Marc Martel - Seaside Rendezvous (Queen Cover)

When we first played near the Mediterranean sea a few years back, my manager, Josh, thought it would be cool to do a sneaky little “impromptu” version of “Seaside Rendezvous” on the beach, as the song references the Mediterranean. I think he had seen me playing ukulele on “Good Company” and realized that “Seaside Rendezvous” could also work as a ukulele song. Turns out he was right. Huge props to Tristan for working up a perfect adaptation of the notoriously intricate arrangement of this song off Queen’s A Night At The Opera, for what is essentially a child’s toy! I doubt he could have possibly found a tinier uke. I’ll also have you know, Brandon went out and spent his hard-earned dough on a kazoo and… uh… whatever that whizzy thing at the end of the instrumental section is, just so you could be satisfactorily entertained. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!?! “Seaside Rendezvous” is one of those songs that just makes me shake my head like, “How in the world did Freddie write that?!” Truly, a musical genius. My cheeks hurt.
Brandon’s and Tristan’s creative content:
Brandon has a project called “Mini Musicals” that you need to see for yourself, and was just featured on NPR. linktr.ee/bran...
Tristan does solo work as well as being an amazing source of info for tutorials on how the pros do guitar tone, and of course how to get that authentic Brian May sound. / tristanavakian

[@QueenCelebrationLive]

The cheek slap bit was legendary! 😆

[@mastersteel1079]

😁😁😁😁🔝😉😉

[@ThatllShowEm]

I wonder how many takes it took for them to not laugh after that! 😂

[@letiziakaren5746]

💖⭐💖 Greetings QCL. !!! 💖⭐💖

[@Mike_Toreno]

Please cover more underrated songs like these. Everyone just covers hits and gets kinda boring. Also helps people know the variety of songs Queen did.

[@JoshCarlos1998]

Waiting one day for him to do an “Invisible Man” rendition. That would be really fun to see 😅

[@marcfan1822]

Have you heard Marc sing Lily of the Valley , March of the Black Queen or Lap of the Gods yet?

[@JoshCarlos1998]

@@marcfan1822 Has he done March of the Black Queen? Could’ve sworn he hasn’t, neither on his channel or as a live performance…

[@marcfan1822]

@@JoshCarlos1998 kzbin.info/www/bejne/kF6ZeoaVmahgmdk Just with Queen Extravaganza which is why I said heard and not seen. I would love to see a performance .

[@ThatllShowEm]

@@JoshCarlos1998 He did it with QuEx! (Edited, of course)

[@ellet6560]

I will never not love watching this!

[@deeyoder]

Give Tristan a ukulele, Brandon a kazoo, and let Marc do his thing with the vocals and, voila! A fun entertaining song on the beach. No problem. Easy peasy. You guys are incredible! THANK YOU for making me smile. 😊

[@deeyoder]

@@barbaramilone2800 Yes!!!!!!

[@Estrella21]

@@barbaramilone2800 that would have been wonderful! I can just picture us with huge smiles on our faces as we watch these wonderful musicians charm us all 🥰

[@ExtremeKnexRides]

Good old fashioned lover boy! Please do that one 🤩

[@ajb625]

This is ridiculously good! My normal reaction to hearing people attempt Queen is "SHOOT HIM!!!". But golly...this was truly great version of one of my long-time Queen faves.

[@artfulstories]

😅😂 right?!

[@artfulstories]

With toy instruments, at that. 😅

[@darryldhagan]

Damn, I really have a problem with Marc Martel and his Queen Cover Songs. I grew up with Queen and saw them several times live back in the days, including Wembley 1986, but I've also seen a lot of Marc Martel videos and I'm a huge fan of Marc. When I hear a Queen song now like "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen" or this song "Seaside Rendezvous" on the radio, I don't see Freddy Mercury in my mind's eye anymore, but Marc Martel. It's totally crazy.🤩🤩 Marc is still the best Singer I ever heard during the last decade. He's so talented.

[@MishYensen]

Loved,loved,loved it darlings 😍 Freddie would have loved it to💛🙏💛

[@jctoad]

Imagine how great they would sound if they bought their instruments from a music shop instead of a toy store.

[@ThatllShowEm]

Wasn't in the budget!

[@mgamga9476]

I get a vision of you guys walking and spur of the moment....hey let's go to gift shop buy a ukulele kazoo and go on beach and sing a song. It sounds like it can be recorded and put on a CD as is. Perfect

[@UncleMullet]

As much as I love this particular Queen song, sometimes the original just takes me too far back. When I did a search for a cover- this amazing gem popped up! What a trio! Absolutely magnificent! ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@artfulstories]

They make great music together all over the world!

[@nc110]

Great stuff, Marc. You should be playing with Queen 👍

[@woolymittens]

Hahahahaha - awesome!! "What a damn jolly good idea" Marc!! 😂

[@comolocomalo]

Very nice falsettos by Marc, and good baritone's basses by Brandon Ethridge (i didn't know about him before, and i searched his name on KZbin. His music with normal speeches it is very creative. Good armonization with the fragments of vocal inflections). Greetings from Argentina.

[@artfulstories]

Yes, Brandon's "Mini-Musicals" are brilliant!

[@sanoc4209]

I See freddie deep in his 70s chillin on the beach enjoying life on the beach when i close my eyes 😭🥰🥰🥰

[@Dineffable]

Come back to Chile! We need you here one time a year please

[@martianwalker31]

I'm smiling the whole damn time :D

[@lisabrauer7272]

Bravo!!! 👏👏👏 That was Amazing. Thank you for making me laugh. 😂

[@snorkielou4289]

This is a genius rendition of an early Queen song. You should do more of these. Marc does great young Freddie voice.

[@ANightAtTheOpera1]

Marc Martel is a true musical genious. Thank you Mark (and your 'Good Company') for making such an incredible Queen cover :)

[@ripleyfry2107]

That other guy has an amazing lower voice. Great cover as usual Marc!

[@javanesepoutine]

Brandon Ethridge, the music director/keyboardist

[@EllaShartiel]

Ah, one of my favorite songs, performed by one of my favorite artists, using my favorite instrument, in my home country?? It couldn't get any better than this!

[@Killerqueen2022]

Oh yeah, the face slapping is just priceless! LOL

[@AVArtwork]

Well, this is my new favourite video of all time

[@tinaselka8155]

🌅...A wonderful Performance on the beach 🌊👏👏👏

[@TrevorRobertsJr]

The commitment! The face slaps 👨‍🍳👌 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@carlvose]

I couldn’t stop smiling while watching this. Absolutely fantastic ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@artfulstories]

Do your cheeks hurt too? 😂 😊😊

[@ThatllShowEm]

@@artfulstories Mine are, but thankfully from laughing! 😂

[@whysitthat3515]

Somehow Marc knows exactly which deep cuts I love. So excited!

[@user-xp5hi5ps3h]

Wonderful, Bravooooooo!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Julianmario]

A few years ago I think you and Brandon covered love of my life outside. Wanted to find him because he was great and here he is!

[@artfulstories]

He's also in the quarantine covers, here on Marc's channel: Under Pressure, Somebody to Love, Fat Bottomed Girls and Bicycle Race/Seven Seas of Rhye.

[@Julianmario]

@@artfulstories Really? That's dope will have to watch those! Thanks for the info 😀

[@artfulstories]

@@Julianmario my pleasure! He's not slapping any cheeks in those videos. Haha! Oh, I need to mention, Marc and the boys also did an impromptu BoRhap the same night as Love of My Life and it's also on Marc's channel, but you'll need to scroll far down the "Videos" tab to find it. :)

[@wendyraymond1751]

Oooh absolutely incredible so enjoyed this absolutely amazing thanku all so much perfect together much love an God bless always from Cyprus x

[@gudrunarnasteindorsdottir8732]

Goosebumps! 👏🏼🫶

[@user-ht8sp4dj3j]

WOW, that was fantastic! and so entertaining! Great sense of humor as well! Play, play and replay and then play again. Can't get enough!

[@rmorales3553]

Mark brutha, you are the real deal! Don't stop! Your fans love you buddy!! Your gift is just that..

[@odonovan]

If that song doesn't make it into the concert set after this, your fans are going to be SO upset. "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" next, please! 😉

[@QueenCelebrationLive]

Could be a medley / back-to-back thing...

[@marcfan1822]

Marc used to sing it in his Queen Extravaganza days kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqDEkGaLarNmqtE&start_radio=1

[@sebastianvillacism.8563]

What a freaking pro. Mark and his two fellow musicians were on point. This song from the unforgettable A Night at The Opera is a masterpiece. It is such a fun, delightful, danceable song. It is one of those songs that turns you into a child and makes you want to play everytime you as soon as you hear it. Thanks, Mark.

[@kellerchen72]

Seaside Rendezvous I looove this song, Freddie would be proud of you 🙏🙏🙏 Marc I'm glad you exist, love you too 💋💋💋

[@graham172]

Absolutely fantastic born to sing queen and be Freddie this guy. Bravo 👏

[@djz5456]

That was hilarious in such a good way! ❤️🎼🎹🎸🥁🎤

[@SamNiverba]

Such a fun little cover there Marc, so cute 😍. Nicely Done!

[@DanielleBeukman]

One of My favorites from Queen 🤩 I like this one too, Thank you Marc for singing this song!

[@alexkx8599]

The craziest thing is that all those people behind them don't know that Marc Martel is there. In a world that made sense and followed logic they would all be shitting their pants freaking out screaming and crying for him. He is better at doing QUEEN music live than QUEEN were. This is not up for debate. And that's all there is to that.

[@monicatorres3706]

YASSSS! Congrats!!!!🔥🔥🔥😍

[@r1r597]

Another not so famous song of Queen’s that is super heavy metal; ‘Princes of the Universe’ Really cool!

[@MrAngelDevilSoul]

Awesome !!! Thanks so much for covering this one !!

[@sugoiboy03]

Awesome performance! The face slapping made me laugh lol 😀

[@jeffstewart3342]

Great, Love it.

[@LorenzoTrucco]

Fantastic! ....And here's the kiss 😘

[@dianejohnson5353]

So much fun!

[@oonaamookhao]

So great! With magnificent backdrop! And the beating of Marc’s face, priceless!

[@BoboLorelei]

Love Love Love it, c'est super Marc!!

[@allasin2795]

Прекрасное исполнение! Прекрасные артисты! Прекрасная песня лучшей группы на свете! Прекрасный пляж (Трумпельдор) в прекрасном городе (Тель Авиве) в лучшей стране на свете (Израиле)!! Приезжайте ещё в следующем году!

[@davidturner3180]

Love this a great queen song - great voice Marc ❤

[@user-sd7jm7cz9h]

It's a masterpiece. The mood immediately lifted. 👍 Thanks!

[@EllieThomasMusic]

I love how goofy this is. Love the kazoo

[@joshmclaughter4209]

Insane! This is my favorite song by Queen. Thanks for sharing your talent you Dum dums, love it!

[@user-ht8sp4dj3j]

Nobody can take u seriously, mclaughter.

[@unicornsformars]

Perfect cover!!! One of my favourite Queen songs!

[@cosminfaur7318]

Amazing, thanks God for Marc Martel!!!

[@spinny003]

Brilliant. Spectacular.

[@KennethGottfried]

The kazoo killed it!!! Awesome!!!

[@wolfunplugged]

BIG thanks for covering this one. a fantastic live video with atmoshere!

[@SirDonovanAston]

Classic early Queen- marvellous, HRH King Freddie would approve

[@tinman652]

So much fun! Do more with these two!

[@gabyarndt8709]

Cool...love your voice...see u 2023 in Hamburg...stay save and have fun

[@jolandavanbastelaar59]

Just love it. Please send me more!!!!!!🤩🤩🤩

[@marcfan1822]

Magic. Thanks guys.

[@mr.nobody..]

Just unbelieveble.

[@andreafritz3849]

How exciting. And was definitely a perfect environment for this. How cool 😎. Can't wait for this.

[@karok.4311]

Great performance, thank you gentlemen! But that price tag! 😂

[@ThatllShowEm]

I don't think they can return it now that it's full of sand! 😅

[@ToddandRaquiForrest]

@@ThatllShowEm I'm thinking, if they brought it back, it should be autographed and auctioned at one of Marc's fansites. :)

[@aaroncrawford5638]

The ukulele is a perfect instrument for this song

[@panggun]

This really feels so romantic!!!

[@DJ_V33]

WONDERFUL🤩🤩🤩This makes my week. The slaps tho LOL

[@picothehuskymalamutepc9222]

He’s extraordinary!!!!

[@franciscojaramillo4226]

Thank you so much. You made my day

[@TheCountofToulouse]

One of my favorite songs from that album. So much inspiration and creativity.

[@claudiabrossette8987]

So great ... I wish we could see the outtakes 🤣

[@ThatllShowEm]

Same! You can tell they're all trying to keep a straight face throughout the video! 😂

[@claudiabrossette8987]

@@ThatllShowEm Oh yes they are about to start laughing 🤣🤣 so funny. Good to see that they have so much fun on tour.

[@Edu_GP]

Please do a cover of Good old fashioned lover boy, its the one of my favorites musics of queen and this song is so underrated

[@michaelp9061]

I listened to this again and again.

[@rebeccaarman6228]

So So Adorable you guys ! Marc, Tristan and Brandon 😉 What the perfect magical setting. ❤️❤️❤️Thank you for sharing with us !!!

[@wallkidstv]

Love it!! So whimsical and fun, was not expecting those face slaps 😂

[@jaccmercury]

Hahahaha fantastic!

[@letiziakaren5746]

💯 Very Good sound 💯

[@ThatllShowEm]

I wonder if this is the second take? Looks like Marc braced for it. Would be funny to see any outtakes where they were cracking up with laughter!

[@letiziakaren5746]

@@ThatllShowEm Agree 😁

[@wallkidstv]

@@ThatllShowEm I hope not too many takes, poor Marc's face lol

[@georgemckendrickbryce9863]

This is absolutely brilliant! lol

[@f.joaquinrevilla]

Fantastic, as a kid was my favourite Queen song.

[@hmangaiha8163]

Damn, this is so refreshing

[@marthalauravazquezugalde4423]

Beautifull place for a one wonderfull singer, thanks Marc!!

[@alduncan3807]

Brilliant!!

[@babooshka7601]

Another fantastic cover! 💋💋💋💋

[@tracyb1770]

Thoroughly enjoyed that. Thank you. 😊

[@MoonlightElegie]

Perfection! Thank you, Marc, Tristan, and Brandon for this!

[@bossleonie7658]

I looooove youuuuu maaaaadllllyyyyy!

[@tatianachungurova6109]

Absolutely adorable! Bravo!!!

[@guyscampervanadventures]

Love it, love it, love it!!!! I wonder if Roger slapped Freddie’s cheeks like that 😂

[@andypullega5479]

OUTSTANDING!!! Marc, You never disappoint, keep em' coming!

[@shawnac9289]

I cannot wait. My second favorite queen song

[@MarceloMaximiano]

Simple wonderful!

[@meltingpot1381]

Marc need to do a cover of "only the young" of journey , it will fit like a glove his voice .

[@babooshka7601]

Or 'Faithfully' one of their best songs.

[@meltingpot1381]

@@babooshka7601 Yes , but i would expect a totally different version than the original.Marc would nail the notes, but the tessitura on that song it's more of that kind of "leggiero tenor' .Arnel Pineda, nails the song, but it has not that "surfing ease" like Steve had , independently of nailing the notes or not. "Only the young" works better for a kind of lyric tenor .Would also work for a baritenor(in acoustic mode).Notice that the best versions of only the young are from 86. But yes it's interesting to hear faithfully also

[@babooshka7601]

@@meltingpot1381 I don't know about that. But I just prefer 'Faitfully' to 'Only the Young'.

[@Patorishio1978]

The perfect cover doesn't exis...

[@gianlucademarzi]

CHAPEAU my friends, that was awesome!!!

[@bes_angel]

Marc, thank you for the wonderful summer mood! ❤

[@pandap4ntz]

This is awesome! I had to watch 3 times in a row, and I'll be back for more. I've always adored this song, it's so catchy & fun. Y'all did great, the cheek slapping has me cracking up 💜

[@mecat62corner55]

Absolutely fantastic rendition as a true queen fan I cannot recall anyone singing this fantastic melody 💙❤️