Hip Hop Fan First Reaction to Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

[@i8granola]

You listen to this song in the car with friends driving around and singing. You listen to this at a Green Day concert when you are waiting for the band to go on stage and sing along with other people in the crowd. You listen to this when your at a karaoke night at your favorite bar and sing along. You listen to this in the morning when you are getting ready for the day and want to see what reactor says they have never heard it. You listen to this when your getting ready for bed and want Freddie to sing you asleep. You get the point.

[@lisaargyrou1488]

Wow 😁 hahaha that's exactly what I was thinking 😂

[@tori2dles]

I’d love your comment if I could. Whole wedding parties plus all their guests sing this song melodramatically on the dance floor. Every Halloween and New Years Party I’ve been to has at least one portion of the night where BoRhap takes over. A group of friends and I did a lip synch air band (w/sets and costumes) contest to BoRhap (& won 🥇 prize). Awesome road trip song. The operatic sections are amazing played over a remote forest lake early in the morning and under the stars at night. Olympic skaters skate to it and when the Olympics come to London, Queen performs it in their opening ceremonies. And don’t forget the movie of the same name that came out just a few years ago.

[@HealthAtAnyCost]

And you also listen as you watch your favorite Mike Myers movie!

[@tanjaskelac703]

Ooooo yeaaaaa, that is so true👍👍👍👍👑👑👑

[@586bomin]

EXCELLENTLY PUT!

[@CosmicMermaid]

Picture it: 1977. A 7 year old little black girl first time hearing this song. My introduction to Queen. My mind was blown. From the point on every birthday and holiday all I asked for was Queen albums. And yes, you do listen to Bohemian Rhapsody at the cookout 🤣

[@robertgerritsen8874]

In a stadium, with 80.000 other fans singing with them.

[@gracemichelli.2am124]

Freddie was a musical genius. it was always a journey. He was way before his time.🥰

[@busymom4kc]

Very true.

[@llaniswanepoel2452]

This is a masterpiece. This is anywhere, anytime music. I measure my friends at their ability and willingness to sing along to this song. The emotion, is the point.

[@HealthAtAnyCost]

BoRhap IS a great litmus test of a friendship. You are right!

[@Doug791]

Jeeez yes , if a friend didn't rock out to BR we'd be having a chat about things.😂🤘 Edit : Masterpiece is exactly the right word.

[@loridanarandolph2648]

You should check out the Green Day concert 2017 in Hyde Park. The whole crowd is singing this song. This is 43 years after this song was released and 28 years after Freddie passed away.

[@cynthiastanley35]

The was no autotune back then. These men actually hit those high and low notes. Freddie Mercury, RIP, was classically trained with his voice. He was a genius with creative writing and a hell of performer. I saw them live and they were great! Freddie was a fabulous showman. All 4 members were very talented.

[@highstimulation2497]

and autotune is about the worst thing EVER. well, that and musicians with bad tempo.

[@kathleenohare8770]

Welcome to QUEEN...this was actually 3 songs Freddie was working on but decided to combine them that gives you bohemian rhapsody...Queen is Freddie Mercury-piano/vocals, Brian May-guitar/vocals, Roger Taylor-drums/vocals, John Deacon-bass/some back vocals...all four wrote, you can not box Queen into one genre of music, they've done it all...STONE COLD CRAZY live at the Rainbow, an early tune, fast..DON'T STOP ME NOW, another great one..Queen's music is used in commercials, movies, t.v.shows, sports...WE WILL ROCK YOU and WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS are just two...ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST...many artists in hip hop, rap, pop, rock have sampled Queen...

[@samlawrence4670]

In the UK it is considered appropriate to listen to queen anytime, but at any sort of function Bohemian Rhapsody will start a sing along as there is barely a person over the age of ten in the country that doesn’t know the words!!

[@pinkey943]

Here in the states also

[@dailyreader9263]

Yep, any primary school child knows the words to this classic

[@evalier3159]

Same in germany! My Kids are 6 and 8 and can count to ten in english, but they know every word of BR

[@mavadelo]

And same in the Netherlands, Belgium, France... basically anywhere.

[@erikamonterroso7743]

Queen is a Journey. You'll never be able to take. RIP Freddie...

[@trudywolfe2795]

Freddie's version of an opera. It's magical. Everyone knows this song word for word. We love you Freddie and miss the shit out of you.

[@Nik-py5qj]

You just listened to one of the best songs ever! I listen to it in any setting. Love ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Queen!!!!

[@geraldherrmann787]

we are in a state of listening to a story somebody´s telling and grasp the different emotional states they have to go through.

[@trishc3099]

Every time I hear someone say that they've never heard this song I want to tell them to buckle up! When it came out we listened to it anywhere anytime for any reason. 🙃

[@busymom4kc]

Facts. 😊

[@chuckknight]

And we still do! I’ve lost count of the number of times I have belted out this song in the grocery aisle at the store, and I’ve never sung alone.

[@ruthlong9702]

Queen fans know every word to this song. We sing along every time we hear it. Doesn't matter where we are.

[@pinkey943]

This is a masterpiece written by Beloved Freddie I have been a fan since 1974 saw them in 1978 NYC and im 79 years old and a big Queen Army.

[@tiacalhoun3841]

U just listened to one of the most famous songs in rock and roll history my friend, such a classic!!!

[@carnivoroussoupspoon]

ya dude, real music isnt just stealing samples from people who actually have talent, This is a masterpiece from people who have real talent. No auto tune, no fake bullshit, just real, actual talent

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Many people know Queen songs, they just don't realize they're from Queen! We Are the Champions, Another One Bites the Dust and We Will Rock You are such gigantic hits, most people on the planet have heard them but don't know who the artists are. Glad you got to Bohemian Rhapsody, it's iconic.

[@marksteptoe1560]

You need to listen to it with stereo headphones, different experience

[@kendallneason3645]

Bo Rap should always be listened to with headphones and listen without interruption to enjoy the journey. No matter what you know Queen you just don’t know you know them. This song is in a dozen movies, commercials, covers etc.

[@BigWill1222]

A song that will forever stand the test of time! I never get tired of this song.

[@stargzer_nzm2239]

You can enjoy this song anytime/anywhere you want!!! That's the freedom of music.

[@mimitiara]

Queen, another level. Past, present n future!!!

[@sarahlynnie2000]

Please do Queen Somebody To Love live in Montreal! Not everyone gets Bohemian Rhapsody. And that’s ok. But this is just one song of theirs. Their sound is unmatched by any other band in history. I’m sure you’ve heard at least a couple of their songs…. We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Another one Bites The Dust? Freddie Mercury (lead singer) has the best voice. The Queen catalog is so unique. Each song has a different sound. The band also includes Brian May on guitar, Roger Taylor on drums, and John Deacon on bass. Each person in the band bring their own unique talent to every song they do. PLEASE give them another chance. You won’t regret it!

[@michellepetrillo2235]

That’s really what a musical Rhapsody is, a piece of music of indeterminate length and with no formal structure, comprised of a number of different musical ideas. A Rhapsody is all about dynamics: light and shade, high and low, loud and soft, happy and sad… It’s a story, a journey and usually quite the musical ride. ❤❤❤

[@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817]

BEST elucidation of musical Rhapsodies. 👏👏❤

[@kendallneason3645]

Probably what made Queen music so unique is that all four members were educated, professional musicians and all wrote hit songs which made them diverse and unique from other bands at the time. Bo Rap was and always will be a masterpiece. I miss hearing thought provoking lyrics and music that changes, surprising the listeners and tell a story.

[@anne-mariesindruprix4792]

It went to #1 in the charts in 3 decades - first in the 70's when it was released - then in the 90's when Freddie Mercury died - and again when the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody" came out in the 2010's. Remember to wear headphones ! Wellcome to the rabbit hole of Queens .

[@janetkenny1735]

I could listen to this song 5/6 times a day and I would still sing along and jump about. It's absolutely wonderful. In fact I'm just going to listen to it again without your reaction.

[@TanyaQueen182]

Such a classic banger. I love watching people hear / see this for the first time!

[@marlafowler3543]

Hard to find people who havent heard it anymore though, hu. Once I was in line in McDonalds, & the man in front of me kept asking me quesions about the menu, cuz he had never eaten at McDonald's before!! We just kept looking at him in fascination, like he was an escaped convict or something lol. Point is, occasionally we do come across an outlier, & I agree, they are fun to watch!

[@justme2]

What you just witnessed is...art.

[@bethford6007]

This video helped launch the entire music video industry and MTV. truly the catalyst ... meaning music execs watched it and the idea of MTV and making elaborate music videos for entertaining the public bagan. Originally these were done just to show internally to get the music put on radio and television.

[@raycornford283]

Before MTV, this was one of the very first videos, put together by the band themselves.

[@debbers]

Anywhere, everywhere!

[@sandyleewhite]

*A once in a lifetime masterpiece, that I am so glad I was alive to hear it in real time.* Thank you for such a thoughtful & provocative reaction* ❣

[@johngray34]

This song is a metaphor. Freddie was coming out at this time of his life and he was struggling to cope with his sexuality. He refers to killing a man, and apologizing to his mother, but what this really means is that he feels like he's killed his old self and he's trying to explain that to his mother and apologize for that. He's trying to "leave you all behind and face the truth", which is his way of saying, I'm not the man everyone thinks I am and I'm not the man I used to be, I'm coming out and going to face the truth. The song gets more complicated in the operatic verse where he talks about the devil and Beelzebub (another name for Satan and one of seven demons of hell, who represents gluttony and envy) and asking them to "let me go" "NO!! We will not let you go". Again, Freddie's way of realizing and expressing in a song that his sexuality (as it was seen in those days) was going to send him to hell. The music, the theatricality, the technical genius and the production is second to none. The other significant element of this song, is the video. This was the first video of it's kind - no other band had ever made a single "movie" to promote a song or an album before this. This was ground breaking and led to every other band on the planet attempting to replicate this process and reap the rewards. This video and others that followed led to the creation of MTV and VH-1 and an entire industry to promote music, beyond just the albums themselves.

[@marthalikens482]

It's a Rhapsody!! The best musical rock performance of all times!!

[@timothyarlott5158]

One of the best songs ever written

[@kenholst3541]

This song is a sing along at virtually every occasion on the planet

[@juanroman4604]

Anywhere and everywhere it's gueen*71.doesn't get any better. Long live queen 🤘🤘

[@andreasmith6528]

I usually don't believe it when people say they've never heard this before because... how can you NOT? But this was legit. Which makes it fun for us! I got the LP "Night at the Opera" when I was 11 in 1975 (my parents thought it was opera for kids), and I played this and several other tracks until I wore them thin. I recently told my 11 year old grandson that knowing BoRhap from top to bottom is one of the necessary skills in life, and then my daughter and I proceeded to sing the entire thing word-for-word (including guitar solos). There are videos of 60,000+ people doing the same. Queen has hits in most genres, so if this wasn't your bag, it's worth it to keep going.

[@owlshollow9599]

The most awesome singing of Bohemian Rhapsody, other than Queen of course came in 2017 when 65,000 Green Day concert goers in the UK sang the entire 6 minute song together not messing up at all while waiting on Green Day to start. There is a video of it on here. The fact that Bohemian Rhapsody came out in 1975 and 42 years later 65,000 random people knew ALL the lyrics to it speaks for the rock opera's popularity, and longevity. I imagine some of those people were not born yet when the song came out. Queen and Freddie Mercury are still the best! RIP Freddie.

[@toodlescae]

The first produced music video in 1975. Shocked a lot of us back then too. Up till then the only "music videos" were clips of tv shows or live concerts. I still say this is where Mike Nesmith of The Monkees got the idea for MTV.

[@Gill3D]

Please see this as an opportunity to release yourself from the shackles of musical genres. You've just experienced the most tantalising taste of the wonderful variety of music that is in the world; all you need to do is give it a fair trial. Broaden your horizons and be enriched!

[@firstsurname7099]

Every wedding, every kareoke night, every kids party in the UK... its always time for BR

[@kellybebbington9740]

we are back in the 70's when the music was amazing and when they could actually sing far from what it is like today this man is a LEGEND say no more.

[@tanjaskelac703]

Welcome to Queen,,, MASTERPIECE. That guy's are legend and Freddie is a really true legend, 👑👑👑🏆🎼, R.I.P MY DARLING💗💗❤️❤️

[@sallyramirez8938]

You listen to this song anytime, anywhere and with anyone. A timeless masterpiece, rock opera. 🌻✌️🌻

[@leeannsheridannicolai1806]

Getting ready for the day, Cooking, Cleaning, Parties, Family functions, Driving, Sipping drinks, Reminiscing, Watching reactors for their 1st time hearing BH, Sitting on the porch, Etc. That's where we ALL listen to Bohemian Rhapsody.

[@micheleray2565]

Most of us got our music from the radio. We didn't even know what anyone looked like. We fell in love with their voices and instruments.

[@kevlar0862]

Love this reaction bearing in mind this doesn't seem to be your normal music genre. This was Queens breakthrough song after another didn't make it. They felt they had to take a chance and put something out that no-one had heard before. A UK DJ, Kenny Everitt, played it on his station (despite being told not to because it exceeded the normal 3 minute slot for songs) and the rest is history. Queen became one of the most famous rock bands in the world and is listened to all over the world ever since. If you want to listen one of the best live sets ever I'd recommend Queen at LIve Aid 1985 - a mega charity concert spanning both UK and the USA.

[@mrtim5363]

Live Aid was MASSIVE Concerts simultaneously 72k/Wembley Stadium, London, 89k/JFK Stadium,Philadelphia. Concerts were held in Soviet Union, Canada, Japan, Yugoslavia, Austria, Australia, & West Germany. The largest satellite link-ups/television broadcasts of all time; an estimated audience of 1.9 Billion, in 150 nations, watched LIVE... Almost 40% of the entire world population 🌍

[@kierstenridgway4634]

We are everywhere and anywhere when we listen to this. ❤️✌️

[@OMAOILRIAN]

Rocking out with your friends singing in the car at the top of your lungs. That’s where you listen to it. One of the best songs EVER!

[@pinksterwright9562]

Absolutely anywhere and anytime is the only appropriate time to listen to the legends that are Queen. ❤

[@hughmuir3063]

It's based on opera in a rock band context. All you have to do is sit and listen and let the emotions flow through you.

[@juliewolfe168]

You are jamming with your best friends driving around at night singing this at the top of your lungs!!!!

[@deboraclark5791]

I'm sure you've heard Queen songs, like We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions at sports games, Another One Bites The Dust.

[@vincentmaniscalco4421]

Your watching a musical masterpiece

[@shelleylyle1017]

A BOHEMIAN IS SOMEONE WHO JUST BLOWS WITH THE WIND WHATEVER IS WHAT IT IS AND THIS IS I WOULD SAY A TRIBUTE TO THAT WAY OF THINKING

[@lesleyhenderson7814]

Age 13 seeing this on the tv for the 1st time (no video to record it) having to wait for a whole week to see it again, fast forward 47 years and I'm still listening and still in love with Freddie and the song

[@cleliaparnell8743]

You listen to this when you have the desire to hear something moving! Phenomenal talent!

[@AlanSantos-ce2ww]

definitly this is one of the best songs ever and fredy, by far the best star that has ever walked on this earth. There are severl interpretations and ideas around this song, but what really is insane is something i just found our by accident. If you speed up to 1.5 the reproduction time, you can here very clearly some reverberance that fredy makes with his voice...its absolutly insane!!

[@gogglebox2427]

Put this in context.. Other than 10CC no one was doing this multi tracking. This is the song that brought innovation in music techniques. It also created Music Videos as they couldn't do the middle section for the Top of the Pops programme so filmed a "video". The length made it not acceptable for radio until the public got it before the music industry. This song opened the door for musicians to let their minds explore and push boundaries. Yet 50 years later, music is..????

[@christophersmith2793]

Absolutely amazing performance from Queen they were the best band ever, and have sold over 300 million albums worldwide, and , there greatest hits album is still the best selling album of all time in 🇬🇧 Uk there home country, Queens live flamboyant performances are legendary, and there Anthems amazing, Freddie Mercury the lead vocalist is considered to be the best frontman of a band ever, Michael Jackson collaborated with Freddie Mercury on a couple of songs, Michael Jackson was a huge Queen fan and would attend a live Queen concert when he was able, the guys from Queen were well educated, Freddie Mercury had a degree in art and design, Brian May has a PhD in astrophysics,John deacon a degree in Electronics, Roger Taylor a bachelors degree in biology, all the members of Queen have written no1 hits and their musical instruments capabilities amazingly they all gelled well together, great reaction thanks 🙏

[@sharon8015]

It's rock and roll on the scale of Opera. Freddy's words exactly

[@theedgeofcorrie]

Sing at home, in the shower, with friends at a bar, with friends at a party, driving alone, driving emwith friends, I sang it in choir in the 9th grade! We had the best coolest teacher & the parents loved it!!!

[@firebyrd437]

This is a master piece, they fought to make this cut, no matter where you are you can lisfent to this and enjoy

[@kristiedaniels9325]

Welcome to the world of Queen!!!! They are the best!!!! You’re in the car jammin the fuck out!!!!

[@yorkumz1127]

I have the perfect picture for where to listen to this song Whenever my marching band would go out for a competition, we would play and sing at the tops of our lungs, every last one of us, and we wouldn't be able to hear the song over ourselves. Imagine a school buss passing by you and you just hear a discordant reenactment of this song. It was magical.

[@jilldiable8119]

Song played in the car in Wayne's World. Classic

[@mikestarkey7989]

That's beauty of this song,you can listen to this EVERYWHERE! and any when.

[@Airminio]

You listen to this song when you want to hear one of the best songs in the history of music. And I'm from P.R. I like salsa and reggaeton 😂

[@johnredhd]

This song was played a lot on the radio back in the 70s. I listened to it on the radio at home and in the car!

[@deb8442]

In order to understand this masterpiece, you have to delve into Freddie's background. And his life is a facinating, remarkable story of a fascinating and truly remarkable man.

[@ccbig1966]

Amongst my friends and family this song could be played at any random time. It is considered a classic. We have often sang along with the song. I suggest watching the video of the crowd for the band Green Day singing along to this exact Queen song!

[@josephdoyle9865]

Queen set world record live performance crowd numbers in countries that didn't even speak English. Freddie was the most visible member but all four were brilliant and ground breakingly creative musicians. Highly recommend you watch the film Bohemian Rhapsody for a quick overview of Freddie and the band. Also would recommend you watch their performance at LiveAid, arguably the best 20 minutes of live music ever.

[@geraldherrmann787]

next: "somebody to love" live montreal 1981 🙃

[@jasonantigua6825]

You listen to this with serious amounts of acid in your system!

[@belindalopes6774]

In your car on a long trip. Best place to listen to this song.

[@KlipsenTube]

Bohemian Rhapsody is in essence an entire (early) Queen album squeezed into a single song. They didn't make "concept albums", where one song naturally led the listner to the next. With Queen, you go from hard rock to vaudeville to ballad to pop ... All their songs were very different (but most of them also distinctly Queen) - and this song is, basically, four short songs glued together into a single long one.

[@ajruther67]

You listen to this song or any Queen song where ever and when ever you want. No specific setting. That's how it was back in the 70's. No genre, no specific setting. Listen and enjoy.

[@RonaldSimkin]

I take all 5 segments as one story 1) of a care-free kid who got seduced into murder by a girl in a gang or something. He feels they will kill him, 2) he is so sorry and cries out to his mom. He doesn't want to die, but sometimes wishes he was never born. 3) He wants free from the gang - let him go! NO, NO, NO, NO,, NO, NO!!!! We will not let you go! 4) So then he's pissed at the girl and feels, "You can't do this to me baby." 5) But in the end he is resigned, "Noting matters anyway."

[@mavadelo]

We are at all the places you mentioned and more. This is THE Song that can be played in any location at and occasion. I can open up my windows, blast this song into the neighborhood on full blast and they will complain it wasn't loud enough.

[@lorrainemiller688]

You listen, EVERYWHERE! It grows on you, believe that. And, you will sing your little heart out!

[@stephenpaxman6180]

YOU NEED MORE QUEEN

[@shannonbrigante5764]

There is NO wrong time to listen to this song.. My preferred location is somewhere w great speakers & weed..

[@micheleray2565]

Im not sure if Freddie had been diagnosed yet, but he seemed yo know hos time was short. Body's aching all the time. I think it's a goodbye song. When his band sings "we will not let him go", it sends shivers down my spine. A goodbye letter from Freddie.

[@tori2dles]

This was so great to watch. It brought the song’s and video’s newness back to me. It is a gripping storyline, eh?

[@collinslondone1980]

It’s a masterpiece god bless QUEEN 🙌 🙌 🙌

[@Lixallot]

There's a whole world of songs, of just such "True Talent". Pre digital....

[@bgp1956]

Great reaction to probably the best rock / opera song ever, Cheers !

[@laceye3485]

You listen to this song at any time of day, any place. I've even moshed to this song at a show. Also, seeing a bunch of metalheads belt this song out was the craziest thing. It's a universal song. They've a huge catalog of good ass songs too.

[@noplacelikehomecrochet5335]

I’m 12 years old again in my moms car on my way to an amusement park in 1975 I’ll never forget it

[@jeremywilson2022]

Radio 1 in UK started transmitting in 1960s and this is still the top played record when it was released it was the longest single by about 2 minutes.

[@carolynnewcomb2153]

In the 70’s when it was out, you’d listen to it in the car and jam out. If it was a group of you guys, you’d all be moving like you were in the middle of the song, in unison -while singing it loudly lol

[@Jeffbambam]

You have to be mature enough to appreciate music that isn't auto play and not talking about gang banging and hoes . At least you tried even if it was for the wrong reason.

[@MrSwifts31]

ALL the vocals on this video are solely Freddie's.His voice was re~dubbed,and over~dubbed to make them harmonise together.Amazing man!

[@ianstrange5674]

Roger and Brian sang the operatic vocals along with Freddie.

[@scottmorschhauser4421]

Where would I hear this song? A family function, a cookout, a party... all good answers! You'll hear this on the radio constantly if you tune to a classic rock station. You'll hear it at sporting events, in movies and television... everywhere! It's a classic and a massive amount of people globally listen to this all the time in their daily lives. But I get it! This came out when I was in grade school, and we were just as perplexed. But once you accept it for what it is you'll find that listening to it fits most occasions.

[@wereleopard58yepihavetwo2]

Look for Green Day concert where the crowd are singing this before the band comes on

[@tomdowling638]

Congratulations, your the first person who doesn't get the song. And said he would never listen to it again.

[@loydb512]

We are in high school, listening to this on a cassette on an Alpine system driving around in a 1972 LTD high AF.