці тому +10

    That classical piano intro Is so Freddie.
    The shift to the Following metal guitar intermezzo and the flamenco - flavoured march that follows just drive me Crazy.
    I Just adore this Song.

  • @gymnassfan
    @gymnassfan 7 років тому +3015

    The perfect combination of opera and hard rock.

    • @Suchagreatchannelling
      @Suchagreatchannelling 6 років тому +50

      more Heavy metal than hard rock

    • @nicholashamilton40
      @nicholashamilton40 6 років тому +15

      BLoooDYSaBBaTH what are you talking about?

    • @firstlast8720
      @firstlast8720 6 років тому +45

      I think he means it has a sinister tone like a lot of heavy metal songs

    • @47and28
      @47and28 6 років тому +56

      this intro is badass.

    • @omdintegral104
      @omdintegral104 6 років тому +3

      Punteos de guitarra de Tango

  • @bookishnymph8533
    @bookishnymph8533 5 років тому +757

    "A sewer-rat decaying in a cesspool of pride"--has got to be the best lyric ever . . .

    • @PatrickMorcillo
      @PatrickMorcillo 5 років тому +14

      It is a classic sentence, yes

    • @realmrjangoon
      @realmrjangoon 5 років тому +21

      Sounds kinda disgusting but that's kinda the reality lmao

    • @lenaxo8260
      @lenaxo8260 5 років тому +19

      By far my favorite lyric here. The line is sung with so much anger and dirt and I love it!

    • @rafiderianto3604
      @rafiderianto3604 4 роки тому +4

      yeahh my favo line of this song!!

    • @davidiswaluigi5982
      @davidiswaluigi5982 4 роки тому +3

      Yes! The best! It’s truly the peak of insults.

  • @ArizonaRain220
    @ArizonaRain220 4 роки тому +323

    I have to admit, I am VERY impressed with just how creative these lyrics are. It’s a bop

    • @corey-bird3489
      @corey-bird3489 Рік тому +4

      Freddie wrote “This thing called Love” in the bathtub; I’d like to know where he wrote this, one might claim a Dr. Seuss con!

    • @wong6645
      @wong6645 Рік тому

      @@corey-bird3489 crazy little thing called love

  • @lufia7387
    @lufia7387 7 років тому +5805

    Who needs a therapist when you have queen

    • @lemonbleach6337
      @lemonbleach6337 7 років тому +27

      Nelosn Portis and Jojo

    • @Kira-ky3ok
      @Kira-ky3ok 7 років тому +21

      And Jojoke

    • @lemonbleach6337
      @lemonbleach6337 7 років тому +20

      Svetlana Ajinça life is a jojoke

    • @Kira-ky3ok
      @Kira-ky3ok 7 років тому +7

      Lemon Bleach life jojo is life
      And Merry Christmas

    • @lemonbleach6337
      @lemonbleach6337 7 років тому +5

      Svetlana Ajinça you speak truth. Merry Christmas too you too... better late than ever

  • @nicolasgotte4000
    @nicolasgotte4000 7 років тому +606

    I'm French and i learned how to speak english with this song. listening to it everyday, for 5 years, on CD, reading the lyrics on the Cd's book. Eternal gratitude to Queen, the best band in the universe period.

    • @theocoxd
      @theocoxd 6 років тому +44

      Just did the same to me, my big brother posted Bohemiam Rhapsody's lyrics on our bedroom's wall, so, when I woke up in the morning I'd read it every single day since I was 6 years old.
      Salutations du Mexique. (Correct me if I'm wrong)

    • @justsomeonewhopopsupeveryw1444
      @justsomeonewhopopsupeveryw1444 6 років тому +25

      Juan Jacobo Guzman your English is PERFECT 👌

    • @alexkaram-9945
      @alexkaram-9945 6 років тому +14

      Very nice to see someone learning a new language with music :)
      C’est très bien de voir des gens apprendre à parler une langue grâce à la musique :)

    • @ZzippystardustT
      @ZzippystardustT 6 років тому +17

      Nicolas GOTTE well now I’m doing the opposite, I’m listening to French music trying to Learn French

    • @clairefrewin4049
      @clairefrewin4049 6 років тому +11

      @@ZzippystardustT Well, good luck ! As a French speaker, I can tell that French is pretty hard to learn :) Btw, if you don't know these French bands, I suggest you to listen to Téléphone and Indochine

  • @errohaze2683
    @errohaze2683 2 роки тому +160

    The intro is just fantastic! First the piano, then it shifts to guitar, so chaotic and angry, it builds in intensity, to the overbearing... I don't know what instrument it is, but it's like a musical shriek. Then it abruptly stops, the piano begins again as though the song has reset. It's like the anger gets so intense that it has stop and restart to get focused to deliver the delightful comebacks. Such a fantastic song!

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 2 роки тому

      Hi I recommend an indie song called The Bond Villain By Robert Nix

    • @alextheguitarist7282
      @alextheguitarist7282 Рік тому +1

      That's Rog.

    • @theslava4208
      @theslava4208 11 місяців тому +2

      All instruments for the song other than piano, drums and bass were performed by Her Highness the Red Special gear.

    • @paul9570
      @paul9570 8 місяців тому

      Great piano

    • @AhDollar
      @AhDollar 5 місяців тому

      aside from Roger screaming his heart into the microphone, that was probably a post production effect, with the audio sped up through the tape machine, they did the same thing in Prophet's Song as well

  • @gemini945
    @gemini945 6 років тому +5639

    I feel so happy for my ex wife that Queen wrote a song for her.

  • @thil123456789
    @thil123456789 8 років тому +574

    "...and we'd like to dedicate this next song to our beloved manager. Love you loads!"

  • @jenniferreierson1755
    @jenniferreierson1755 4 роки тому +564

    We all have someone on our mind when hearing this song

    • @ketrapope2260
      @ketrapope2260 4 роки тому +42

      And if not, someone thinks of you when it plays!!

    • @7l98b
      @7l98b 3 роки тому +8

      yup !!

    • @jimdennis121
      @jimdennis121 3 роки тому +9

      Indeed, my former employer.

    • @glizzielizzzie
      @glizzielizzzie 3 роки тому +5

      at first thing song reminded me of the girl that was going after my ex boyfriend and now ironically this song reminds me of my ex boyfriend 🤡

    • @MaeAlessa
      @MaeAlessa 3 роки тому +3

      Me having this song represent my OC:

  • @corvixcorux8850
    @corvixcorux8850 6 років тому +1521

    Just picture four betrayed, penniless and enraged young men in their twenties- furiously composing and recording this song in some small studio..
    Pouring their rage out in the form of music.

    • @genevieve2106
      @genevieve2106 5 років тому +10

      Corvix Corux now I’m sad

    • @discodeakyinthestreetsfrea5638
      @discodeakyinthestreetsfrea5638 5 років тому +31

      Truly beautiful

    • @julianadequeiroz772
      @julianadequeiroz772 5 років тому +24

      now I'm feeling like trash because that turned me on. Damn it brain

    • @discodeakyinthestreetsfrea5638
      @discodeakyinthestreetsfrea5638 5 років тому +23

      @@genevieve2106 There's no need to be, dear. If anything in Queen's timeline happened slightly differently, the good and (unfortunately) the bad, things wouldn't have turned out the way they did. You see, these experiences made them stronger. Yes, unfortunately, they were betrayed, but, it made them the strong musicians they became.

    • @arthurmorgan7812
      @arthurmorgan7812 4 роки тому +2

      @Chris Anagn. They musta been like 🤯

  • @axobottled5240
    @axobottled5240 6 років тому +2580

    The intro is good
    The chorus too
    The end too
    ...
    the whole thing is great, really.

    • @pk-nn7qf
      @pk-nn7qf 5 років тому +14

      what the intro! want to ringtone

    • @odhranmartin1154
      @odhranmartin1154 5 років тому +12

      the intro is scary

    • @linzi2720
      @linzi2720 5 років тому +38

      The only problem is. It ends. That's the problem with all queen songs.

    • @joseph3062
      @joseph3062 4 роки тому +10

      @@linzi2720 yeah it really ruins the songs

    • @Weirdsoul91
      @Weirdsoul91 4 роки тому +1

      @@linzi2720 All songs have that problem. Not only Queen songs

  • @rickyivani
    @rickyivani 2 місяці тому +9

    One of my favorite Queen's songs
    With that clasic- metal intro and the martial Rhythm mixed with a flamenco- like guitar solo
    Masterpiece

  • @voidexius5389
    @voidexius5389 5 років тому +1226

    Freddie: hmmm I just wrote a hate letter to my manager
    Freddie: oh I know let’s write a song about lazing on a Sunday afternoon next

    • @unicornnationsii8806
      @unicornnationsii8806 4 роки тому +12

      69 likes lol

    • @pthreelarry
      @pthreelarry 4 роки тому +43

      he just wants to ride his bike... on every wednesday evening

    • @trentoninnewjersey
      @trentoninnewjersey 3 роки тому +35

      @@pthreelarry and go waltzing to the zoo on Thursday, and go painting in the louvre on Friday

    • @ryasanovar8175
      @ryasanovar8175 3 роки тому +7

      whats the lazing on sunday song pls someone tell me 🥺🥺🥺🥺

    • @maximusheaton8375
      @maximusheaton8375 3 роки тому +4

      That’s the point it’s meant to be a juxtaposition

  • @calfman3333
    @calfman3333 6 років тому +1578

    When you think about it, this is one of the first diss tracks ever.

    • @1960deek
      @1960deek 6 років тому +120

      I wrote these same lyrics to a girl that broke up with me. She wasn't familiar with Queen so I though it was safe lol

    • @abdulbasheer6551
      @abdulbasheer6551 5 років тому +59

      Think Queen did it first with Flick of the Wrist from the previous album.

    • @spac3d0lls
      @spac3d0lls 5 років тому +13

      Luiz_27 I mean the oc said *one* of the first diss tracks so like-

    • @maggi1302
      @maggi1302 4 роки тому +2

      YASSSSSS

    • @patriotboy93
      @patriotboy93 3 роки тому +8

      That was George Harrison with Only a Northern Song.

  • @manboss52gaming30
    @manboss52gaming30 2 роки тому +89

    Crazy how music can heal your feelings of contempt and disgust againt someone, like it gives you the confidence you needed.

  • @Endy_123
    @Endy_123 7 років тому +169

    This is the most underrated Queen song and it's my favorite. Freddie you genius

  • @simonw7284
    @simonw7284 8 років тому +250

    I have been obsessed with this song for 25 years. Such a work of art, so powerfull

    • @kobesamurai
      @kobesamurai 8 років тому +19

      Been 41 years for me - my first ever album purchase! STILL seems like yesterday when I hear it!

    • @glencuthers8775
      @glencuthers8775 7 років тому +6

      yep Auckland Nz l did the same thing 55 now lols

  • @thestevenjaywaymusic7775
    @thestevenjaywaymusic7775 11 місяців тому +21

    Freddie wrote two amazing song about that manager. This song, plus flick of the wrist. It really pissed Freddie off, big time. Bless him.

  • @manifestgtr
    @manifestgtr 6 років тому +427

    “Mister KNOWWW alllllll”
    I always loved that note.

    • @janemay8950
      @janemay8950 5 років тому +16

      right when i read this comment, that same note played!

    • @nancy8605
      @nancy8605 3 роки тому +2

      This reminds me of " mr superior thinking or mr perfectly fine . By taylor swift

    • @theanimatronics6076
      @theanimatronics6076 2 роки тому

      I was just hearing that part when i read it

  • @mr.midgetmayo8145
    @mr.midgetmayo8145 6 років тому +655

    I know this song is about the manager, but hear me out, This song always reminds me of my friends in high school, they ignored me, constantly talked shit about me behind my back, treated me like shit when i was around and tell me to shut up whenever i was talking about something i was passinate about, took me until last year to just leave them behind. And this song helped me realise that. Thank you.

    • @phoebemerchant6368
      @phoebemerchant6368 5 років тому +62

      Exactly the same with me, whenever I used to talk about things like queen or the Beatles they would ignore me and laugh at me and I would feel like they were friends and I was kind of the loner of the group so then one day at the school dance I asked the DJ to play this and he hadn’t heard the song so I asked him to dedicate it to my 3 best friends (then I said their names)... they hate me, but everyone was laughing so hard lol

    • @IAmInfinitus208
      @IAmInfinitus208 5 років тому +3

      @@phoebemerchant6368 Damn!

    • @BaileyTheBat
      @BaileyTheBat 5 років тому +8

      @Mr.midget Mayo keep parasitic people like that out of your life, they aren't even worth the effort to try to tolerate.

    • @MeyyyMing
      @MeyyyMing 5 років тому

      Same...

    • @imgoodatmoaning9561
      @imgoodatmoaning9561 5 років тому +4

      Those people sound horrible. Glad that phase of your life is over.

  • @clarenceeugene9692
    @clarenceeugene9692 11 місяців тому +21

    This has got to be one of the best intros to an album ever.

  • @killerqueen4692
    @killerqueen4692 6 років тому +583

    I love how the name on the album says “dedicated to...” they were so extra aahahha

  • @carloswatchmearn1989
    @carloswatchmearn1989 3 місяці тому +18

    Cannot believe almost 50 years , still sound so powerful.

  • @luciaortiz6409
    @luciaortiz6409 2 роки тому +81

    This is probably the heaviest song from this whole album!!! And you know what? This song is so awesome!!! I really like it!!!

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 2 роки тому +1

      Hi I recommend an indie song called The Bond Villain By Robert Nix

    • @annabelej8021
      @annabelej8021 Рік тому +1

      From this album. Listen to the 1974 Rainbow concerts. / The first 3 Albums .There are heavier songs.

  • @maolsheachlannoceallaigh4772
    @maolsheachlannoceallaigh4772 5 років тому +377

    The irony is that Death on Two Legs is a kind of cool name to be given.

    • @zbr76
      @zbr76 5 років тому +57

      The guy this is dedicated to - Norman Sheffield - actually called his autobiography 'Life On Two Legs'. He knew this was about him.

    • @Picking.a.name.is.hard1
      @Picking.a.name.is.hard1 4 роки тому +33

      Just not at all related right now but Roger's nickname was sex on legs 😂😂😂

    • @owenflude7501
      @owenflude7501 4 роки тому +7

      Yeah, if I were to have a nickname, it would be death on two legs.

    • @MonsieurEldritch
      @MonsieurEldritch 3 роки тому +1

      @@zbr76 Lol what an ass

    • @AhDollar
      @AhDollar 5 місяців тому +1

      @@owenflude7501 his wrestling catchphrase is "i am one mother ducker of a gentleman!"

  • @82nddave38
    @82nddave38 6 років тому +359

    Brian May is the most under looked, not underrated, but definitely under looked classic rock guitarist. Its always Gilmore, Page, Clapton, exc. Nobody ever mentions Brian May but when that someone does mention him as a top 3 great. Most people then recognize what else, but Bohemian Rhapsody. Thank you Wayne's World! Although this is my absolute favorite May riff and solo.

    • @kangurukaiser9395
      @kangurukaiser9395 6 років тому +6

      I agree with you in that he's underrated and a fantastic guitar player but um...top 3 is a stretch there bud. The people you just mentioned: Gilmore, Clapton, and Page, are way better guitar players, and lets not mention Jimi Hendrix or Eddie Van Halen

    • @neuralmute
      @neuralmute 6 років тому +13

      @@kangurukaiser9395 I'd rate May over van Halen. Brian might not be quite as technical, but he's got more depth of feeling to his playing, and I'd say he's a better songwriter by far. Of course, when we're discussing the best of the best, so much comes down to personal taste, as there IS no way to objectively rate guitar players. All I can say is that Hendrix is God, and let the rest sort themselves out from there!

    • @shadow102994
      @shadow102994 5 років тому +10

      I've never noticed that. He always comes up in conversations I've had about the greats. Maybe not the most technical, but fuck man. May has a tone that is unmistakable

    • @gabriellaveres9179
      @gabriellaveres9179 5 років тому +1

      @@kangurukaiser9395 not mention Mark Knopfler Dire Straits

    • @judycolella5554
      @judycolella5554 5 років тому +2

      As great as they all are (and I totally agree Brian May deserves waaaay more recognition), the ultimate guitarist in my book was Stevie Ray Vaughn. He was kinda in his very own category.

  • @theinfamousarmyof1band481
    @theinfamousarmyof1band481 10 місяців тому +16

    I can't believe how much I forgot how much I love the sound of Brian May's guitar and Freddie's arrangements.

  • @thitsugaya1224
    @thitsugaya1224 7 років тому +64

    Brian's guitar work in this was just masterful.

  • @monstergod888
    @monstergod888 8 років тому +1211

    When an album starts with a song like that,you know that you have a great taste for music!

    • @MarkCox21125150
      @MarkCox21125150 8 років тому +31

      well said!

    • @Mark-ek2eo
      @Mark-ek2eo 8 років тому +99

      *you know that the artists are amazing
      Get over yourself

    • @MarkoKovachki
      @MarkoKovachki 7 років тому +15

      tchaco lynma
      Your taste of music has nothing to do with any song of any album on the world... unless you're Freddie,which i reckon You're not...

    • @dexterdog717
      @dexterdog717 7 років тому +2

      fart in your face

    • @xavierlopez7717
      @xavierlopez7717 7 років тому +4

      Marko Kovachki,
      you are god damm right

  • @jajaleco
    @jajaleco 11 місяців тому +20

    This follows up to Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon, and it's in the same album as Bohemian Rhapsody and Love or my Life... Pure genius

  • @matthewrose4797
    @matthewrose4797 6 років тому +3442

    Boy freddie mercury sounds like hes legit pissed in this song

    • @tsukigalleta
      @tsukigalleta 6 років тому +441

      And rightfully so. That manager was sucking them dry

    • @iampewdiepie2645
      @iampewdiepie2645 6 років тому +165

      tsukigalleta when ur 14 that sounds a lot different

    • @tsukigalleta
      @tsukigalleta 6 років тому +181

      @@iampewdiepie2645 Haha! When you're 41 it does too, but don't stop me now, honey ;)

    • @terryperring104
      @terryperring104 6 років тому +38

      Sounds as sober as a judge to me

    • @Crazy-SixtyFour
      @Crazy-SixtyFour 6 років тому +59

      Yeah it sounds like he's pissed

  • @mr.whatareyadoin889
    @mr.whatareyadoin889 9 років тому +755

    Brian is badass in this song

    • @mr.whatareyadoin889
      @mr.whatareyadoin889 9 років тому +21

      ***** that makes it even better

    • @elenivoigt8994
      @elenivoigt8994 9 років тому +20

      I find his solo's better in I want it all.

    • @erikbarrett85
      @erikbarrett85 7 років тому +22

      So is Roger Taylor

    • @raulbernal3036
      @raulbernal3036 6 років тому

      Fredy plays the guitar here almost all the way long

    • @yeknom2
      @yeknom2 6 років тому +3

      Raul Bernal nope

  • @_Harmony_-
    @_Harmony_- 3 роки тому +68

    Thank you Norman Sheffield for bring us one of the best jewels of queen

    • @bluebell3720
      @bluebell3720 3 роки тому +5

      Yeah Freddie was pretty mad!
      The others thought it was too harsh but went along with it anyway!

  • @lucymcdonald6398
    @lucymcdonald6398 6 років тому +38

    this song heightens any mood I’m feeling. Whether it’s happy, sad, angry or excited. Freddie’s ability to tailor every song to fit each and every persons likings is unbelievable.

  • @maeve1214
    @maeve1214 6 років тому +4546

    Queen made disstracks before it was cool y’all

    • @starling_song
      @starling_song 5 років тому +89

      Maeve G By your PFP, and this comment, it's safe to say you have good taste in music.

    • @mummylovescuddles6834
      @mummylovescuddles6834 5 років тому +6

      😂 lol

    • @burningoldsage4012
      @burningoldsage4012 5 років тому +29

      Check out "Positively 4th Street" and "Like A Rolling Stone" by a guy named Bob Dylan. Brutal.

    • @hannah-bz3tt
      @hannah-bz3tt 5 років тому +47

      THE coolest diss track (in my opinion)

    • @Hi-hl8jw
      @Hi-hl8jw 5 років тому +34

      Jaden Man that was after Freddie died. John made Backchat when Freddie was alive...Not being mean but like every Queen fan knows this😂

  • @nenesimone
    @nenesimone Рік тому +13

    This is the best and classiest diss track in my book.

  • @Alteori
    @Alteori 6 років тому +1637

    See ya, Norman Sheffield.

    • @toptop961
      @toptop961 6 років тому +49

      He's dead

    • @downed7590
      @downed7590 6 років тому +60

      @@toptop961 dead as shit

    • @odescobridordobrasil8193
      @odescobridordobrasil8193 4 роки тому +33

      @@toptop961 death on two legs

    • @amdinu
      @amdinu 4 роки тому +36

      @@odescobridordobrasil8193 more
      Like dead on two legs ahahaha

    • @Pyro_Mothman
      @Pyro_Mothman 4 роки тому +2

      I'm so surprised to see a comment from you, didn't know you liked queen

  • @paulsantos4396
    @paulsantos4396 9 років тому +413

    "But now you can kiss my ass goodbye"........Awesome strong lyrics!

  • @carlosacta8726
    @carlosacta8726 3 місяці тому +3

    I was a very young kid when this album was released! Been listening to it for at least 50 years and it never gets old!!!!!!

  • @musicalprostitute7860
    @musicalprostitute7860 5 років тому +170

    Brian’s guitar is venomous and johns bass is DEADLY and Rogers drums are killer and Freddie’s voice is HEAVENLY AND MAD........ yet this song is still amazing 😂

  • @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X
    @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X 10 років тому +955

    That piano intro...

    • @James-fx8eb
      @James-fx8eb 9 років тому +50

      X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X Along with the roaring bass

    • @mirkav273
      @mirkav273 7 років тому +8

      ... Is perfect

    • @albertochirinos80
      @albertochirinos80 6 років тому +14

      ..hauntingly beautiful....isn't it?

    • @MultiKmicic
      @MultiKmicic 6 років тому +4

      Taken from Ferenc Liszt :-)

    • @chpman2013
      @chpman2013 6 років тому +12

      Followed by Brian May...

  • @radio_gabba
    @radio_gabba Рік тому +25

    The guitar in this is just INCREDIBLE.

  • @leukkemiaa
    @leukkemiaa 10 років тому +440

    I was 6 when I got this vinyl as Christmas gift.
    EPIC.

  • @martinfalk8597
    @martinfalk8597 5 років тому +156

    Queen: made a diss-track over 40 years before it was cool

    • @CurrencyChronicles1
      @CurrencyChronicles1 4 роки тому +1

      Indeed

    • @pufflord4230
      @pufflord4230 4 роки тому

      11 years*

    • @c9k984
      @c9k984 4 роки тому +1

      @@pufflord4230 I am confused as to what you mean by "11 years*". This song was released in 1975

    • @girl-xk2db
      @girl-xk2db 4 роки тому

      @@pufflord4230 what "diss track" was released in 1986?

    • @sj49770
      @sj49770 3 роки тому +3

      "How Do You Sleep?" was a diss track in 1971. It's nothing new.

  • @emefcue
    @emefcue Рік тому +21

    I love the lyrics of the song , the guitar, piano, everything

  • @queenareforever2211
    @queenareforever2211 5 років тому +98

    What to say.... thank you Queen for writing a song dedicated to my father

  • @michddd5534
    @michddd5534 4 роки тому +81

    One of the best lyrics ever written imo.

  • @maick6131
    @maick6131 2 роки тому +74

    This piano intro give me goosebumps!!!

  • @benedettosalerno5324
    @benedettosalerno5324 3 місяці тому +9

    A Classic Queen hard rock masterpiece so good!

  • @Mongobee
    @Mongobee 9 років тому +88

    I love the intro with the piano and the guitar and glaven! It's amazing

  • @jacob999-b7r
    @jacob999-b7r 5 років тому +104

    The intro is one of the most brutal I have ever heard

  • @alinedomingues9543
    @alinedomingues9543 8 років тому +75

    A NIGHT AT THE OPERA the best album ever and ever

  • @aqua_bree
    @aqua_bree 4 роки тому +1232

    *Not-so-fun fact:* Freddie dedicated this song to Norman Sheffield (Queen's former manager and a co-owner of Trident Studios who was basically robbing them of their money at the time) after being released from that management, Freddie wanted to express his feelings towards the man in a song. Gary Langhan remembers when Freddie took his headphones off after laying his vocal tracks on DOTL, he witnessed blood pouring out from Fred's ears just from the sheer anger he put into the song, and sometime later on Freddie said that his throat was literally bleeding because he went so hard on the song.

  • @spinny003
    @spinny003 4 роки тому +20

    Love that beginning, man. Starts nice and soft, into a chaotic jumble of sound and then just cuts off abruptly for the lyrics to kick in. It give you a quick taste of the song's intense nature.

    • @keith9482
      @keith9482 4 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/NSacKiioW90/v-deo.html awesome 👍🏻👍🏻

    • @spinny003
      @spinny003 4 роки тому +1

      @@keith9482 Thanks.

  • @tullfan7872
    @tullfan7872 8 років тому +91

    This song has the most brutal guitar interlude/transition in it I've ever heard! I first heard A Night At The Opera in the late-70s and have never forgotten this song. Bohemian Rhapsody and '39 were the other great songs on the album.

    • @OcramMusic
      @OcramMusic 8 років тому +10

      dont forget the prophet's song

    • @spencerdobkin9479
      @spencerdobkin9479 6 років тому +7

      Love of my Life

    • @carlomagno5870
      @carlomagno5870 5 років тому +3

      Lazing on a Sunday afternoon it's also really good.

    • @josiee059
      @josiee059 2 роки тому +2

      @@spencerdobkin9479 Yesss

  • @errohaze2683
    @errohaze2683 2 роки тому +10

    I was in my bed, half-asleep with my Queen playlist playing on the TV, and this one came on. I really overlooked it before, but I honestly think this might be one of their best songs ever!

  • @johnmichaelson9173
    @johnmichaelson9173 11 місяців тому +6

    Brian is fire on this song, the guitar playing is just on another level.

  • @little_swan07
    @little_swan07 4 роки тому +40

    This is my type of music.
    Chaotic yet still enjoyable.

  • @jayash6108
    @jayash6108 8 років тому +30

    Great Song............Great Album..............Great Band

  • @lizzystringfellow1624
    @lizzystringfellow1624 3 роки тому +35

    The fact that I can sing this whole song from memory is 😳😳. I LOVE THIS SONG, thank you Queen for amazing music

  • @nonolegal3rien297
    @nonolegal3rien297 3 роки тому +26

    The intro is amazing ! This is one of the most underrated song of Queen

  • @catherinekuzmin1946
    @catherinekuzmin1946 8 років тому +28

    Celebrating a 41st birthday to this amazing album. This is real music!

  • @alexn44405
    @alexn44405 4 роки тому +86

    Man, i can't believe my ex is so famous Freddie wrote a *song* for him!

    • @freddiemercury808
      @freddiemercury808 3 роки тому +4

      Lmao

    • @amogus3596
      @amogus3596 3 роки тому

      @PrezDaNT the GOD - 卐卐 - 1488 HEIL SATAN 14 year old edge lord spotted lol

  • @AlexanderArsov
    @AlexanderArsov 3 роки тому +192

    1:00 One of the most hair-raising guitar moments in Queen's discography. Fabulous song, of course, every single second, in each and every way. There is something seriously depressing about the fact that 817 people heard it and clicked the "thumb down" button. Musical tastes differ all right, but whatever yours may be, isn't it obvious this is truly great music?

    • @truthsayer2548
      @truthsayer2548 3 роки тому +6

      AGREE.

    • @juanete838
      @juanete838 2 роки тому +1

      I once disliked a song because it always came in autoplay. But I liked it.
      Didn't work, kept appearing.

    • @adriandent3028
      @adriandent3028 Рік тому

      Must have been a misclick
      or 817 misclicks

    • @gloriapascoe2614
      @gloriapascoe2614 Рік тому +1

      75yrs and listening now. INCREDIBLE IN EVERY WAY

    • @wumbomandlx
      @wumbomandlx Рік тому

      ​@@adriandent3028Guess you cpuld say they were Misfires

  • @liana7794
    @liana7794 6 років тому +3720

    “Do you feel like suicide (I think you should”
    *makes a song called **_don’t try sucide_*
    Everyone is confused now

    • @carolinering6129
      @carolinering6129 5 років тому +253

      They were like, "That was a little harsh, I guess."

    • @neuralmute
      @neuralmute 5 років тому +179

      They really only wanted Norman Sheffield to kill himself. Everyone else, they were pretty alright with keeping around at this point.

    • @neuralmute
      @neuralmute 5 років тому +88

      @Jacob Playz Well, he was a shitty manager who screwed them out of *a lot* of money. They were extremely pissed off at him.

    • @genevieve2106
      @genevieve2106 5 років тому +23

      Jacob Playz do you know how horribly he treated them?

    • @auroramcct1982
      @auroramcct1982 5 років тому +74

      The old manager told Roger to not bang his drums too hard because he didn’t have the money for buy new drum sticks!

  • @sandrospedicati7030
    @sandrospedicati7030 3 роки тому +4

    I can here the piano intro of ‘lazing on a Sunday afternoon’ in the silence after ‘I feel gooooooood’

  • @Inikage11918
    @Inikage11918 5 років тому +241

    News headline: "BREAKING NEWS:
    Legendary singer songwriter has found a way to make the best hate letter in history."

    • @talastra
      @talastra 4 роки тому +1

      Check out "The Letter" by King Crimson.

    • @vinzcastro9304
      @vinzcastro9304 4 роки тому +1

      @@talastra Nice

  • @antoinevs7201
    @antoinevs7201 6 років тому +154

    "You're just an overgrown school boy" how rude and cruel incredible.

    • @alex28530
      @alex28530 4 роки тому +1

      Antoine VS “you’re a sewer rat decaying I a cesspool of pride” is an absolutely raw line

  • @Rob-ih6dl
    @Rob-ih6dl 3 роки тому +17

    We all know who Freddie was really singing about here, he was spot on, legend!

  • @adamborokowski3658
    @adamborokowski3658 5 років тому +12

    The complexity of this song, and it's brilliance.....is INSANE! Masterpiece!

  • @nykterion7
    @nykterion7 7 років тому +569

    BUT NOW YOU CAN KISS MY ASS... GOODBYE!
    NEXT: LAZING ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON..HAHAHHA WHAT AN ALBUM
    BEST BAND IN ROCK (AND NOT ONLY) HISTORY

    • @joyceg8546
      @joyceg8546 5 років тому +18

      Revisited this album with my brother the other day and the contrast between the songs really stood out. HATE SONG, followed by Lazing, followed by the ferocious I'm in love with my car, followed by the sweet You're my best friend, etc. Pure genius!

    • @th3odoros
      @th3odoros 5 років тому

      Έχεις δίκιο Μιχάλη

    • @Deity.I
      @Deity.I 5 років тому +1

      Seaside rendezvous

  • @Addeye127
    @Addeye127 8 місяців тому +5

    probably the most underrated song of queen

  • @harrythebatt22
    @harrythebatt22 5 років тому +92

    Queen wrote the most fire diss track before they were even a thing

  • @cauldronofcreations6138
    @cauldronofcreations6138 2 роки тому +37

    This year my resolution is to learn drums (mostly to help with some issues) and when this song came up on my Spotify I absolutely *froze* at how good it was and basically, I dedicate this to the person who I thought was a good person for a good 11 years and now I wanna learn the drums to this song.

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 2 роки тому +1

      Hi I recommend an indie song called The Bond Villain By Robert Nix

  • @josiehoyle9314
    @josiehoyle9314 Рік тому +30

    It's worth being a horrible person if you get a brilliant song like this dedicated to you ❤️

    • @AhDollar
      @AhDollar 5 місяців тому

      I feel like it sort of evens out though now that the dude's legacy because of Queen is being "one mother forklift of a gentleman"

  • @kyburnses
    @kyburnses 7 років тому +18

    An absolutely epic start to an absolutely epic album. Nothing else to say.

  • @geraltofrivia7448
    @geraltofrivia7448 5 років тому +135

    When i finish highschool im gonna blast this on the biggest speakers i can find

  • @Galron1979
    @Galron1979 4 роки тому +66

    1:53 The choir part is pure eargasm.

  • @Ellenred5257
    @Ellenred5257 5 років тому +43

    I was 16 years old when A night at the opera came out. My friends and I knew Queen and Freddie Mercury would be a legend. no, we didn't know any of that. They were amazing, fascinating, talented, brilliant. The instruments, the voices, the lyrics....brilliant.......we knew that, but at 16 I never much thought about it...I, we just knew we loved their music. We didn't have the media nor knew much of their personal life. I don't remember when I learned Freddie was gay or do I care. I am saddened by how he died. I just watched Bohemian rhapsody. I loved it, it wasn't perfect, wasn't "accurate" but loved it just the same. I think back... 16 years old, '67 super sport Camaro, 8 track deck, spending Friday nights with my friends and listening to A night at the opera, cant get any better than that ;)

  • @frogfrog4456
    @frogfrog4456 5 років тому +12

    Queen invented the disstrack 🤗🤗 also Freddie sound so pissed and honestly I'm living for it

  • @Deedee-ee1sg
    @Deedee-ee1sg Рік тому +3

    You're just an old barrow boy. LOL LOL LOL!!!
    This is my favourite era of Queen. Incredible hard rock songs. They were amazing in concert, and I was lucky to see them in 1975!!!
    I got backstage and straight into the dressing room, and only the band were there!! Freddie said hello first. The room was filled with flowers and I was admiring them when he picked up a lovely bouquet of flowers and gave them to me!!!!!

  • @Moviesrockmusicandmore
    @Moviesrockmusicandmore Рік тому +6

    Queen is one of those bands that you do not mess with. That one manager learned the hard way that queen isn't just any other band that would take crap

  • @joem2087
    @joem2087 5 років тому +40

    Think only "rappers" can make diss tracks? Side not,dont piss a lyrical Genius like Freddie off.

    • @AhDollar
      @AhDollar 5 місяців тому

      this isn't a "diss track", this is raw destruction

  • @callmesmile6434
    @callmesmile6434 Рік тому +4

    Damn lucky ex manager. To be written a dedicating song by Freddie Mercury himself, with him pouring his heart out on the poetic lyrics 😳

  • @James-fx8eb
    @James-fx8eb 9 років тому +46

    So underrated it hurts.

  • @sirenix4453
    @sirenix4453 4 роки тому +83

    Well the only good thing Norman Sheffield did is give Freddie a reason to write this masterpiece

  • @Queen_loverrrr
    @Queen_loverrrr 8 місяців тому +5

    That entrance though 👌 Queen never fails to impress. I mean cmon it's Queen why wouldn't they impress

  • @threesugarssevensugars
    @threesugarssevensugars 4 роки тому +21

    I reckon this is actually one of my favourite Queen songs

  • @manuelis9414
    @manuelis9414 4 роки тому +40

    I feel that Freddie was very angry when he wrote this song ... and it is my favorite!

    • @keith9482
      @keith9482 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/NSacKiioW90/v-deo.html agree👍🏻👍🏻😎

  • @douglas2902
    @douglas2902 Рік тому +9

    I've listened to a lot of rock n roll albums and "A night at the opera" has to be one of the greatest albums ever made. The album "The game" introduced me to queen. That album in its self was an eye opener. One of my favorite bands every album was a piece of magic 🎩 ✨️

  • @McMerlin11
    @McMerlin11 5 років тому +373

    Queen: “Do you feel like... suicide? (I think you should)”
    Also Queen: DONT TRY SUICIDE, NOBODY’S WORTH IT!

    • @rakdoxx873
      @rakdoxx873 5 років тому +19

      HawkyPlays he made dont try suicide for his suicidal ex boyfriend

    • @eduardovillarruel4640
      @eduardovillarruel4640 4 роки тому

      JaAJJS

    • @ahard-daysnight6659
      @ahard-daysnight6659 3 роки тому +8

      “Ayo don’t try suicide it’s not good”
      “Except for you norman go f*ck yourself”
      -freddie mercury, probably

    • @avpaavcomics1299
      @avpaavcomics1299 3 роки тому +3

      Infact, both were written by Freddie.

    • @valeriebarcenas5566
      @valeriebarcenas5566 3 роки тому

      Don't forget Keep Passing The Open Windows and Don't Try So Hard