After the song was released (in 1977) the journalist asked Roger "Only Queen could come up with a title "We Are the Champions", where is the modesty?" Roger replied "Well, there isn't any. There's no modesty whatsoever".
Gotta love Roger's honesty and quick wit. With all the BS Queen had been dealt by that time, Freddie had a right to boast a bit about the tenacity it took for them to survive and thrive. It was also about all the survivors and their fans who stuck by them.
@@sherryheim5504 It's very obviously not just about the group, it can be interpreted well beyond that. The journalist just didn't get it and some listeners don't either.
It’s been reported that after Freddie’s death, reporters asked his mother how she was holding up. She replied “it’s been no bed of roses, no pleasure cruise”.
When these songs came out, they were ALWAYS played one after the other on the radio, no space, no pause, last note of WWRY followed immediately on the beat with the opening piano and vocal of WATC. For those of us who lived it, it's impossible to hear the first without expecting the second.
When this song came out, I worked on a line with several older women who hated it. They moaned and complained everytime it came on. Finally I insisted they listen the lyrics and really pay attention to the song. They loved! They sang along with it when it came on after that!
High school, 1978, 1000 frenzied students in gym that holds 700, our basketball team in the County championship, and THIS is playing as our team is warming up. Moments in a person's life, forever frozen. What I would give to go back.
Oh, lordy, yes...running out onto the football field and hearing everyone in the stands (well, from our side, anyway) screaming the lyrics and stomping their feet on the metal stands...talk about an adrenalin rush!
Queen! , were do you start? What a band, with possibly the best frontman ever with the super charismatic Freddie. Super music, super entertaining, say no more 👍
The only problem with playing these 2 songs back to back is that there's the temptation to want to go straight into, 'sheer heart attack', which is the next track on the album.
Brina May's guitar on We Will Rock You is one of the great moments in rock n roll history. Also, his parts on CHampions are like a blueprint for how to play lead guitar while someone is singing
Brian May in concert tries to sing "Love of my Life" as a tribute to Freddy. He gets two or three words in and the audience drowns him out, singing it for him as he plays guitar. It's an amazing collaboration. And it happens every time. It will bring tears to your eyes.
As he says in this song. “ you gave me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it, I thank you all but it’s been no bed of roses, no pleasure cruise...”
Hey Daniel, good reaction! There is a A LOT of Queen that I would hope you don’t rob yourself of. The playlist from Live Aid was great, of course but so many studio albums were and are EPC! Queen 2(all of side 2) , A Night At The Opera (every song), for example. Please dig deep with this band! You ROCK!!!
I've never once heard the songs separated even though they are technically two different songs...they were always played with no pause. Greatest Rock Anthem of all time.
About the live aid performance, After completing the set, Brian May(the guitarist) And Freddie Mercury came back later to perform a song which is called '' Is This The World We Created'', It is a great song Maybe you could do the studio version of this song as well before moving onto the Live Aid Performance.
I second this. Both would be really good to react to, and perhaps do them in one video. You seem to be able to handle long videos, so I think this would be really good.
Great reaction! I think We Will Rock is about the uselessness of being rebellious, or at least being a rebel within the punk scene. The popularity of punk around 1977, had a huge effect on older more progressive bands. Queen did record a punk song Sheer Heart Attack, the song makes fun of the punk scene, but Queen showed the punks they could easily do punk, if they wanted to. Another problem with the popularity of punk was that they were supported by all of mainstream publication such as NME and the Rolling Stone magazine. While the press always hated Queen. This is someone who just wants to rebel, a rebel without a cause, it is the old saying, "What are you rebelling against? I don't know what do you have?" We Are The Champions sound just like a fun and easy anthem, but the composition of the song is actually very complex, there is a few modulations, key changes rhythm changes. The song has 27 cords, which is really a lot for an anthem. An analysis on We Are The Champions: ua-cam.com/video/sUuB7zs4ej4/v-deo.html
@@flyingcloud6776 Yes, indeed! This song has a masterful composition. The chorus also also sounds a bit like a taunting children's chant na na na nana.
To my understanding of them, the two songs belong together because We Will Rock You is really a story about someone who grows up on the wrong side of the tracks and takes on the world from their time as a boy to a young man to an old man. They are defiant from beginning to end. While We Are The Champions is about someone claiming to be victorious despite all of what they've gone through. It's almost the opposite because they've had fame and fortune. It's a declaration. Both songs have We in the title.
story goes that the band never intended for We will Rock You and We Are The Champions to be back to back , however the DJ's began playing them that way on the radio , so the connection took flight from there.I always wondered why there are only a few versions of live aid where the final song is played. Freddie and Brian came on a bit later and did an acoustic version of a song called "Is This The World We Created" We Are The Champions has been used thousand and thousands of times as an anthem for sporting events around the world ..
Great reaction, sweetie. 💞 As a devout "Queenie", I've been so looking forward to your reaction to live aid. Please dont wait to long to react to it. I watch that set almost daily and never get tired of it. You're one of my favorite reactors. Keep up the great work. Thanks. Love and light. 💖
Still listen to their albums on a regular basis. I was already around and paying attention to pop/rock music when 'Killer Queen' arrived on the scene. Although I'm not a fan (in the obsessive way) of any artist, the sheer quality of Queen songs and Freddie's vocal abilities have touched me all through the decades. Freddie is truly missed as an artist and as a person (full of wit, sharp and not holding back). It's with 'We are the Champions', 'Who wants to live forever' and 'The Show Must Go On' that I'll still get watery eyes, thinking of him. Every. Single. Time.
Just noticed that often when he's singing the line "We Are the Champions..." he turns the mircophone upside down, which makes it appear remniscent of when a metal corded microphone would be suspended above the boxing ring.
I've always heard "We will Rock You" as a dialog -you're called a disgrace, and your response is "We will Rock You." As I'm sure others have said, you'll want to experience the transition from one song to the next as it was on the album. It is as if that last bit of guitar work was still ringing in Freddie's ears as his voice enters with "I've paid my dues..."
Yes, I'm so used to hearing both songs together that it seems weird and incomplete to hear separately. They were issued together as a worldwide top 10 single. Soon after the album was released, many radio stations began playing the songs consecutively and without interruption. Seems like there was more of that in the 70's and less common now. Another pair of songs that go together are Led Zeppelin's "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)". This song immediately follows "Heartbreaker" on side 2 of Led Zeppelin II and radio stations have traditionally played them together in succession.
Bob Seger's Traveling Man/Beautiful Loser is the same way. If you hear it on streaming services, like Pandora and you hear one without the other, it's just weird.
It's so weird, that this world class double-a-sided single wasn't a number 1 hit. It has been so famous ever since it has been released, in a way more consistent way than so many other number 1 hits.
That’s Roger’s backyard, and Freddie was pretty drunk from nipping brandy. Also Brian isn’t “playing” his red special bc he was afraid it would get damaged from the cold.
It's fascinating to hear what you, only 17, have and have not seen or heard in music, movies, pop culture in general. I love that you've seen "A Knight's Tale". Under the radar great movie. I know you've mentioned you are a fan of fantasy-mythology, I wonder if you are a sci-fi fan. If yes, I hope you are into Star Trek. A 50 year obsession of mine, with a lifetime of worlds and stories to explore. Live long and prosper:)
Daniel, I am so pleased you are nearly there for LIVE AID! I am looking forward to your reaction very much, and then you can begin your exploration of the rest of the amazing Queen library. They were indeed a very different group from most others. For one thing they were fronted by Freddie Mercury, say no more! Each of the others were brilliant musicians, and in addition to that each member of the band were accomplished songwriters in their own right. And this showed in the vast range of the many musical styles they exhibited in their music. And they were absolutely awesome live!!!!
Fun fact, the video was filmed in Roger Taylor's back garden. Due to the weather, Brian decided not to play his prized "red special" so he used a different guitar. :)
I love the Sex Pistols, the music is so extremely full of energy. I use it a lot on my running playlist... Soon after they started, they got a major label contract: EMI, Queen's label signed them, so this was probably the reason, why they were recording next to each other. Soon afterwards, EMI kicked the Sex Pistols so they spent some energy on hating EMI. The Sex Pistols basically had one album in their original line-up, it was a big scandal because of the rudeness towards the British Queen, generally using rude words etc. The album was called "Never mind the b..llocks". It is full of straightforward, rough and very energetic songs, each of them a potential hit. Second bass player Sid Vicious died later from an overdose not long after he killed his girlfriend ... big scandal. Singer Johnny Rotten (real name: John Lydon) and guitarist Steve Jones were (and still are) legendary. If you want to listen to them, try their songs "Anarchy in the UK" and "God Save the Queen". The story about how Queen met the Sex Pistols also includes, that Freddie tried to play Queen's only punk rock song to Sid (the song Sheer Heart Attack, from the album News of the World), who didn't want to listen but kept on being rude, so Freddie pulled him physically out of their studio.
This was the SONG when I was in high school! There was a cheer the cheerleaders made up with the same beat that we loved chanting at football games! We used to chant it to tell the opposing team that our team was going to kick their can all over the place....Because we were the champions... lol! This song brings back some really Good memories! 😊
In case you didn't know (or it wasn't already mentioned) a member of Queen (not Freddy Mercury) wrote "we will rock you" for a very specific reason... he noticed how the crowd at their concerts would sing their songs back to them. He got the idea to write a song that the audience could "perform" along with them. What can the audience do? They cou.d most certainly sing a very simple chorus, clap, and stomp . Though it wasn't Freddy's idea or songwriting I am sure he was immediately 1000% on board, because he loved nothing more than interacting with the audience. He's probably the artist with the most skill at interacting with/commanding an audience.. Just wait till you watch the live aid.. .You have to keep reminding yourself that the insanely huge crowd at Live aid wasn't even there specifically to see Queen. It was a charity concert with a lot of the top music acts of the time, but Queen was added to the list of performers kinda last-minute, after the people had already bought their tickets. watch live aid with that in mind, and Freddy's ability to absolutely hold that audience in the palm of his hand is even more remarkable.
We Will Rock You is a rave up. A way of including the audience with a wonderful concert song. Historically, I remember Queen being vastly underrated in the beginning. They are serving notice that they will be giving the bullies of the music world the asskicking that guy deserve...
I'm surprised they put these as separate videos. On the album there is only a second between the last beat of WWRY and the first piano chord of We Are the Champions. Note: "can" is often used as slang for "butt", so he's telling him he's going to kick his ass! Good move listening to the studio versions before Live Aid. Thanks for listening and sharing! Stay safe, be well. Peace from SF
Maybe the reason that people are in disbelief that you haven't heard the majority of the music you react to is because you seem so much older than 17 years. You are articulate and wise beyond your years. I'm looking forward to watching Live Aid with you even though I've seen it many many times before. It's so fresh to see it again through a young persons eyes.
There are three variations of the two songs as they are played on Classic Rock radio stations back to back. There are the rare exceptions where only one is played at a time. If you play the "off the shelf" vinyl version, there is about a 4 second delay between songs. They are the first two tracks on side one of News of the World. If you play the CD version, there is an even longer delay. Ration stations were given a special vinyl version where the delay between those two tracks is almost zero. When any radio plays the two, I listen to see what delay is used. At some second hand store that sells nothing new but very well cared for used items, I found the News of the World Album. I didn't have it, so I just bought it so I would so I could listen to the rest of the album (lots of great tracks throughout). When I placed the needle on the edge of side one and let it play, it was the radio station version with the no delay between the two. There are no markings at all on the sleeve, liner notes, or the record itself that indicate that it's different. The only thing that is different is a hole punched through the sleeve. So, while I know I have a rare item, I can't prove it without playing it on a turntable AND have the "off the shelf" version to compare the two. I don't have the latter, so I just enjoy it. One other album I have not related to this is the only vinyl record ever made of the music made of the three original members of the band. Farrokh Bulsara was a friend of the band at that time and would replace the bass player lead singer Tim Staffel, and bring in John Deacon to play bass change his name to Freddie and form the band. The recording was done in Japan in 1969, and pressed into vinyl in 1982. Interestingly, all the liner notes are in Japanese and one of the songs is on that album, and Queen's first album. Thank you for doing this reaction exactly as you did it.
See, on the album, the 2 songs segue very quickly. Sounds like one song. We never played one without the other on the radio... I find it hard to believe they didn't intend for people to put them together because there was NO WAY to stop the sound from "Rock You" without "Champions" stepping on it. So you just let it play. That was when we played vinyl. If we had CDs or streaming back then, then we probably never would have heard that 2nd track.
Daniel, Queen came back for a second performance at Live Aid to sing Is This The World We Created. Some Live Aid videos leave out their very last performance done sometime after 9:30pm that day. Not sure why. It's a great song that should be part of their daytime live performance.
I really like your reactions. Especially because you are willing to do some research after hearing the songs. Freddie intended We Are the Champions as a participation song. But it is also suspected that he was getting back at the music critics who were never kind to Queen. I can't wait to see your reaction to the crowd at Live Aid when these guys show the world how to play in a large venue!
There are a lot of music and films to discover, dear Daniel. I'm sure you will enjoy the travel! And Queen... they are unique. Btw, listen to BeeGees for me. So interesting music and voices.
Brian may wrote "we will rock you" for the fans, cause all they can do at concerts is clap, stomp, and sing, which they had noticed while performing concerts, and when he brought it up to freddie he found it went perfectly with his new "we are the champions" song, so it was released as a double A side for their News Of The World album and have since become the most well known stadium anthems ever as well as 2 of their most famous and well known songs
I'll bet you Brian isn't trying to figure out how to write a cellphone intro instead of a stomp one for a song now! I'll bet you he and Roger Taylor hate cellphones at their concerts.
You are thinking of The world we created and it is like an encore toward the end of the concert. I love both of these anthems. I am excited to hear your reaction to the Live Aid set. Thank you for this Daniel.
All Manchester United fans know. Every other English team has endless songs they create themselves but they just go for the obvious....( Not that they are likely to win anything with their current squad!) lol
it is funny on how peeps say "how can you have never seen/heard (blank) before???....Age determines how much one can acquire in knowledge of music and film....lol...you are very young and have much stuff to see or hear ..as well as current stuff and staying on top of it.. culture is always evolving, but there are so many classics in so many genres of music and film..
Cough Hiccup..Very well put. It's true, some of us were young like him when this music was new. We listened to a lot of rock and roll groups back then! and there were a lot!... for instance I had heard a few of Queens songs but didn't know that much about them..(imagine! Ha!).. just glad i have rediscovered them sooo.... give this nice young man time!..... he 'll understand. Thank YOU.
The beauty of his melodies makes me cry every time. You commented in his good vocals, I recall a scientific study in his voice. It’s not just his range but the timbre and tonal quality that appeal to people whether they understand his lyrics or not
Have you watched the Hyde park concert of green day when before it starts the whole crowd 65000 sings bohemian rhapsody ? Freddy conducting from heaven !
I had the 45 and if I recall correctly one song was the A-side and the other was the B-side. But you never heard them separately on the radio, always together.
In the 80s my friends and I all had AIDS. We'd listen to this song to encourage us to fight. I am alive today and most of them are dead. He is an angel from heaven. Everyone who lived through it or died from it are all Champions.
A lot of there songs do go together. Please do “Tenement Funster,” Flick of the Wrist” Lilly of the Valley” they flow one into the other. This is older Queen👑
"We Will Rock You" feels like a tune which there wasn't enough there for a whole song. So it tends to work well as a lead into a full song "We Are the Champions." I was in college when this came out, but it was used in the high schools soon after it arrived. It allows the students to turn the bleachers into a giant musical instrument. I guess it could be called the world's largest percussion or any instrument played by the most people.
When you feel an entire stadium/arena bein' kicked and stomped like that by you and 35,000 of your closest friends ... you genuinely fear for your life - the entire feels like it'll crumble to the ground shimmy-and-shake the entire time.
I am proud having seen Queen in 1986 live in cologne/germany. I had no idea that this tour would be their last with Freddie and for decades. It was simply amazing. I love the rocksongs of Queen, but need no Radio GaGa :-)
The Brits made videos to promote their songs beginning in 1966 and when MTV came on British groups were way ahead of the game. The British Film Institute has the history of the videos.
There is a big controversy about "We Are the Champions" and something called the Mandela Effect. People swear that the original version ends "... of the World" but it's gone from the original recording. They still do it on several live recordings, and you can hear it on movie soundtracks.
I’m really looking forward to your reaction to Live Aid now, but beware if you choose the version with the encore. It’s the only one I’ve heard of that gets blocked. I’ve actually never seen a reactor do the extended one, so maybe that’s why. There is a remastered version that came out last year which is the best one, and you maybe could do the encore song “Is This The World We Created” separately. I’d hate to see you get blocked. Live Aid is really amazing, no bells and whistles or special effects, just 4 guys and their instruments and still considered one of the best ever,live performances by a rock band. It’s in the daylight so you can see and feel the audience reaction. Bring it on! 🎶🎵❤️
Queen reactions usually don't get copyright blocks, with two widespread exceptions: Live Aid (unfortunately), and White Queen live at Hammersmith. If the Live Reaction gets blocked, they usually tell for which reason. In some reactions, the reason has been Radio GaGa, in others Crazy little thing, or the encore "Is this the world". So reactors have to snip out parts, or have to mute songs partly, to get the reaction through. One reactor even got the explanation for the block, that he was allegedly showing parts of the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody". Isn't that funny?
@@flyingcloud6776 Of course these performance are not blocked by Queen themselves. Live Aid sometimes block performances, especially, Is This The Word We Created. Eagle Rock is another company that likes to block performances, it they own the performances. The White Queen hasn't really gotten any blocks lately, but sometimes it is blocked in the US and the UK.
@@ZENOBlAmusic of course, it's not Queen, who block these reactions. It seems that there are algorithms which try to filter out copyrighted material. Yes, I saw White Queen being blocked several times for the US and Canada, not for the rest of the world. weird.
Daniel, (you're on pause right now) I have seen 90% of your reactions, and you are all right my young friend. I'm 54 and consider myself quite well versed in my favorite music genre 1965-1980. As a basement guitar hacker for 40 years, let me just say this canadian Queen nut greatly approves of this choice. Heard it a thousand times but that is why I watch your vids. Because I get to react for the first time with you like I was with my friends when we were 16 or 17 and discovering the plethora of amazing music from that period for the first time as well. There's not much going on socially/live music wise these days obviously so your reactions are a blessing. Thanks. Now let's start your reaction.
Arena rock deluxe ;-) You either take it or leave it. Well, "We are the Champions" sometimes is a bit too much for me. Queen were at their very height here and they probably knew. The original album "News of the World" is very worhwhile. Like most Queen albums it is stylistically "all over the place" but surprisingly cohesive. And you get a fantastic hard-rocker in "It's late".
One of the hockey teams I grew up watching was a minor league team in Philadelphia called The Firebirds (hence my name). They won the league championship in 1976 and this became their theme song. I cannot say for sure, but they may be one of the first teams in pro sports to use this when winning a title. Great memories of going to the old Philadelphia Civic Center for their home games. Great logo, beautiful jerseys. A few of the players went on to coaching and GM careers. One or two had significant careers in the NHL as players. Several of them appear in the movie "Slap Shot".
Notice Brian didn't bring the "Red Special" out to the backyard shoot, lol (although he did use it on the track). They all complained about how cold it was, and enjoyed a bit of vodka to keep warm! Thanks so much! Looking forward to Live Aid even tho I've seen it countless times... Meanwhile, how about "Thank God it's Christmas" by Queen. The lyric video was released last year, it's sweet and the message of the lyrics are exactly on point for this year. "...Oh, my friends, it's been a long hard year..."
After the song was released (in 1977) the journalist asked Roger "Only Queen could come up with a title "We Are the Champions", where is the modesty?"
Roger replied "Well, there isn't any. There's no modesty whatsoever".
Gotta love Roger's honesty and quick wit. With all the BS Queen had been dealt by that time, Freddie had a right to boast a bit about the tenacity it took for them to survive and thrive. It was also about all the survivors and their fans who stuck by them.
@@sherryheim5504 It's very obviously not just about the group, it can be interpreted well beyond that. The journalist just didn't get it and some listeners don't either.
It’s been reported that after Freddie’s death, reporters asked his mother how she was holding up. She replied “it’s been no bed of roses, no pleasure cruise”.
Everyone knows at least one Queen song, they just haven't realized it.
Yes, "everyone" knows the songs from sporting events or championships. But so many people don't know, they're by Queen.
When these songs came out, they were ALWAYS played one after the other on the radio, no space, no pause, last note of WWRY followed immediately on the beat with the opening piano and vocal of WATC. For those of us who lived it, it's impossible to hear the first without expecting the second.
The genius of Queen to write an anthem that will live forever.
When this song came out, I worked on a line with several older women who hated it. They moaned and complained everytime it came on. Finally I insisted they listen the lyrics and really pay attention to the song. They loved! They sang along with it when it came on after that!
High school, 1978, 1000 frenzied students in gym that holds 700, our basketball team in the County championship, and THIS is playing as our team is warming up. Moments in a person's life, forever frozen. What I would give to go back.
Oh, lordy, yes...running out onto the football field and hearing everyone in the stands (well, from our side, anyway) screaming the lyrics and stomping their feet on the metal stands...talk about an adrenalin rush!
You're my age! I was 14 in 1978, that was second year of high school in the education system in my country.
when I am in the rocking mood, I will listen to Rock You, We are the Cham;ions, then finish off with Princes of the Universe. Gets me super hyped!
And Freddie kept making music till the end Yes he was a champion
Yes for Queen. Always
YES!!!
Queen! , were do you start? What a band, with possibly the best frontman ever with the super charismatic Freddie. Super music, super entertaining, say no more 👍
One of the reasons I love you, is that you get these our and perpetuated the music. They are still relevant.
The only problem with playing these 2 songs back to back is that there's the temptation to want to go straight into, 'sheer heart attack', which is the next track on the album.
Brina May's guitar on We Will Rock You is one of the great moments in rock n roll history. Also, his parts on CHampions are like a blueprint for how to play lead guitar while someone is singing
Brian May in concert tries to sing "Love of my Life" as a tribute to Freddy. He gets two or three words in and the audience drowns him out, singing it for him as he plays guitar. It's an amazing collaboration. And it happens every time. It will bring tears to your eyes.
As he says in this song. “ you gave me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it, I thank you all but it’s been no bed of roses, no pleasure cruise...”
Next you must hear "I Want It all"
And I want it now!
Hey Daniel, good reaction! There is a A LOT of Queen that I would hope you don’t rob yourself of. The playlist from Live Aid was great, of course but so many studio albums were and are EPC! Queen 2(all of side 2) , A Night At The Opera (every song), for example. Please dig deep with this band! You ROCK!!!
Thanks brother , ya can't go wrong w/ Queen!
ya can't! 😄
It can mean that Rock and Roll accompanies one all throughout your life.
I've never once heard the songs separated even though they are technically two different songs...they were always played with no pause. Greatest Rock Anthem of all time.
"I consider it a challenge, before the whole human race, and I'll never lose!" Chills...
About the live aid performance, After completing the set, Brian May(the guitarist) And Freddie Mercury came back later to perform a song which is called '' Is This The World We Created'', It is a great song
Maybe you could do the studio version of this song as well before moving onto the Live Aid Performance.
I second this. Both would be really good to react to, and perhaps do them in one video. You seem to be able to handle long videos, so I think this would be really good.
Daniel said that he was also going to react to '' Is This The World We Created'' but he couldn't remember the name of the song. That was at 1:03
That is Dr. Brian May. He is a well respected Physicist in his own right.
The Brilliance of Freddie...Most celebrated song for sports...Thanx Daniel
Brian May has such a ridiculously good tone with that guitar. He's got such a melodic approach and never steps on Freddie's vocals. Beautiful music.
Yes, Freddie & Brian perform later in the evening with IS THIS THE WORLD WE CREATED. Must do!! I’m ready for LIVE AID “stomp stomp clap” 🦶🦶👏
Great reaction! I think We Will Rock is about the uselessness of being rebellious, or at least being a rebel within the punk scene. The popularity of punk around 1977, had a huge effect on older more progressive bands. Queen did record a punk song Sheer Heart Attack, the song makes fun of the punk scene, but Queen showed the punks they could easily do punk, if they wanted to. Another problem with the popularity of punk was that they were supported by all of mainstream publication such as NME and the Rolling Stone magazine. While the press always hated Queen. This is someone who just wants to rebel, a rebel without a cause, it is the old saying, "What are you rebelling against? I don't know what do you have?"
We Are The Champions sound just like a fun and easy anthem, but the composition of the song is actually very complex, there is a few modulations, key changes rhythm changes. The song has 27 cords, which is really a lot for an anthem.
An analysis on We Are The Champions:
ua-cam.com/video/sUuB7zs4ej4/v-deo.html
The song also includes waltz parts "...but it's been no bed of roses..."
@@flyingcloud6776 Yes, indeed! This song has a masterful composition. The chorus also also sounds a bit like a taunting children's chant na na na nana.
To my understanding of them, the two songs belong together because We Will Rock You is really a story about someone who grows up on the wrong side of the tracks and takes on the world from their time as a boy to a young man to an old man. They are defiant from beginning to end. While We Are The Champions is about someone claiming to be victorious despite all of what they've gone through. It's almost the opposite because they've had fame and fortune. It's a declaration. Both songs have We in the title.
Brings back elementary school ball game memories😂😂😂😁😍
Great reaction. Please check out the live version of "Somebofy to love" in Montreal. And also "Killer Queen" and "Innuendo".
When Queen did this song and album they brought rock back to the forefront and the song was and still used at sports arenas!👍🏻❤️☮️
story goes that the band never intended for We will Rock You and We Are The Champions to be back to back , however the DJ's began playing them that way on the radio , so the connection took flight from there.I always wondered why there are only a few versions of live aid where the final song is played. Freddie and Brian came on a bit later and did an acoustic version of a song called "Is This The World We Created" We Are The Champions has been used thousand and thousands of times as an anthem for sporting events around the world ..
Great reaction, sweetie. 💞 As a devout "Queenie", I've been so looking forward to your reaction to live aid. Please dont wait to long to react to it. I watch that set almost daily and never get tired of it. You're one of my favorite reactors. Keep up the great work. Thanks. Love and light. 💖
"We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions" was inescapable in 1978.
This was one song (duo) that rock radio, sadly, overplayed into the ground.
the control in his voice was just amazing,,,,,,,,,,,,
Somebody to Love. Also covered in a movie you may have seen in your youth . . . Ella Enchanted. Sung by a young Anne Hathaway.
Still listen to their albums on a regular basis. I was already around and paying attention to pop/rock music when 'Killer Queen' arrived on the scene.
Although I'm not a fan (in the obsessive way) of any artist, the sheer quality of Queen songs and Freddie's vocal abilities have touched me all through the decades. Freddie is truly missed as an artist and as a person (full of wit, sharp and not holding back). It's with 'We are the Champions', 'Who wants to live forever' and 'The Show Must Go On' that I'll still get watery eyes, thinking of him. Every. Single. Time.
Just noticed that often when he's singing the line "We Are the Champions..." he turns the mircophone upside down, which makes it appear remniscent of when a metal corded microphone would be suspended above the boxing ring.
I've always heard "We will Rock You" as a dialog -you're called a disgrace, and your response is "We will Rock You."
As I'm sure others have said, you'll want to experience the transition from one song to the next as it was on the album. It is as if that last bit of guitar work was still ringing in Freddie's ears as his voice enters with "I've paid my dues..."
I've always thought of it as a taunt to the opposing team.
Yes, I'm so used to hearing both songs together that it seems weird and incomplete to hear separately. They were issued together as a worldwide top 10 single. Soon after the album was released, many radio stations began playing the songs consecutively and without interruption. Seems like there was more of that in the 70's and less common now. Another pair of songs that go together are Led Zeppelin's "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)". This song immediately follows "Heartbreaker" on side 2 of Led Zeppelin II and radio stations have traditionally played them together in succession.
Agree. Strange on Mothership they aren't back to back and it is weird not to hear it that way
Bob Seger's Traveling Man/Beautiful Loser is the same way. If you hear it on streaming services, like Pandora and you hear one without the other, it's just weird.
It's so weird, that this world class double-a-sided single wasn't a number 1 hit. It has been so famous ever since it has been released, in a way more consistent way than so many other number 1 hits.
That’s Roger’s backyard, and Freddie was pretty drunk from nipping brandy. Also Brian isn’t “playing” his red special bc he was afraid it would get damaged from the cold.
Also recorded the video for 'Spread Your Wings' on the same day.
@@fibrown444 yes, one of my favorite tracks!
Down the rabbit hole.... To your comment, a line in Radio Gaga is 'our music changes through the years'.
This was my introduction to Queen... My senior year in high school. The only Queen album I owned FOR THIS SET. 💕
I cant believe you've never reacted to these 2 songs yet, masterpieces and Freddy is a master
It's fascinating to hear what you, only 17, have and have not seen or heard in music, movies, pop culture in general. I love that you've seen "A Knight's Tale". Under the radar great movie. I know you've mentioned you are a fan of fantasy-mythology, I wonder if you are a sci-fi fan. If yes, I hope you are into Star Trek. A 50 year obsession of mine, with a lifetime of worlds and stories to explore. Live long and prosper:)
Also on the soundtrack from A Knights Tale, the Great Thin Lizzy (The Boy's Are Back In Town) another great rock band from the 70's
Daniel, I am so pleased you are nearly there for LIVE AID! I am looking forward to your reaction very much, and then you can begin your exploration of the rest of the amazing Queen library. They were indeed a very different group from most others. For one thing they were fronted by Freddie Mercury, say no more! Each of the others were brilliant musicians, and in addition to that each member of the band were accomplished songwriters in their own right. And this showed in the vast range of the many musical styles they exhibited in their music. And they were absolutely awesome live!!!!
Fun fact, the video was filmed in Roger Taylor's back garden. Due to the weather, Brian decided not to play his prized "red special" so he used a different guitar. :)
These two songs were played together as one ALWAYS.
I'm so excited for you to react to Queens LIVE AID concert performance!
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I love the Sex Pistols, the music is so extremely full of energy. I use it a lot on my running playlist...
Soon after they started, they got a major label contract: EMI, Queen's label signed them, so this was probably the reason, why they were recording next to each other.
Soon afterwards, EMI kicked the Sex Pistols so they spent some energy on hating EMI.
The Sex Pistols basically had one album in their original line-up, it was a big scandal because of the rudeness towards the British Queen, generally using rude words etc. The album was called "Never mind the b..llocks". It is full of straightforward, rough and very energetic songs, each of them a potential hit. Second bass player Sid Vicious died later from an overdose not long after he killed his girlfriend ... big scandal. Singer Johnny Rotten (real name: John Lydon) and guitarist Steve Jones were (and still are) legendary.
If you want to listen to them, try their songs "Anarchy in the UK" and "God Save the Queen".
The story about how Queen met the Sex Pistols also includes, that Freddie tried to play Queen's only punk rock song to Sid (the song Sheer Heart Attack, from the album News of the World), who didn't want to listen but kept on being rude, so Freddie pulled him physically out of their studio.
This was the SONG when I was in high school! There was a cheer the cheerleaders made up with the same beat that we loved chanting at football games! We used to chant it to tell the opposing team that our team was going to kick their can all over the place....Because we were the champions... lol! This song brings back some really Good memories! 😊
In case you didn't know (or it wasn't already mentioned) a member of Queen (not Freddy Mercury) wrote "we will rock you" for a very specific reason...
he noticed how the crowd at their concerts would sing their songs back to them. He got the idea to write a song that the audience could "perform" along with them. What can the audience do? They cou.d most certainly sing a very simple chorus, clap, and stomp . Though it wasn't Freddy's idea or songwriting I am sure he was immediately 1000% on board, because he loved nothing more than interacting with the audience. He's probably the artist with the most skill at interacting with/commanding an audience.. Just wait till you watch the live aid.. .You have to keep reminding yourself that the insanely huge crowd at Live aid wasn't even there specifically to see Queen. It was a charity concert with a lot of the top music acts of the time, but Queen was added to the list of performers kinda last-minute, after the people had already bought their tickets.
watch live aid with that in mind, and Freddy's ability to absolutely hold that audience in the palm of his hand is even more remarkable.
Wow 🥰 beautiful Freddie ❤️ liked subscribed 😁❤️ Freddie Mercury ❤️
We Will Rock You is a rave up. A way of including the audience with a wonderful concert song. Historically, I remember Queen being vastly underrated in the beginning. They are serving notice that they will be giving the bullies of the music world the asskicking that guy deserve...
Underrated in the U.S. Just about everywhere else in the world recognized them as a fantastic group of musicians.
Rock Anthems of 77 fighting back against the stronghold of UK Punk
I'm surprised they put these as separate videos. On the album there is only a second between the last beat of WWRY and the first piano chord of We Are the Champions. Note: "can" is often used as slang for "butt", so he's telling him he's going to kick his ass! Good move listening to the studio versions before Live Aid. Thanks for listening and sharing! Stay safe, be well.
Peace from SF
QUEEN is in a class all by themselves. I do know they play WE WILL ROCK YOU at a lot of sporting events 😉
Maybe the reason that people are in disbelief that you haven't heard the majority of the music you react to is because you seem so much older than 17 years. You are articulate and wise beyond your years. I'm looking forward to watching Live Aid with you even though I've seen it many many times before. It's so fresh to see it again through a young persons eyes.
If you want to cry watch Queen's last video with Freddy Mercury. These Are The Days Of Our Lives.
CLASSIC!!🌟🌟
“We are the Champions” was used in the movie “ Revenge of the Nerds”. A movie I highly recommend.
There are three variations of the two songs as they are played on Classic Rock radio stations back to back. There are the rare exceptions where only one is played at a time.
If you play the "off the shelf" vinyl version, there is about a 4 second delay between songs. They are the first two tracks on side one of News of the World.
If you play the CD version, there is an even longer delay. Ration stations were given a special vinyl version where the delay between those two tracks is almost zero. When any radio plays the two, I listen to see what delay is used.
At some second hand store that sells nothing new but very well cared for used items, I found the News of the World Album. I didn't have it, so I just bought it so I would so I could listen to the rest of the album (lots of great tracks throughout). When I placed the needle on the edge of side one and let it play, it was the radio station version with the no delay between the two. There are no markings at all on the sleeve, liner notes, or the record itself that indicate that it's different. The only thing that is different is a hole punched through the sleeve. So, while I know I have a rare item, I can't prove it without playing it on a turntable AND have the "off the shelf" version to compare the two. I don't have the latter, so I just enjoy it.
One other album I have not related to this is the only vinyl record ever made of the music made of the three original members of the band. Farrokh Bulsara was a friend of the band at that time and would replace the bass player lead singer Tim Staffel, and bring in John Deacon to play bass change his name to Freddie and form the band. The recording was done in Japan in 1969, and pressed into vinyl in 1982. Interestingly, all the liner notes are in Japanese and one of the songs is on that album, and Queen's first album.
Thank you for doing this reaction exactly as you did it.
See, on the album, the 2 songs segue very quickly. Sounds like one song. We never played one without the other on the radio...
I find it hard to believe they didn't intend for people to put them together because there was NO WAY to stop the sound from "Rock You" without "Champions" stepping on it. So you just let it play.
That was when we played vinyl. If we had CDs or streaming back then, then we probably never would have heard that 2nd track.
Daniel, Queen came back for a second performance at Live Aid to sing Is This The World We Created. Some Live Aid videos leave out their very last performance done sometime after 9:30pm that day. Not sure why. It's a great song that should be part of their daytime live performance.
We are the champions gives me chills everytime!
I really like your reactions. Especially because you are willing to do some research after hearing the songs. Freddie intended We
Are the Champions as a participation song. But it is also suspected that he was getting back at the music critics who were never kind to Queen. I can't wait to see your reaction to the crowd at Live Aid when these guys show the world how to play in a large venue!
So many Queen Great songs too come 🤘🤘🤘🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Loads! Hammer to Fall, Now I'm Here, Seven Seas of Rhye, Tie Your Mother Down, to name but a few 😊
There are a lot of music and films to discover, dear Daniel. I'm sure you will enjoy the travel! And Queen... they are unique. Btw, listen to BeeGees for me. So interesting music and voices.
Brian may wrote "we will rock you" for the fans, cause all they can do at concerts is clap, stomp, and sing, which they had noticed while performing concerts, and when he brought it up to freddie he found it went perfectly with his new "we are the champions" song, so it was released as a double A side for their News Of The World album and have since become the most well known stadium anthems ever as well as 2 of their most famous and well known songs
I'll bet you Brian isn't trying to figure out how to write a cellphone intro instead of a stomp one for a song now! I'll bet you he and Roger Taylor hate cellphones at their concerts.
I did not know that - cool 😍
You are thinking of The world we created and it is like an encore toward the end of the concert. I love both of these anthems. I am excited to hear your reaction to the Live Aid set. Thank you for this Daniel.
Thanks Daniel , yes they are meant to be played together
Wow how many times fans sang "We are the Champions" when they're favorite team won a championship.🏆
All Manchester United fans know. Every other English team has endless songs they create themselves but they just go for the obvious....( Not that they are likely to win anything with their current squad!) lol
And when on a streak, this song is played too.
No participation trophy for these guys.
Yay! \o/ looking forward to Live Aid. And happy these are together! You are rocking us!
it is funny on how peeps say "how can you have never seen/heard (blank) before???....Age determines how much one can acquire in knowledge of music and film....lol...you are very young and have much stuff to see or hear ..as well as current stuff and staying on top of it.. culture is always evolving, but there are so many classics in so many genres of music and film..
Cough Hiccup..Very well put. It's true, some of us were young like him when this music was new. We listened to a lot of rock and roll groups back then! and there were a lot!... for instance I had heard a few of Queens songs but didn't know that much about them..(imagine! Ha!).. just glad i have rediscovered them sooo.... give this nice young man time!..... he 'll understand. Thank YOU.
The beauty of his melodies makes me cry every time. You commented in his good vocals, I recall a scientific study in his voice. It’s not just his range but the timbre and tonal quality that appeal to people whether they understand his lyrics or not
Have you watched the Hyde park concert of green day when before it starts the whole crowd 65000 sings bohemian rhapsody ? Freddy conducting from heaven !
I had the 45 and if I recall correctly one song was the A-side and the other was the B-side. But you never heard them separately on the radio, always together.
In the 80s my friends and I all had AIDS. We'd listen to this song to encourage us to fight. I am alive today and most of them are dead. He is an angel from heaven. Everyone who lived through it or died from it are all Champions.
I love your videos, Daniel! I'm a 41 year old fan girl now! Keep rocking young man!
it is a song about life. about how you are full of piss and vinegar when you are young and full of regrets and weak and buried when you die.
A lot of there songs do go together. Please do “Tenement Funster,” Flick of the Wrist” Lilly of the Valley” they flow one into the other. This is older Queen👑
"We Will Rock You" feels like a tune which there wasn't enough there for a whole song. So it tends to work well as a lead into a full song "We Are the Champions." I was in college when this came out, but it was used in the high schools soon after it arrived. It allows the students to turn the bleachers into a giant musical instrument. I guess it could be called the world's largest percussion or any instrument played by the most people.
I never get tired hearing queen..
When you feel an entire stadium/arena bein' kicked and stomped like that by you and 35,000 of your closest friends ... you genuinely fear for your life - the entire feels like it'll crumble to the ground shimmy-and-shake the entire time.
I am proud having seen Queen in 1986 live in cologne/germany. I had no idea that this tour would be their last with Freddie and for decades. It was simply amazing. I love the rocksongs of Queen, but need no Radio GaGa :-)
Gremlins classic dont feed them after midnight
The Brits made videos to promote their songs beginning in 1966 and when MTV came on British groups were way ahead of the game. The British Film Institute has the history of the videos.
There is a big controversy about "We Are the Champions" and something called the Mandela Effect. People swear that the original version ends "... of the World" but it's gone from the original recording. They still do it on several live recordings, and you can hear it on movie soundtracks.
Queen live aid set was the first concert I ever saw
Linda Ronstadt did a cover of "We Will Rock You" as a lullaby.
Music used to be a way of life. Now for me it is just something on the radio.
I’m really looking forward to your reaction to Live Aid now, but beware if you choose the version with the encore. It’s the only one I’ve heard of that gets blocked. I’ve actually never seen a reactor do the extended one, so maybe that’s why. There is a remastered version that came out last year which is the best one, and you maybe could do the encore song “Is This The World We Created” separately. I’d hate to see you get blocked. Live Aid is really amazing, no bells and whistles or special effects, just 4 guys and their instruments and still considered one of the best ever,live performances by a rock band. It’s in the daylight so you can see and feel the audience reaction. Bring it on! 🎶🎵❤️
Queen reactions usually don't get copyright blocks, with two widespread exceptions: Live Aid (unfortunately), and White Queen live at Hammersmith.
If the Live Reaction gets blocked, they usually tell for which reason. In some reactions, the reason has been Radio GaGa, in others Crazy little thing, or the encore "Is this the world". So reactors have to snip out parts, or have to mute songs partly, to get the reaction through. One reactor even got the explanation for the block, that he was allegedly showing parts of the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody". Isn't that funny?
@@flyingcloud6776 Of course these performance are not blocked by Queen themselves. Live Aid sometimes block performances, especially, Is This The Word We Created. Eagle Rock is another company that likes to block performances, it they own the performances. The White Queen hasn't really gotten any blocks lately, but sometimes it is blocked in the US and the UK.
@@ZENOBlAmusic of course, it's not Queen, who block these reactions. It seems that there are algorithms which try to filter out copyrighted material. Yes, I saw White Queen being blocked several times for the US and Canada, not for the rest of the world. weird.
@@flyingcloud6776 Sometimes it doesn’t feel as if these algorithms have a lot of logic.
Hahaha Freddie! Such a Queen!
You should also check out "we will rock you (fast version)" it was used to open most of their concerts in the early to mid 80s
Yes, he should watch/listen to WWRY from the '81 Montreal concert.
Daniel, (you're on pause right now) I have seen 90% of your reactions, and you are all right my young friend. I'm 54 and consider myself quite well versed in my favorite music genre 1965-1980. As a basement guitar hacker for 40 years, let me just say this canadian Queen nut greatly approves of this choice. Heard it a thousand times but that is why I watch your vids. Because I get to react for the first time with you like I was with my friends when we were 16 or 17 and discovering the plethora of amazing music from that period for the first time as well. There's not much going on socially/live music wise these days obviously so your reactions are a blessing. Thanks. Now let's start your reaction.
I'm glad you're enjoying the videos my friend, stay tuned for Live Aid:)
I don't know if you've reacted to any live Queen but if you haven't you must. Start with Under Pressure live at Wembley Stadium.
Arena rock deluxe ;-)
You either take it or leave it. Well, "We are the Champions" sometimes is a bit too much for me.
Queen were at their very height here and they probably knew.
The original album "News of the World" is very worhwhile. Like most Queen albums it is stylistically "all over the place" but surprisingly cohesive. And you get a fantastic hard-rocker in "It's late".
One of the hockey teams I grew up watching was a minor league team in Philadelphia called The Firebirds (hence my name). They won the league championship in 1976 and this became their theme song. I cannot say for sure, but they may be one of the first teams in pro sports to use this when winning a title. Great memories of going to the old Philadelphia Civic Center for their home games. Great logo, beautiful jerseys. A few of the players went on to coaching and GM careers. One or two had significant careers in the NHL as players. Several of them appear in the movie "Slap Shot".
I live for your facial reactions dude.
Notice Brian didn't bring the "Red Special" out to the backyard shoot, lol (although he did use it on the track). They all complained about how cold it was, and enjoyed a bit of vodka to keep warm! Thanks so much! Looking forward to Live Aid even tho I've seen it countless times... Meanwhile, how about "Thank God it's Christmas" by Queen. The lyric video was released last year, it's sweet and the message of the lyrics are exactly on point for this year. "...Oh, my friends, it's been a long hard year..."