Every band member wrote songs in Queen. Of the songs you've covered, Freddy wrote Bohemian Rhapsody and Somebody to Love, Brian May (guitar) wrote We will Rock You, and John Deacon (bass) wrote this song.
John Deacon wrote Another one Bites the Dust. He originally wrote about a western theme. The old cowboy adage, he bit the dust. They got together and changed the lyrics.
They never broke up. They were together until Freddie died. All original 4 members!!!!! Freddie was the 1 front man in rock and roll and is still ranked #1
The bass player, John Deacon, wrote this song. Queen Is the only band to this day that has had every band member write their songs and every band member has had a number one hit song!! No other band ever has had that happen.
@@TheCreedGames1 Robert Plant. But that's just a personal opinion. My first comment was coz not everyone's number one will be the same. People have different opinions and tastes.
Queen - Innuendo It is called the 2nd Bohemian Rhapsody... one of the last songs they did. Heard it as a kid when it came out. The song answered questions of life I haven't even asked yet.
Absolutely Queen like the Beatles everyone wanted to write songs and not all songs had Freddy singing lead vocals. Funny there aren't more requests for the show must go on /:
@@olabergvall3154 well, Brian and Roger are still going. John retired not long after Freddie passed, but it managed a few more years. It must feel like something is missing when tragedies like that happen, but I can appreciate that John retired and Brian and Roger kept going. Everyone deals differently.
Queen is one of, if not the only band where all four members wrote a number one single. This here, was the bassist John Deacon's song. He was kind of like their secret weapon. It is always the quiet ones though, isn't it? 🤣 Also, Dragon Attack at the Milton Keynes Bowl. 👌
Actually Deaky got the inspiration for this song from cowboys movies :) Deaky is John Deacon's nickname, the bass player. This song was the biggest hit Queen had, and it was released as a single thanks to Michael Jackson, who insisted and insisted they had to release it. Roger has learned to appreciate the song with time, but he HATED it when Deaky composed it, LOL!
@@justinthurman3689- "Another one bites the dust" crossed several genres and appeared on black music charts, soul and disco as well as rock. Many people thought it was done by black artists. In that way it was big because it was a cross over hit. "We are the champions" is better known because it's an anthem regularly used at sports events, etc.
@@justinthurman3689 - I'm a FORTIES baby ....1949. Gotcha' beat for seniority. LOL. We obviously come at music from different eras and perspectives. I saw both The Beatles and Queen live. There is no "best" of any group or singer because it all depends on your taste and where you're coming from. The different technologies available at the time of each band made big differences too. Even within Queen the four had different tastes, Freddie - classical, rock, opera, gospel.... Brian - Hendrix, folk, The Beatles....Deacon - soul, funk, blues and progressive rock like " Yes"....Taylor - Mitch Mitchell, Hendrix and heavier rock. That's what made their music so varied. They even threw in vaudeville and dance hall styles. Whatever you like personally is special to you and that's what matters. Cheers. :)
Like mentioned in another comment, you realy need to react to the "Live Aid"-performance. Wikipedia said: "Queen's twenty-one minute performance, which began at 6:41 pm, was voted the greatest live performance in the history of rock, in a 2005 industry poll of more than 60 artists, journalists and music industry executives." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Aid. Back in 1985 I watched the whole concert on TV. There were so many big names an Queen blowed them all away.
@@williamjordan8603 are you sure about that, I'm pretty sure the tickets were sold out before Queen got announcemd that they would be playing live aid.
PLEASE, for me but more for you. Queen live at live aid. Greatest live performance ever. A permanent piece of history. You really need to watch this. It is important on many levels. You are robbing yourselves of Freddie/Queen if you don’t see this. Even if you don’t “react” watch it, it takes you to a whole new place. ~ Peace ✌️
They never broke up but in the movie they did to make it dramatic.You guys should react to more Queen like the Full live aid performance by queen or I want to break free music video
They didn't break up... but he got sicker and sicker and died sadly. I remember another video, when he talked about that rumours, he pointed at his butt he said "they are talking from here" !
Yes, and he added they'd stay together until one of them died :/ I'm wondering if he already knew he had AIDS. This was mid 86 so if he didn't then he learnt it soon after that.
You’re right. They didn’t break up but stopped touring after ‘86 I think. He still kept contributing to the song writing though. The middle part of Innuendo is a great example of his writing. As a testament to Freddie, the members stopped specifying what members wrote what songs. They decided to just credit all songs to the whole band. Freddie contributed but not as much as he used to because he was so sick. RIP Freddie...absolute best!
@@AriaIsara I'm certain that Freddie "knew" he had HIV, even though, like you say, he wasn't tested until 1987. By the mid-80s, Freddie's former lovers from the 1970s were starting to die of AIDS. And around 1985, a Lady Friend of Freddie's described an incident at his house: He cut himself shaving - so there was a little bit of blood, you know - and she came in the bathroom to help... She said he totally PANICKED/ordered her out of the bathroom. (Because at that time, they didn't know exactly how the HIV virus was transferred)
John Deacon wrote it simply because he wanted to write a "dance friendly song". The lyrics were secondary. It was also a crowd participation song, Like We Will Rock You. The lyrics were part of the fun.
Queen - innuendo. What a song! It will take you on a rollercoaster! Also you should do a full queen live aid review. Incredible set of about 5 songs, but if you ever want to see a band have an audience in the palm of their hand, then that is it.
Vin, Queen never broken up even with Freddie's death in 1991. John Deacon (bassist) who also wrote this song left the band. But he had joined his bandmates during reunion gigs. John felt Queen never would be the same without Freddie. Brian May & Roger Taylor still as Queen with American Idol's Adam Lambert doing singing duties. They have a touring bassist joined with them on tour.
The bass player wrote the song. It's his take on the gangster movies. Queen is the only band ever to have all the members write a #1 song. But if you want to hear another one that's about the same subject, listen to Stone Cold Crazy.
I know this video is more than a couple of months old but I remember buying this song as a 45 when I was a kid. My sister who was younger than myself and I would dance all over the house to it. I think we played it for a week straight. One of the best bands of all times. Freddie had an insane voice and the band, this is when musicians were musicians.
John Deacon is the official writer of this song, the bands bass player. Brian and Roger weren't really into it at first bc they didnt love the whole disco funk sound, but Freddie poored his heart and all of his energy into singing this. And he is a main reason why this song was so popular, not only is a kick ass bass line, but the vocals are ear shattering, especially on record, he also is singing a lot higher than one might think bc it sounds so masculine. Also, they originally weren't going to release this song as a single, but they played it live a little and Michael Jackson was actually in the audience and he was able to go backstage and they hung out and MJ told them that they should release it as a single, it's really good, so they did, and it ended up being one of the biggest songs of all time.
John Deacon the bass player wrote this song. It was their biggest hit in the US. The bass riff is his signature. He retired after Freddie died. He did three separate performances after Freddie's death, but he has been retired since 1997. It's the bass riff that is so memorable for this song, and also Under Pressure. That's all John Deacon. John gave birth to the song. Freddie gave it life.
I was 14 and all my friend were 18 an 17 and we would Cruze the gut in a blown Z28 and it was amazing times and we would have this song playing on a stereo that was amazingly clear and load !
I love this concert because it’s so amazing and he had a wicked cold and when you see a lot of it together you see him always going to the side and blowing his nose and coughing and he still sounded fantastic
Love to see your reaction to The Show Must Go On, A winters Tale and These are the Days of our Lives, all songs that were recorded shortly before Freddie's death and reflect on both his life and life in general. Sad songs but so so powerful!!
Sori, you'd probably like the studio version a lot more. There's a fun funk guitar riff in it that sounds much more groovy in the studio recording. Go check it out.
You're both right, guys! The lyrics to this song were inspired after the writer saw a documentary on the St. Valentines day Massacre. The song then takes a twist when he starts singing about someone who has wronged him, a lover perhaps, who left him with nothing and with nowhere to live.
10:57 That's because the audio was recorded on the stage and it takes time for the sound to travel from the audience to the microphones on the stage. That creates the delay by a fraction of a second. The same thing happens in churches where the pipe organ at the back of the church can be delayed in relation to the choir in the front of the church.
One of the best stage performances ever is Their Live Aid set. You have to watch that one. There are college classes taught about how the crowd reacted to the performance. You have to see it! :D
The bass player wrote this song Another One Bites the Dust. They were all songwriters. He was just believe performer and sang the songs he wrote many great songs himself many he's an icon and an idol always will be can't be replaced never got to love him he was one of a kind and truly talented way ahead of his time let's hear it
I remember the first time I heard this. I was 13 and we started playing it at our little league ball games. We were basically the bad news bears of the league. When the season started everyone thought we were a joke. They found out soon enough that we were no joke. So we would play this going into the 9th inning. That was my only fond memory of my 1 year living in Florida.
It's easy to think when he's the singer. We're in the age of the solo artist, bands are more of a passe thing. So I assume they just associate the writer as the singer.
"Another One Bites the Dust" was written by Queen's bassist, John Deacon, around 1980 and was influenced by his time hanging out with disco group, Chic. Interesting tidbit about this tune, it might not have never been released if not for Michael Jackson talking the band into including it on the band's 1980 studio LP, "The Game." This song along with "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" were huge hits for Queen, both reaching No. 1 in the US. This live version is from Queen's '86 performance at Wembley, and there were several rumors surrounding the band, one of which, that they were on the verge of breaking up, most likely put out there by the British tabloids. Freddie Mercury and Queen had a very tumultuous relationship with the British tabloids, especially around this time until Mercury's death.
In the album version he does some vocal runs that exhibit a bit more of his range. In this live one he was taking more of the harmony vocal line on the chorus, which is lower.
To be a frontman, you must be fearless. And Freddie left any fears off the side of the stage. This song was written by the bass player as he watched Freddie Mercury wake up and get rid of all of the fake friends that had gathered around him. When Freddie stopped doing drugs and shed all of the fake friends, he was nearly ruthless about it. Left some on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere while he dropped some in the middle of traffic. He had a "handler" from CBS who borded a flight they were both supposed to be on, Freddy snuck off and waved at him as the plane pulled away.
The bass player had this half written song lying around from way back about cowboys. He's like that's a bit silly, so he took away some lyrics and added some new ones then took it to the rest of the band, and voila!
John Deacon originally wrote this about a western showdown (hence "Another One Bites The Dust") but at suggestion he tweaked it to be more "modern" but it's still essentially about gun warfare. As for some of the bands biggest hits and the principal songwriter: Another Bites The Dust/Under Pressure/I want to Break Free/You're My Best Friend - John Deacon (bass) Don't Stop Me Now/Killer Queen/Bohemian Rhapsody/Somebody To Love/Bicycle Race/We Are The Champions/Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Freddie Mercury (vocals/piano) Radio Gaga/A Kind of Magic - Roger Taylor (Drums/vocals) Now I'm Here/We Will Rock You/Fat Bottomed Girls/Who Wants To Live Forever - Brian May (guitar/vocals) This list is far from exhaustive. I just tried to include their most iconic tracks. Later in their career tracks started becoming much more of a joint effort and were credited to the entire band.
Loved your reaction, it was so funny when VIn covered Sori's eyes! Also amusing was Sori's comment "he is such a unique person in his expressions of himself", with her eyes sparkling. We totally understand what she means: HE WAS SEXY!!!
You should watch queen live aid 1985 it’s absolutely amazing the whole thing is about 20 mins long but so worth watching. its considered the best live rock performance in history!
If you want to explore Freddie's range, and are up for a bit of a departure from 'rock', you can do no better than to watch Freddie and Monserrat Caballe ( who sadly passed a few weeks go) sing 'Barcelona'.
Queen - Innuendo, as others are requesting is one of their best. he was ill when this was recorded but Queen still prod uced one of their best albums also called Innuendo. Shows his range more on this song.
Vin... " he's gotta be in the top 5" lmfao This IS the number 1 vocalist ever, rock, pop , Metal,opera he could do it all, he rest of the band deserve credit too. Please listen to Freddie singing Barcelona with Montseratte Caballe soooo beautiful
John Deacon wrote Another One Bites the Dust. This is about when one of the guys probably John and then girlfriend broke up the relationship.In discussing the situation with the band members John says Another One Bites the Dust and they said that's a cool line for a lyric hence this song by John Deacon.
Check out Storm Troopers of Death . Song ,speak English or die . You want a song that wouldn’t fly today . SOD is Scott Ian from anthrax and some others who did a side project of east coast metal/punk. !!!
S.O.D. is completely tongue in cheek. I feel like that entire album (and the second one) stand up today. It was obvious that's not how the band members (other than Billy Milano) actually felt. I think even M.O.D. was supposed to be mostly satire until Billy lost his mind and went full on racist.
This was the song that finally broke America for them. It was at number one for months. It resonated most with African Americans, a lot bought tickets to see them and was shocked when a pasty white English band was on stage.
You guys should really react to queen live aid 1985 it’s consider best live rock performance in history! It’s mind blowing guys its about 20 mins long and totally worth the watch
Love the reactions guys, can't believe you haven't done dragon attack yet live in Montreal if you like it a bit heavier you'll love the drums and bass in that real heavy, not a lot to assess lyrically but another awesome queen performance 👍
Telling you from the technical view on that "delay" of the crowd. I think they record the crowd from the stage. If you hear him sing on the PA (Speaker System) and maybe also if you are in the back so you already hear him delayed, so you get delayed reaction already and when you record this on the stage, the delayed reaction need also to travel to stage. I think thats why it sounds off.
Every band member wrote songs in Queen. Of the songs you've covered, Freddy wrote Bohemian Rhapsody and Somebody to Love, Brian May (guitar) wrote We will Rock You, and John Deacon (bass) wrote this song.
John Deacon wrote Another one Bites the Dust. He originally wrote about a western theme. The old cowboy adage, he bit the dust. They got together and changed the lyrics.
This was actually John Deacon's song, the bassist.
He was not the only author of the lyrics, but yeah, the melody is completely Deacon's
They never broke up. They were together until Freddie died. All original 4 members!!!!! Freddie was the 1 front man in rock and roll and is still ranked #1
Queen live at Live Aid please, full set, it's long (24/25 mins) but it's so worth it
Best show in the history of rock
Yes! Live aid 85 please!
It would be EPIC
Totally agree, it is the greatest performance by anyone was Queen at live aid
BEST Performance of all time!!!!!!!
Never another artist and performer could captivate and control the crowd like this man could
The bass player, John Deacon, wrote this song. Queen Is the only band to this day that has had every band member write their songs and every band member has had a number one hit song!! No other band ever has had that happen.
Freddie Mercury is not in the top 5, he is number 1.
Number 3 for me
@@abrarmorshedaurko1093 Who's number 1 for you? Just curious
Alan, you're right, that's simple.
He's also number 3 for me.
@@TheCreedGames1 Robert Plant. But that's just a personal opinion. My first comment was coz not everyone's number one will be the same. People have different opinions and tastes.
QUEEN NEVER BROKE UP! When he passed away the world weeped and still does.
Queen - Innuendo
It is called the 2nd Bohemian Rhapsody... one of the last songs they did.
Heard it as a kid when it came out. The song answered questions of life I haven't even asked yet.
The middle part of Innuendo, from the flamenco bit to the incredible electric guitar solo, is just sublime. Certainly one of their alltime greats!
I wish
What does it answer? It obviously asks questions, like whether or not there is a god up there, but it doesn't exactly answer anything.
Love Innuendo. I always think of it as the third of the trio of with March of the black queen in there as well and prophets song being a cousin
@@FzNd That Flameco guitar was played by Steve How, the guitarist of the band Yes
Freddie Mercury. The Greatest Showman ever lived. Period. Gone since 27 years but NEVER forgotten ❤️
Also Freddie didn’t write this. The bass player wrote it.
Why everyone assumes the lead singer wrote the song that he sing?
thats stupid...
John Deacon is his name
They never broke up. Then Freddie died in '91
But they're still playing
Absolutely Queen like the Beatles everyone wanted to write songs and not all songs had Freddy singing lead vocals. Funny there aren't more requests for the show must go on /:
@@olabergvall3154 well, Brian and Roger are still going. John retired not long after Freddie passed, but it managed a few more years. It must feel like something is missing when tragedies like that happen, but I can appreciate that John retired and Brian and Roger kept going. Everyone deals differently.
Queen is one of, if not the only band where all four members wrote a number one single. This here, was the bassist John Deacon's song. He was kind of like their secret weapon. It is always the quiet ones though, isn't it? 🤣
Also, Dragon Attack at the Milton Keynes Bowl. 👌
Actually Deaky got the inspiration for this song from cowboys movies :)
Deaky is John Deacon's nickname, the bass player. This song was the biggest hit Queen had, and it was released as a single thanks to Michael Jackson, who insisted and insisted they had to release it. Roger has learned to appreciate the song with time, but he HATED it when Deaky composed it, LOL!
Nope we are the champions Is. Biggest hit of queen. Look It up.
@@justinthurman3689- "Another one bites the dust" crossed several genres and appeared on black music charts, soul and disco as well as rock. Many people thought it was done by black artists. In that way it was big because it was a cross over hit. "We are the champions" is better known because it's an anthem regularly used at sports events, etc.
@@susieq9801 cool. They sure cross off. I'm 80s baby so It was queen an Guns n roses for me Guns being first.
Both them songs did cross over. Guns n roses Is number one play an Queen 2 In all sports
@@justinthurman3689 - I'm a FORTIES baby ....1949. Gotcha' beat for seniority. LOL.
We obviously come at music from different eras and perspectives. I saw both The Beatles and Queen live. There is no "best" of any group or singer because it all depends on your taste and where you're coming from. The different technologies available at the time of each band made big differences too.
Even within Queen the four had different tastes, Freddie - classical, rock, opera, gospel.... Brian - Hendrix, folk, The Beatles....Deacon - soul, funk, blues and progressive rock like " Yes"....Taylor - Mitch Mitchell, Hendrix and heavier rock. That's what made their music so varied. They even threw in vaudeville and dance hall styles.
Whatever you like personally is special to you and that's what matters. Cheers. :)
Please guys, you need to watch the Live Aid Performance they did. Many call it to be the greatest musical performance of all time at only 24 minutes!
Like mentioned in another comment, you realy need to react to the "Live Aid"-performance. Wikipedia said:
"Queen's twenty-one minute performance, which began at 6:41 pm, was voted the greatest live performance in the history of rock, in a 2005 industry poll of more than 60 artists, journalists and music industry executives." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Aid. Back in 1985 I watched the whole concert on TV. There were so many big names an Queen blowed them all away.
YES!
Yeah, but this was a Queen only audience. More love.
@@williamjordan8603 are you sure about that, I'm pretty sure the tickets were sold out before Queen got announcemd that they would be playing live aid.
@@stu2333 this is the 1986 Queen concert. They didn't play this song at Live Aid. Also notice the stripes on Freddie's pants. That's 1986.
@@williamjordan8603 I stand corrected, cheers
Queen always played a longer version then what was recorded on their record, playing with their own lyrics and sound when they played live.
to fully appreciate how unique Freddie was listen to "Barcelona" title track he wrote for the album of duets with Spanish saprano Montserrat Cabelle.
Love ur queen reactions keep me coming there an amazing band
PLEASE, for me but more for you. Queen live at live aid. Greatest live performance ever. A permanent piece of history. You really need to watch this. It is important on many levels. You are robbing yourselves of Freddie/Queen if you don’t see this. Even if you don’t “react” watch it, it takes you to a whole new place. ~ Peace ✌️
Queen never broke up. They just stopped because Freddie the lead singer was dying. That's the only reason the band ended. RIP Freddie.
They never broke up but in the movie they did to make it dramatic.You guys should react to more Queen like the Full live aid performance by queen or I want to break free music video
Gues Who true
They didn't break up... but he got sicker and sicker and died sadly.
I remember another video, when he talked about that rumours, he pointed at his butt he said "they are talking from here" !
Yes, and he added they'd stay together until one of them died :/ I'm wondering if he already knew he had AIDS. This was mid 86 so if he didn't then he learnt it soon after that.
You’re right. They didn’t break up but stopped touring after ‘86 I think. He still kept contributing to the song writing though. The middle part of Innuendo is a great example of his writing. As a testament to Freddie, the members stopped specifying what members wrote what songs. They decided to just credit all songs to the whole band. Freddie contributed but not as much as he used to because he was so sick. RIP Freddie...absolute best!
@@AriaIsara I'm certain that Freddie "knew" he had HIV, even though, like you say, he wasn't tested until 1987. By the mid-80s, Freddie's former lovers from the 1970s were starting to die of AIDS. And around 1985, a Lady Friend of Freddie's described an incident at his house: He cut himself shaving - so there was a little bit of blood, you know - and she came in the bathroom to help... She said he totally PANICKED/ordered her out of the bathroom. (Because at that time, they didn't know exactly how the HIV virus was transferred)
Wembley 1986
What Planet is this lady from that she thinks she heard the name Freddie Mercury???
John Deacon wrote it simply because he wanted to write a "dance friendly song". The lyrics were secondary. It was also a crowd participation song, Like We Will Rock You. The lyrics were part of the fun.
Queen - innuendo. What a song! It will take you on a rollercoaster! Also you should do a full queen live aid review. Incredible set of about 5 songs, but if you ever want to see a band have an audience in the palm of their hand, then that is it.
you guys have such great smiles - really enjpying one of the worlds best bands ever - great stuff!
I commented this before but I see others feel the same....Queen at Live Aid.....greatest 20 minutes in rock history!!!!
Ooooh Death on Two Legs, you need to hear it
I was thinking that, if they think this song has a lot of venom in it, wait till they hear Death on Two Legs lol.
He's a legend and his goodbye song during his struggle before he died thanking his fans brings him up to another level like David Bowie
Queen - The Show Must Go On
Yes please! :)
YES
by the way the vocal track for this song was NOT done in one take
I WANT TO BREAK FREE???
Vin, Queen never broken up even with Freddie's death in 1991. John Deacon (bassist) who also wrote this song left the band. But he had joined his bandmates during reunion gigs. John felt Queen never would be the same without Freddie. Brian May & Roger Taylor still as Queen with American Idol's Adam Lambert doing singing duties. They have a touring bassist joined with them on tour.
The bass player wrote the song. It's his take on the gangster movies. Queen is the only band ever to have all the members write a #1 song. But if you want to hear another one that's about the same subject, listen to Stone Cold Crazy.
Originally it was actually supposed to be about a wild west theme.
That bass!!! As a bass player I salute you sir, Mr.Deacon..
I know this video is more than a couple of months old but I remember buying this song as a 45 when I was a kid. My sister who was younger than myself and I would dance all over the house to it. I think we played it for a week straight. One of the best bands of all times. Freddie had an insane voice and the band, this is when musicians were musicians.
Half the enjoyment of Queen songs was seeing them in person. Freddie could captivated you totally. Best frontman I have ever seen
John Deacon is the official writer of this song, the bands bass player. Brian and Roger weren't really into it at first bc they didnt love the whole disco funk sound, but Freddie poored his heart and all of his energy into singing this. And he is a main reason why this song was so popular, not only is a kick ass bass line, but the vocals are ear shattering, especially on record, he also is singing a lot higher than one might think bc it sounds so masculine. Also, they originally weren't going to release this song as a single, but they played it live a little and Michael Jackson was actually in the audience and he was able to go backstage and they hung out and MJ told them that they should release it as a single, it's really good, so they did, and it ended up being one of the biggest songs of all time.
PLEASE DO A QUEEN AT LIVE AID REACTION! It’s one of the best performances of all time. Performance, vocals, crowd control, it has it all.
John Decon came up with the bass riff so epic
Best front man ever🤘🤘 love queen
John Deacon the bass player wrote this song. It was their biggest hit in the US. The bass riff is his signature. He retired after Freddie died. He did three separate performances after Freddie's death, but he has been retired since 1997. It's the bass riff that is so memorable for this song, and also Under Pressure. That's all John Deacon. John gave birth to the song. Freddie gave it life.
I was 14 and all my friend were 18 an 17 and we would Cruze the gut in a blown Z28 and it was amazing times and we would have this song playing on a stereo that was amazingly clear and load !
I love this concert because it’s so amazing and he had a wicked cold and when you see a lot of it together you see him always going to the side and blowing his nose and coughing and he still sounded fantastic
One of my dad's go to jams he's still been wanting to use for once he gets his deer during season. Shout to my fellow deer hunters out there.
Love to see your reaction to The Show Must Go On, A winters Tale and These are the Days of our Lives, all songs that were recorded shortly before Freddie's death and reflect on both his life and life in general. Sad songs but so so powerful!!
Listen to Stone Cold Crazy (Live At The Rainbow 74). FIRST THRASH METAL SONG!!! Or at least often credited it as such.
Sori, you'd probably like the studio version a lot more. There's a fun funk guitar riff in it that sounds much more groovy in the studio recording. Go check it out.
2:40 has always made me smile and react exactly like you did!!! Love it!!!
My brother has requested and had this song played at every wedding he ever went to, including his own...LOL
You're both right, guys!
The lyrics to this song were inspired after the writer saw a documentary on the St. Valentines day Massacre.
The song then takes a twist when he starts singing about someone who has wronged him, a lover perhaps, who left him with nothing and with nowhere to live.
Alright Vin, Another One Bites the Dust, you were immediately emotionally connected. Love it! 😊 you two really make me happy.
They never broke up. Greatest rock band of all time.
10:57 That's because the audio was recorded on the stage and it takes time for the sound to travel from the audience to the microphones on the stage. That creates the delay by a fraction of a second. The same thing happens in churches where the pipe organ at the back of the church can be delayed in relation to the choir in the front of the church.
Love of my Life - Queen In Rock In Rio 85 - HD
One of the best shows
And he held that crowd in the palm of his hand. That takes something special and Freddie had it.
One of the best stage performances ever is Their Live Aid set. You have to watch that one. There are college classes taught about how the crowd reacted to the performance. You have to see it! :D
The bass player wrote this song Another One Bites the Dust. They were all songwriters. He was just believe performer and sang the songs he wrote many great songs himself many he's an icon and an idol always will be can't be replaced never got to love him he was one of a kind and truly talented way ahead of his time let's hear it
I remember the first time I heard this. I was 13 and we started playing it at our little league ball games. We were basically the bad news bears of the league. When the season started everyone thought we were a joke. They found out soon enough that we were no joke. So we would play this going into the 9th inning. That was my only fond memory of my 1 year living in Florida.
Why would you assume that Freddie wrote all the songs? They all wrote major hits. This one is John Deacon the bassist.
stupid...
Simple minded
They're the only band in history where 4 members wrote number one hits.
It's easy to think when he's the singer.
We're in the age of the solo artist, bands are more of a passe thing. So I assume they just associate the writer as the singer.
U should reaction to there are are the days of our lives. From queen.
"Another One Bites the Dust" was written by Queen's bassist, John Deacon, around 1980 and was influenced by his time hanging out with disco group, Chic. Interesting tidbit about this tune, it might not have never been released if not for Michael Jackson talking the band into including it on the band's 1980 studio LP, "The Game." This song along with "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" were huge hits for Queen, both reaching No. 1 in the US.
This live version is from Queen's '86 performance at Wembley, and there were several rumors surrounding the band, one of which, that they were on the verge of breaking up, most likely put out there by the British tabloids. Freddie Mercury and Queen had a very tumultuous relationship with the British tabloids, especially around this time until Mercury's death.
who wants to live forever...QUEEN at their finest or Show Must go On..
You should see we are the champions music video by Queen or I wan to break music video by Queen or the full live at live aid performance by queen
've been binging on reactions to queen, and i love that actually almost noone can react during the song. it's just a tribute to how good they are
In the album version he does some vocal runs that exhibit a bit more of his range. In this live one he was taking more of the harmony vocal line on the chorus, which is lower.
QUEEN - Stone Cold Crazy
Metallica - Stone Cold Crazy
Try the studio versions just as a change.
Compare live using Queen's Houston 1977 version.
The live version is so much better!
Queen's live version is badass
To be a frontman, you must be fearless. And Freddie left any fears off the side of the stage.
This song was written by the bass player as he watched Freddie Mercury wake up and get rid of all of the fake friends that had gathered around him. When Freddie stopped doing drugs and shed all of the fake friends, he was nearly ruthless about it. Left some on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere while he dropped some in the middle of traffic. He had a "handler" from CBS who borded a flight they were both supposed to be on, Freddy snuck off and waved at him as the plane pulled away.
I love that you guys get just as giddy as I do watching Freddie Mercury
back in the 80's I was told that another one bites the dust was about Aids .but its one of my fav Queen songs
Queen live reactions might be my new favourite thing!
The bass player had this half written song lying around from way back about cowboys.
He's like that's a bit silly, so he took away some lyrics and added some new ones then took it to the rest of the band, and voila!
as always with Queen the melody was important not the lyrics
John Deacon originally wrote this about a western showdown (hence "Another One Bites The Dust") but at suggestion he tweaked it to be more "modern" but it's still essentially about gun warfare.
As for some of the bands biggest hits and the principal songwriter:
Another Bites The Dust/Under Pressure/I want to Break Free/You're My Best Friend - John Deacon (bass)
Don't Stop Me Now/Killer Queen/Bohemian Rhapsody/Somebody To Love/Bicycle Race/We Are The Champions/Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Freddie Mercury (vocals/piano)
Radio Gaga/A Kind of Magic - Roger Taylor (Drums/vocals)
Now I'm Here/We Will Rock You/Fat Bottomed Girls/Who Wants To Live Forever - Brian May (guitar/vocals)
This list is far from exhaustive. I just tried to include their most iconic tracks. Later in their career tracks started becoming much more of a joint effort and were credited to the entire band.
Loved your reaction, it was so funny when VIn covered Sori's eyes! Also amusing was Sori's comment "he is such a unique person in his expressions of himself", with her eyes sparkling. We totally understand what she means: HE WAS SEXY!!!
You should watch queen live aid 1985 it’s absolutely amazing the whole thing is about 20 mins long but so worth watching. its considered the best live rock performance in history!
The first two albums by Queen, Queen and Queen 2..(early 70-ties) epic rock, nothing like it.. I know you will like it both!
Freddie is sublime. respect guys from the UK
Awesome! You’ll love Stone Cold Crazy (live)
If you want to explore Freddie's range, and are up for a bit of a departure from 'rock', you can do no better than to watch Freddie and Monserrat Caballe ( who sadly passed a few weeks go) sing 'Barcelona'.
Queen - Innuendo, as others are requesting is one of their best. he was ill when this was recorded but Queen still prod
uced one of their best albums also called Innuendo. Shows his range more on this song.
The crazy thing about this is that concert he had a wicked cold and that’s what it sounds like with a cold when he’s sick it’s amazing
by the way, this song was wrote by John Deacon
Just enjoying the nostalgia.
I left you guys for a while and then missed you. I'm back. You rock. Cheers.
"Somebody to love" montreux 1981 will blow your mind. one of the greatest rock performances ever.
Vin... " he's gotta be in the top 5" lmfao This IS the number 1 vocalist ever, rock, pop , Metal,opera he could do it all, he rest of the band deserve credit too. Please listen to Freddie singing Barcelona with Montseratte Caballe soooo beautiful
Have these 2 been living under a rock .... how can you not know Bohemian Rhapsody!!!!!
John Deacon wrote Another One Bites the Dust. This is about when one of the guys probably John and then girlfriend broke up the relationship.In discussing the situation with the band members John says Another One Bites the Dust and they said that's a cool line for a lyric hence this song by John Deacon.
What most people don't know is
all 4 members of queen wrote
#1 hits. Each one were triple threat talents, singers, writers, musician's.
I think each verse tells its own story. "Another one" bites the dust each time, you could say.
Check out Storm Troopers of Death . Song ,speak English or die . You want a song that wouldn’t fly today . SOD is Scott Ian from anthrax and some others who did a side project of east coast metal/punk. !!!
S.O.D. is completely tongue in cheek. I feel like that entire album (and the second one) stand up today. It was obvious that's not how the band members (other than Billy Milano) actually felt. I think even M.O.D. was supposed to be mostly satire until Billy lost his mind and went full on racist.
Tha Bass player John Deacon wrote 'Another One Bites The Dust'
loved this reaction! you guys should react to Queen - I'm in love with my car (live in Montreal 1981)
Not only the best band ever and the greatest front man ,but all of them especially Freddie great human being 💕👍
This was the song that finally broke America for them. It was at number one for months.
It resonated most with African Americans, a lot bought tickets to see them and was shocked when a pasty white English band was on stage.
STONE COLD CRAZY.
Another Queen tune with shoot to kill reference,and yes, a Metal tune.
There can only be one! Freddie Forever! ❤️🤘
You guys should really react to queen live aid 1985 it’s consider best live rock performance in history! It’s mind blowing guys its about 20 mins long and totally worth the watch
Love the reactions guys, can't believe you haven't done dragon attack yet live in Montreal if you like it a bit heavier you'll love the drums and bass in that real heavy, not a lot to assess lyrically but another awesome queen performance 👍
Telling you from the technical view on that "delay" of the crowd. I think they record the crowd from the stage. If you hear him sing on the PA (Speaker System) and maybe also if you are in the back so you already hear him delayed, so you get delayed reaction already and when you record this on the stage, the delayed reaction need also to travel to stage. I think thats why it sounds off.
Your Mrs is right. John Deacon wrote this song. It was about his relationship with his current and only wife and they’ve been together for 30 years.
We are the Champions Live at Wembley july 11 1986
LOVE your Queen reactions!! You two really should listen to Crazy Little Thing Called Love. A Queen song with a bit of Elvis influence!