QUEEN - BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY ( FIRST TIME REACTION )

[@lordfunnybone4092]

"If Beethoven wrote rock music, it would be this." Great description!

[@rhondaholtfrazer7800]

They invented rock opera!!

[@EmreCanKorkmaz]

Beethoven did actually wrote rock music. They just didn't have the proper instruments and audience. ;)

[@christophernichols1379]

Mozart wrote "The marriage of Figaro" which Freddy Mercury was emulating.

[@mikecranapple8878]

I just paused the video to quote this line! Glad it is already here. Great line.

[@ayushdd4294]

They are the ones.

[@calibreman]

I was born one week after Freddie Mercury in 1946 and first heard Bohemian Rhapsody in 1975 when it was released. Today it is still as fresh as the day I first heard it. Rest in peace Freddie. It is thought that the man he killed in the song is his previous self when he came out as being gay to his mother.

[@daphnezeller5407]

This song takes you for a ride. Just sit back and enjoy it. This has got to be Freddie at his best.

[@abovetheinfluence9361]

A roller coaster indeed! 🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@lincolnlewis6979]

@@abovetheinfluence9361 hey bro, just discovered your channel (and subscribed) I like your take on the songs you react to, and also the variety of songs. Could you please react to "WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL" by Alison Krauss...the most elegant voice I've ever heard.

[@lincolnlewis6979]

@@rhonda-FreeSpirit-65 will definitely do

[@larrybarrjr.6720]

No doubt. It's like 4 songs in one.

[@toniroche-simmons2238]

Just fasten your seat belt. You're in for the ride of your life!!

[@paperballotsornothing8763]

You take my breath away... Queen...the most beautiful love song..ever

[@hibhibb5429]

Happy birthday!! Freddie was a freakin' genius!! The recording of “Bohemian Rhapsody” took three weeks and featured 180 overdubs of vocals and instruments. Since the studios of the time only offered 24-track analogue tape, it was necessary for the three to overdub themselves many times and "bounce" these down to successive sub-mixes. In the end, eighth-generation tapes were used. May recalled placing a tape in front of the light and being able to see through it, as the tape had been used so many times.

[@abovetheinfluence9361]

Sheeeeeeesh! 180 overdubs! That's insane! And to do it all via analogue tape is other-wordly. Wow. Thanks so much for the info!

[@Kim-hc5si]

It’s crazy, man. Still. ❤️

[@corneliusantonius3108]

@@abovetheinfluence9361 I will just leave this here: NIGHTWISH - Ghost Love Score (OFFICIAL LIVE) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIrNep9-jKd0jNE 👀🎶👌

[@RoverWaters]

Actually you described the genius of the co-producer Roy Thomas Baker

[@timothyboprey853]

thanks for that info man..... that many overdubs, on a 24 track analogue and THEN having to splice BY HAND!!! geniuses. all of them.

[@gaiavenus]

Yes :) more Queen. Masterpiece! So true Freddie voice is beautiful and unique.

[@masterspace]

Freddie was a genius, but so was the other guys in Queen. They where so versatile. If you want to get this awe feeling check out their Live Aid performance ... brilliant. Happy new year to you -:)

[@RUARI-mi1yt]

the guitar sounds amazing ive never heard a guitar with that sound

[@Spiritualwarrior1965]

Amen, best performance there!

[@RoverWaters]

@@RUARI-mi1yt Brian May wrote the Bohemian Rhapsody guitar solo

[@SRS13Rastus]

FYI Brian May (On Guitar) is also an accomplished and published Astrophysicist and was honoured with a CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by the Queen in 2005..

[@nancyblumberg4612]

@@RUARI-mi1yt The guitar is the famous red special, Brian May built his guitar with his father because he couldn’t afford a new electric guitar. It took him two years and he built one that had everything he wanted in an instrument. He still plays it and that is one of the many secret weapons in their library of music. The band was so insanely talented it blows your mind. Welcome to Queen and enjoy the ride!

[@robinbeerman4726]

True talent rock opera.

[@debbieadams334]

A lady I know passed before COVID and she asked for Queen's Don't stop me now to be played at the end of her funeral. We were all dancing in our chairs. It was so her.

[@belladonnichazeyjane4887]

She sounds like a great lady.

[@xela5974]

That’s beautiful.

[@GrisouIII]

She’s rockin’ out with Freddie right now

[@sarge420]

Great choice. Mine in Bob Dylan’s Rainy Day Woman.

[@carolynhannah8757]

I have the same instructions for my funeral.

[@uadevojka]

Yeah, Freddie is the best music gift you can get for your Birthday 💕 Always!

[@DellyDoo]

Welcome to the Queen ride. For safety, keep arms and hands in vehicle at all times. (P.S. The very beginning was Freddie harmonizing with himself. You'll never hear that part live because it's recordings of Freddie only).

[@laurallama73]

🥰🎶😆🎢

[@davydebrycke6106]

Best performer and singer EVER.

[@deborahallen3318]

This was our rock music back in the 70s and 80s, we had the greatest band in the world, Queen and Freddie Mercury! 👑💓

[@fernandoulloa3437]

Yes Bro, this was before auto tune, no Fake voices just pure ART !!!

[@ben1ben]

All the high notes in the Opera section are by the Drummer Roger Taylor. Highest part is at 5:23 he hits the note Bb5 there thats pretty high.

[@CookieFXTM12]

I'm sorry but Freddie also made a lot of high notes in falsetto, including a Bb5 too, but softer, listen to the mix of Bohemian Rhapsody with all his tracks.

[@ben1ben]

@@CookieFXTM12 Yeah im sorry I shouldve mentioned freddie harmonizing with rog. Though I did listen to the mix a lot of times and I cant find Freddie doing a Bb5.

[@CookieFXTM12]

@@ben1ben I was wrong, Freddie reaches a G#5 in a few moments and I believe it is the highest note he sings in the song

[@cadenkeller443]

“If I go any higher, dogs will hear me!”

[@ben1ben]

@@cadenkeller443 I don't know why but I always thought that was a bad line

[@p.p.8022]

Listening to queen is experience. You will fall in love with them. ❤

[@daveofarrell7795]

This is a "rabbit hole" you will find very hard to get out of!

[@CrashCourseFarm]

Facts

[@EessaTube]

The problem with rabbit holes, is that you also uncover quite a bit of rabbit shit down there. That applies to all bands and Queen are no exception.

[@amplelola23]

Yup. This is the 5th reaction video I’ve watched just in the last hour.

[@staciehoglan4585]

“Another one bites the dust”. My favorite childhood skating memory.

[@PHILPOP2]

No matter what type of music you like you can never doubt that this song is genius.

[@d.kyrstede3556]

The first time I heard Bohemian Rhapsody was on the radio Oct 31, 1975 when I was 11 years old. I was blown away by the song.

[@larrybarrjr.6720]

Freddie was DEFINITELY one of the best performers in history!

[@tracybeetem3824]

One of the best rock operas ever!!!!

[@philb.6418]

One strange fact I love..the lead guitarist is actually an astro physicist... doctorate and all...rock god legend and astro physicist... incredible

[@shadikfaysalmeshkat]

He is from NASA!!!!

[@beverleyreid8258]

Best reaction to Bohemian Rhapsody ever!!! Love your passion for good music!

[@irishfergal]

Happy belated birthday, brother! I loved your reaction because you're a musically educated person who got into the guts of this song.

[@abovetheinfluence9361]

Thanks Fergal! I truly appreciate the kind words for sure 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@EL-mr9nw]

I can´t believe you heard this never before! It´s a legend!

[@jamieashman1446]

i did hear, God did come back to earth to watch a live QUEEN concert.

[@leslieduncan2405]

SOMEBODY TO LOVE...Montreal 1981. LIVE!!! AMAZING!!!

[@heatherscott5398]

My dad introduced me to this song when I was like 6 or 7 years old. We would just sit outside in the car and listen to music and just talk while my mom would be making dinner or whatever. My dad introduced me to a lot of the rock music I listen to today and Queen is just one of many.

[@buzzaldrin6985]

Great reaction. So happy to see people appreciating real music.

[@darkangel_1978]

I was a kid, sitting on my Aunt's bed in my grandparents house, when I first heard this. I think it was 1984, and we would rock out to them. Great times

[@nyx6509]

Queen - Best band ever. RIP Freddie.

[@joshrobertson9614]

Absolutely love queen..love the reaction

[@abovetheinfluence9361]

They truly are INCREDIBLE! Thanks for watching Josh! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@sarge420]

Rock Opera with blues. Greatest voice ever.

[@martine2u]

One of the most gorgeous tunes ever and Freddie's amazing voice. The perfect Harmonies. The awesome instrumentations and players. The creativity! The daring! What's not to like :-D A unique experience.

[@ianstrange5674]

I was a pimply teen of fifteen when I first heard Bohemian Rhapsody back in 1975. I was totally knocked out. Even my mother was blown away by it.😁

[@aleckelsey2663]

My all-time favorite band. This song came out the year I was born. I consider myself pretty eclectic in my musical tastes, but Queen just is beyond genre and beyond compare. They're as untouchable as Michael Jackson.

[@dannywallis5302]

I appreciate people who can appreciate other's colors in music... great video

[@kathleenohare8770]

Live aid is one of their best stage shows

[@kenparker4688]

By far the greatest song n group of all time

[@tragicdeyz2641]

If people aren't mentioning Queen in the top 10 all time rock bands they're just uneducated. This was released on Halloween, 1975. I was almost 16, young n dumb. My friends and I honestly thought it dumb, because of the operatic part. We were all about Zeppelin, Floyd, AC/DC, The Who etc. etc..This just couldn't BE real rock to us at the time. Like I said "young and dumb" because it's obviously one of the all-time Rock greats. Great reaction and Happy Birthday!

[@JK-ld8cd]

Im with you on this. Same age but i loved Queen from the beginning and my friends were like you, they didnt get it. We went to see them at MSG during the Day at the races tour like a year later and they were hooked!

[@marie-christinescutt7888]

Happy birthday Queen is 1 of the best group ever!!! this song is a masterpiece in my view love your reaction

[@susannasusan3543]

Freddie we miss you 😢 R.I.P. 🙏🏻 AMAZING KING 👑 OF MUSIC

[@jayjayflames1352]

He was a legend through and through

[@ChataCovers]

when i first heard this song it was 1976 i was 16 years old and i was in a pool room / snack bar , pin ball machines etc and this played on a Juke Box and yes the sound was just as great back then , Queen became my favorite band from that point on. i am 60 years old today and this song remains my fav queen song. And as for gospel sounding song by Queen i recommend "Somebody to Love" but do the audio version (studio) oh and happy birthday !

[@Danielshay]

Did you get to watch them live??

[@ChataCovers]

@@Danielshay no never seen them in concert

[@leslieduncan2405]

Make sure you watch Somebody to Love 1981 Montreal..... Freddie's voice is off the charts!

[@despinakollas]

This was the first of its kind. It was called a “Rock Opera”. So amazing! They wrote, played, and sang! Baller band!!! Love you! 💕

[@AnnaPigwidgeon]

I was 17 years old, in my brother's bedroom with 4 huge speakers surrounding the room. We got real stoned, cranked it up, and lay in the middle of the room while the sound flew around, and through, us. I strongly suggest this!

[@Mainecoonlady.]

The song is about Freddie telling his Mom and the world that he is gay. He killed the man everyone thought he was, to tell his truth. It’s a rock opera. That is why the different genres with highs and lows. Freddie was a genius. Brian May on lead guitar has a PhD in Astrophysics. They are legendary.

[@FabiolaRVela]

I believe he was bisexual.

[@malcolmgoodwin2135]

This is all Freddie multi tracked at the start. It’s a true rhapsody as it is a single piece with several genres sewn together. Ballad, rock, operetta, and balled to close.

[@LarryHatch]

This song combined choral music (like gospel), opera, rock, blues, and broadway musicals in one performance. That is very hard to do and especially this well.

[@melindagarcia4497]

Freddie Mercury liked opera and wanted to do a rock opera. Later in his life when he was ill and dying of AIDS he wrote the song Barcelona and sang it along side famous opera soprano Montserrat Caballe.

[@craigbartlett5374]

Hi mate greetings from Melbourne Australia - I am glad to see you are doing reaction videos again - you have a great appreciation of music - keep up the good work - Queen are one of the greatest bands of all time but in their day they were hated by the critics but we the public always loved them - fun fact Queen are the only band in history that all members of the band wrote a number 1 chat topping song - not even the beatles achieved that -amazing band they were,

[@matthewpackard1184]

Masters of anthems.

[@lisalotwin3154]

Freddy worked on his voice, he had a 3 octave range. You know how to reach success? When preparation meets opportunity. When opportunity does hit you better be ready, grab it and don’t let it go.

[@laurasmith2522]

This may be the best song ever written, I know its one of the most listened to in all genres. Yea I call this genre Rock Opera myself. There was only 1 Freddie as only 1 Queen so glad you listened to it explore more of their music. Someone to Love . . .can't go wrong with anything by Queen

[@samloveslfc]

If you want to know more about this song, check out the mini doc Inside The Rhapsody, it is in 3 parts. 1) Brian May (lead guitar) and Roger Taylor (drums) talk about how it came about and the reaction to it. 2) Roger talks about making the video, which was groundbreaking in it's day. 3) Brian walks you through the master tape and how the tracks were laid down. It's fascinating stuff.

[@whereverigothereiam3078]

Or not? I do not subscribe, in most cases of knowing "the meaning" of the song. The song is a gift in my opinion and should be "used" at your own discretion. *I say this because I have had such deep meaningful songs ruined for me in the past with their "meaning". :(

[@kurtchristensen1699]

I think you will be surprised of how many songs by Queen you actually know and love

[@paulthebeardedchap.2562]

The body of the lyrics was something Freddy had been working on since his youth... it started out as a western movie set type thing in an opera style and evolved into this. :)

[@jayb-clay2724]

Freddie was the man... crazy talent.

[@kimwatchesstuff]

The song came out when I was 6. Its just always been there.

[@katayfa]

Yeah I cant believe there is anyone who hasnt heard it especially if your 25 30 lol

[@mena94x3]

Yeah, I was 3 when this dropped. Both my parents loved music, hoards of records on rotation almost constantly, or the radio on. My dad was even a band director. This sort of stuff was always playing in my house.

[@emgex]

This is one of the best songs humanity has to offer, it was made half a centry ago.. Singers and Bands with all the current modern technology cant even come close to greatness like this...

[@electricia]

"How many vocal tracks is this?" All of them, my friend! They literally wore out tape because they kept adding more and more.

[@iamrgenius]

One of the greatest songs EVER

[@yvonnejaime1266]

Happy Birthday!! Today is my birthday too. I hope you get everything you want today.

[@abovetheinfluence9361]

Oh wow! Happy Birthday to you too Yvonne! Hope you have a blessed and wonderful day! 🙌🏾

[@bethford6007]

You mentioned Beethoven... if you want to SEE such a performance by Freddie check out White Queen live at the Odeon in 1975. I compare it to more Mozart but 6 of one half dozen of another. But truly a rock concert audience is watching a classical pianist perform and we're DIGGIN' IT !!! Where was I 1st time hearing/seeing this video??? My mom's basement (rec room) as an adolescent watching this new show called MTV .... and I didn't know if I was afraid of Freddie or enchanted by him (when he's big on the screen alternating between him and Roger)... definitely mesmerized!

[@DSBac]

The first time I remember hearing this, I think I was around seven or eight years old. This would have been around '83 or '84 or so. My older brothers were teaching me how to play poker and my oldest brother had the Queen Greatest Hits on cassette and was playing on the his little boom box. I definitely remember hearing this song. However, at that age, I remember my favorite songs from that cassette being Bicycle Race, Killer Queen, and We Will Rock You. Bohemian Rhapsody seemed almost too crazy, but of course, it grew on me.

[@sing7594]

I would be so honored to have you do a reaction to Queen's "Don't Stop Me NOW!!" I would like this song (with just a few lyric changes) played as i leave this world... from a 67 yr old granny, not in the best of health, who has LOVED her life and been so blessed by God. Music is one of his many gifts to the world and it's wonderful to hear reactions because someone who loves it also is 'experiencing' it with me. I've watched lots of reactors, many good, but you're the one I especially enjoy. You have a great appreciation of music and there's something very kind about you that comes out over the 'tube'. You also keep your comments visual or brief until the end of the song. Superb and well done! Happy Birthday my friend and thank you for bringing us the best!

[@susanstein6604]

You should listen to Queen Live in Montreal, Live Aid, 1981-Somebody to Love. Freddy Mercury and all the band members are British but you can't hear their accents when they sing. Robert May, the lead guitarist, still plays the electro guitar his father made when Robert May was growing up because he couldn't afford to buy one.

[@cspole3435]

*Brian May 😍

[@sammygirl5835]

@@cspole3435 Dr Brian May

[@cspole3435]

@@sammygirl5835 😍👍🏼 CORRECT!!

[@RoverWaters]

senile people who talk about Queen..........

[@jewels3596]

It's why people have always called this THE ROCK OPERA ANTHEM. It's pure artistry.

[@wpollock1]

I was driving to work at McDonalds in 1976, and I remember hearing this on the car radio....I was 16. As much as I like this tune, I had already bought the previous album Sheer Heart Attack, which to this day is my favorite Queen album as they rock a bit harder on that album. I caught this tour in Detroit at Cobo Hall that year. For the middle part, Queen would leave the stage and then come back as they could never replicate the "opera" part. A band called Thin Lizzy opened for them and had a hit "The Boys Are Back In Town" that summer. Great reaction! You are great!

[@abovetheinfluence9361]

How many times did you get to see Queen live?! I know that had to be incredible! And thanks for the kind words 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@kartaan]

It's early yet, but I was expecting someone to call you Stone Cold Crazy for preferring Sheer Heart Attack! (I'm a Queen II gal myself)

[@wpollock1]

@@kartaan Great comment! When I wake up, I leave it in The Lap of the Gods going forward......😀 Queen II is great, also!

[@wpollock1]

@@abovetheinfluence9361 Just the one time. As you can see from the live shows, they sound great live!

[@johnjablonski9292]

only QUEEN could release a masterpiece like this and ONLY FREDDIE could sing it!!

[@sarahzentexas]

Happy birthday, Sagittarius ♐️ “Are they in a choir?” Yep. They’re in Queen! (And they are most definitely in the elite echelon of musicians.)

[@whereverigothereiam3078]

December 31 is Capricorn.

[@PeterMasi_Son_Tile]

This song & this performance is from the early 70’s

[@alethamarsh6583]

The whole first part is just Freddie Mercury. And over himself later the band comes in

[@abovetheinfluence9361]

Oh wow... that’s insane! 🔥

[@alethamarsh6583]

I meant dubbing over himself

[@toodlescae]

Especially for 1975.

[@neilsun2521]

Playing the very same piano The Beatles recorded 'A Day In The Life' on, if I'm not mistaken. (Which would certainly add some of the magic in there.)

[@justmr9553]

Do you go to every reaction and repeat yourself?

[@Jeffbambam]

First time I heard this was at a birthday party at a skating rink I'm guessing about 1975 saw one of the prettiest girls ever skate a dance to this on roller skates and I was so infatuated with her that I bought the album at my local record store the next weekend. And no I didn't get the girl she was like 17 and I was 11 lol 😆.

[@mauri6137]

Happy birthday and really enjoy your reactions If Beethoven did rock, just love that line you said 😎 Queen are considered one of the all time bands in history, sadly Freddie Mercury passed away much to soon from us. just a few of their more popular songs to consider by queen We are the champions Another one bites the dust We will rock you Fat bottomed girls Wishing you and your family a safe and healthy 2021

[@helenstewart2392]

You HAVE to see their 20 minute session at the Live Aid performance at Wembley Stadium in London. It was a worldwide concert on television to raise money for starving children. They are known as the best 20 minutes of any band in history.

[@silverghost131]

they did a song for highlander movie called who wants to live for ever

[@carolharris8020]

The greatest band of all time.

[@mori1bund]

Yeah, you knew that song before! ^^ Always a dead giveaway when someone starts to nod his head right *before* the rock part starts: 5:25 😁😁😁

[@belladonnichazeyjane4887]

Exactly lol, and 99% of the people on here just take part in the illusion. It's pretty weird if you think about it, everyone just pretending 😀 but whatever floats people's boats. The thing is, he said of course I've heard this song but I want to review it with the video, it would still be fine.

[@Sunny-jz3dy]

Freddie was Indian and it lent a lot to their music! He loved Opera....& it shows! Some of the names in the operatic part are from childhood Indian stories. I love the arrangements in this piece! It's basically three songs in one...& the concert is suddenly over! lol. Love the Beethoven line! They had a hard time with the music industry over how long this song is! lol. A school dance! lol.

[@VampEdits]

Please check out “Dragon Attack” Live at Montreal or in “In The Lap of the Gods” Live at the Rainbow 1974 ❤️ Great reaction. The first time I heard Bohemian Rhapsody had to be on the radio when I was a kid. I heard Freddie’s voice-- and Queen stole my heart right about there.

[@eriklf64]

The Best Song Ever Written!

[@stevejuszczak9402]

Try PRINCES OF THE UNIVERSE . there can be only one

[@the_judge_8262]

Would love for someone to react to this 🙏🙏

[@stevejuszczak9402]

You are old enough to have seen THE HIGHLANDER

[@the_judge_8262]

@@stevejuszczak9402 "There can be only one"

[@stevejuszczak9402]

@@the_judge_8262 you have not seen this series or movies too busy listening to that cRAP MUSIC OR WHAT DUDE YOU NEED TO BE MORE CELTIC

[@bethhowton2719]

Happy Happy Birthday !!! Enjoy !!! Love Queen

[@sharipetkovsek5502]

Happy Birthday! And Queen IS and always has been spoken about as being in the upper eschelon of music, your just late to the game 😊

[@philipcadd106]

I grew up with this song. I love seeing first-time reactions from younger people to this classic. Of all the comments made from all the Reaction Videos I’ve seen, the comment you made on this is probably the most accurate I have heard. You said “if Beethoven made rock music this would be it “. Nail. Head. Hit. Many thanks.

[@alethamarsh6583]

Do breakthru ,dragon attack and i want to breakfree

[@silverghost131]

probably the best front man in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thepunadude]

I LOVE REACTION VIDS! MAYBE TRY PINK FLOYD ... ORIGINAL TRACK 'GREAT GIG IN THE SKY'

[@abovetheinfluence9361]

Some Pink Floyd definitely on the way! 😊

[@teresaemery1339]

They didn’t have autotune when they recorded this. No choir just tracks laid over and over each other.

[@johnheywood8308]

Dang!!!! ...... Indeed my Friend. RIP Freddie but your music will live on forever.

[@sandyleewhite]

Freddie's voice had incredible octave range, from bass to opera, & everything in between.....**Welcome to the queen rabbit hole, enjoy the ride, you are going to love it** 😄 GREAT REACTION!!! Would luv to see you react to their, Somebody to Love song, it displays his voice's ability to do gymnastics!!!

[@TheWizardOfEgo]

I was 4 year old when this first came out and my elder brother bought the single with his paper round money and we sat in out front room and he played it for the first time and I was blown away - we did not stop playing it and we danced and jumped off the furniture - and now nearly 50 years later it still gives me chills. I will never tire of listening to it

[@arija-jeanjacobs4004]

old school is the best🤩

[@pattylyons9645]

Bohemian Rhapsody is musical roller coaster. Fun, but you don't know what to expect. A true classic.

[@gchristyer]

Another one bites the dust ! Next please 😁👍✌️🇬🇧🙏

[@chasfaulkner2548]

I was driving in my car listening to Capital radio when the late Kenny Everett played this over and over, sometime later I saw the video, I was blown away then and still am today. Good reaction my friend, thumbs up from Birmingham (England).

[@lynnhoffmann247]

Happy Belated Birthday! And many more 🙏🏻🎂💐 Queen is a deep 🕳🐇 - enjoy your journey 🤗 They recorded back then on tape, many times until was nearly transparent!