Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody: My Honest Thoughts!

[@samloveslfc]

You should check out Inside The Rhapsody, a mini doc on yt. It's in 3 parts, 1st Brian and Roger talk about how it came about and the reaction to it. 2nd Roger talks about the video and how it was made, and 3rd, Brian takes you through the master tape and how the tracks were laid down for it. It is fascinating stuff, well worth watching.

[@debramoore7513]

Awesome

[@LMTino]

This is what they did for $5000 so it could be shown on Top of the Pops - and the video transformed the music industry, And that's not even talking about what the song accomplished musically. So early in their timeline, yet they never rested on those laurels.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Yeah I can see where this music video transformed the music industry. It's very intriguing to watch!

[@debramoore7513]

It’s never too late for Queen ... their music is timeless! Freddie Mercury wrote this masterpiece!! Tons of over-dubs & the photo is based on Marlene Dietrich’s famous photo (Freddie loved Marlene). Queen’s studio work is genius but their live performances are something to behold!! All Queenies watching will ask you to react to SOMEBODY TO LOVE live in Montreal 1981. It’s required viewing I’m afraid. Do the live version of Boh Rap in Montreal, too! Good reaction! Do you plan to do more Queen?

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Hi Debra! That's intriguing information regarding Bohemian Rhapsody. I'll definitely be uploading a reaction video of Somebody To Love. And yes, I will be reacting to more Queen. This video reaction is only the first of many! Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed the video 😁

[@heyjude1920]

@@JeffreyHackReacts Personally, I prefer the live version at Milton Keynes Bowl in 1982. More energy from their home crowd.

[@heyjude1920]

@@JeffreyHackReacts “Fat bottomed girls” from that same concert is also a must. Their live versions are almost always better than the studio version. My personal favorite live song is “A Kind of Magic” at Wembley in 1986. Written by Roger Taylor for the film Highlander, but Freddie made it more radio friendly. The best song to hear Freddie’s vocal chops is “Just One Year of Love”, lyric version, written by John Deacon, also for Highlander. JMHO

[@debramoore7513]

@@heyjude1920Awwww One Year of Love has some of Freddie’s best vocals!!

[@debramoore7513]

@@heyjude1920 Queen on Fire at the Bowl is phenomenal 👏👏

[@melissacurtis7216]

He makes it look so easy, then when your singing along, your going, damn, how did he sing this so beautifully.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Haha right? Exactly why I shut up during the reaction 😂

[@GinMae]

Hey, Jeff - great reaction - I'm so glad you used headphones! There is no way to fully appreciate this song without!

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Agreed! I'm glad you enjoyed the reaction :)

[@neilgill1639]

Great reaction Jeffrey. Did you know that Queen invented the Music Video and that this 1975 Bohemian Rhapsody MV was the first MV ever? Many say its still the best MV of all time too. How amazing is that aye.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Wow! I didn't even know that! That's crazy to think about.

[@lcbcreative]

I was a teenager when this was first released and the scene in Wayne's World wasn't too far off from reality. Everybody I knew loved this song, sang along, and anticipated the rock section. Looking back though, I don't remember any of us trying to interpret the music or wondering why he killed a man. ;-) We just went with it. There is something very satisfying about singing the word MAMAAAAAA! the way Freddie does. Can't explain it. Fun reaction! If you're taking Queen requests - one of my favs is White Queen 1975 Live at the Hammersmith Odeon. Nobody has yet explained how four musicians on a small stage can sound that unreal. It's flat out amazing.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Wow! Yeah MAMAAA is fun to sing especially during karaoke 😅 I'll definitely look into that video! I do take video reacts so thank you for the video suggestion.

[@pinkey943]

Iconic, legendary, perfect.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

👌

[@pinkey943]

This was a master piece all from Freddy's mind.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

One hell of a singer and songwriter!

[@heyjude1920]

Definitely check out “Inside the Rhapsody”. The 45 minute version explains how they filmed the “short film”. The last 30 minutes is Brian May at the mixing desk showing how they created the song. (Hint: The opening harmonies are all Freddie)

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

And that's because why wouldn't it be Freddy? 😂

[@dezperez1998]

*Freddie

[@LadyGator1983]

Dude, I saw a documentary years ago where they showed how they put this together. This man was a music genius!

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

That he was!

[@susanengland3919]

The first part of the song, when you just see the silhouettes was all Freddie's voice. He did multiple tracks and harmonized with himself. Brian May still has the same hair style, it's just grey now.

[@vernhoke7730]

That part with the 4 of them in black is a recreation of thier "Queen II" album cover. When performing this live the band used the "Operatic section" from this video as it was impossible to do live. I've watched a video of Brian talking how they overdubbed and multi tracked that part, it was done so much he said they almost wore out the tape. And, yes, back in the '70s the way we dressed was a bit different from today, over in England it was WAY different. Been listening to this song since 1975 and about 30 years after it came out while driving with my daughter and this played she did start headbanging.

[@marilynsmith9758]

This video has been viewed more than 1.2 Billion times . So iconic. It is said to be the first music video of its kind to be used to market singles.....was before MTV. Love Queen and would love to see you react to more Queen songs - suggest Someone to Love at either Montreal 1981 or Milton Keynes and White Queen, live at Hammersmith Odeon 1974. For some hard rock/thrash metal lStone Cold Crazy, live at the Rainbow 1974.

[@lcbcreative]

1.2 Billion time since the creation of KZbin. Can you imagine what the stats would be if they were tracking views from its release? ;-)

[@debramoore7513]

Love the Milton Keynes version of SOMEBODY TO LOVE. Add FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS to the MK version!

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

I'll be working on it 😁 I'm looking forward to watching it!

[@deboraclark5791]

The opening of the song is only Freddie's vocals multi tracked, later in the operatic section it's Freddie, Brian and Roger.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

That is insane! His opening vocals are killer!

[@deboraclark5791]

@@JeffreyHackReacts yes they are amazing, also the studio version of You Take my Breath Alway is also Freddie's voice multi tracked, it's absolutely beautiful, you should hear it.

[@fredklein3829]

This reviewer is very active in giving detailed comments on his insights and I think he's fabulous and enjoyable. He also has a dimple on the exact same spot on his cheek as mine and I admire his strategic shaving of the cheek to reveal his dimple.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Thanks Fred! I greatly appreciate your kind, positive feedback. I'm glad you enjoyed the video 🙂

[@queenmiriam3058]

Yes, great reaction. I really hope you want to react to some more from their huge catalogue. I suggest Who wants to live forever live at Budapest or One Vision live at Wembley. Much bless young man.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

There will definitely be more reactions from this channel regarding Queen! The band puts on hella great performances and they're too good not to share a reaction. I'm glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching 😄

[@alethamarsh6583]

Brian and Roger said it took them four hours to record this on a shoestring budget and when you see the silhouette it's a sheet behind them

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Very fascinating! Yeah I can definitely see the sheet effect 😂

[@trego5509]

Nice reaction. If you like this era style, I suggest White Queen live at Hammersmith 1975, great vocal and instrumental

[@susanneg2824]

It’s a MUST!

[@janematthews3394]

Filming of the video took only 4 hours.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Wow! That's insane! 👀

[@jodyheigaard9949]

You should do a reaction to the crowd singing Bohemian Rhapsody before a Greenday concert in 2017. Remember that 95% of the crowd was younger than the song (it was released in 1975 & was 42 yrs old at the time - it was also before the movie came out & reminded everyone of their greatness).

[@83greent]

Man you gotta do their live version of somebody to love in Montreal 1981. Aretha Franklin rock song that Freddie knocks out of the park as do the whole band. The instrumental and ad libbing is world class

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

I'll definitely make a video reaction of that! Thanks for the idea 😁 I look forward to watching it!

[@jpw6893]

1981

[@83greent]

@@jpw6893 👍 corrected

[@janslowhand1684]

@@JeffreyHackReacts there were tons of reactions to this particular performance which is of course great but I suggest you to react to Somebody To Love from Milton Keynes. IMO it's better. Better ,more beautiful,more emotional intro equally great middle section of the song and the ending with final notes on the piano is just fantastic.

[@debramoore7513]

@@janslowhand1684 Milton Keynes version is my favorite. I wish more channels would do that one! I think Freddie was on fire & pumped up!

[@glizta42]

The whole opening was all Freddie harmonizing with himself

[@TArnoldFerguson]

Brian May has mentioned that they only took three and a half hours in the studio to make the video...and 45 minutes later they were all in the pub. I also recommend the "Inside The Rhapsody" documentary other commenters have already mentioned.

[@OblivionGate]

One of many classic, iconic, groundbreaking and innovative English rock groups. As well as the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, The Who, Genesis and many many other bands from England.

[@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

Don't forget Pink Floyd! Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here are simply masterpieces.

[@hkynuts11]

You Take My Breath Away, live is a great song.

[@alethamarsh6583]

My drive home from work is Wayne's World all over again LOL

[@johnmcaleer7099]

You said about the wardrobe,don't forget this is nearly 50 years ago the same with song!!!

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Very true! The fashion hasn't died yet either.

[@barbaraanne5258]

Freddie's Masterpiece!!!

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

🤟🤟

[@lkayh]

You may not want to do a reaction to the whole thing, but if you haven’t yet, watching their whole Live Aid concert is 21 minutes well spent. It’s still considered the best live rock concert ever. And yeah, Rami Malek definitely did Freddie justice in that movie, but still see the real thing.

[@sherryheim5504]

This is such an iconic song and each part of the rhapsody brings a new and different energy to it. Every band member is spot on and showcased even in the subtle moments. Brian May just was awarded the title of best Rock guitar solo a couple of weeks ago by Total Guitar Magazine for his solo in this song. This song is perfection. Great reaction, thank you. Queen made this video in less than 2 days and for very little money. It was the first music video for promotion ever made. They set the scene for music videos. I keep my Night At The Opera CD in my car at all times. I have been listening to this song since Queen dropped it in the US. It was all the buzz with everyone at that time.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

I'm glad you enjoyed the reaction and appreciate your time in watching :) Queen's legacy will live on for a very long time!

[@terrilabeth7366]

The only way I can describe Freddie Mercury and his talent....just like Tiger is to golf, Michael Jordan to basketball, Dale Earnhardt to NASCAR, the list goes on but some people are born with this special talent, sure they practice it, sure they grow with it, and they become better and better, until they reach the pinnacle of their career and that inherit talent is fully realized. They are all out of the box thinkers, to a certain extent risk takers, pushing the edge always. And if you notice, every single one I listed were HARD workers. They were serious, they were driven and they put everything they had into it. For Freddie, that voice, his style, his showmanship, his music writing abilities, his piano playing abilities AND yes, his band mates because as awesome as Freddie was it took all four of them to produce this music to sound this way. That is what Freddie Mercury is to music, insane, inherit talent, fine tuned through the years, until he was/is an absolute legend. All from a man who was shy, quiet, reserved when not on stage. Put that all together it is nothing short of amazing. ❤️

[@braxious]

Queen = GOAT simple as

[@DLCSTexas]

It’s all Freddy at the beginning accapella part. Genius on his part to put the others in there to make the harmonies sound like they were better than they were. The others sang on the other parts of the song. Freddy only had 16 tracks back then. He layered the sound. But, after he put so many of the parts together he couldn’t change or add effects once recorded. Where you said it was the best part of the song at the head banging rock part you mentioned the guitar you loved. At that part there were 5 guitars layered on top of each other. Freddy layered not only the voices but the instruments too. On the end of the rocky part where Freddy is belting the rocky part and he says to die. There were two notes on die side by side. It was a disonate.

[@rebeccaquinn3287]

You need to watch all of Wembley in 86....great concert and near the last live concerts.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Definitely will be watching all of the concert and reacting to it! 😁

[@tanya4025]

Yesssir, well said about this greatest song and Queeen😇👍

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Thanks Judes! I'm glad you enjoyed the video 😄

[@kendallneason3645]

Wanna see how Bo Rap was made? Check out Brian May’s explanation on Rick Beato’s channel on KZbin. He explains they used 6 studios and only had a 24 tract machine. No such thing as auto tune or computer stuff. It’s fascinating.

[@beckiramsey9561]

I do love this song, so beautiful!! They are awesome!🔥🔥I really love your reactions, thanks!❤️ I also love what the piano ads to his songs. Another artist I love who did piano that I loved was Billy Joel, when he used to have it in some of his songs! I love all his stuff but especially when he had piano in some!👍

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Billy Joel is an amazing music artist! I'm glad you enjoyed this video 😁 Thanks for watching!

[@carmenalmiron6825]

Resumiendo...QUEEN TBBF AND FREDDIE TBVF...UNDERSTOOD💞

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

🙂

[@jamesmcburnie4605]

This was the first ever Music Video RIP Freddy

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Right?! A music video that resembles history!

[@sheilabell6819]

Love that you did white queen. Please also do March of the Black Queen from the same album.

[@sandrabutler3752]

It's three songs in one as Freddie didn't know what too do with the one's he'd written so put them all together,there's a documentary about how this came about and all the work Freddie did and just how he wanted everything too sound,Dr Brian May who's also now an Astrophysicist hence the Dr you'll find it on KZbin in three parts,the one good thing about this pandemic has meant I can go through all the music from many different artists,films and TV shows I grew up listening to or watching well over half a century ago

[@gracemoe7188]

Great reaction. Pls more queen. Another One Bites The Dust next.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Thanks for your feedback Grace! There's more Queen reactions to come. I'm already working on Another One Bites the Dust 😉

[@barbaramendoza2202]

Queen arranged their own film crew, who usually did sports. The Music people were not happy because they had a “deal” with one particular person for filming. Videos back then were not very creative. This video inspired other bands to be creative and Wueens video helped give birth to MTV. Queen wanted a good quality video to promote their song on TV because they were going on tour, and they always strive for the best. Also, because they multitracked their voices on the song, they could not replicate that choir of voices in a live performance. So onstage they always sing at the beginning, then leave the stage to let the track play the multitracked “Rock Opera” section, and return live for the Rock portion and ending.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Sounds like a fun time performing in their band! They made a smart decision to film the way they did.

[@Arandomperson_online]

Watch Grand FUNK RAILROAD. I’m your Captain

[@pinkey943]

I wish that hair style would come back

[@marysauder4209]

Hair do was the puppy dog ears. Lol

[@pennioltheten6018]

Brian and Roger said it took about 4 hours to shoot.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Which is pretty insane considering regular film productions take at least 6-12 hour days.

[@monhero044]

Lol, Riverdale from behind - like)))) and for Queen - Like. Freddie - the God

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Can't go wrong with Riverdale 😉 Freddy, the God of singing!

[@nickachief]

The man that he just killed was the man his mother thought he was going to be, but he was gay in a muslim comunity so no grand kids for her or beautiful wife for him. to be stoned to death or at least being spat at would of been the normal reaction from that comunity. if you listen again with this in mind you will understand it better. nice to see so many people hearing this for the 1st time. im old & queen were my childhood. thanks for this vid.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Thanks for watching the video reaction :) One of the many reasons I'm making these Queen reactions is so Queen lovers, like yourself, can enjoy another person's viewpoints that hasn't scene the music video before. I'm glad you enjoyed the video reaction :)

[@lollinelson5549]

I'm not sure if you can tell, but you are like 5 times louder than the music. You keep referring to things on the video, but we can't hear the music to understand what you are talking about. I would have really enjoyed it if the music and video were showcased and louder. According to Freddie and Queen (as told in books, by bandmates and interviews, the video took 4 hours to make. They set up some boxes on the side of their studio and filmed.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Hi Lolli. Thanks for your feedback on the audio levels. I'll definitely work on that for my next video reaction. I apologize that you couldn't hear the music as clearly in this reaction.

[@JanS1]

So much talking over the song. Makes me think you're missing important parts. Anyway, 2 years ago. I guess I'm too late ;) Glad you love Queen.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Glad you watched the video 😁

[@SnabbKassa]

It's getting pretty annoying that people didn't see this in the 80s or when it came out

[@mori1bund]

You realize that this came out *before* the internet, even before music video channels like mtv? In fact this was the very first "real" music video in a modern sense. So it wasn't so easy to access like nowadays.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Very true. And music videos are spit out left and right on KZbin, live performances or talk shows, and live stream performances. It's amazing how entertainment has evolved!

[@janetschulman7649]

Your video music cab be a little louder

[@sarahsteele5066]

U need to be careful, how could Queen be using a Bon Jovi vibe. Song is 30 years ago! Bon Jovi has their vibe. You need to start getting educated on your own to be an informed reactor. I'm trying to hang in there with you. Yes you r more sided toward guitar, but don't be discriminating pls.

[@carolcjh8938]

I had to stop watching because of all of your talking. lol How many ways can you say, "Nice?" I do like how into the music you are.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

This video was one of my first reactions for this channel. I invite you to watch a couple more recent Queen reactions and let me know what you think :) Thank you for the feedback!

[@kendallneason3645]

Dude I love Queen. But didn’t hear much. Just you talking. Please stop. Please? I like watching your enjoyment not your voice.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

I appreciate your feedback on this OLD video. My more recent reactions are a little more enjoyable.