FIRST TIME hearing HAMMER TO FALL - QUEEN | REACTION

[@missevellyn24]

It's called "Hammer to Fall", not drop the hammer... You have to change the title of your video reaction... 😂😂😂😂

[@HollaAtKrazy]

Lmao I was talking to my girlfriend while I was making this title 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@missevellyn24]

@@HollaAtKrazy Hahaha sorry about that but it's kinda funny! I love your reactions...

[@cindygipple5571]

This was live aid a concert to feed Africa. Freddie was advised from his doc not to perform cause he actually had laryngitis! Goes to show his strength, power and passion!!!!

[@lowrider4266]

This is Wembley Stadium in England, London I believe. You should do the whole 25 minute set. Best live concert perfomance. The day the music world changed, the day history was made in those 25 minutes.

[@sannaolsson9106]

Aww one shouldn't just watch one performance from Live Aid, watch the WHOLE thing of their set! 👌🏼 It's a historical moment in music history.

[@kelleeholmes9448]

Live aide you have to experience beginning to end. 😀

[@sannaolsson9106]

@@kelleeholmes9448 Exactly. Watching just one performence kinda ruins the experience if(should be when lol) you're watchibg the whole thing later.

[@jadespaul6159]

Its wembley stadium in London, live aid was a charity concert for the famine in Africa. Please watch the full live aid set of Queen!

[@chrissielord434]

Live Aid was a massive fund raising concert for the famine in Ethiopia. Many many bands played that day in Wembley Stadium London and in Philidelphia USA. All bands/artists had 15/20 minute slots. Queen did a 20 min slot and then came back later that night to perform the closing song. Freddie’s vocals fantastic however, he had laryngitis and was told by his doctor that he shouldn’t perform. What a legend ⭐️ you should watch the full Queen Live Aid set

[@popepenka8334]

No matter who you are, how rich, how poor - no matter what you do, we’re all gonna die when the “Hammer falls”. Brian May (that killer guitarist) wrote that "Hammer to Fall is really about life and death, and being aware of death as being part of life", and that "the Hammer coming down is only a symbol of the Grim Reaper doing his job!" Kick-arse song from a band that could not be tied to one genre. The Live Aid concert was an incredible event - the first of its kind, to gather the royalty of rock and pop in the UK and the US (concerts were run simultaneously in Wembley Stadium, London (72,000 people present) and Philadelphia (over 80,000 people) and broadcast live across the world to an audience of 1.8-1.9 billion people! Other countries held smaller events that tied in to the live show too, but London and Philly were the main shows. I watched it live in Australia - I was (and obviously still am) a massive Queen super-fan. Their 20-ish minute segment has been voted as the best Rock ‘n’ Roll performance of the 20th century. It was timed perfectly to stop on the red light too (which indicated their time was up). You may notice, if you watch the full concert as I strongly recommend you do, that on the final downward swing of Freddie’s for the last not of their main set, that the light turns from a flashing warning orange to red. That was the end of their time on stage. All the artists backstage were aware they’d stolen the show too! It reinvigorated Queen as a band and had them back in the studio immediately after. It solidified their place in the annals of rock’n’roll history as legends and a band that could stand the test of time. Watching them and observing their ground breaking journey is a masterclass in risk, talent, incredible intelligence and sheer balls! Don’t break Live Aid up into segments, play it all in one hit to maintain the continuity and witness the intense energy and flow of the performance. You won’t even notice the length of the video. If you watch Chief Mouse’s cleaned up version on KZbin, you’ll see it as I did in 1985. Best version online with perfectly selected hits and a performance you’ll never see the likes of again. Freddie was a magician and held the crowd, and the world, transfixed in the palm of his hand. He confessed later that he felt a little intimidated by the left of power he realised he wielded at that moment. Bob Geldorf said that Live Aid was made for Freddie. Despite a throat infection and under instructions from his doctor, he still performed. Don’t stop the video too soon though or you’ll miss out on the extra performance Freddie and Brian did later in the evening. It’s sheer perfection!

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

The song has two different meanings, it is about death that is coming for everyone. And it is about the Cold War, this was during the height of the Cold War. He refers to living in the shadow of the mushroom cloud (nuclear weapons). "Just surrender and it won't hurt at all." The hammer is part of communist flag - the hammer and sickle. Fun reaction!

[@gipsnadel6418]

Exactly thank you!!!!!!!

[@lala_sparkles8035]

Hammer to Fall was written by Brian May and is basically about death. It isn't about fighting/resisting, it's about the inevitability of death for everyone ("what the hell we fighting for, just surrender and it won't hurt at all").

[@gipsnadel6418]

it is actually about the cold war

[@lala_sparkles8035]

@@gipsnadel6418 It only references that era. Here's what Brian had to say about it: "The question of the meaning of the song was effectively settled when May wrote on his website that "Hammer to Fall is really about life and death, and being aware of death as being part of life", and that "the Hammer coming down is only a symbol of the Grim Reaper doing his job!"

[@gipsnadel6418]

@@lala_sparkles8035 I know he said that, but the lyrics are influenced a lot for ex. For all who grew up tall and pround in the shadow of the mushroom cloud and so on

[@karolyn8644]

They were not only the best band on that memorable day, but also the loudest. The sound system volume was regulated, but they had their guy get in and kick it up a notch for their performance. They were so well-known for their elaborate stage set-up and lighting, (called the "pizza oven") that some people thought they couldn't put on much of a show on the bare-bones stage without all their usual trappings. They sure proved those doubters wrong! All the band members were educated. Freddie had an art college diploma in graphic design, and designed the Queen crest. Roger Taylor got his degree in biology after becoming bored with the study of dentistry. Dr. Brian May has a PhD in astrophysics. His thesis had to do with the movement of cosmic dust particles in the zodiacal cloud. Indeed. John Deacon has an honors degree in electrical engineering, and built the "Deaky amp" that helps to achieve Brian May's unique sound on guitar.

[@JohnHazelwood58]

It was the old (!) Wembley Stadium in London. The event took place on the 13th July of 1985. If you watch the whole thing (you should do!) you can see me (!) in Crazy Little Thing called love. I am the young guy in the 15th row :-) I attended to thousands of live concerts ... this Queen stuff was just EP!C and maybe the best live rock-performance in a stadium I ever saw.

[@christinejohnson9540]

I’m loving your reactions, how far down the Queen rabbit hole did you dive, I’m in my 50’s and I love seeing new kids find Queen, RIP Freddie missed & loved but so grateful for all you’ve left us with, still making them Rockin world go round 🙏🏾💕

[@nyima04011]

*Brian May lead gituar, backup vocals, songwriter extraordinaire. *Roger Taylor drums, backup vocals, songwriter extraordinaire. *John Deacon bass gituar, hated singing but does so live sometimes, songwriter extraordinaire. *Freddie Mercury piano, lead vocals, songwriter extraordinaire. They all wrote #1 hits, Brian & Roger each had moderately successful bands of their own, Freddie did a lot of solo work and they all had other music projects. They all played other instruments. Love watching you discover Queen, thanks!

[@davebain2656]

People need to stop bumming their success up so much. Only Freddie ever wrote a number 1, the other number 1s were written by the band, but each member all do have top 10 hits

[@justlaura7189]

There was 80000 in Wimberley that day. It was raising money for the famine in Africa train anyone who was anybody in the music business who played at Live Aid. There were bands in London and in Philadelphia the concert was watched by 1.5 billion people worldwide. There was nothing like it any time before or after.

[@flyingcloud6776]

...yes, and Queen totally stole the show, although they weren't even on the bill when the tickets were on sale. After Live Aid, everybody was a Queen fan. It's a 20 minutes live set, and every minute of it is boiling.

[@stuartquinn4464]

Was 96,008 actual capacity that day.. Stadium held up to 130,000 fans bk in the day but due to rigging stage etc.. Cut the attendance down.

[@davebain2656]

@@stuartquinn4464 seriously dunno where you get your info from, really don't, either you all believe shite from other people or you's just can't read properly. 72,000 were in attendance at Live Aid

[@abdulbah2176]

Freddie is the type to steal your girl and your mans at the same time

[@joem2087]

WHITE QUEEN LIVE AT THE HAMMERSMITH ODEON 1975!!!!!

[@wendyraymond1751]

That crowd is amazing . Worked at Wembley park station. .loved the atmosphere was electric. .Freddie is an outstanding performer. Love him .this was live aid. .love your amazing energy too Thanku love an god bless x

[@andreasmith3230]

Queen's set at Live Aid is considered the best live rock performance of all time. Freddie had a throat infection and was told not to sing, but you see how well he listened to his doctor. A favorite quote of mine - a reporter asked Freddie what instrument he played, and he smiled and answered "I play the audience." SO TRUE! Watch the Ay-O section for a perfect example, or any live performance of "Love of My Life" which is just beautiful.

[@drmikebass]

This is Freddy with a sore throat. Doctor had advised him not to perform, but hey, it was Live Aid! He was very good at husbanding his voice, saving it up for the big finale (We Are The Champions).

[@lukanovak1492]

Please react to more Queen songs... You might want to react to Innuendo, I Want it All, I Want to break free, The Great Pretender, Under Pressure (with David Bowie), Who Wants to Live Forever, Love of my Life (LIVE), Its a Hard Life, Killer Queen, Crazy Little Things Called Love, We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions, A Kind of Magic, Breakthru, The Miracle, One Vision, Seven Seas of Ryhe, Stone Cold Crazy, Tear it Up, I'm Going Slightly Mad & many more hits... And FOR SURE their 1985 LIVE AID performance (30 minutes of greatness)! There are also lead singer Freddie Mercury's solo songs like Barcelona, Living on my Own, Love me Like There's No Tomorrow... ENJOY! :)''

[@sandythomas5563]

This is classic Freddie! Live Aid was a huge concert to raise money for the famine in Africa and the biggest names in rock were there. Each act only got about 20 min to preform. Everyone agrees that Queen stole the show! React to the full set. It will be the quickest 20 min. you ever spent. As great as it was, Hammer to Fall wasn't even the best song. The stadium called Wembley had a crowd that day of about 72,000. Freddie had them eating out of his hand.

[@dennisqueentourblog]

Please react to "i Want it all". THIS IS THE REAL BANGER OF QUEEN! Sadly the officially upload is very poor quality, but look at my uploads on my channel! I personally remastered the DVD Version to HD in Adobe Premiere and now it looks a LOT better. Please react to this music video! Just look at my latest upload! But let me tell you they never got to perfom this live with Freddie becouse it was end of the 80's when he was sick already. You also could listen to the 2014 live in Japan Queen (left band members Brian May on guitar and Roger Taylor on Drums) + Adam lambert. This was the best ever live performace of this song and they fullfilled Freddies last wish "The Show Must Go On". The other dudes show till now that they can rock as ever before and didnt get a bit tired and they honor Freddie at every concert and add him in video sequences, what makes everyone to see Freddie live again - even if he is away for 28 years mow. Just for that i love the guys. Look at it. Qeen + Adam Lambert live 2014 Japan I Want it all. Best performance ever since Fred has left and i feel him around at this event and saying "WOOOW darlings this is fucking heaven on earth" espeacially Brians guitar skills are amazing! I think even better then ever before, becouse he got more and more skills over the years and still uses his hand (own-) build guitar since 1967!!!

[@Sassypaws4927]

Live Aid was a duel-venue worldwide concert to raise money for the Ethiopian famine. It was organized by Bob Geldorf. It was in Wembley Stadium in London (72,000) and at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia (100,000) with satellite hookups boosting the total number of people watching Live Aid to about 1.5 Billion in 150 countries. There was something close to 68 different performing acts between the different venues. It opened around noon London time (7 AM Philly) and Philadelphia opened around 5 hours later. The concert lasted around 16 hours. It raised over $125 million (in 1985 money) for famine aid. In both London and Philly, every act used the same stage set-up. No special lights or use of a smoke-machine (something Queen concerts were known for). The drums were set up on a revolving platform so they could set up the drums backstage for the next act while the current one was performing. There HUGE tv screens at both venues so all of the acts in London could be seen by the Philly fans and vice versa. People at home and in bars all over the world watched on their TV's. Each act was allotted 20 minutes. There were lights at the front of the stage that were green/yellow/red to warn the performers if they were ok (green), or were nearing the end of their allotment (yellow). If it went Red, supposedly the sound would be shut off. Unlike most of the performers, Queen took the gig very seriously. The put together a special show line-up and rehearsed for a week before the venue. It showed! When Queen began to perform, backstage was chaotic (as one would expect with so many rockstar egos) but as they heard the audience reaction to Queen's performance (everyone started singing along with Bohemian Rhapsody), it got quiet. They all started migrating to the wings to listen. When the audience began clapping and singing along on Radio Gaga, the word went around to all of the other performers, "Damn it, Queen is stealing the show!" You should watch the whole performance including Freddie and Brian's duo performance of "Is This the World We Created?" in the finale that took place around 3 hours after Queen finished their performance. Queen performance at Live Aid is considered the BEST live performance by a rock band ever!

[@lowrider4266]

Live Aide was a concert put on to raise money for the children in Africa, look it up though to read what it was about.

[@dantheman_777_5]

React to "Under Pressure" by Queen

[@timothypelletier6908]

My favorite queen song! Brad May is a genius on the guitar!!

[@jacobmods3018]

u mean Brian may

[@paulmcinerney5995]

Keep up the Queen reactions, much appreciated!

[@theresapillar2093]

The world watched this!

[@jennyc9360]

Freddie Mercury and Queen stole the show at Live Aid, perhaps the best live rock performance ever.

[@mmaloneym]

Live Aid was a charity 16 hour concert in London featuring all the top bands of the day in 1985. It was also in Philadelphia PA. Each group had a 17 minute slot. It was televised around the WORLD with an estimated 1.4 BILLION people watching. Queen stole the show. Their performance at Live Aid is in the history books as the Best live rock and roll performance in history. Live Aid raised millions of dollars for the starving people in Ethiopia. You trying to guess what a song is about is so funny. You are way off. Brian (lead guitar), wrote the song after thinking about the Cuban Missile crises and the possibility of a nuclear bomb, which is in the reference to the line “mushroom cloud”. Live Aid in London was held in Wembley stadium and there were 72,000 people there. There were 90,000 people in Philadelphia. When a band finished their 17 minute slot in London a band would start their slot in the USA to give the next group time to set up in the other country. None of the bands were able to do sound checks or test equipment. It was a bare minimum stage with no fancy lights or equipment. Pure talent was center stage. You need to react to Queens History making Live Aid set. It’s amazing. It wasn’t even a Queen audience, but Freddie had them in the palm of his hand immediately after hitting the stage. Please try to keep your finger off the “pause” button. You constantly stop the videos.

[@Motown-1966]

Excellent explanation mmaloneym!

[@MR-so1pf]

Love your Queen reactions. May, I make a suggestion? You're missing the best listening experience by not using headphones. I know listening without headphones, speakers blaring can be wild but you miss so much that headphones can zero in on. Please react to Queen - White Queen (A Night At The Odeon - Hammersmith 1975). This was a live performance that was televised on Christmas Eve in England. You'll notice that Freddie begins the song holding a glass of champagne. Queen had just made a holiday toast to the audience and then went into the song. Freddie's voice was exceptionally amazing performing this song. Brian May's guitar skills were excellent. Roger on drums and John Deacon's bass rounded out this musical gem that night. What you have to listen to is when the piano and guitar playing are playing off each other almost like they're responding to each other, there's just so much passion, angst and drama. When Freddie gets up from the piano, look at Mercury wings on Freddie's pants.

[@karolyn8644]

Ah, yes, winged Mercury, Messenger of the Gods.

[@newfiemom8696]

This is my favorite version of this song, they sped it up just a bit to fit everything into the 20 min set.

[@eturfrey]

The old Wembley stadium London which was mainly a soccer stadium with a 100,000 capacity but on this day it held 72,000 because of the stage etc. It was pulled down a few years ago and replaced with a new stadium.

[@missevellyn24]

Yes, that was the Wembley Stadium in London but it does not exist anymore...

[@jodiwood5311]

Gotta gotta gotta do the whole Live Aid set like everyone is saying. Tons of reactions of Queen’s Live Aid 21 minutes, but all of us will watch it over and over. Wembley Stadium July 1985. Best ever live performance - google it Haha!🤣

[@dennis9730]

Please react to "Innuendo"

[@ParchmentScroll]

That last verse hits HARD: "We who grew up tall and proud In the shadow of the mushroom cloud At least our voices can be heard We just wanna scream louder and louder AND LOUDER 'WHAT THE HELL WE FIGHTING FOR?' Just surrender and it won't hurt at all. Just got time to say your prayers Then it's time for the hammer to fall!" Those of us who grew up in the Cold War were told every day that we were in a life-or-death struggle with what Reagan called the Evil Empire, and that if we lost, then the ENTIRE WORLD was DOOMED, but the weapons that war would be fought with were the ones that would destroy everyone and everything. We knew that if either side launched their arsenal, we would all die, and that awareness that everything could end in an eyeblink and we wouldn't even have time to react before it happened pervaded everything we did. "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein

[@patdonnelly9392]

Very cool reaction! I love how Freddy energized such a stark, boring stage. But Queen KILLED it at this event!!!

[@lindachambers3166]

This is from the "Live Aid" set gotta check out the complete set!

[@Djent_Djenerator]

Back in 1985 there was a horrible drought in Ethiopia and a guy organized live aid, which was a bunch of famous singers and bands that performed in Wembley stadium in England (one of the largest stadiums in the world) and also a stadium in Philadelphia. And all the money raised went to Ethiopia

[@charlenebrissette3348]

Freddie was, is and always be the greatest front man ever.

[@chrissielord434]

80,000 in Wembley

[@mariaserra6079]

Please, PLEASE, you MUST watch Under pressure live at Wembley 1986 (different gig from this one), you'd probably recognize the song, but the performance will blow your mind!! Love your reactions, binge watching them :-)

[@M11969]

Great reaction. Freddie was without question the greatest front man of rock. Now, I'd like to introduce you to THE most powerful female vocalist of our time. Check out Nightwish, Everdream at Wacken the 2013 show. You will not be disappointed.

[@charlenebrissette3348]

Fun facts, Freddie would never get his teeth fixed cause was scared that it would affect his voice. Brian May the electric guitar player and his dad made his guitar.

[@missywhite5978]

Love your reactions!

[@sherryheim5504]

We don't waste no time at all, don't hear the bell but we answer the call. He wanted that cameraman out of his area so he could work the whole stage. Just back that guy up and push him out. Good job, Freddie. This was at Wembley Stadium in London 72,000 people in the crowd. Live Aid was to raise money for the famine in Ethiopia. Brian wrote this.

[@patriciafiliatrault8399]

Please watch the full 25 minutes of Queen Live Aid Elton John said they stole the show

[@delainepep22]

Love your reactions keep it up

[@albertaguy4817]

1970-1990 we all went to school in the shadow of a mushroom cloud. Just waiting for the hammer to fall. THEN the Soviet Union collapsed and the risk of dying in a nuclear war ended. Waiting for the ring... answering the call is about the draft.

[@justlaura7189]

#challenge #1 Under Pressure live at Wembley #2 The Miracle. This video is the most creative idea for a video and I think you will really love it.

[@MLeibs]

There’s a website called songfacts... check it out to see lyrics and song info, meanings, etc.

[@christinatyree2280]

Wembley stadium is In the UK I think, a couple season of bgt was filmed there

[@carlajimenez5483]

You should probably do the whole 25 mins

[@bettybaby63]

This is a brian song. Lead guitarist. Most songs were written by Freddie & Brian but roger & John wrote as well. All wrote #1 hits. You should react to the whole set, considered the best live set EVER.

[@barbaraaschwingelswihart572]

Look up live aid and see all about it, amazing

[@ianjackson5834]

it was the old wembley stadium the holds 90000 in the stands and who knows how many on the fooball pitch

[@delainepep22]

They all wrote songs. Early days all wrote and when Freddie was diagnosed with aids they all decided to have all songs written by the whole group. Set their egos behind

[@zedude7781]

Lol, ha said "What the hell we're fighting for, just surrender and it won't hurt at all" he don't want to fight till the end, he is telling us just to lay down the weapons cuz it won't hurt at all...

[@diice23]

Get down make love - queen

[@tonyohill6398]

I'm finna say.. I thought you were done with Montana... Real bar catcher #salute

[@robertclark2347]

One Vision #Challenge

[@carlajimenez5483]

Brian wrote this song its about the Cuban missile crisis

[@elizabethhewins464]

Carla Jimenez actually it’s the entire Cold War. I am the same age as Brian, and in school we had drills where we would duck and cover in the event that the bomb fell. The reference of the hammer is the Russian hammer and sickle on the flag. Of course we all knew that duck and cover would save us. It was terrifying as a child!

[@AngelRDiaz-ie6ww]

The stadium was Wembley stadium but the event was called live aid (: And Queen was the biggest band or act of that show that had too many great acts too many great performers at 5hat event back in 1985 ahhh the 80s miss it (: And we'll Freddie well he was the baddest back then and still the shit and Always will (:

[@gavinroger2274]

Great song and it’s about nuclear war.

[@davebain2656]

Why does no one ever mention the fact that they fucked up the ending lol. Ya'll got hearing problems? 🤣😂🤣

[@monicamorales8122]

please react to i want to break free

[@charlenebrissette3348]

Live aid was a bunch of different acts at Wembley Stadium in London, England and somewhere in the US to raise money for Ethiopia

[@a777-d8t]

Innuendo- Queen trust me bro

[@miljananikolic7890]

Please, watch Innuendo video and Mother love (there is no official video for this song because it is last song he played)

[@laurenraubaugh9542]

Yes, please do all of Live Aid! This was the third song of their 20-minute set - this was a huge concert televised internationally that took place in London and Philadelphia to raise money for the famine in Ethiopia. Queen’s set is commonly voted the best rock performance of all time!

[@ravenscar7007]

Wembley Stadium, London 1985

[@sodapop83]

drop the hammer aaahhhaaahaha you're silly

[@tonycaruson7583]

i think the song is about the cold war more or less

[@Joey0111]

Please react to We will rock you and we are the champions official video. New subscriber here. 🤗

[@rosemariemohr9967]

Hi. I would like you to reaction to good old fashioned lover boy. Do you know the song there must be more to life than this. Freddie and mj. And last but not least. Under pressure Queen and david bowie. Thanks

[@delainepep22]

72 thousand people there not including the billion people watching around the world. The Freddie Strut. They stole the show and poor David Bowie had to follow. Its Wembly stadium in England

[@davebain2656]

Why to Reactors to this song keep saying the title as Hammer To The Fall??? It's Hammer To Fall

[@tonyohill6398]

You must can't react to Montana anymore?

[@HollaAtKrazy]

It’s dropping tomorrow at 4