FIRST TIME HEARING - Queen - The Prophet's Song (Official Lyric Video) Reaction!

The long awaited reaction to Queen's The Prophet's Song!
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[@DoeDarling]

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[@YourBeingParanoid]

Please tell me you've listened to the album now and have heard it blend into Love of my Life :) x

[@cbx1047nigelCBXEnthusiasts]

I was luck to hear this song in 1975 on The night at the opera which is the way you need to listen to it on Vinyl as it blows you away and still does today. A masterpiece of work from Queen Thank you for sharing Nigel 59 years old falling to bits but the ears still work 😂

[@SupersmirkAU]

Been a Queen fan for over 40 years. So pleased to see someone from a much younger generation enjoy the music of my youth. This is one of my favourite Queen tracks, never played at low volume.

[@tbnobs]

The song of great depth and harmony this whole album is pure genius

[@nealamesbury7953]

Agree

[@sherryheim5504]

This song is so good, Brian's Bohemian Rhapsody but far too sophisticated for the general radio audience so it never really received the acclaim it should have. Brian introduced the cannon effect portion to Freddie and Freddie loved it and in typical Mercury style, kicked it up a few notches. This is a musical masterpiece, thank you for reacting to it.

[@bloochoob]

Early Queen is great, such intelligent experimental prog rock, I appreciate it more as an older adult though I was a young kid when it was being played, and I would have thought it too odd, back then

[@barrymitchell6444]

Harry Doherty wrote in Melody Maker at the time that Freddie's vocal passage spoiled the song. Personally, I've always loved it.

[@juttapopp1869]

@@barrymitchell6444 - the music press hated Queen. Pure jealousy of talentless wannabes faced with the REAL thing they could´nt be and do in a million years with a pistol against their head.

[@nickwilson1645]

Harry Doherty? Never heard of him…. Freddie Mercury? Legendary singer… yeah, I’d say this is another Queen masterpiece and Harry Doherty knows nothing.

[@msilverthorpe]

There are three masterpieces on this album, besides this one and Rhapsody. The other one features Brian on lead vocals and it's about volunteers who leave a dying Earth to find a new habitable planet, and return 100 years later but have aged only one year. It's called '39.

[@Wisolkofficial]

I'm In Love With My Car is a masterpiece!!

[@robertguerrero5239]

Brian's masterpiece!! If not for BoRhap, THIS song would arguably be Queen's greatest recorded achievement. This song ROCKS!!!

[@ahunter3]

Oh, it's better than Bohemian Rhapsody.

[@cj9739-y7u]

There are so many amazing tunes - really did take my breath away when as a kid I’d wait for the next album and play it on repeat until it almost wore out. Fairy fellas is another - such amazing depth - can’t believe they were sharing studio time with the pistols at one point - really makes many 70’s bands (bar a few like elo maybe) seem positively one dimensional

[@67pagode]

This and White Man is Queen. Not the fuckin Pop Music after the Jazz Album.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

The same tune from everybody who got to experience the more experimental phase of bands in the 70's and didn't get over the change in style in the 80's. Same with Genesis. The more streamlined songs are as much "real" as the earlier ones.@@67pagode

[@juttapopp1869]

@@67pagode - I also prefer early Queen, but be fair - there ARE some great songs among the fluff. Innuendo is a masterpiece - as are The Show must go on and many, many others. Listen to the albums, not the Greatest hits drivel.

[@modernclics]

This is Brian's masterpiece without any doubt. The legend says that Brian had a dream and that inspired him to write this song. The intro and the outro (beautiful instrumental suites) both include a 'toy koto' played by Brian, this song has deep Japanese influences for sure. The outro is the intro to Love Of My Life (good catch Doe!) which starts with an Harp played by Brian himself. I mean, both parts are such nice little suites of music, that's Brian at its best. The vocals interlude has been recorded using Brian May's double delay effect, the same one that he uses for his (very long) live guitar solo trademark (also used in Now I'm Here Freddie's vocal intro). No one has ever done that not before and not after, it is really a unique masterpiece.

[@AliT0555]

Brian was gifted a small toy Japanese koto when they were on tour in Japan. Brian learned to play it. That’s what you hear in the beginning and the end.

[@nhilandra7586]

He also played harp in sections.

[@chadbennett7873]

Queen created an incredible library of masterpieces ... including two perfect songs. They appeared on the same album, so this one was lost to the popularity of BoRhap. Freddie wrote his masterpiece and it received airplay on the radio and this one did not. Brian had a dream and wrote this incredible masterpiece. I actually think it is the greatest song of Queen's catalog. Where BoRhap is supposedly about Freddie's acceptance of his sexual orientation (only Freddie knows for sure) - I believe Brian's carries a message of warning that we have long ignored and continue to ignore. They are equally brilliant. So glad you now know of this work of genius.

[@profeh3346]

OLD QUEEN - nothing better! ♥️♥️♥️

[@ccrider77]

My all-time favorite Queen song. It always gives me chills...

[@prodrigu75]

After "The Prophet's Song" comes "Love of my Life"...that's why it sounded familiar to you. "The Prophet's Song" is spectacular, and if this song "blew your mind", listen to "The March of The Black Queen"....that song is the true crown jewel of the group (in my opinion). Greetings from here in Chile (South America) from a Queen fan from especially the first years of the band!

[@Ezekielepharcelis]

This is THE best Song that Queen ever wrote. But totally unknown. Made a Video about the Song on my Channel many Years ago.

[@DoeDarling]

I'll check it out! 😀

[@Ezekielepharcelis]

@@DoeDarling Thanks, and you are right, it is the Transition for Love of my Life :)

[@ReinhardScheibe]

What a lovely reaction video to Brian's masterpiece! You may want to check out how this song was actually recorded and produced. Brian worked on it with similar fervour as Freddie worked on Bohemian Rahpsody. For the canon-like guitar and vocal harmonies, they used three tape machines that would record and shortly after play back the recordings to Brian and Freddie while they were recording their parts - so they could harmonize with themselves. At some point, they had tape running all through the studio. You may want to remember that this was produced in 1974/75, without any help of computers, so the songwriting, the performances and the very creative ideas of how to make this a reality are all dimensions to what makes this a (scientific, yes, because of course if it's from Dr. Bri) stunning piece of art in so many ways. As others have pointed out, "The Prophet's Song" does merge into "Love Of My Life", and may I urge, no, petition you to listen to it via headphones - and please, as lovely as the live versions are, the studio/album version with headphones on. It is so beautiful it will just make you cry. Well, it brings tears to my eyes every other time I listen to it that way, at least! ;-) Keep on spreading your joy of first time listening to all the wonderful music! [edit] I should mention that "The Prophet's Song" was based on an actual dream Brian had around the time he wrote this song. [/edit]

[@valentis13]

The song is about Noah and Great Flood ... better explained than any history book.Much close to narratings about Noah from Bible and Qur'an

[@michellegoad1052]

This song is a real treat! My mom used to get mad when they’re doing all the repetition in the middle! I became a Queen fan at 15 in the 9th grade, 1979! This is another lifelong favorite!

[@eroy66]

You're right. On the album this song goes right in to Love of my Life

[@AngelusNZ]

That is one of my all time favourite pieces of music from Queen, next to "March of the Black Queen" and "The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke" - it's cool you picked up on the Love of My Life sound, because those tracks follow each other on the album - I always found it difficult to hear when one ended and the other began because they bled into each other so seemlessly. Thanks for a wonderful choice to react to.

[@michellegoad1052]

Oh God! Those two are so much fun to sing! There’s such a literary touch in their songs and so you learn really cool vocabulary! ❤

[@mickey8355]

I never knew exactly when The Prophet Song ended and Love Of My Life began, simply because of what you pointed out. I was given the album as a Christmas gift by my sister in 1976. Back then there were no devices like CD machines to observe when one song ended and another began. For years I was trying to figure out if the acoustic guitar playing at the end of The Prophet Song was still The Prophet song?, or was that the beginning of Love Of My Life before it went into the piano intro? "Now I know!" : )

[@kentnottingham9635]

So awesome to see someone hear this for the first time. Now YOU know!

[@edsonribeiro4829]

I felt like that when show to my friends ^^

[@Iceman-xx1kh]

Brian was fuming that this...his masterpiece was never released as a single. I'd be fuming too. It's amazing ❤

[@thewizzaofoz]

7:51 - the bass drum with muted crash symbol at 7:55 - gets me each time

[@yvrkid7070]

Thank you for reacting to Brian's masterpiece! Very few people ever react to it. Brian's songs are so different from each other. The same person that wrote Tie Your Mother Down and Fat Bottomed Girls also wrote Prophets Song and White Man. White Man is another great song from the next album, Day at the Races. On the Day at the Races Tour they would play part of Prophets Song and White Man as a medley. Brian said the Prophets Song came to him in a dream. It is still so relatable. Yes, you recognized Love of my Life. I urge you to listen to the studio version of Love of my Life. Brian plays the harp and Freddie the piano. It is stunning and completely different to the live version.

[@pedroascensao1554]

The baby of Brian...Masterpiece!!!

[@notanotherenigma7759]

This was pre digital. Analogue. The vocal bit in the middle, with the precise timings... Very intricate for its days. Then to do it in stereo, even more intricate. There is a song called White Man on Day At The Races. I've not heard anyone react to it. It's another Brian song, and like the Prophet Song, a wee bit serious. It would be awesome if you could react to that one, and be the first!!

[@celticpoet21]

Awesome! Totally another gem of their genius, the lyrics are pure poetry! The song ends like that cause it transitions right into "love of my life". There are so many underrated songs, it's just tragic! There are definitely veiled references to Noah's Ark specifically, such as "kings of beasts now counting their days", "two by two my human zoo" and "return like the white dove." They definitely display Japan's influence in their music because, alongside the guitar, the instrument played in the intro and finale is a Japanese toy koto.

[@radicaladz]

Apparently the idea for the song came to him in a dream about a great flood, something with obvious biblical as well as historical precedent - almost every culture in the world has myths about an apocalyptic-level flood.

[@hebber1961]

I wore this album out when it came out. Friends didn't really get it.

[@edsonribeiro4829]

Yeah. You did. This song is so glorious. ❤❤❤

[@yellowcloud9161]

I listened to this as a teenager when it came out on my 70s headphones lying in bed at night, and I have to say, the panning and production sent me to a place other than where I was. Brilliant!

[@akatripclaymore.9679]

Best song ever written by Brian May!

[@garykidson4489]

Yes! It's been too long! Also, love the Rocky Horror reference!

[@DoeDarling]

I'm working on a Rocky Horror cosplay at the moment so it's really stuck in my head right now 😂

[@garykidson4489]

@@DoeDarling You should react to Rocky Horror while wearing the cosplay, that would be amazing!

[@DoeDarling]

@@garykidson4489 hahaha that would be fun!

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

I feel sorry for anyone that never heard this amazing song from A Night at The Opera. Incredible guitar on this as well as vocals. Back in the 70s, Frank Zappa was asked who his favorite guitarists were. He said there are very few because they all sound the same but Brian May was one of the only players doing something different with the guitar.

[@clo999]

Love Brian May and Queen and this is my FAVORITE. So glad people are still digging it.

[@mikephillips8810]

Brian wrote the song from a dream he had about a prophet warning of the end of the world. That brilliant vocal section with Freddie's voice delayed and heard in stereo was a three point harmony that Brian often used live duriing his solos, with his guitar slightly delayed twice, so you get three guitars all doing the same with a delay, which you can hear with the multiple Freddies. One of the best guitar examples of this is on the Live Killers albim 1979, during Brian's solo on Brighton Rock. Lovely reaction to one of my favourites, thank you.

[@jorgevergara4757]

never in history will there be another band like queen

[@santielieben]

Even better than Bohemian

[@vovindequasahi]

I love this song!

[@rudiyana6657]

Queen forever,,,,,❤❤❤

[@AH-ly2cq]

If you get the chance, listen to it from DVD-audio disc dts master quality 5.1 soundtrack on a high-end home theatre setup, song was made for it. Was the first Quadraphonic record I heard back in the day of the original recording when I was a kid (a few years after album had been released) and was totally mesmerised even though audiophiles back then rubbished surround sound recordings.

[@michellegoad1052]

I always loved every song Brian sang! His songs were so special and still are! ‘39 and Good Company are both sung by Brian! Again they’re also ultimate favs!

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

His two Solo Albums are also not too shabby. Especially his version of "Too much love will kill you" which Freddie also sang but oddly enough not as touching as Brian.

[@richardscales9560]

Fugueing fantastic and of course another segue into the next track. One of my favourites.

[@AleAround]

Another great reaction video Miss Doe, love these. Still waiting for you to react to the Breakthru video sometime.

[@DoeDarling]

It's on the list I promise 😄🤗

[@deborahpierro1615]

Now I appreciate The Prophet Song even more. Thanks lovely Doe! Try to promote your videos more.

[@donaldandbecki]

on the album it goes right into Love of my life!

[@gabrielmendivil2914]

Obra maestra de Brian. Que sólo apreciamos los buenos fans de la Reina.

[@melinakristinmercury9586]

Thank you for very good react, this is Brians Masterpiece…….wow, and Freddie song all the lyrics with himself, they had tape all over the studio when they made this. I see pict from an interview, mg that was a very big job at that time -74/75. So this I hope you studie, Im sure you do. Stay well, and take care 💞

[@ederss7]

The end of this song is the beginning of Love of my life.

[@albertodiaz2391]

Freedie Mercury best voice rock beatifull song

[@simonk7937]

My favourite Queen track ❤ Thankyou for reacting 😊

[@DoeDarling]

🥰🥰🥰

[@michellegoad1052]

I can see being out in the desert early evening as the song starts…

[@bigmallly7863]

Yo DD, it feels like I've waited a lifetime for you to react to this, for me the transitions are on par with Bohemian Rhapsody. The ending was abrupt as you rightly thought it blended right into Love of my life............My one request would be Freddies last song where Brian had to sing the last verse due to Freddie passing. "Mother Love". Have your hankies at the ready..........Tears roll down my cheeks thinking of the pain both Physically & Mentally that Freddie must have been going through whilst recording this song. Also to the courage of Brian for the way he ended the song so beautifully..........RIP Freddie.

[@timothyparsons8327]

My favourite track on A Night At The Opera, with the added bonuses of a harp , acoustic guitar harmonics and as expected each band member at his best!

[@mariabryant6582]

One of my favorites.

[@gersonneto2113]

Queen need your loving tonight official reaction

[@MUSiC-world-20986]

Some of the final acoustic guitar melodies were used in the intro to Love Of My Life

[@andrewcairns6562]

Just loved to see your reaction......made my day

[@DoeDarling]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Iceman-xx1kh]

At 9 mins...Brian drops his bottom E string to a D tuning to get a darker feel in those chords ❤

[@rjds1800]

Yes, it goes straight into love of my life on t album

[@tdearsan]

this is the most amazing thing you will ever hear

[@grantbaechler3529]

Every album has hidden gems because of overplay of the more “ popular “ airplay songs. Long away is my favorite song from a day at the races. Another gem from Brian.

[@alonsoquirosgranados7568]

Ohhh yeeees I was waiting so much for this reaction video. I love this song and your reaction was priceless you definetly felt every part of the prophet's song, thank you Doe for reacting you the best.☺️❤️

[@DoeDarling]

It was a great experience!

[@alonsoquirosgranados7568]

@@DoeDarling Sure and seeing it with you was it too. If you could one day react to Queen Montreal 1981 it would be fantastic, it is in my opinion the best Queen concert even better than Live Aid, enjoy it Doe☺️

[@kentnottingham9635]

This turns into LOVE OF MY LIFE! Way better than live version

[@davidzimmermann8642]

Doe- SO nice that you finally got to hear this masterpiece. Would love to hear your reaction to the live version of You Take My Breath Away

[@Multijoe84]

This track is a long way from I want to break free and radio gaga and queen’s 80s output ! Personally I like Brian as a guitarist but his lyrics are a bit heavy going 😂

[@timnotbrianmay]

This was FREDDIE'S answer to Brian's Brighton Rock solo, using the echoes to create harmonies against himself! Again, you should have seen this live in 1977!!!!!!!!!! It IS A MASTERPIECE!

[@malcolmpeacock2484]

Doe your statement of been the meat in the sandwich is fantastic image. The album was made with 2 points to it. 1 the change/end of management so a lot of digs at the old management. 2 the album was there most expensive made because they through everything they could at it. Thank you for your reaction to a song I haven't forgotten but it reminded me how good it is. I look forward with interest to see & hear your reactions to all Queen songs in the future..

[@markrochford897]

Watch the making of the prophet song by Bryan. First instrument was an Indian sitar

[@Cryonne]

I’ve heard this song over five thousands times in my life saying “amazing” ! I know it’s not for driving song, but I can’t stop listening to it while I’m holding a wheel feeling sorry for Roger’s I’m In Love With My Car. Please don’t say crazy! Forever in love with A Night At The Opera.

[@tanterliser]

MASTERPIECE!!

[@jilldiable8119]

Harmonies are sublime. Check out the vocals from Roger.awesom indeed. Love ur reaction.x

[@markrochford897]

I think the prophet song is the best song they ever made. The way you see how good Freddie’s timing is on the echoes. Also watch the live concert version. I feel this Bryan’s response to Freddie’s bohemian rhapsody

[@bjw0515]

To me, this rates up there with Bo Rhap and March of the Black Queen. So inventive, it took me a couple of listens to fully appreciate the song for all it's different sections.

[@aut0maniak]

I like you ❤️ your Queen journey is amazing! Kind of like main....but decade later! It will be 30th tomorow I was born in autumn 91 so I allegedly have some connection Love of my life is next number on the album

[@shaunion1279]

Freddie's three part harmonies is done by using the same delay set up used by Brian that he uses with his guitar 🎸

[@bensteckler6698]

The other stringed instrument with the acoustic guitar at the beginning and end was a Japanese Toy Koto. ..and yes, the ending does blend into the opening notes of Love Of My Life.

[@johno2655]

It was a guitar and a harp at the end and it goes into Love of My Life

[@MUSiC-world-20986]

That's koto, NOT harp😊

[@kennyamer3327]

You are reminding me of the glorious 70s and what a tune you just listened to . Amazing wasn't it? Go to Queen 2 and listen to March of the Black Queen. Another classic 👌

[@chelyescalona4141]

A masterpiece!

[@ellenmyers971]

Love this song ❤️😍 love QUEEN 👑👑👑👑♾️💯💕💞🥀🥀🥀🥀🦋🔥☮️

[@gunnerman2452]

A night at the opera was the first album I ever bought. I was introduced to it by my uncle. He let me hear Bohemian Rhapsody and from then on I was hooked. I sat and listened to the whole album and this tune absolutely blew my mind. 30 years ago today Freddie left us. He may be gone but his music will live forever . Thank you for putting this up. Oh and btw the second I bought was Queens News Of The World.

[@johnfloyd4166]

A true masterpiece xx peace ya'll xxx

[@joepollard3228]

That was going right into Love Of My Life.

[@simonbiggs9102]

Where perfection cannot be beaten

[@andrewallen1083]

It goes into love of my life

[@thelyricologist9568]

The song does segue into "Love of My Life". And the acoustic picked instrument was the Japanese koto. :-)

[@cometblazt]

fenomenal

[@allensaunders449]

Magic

[@Semajsenrab72]

That leads directly in to love of my life as 1 song almost

[@timnotbrianmay]

... GREAT ROCKY HORROR nod!

[@Dd8505]

Utterly astounding

[@JK-ld8cd]

When i bought this album when it came out as a kid, PPL thought I was nuts for liking "Opera". I turned out to be correct as it was one of the greatest albums ever! Saw them many times live, just unbelievable.

[@siinraul]

"The Prophet's Song" a very special song for me and I enjoyed very much your reactions and impressions! I love the way you express yourself! Kisses for you! Please, please react to "My Fairy King"! Another masterpiece!

[@johnfloyd4166]

It's very spiritual.

[@DanielGarcia-sh8gk]

This is the Greatest song from "A Night At The Opera" album, not "Bohemian Rhapsody" 🍻

[@GinMae]

thanks, Doe - this has been characterised as Brian May's Bohemian Rhapsody - it is certainly every bit as intricate - I love that you reacted to it and look forward to more of your reactions... (BTW, on the album this goes straight into Love of my Life - you got that right!)

[@grimplegrumble]

If not heard with headphones or good speakers you don’t get the stereo effect of it, which is a BIG part of the experience of this song

[@M0rket]

Yes, this complete masterpiece transitions directly into Love of my Life on the album. :)

[@MartinSusol]

Great reaction. And you are really so beautiful.

[@swapticsounds]

I loved your "I will be the meat in this sandwich" and the way you took it back, when realizing it might be seen as inadequate. You are not the only "terrible" person, my body immediately reacted XD And I actually came for other emotions :-) But hey. Freddie wouldn´t judge if he´d still lives. I guess he´d just say: "Make love not war, but get all tested before partying like we did" But concidering that Bohemian Rhapsody might already have prophetic lyrics regarding to Freddies death, that a song called "The Prophet´s Song" was on the same record, might be another Innuendo. Like you can find in the lyrics of "Made in Heaven", too, written in 1985.

[@musicartguy1]

pure genius.