But you are entitled to your own opinions I do like watching you and I do like your expressions especially when I know you're going to go nuts over the song sorry for being a bitch❤❤😊😊😊😊🎉
Aussie here. I STILL remember when this "record" was released (I was in grade 5 at school, yeah I'm old, get over it lol), and for 2 weeks all you could here walking down our street was EVERY father yelling (inc my own) "turn that bloody racquet down or it goes in the bin", while 15 kids between 20 houses ALL played this over n over n over until we knew the words off by heart. You couldn't drive anywhere in Western Australia without hearing this blaring from cars, as loud as possible, was awesome 🇦🇺😁🇦🇺😁
You think you're getting long in the tooth?? I was a teenager when this was released! Age truly is just a number, isn't it? Crow! I've been known to still go out and break horses. In fact, I spent my 24th birthday at the Queen Concert in Montreal in '81. It was marvelous!!
@@myowndrum286 hey there commonwealth brother, hope you guys are enjoying the games. Mate, don't you worry, I'm catching up real fast lol. As for age being just a number, well how come my 'just a number' hurts? 🤣🤣🤣. Keep on rocking on mate, it keeps us young
Dude, your a youngster!! Lol..5th grade? I remember that I was I believe 21 at the time their album THE GAME just come out. I was riding up in the mountains in California, several friends, my 4yr old son, we were jamming out to Queen, my boyfriend was really wanting to make a good impression on me, he give my son lots of red licorice and pop, the next thing was he vomited all over my boyfriend we were all dying laughing. My poor little guy ❤️
This masterpiece written by Freddie Mercury in 1975 and was a huge hit no1 for 9 weeks, then after Freddie Mercury passed away was a no1 again for 5 weeks in 1992 a iconic hit , great reaction thanks 🙏
Freddie Mercury composed this masterpiece from 3 earlier written and unfinished songs. All those beautiful harmonies are the result of a very complicated 3 weeks recording in 6 different studios, only Freddie knew how it had to be sounded. In the first part Freddie is harmonizing with himself and the chorus section is based on the voice of 3 of them, because John couldn't sing so well. Why is it so famous? It was absolutely uniqe in that era, they played never listened harmonies, they multilayered the vocals, they created an operatic section and who else started a song like this: "Mama, just killed a man"
As you may or may not know, Queen is a British rock group formed in 1970 which consists of: Freddie Mercury - Lead vocalist and piano Roger Taylor - Drummer and vocals John Deacon - Bass guitarist Brian May - Lead guitarist and vocals The creation of this video took only about 4 hours and is totally the vision of the four members of Queen themselves. This promo video for “BoRap" (as it’s affectionately called) didn’t just play a huge part in propelling their song to the top of the British (and the world) charts, it almost single-handedly established the concept of using video as a marketing tool for promoting a record both nationally and internationally. Any music videos produced before Bohemian Rhapsody were used only to promote the artists to the record distributors and would just be a simple recording of the band lip-syncing to their song as they simulated playing their instruments. This concept of music videos that BoRap displayed was something totally new, innovative, and exciting. Suddenly they realized that a video could market the song to the public which open it up to more and more markets (face it, there is a limit to the number of "live" performances any artist can do). The success in marketing BoRap using a video to the public introduced the concept to all the other musical groups who suddenly began making music videos. What prompted Queen to make a video? Necessity, the single of Bohemian Rhapsody was going to drop in Britain just before Queen was scheduled to head out on tour. The band was not going to be available to promote the song. It was customary for bands in this age, to appear live on tv shows and lip-sync as they simulated playing their instruments in front of a teenage audience. In Britain, a weekly show called "Top Of The Pops" (TOTP) was "the show" that all rock musicians aspire to be on to promote their songs. A song that was shown on TOTP would be a hit (the show was that influential). Queen decided they would film a video of them singing and performing Bohemian Rhapsody and submit it in their place so it could be shown on shows like TOTP. It worked. The “Bohemian Rhapsody” video was shown on TOTP for the first time ten days after filming, on November 20, and the song climbed the charts. Bohemian Rhapsody is totally the brainchild of Freddie Mercury. He not only composed it but is responsible for its arrangement and presentation. Freddie never explained to anyone what he was thinking when he wrote Bohemian Rhapsody. Even the other members of Queen don't really know and, actually, they never asked him what it meant. They just followed his lead since they all had complete faith in Freddie's talent and what he could produce (there is an earlier Queen song titled "The March of The Black Queen" which is an even more complex arrangement, that many see as the forerunner to Bohemian Rhapsody), Freddie did admit that Bohemian Rhapsody is actually three different songs that he had been writing but could not seem to finish. Then he got a brilliant idea to mash the three songs together, add some transitions and bridges, and create a single song. BoRap is composed of six different sections: 1. Intro - In the opening shot of the video, where all four members of Queen are shown in an iconic formation, singing. That shot is misleading. What we are hearing, in reality, is only Freddie's voice. He laid down five separate tracks, singing and harmonizing with himself. 2. Ballad - This section comes from a song that Freddie had been working on for years. He had shared with the rest of the band what he had of the song many times as he worked on it and they had unofficially titled it "Freddie's Cowboy Song." 3. Guitar solo - this is the only part of BoRap that Freddie did not write. He knew that he wanted a guitar solo in the song and so conferred with Brian (May) about where he wanted it to fit in. The guitar solo is Brian's composition. 4. Operatic section - Freddie was a big opera fan. He was always fascinated with the idea of mixing rock and opera. This interest lead him to eventually create an album called "Barcelona" with Spanish Opera Soprano, Monserrat Cabelle (it's beautiful). 5. Hard rock - of course, he had to include some rock so he and the band could let loose. 6. Outro - Brings the song full circle and softly concludes the song with a gong! “Bohemian Rhapsody,” was recorded piecemeal using five different studios. Only Freddie knew what the final product was supposed to sound like. The three Queen vocalist, (Brian May, Freddie Mercury, and Roger Taylor) reportedly sang their vocal parts continually for 10 to 12 hours a day. The entire song took three weeks to record, and some of the operatic sections feature 180 separate overdubs. Since the studios of the time only offered 24-track analog tape (this was before digital), the three needed to overdub themselves many times and "bounce" these down to successive sub-mixes. In the end, eighth-generation tapes were used. The various sections of tape containing the desired sub-mixes had to be spliced (cut and assembled in the correct sequence). Brian May recalled placing a tape in front of the light and being able to see through it, as the tape had been used so many times. (And yes, that tape still exists in Queen's vault).
Omg, this was so innovative when they first released it (still is tbh) and it'll always be one of the greatest classics of rock. (Yes, I admit it - I'm that freakin old! 😅)
You're NO ORPHAN there hon, and I'm proud of it. Just imagine growing up without this in our lives ? No thanks, I'll be old 🤘😉🥰 hug n peace from Australia
@@imajinallthepurple you have NO idea how funny you being from Denmark is right now, because you guys have my blood in Copenhagen right now 🤣🤣🤣 Yeah I'm serious lol. I have MS and need a special blood test done twice a year. The only science lab in the world that does the testing is there. I had my test 2 weeks ago, so another 4 weeks for results. I beg them to send the rest of me as well, just for a holiday, but spoiler alert, they've got no sense of adventure 🤣🤣. 🤘🤗
Yo también ❤y tanto que le heredé a mis hijos su música y taanto que el mayor no le falta ningún disco ( c.d.) de la colección y como sabe cantar 🎤 siempre dice que hasta hoy no a escuchado nada ni medio igual a mis Ídolos Queen 🤴 y de Freddy como lo he extrañado 😢🥹 👏🏼👏🏼 👋🏻
In my opinion, Freddie Mercury's BEST EVER performance was at the live aid concert Wembley stadium, singing "Radio GaGa" The performance was an epic live performance, one that EVERYONE should see
they did not sing "somebody to love" at live aid. you probably mean montreal 1981 - that is a sensation, yes. he already reacted to that one two weeks ago.
@@geraldherrmann787 you are absolutely correct and I apologise for MY mistake. I have listened to BOTH full concerts in the last 2 days, and have mixed them up twice already - embarrassing 😊
Freddie actually started writing it in college, one of his friends called it the cowboy song. It highlights Freddie's vocal abilities along with the band's talent. Nothing like this had ever been done before Queen, including the video. Bands started doing videos after they saw what Queen did, and music videos were born. Queen was a genius band and the innovators in music's future.
I feel privileged to have "experienced" Bohemian Rhapsody when it was first released. Since 1975 I've listened to it literally thousands of times and it's still my favourite record of all time.
GREAT reaction!!!! I love the respect you show for the older music by not pausing. I think that you probably get more out of the experience yourself too. 💕💜💕💜💕💜💕💜
Bohemian Rhapsody and Queen as a group have influenced rock music more than a lot of people know. The experimentation with genres was so foreign and a huge risc for them to take. A lot of radio stations pushed back on playing it because it was so different. (A lot like BTS's music tbh though that's very much a matter of language discrimination. 🙄) Also, Bohemian Rhapsody is longer than the average song (especially back then) and they didn't think people would listen to a song that long. Oh boy, were they wrong! 😅 Bohemian Rhapsody is generally considered one of if not thee first commercial music video which is one of the reasons why it's had such a huge impact on the industry and been the visible inspiration for many artists. The song Bohemian Rhapsody is from the iconic album A Night At The Opera. Freddie Mercury had an affection for opera which influenced his artistry despite the pushback he got for it. For the Olympic Games in 1988 he even partnered with opera singer Montserrat Caballé for the song Barcelona which is well worth a listen. 👍 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Ohhh.. Barcelona was/is such a great performance. From mind's like this come out the most beautiful thing... Cause after remember Pavarotti and friends, different musicians from popular music(not as pop but as not classical) then Andrea Bocelli and his collaborations.
I love your reaction style. It's good to see you view and process the whole thing without interruption then go back and break it down. I'm sure someone has already told you this, but the four part harmony at the beginning is all Freddie Mercury. He sang all the parts himself and multi-tracked them. He was a musical genius!
I loved your reaction. This song was released when I was in high school. It became an immediate CLASSIC!!! Along with so many of there other songs!😱🎆♥🎶
I remember hearing this for the first time on the radio in the 70s... it blew my mind. Queen were a 70s Glam Rock band, Freddy Mercury was a geniius and classically trained. One of the most iconic songs ever recorded. Freddys Rock Opera. Hang on tight your in for a ride!... No it wasnt a thing... it was just Freddy. His manager and record company did niot want to release it but he insisted. It bevcame an anthem for us all growing up. Everyone knew every word... and the guitar??? all the guys played air guitar to it and everyone went off!. Nothing was better than Glam rock.
Queen did this video so they would not have to appear on the weekly show Top of the Pops which was largely responsible for making their songs shoot to the top of the charts. The video allowed them to go out on tour and still be able to perform on Top of the Pops to promote their latest release. This show was basically a playback show anyway where the artist would appear but would not be allowed to perform live but rather was forced to lip-sync to playback. Queen hated that but being on this show was absolutely necessary to launch their records. The music business did not use videos at that time to promote records. We did not have video playback in our homes, only audio tape and records. The music business depended on the radio, touring, and live tv appearances to sell their records. When they created the video, it was state-of-the-art technology. No one had used those effects before so it not only caught the listener's ear with the unique song structure but also provided visual elements that were new to everyone. The success of this video is largely credited for changing the way that the music business promoted records and led to the launch of Music television (MTV). Great reaction, thanks!
Freddie started out as a Opera singer before Queen. A master showman, he owns the stage and his audience. Chheck out 85 Live Aids Concert 72,000 people attended. RIP Freddie we will always remember you and the gift you left.
The skunk is a Queen fan!🤩🎶🦨He has great taste. The original Queen was the greatest band in the world. Will love them forever. Great reaction, love the respect you showed by not interrupting this masterpiece. Keep up the great work!
This is considered the first rock opera song. They shot a movie about it. When other bands saw it and how it promoted their masterpiece Bohemian Rhapsody they shot music videos too. So in essence Queen is responsible for both MTV and VH1. They would not exist without this song and Queen! Truth. Check out Live Aid 1985. Freddie had major throat problems and was advised not to sing but he did it anyway as it was for charity and their performance is considered the best of the day. 40% of the world watched them. The more Queen you hear the more you will realize you’ve heard them before. 😊
Love the way you respect the music and wait till the end before commenting. New subscriber looking forward to watching more of your videos. Glad the skunk didn't spray...😉
To me it IS an experience. It starts off with a choir then it goes to nice calm music then to opera then hard rock then back to nice calm music. All that in one song!
The opera section (and overall structure of the song) was most definitely NOT a “thing” before this song. I was a teen and I remember being blown away by this song, first of all because it sounds GREAT, but secondly because I kept sitting on the floor listening to the record “A Night At the Opera” LP and shaking my head in wonder thinking “who the hell thinks of combining Rock with OPERA???!!!” This was groundbreaking in every way: The multiple transition and operatic story-segmentation; the harmony arrangements (the beginning was ALL Freddy overdubbing and harmonizing with himself); and the video inspired the whole movement toward music videos and MTV! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 ❤️✌🏻✌🏻❤️
Freddie was a legend. It was a very sad day when he passed away in 1991. I remember like it was yesterday. It was a bit of a shock because he'd only just made it public that he had Aids a few days before, and then he was gone. Again, a huge rabbit hole 🕳 to go down. I'm with ya. 🎙🎵👍❤🇬🇧
Please watch Queen performance of White Queen, Christmas eve 1975, Live at the Odeon Hammersmith. Freddie and Brian May the guitarist show what great musicians this 4 member band is. Each member has written multiple hits and are individually in the song writers hall of fame. This song was written by Brian May (PHD Astro Physics) and beautifully performed for the studio and television audience
This song is way before the chocolate factury. Freddie was a one off and no one to this day really knows what the song is about. He enjoyed that fact as music means different things to different people.
The spotlight on their faces was new. They did it first as far as I know. Watch their Wembly Stadium performance for Live Aid 1985. It was perfect and you’ll see Freddie play the audience.
The story I've heard is that at first no DJ would play it because it was too long. Songs at the time were about 3 minutes or less, they thought 'no one's going to listen to a 6 minute song'. It was that good old comedy genius Kenny Everett who first played it on his crazy show. Three cheers for Kenny.
The intro, that you were so taken with... Is four tracks of Freddie Mercury's voice perfectly blended together. Welcome to the world of rock and roll that I grew up with.🎶🎸🎵✌️
Freddie always said that he let the viewers decde what the song is about for themselves. What it means to them. This is basically three songs into one.
First, this was decades before autotune so all those beautiful voices were theirs. True of everyone then, but it seems most impressive here. Second, freddy didn't use anything to keep time, his rhythm was just that good. That just impresses me. I'm very happy you watched the video rather than listening. it's spectacular either way, but it's more of an experience if you watch. I summed this up to someone as he kills someone, goes to the opera, goes to a rock concert, comes home. Oh, and this was recorded on reel to reel and there were so many layers put on that one tape it almost broke. That's just a cool bit. And yeah, this is the best rock video ever, as far as I can tell.
This was so unique when it came out and it’s still one of the most iconic pieces ever. We couldn’t get enough of it when it originally came out and it played nonstop after Freddy died. Long live Queen!
Definitely a masterpiece. This was way after my time but I sure can listen to this over and over. I’m discovering some rock that I missed. Freddie did also sing opera.
It was three songs Freddie just couldn't finish individually put together, and the first music video made, they didn't copy others, they're totally unique, if you look at Queen Official UA-cam Channel you'll find a documentary on the making of this, as not all is at it appears, for the most part it's Freddie singing with himself not harmonies, the high notes in parts are from Roger Taylor, who also can be found on UA-cam and social media, Dr Brian May on his handmade and homemade Red Special Guitar, you'll be surprised what that's made from, John Deacon he made the Amp which gave them the sounds they wanted. It was shot within a few hours before heading out on tour hence the music video, and cost back in the 70's around £4000 to make, it's had over a billion views on UA-cam alone and their Queen Greatest Hits Album bought out in 1981 has gone multi Platinum about 26 times over, they've just been told it's sold over 7 million copies and it's a Greatest Hits not original album and they've gone into the record books. There is a great deal of work from the group I think 15 albums as a group, then Fred, Brian and Roger had solo careers running alongside Queen, John also had one but in the background, you've got around 250 songs that were released, loads of unreleased, and they will be putting one out in around September which was recorded around 30 years ago. When listening remember that the whole group wrote the different songs, there was no one writer, they all played different instruments, could all sing, and always included the fans even in music videos, always been a very inclusive group and loved the audience to join in, I would also advise only watch official videos and documentaries, you will hear it straight from the group and people who know them that way, and yes I remember when the group started, as with many different groups and singers from way back who are still going and still not using autotune etc it's just pure hard work and talent
So this was early Queen. If you want to see Freddy's great progression, watch Freddy and Monserrat Caballe singing Barcelona. Another masterpiece from around 1987.
The lead singer of Queen, Freddy Mercury was asked in an interview about the voices that he admired - he responded with "the best male vocalist around is Australian John Farnham". Once Freddie past away (RIP Freddie you legend) Queen asked John to be the new lead singer, but John didn't want world recognition and wanted to keep his career at home in Aus. We call John Farnham "The Voice" and Farnsey for short. Farnsey released his most iconic song "you're the voice" which earned him the nickname. John teamed up with Jimmy Barnes, another Aussie legend, and they released my favorite song of them as a duo. Would you PLEASE do me the honour of reacting to John Farnham and Jimmy Barnes singing "When you're in love with your baby". Hope you enjoy ua-cam.com/video/ihsfx1LuoKc/v-deo.html
Fabulous song from greatest rock band ever in my opinion ,you should check out more of their stuff you will realise you knew some of their stuff but didn't know who it was x
Thanks, NAI! Unique... everyone in this band was incredibly talented.. you most certainly know many Queen songs... how about "we will rock you/we are the champions" - or "another one bites the dust"... or "don't stop me now" = my BFF & I at age 14 in HS were mocked for liking this "weird band" -- ha-ha to them...
Great reaction. I like that you watched the whole video intact before reviewing it for your reaction. All creatures love Queen. Now you need to react to their Dragon Attack, and just for fun something rather obscure, never performed live & rarely reviewed, a cool little rock-a-billy song, Man on the Prowl. You'll be glad you did. It is in the same vein as Freddie's tribute to Elvis, Crazy Little Thing Called Love. For astonishing vocalizations check out Rock in Rio Blues, 1985.
Your reaction is one of the best ever. I wondered if you could actually make it through the entire video without stopping it. so many people reacting talk over the song and miss so much. They were a rock band no other rock bands did opera in their songs. that was freddy. he started writing 3 songs in 68 and in 75 came out with them all combined in this song. i was 14 and i remember what i was doing the first time i heard this. he was from tanzania in africa but queen is from england. listen to the entire live aid queen concert. dont cut it short the last two songs will surprise you. and react to heart stairway to heaven.
They were going on tour & top of the pops tv show always featured the # 1 song. So they made the 1st video for tv. This furthermore launched MTV a few months later. 🤘🌟
THANK YOU for showing respect to the music! Nothing worse than someone breaking in every 30 seconds !!! I saw Queen during the tour they were on in the video. Incredible !!!!
Also check out Queen's live performance at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in 1985. Then you'll understand why Freddie Mercury captivated the masses so much. He managed to create an almost spiritual connection with his fans! Freddie was already very ill when he performed at Wembley Stadium, but he still captivated the audience like other artists. There will never be anyone like Freddie again!
I also love that you dont pause it. For a person to " feel the song" deep down you cant keep pausing. You gotta let it start its transcendence...alot of props to you for not pausing songs. Ill be coming back...
Queen were something else. Give a listen to 'Bohemian Rhapsody - 150 musicians - Rocknmob', a different presentation which you want to sing along with.
QUEEN is G.O.A.T, I grew up listening to all genre of music, I have to say QUEEN is one of my all-time favorites. Bismillah is shortened from Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim, from Arabic, means in the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
This video was only created because the BBC wanted to feature BoRhap on Top of the Pops and they couldn't be there so they made 'a video' - probably the best known one in the whole of music history!
No that was just pure genius. It was not common then nor now. It was Freddie Mercury and Queen...Today is 31years and a day Freddie been gone physically from us. He will never be gone from the hearts and mind. 🥰🤩😥😭💔💔💔💝 🇺🇸
Trivia....the lead Guitarist, Brian May, has a Masters Degree in Astrophysics, lol. The song structure is a rhapsody by definition, the changing and blending of different music styles and the lyrics that tell a story from killing a man, going on the run, being judged, and the denouement or climax of the story, that nothing really matters is indeed the definition of "rhapsody" noun 1. an effusively enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling. "rhapsodies of praise" 2. (in ancient Greece) an epic poem, or part of it, of a suitable length for recitation at one time. So did Freddie write a song, or did he write an epic poem?? Freddie the bohemian genius wrote both! This song will live on long after we are all gone, it is the best of art!
Does the skunk want to join the Queen appreciation society? That would have made Freddie laugh.
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Would he? I know he didn.t like Michale Jackson's lama🤣
But you are entitled to your own opinions I do like watching you and I do like your expressions especially when I know you're going to go nuts over the song sorry for being a bitch❤❤😊😊😊😊🎉
Aussie here. I STILL remember when this "record" was released (I was in grade 5 at school, yeah I'm old, get over it lol), and for 2 weeks all you could here walking down our street was EVERY father yelling (inc my own) "turn that bloody racquet down or it goes in the bin", while 15 kids between 20 houses ALL played this over n over n over until we knew the words off by heart. You couldn't drive anywhere in Western Australia without hearing this blaring from cars, as loud as possible, was awesome 🇦🇺😁🇦🇺😁
You think you're getting long in the tooth?? I was a teenager when this was released! Age truly is just a number, isn't it? Crow! I've been known to still go out and break horses. In fact, I spent my 24th birthday at the Queen Concert in Montreal in '81. It was marvelous!!
@@myowndrum286 hey there commonwealth brother, hope you guys are enjoying the games.
Mate, don't you worry, I'm catching up real fast lol. As for age being just a number, well how come my 'just a number' hurts? 🤣🤣🤣. Keep on rocking on mate, it keeps us young
Not too old, I was 25 when this song dropped and I still love it. All this and no Autotune!
Dude, your a youngster!! Lol..5th grade? I remember that I was I believe 21 at the time their album THE GAME just come out. I was riding up in the mountains in California, several friends, my 4yr old son, we were jamming out to Queen, my boyfriend was really wanting to make a good impression on me, he give my son lots of red licorice and pop, the next thing was he vomited all over my boyfriend we were all dying laughing. My poor little guy ❤️
Yep - I was stunned by this, me and my BFF age 14 or so-- been entranced ever since!
This masterpiece written by Freddie Mercury in 1975 and was a huge hit no1 for 9 weeks, then after Freddie Mercury passed away was a no1 again for 5 weeks in 1992 a iconic hit , great reaction thanks 🙏
And then top 3 when the movie came out!
Freddie Mercury composed this masterpiece from 3 earlier written and unfinished songs. All those beautiful harmonies are the result of a very complicated 3 weeks recording in 6 different studios, only Freddie knew how it had to be sounded. In the first part Freddie is harmonizing with himself and the chorus section is based on the voice of 3 of them, because John couldn't sing so well.
Why is it so famous? It was absolutely uniqe in that era, they played never listened harmonies, they multilayered the vocals, they created an operatic section and who else started a song like this: "Mama, just killed a man"
a genuius at work!
I will never forget Live Aid, even a lot of the big celebs were saying how can you beat Queen
You can be different than Queen and awesome in your own right, but you can’t beat Queen. ❤️
As you may or may not know, Queen is a British rock group formed in 1970 which consists of:
Freddie Mercury - Lead vocalist and piano
Roger Taylor - Drummer and vocals
John Deacon - Bass guitarist
Brian May - Lead guitarist and vocals
The creation of this video took only about 4 hours and is totally the vision of the four members of Queen themselves. This promo video for “BoRap" (as it’s affectionately called) didn’t just play a huge part in propelling their song to the top of the British (and the world) charts, it almost single-handedly established the concept of using video as a marketing tool for promoting a record both nationally and internationally.
Any music videos produced before Bohemian Rhapsody were used only to promote the artists to the record distributors and would just be a simple recording of the band lip-syncing to their song as they simulated playing their instruments. This concept of music videos that BoRap displayed was something totally new, innovative, and exciting. Suddenly they realized that a video could market the song to the public which open it up to more and more markets (face it, there is a limit to the number of "live" performances any artist can do). The success in marketing BoRap using a video to the public introduced the concept to all the other musical groups who suddenly began making music videos.
What prompted Queen to make a video? Necessity, the single of Bohemian Rhapsody was going to drop in Britain just before Queen was scheduled to head out on tour. The band was not going to be available to promote the song.
It was customary for bands in this age, to appear live on tv shows and lip-sync as they simulated playing their instruments in front of a teenage audience. In Britain, a weekly show called "Top Of The Pops" (TOTP) was "the show" that all rock musicians aspire to be on to promote their songs. A song that was shown on TOTP would be a hit (the show was that influential). Queen decided they would film a video of them singing and performing Bohemian Rhapsody and submit it in their place so it could be shown on shows like TOTP.
It worked. The “Bohemian Rhapsody” video was shown on TOTP for the first time ten days after filming, on November 20, and the song climbed the charts.
Bohemian Rhapsody is totally the brainchild of Freddie Mercury. He not only composed it but is responsible for its arrangement and presentation. Freddie never explained to anyone what he was thinking when he wrote Bohemian Rhapsody. Even the other members of Queen don't really know and, actually, they never asked him what it meant. They just followed his lead since they all had complete faith in Freddie's talent and what he could produce (there is an earlier Queen song titled "The March of The Black Queen" which is an even more complex arrangement, that many see as the forerunner to Bohemian Rhapsody),
Freddie did admit that Bohemian Rhapsody is actually three different songs that he had been writing but could not seem to finish. Then he got a brilliant idea to mash the three songs together, add some transitions and bridges, and create a single song.
BoRap is composed of six different sections:
1. Intro - In the opening shot of the video, where all four members of Queen are shown in an iconic formation, singing. That shot is misleading. What we are hearing, in reality, is only Freddie's voice. He laid down five separate tracks, singing and harmonizing with himself.
2. Ballad - This section comes from a song that Freddie had been working on for years. He had shared with the rest of the band what he had of the song many times as he worked on it and they had unofficially titled it "Freddie's Cowboy Song."
3. Guitar solo - this is the only part of BoRap that Freddie did not write. He knew that he wanted a guitar solo in the song and so conferred with Brian (May) about where he wanted it to fit in. The guitar solo is Brian's composition.
4. Operatic section - Freddie was a big opera fan. He was always fascinated with the idea of mixing rock and opera. This interest lead him to eventually create an album called "Barcelona" with Spanish Opera Soprano, Monserrat Cabelle (it's beautiful).
5. Hard rock - of course, he had to include some rock so he and the band could let loose.
6. Outro - Brings the song full circle and softly concludes the song with a gong!
“Bohemian Rhapsody,” was recorded piecemeal using five different studios. Only Freddie knew what the final product was supposed to sound like. The three Queen vocalist, (Brian May, Freddie Mercury, and Roger Taylor) reportedly sang their vocal parts continually for 10 to 12 hours a day. The entire song took three weeks to record, and some of the operatic sections feature 180 separate overdubs.
Since the studios of the time only offered 24-track analog tape (this was before digital), the three needed to overdub themselves many times and "bounce" these down to successive sub-mixes. In the end, eighth-generation tapes were used. The various sections of tape containing the desired sub-mixes had to be spliced (cut and assembled in the correct sequence). Brian May recalled placing a tape in front of the light and being able to see through it, as the tape had been used so many times. (And yes, that tape still exists in Queen's vault).
Omg, this was so innovative when they first released it (still is tbh) and it'll always be one of the greatest classics of rock. (Yes, I admit it - I'm that freakin old! 😅)
You're NO ORPHAN there hon, and I'm proud of it. Just imagine growing up without this in our lives ? No thanks, I'll be old 🤘😉🥰 hug n peace from Australia
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Perrish the thought! 😱😄
Denmark hugging back across the globe 🙋♀️💜
@@imajinallthepurple you have NO idea how funny you being from Denmark is right now, because you guys have my blood in Copenhagen right now 🤣🤣🤣 Yeah I'm serious lol. I have MS and need a special blood test done twice a year. The only science lab in the world that does the testing is there. I had my test 2 weeks ago, so another 4 weeks for results. I beg them to send the rest of me as well, just for a holiday, but spoiler alert, they've got no sense of adventure 🤣🤣. 🤘🤗
100% agree. This song will forever be on my playlists.
Yo también ❤y tanto que le heredé a mis hijos su música y taanto que el mayor no le falta ningún disco ( c.d.) de la colección y como sabe cantar 🎤 siempre dice que hasta hoy no a escuchado nada ni medio igual a mis Ídolos Queen 🤴 y de Freddy como lo he extrañado 😢🥹 👏🏼👏🏼 👋🏻
The opening harmonies is all Freddie
Freddie wrote this as his Rock opera. He had all four of Queen sing and harmonise. That falsetto "Galileo" is the drummer, Roger Taylor.
In my opinion, Freddie Mercury's BEST EVER performance was at the live aid concert Wembley stadium, singing "Radio GaGa" The performance was an epic live performance, one that EVERYONE should see
they did not sing "somebody to love" at live aid. you probably mean montreal 1981 - that is a sensation, yes. he already reacted to that one two weeks ago.
@@geraldherrmann787 you are absolutely correct and I apologise for MY mistake. I have listened to BOTH full concerts in the last 2 days, and have mixed them up twice already - embarrassing 😊
@@roslynjonsson2383 naaah, everything wonderful 🙃
Yes I totally agree with you!!
@@geraldherrmann787 Fun Fact: Radio GaGa is the reason we now have Lady GaGa
Freddie actually started writing it in college, one of his friends called it the cowboy song. It highlights Freddie's vocal abilities along with the band's talent. Nothing like this had ever been done before Queen, including the video. Bands started doing videos after they saw what Queen did, and music videos were born. Queen was a genius band and the innovators in music's future.
I can now tell they influenced alot!!!
Cover pose of group in light and shadow,Freddie got from poses by Marlena Dietrich in the 20s:)
I feel privileged to have "experienced" Bohemian Rhapsody when it was first released.
Since 1975 I've listened to it literally thousands of times and it's still my favourite record of all time.
GREAT reaction!!!! I love the respect you show for the older music by not pausing. I think that you probably get more out of the experience yourself too. 💕💜💕💜💕💜💕💜
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Skunk obviously appreciates good music!! Queen is an EPIC band so so talented and unique.
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Bohemian Rhapsody and Queen as a group have influenced rock music more than a lot of people know. The experimentation with genres was so foreign and a huge risc for them to take. A lot of radio stations pushed back on playing it because it was so different. (A lot like BTS's music tbh though that's very much a matter of language discrimination. 🙄) Also, Bohemian Rhapsody is longer than the average song (especially back then) and they didn't think people would listen to a song that long. Oh boy, were they wrong! 😅
Bohemian Rhapsody is generally considered one of if not thee first commercial music video which is one of the reasons why it's had such a huge impact on the industry and been the visible inspiration for many artists.
The song Bohemian Rhapsody is from the iconic album A Night At The Opera. Freddie Mercury had an affection for opera which influenced his artistry despite the pushback he got for it. For the Olympic Games in 1988 he even partnered with opera singer Montserrat Caballé for the song Barcelona which is well worth a listen. 👍
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You know so much about music and I'm grateful to learn from ya 🙏
I didn't know that about him singing at the Olympics. I'm going to have to see if I can find that.
Ohhh.. Barcelona was/is such a great performance. From mind's like this come out the most beautiful thing... Cause after remember Pavarotti and friends, different musicians from popular music(not as pop but as not classical) then Andrea Bocelli and his collaborations.
R.I.P. Freddie, miss your GREATNESS🌹
*A once in a lifetime masterpiece, that I am so glad I was alive to hear it in real time.* Thank you for such a thoughtful & provocative reaction* ❣
I love your reaction style. It's good to see you view and process the whole thing without interruption then go back and break it down. I'm sure someone has already told you this, but the four part harmony at the beginning is all Freddie Mercury. He sang all the parts himself and multi-tracked them. He was a musical genius!
I loved your reaction. This song was released when I was in high school. It became an immediate CLASSIC!!! Along with so many of there other songs!😱🎆♥🎶
It really was a surprise back then, now you need to do March of the Black Queen and Innuendo if you want more art from Queen.
Thanks for the recommendations 😊
One of the best songs of all time! If not the best. The amazingly talented Freddie Mercury. What a legend. RIP.
Freddie Mercury was a genius R.I.P you are sorely missed
I remember hearing this for the first time on the radio in the 70s... it blew my mind. Queen were a 70s Glam Rock band, Freddy Mercury was a geniius and classically trained. One of the most iconic songs ever recorded. Freddys Rock Opera. Hang on tight your in for a ride!... No it wasnt a thing... it was just Freddy. His manager and record company did niot want to release it but he insisted. It bevcame an anthem for us all growing up. Everyone knew every word... and the guitar??? all the guys played air guitar to it and everyone went off!. Nothing was better than Glam rock.
Queen did this video so they would not have to appear on the weekly show Top of the Pops which was largely responsible for making their songs shoot to the top of the charts. The video allowed them to go out on tour and still be able to perform on Top of the Pops to promote their latest release. This show was basically a playback show anyway where the artist would appear but would not be allowed to perform live but rather was forced to lip-sync to playback. Queen hated that but being on this show was absolutely necessary to launch their records. The music business did not use videos at that time to promote records. We did not have video playback in our homes, only audio tape and records. The music business depended on the radio, touring, and live tv appearances to sell their records. When they created the video, it was state-of-the-art technology. No one had used those effects before so it not only caught the listener's ear with the unique song structure but also provided visual elements that were new to everyone. The success of this video is largely credited for changing the way that the music business promoted records and led to the launch of Music television (MTV). Great reaction, thanks!
Freddie started out as a Opera singer before Queen. A master showman, he owns the stage and his audience. Chheck out 85 Live Aids Concert 72,000 people attended. RIP Freddie we will always remember you and the gift you left.
Freddie loved opera, and indulged himself by including the "operatic" section of the song.
The skunk is a Queen fan!🤩🎶🦨He has great taste. The original Queen was the greatest band in the world. Will love them forever.
Great reaction, love the respect you showed by not interrupting this masterpiece. Keep up the great work!
This is considered the first rock opera song. They shot a movie about it. When other bands saw it and how it promoted their masterpiece Bohemian Rhapsody they shot music videos too. So in essence Queen is responsible for both MTV and VH1. They would not exist without this song and Queen! Truth. Check out Live Aid 1985. Freddie had major throat problems and was advised not to sing but he did it anyway as it was for charity and their performance is considered the best of the day. 40% of the world watched them. The more Queen you hear the more you will realize you’ve heard them before. 😊
You will enjoy, Who Wants to Live Forever, live or studio will amaze you.
Absolutely correct. That skunk was curious about those amazing tonal vibrations!
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Over1.7 billion views now.
Love the way you respect the music and wait till the end before commenting. New subscriber looking forward to watching more of your videos. Glad the skunk didn't spray...😉
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To me it IS an experience. It starts off with a choir then it goes to nice calm music then to opera then hard rock then back to nice calm music. All that in one song!
Thank you for your Respect to Freddy & his amazing Art ... and Art, it is! For sure ❣️
Much Love from Germany 🇩🇪
Please react to “Cool Cat”. Freddie’s vocals are amazing on that song!!!! 💜💕💜💕💜💕
Only brilliant minds and talent could put together this fantastic song. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
The opera section (and overall structure of the song) was most definitely NOT a “thing” before this song. I was a teen and I remember being blown away by this song, first of all because it sounds GREAT, but secondly because I kept sitting on the floor listening to the record “A Night At the Opera” LP and shaking my head in wonder thinking “who the hell thinks of combining Rock with OPERA???!!!” This was groundbreaking in every way: The multiple transition and operatic story-segmentation; the harmony arrangements (the beginning was ALL Freddy overdubbing and harmonizing with himself); and the video inspired the whole movement toward music videos and MTV! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 ❤️✌🏻✌🏻❤️
Thank you so much for not pausing . Great reaction .
This is also the very first music video💕
This song came out the year I was born and still rocks the young uns!
Freddie was a legend. It was a very sad day when he passed away in 1991. I remember like it was yesterday. It was a bit of a shock because he'd only just made it public that he had Aids a few days before, and then he was gone.
Again, a huge rabbit hole 🕳 to go down. I'm with ya. 🎙🎵👍❤🇬🇧
I love, love, love your "reaction" and how you do your commentary!!!! Hugs to you. I wish you THE BEST!
Hi there 👏 army here! This song is a masterpiece! The first time I really really listened to this song I was so amazed! Queen is awesome 😎
Oh man I remember when this came out and love Queen! 👍 I’m that old but is still blast my Queen on my stereo!
The World lost a priceless treasure. Freddie was so beautiful.
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Please watch Queen performance of White Queen, Christmas eve 1975, Live at the Odeon Hammersmith. Freddie and Brian May the guitarist show what great musicians this 4 member band is. Each member has written multiple hits and are individually in the song writers hall of fame. This song was written by Brian May (PHD Astro Physics) and beautifully performed for the studio and television audience
Even Skunkie catching the vibe lol :)
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Good for not pausing 👍😂 most streamed song of the 20 th century !🔥
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Imagine hearing this on the radio every hour. We had some great music.
This song is way before the chocolate factury. Freddie was a one off and no one to this day really knows what the song is about. He enjoyed that fact as music means different things to different people.
The spotlight on their faces was new. They did it first as far as I know. Watch their Wembly Stadium performance for Live Aid 1985. It was perfect and you’ll see Freddie play the audience.
The story I've heard is that at first no DJ would play it because it was too long. Songs at the time were about 3 minutes or less, they thought 'no one's going to listen to a 6 minute song'. It was that good old comedy genius Kenny Everett who first played it on his crazy show. Three cheers for Kenny.
The intro, that you were so taken with... Is four tracks of Freddie Mercury's voice perfectly blended together.
Welcome to the world of rock and roll that I grew up with.🎶🎸🎵✌️
Freddie always said that he let the viewers decde what the song is about for themselves. What it means to them. This is basically three songs into one.
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That silence with your mouth open was EXACTLY our reaction when we first heard it upon it's release in 1975.
I really appreciate your respect for "old" music! Freddie/Queen have many many hits to enjoy!!
Wished you could have seen them live in concert.epic! The falsetto was the blonde drummer. Roger could really hit those high notes.
First, this was decades before autotune so all those beautiful voices were theirs. True of everyone then, but it seems most impressive here.
Second, freddy didn't use anything to keep time, his rhythm was just that good. That just impresses me.
I'm very happy you watched the video rather than listening. it's spectacular either way, but it's more of an experience if you watch.
I summed this up to someone as he kills someone, goes to the opera, goes to a rock concert, comes home.
Oh, and this was recorded on reel to reel and there were so many layers put on that one tape it almost broke. That's just a cool bit.
And yeah, this is the best rock video ever, as far as I can tell.
This was so unique when it came out and it’s still one of the most iconic pieces ever. We couldn’t get enough of it when it originally came out and it played nonstop after Freddy died. Long live Queen!
One way to build your subs is to play lots of Queen
One of my faves. 4 Music genres, Freddie used 7 studios to record this song.
Definitely a masterpiece. This was way after my time but I sure can listen to this over and over. I’m discovering some rock that I missed. Freddie did also sing opera.
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And was clearly a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta fan!
@@TheDivayenta I bet! Did you see the live video of him doing a duet with a very famous opera singer? I’m so impressed!
This was shocking when it came out, we already loved Queen but this was something no one had seen or heard before during that time. ❤️
It was three songs Freddie just couldn't finish individually put together, and the first music video made, they didn't copy others, they're totally unique, if you look at Queen Official UA-cam Channel you'll find a documentary on the making of this, as not all is at it appears, for the most part it's Freddie singing with himself not harmonies, the high notes in parts are from Roger Taylor, who also can be found on UA-cam and social media, Dr Brian May on his handmade and homemade Red Special Guitar, you'll be surprised what that's made from, John Deacon he made the Amp which gave them the sounds they wanted. It was shot within a few hours before heading out on tour hence the music video, and cost back in the 70's around £4000 to make, it's had over a billion views on UA-cam alone and their Queen Greatest Hits Album bought out in 1981 has gone multi Platinum about 26 times over, they've just been told it's sold over 7 million copies and it's a Greatest Hits not original album and they've gone into the record books. There is a great deal of work from the group I think 15 albums as a group, then Fred, Brian and Roger had solo careers running alongside Queen, John also had one but in the background, you've got around 250 songs that were released, loads of unreleased, and they will be putting one out in around September which was recorded around 30 years ago. When listening remember that the whole group wrote the different songs, there was no one writer, they all played different instruments, could all sing, and always included the fans even in music videos, always been a very inclusive group and loved the audience to join in, I would also advise only watch official videos and documentaries, you will hear it straight from the group and people who know them that way, and yes I remember when the group started, as with many different groups and singers from way back who are still going and still not using autotune etc it's just pure hard work and talent
So this was early Queen. If you want to see Freddy's great progression, watch Freddy and Monserrat Caballe singing Barcelona. Another masterpiece from around 1987.
The lead singer of Queen, Freddy Mercury was asked in an interview about the voices that he admired - he responded with "the best male vocalist around is Australian John Farnham". Once Freddie past away (RIP Freddie you legend) Queen asked John to be the new lead singer, but John didn't want world recognition and wanted to keep his career at home in Aus. We call John Farnham "The Voice" and Farnsey for short. Farnsey released his most iconic song "you're the voice" which earned him the nickname. John teamed up with Jimmy Barnes, another Aussie legend, and they released my favorite song of them as a duo. Would you PLEASE do me the honour of reacting to John Farnham and Jimmy Barnes singing "When you're in love with your baby". Hope you enjoy ua-cam.com/video/ihsfx1LuoKc/v-deo.html
Thank you Roslyn!
They were epic! OMG Freddie and his voice! Brian May on the guitar. England grew talent in the 70s and 80s.
Fabulous song from greatest rock band ever in my opinion ,you should check out more of their stuff you will realise you knew some of their stuff but didn't know who it was x
Some very nasty comments on this tragedy a person could lose his life through this stop the hate !
Thanks, NAI! Unique... everyone in this band was incredibly talented.. you most certainly know many Queen songs... how about "we will rock you/we are the champions" - or "another one bites the dust"... or "don't stop me now" = my BFF & I at age 14 in HS were mocked for liking this "weird band" -- ha-ha to them...
Looks like you and your BFF got the last laugh lol.
It's great to see a younger generation enjoying the music of my youth. 👍🇬🇧
Great reaction. I like that you watched the whole video intact before reviewing it for your reaction. All creatures love Queen. Now you need to react to their Dragon Attack, and just for fun something rather obscure, never performed live & rarely reviewed, a cool little rock-a-billy song, Man on the Prowl. You'll be glad you did. It is in the same vein as Freddie's tribute to Elvis, Crazy Little Thing Called Love. For astonishing vocalizations check out Rock in Rio Blues, 1985.
Dig deeper Queen is AMAZING
AND FREEDIE
THERE ARE NO WORDS!!!
Yea serious art !!! Masterpiece .
Your reaction is one of the best ever. I wondered if you could actually make it through the entire video without stopping it. so many people reacting talk over the song and miss so much. They were a rock band no other rock bands did opera in their songs. that was freddy. he started writing 3 songs in 68 and in 75 came out with them all combined in this song. i was 14 and i remember what i was doing the first time i heard this. he was from tanzania in africa but queen is from england. listen to the entire live aid queen concert. dont cut it short the last two songs will surprise you. and react to heart stairway to heaven.
Fun fact:
The entire vocal into was recorded by Freddy Mercury "alone".
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They were going on tour & top of the pops tv show always featured the # 1 song. So they made the 1st video for tv. This furthermore launched MTV a few months later. 🤘🌟
timeless masterpiece for rock
THANK YOU for showing respect to the music! Nothing worse than someone breaking in every 30 seconds !!! I saw Queen during the tour they were on in the video. Incredible !!!!
Thank you for not pausing and glad you enjoyed it I grew up on Queen best song ever ❤ Lisa North wales
Also check out Queen's live performance at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in 1985. Then you'll understand why Freddie Mercury captivated the masses so much. He managed to create an almost spiritual connection with his fans! Freddie was already very ill when he performed at Wembley Stadium, but he still captivated the audience like other artists. There will never be anyone like Freddie again!
This was just inducted into the Library of Congress this year, Well deserved!
Send shivers down my spine
It was unique back then as it is today. One of the greatest bands. I am glad you enjoyed that.
Great to see a reaction where you can listen to the tune without someone talking over it. Subscribed because of that.
Queen is amazing. YOU ARE YOUNG. THEY WERE REALLTY!
There was nothing like seeing them perform this song live the times I saw them, AMAZING! There are advantages to being old 😃
I also love that you dont pause it. For a person to " feel the song" deep down you cant keep pausing. You gotta let it start its transcendence...alot of props to you for not pausing songs. Ill be coming back...
Queen were something else. Give a listen to 'Bohemian Rhapsody - 150 musicians - Rocknmob', a different presentation which you want to sing along with.
QUEEN is G.O.A.T, I grew up listening to all genre of music, I have to say QUEEN is one of my all-time favorites. Bismillah is shortened from Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim, from Arabic, means in the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
Really enjoyed watching you discover Queen, and Bohemian Rhapsody.
In the day you weren’t cool unless you could sing Bohemian Rhapsody word for word. Even today you have to sing it when it comes on.
7:37 yes it was. It was.
Have you seen the UK crowd waiting to see the band Greenday singing Bohemian Rhapsody whilst they were waiting. Shows how popular this song is.
It's an Original song; no one did this but them.
So glad you did this!!❤️
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This video was only created because the BBC wanted to feature BoRhap on Top of the Pops and they couldn't be there so they made 'a video' - probably the best known one in the whole of music history!
No that was just pure genius. It was not common then nor now. It was Freddie Mercury and Queen...Today is 31years and a day Freddie been gone physically from us. He will never be gone from the hearts and mind. 🥰🤩😥😭💔💔💔💝 🇺🇸
Trivia....the lead Guitarist, Brian May, has a Masters Degree in Astrophysics, lol.
The song structure is a rhapsody by definition, the changing and blending of different music styles and the lyrics that tell a story from killing a man, going on the run, being judged, and the denouement or climax of the story, that nothing really matters is indeed the definition of "rhapsody"
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an effusively enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling.
"rhapsodies of praise"
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(in ancient Greece) an epic poem, or part of it, of a suitable length for recitation at one time.
So did Freddie write a song, or did he write an epic poem?? Freddie the bohemian genius wrote both! This song will live on long after we are all gone, it is the best of art!
PhD actually. He is Sir Dr. Brian May. He was Knighted by King Charles.
Sincere reation. Thanks.
"I will not pauze" ... instant like....