QUEEN - 39 (LIVE & LYRIC VIDEO COMBO) QUEEN - Viewer Request - 1st time listen

Welcome guys, this is 39 both the LIVE Hammersmith 1979 Version and the Recorded version from the studio.
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[@markpalmer7215]

The song is about a traveller who sets out in a space ship and whilst he’s out in space he finds that although only a year has passed for him back on earth there’s a long time passed, hence everyone he knew has grown old, or died. Hence his daughter looks like his wife “your mothers eyes, from your eyes cried at me” and other lyrics

[@DonnaleaSpencer]

love Roger's YEE HAW as he's kicking that drum! Freddie sings it like a rousing sing-along. Brian sings it like a poignant tale of lost love.

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

Cowboy feel for sure! YEEEE Haaaw! Copyrighted HAP3SPEAKZ) ©️

[@Issy-fz9pp]

I love this song and Freddie as always made it sound flawless, although I must say Brian's version is impeccable. I'm glad you did both versions. Great reaction as always.

[@jeanninedoyle9523]

Brian said that there were a lot of songs written about ships going out to sea, he thought, due to his being an Astrophysicist, it would be fun to,do a song about space travel.

[@MomoDK88]

Love your reactions! The studio is Brian with all three of them harmonizing the backup vocals - however the high notes are Roger - their voices really blended so well together ! ☀️

[@allensaunders449]

In the studio version Brian is the lead singer. For this one brians voice works better

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

yeah that is why I had to go and do the studio version at the same time Copyrighted HAP3SPEAKZ) ©️

[@allensaunders449]

@@HAP3SPEAKZ good choice

[@marydc26]

In the studio version, John played the double bass and Roger sang the high notes.

[@lilianaeva7743]

I loved that you watched the two versions in one video! The song is about space travel and relativity. For the travelers the time lapse was one year, but to the earth many years passed. The protagonist who sings the song is sad because he returned still young but the woman he loves had gone, and he see her eyes in his children eyes. One curiosity about this song is that it's name '39 and in fact is the track 39 in Queen discography. Nice reaction.

[@allensaunders449]

Songs about space exploration and the time difference they experience in space compared to how time passes on earth

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

Snap! Yes I recall now, related to Eisenstein`s theory of Relativity. WoW.. Copyrighted HAP3SPEAKZ) ©️

[@richardscales9560]

@@HAP3SPEAKZ time dilation from travelling at high speeds.

[@debbiebush5887]

I love this song written by Brian. What a brilliant writer he is.

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

Yes that was mentioned in the video. Written by Brian May. Actually Dr.May. hehe. What a great musician and smart man. Love this. Copyrighted HAP3SPEAKZ) ©️

[@debbiebush5887]

@@HAP3SPEAKZ i got a song that i absolutely love and the lyrics are not very long but Brian plays lady red so beautiful in this song its like Brian gets red to cry for him about Freddie. Its called Bijou its off of the Innuendo album. I just love the way Brian is playing.

[@michellewhaley3489]

Brian sings this on the studio version. He wrote it and I like it better because it fits his voice nicely and Roger’s falsetto is killer in this!

[@sumerfluffy]

I love both of them. Freddie is in the background vocals on the one Brian is singing. Very meaningful song. Loved your reaction!

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

Cheers~~!! all work and no play makes jack a dull boy, as they say. lol. Copyrighted HAP3SPEAKZ) ©️

[@flyingcloud6776]

What a good idea to do studio and live in one reaction! Many Queen songs are so different (live vs. studio), that this would be a wonderful format, also for many other songs. Although the later albums have no live versions anymore, unfortunately. The crazy falsettos are mainly by Roger, although I think Freddie also added to them. Yes, it's like a simple folk song/campfire song on one hand, but there are also the time travel lyrics and these falsettos... It's definitely catchy, there are times when this one keeps rotating in my head for hours. The title means a year '39 in one century and they returned in '39, 100 years later, maybe 2039 to 2139, nobody knows exactly which century. Back then I thought this song was about 1939, but it isn't.

[@maximebriochain5567]

Brian with his astrophysician background wrote this song. A astronaut and his crew who embarked for only one year journey when returned to earth a century later they of course discovered that all the people they loved passed away. Theory of Eiinstein : relativity, light speed. For the lyrics "your mother's eyes from your eyes cried to me :He met his grandchild and recognized his daugter's eyes in him (I guessed) That's a good song in which we can hear Brian may as the vocal leader in the studio version with Roger for the highpitch. Most of the ballads of Queen are Brian's. for the live I agree with you they were able to make on lives a very special moment like a campsite. All the spotligthts would be light off, only a few would stay to give a verty intimate atmosphere. Same thing in Love of my life. Thanks to listen it.

[@kennethhargrove3597]

The song is the movie Interstellar condensed to three and a half minutes.

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

Thank you Kenneth !! Now you mention it what is known by on that movie. I love the S.T.A.Y song from that film. EPIC. (Copyrighted HAP3SPEAKZ) ©️

[@pyt7778]

Brian May turns a complex theory about space- time dilation, into a stirring ‘ tragic ballad of heroism and loss. Rest in eternal peace, Freddie.And thanks to the whole band for such amazing, timeless songs🙏❤️

[@HelenaDax]

Roger's the one singing in falsetto. He used to do that live as well until he started to smoke and he became unable to reach such high notes . I love this song and Brian's voice is perfect here. I'm glad you reacted to both versions!

[@davebain2656]

Until he started to smoke? Roger had always smoked right from the very start of Queen's career and a heavy smoker at that. Roger started losing his falsetto around 1979 but his normal singing voice got higher. Roger also quit smoking in 1989 at the age of 40

[@HelenaDax]

@@davebain2656 yeah, I didn't express myself clearly. I thought he had started smoking around 73, anyway

[@latebloomer60]

I wrote you a comment on this song once (I was a physics major) time dilation near speed of light - the idea of one year for the astronauts on the trip will in essentially be more like 100 years on Earth, so when they get 'Home' to Earth from a trip to find new lands/planets (like in the 1700's-1800 exploration on the Seas - long trips) when they get back to Earth his wife has passed on (seeing her in his daughter's eyes - and 'the Earth is old and grey' - perhaps too late for 'NEW lands to help the population of the Earth...it's Roger singing the high vocalizations - Freddie called this area of Rogers' voice his dog whistle notes...

[@Peter.48]

Like your moustache 👊

[@sarahjaneorr4435]

In the lyric video the high pitched voice doing the ahhh's and in the background of the harmonies is Roger he used to be able to go as high as Freddie

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

Yeah I got to experience that in the lap of the gods reaction I did :) (Copyrighted HAP3SPEAKZ) ©️

[@amydavies2529]

Found this: Queen guitarist Brian May wrote this. The song is about an astronaut who travels to a distant place at near the speed of light. Because of the time dilation that takes place at these speeds, he and his crew return home 100 years later.

[@mrchaotic68]

On Earth a 100 years passed , he was away for a year in his time. When he returned back home his wife was gone but his child lives, hence "Your Mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me". Space travel has a weird effect on time, you see ;) (or rather percieved time)

[@belenscolpino2691]

Freddie la canta muy bien pero hay que reconocer que está canción Brian la canta espectacular, la hizo para su voz✨

[@mercurycures8204]

I'm so glad you did this because its one of my favorite Queen songs. The backing vocals are done by Roger and Freddie. While the Ah's are Roger. It may be hard to tell sometimes but usually the real high stuff is Roger because he has a naturally high voice and its easy to tell their voices a part once you've heard them talk. Also I was wondering if you would watch Queen funny moments or things like that to really understand each of their personalities off stage.

[@karenj3611]

Love it. Sounds better on the studio version.

[@hippiejane2683]

Love getting up and finding stuff from you. Heard a college physics major analyze this. So interesting. “In the land that our grandchildren knew” - love that line. When asked why they had Freddie sing it live Brian said “when you’ve got the world’s greatest singer you don’t want him standing around doing nothing”.😊 In my opinion it should be sung by Dr May though.

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

my stuff is dropping at all times of the day. Never a certain pattern just yet :) (Copyrighted HAP3SPEAKZ) ©️

[@celticpoet21]

I agree that Brian should always be the one to sing it. I love it that he sang it in the 2014/2015 tour and added it to the Rhapsody tour setlist.

[@cristiona22]

I was lucky to hear Dr May sing this in Feb. it was brilliant .

[@kathramsay1569]

It’s a Brian thing! Astronauts are one year older, earth is100 years older.Einstein theory of relativity, time dilation effect! And the high voice is Roger. ❤❤

[@carlajimenez5483]

The high notes are Roger

[@Terri6868]

BTW Roger just dropped a new single “Isolation”🔥

[@Canucklehead557]

The volunteers were gone a century to those on Earth, but to those on the ship only 1 year had passed.

[@snjezanasiklic8934]

This song is my daughter's favorite Queen song and she is 12 years old :-)

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

WOW.... OK she has good taste!!! if she got the song on the 1st time listen, she is really smart. I had to listen to it again to catch the lyrics. haha. Copyrighted HAP3SPEAKZ) ©️

[@snjezanasiklic8934]

@@HAP3SPEAKZ I had to explain the meaning of the song to her :-) but she loves the music here, especially the live version with Freddie singing, what can I say, we are Freddie Mercury fan family :-)

[@eduardoalmeida3651]

If you watch the movie: ''Interstellar'' you'll understand the ''Your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me'' paradox.

[@eduardoalmeida3651]

i do not speak english very well so i cant explain to you properly ):

[@bobbralee1019]

If you take two identical watches and set a time, then send one into space especially at high speed the watch in space will record less time then the watch on the Earth. I think it was Einstein who came up with that and was later proved with space travel. The idea of the song is that the ship went into space for a year of ships time but many more years passed on earth while they were away, the guy comes home and mistakes his daughter for his wife. The ending is a sad one because all he has loved has now passed and is no more "For my life still ahead pity me"

[@marie2a731]

Another great reaction for another great song . Thanks. Do you know the movie " Interstellar" by Christopher Nolan ( 2014) with Matthew McCaunoghey ( Cooper in the movie) ? Then you will see the similarities with this song . And you will "see " (your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me) those lyrics takes me every time. Brilliant. I assume that Nolan was a big fan of Queen 😉. Just my opinion.

[@molokoko786]

“Write your letters In the sand” means the sands of time. I.e people on earth are writing video messages to the ship about their lives. And They are aging in every message, whilst those getting the messages on the ship are only aging weeks on their year long round trip. What an absolutely head fuck that would be to be on that ship seeing your loved ones age through life and die over a couple of months. And what brilliant opaque lyrics to capture the whole thing in. Brilliant song... and sung better by Brain too!

[@jeanninedoyle9523]

Hey Hap, great reaction, now that you’ve done 51, you only 87 left of the 138 tracks Queen released, LOL

[@second_conflict]

And the seemingly endless versions of all those tracks. 😂 I think he's gonna be busy for a while yet.

[@Sassypaws4927]

It’s the story of 39 is about someone who goes away and leaves his family and because of the time dilation effect, when you go away, the people on earth have aged a lot more than he has when he comes home. He’s aged a year and they’ve aged 100 years so, instead of coming back to his wife, he comes back to his daughter and he can see his wife in his daughter.

[@mayaenglish5424]

This is what happens when you have an Astrophysicist in the band! lol I love this song so much, It's like a mini movie/ physics lesson all in one! I wonder how many people were introduced to Einstein's Theory of special relativity and Time Dilation trying to figure out what the hell was going on in this song? ;)

[@marniethedyslexic6445]

Thank you HAP3.Can’t wait to send this to my mother it’s her favorite queen song. Your mustache is starting to come together.😃👍✌️🌼Love and peace

[@rebecca28]

Thank you for all your reactions. I became an addict of your channel. I'm gonna make a request now : Brian May Too much love will kill you. with lyrics . Brian wrote this song in 1988, reflected the breakdown of Brian's first marriage, with children ages 10, 7 and 1 year old, and attraction to his future wife. Freddie's version is amazing, but no one could ever sing this as perfect as Brian, because it's his story. You can feel that the lyrics are Brian's and the raw emotion really shines through. You can literally feel his hurt. Besides of that, when he sang To Much Love Will Kill You in 1992 he just lost Freddie and his dad. Absolutely heartbreaking.

[@bigmallly7863]

Cheers Fella, love this song, I never knew what it was about, I always assumed it was the start of WWII...................Hey, what do I know?

[@eduardoalmeida3651]

oh yeah hell yeah now it is

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

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[@eduardoalmeida3651]

@@HAP3SPEAKZ Great song isn't it? I would try another acoustic tho. .. Called '' Is This The World That We Criated?''. Cheers

[@cindirella7423]

I didn't find a reaction to Under pressure. It is a collaboration with David Bowie. Studio or oficial video first. And then The love version from wembley. They never got The chance to sing live togheter, so in The live version is Freddie with Roger. I apologise for my english from other comments also. 🤭🤣

[@cindirella7423]

Live *

[@nyima04011]

Unfortunately Bowie's vocal track was removed from the studio version because he didn't like something about it... Hap3 did a reaction to a compilation video of Freddie at Wembley and Bowie at the Tribute Concert in '92. Check it out!

[@camh5036]

The high ahs are Roger. Check out Roger's falsetto collection

[@jodyheigaard9949]

The really high voice is Roger.

[@barbararosen2658]

Pretty eerie. Here we are in a fading planet. Also, ‘39 makes you think makebe 1639 maybe.

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

I would love to see you react to " lap of the Gods" Queen live at the Rainbow 1974. Whoa!! Freaking beautiful

[@nyima04011]

He has done it! Check out the Queen Playlist he's made! Many awesome reactions :~)

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

Thanks !! yes please check it out lol! You have been here long enough hehe Yes Awesome reactions here :) (Copyrighted HAP3SPEAKZ) ©️

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

Love this song!! This is a Brian May song and it's great with her Bryan or Freddie Mercury sings it. The harmonies are impeccable and Roger is absolutely amazing!! This song is off night at the Opera and their fourth album. It's a folk song to me and the type of song that people would listen to sitting around a bonfire drinking wine or beer..Cool!! The one with Bryan singing it is much better because you really get to hear more of Roger in the song and his voice is so high-pitched.

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

around the camp fire? lol those are exactly my comments in the video. Glad you paid attention. :) hehe. Yep you get both LIVE and the STUDIO version here. Just had that itch. Copyrighted HAP3SPEAKZ) ©️

[@bobbralee1019]

Interesting that if you watch any of the Queen documentaries the relationship between Freddie and the band was very stained in the late 70's early 80's when the live performance was recorded, you can get a sense of the tension when Brian is almost saying this version of his song is not as good as the studio version and Freddie saying its "All yours" at the very end. You can almost feel the creative tensions between them.

[@Terri6868]

Need to do Brian’s “New Horizon” official video. 👍

[@nyima04011]

BEST #queenreaction is HERE. Again! LOL Thanks ;~) If you're ever interested in other songs sung by Brian check out "Sleeping on the Sidewalk" or "All Dead, All Dead".

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

On the way!! 👏 (Copyrighted HAP3SPEAKZ) ©️

[@michelleturner3087]

1939....Dunkirk. Solders rescued by fishermen. Time for Live Aid!! Please

[@paulqueripel3493]

That was in 1940 , sorry.

[@michelleturner3087]

Paul Queripel I know, now. But it still fits!🤔🙂

[@lusmas99]

I take the lyric to mean, his lover who was young when he left is now old and looks like her mother.

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

The mustache is looking great, it actually suits you! Another great reaction! This is that one song were I think Brian's voice just works better, it is a folk song. Freddie did tend to over sing and over power the song, sometimes less is more. I do really dislike over singing, because it often changes the meaning or the original message of the song, and this is good example of that. That is one thing I really dislike about singing competitions the over singing and the destruction of songs. People always focus on the famous Roger falsetto here in the studio version, but it was actually Freddie and Roger doing harmonies. This song through the years really tells the story of Roger's falsetto, it sounds amazing in their 1976 performance at Hyde Park, in 1977 at Earls Court it is also pretty good but not as good as 1976, by 1979 you can see that Roger had lost that high falsetto and Freddie took over that part. I think Roger and Freddie treated the song like a fun sing-a-long. While Brian intended for the song to be more poignant, it is actually quite a sad tale. You can see how Brian is almost rolling his eyes at start of the live version, like an older brother who has to watch over two naughty younger brothers. Roger's hew-haw's almost turns it into a country song, and Freddie is singing it like the happiest sing-a-long. But it is generally a fun performance and it is always nice to get Roger away from the drums. They also did this in 1986 where they did a rock 'n roll cover medley that was great fun kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6KUgoamqMmkgsU. This is probably the best song Brian does on his own.

[@celticpoet21]

While Queen is above and beyond live, 39 is one of several songs that are better on the album. Live, at the least Roger plays a bass drum. Brian has a really underrated singing voice. Yes, 39 is a space folk ballad about astronauts who go off in search of other planets to colonize. Brian was working on his phd in Astrophysics when the band really took off, so he had to put his degree on hold. He definitely put his science knowledge to good use in this song by blending in Einstein's clock paradox theory. The theory is when you travel at the speed of light, you'd think only a year has gone by, but on earth, probably one or two hundred years have gone by. Basically its a 1970's precursor to the movie Interstellar in less than five minutes, but more accurate. When Brian first wrote 39, he thought the space travel colonization concept sounded cool, but given the sorry state our planet is in, before covid-19 not so much. In the 2014/1015 Queen concert tour with Adam Lambert, Brian would sing '39 and do a little intro storytelling about the scientific aspects, the song's inspiration, and introduce the "members of the space crew (band)" and they take the audience "on a trip" with the song. Brian is also a totally lovable, down to earth, gold-hearted, modern genius renaissance man.

[@auroramartins8784]

Freddie Mercury sempre no meu coração 💖🇵🇹