**FIRST TIME HEARING!! Queen - Death On Two Legs | REACTION

[@jamiem4941]

Freddie and the boys were so angry with their manager when it was discovered he had been taking their money. He wouldn’t let Queen out of their contract so they wrote this song about their ruthless, greedy manager. The song was a hit! I believe Elton John’s manager took over for the boys once they got rid of Scheffield. You don’t want to cross Freddie!

[@kevinkiso4579]

John Reid did get Queen out of the management contract with the Sheffield Brothers (Norman S.).

[@rhondacrosswhite8048]

You’ll notice that the band never mentioned the manager by name but he tried to sue them for defamation thereby outing himself as to who they were referring to.

[@kevinkiso4579]

@rhondacrosswhite8048 It's not that Norman Sheffield was taking their money; Queen knowingly signed a terrible deal with Sheffield's Trident label. It wasn't until the success of Bohemian Rhapsody that they were able to hire John Reid to negate that deal with Mr. Sheffield. It wasn't ever any secret exactly who Death On Two Legs was about (especially within the British music industry) .....

[@John-k6f9k]

Queen met Norman Sheffield many years later in 1986 and it was on pretty good terms. They even credited him with helping their career

[@dianecourtney2724]

Sweet mild mannered Freddie when not on stage …… but word to the wise Do Not Piss Freddie Off 😂😂✌🏼♥️

[@sherryheim5504]

...and the moral of this story is "Don't piss Freddie off." A lot of those sound effects are Brian on guitar and some are Roger.

[@richgoebel6650]

All of these sound effects used no synthesizers. This is the first track on side one while Bohemian Rhapsody is the 2nd to last on side two. This album contains outstanding writing from all four of them Track 3 is I'm in Love With My Car written and sung by drummer Roger Taylor Track 4 is You're My Best Friend written by with electric piano played by bassist John Deacon and sung by Freddie Track 5 is '39 which displays the wide range of guitar talents of Brian May who plays electric behind six and twelve string accoustics in front as he sing, Side two has the only time Brian taught himself to play harp with his epic (sung by Freddie) The Prophet's Song which includes double tape delays where Freddie sings in harmony with himself and himself. Those who know the song understand the unique sound that produced. This flows into Love of My Life written about his girlfriend Mary Austin who inherited his estate and spread his ashes where nobody else knows. There is an estate auction going on through September including the piano he used to compose most of his masterpieces.

[@bjw0515]

There was a sister song to this "Flick of the Wrist". As stated before this was written to their former manager at the time. Might want to give a listen to "The Prophet's Song" and "Tie Your Mother Down". Also "It's Late" is a hidden gem that is not played that much. Thank you for the reactions, much appreciated!

[@vernhoke7730]

Flick of the Wrist was off of "Sheer Heart Attack" in '74.

[@kevinkiso4579]

This wasn't a sister song to Death On Two Legs. It's A-side was Killer Queen on the Canadian, American and British release. Flick Of The Wrist wasn't written about any particular person; only about the many bad actors, perhaps such as Norman Sheffield and Don Arden, who signed many bands to very questionable record, management and distribution deals in the early seventies when Queen were trying with great difficulty to kick off their careers.

[@MyFlipperLikesIce]

"It's Late" is one of my favourites, one of many but yes, a hidden gems among many hidden gems in Queen's discography

[@vernhoke7730]

Was lucky enough to have seen them do this live at Madison Square Garden in September of 1980. Truly the ultimate 🖕 you song.

[@Sassypaws4927]

The lesson from this song is don't piss off Freddie!

[@jimmycranier3668]

I detect a slight bit of anger with their manager.

[@decodolly1535]

Ya think? 😁

[@GummyBearWA]

Those aren't sound effects. That's all Brian's guitar.

[@DonnaleaSpencer]

a cranky Freddie song - it looks VERY cool in the live concert " Live At Earl's Court ", btw!

[@stevehennessy2931]

Ultimate diss song

[@JaneRtn]

The grandfather of the Diss song 😂 Nice reaction 👑

[@ellet6560]

Queen were at risk of disbanding if A Night at the Opera hadn't done well. This song kicked off the album and, of course, Bohemian Rhapsody sealed the deal. Queen didn't reference Norman regarding this song but he sued and won an out of court settlement.

[@beatehasselkuss6441]

You should react to Dragon Attack live in Montreal

[@sandrabutler8483]

The group had found out that the management who were buying expensive cars etc whilst the group were in debt had screwed them over, as with many groups, singers etc at the time, they sang it live a few times in concerts. I would also suggest that you look at Freddie Exhibition that's in London at the moment, before being sold for charity, some 30,000 items from his home Garden Lodge which Mary Austin inherited after his passing, she still lives there but has decided it's time to sell the majority of what has been there since they moved in around 1980, it gives everyone a nice and surprising insight into his life, it's not what many might have expected, definitely not with the image many had of Fred, it just looks like a home and someone who loved collecting things from their travelling around the world, much of what's there I remember from growing up as I'm more his age than yours, and some items I have myself again because of being of similar age, Dr Sir Brian May also has an exhibition at The Proud Gallery London and that will give you an insight into his life and work

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

So glad to see you doing music again. It's been a while since I've been here.

[@pennyburns6123]

1975 the yr I graduated. Never was into Queen. Just Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin , and of course David Bowie and Jackson brown...my brothers listened to queen. You brought back flashbacks.. 70s rocked. Thanks .

[@kevinkiso4579]

Norman Sheffield was the "sharks" name. You should have the lyrics posted.

[@christineirving4491pluviophile]

The boys had had several successful tours yet were practically broke. Their management were wearing bespoke suits and travelling in luxury cars, while telling the band there was no money. Roger had been told that they couldn't afford to replace drumsticks, John - newly married - had asked for an advance to put a deposit on a house and was denied. Freddie snapped and this was the result, a magnificent little thing filled with venom and vitriol.

[@debramoore7513]

Wahoo!! Death On Two Legs has one of the best intros EVER!! Like I said on other reactions, the song starts off nice with Freddie’s piano and then in crawls that awkward tone of Brian’s guitar! Unbearable suspense describing that sleazy snake.🐍sssss Talk about “diss”😡 I love the line “Was the fin on your back part of the deal .. Shark!!” 🦈

[@juliannetomlinson]

Freddies don't upset me or else song.

[@debbiejarvis5764]

Love Queen but i really want you to react to Tommy Johansson cover of Black Sabbath ( Headless Cross ) Tommy is the lead guitarist for Sabaton but during his own time he posts cover songs he does. Black Sabbath ( Headless Cross) by Tommy Johansson.