Bohemian Rhapsody through a Pipe Organ

[@averydeadhorse]

Just imagine how confused people would be when they passed by on the sidewalk and heard Queen getting played on a Pipe Organ from the inside of a giant church! ⛪️

[@abedinsubashi]

A Very Dead Horse Freddie had blessed the church Lmao

[@gehtdichnixan3200]

well they would think the organist is a genous and maybe come to the next services

[@xtubby420x]

I would have converted

[@GrahameGould]

Why? Have you heard the Bethlehemian Rhapsody which is exactly the same tune but Christian words? And the music itself is not evil.

[@ProctorsGamble]

It is very popular in European churches for the organist to have practice in afternoon and play what he or she wants. I have been pleasantly surprised by the talent and variety

[@nos1000100]

the "nothing really matters" part is so powerful and divine sounding!

[@ItsMe-ic5oc]

Also the build up at: Bi ei zi bub, has the devilput aside for Meeee,,, for MEE, for MMMEEEEREEREEREEREEEEE

[@chord_0121]

The owner of the pipe organ: this thing 300-plus pistons Mumbo: I think I can beat that

[@mirmarq429]

lol

[@gewoonwannes5394]

Very underrated

[@crotopoc]

Out of everything over the years, this moment in Rob's life I am most jealous of. I really want to go see that organ played.

[@abedinsubashi]

4:11 probably my favorite part. That chord there in massive and I can’t stop listening to it

[@sosmarci]

That's the absolutely cream of it, especially with the ritardando leading up to it.

[@thejman3489]

4:08 This takes me back to high school marching band. I remember it being the last song and at this point all 200 of us were spread around the whole field in a big block. Everyone has FF as the dynamics. Basically play as loud as you can. The score goes in half time as you walk diagonally forward to your left. It felt badass!

[@RJALEXANDER777]

Used to play in a brass band myself. I can definitely relate to where you're coming from, in addition to appreciating this vid.

[@LizardDoggo]

Same here. It’s always satisfying when you have a part like that.

[@octavius7171]

We got the concert band version

[@jus10_lee]

I think this further proves the classical music Influence on Freddie Mercury when he was writing alot of queens music. Some parts sound like they could've come straight out of a Bach Fugue

[@Keithustus]

Prophet's Song, even more so.

[@OliviaSNava]

I was transcribing Bohemian Rhapsody a couple weeks ago, and I recognized much of the harmonic content as being straight out of something Beethoven would've written.

[@Keithustus]

Hapedise, sure, that's the name they put down as writer, but we all know that most of the songs were collaborations, especially the more complicated ones.

[@antoniomaglione4101]

Somewhere on YT there is Xavier Varnus playing 'The show must go on' from Queens on a monumental pipe organ; no exaggeration, it is divine...

[@Keithustus]

Antonio, thanks for the tip: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZe5d4B7pMR-b6s

[@PinkFloydBootlegs]

Oh this is gonna be fun. Edit: It was fun. The organ even hit the C5 around 3:40

[@javierdiazsantana]

Pretty regular note, C5...

[@slicespitfire3544]

wonder how for whom the bell tolls wound sound on the organ

[@SolarAdrift]

that would sound absolutely monstrous

[@andrewpappas9311]

Hell yeah

[@lukekline9513]

Would be better on the carillon

[@barteksiudziak5661]

@@lukekline9513 They did play it od carillon!

[@addiosnia]

Oooooof

[@Penguinssss]

This definitely rang to the heavens

[@thesimulatorguy4248]

I think we all hope freddy heard it, he may have even been watching over

[@DurzoBlint178]

The simulator guy...Or maybe he’s looking up, I don’t know, I don’t know

[@BentTreeFarmPa]

Freddy would approve! Hell, he would be up there rocking with you guys! I got goose bumps AGAIN!

[@thesimulatorguy4248]

How many times you watched it? I'm here for the 5th time now

[@patricktervo2013]

Ok but can it do Never Gonna Give You Up

[@jeroen0011]

Probably it can, but do you really want the whole neighbourhood to be like hmmm are we getting mass rickrolled here?

[@noctuadiscipulum9715]

@@jeroen0011 You already know the clear answer

[@TestECull]

@@jeroen0011 Yes

[@peppersalt]

Imagine Rickrolling god.

[@kareldegreef3945]

NOOOOOOO => YOUR GONE BLOW UP THE PIPES ;-D

[@vilstef6988]

This is great stuff! John is clearly enjoying learning capabilities he didn't know the organ had! Big thumb's up to you, Rob!

[@theblan1k0ne]

I can still hear the singing, wow

[@WillowChord]

TheBlankOne I mean... the midi does include the vocals, just as an instrument instead of a voice

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

"Do what you want with my music, just don't make it boring." -Freddie Mercury

[@sosmarci]

This is something that is worth of doing a second round. Correct the small errors, separate thet unwillingly legato-ed notes and do a recording with more thought out mic placement. This is a treasure that must get WAY MORE exposure.

[@vilstef6988]

Rob-a suggestion for a series. Have a tour with Gary, John and Joey going to each other's instruments. Start it at Wrigley, which would be the least formal place. It would be a big change of pace for Chicago's premiere keyboard guys.

[@EmeraldPlaysThings]

at 4:02 the extremely low bass pipes sound incredible at the last part of this little transition

[@jeffbecker8716]

Awesome! To answer your question @5:22 - The way to top that is to play Pink Floyd's "Celestial Voices" on it. It definitely belongs in a church. There is b&w video of the late great Rick Wright playing it on a pipe organ somewhere long ago, but clearly not of this magnitude. Their performance of it at Pompeii in '71 is probably one of their best. Thank you.

[@Mabeylater293]

4:13. He said “wow”. Translation he enjoyed the bass. Always have more bass to songs it adds grandeur.

[@martingardener90]

I really hope Freddie can hear this up there - He would LOVE it !!!

[@thedrumman2019]

Am i the only one who got chills and teary eyed when he said "we miss you Freddie"?

[@pcallas66]

That was just incredible. The thing that actually made me chuckle was on the second "Will Not Let You Go" picked up that subtle imperfection in the vocals. Thank you for posting that. I never even thought of that. Thank you for sharing.

[@julianneheindorf5757]

One of the best tunes ever written... ❤️

[@lildrummerboy5673]

“We missed you Freddie” Im not crying you are

[@masonjarbeiler9569]

Youre living the dream my guy

[@ErikGsson]

🙏

[@HBSuccess]

JS Bach would have loved a MIDI pipe organ. 😂

[@greggv8]

So would PDQ Bach ;)

[@javierdiazsantana]

Rather would've played Rhapsody and poliphonic pieces forever and ever, by himself, on an organ

[@cane1685]

Me: I have to do homework Rob Scallon:*video* Me:

[@VOLAIRE]

Now Freddie Mercury’s singing need to be layered on top of this

[@masonjarbeiler9569]

Hold on imma get to work on it

[@gub4941]

God Himself maybe add some drums?

[@jeroen0011]

Ha girl, don't even remember how many times ive seen u in comments outside your channel 🙃, maybe u can sing over it? 😋 Whatever ur next video will be i'll be happy to watch it ""

[@H.E.M.]

That’ll be cool.

[@putridabomination]

Yes

[@TOM2RN]

I think somewhere in the universe Freddie is smiling about this project.

[@sahiljain7277]

I love this series so much

[@projectkonstantine8062]

if this doesnt get played at my funeral im not showing up lmao

[@jeffspaulding9834]

If I knew this was being played at my funeral, I'd show up early.

[@nedthewarrior3490]

This genuinely made me hapoy

[@tiigerpoiss2004]

This just gives me goosebumps, i wonder how it was really in that church to hear that.

[@thesimulatorguy4248]

Would love to hear a full queen set on this organ! Anything is possible

[@neilfranklin5644]

Really majestic ,so fitting for a Queen.

[@kantpredict]

Rob, your MIDI file has a whole verse missing, and half of the guitar solo!

[@andredias201]

Every time I hear this I almost cry

[@eddielung31]

now it sounds holy

[@ErikGsson]

This is extreamly epic, cant describe it, I must see this IRL at least once in my life

[@fsadelaide]

More please. Any song - I straight up don't care. Just do more of this!

[@TheUserid82]

Having that input port and using a few relays you could have some real fun with pranks of an organ that plays itself at night but only when the lights are out. A simple light sensor and a radar board and you can know when there is movement or lights to turn everything off and go back into sleep mode.

[@russelljohnson4527]

This is the equivalent of drifting a cement mixer!

[@drfancyman6616]

Imagine going in there to pray then some people are just playing Bohemian Rhapsody on the organ

[@javierdiazsantana]

Hearing rhapsody in a church organ is an even greater reason to pray i think

[@CptFUBAR]

I'd love to hear a binaural recording of this! Maybe next time you can set up two mics, ear-length apart, and put them on separate balances!

[@otto2613]

This is solid Rob. You should recreate the pipe organ American Idiot from The Simpson's Movie

[@ecoRfan]

You mean Green Day playing their rendition of the Simpsons theme before their barge goes down?

[@fartvader84yearsago8]

At this rate, we see gonna have a "I used a pipe organ to take over the world"

[@AwesomeAlec1]

I'd love to hear the full clip of rain playing on this too.

[@rfldss89]

You should play some initial D on it! Imagine hearing deja vu or running in the 90s on a freaking pipe organ

[@electricabyss3071]

Rafael Santos I so want to hear this now

[@arsyahr138]

Back on the rocks (mustang gt theme) would be perfect

[@TheSilverShadow17]

​@@arsyahr138Especially since Back on the Rocks uses the main introduction of Toccata in D

[@k.o.486]

You Folks are really onto something here!... This is a mind blowing kind of thing, I mean people want to hear their favorite songs in this genera... You really have something here! Don't let this just simply fade away.... Think Aerosmith, Rush, Alice in Chains, Sound Garden, Led Zeppelin, Blue Oyster Cult, The Who.. you have something here that will transcend... Please don't let this waste away into nothing!

[@peterosmanski7466]

This was awesome, and it actually brought a tear to my eye toward the end.

[@darphbobo55]

A true masterpiece.

[@paulgallagher2937]

The genius of Freddie Mercury. This music is on par with some of the greatest composers. If that arrangement were cleaned up, it would be really great.

[@thadindermuhle1323]

hey Rob- me again. Binaural audio! Just sayin. Would take this to a whole new level. Like so he sees this

[@Duesi2024]

true, would be awesome

[@CyberlightFG]

Sends shivers down my spine

[@thatoneguy2274]

"you can do whatever you want with my music, just dont make me boring". i think you succeeded.

[@StevenRides]

Need to upload full versions of Rain and Anchor on the organ!!

[@putridabomination]

I'd go to church if it was like this everyday

[@hunterprowsemrereviews9141]

Someone from the pews out front yells “Freebird”!!! LOL! 🤣🤣😂😂 also this would be the most epic way imaginable to play marry had a little lamb lmao 🤣

[@migueloncuni4141]

You need to post the Necrophagist playthrough as well, that was fucking epic.

[@sirisoj]

- Hey dude, I play the bass and you? - I play church.

[@erdmannelchen8829]

4:15 you can hear the Oh Yeah! O,O

[@cliffyequation6700]

This made me smile. Thanks Rob 😊

[@Dylant38]

Next video, you guys should use remote microphones throughout the church, right and left channel, I would use a 10 microphone system, separated about 8 feet apart between right and left channel and then go back to the control room and separate them by 10-15 feet per set of two microphones, might be able to give use a better sound performance on KZbin

[@Smalls989]

Crazy stuff, thanks for sharing

[@Zadster]

This is basically the Rev Richard Coles most days at evensong.

[@flytrapjohn]

🤣😂❤

[@masterpanther1]

I wonder if this is the only organ system in the world to have this capability. I wonder if there's a higher more advanced one that is just as huge? Cuz I would absolutely flat-out love to see it!!! This is extremely awesome!!!

[@mrgranados2]

Many organs have digitized consoles nowadays. The onboard computer is usually just used to record the console for playback. They didn't even know there was a MIDI port built in. They had to call the manufacturer to figure out how to even plug it in. This is a matter of no one ever connecting the dots. I'm so going to figure out how to do this with our 1927 Wurlitzer!

[@Canadaballer96]

Beautiful. Thanks for the upload, Rob.

[@vilstef6988]

Had to have the organ with all it's voices-and Freddy's voice is still very much missed in the mix.

[@wingzofficial]

Imagine walking by a church and this is playing...

[@richsackett3423]

That MIDI file was absolute rubbish but Rob's enthusiasm more than makes up for it.

[@ionator2000ist]

I dont think it was the midi file to be honest. Its probably limitations of the organ itself. It essentially has a spool time for the each of the notes since it relies on wind and not necessarily percussive strikes.

[@kc9scott]

I agree with Rich. Although a pipe organ has delay, it's about the same for each and every note. The most obvious problem with the MIDI file was that successive repeated notes all got melded together into one. I wonder if perhaps it was recorded on a piano-like keyboard while using a sustain pedal, and then the organ's firmware responded to the sustain-pedal messages by erasing all of the gaps between the repeated notes.

[@Gottenhimfella]

@@ionator2000ist Hmmm ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4DCmWNmnpumZrM

[@melkiorwiseman5234]

It sounds to me as though the MIDI was only the accompaniment without the lead. There were hints of the lead tune at points but I think the main lead wasn't there at all and was never intended to be. It was probably intended to be used in a situation where a person was going to perform the lead while accompanied by a MIDI driven instrument.

[@Chris-p4u]

Wow! That was mindblowing!

[@jimmymiller77]

One Word ...... WOW !!!!!!!!

[@teppizini]

1:33 Wholesome

[@LMacNeill]

Ho Lee Schitt!! That was AMAZING!

[@Matt-cr4fr]

Thank god

[@divlles]

Iv herd a lot of version of this song and and other than when I herd it on wan world this is my 2and favourite version

[@maxmustermann1111]

Cant there be concerts with that? Honestly. This is defenetly a great discovery already and it already sounds great. But imagine experienced musicians/organists composing music in midi to utilize the ability of playing all the keyboards simultaniously if need be while actually having the ability to engage certain pipes from the different divisions live according to the music that is being played right now. Like in this song possibly having the opportunity to seperate the guitar and vocal melodies a bit more from the rest of the music and so on. It just looks like the full potential of this instrument has never been unlocked, since obviously a single organist can not play 7 keyboards simultaniously while also engaging and stopping certain pipes while playing. Would be damn awesome to have great musicians actually writing music or arranging existing music specificly for that instrument utilizing all the flexibility it provides

[@zeebline1]

I have been wanting to see this combination of musical genres combined for over 20 Years. I have played the pipe organ and am also a metal head. I have wanted to see the prophet song by Queen and war pigs done on a large instrument. You guys today fantastic job with Bohemian Rhapsody the only thing and might recommend is during the past heavy part is putting Freddy's voice on a separate organ division with a louder reed so it can stand out. But I really hope more people watched this and realize That the pipe organ has so many capabilities. And probably in Electronic form (Allen, Rodgers, midi etc) I would like to see more synthesis Of hard rock or metal with the sound of a pipe organ. I think it could be done.

[@vynetti]

this is amazing i love it

[@KungFuWombat]

The thing about Bohemian Rhapsody is it makes me want to listen to Bohemian Rhapsody.

[@chilldeen4590]

i didnt even mean to find this video but i did

[@Blarnix]

Imagine being the guy who made that MIDI and seeing this.

[@dschach1996]

Please do more of Queen

[@lsswappedcessna]

Part of the reason it wasn't playing every note is just due to mechanical limitations. Pipe organs aren't meant to shred.

[@sadstarfish7]

yes

[@김영수-w6y9k]

What a beautiful intro

[@blackhole3407]

guys casually blasting rock music in a church

[@Ghozer]

I'd love to have been sat in there!

[@celestialband]

I live nearby Chicago and never have been to this church

[@jmsainde]

Wow!

[@jamesmchugo9422]

It would be wild to have experienced this live and in person. The recording doesn’t do this justice.

[@benjaminwallace4626]

A holy song for a holy building Thank you lord.

[@mrgranados2]

I saw your other extended video too. I don't think your MIDI tracks are quite right for optimal control but this was an amazing experiment. I hope you are working on a way to integrate the stop selection along with the note playing. I think it ought to be possible and I would be curious to learn more. I have access to a 1927 Wurlitzer Theatre organ with a digitized console in a similar setup. I'm going to see if there is a MIDI input port. It has the same computer in the console so i'm sure it does. It would be great to create MIDI files of music to go with films.

[@JangoF12b]

I'd love to see "I want to break free" by Queen, or some AC/DC song.

[@Dolores5000]

Pretty wonderful!!

[@gooosean]

we need the separate video for One.

[@komp1551]

i am the only man in the world who can play pop songs in church

[@antoniomaglione4101]

Surprised that you used a MIDI sequencer and not the organist! I have so many parts in Cakewalk. Do the pipe organ accept multiple tracks for different stop setting or you use different midi instruments (out of 128) for different stops of the organ?

[@13amplifiers]

A midi-controlable pipe organ? Cool!!