METALHEAD REACTS| QUEEN - Father To Son & Ogre Battle

[@angelak.7365]

John Deacon on bass...quietly underrated. Watch Liar live for a great bass solo. Stone Cold Crazy live is another must see.

[@mori1bund]

Early Queen from the first 3 albums is a completely different band. It's prog rock & hard rock.

[@marydesrosiers9271]

I love the first three albums the most.

[@andreapagliara7217]

Oh bro, you'd love the whole '70s production from Queen! Every single album

[@simontyne3032]

Queen were extremely heavy in the early years. Metallica were influenced by Queen.

[@GilesMcRiker]

Early Queen was definitely a lot heavier, especially their live shows. The thing is that they never really committed to any single genre or sound, However because they sounded so good across-the-board, fans of a particular genre were sometimes disappointed when they listened to an entire Queen album and discovered that, contrary to their assumption, the tracks weren't exclusively metal, prog or funk/dance

[@DukeEnlil]

Queen had a lot of heavy songs ( for that time) like Hitman, Dead On Time, Headlong, I Want It All, Fat Bottomed Girls, White Man, Mustapha, Sheere Herat Attack...etc....and a lot more....

[@normalasamsudin1891]

Queen 2 is a brilliant album.

[@davecole2561]

In my top ten by anyone, ever. Pausing it is a crime - it must be played start to finish.

[@normalasamsudin1891]

@@davecole2561 true

[@Sassypaws4927]

"Father To Son" is a song from "Side White" of their 2nd album, Queen II. which is described as Queen's heaviest album. Rather than the conventional Side A and Side B, the album was split into "Side White" and "Side Black", dominated by Brian's and Freddie's compositions. Although some have interpreted it as a concept album, it is not really a concept album but a collection of songs with a loose theme running throughout. Freddie later confirmed this in a 1976 Sounds interview, citing that "it just evolved to where there was a batch of songs that could be considered aggressive, or a Black Side, and there was a smoother side". FYI - "White Queen" is in on Side White and "The March of the Black Queen" is on Side Black. Ogre Battle” is one of Queen’s many fantasy vignettes that as the first track on Side Black of Queen II. The song opens with the outro played in reverse, which eventually evolves into the song’s signature guitar riff. It’s one of the band’s heaviest tracks and was a staple in the live shows for several years. BTW are you unaware of Queen's song, "Stone Cold Crazy" which was covered by Metallica? kzbin.info/www/bejne/imm1l5Vnf9mgn8U Queen II was considered a big leap forward for Queen. it was multifaceted and it contained varying time signatures but also charisma and bombast. They marry the complexity of progressive rock with the mainstream success and streamlined nature of pop almost perfectly. This album that only began to develop Queen's signature sound also happened to be one of their very best... perhaps their best, in fact. Make no mistake, this is a full-fledged progressive rock album. Multitracked vocal harmonies run rampant, time signatures change quite frequently, and the band's signature stylistic shifts are here in full form. First is Brian's "white" side of the album which focuses on more beautiful and light tunes, whereas Freddie's "black" side is absolutely warped, outrageously bombastic, and extremely dark. By most hardcore Queen fans, Queen II is considered above all, simply a masterpiece. The combination of instrumental prowess and emotional depth is breathtaking and to think that this was only the band's second record!

[@debramoore7513]

Fantastic comment, Debra!! 🤗

[@davecole2561]

Well said, or rather written! I agree with it all. Early Queen ws, is and always will be amazing! Their heaviness, scope and creativity were breathtaking. Wish I'd seen them live between 73 and 76 or so, but I was only born in 74!

[@marilynsmith9758]

For some more early Queen consider reacting to Stone Cold Crazy, live at the Rainbow 1974. This song was covered by Metallica years later who won a Grammy for their version. Definitely a heavy speed metal song. Enjoying your reactions. Thanks for reacting to Queen!

[@leapierce3554]

You never thought of Queen and Metallica together??? Metallica won a grammy doing a cover of Queen song "Stone Cold Crazy!

[@debramoore7513]

Brian May - 1983, BBC Radio One .. “The Who & Led Zeppelin were our favorite groups among a few others. But what we were trying to do differently from either of those groups really was this sort of layered sound … our sound is sort of more based around the overdriven guitar sound, which is what is used on the main bulk of the song.”

[@Plasticmilxy]

ogre battle is a MASTERPIECE omg

[@Beefy5039]

So many from the first 6 albums deserve review. Brighton Rock, Now I'm Here, Seven Seas.. Fuck I miss his music. Just a singer of songs

[@i8granola]

If you only listen to there great hits you won't hear this music. But back then you listened to the whole album. There second album Queen II is a journey you must listen to from start to finish.

[@deboraclark5791]

Metallica covered Queen's Stone Cold Crazy, you should hear Queen's original live at Hammer Smith version and Metallica's too.

[@MadAng66]

I’ve heard Metallica’s lol i basically heard every Metallica song

[@nickwall2497]

@@MadAng66 James sung it also with the surviving members of Queen at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

[@handel1111]

back in 70s were everybody were still playing blues riffs but Brian May was already playing thrash riffs

[@lindamaclellan4899]

Fantastic Reaction! You must do early Queen....any song from Live at the Rainbow, 1974...Flick of the Wrist, Liar, Son and Daughter (an absolute MUST), Brian's guitar solo, Roger's drum solo, the March of the Black Queen.............oh just do the whole damn concert. I'll be listening for my favorite: White Queen!

[@donwest5387]

Hearing one Queen song is reson enough to hear the whole library.

[@Beefy5039]

As if one would need a reason other than there's nothing to compare?

[@kuntumlaleanqueezer]

Early Queen 🤘

[@victorstefanovsky6902]

Queen I And II a and Sheer Heart Attack are their heaviest albums. As a whole, for me Queen’s last great album,was Jazz’ 1978.Then they became a pop band

[@MarcoGoethe]

Queen is everything

[@ryttu3k]

I goddamn adore Queen II. It's honestly my favourite album, and March of the Black Queen only comes behind Bohemian Rhapsody for favourite song. It sounds like the video you were watching was slowed down a bit/lowered, possibly to get around KZbin, but the official Queen channel has official videos (including lyric videos) and playlists for everything in their proper tempo and pitch. I strongly recommend listening to Queen II there!

[@wizzjo1nt5]

Listen to son and daughter live and and brighton rock live.

[@sherlyxyuna2779]

Queen or Led Zeppelin? Queen 70s is underrated

[@nickwall2497]

One of their tracks from the 1991 Innuendo album, Hit Man has a real metal vibes. It's about him having AIDS

[@IanLilley-r9i]

The first three part guitar harmony put on a rock track...❤

[@SCHHHa]

Have you ever heared Innuendo or The Hitman by Queen? far better than those if you are a metalhead

[@HowardShillingford-pe7em]

Deep Cut. ☮️

[@handel1111]

You should react to Son and Daughter live 1974 and 1975

[@dominedi]

in the first albums queen /queen II / Sheer Heart Attack there were a lot of "metal" songs, give a listen to them on spotify

[@robl.2047]

I know this is two years ago but if you do read your views check Queen's first 2 albums they will knock your socks off and john deacon is the bass player by the way. Good with this Queen video bro. Nice one.

[@dezmod1644]

Play the record on a turntable, that's how it was, my daughter knows this

[@tonyrutgershauer7947]

Queens catalog is complex..there's heavy stuff on virtually every record..mixed with more mainstream...but the first three records is a good place to start...btw..both of these beasts were written by Mercury

[@yvrkid7070]

Father to Son is by Brian May

[@johnandrews3151]

Queen is great live but the album version is better, in my humble opinion!

[@Beefy5039]

Yeah I have to agree, on the flip side, he has the studio edits to come.. Win!

[@adolfodelfrate6069]

QUEEN ❤❤👍

[@Lornefs]

Never understand why anyone would evaluate a song based on the live version. Crappy sound, listen to the album version, it's phenomenal.

[@robl.2047]

True Queen fans don't listen to Queen's greatest hits, and thats true