I'M OBSESSED!!! | Queen - "I Want To Break Free" | FIRST TIME REACTION

[@geminigreywolf6655]

Each of the 4 members wrote number 1 hits. So much talent and they were so close. The love and support they had to Freddie especially at the end was wonderful.

[@wildwine6400]

The house shots are meant to be a parody of long running British soap, Coronation Street. The opening of the show has the same style of opening as this video with the view of the tops of houses on a typical working class street

[@carlesmacuaid]

It actually looks like Emily Bishop's house.

[@UnhandyCandy280]

@@carlesmacuaid Where's the cat ?

[@ronniedeen3651]

Freddie was just a whole other level. He could emote whimsy, yearning, sadness and make you feel all three of those emotions at the same time. The man was a gift. Just an absolute gift to the world.

[@Daehawk]

One of my favorites. This was banned on Mtv in the 80s and being a huge Queen fan had never seen or heard it thanks to stupidity. That little quick double step Freddie does every time he enters a room was his own idea Brian said. I still remember where I was when they announced Freddies death on the radio. Was in the car headed to the mall for a day of shopping with my wife. I was like 22. I was a huge Queen fan. As a young teen I collected their Queen trading cards in the early 80s. I wish I still had those.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Thanks to Conservatism. 😕 Less Freedom always is.

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@aylbdrmadison1051 Conservatism is basically intellectual vacuity and ought to have a mental health warning.

[@MartynWilkinson45]

I had to go away and look this up. As a British lad, the idea this was the CONTROVERSIAL track broke my brain. It's only recently that our conservatives started attacking drag queens openly, and Queen once promoted another of their singles with a nude bicycle race accross southern England. What the hell, America?

[@finnishculturalchannel]

Those were conservative times in The Land of the Free. Disco had come to an end with the 'Disco Demolition Night' in 1979. Disco having had origins in the African-American and Latin American music, and in gay culture. John Lennon was killed in 1980. Ronald Reagan had come to power in 1981. To make things even more queer, Freddie Mercury had taken influence to his looks from Finnish artist Touko "Tom of Finland" Laaksonen's art. He himself had moved to the US in 1956 to find a more liberal society to live and be an artist in. He had received a Medal of Freedom in the Finnish army during the WW2, personally from Gustaf Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland. Mannerheim has been voted several times as the greatest Finn ever. His sexual orientation has been debated, and it's said that his career as a cadets ended for that reason in 1886. Both, Mannerheim and Laaksonen, were into uniforms.

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@finnishculturalchannel I had a distinct feeling that was where Freddie look hailed from. Now, for sure, I've connected the two. Thanks.

[@josephinemonahan915]

The ballet sequence came about because Freddie had danced with the Royal Ballet….here they were reenacting a part of “ L’Après -Midi d’un Faune”🤩

[@petethescalemodeller6130]

SECOND.. they having so much fun love it :) we miss you FREDDIE RIP ..

[@TerryWeir-d4g]

Hi Aileen ,This was released in 1984 and is from their album The Works ,It was written by bassist John Deacon 😄😄 RIP Freddie 🙏🙏

[@wildwine6400]

This music video gets parodied so much in the UK. Drag acts have been a big part of UK culture and it was really well received here. The complete opposite happened in America and there was a strong negative backlash to the video, so much so, they didn't end up doing their planned tour of North America

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

Yeah, Light Entertainment on the TV in 70's and early 80's, Danny La Rue, Hinge and Bracket, sketch comedians like Les Dawson, Dick Emery and countless others had 'drag' characters. The most outrageous one would have been Kenny Everett's character which he NEVER shaved or hid his beard for, but it was all "done in the best possible taste" 😜

[@CorwinPatrick]

@@jon-paulfilkins7820 And almost every single Monty Python sketch. Which I watched on PBS in America since the 70s (actually a crap ton of british comedies). What a load of crap that protest was.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Yes, we had Reagan, but don't pretend you didn't have Thatcher. lols

[@zebedeemadness2672]

​​​​@@jon-paulfilkins7820 Also further back, gender role swap being common practice in Pantomimes, also commonly done with Shakespeare plays. I'm not big into theatre, so not sure if it goes back further still.

[@Randy-ty8xn]

I have been thinking of Freddie. He would have turned 78 on 9/5 so I've been watching Barcelona & the documentary of it. Queen was my first two 45s that I owned. My sister Susie and I worked a few hours doing sweeping & yard work to get them in 1975( think lol) Great reaction! I love your energy! Rip Freddie! I would pick those 2 stars to have lunch with if it had to be a celebrity. If it could be anyone, I would bring back my family! Wish it could be 4. It's a nice wish! Love ya

[@kenbales9837]

The great Freddie Mercury 🤘

[@billydrouin3558]

A Queen listening to Queen, this is the life! 🥰😍🥰😍😘

[@kimpoder]

If someone says they dont like Queen, Run Far away...

[@Hoeech]

If someone says they don't like Queen, they're lying

[@rbuffett]

I first heard this song at a movie drive in theater. I didn't see the video until a couple of decades later. Aileen, I really love your reactions

[@marlecmarine5393]

The hilarious machine boiling over creating steam in the beginning is called a 'teasmaid' it is alarm clock that makes tea while waking you up, only in the UK....lol l love Roger the drummers blonde wig.....lol

[@magus169]

When I watched this as a child, I probably spent a year thinking looking at Roger, who is this pretty girl 😂

[@paulopinheirosc]

@@magus169 Indeed a hot blonde school girl, lol.

[@primategaberocco]

Giants they are. Freddy was just amazing. 🍻

[@SERGEANTROCKSHEADBANGERSBALL]

One band. One Name. *CLUTCH* that is all.

[@SonOfMuta]

*Mononymous*

[@CarlWheatley-wi2cl]

I remember when this came out. Even living in England and knowing the band's material well this was a shock. The sheer creativity and audacity of it. Nobody expected this direction or even thought this musical direction could be a possibility for Queen. Absolute left-field. Thinking back to their entire portfolio the variety is mind boggling.

[@empiregone]

Loved the reaction and this is a great song. I was happy to see it featured! I lurk in Aileen's twitch chat from time to time and am becoming a fan :)

[@johngiles-ww8pm]

British humour,, The royal ballet, and Dionisis.

[@Penddraig7]

I am going to show my age now, but this song was on the first Vinyl record I listened to as a kid, it was one of the songs on NOW 3. For those not in the know, NOW is short for Now That’s What I Call Music, which was an compilations album of the pop songs of the year (more or less) and originated in the UK, NOW 3 was the third release they did, I believe NOW 1 was released at the end of 1983 and NOW 2, 3 and 4 were released in 1984 and then it was 2 a year after that for a while but it’s been over 20 years since I have taken any notice of them so no doubt the format has changed so I can’t comment on how it works now but the point is, NOW 3 which was the first one I owned was released in 1984, so I will never forget when this song released because it was on that compilation album I had and if my memory recalls, it was the first song on side A of the second vinyl, it was definitely the first song on one of the sides, there were some quality 80’s tunes on that album, lol and let’s put it this way, my age was the same number as this album, lol

[@siep6922]

You and me both!

[@kevin982]

Greatest band ever

[@LovelyBeachCoast-us1ec]

I am writing this to help out Aileen and this video and this channel with the algorithm 🥰

[@robertevans2450]

Proof that we accepted people so much better in the 80s than we currently do. We had our tribes, but the tribes weren't so visceral against each other like today. This single debut was in spring of 1984, at the peak of HIV hysteria, and it was a hit on MTV.

[@ragnarokxg2113]

The song was a hit, the video was banned until the nighttime hours.

[@valeria262]

Lol no, as if there wasn't a massive shit storm brewed up over it

[@jeffersonaugusto7280]

Another song that is a must watch it is "The Show Must Go On", it was recorded when Freddie was very ill. It is very emotional.

[@stornowayscotland]

Sorry am abit late love seeing Ur smile and reaction U just made my weekend thank U so much have a lovely weekend looking forward to Ur next upload

[@mtarlo215]

Queen… just few guys having…as much fun as possible. great stuff Hey, Peter Frampton singing “Do you feel like we do”. Rolling Stones had it as the #3 live album of all time. That song is perfect for you. Warning you now, he’s somewhat of a charmer. It’s the perfect song for you. Would love to see your reaction. Good stuff as always

[@taylortyler1867]

"It's Late" is my second favorite Queen song (behind Bohemian Rhapsody, of course).You should check it.

[@LordFlashheart1]

The video is a concept proposed by drummer Roger Taylor, which parodied the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street.

[@barrylavender7938]

Great song. The video is based on British Soap Opera "Coronation Street". The American audience did not take to it very well. Another great Queen song for you to try is "Dragon Attack".

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Be reasonable please. It wasn't us the audience, just like anywhere, it's about those people who hate "the others" (aka bigots) and don't want us to have fun doing things they wouldn't do (but so often do secretly). Or, to put all of that into one word: _Conservatism._ Every country has them and because humanity evolves socially, by tomorrow their Conservative ideal will naturally become Regressive ideals.

[@rockytheblackdragon]

Who's a rockstar? You are. 100%

[@VonBlade]

Queen are always joyful.

[@austinseven4720]

Roger Taylor did make a very fetching woman! 😂

[@Walter_Arrecis_Letona]

De acuerdo...jajajaja

[@brentd.4093]

We Canadians totally embraced this song because we get the UK TV series Coronation Street ( a British daytime soap) broadcast in Canada for the last 30-40 years and immediately recognized the parody. We laughed our assess off, plus, this is a good tune.

[@juliannetomlinson]

Here in Australia we got it too .Coronation. St.was shown here as well still is.

[@doorofnight87]

Love the song and the energy of it and the pure fun of the video. Thank you for your reaction!

[@Sarahbuildsstepsequencers]

Aileen, the first video of yours I saw was Queen at Live AID, and I just felt so…emotional Al with you. Freddie and his mates did the thing all performers should strive for; they left us wanting more. We all love QUEEN and Freddie. His voice has been studied and found to have very special qualities indeed. I highly recommend you look into the entire Queen library. I *promise* you won’t be disappointed. I miss Freddie all the time. ❤

[@Gualxd6]

God Know this is pure gold❤

[@christopherstrong150]

Freddie burnt the candle at both ends, but oh what a pretty light.

[@matthewcompton3448]

If you haven't had the chance yet, I would suggest checking out singer Marc Martel. He was chosen by Rodger Taylor and Brian May of Queen to front the first official Queen tribute band. He also vocally dubbed for Fredie in the Bohemian Rhapsody movie.

[@jameswilson8642]

This video killed their first run at America. Not because of the sensual dancing, but because of the outrage from those who didn't understand the crossdressing was a parody of the British soap opera that plenty of people will have mentioned already. However, during live gigs, Freddie would sneak offstage and reappear in the "pointy" outfit to perform the song to a massive pop.

[@kpj9535]

Ronald Reagan the coke dealer that gave weapons to Iran for hostages banned entry to the country by people with HIV/AIDS, that killed them touring America...

[@Shawn-mo6dh]

Their first run in America was in the 70's. Before this song and video. MTV banned the video, because some thought they were making sport of gays. without any thought.

[@mikkifly]

No your wrong dude or dudette😂

[@davidperlowski1477]

@@mikkifly No, you're wrong, according to interviews by Brian May. They couldn't get North American gigs following this video. It wasn't until they gave the go-ahead to Wayne's World to use Bohemian Rhapsody that they returned in full style. According to the interview, Freddie said "I'd have to die before we return to America." After watching proofs of WW, Freddie said on his death bed to Brian May, "Congratulations, you'll finally get back to America." Citation: This interview ( www.youtube. com/watch?v=J_z-szEjuzc) start at the 24:00 mark. You have to skip ahead to the 29:00 mark to hear him admit that it was the pantomime (or drag) in Break Free that was the cause.

[@mikkifly]

@@davidperlowski1477 congrats on taking the bait You win a small furry 🧸

[@iwantmyvanback]

Omg. My favorite Queen song. Its so beautiful

[@EL_Duderino68]

Please React to Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". I still remember after 40 years how it got me through a 10-hour shift stocking shelves. (Yes I went a little mental and was dancing)

[@timpappot9873]

Two of queen’s last and best songs are ‘no one but you’ and ‘too much love will kill you’. Along with ‘innuendo’, those two songs might be my favourites. No one but you was a song from after Mercury’s passing, and the song is a true tearjerker.

[@Nifilheimur]

When Freddie showed up for the first time and you smiled i felt bad i could only like this once! Dosnt feel enough :P

[@BarryOstle-o8z]

LOVED YOUR REACTION TO QUEEN LOVE YOU ALSO😁😁

[@josefschiltz2192]

For Freddie's costume in the ballet sequence, compare the drawing of the Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky as a faun in the ballet 'L'apres midi d'une faune' The illustration by George Barbier.

[@Me-qp8vz]

look at freddie's bald spot jaw and teeth, that was not Freddie in those tights doing that scene. the doubles teeth were way too good to be Freddie.

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@Me-qp8vz Well. That's interesting. Do we have a name for this double?

[@rockytheblackdragon]

Keep it up

[@zairehaylock4974]

Queen is awesome.

[@stewkelsall]

AileenSenpai… loving the enthusiasm. A couple of queen tracks I recommend - love of my life - Sheer Heart Attack - Dragon Attack

[@matthewcompton3448]

Queen is one of those bands that seems to be comfortable in so many different music styles. Between the four of them, they wrote and recorded everything from disco (Another One Bites the Dust), to rockabilly (Crazy Little Thing Called Love), to ballads (Love of My Life, These Are the Days of Our Lives), to pop (Killer Queen, Bicycle Race), to rock (Tie Your Mother down, We Will Rock You , We Are the Champions, The Show Must Go On), and even hard rock / metal (Princes of the Universe). It seemed like there really wasn't a genre that they couldn't do with ease.

[@Me-qp8vz]

Pity you only mentioned the songs you heard on the radio. their albums are full of so many songs better than anything they played on the radio. Listen to the whole albums not just the greatest hits.

[@matthewcompton3448]

@@Me-qp8vz I'll admit most of what I've heard has been from the greatest hits and/or radio. I was trying to write that comment quickly, and those were the songs that popped into my head. I know what I listed is barely scratching the surface, and I appreciate that. I haven't had much time to get deeper into the catalog of Queen.

[@martinwhite3559]

There was, and will only ever be, one Freddie. The greatest performer ever. He lived life his way and partied hard. If I could have dinner with 3 people, I would choose Slash, Chris Cornell, and Dave Grohl. My rock gods.

[@TheseDarkWoods]

My favourite band since I was about eight. Thanks!

[@BobAsbury]

That was the mid-eighties when I obsessively watched MTV. I lived in an area where there was no cable service, or even a TV signal. I bought a huge Sony Betamax VCR, and would load it up and take it to my mom's house whenever I visited to record MTV for the duration of my visit. Then I would watch those videos time and time again. Sometimes they would just play in the background. Other times, MTV videos were center stage while my buddy Kenny Jackson and I sat on the couch, drank beer and giggled at the videos. It recently occurred to me that we could have been the OG Beavis and Butthead.

[@camilapauladossantos9795]

Aileen is so wonderful, so splendid, so diva I'm in love with her.

[@drewbeees]

The second part of the video features a collaboration with the Royal Ballet, and choreographed by Wayne Eagling. It was a reference to the French ballet L'Après-midi d'un faune, and its clean-shaven Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. (Source- Smooth Radio)

[@jasondoss763]

Roger is the prettiest.

[@corneliuscoven]

Ikr

[@Me-qp8vz]

Don't ever say that to him he hates it so much. He thinks in his mind he looks hard.

[@DJMaul1031]

Roger looks frighteningly attractive in drag, and I say this as a very comfortable heterosexual man lol

[@supertick69]

When I was a kid when this came out I thought he was a girl 😂😂

[@ClaireBevan-gm3vf]

He is beautiful and pretty good legs

[@alexsaucedo8032]

Great song off a great album. Love this jam. Great lyrics. Great guitar sound and guitar work. . Cool video. ROCK ON. . 💯❤️🎸😎

[@PHOENIXDARKFIRE5000]

Sadly I’m old enough to have seen Queen perform live back in the 80s. The great thing is it was just after the movie Highlander was released which the soundtrack primarily Queen songs. and my favourite Queen song is from the movie and was written specifically for that movie and it’s called who wants to live forever if you ever want to do a review on another Queen I highly suggest it

[@Jean-FrancoisPirenne]

Congrats, you are one of the few reactors who recognized the musicians of Queen in a drag outfit!

[@steveshorrock]

This video kills"d their careers in the States, unbelievable! xx

[@vinniedixon1140]

Americas loss as they didn't understand British humour.

[@unholydriver4987]

@@steveshorrock I wouldn't say it killed their careers. Maybe they didn't get as big as they should have, but as someone who grew up in the 70's and watched MTV when it was literally"MTV", I can tell you I was a fan, as well as most of my friends.

[@ROCKONplaceboforever]

Legendary rip freddie thank you ❤

[@SunShine-qk4rb]

Excellent song.loved your reaction

[@gaminglegend1211]

Love This Channel & Her Music Taste 🥰🥰🥰🌹

[@janewatkins9801]

Love this video and your reaction.

[@rokasgruzauskas1098]

That's true 😁 Her majesty Queen never dissapoints , one of my favorite musical rock band of all time , even this year calendar of mine is based on Queen 1980 legendary album The Game ❤ month like September symbolizes an image of Queen song I Want To Break Free ❤❤❤ after this cool and amazing song , can you please make a reaction to the another powerful Queen song like Another One Bites The Dust as a live version ❤ let's continue together this amazing musical journey of her majesty Queen ❤❤❤❤

[@frankenstein3526]

Gotta love “Rogerina” !

[@shakawhenthewallsfell8570]

This song also sounded and matched quite well with the old Coke C2 commercials.

[@MrRosebeing]

Brilliant video and brilliant song.

[@anthonybennett9426]

I love it when you react to our British brothers and sisters ❤️

[@DigDoug33056]

You should check out the show must go on by them

[@edtgedtg8397]

California ed ❤ green always had good music and videos back in the day 😮 to bad MTV isn't like it used to be 😢 great job miss senpi ❤ love you're show ❤

[@johnboydTx]

Legends never Die .... Freddie Continues for Eternity 🙏

[@richardhenderson9767]

Save Me, The Game, Sail Away Sweet Sister, Tie Your Mother Down, and Bicycle Race are needed reactions by you Aileen Senpai...😀😀

[@novak9778]

Good choice

[@michaelcarr8510]

I think you should check out Elton John & Axl Rose covering Bohemian Rhapsody from the Freddie Mercury tribute concert! I absolutely love it!

[@johnmurray1044]

My favourite track when I was getting divorced, I was falling in love with freedom, I had to break free. Followed and loved this band early 70s.

[@CalmClipperButterfly-pr7ny]

Your video reaction so sincere and kind keep up with your kindness and joyful video your a diamond 💎 god bless ❤️

[@B.P-m2q]

I love that you react to the radio hits from later Queen music, yet I'd love to see your response to early Queen. White Queen would be a good start to see where they were before they started playing pop-rock. Check Queen, Queen II, and Sheer Heart Attack. Those albums are amazing. 😊

[@timengland91]

Great reaction Aileen definitely got to find you that skirt it would be so cute on you 🫶

[@amoco14]

Very good band and song.

[@ZoneHorror.]

Loving your Queen reactions Aileen! I'd love to see a reaction to Freddie's solo song 'In My Defence.' It's such a powerful song and in my mind truly defines who he was, would recommend it 100% Much love. :)

[@jamesbeitman5186]

Can't go wrong w/a Queen song/video.

[@AndrewwarrenAndrew]

SWEET " Ballroom blitz" or " Teenage rampage", THE DARKNESS " I believe in a thing called love".

[@shadowthief9918]

You should listen/watch to: Dax-to be a man, Dax- Dear alcohol, NF- Let you down. The Dax songs to be a man and Dear alcohol both have a mega remixes where he brings on other artists to sing a single verse and make the songs better. All 3 songs (5 if you include the remix’s) are really good and deserve a listen

[@Tbonethe73rd]

"They look better than I ever could" Says one of the most beautiful people to ever walk this earth!

[@wordsleydave]

"That skirt is very you, Darling" lol Great reaction, loved it x

[@catherinedudley-fr3re]

I don’t think I see it on your Queen playlist. But you should definitely react to somebody to Love live in Montreal 1981. I promise it won’t disappoint. There are also so many others. I think you would love.

[@meltorme-ntor2933]

Just to make sure, I would like to see you in the outfit Freddie was wearing. 😉

[@Mercurial_Phantom]

Please do some of Freddie's solo stuff too, like: 'Made in Heaven' & 'I Was Born to Love You'

[@CrimsonIdol92]

Happy birthday Freddie!! He would have been 78 today!

[@terje4392]

To me, this video is Freddie at his best. Here we really see the showman

[@FranciscoAssis-hl7yo]

Hello Alien, muito engraçado esse vídeo, assisti ainda dez anos, muito legal kkkk

[@ZyggyZero]

The world needed a video of Freddie and Tim Curry in a drag duel/duet.

[@BettyArmitage]

I love your reactions…. Really nice ❤. You really must react to ‘Somebody to Love’ …live in Montreal 1981 or even better live in Milton Keynes 1982. Both are fabulous ……

[@AgentLynch616]

A Queen 👸 listening to Queen 🇬🇧 🔥

[@kellybasham3113]

Love your videos

[@bellecampz5654]

ailee love you

[@RppRussell]

You should check out the official video of the song from Queen called: "These are the days of our lives" Thanks!

[@nicolasblot1128]

If you want multiple songs in one from Queen and the great Freddie Mercury go for Innuendo ❤

[@kubulajagodzinski4355]

GREAT SONG CHOICE TO REACT AILEEN

[@TheMajesticwolf]

How about reviewing some Tom Macdonald, Highly suggest The System, God Mode, or more recent Everybody Needs Me... Tom is very outspoken and pushes buttons!