Queen: Full Concert Live Aid 1985 (REACTION) AN EMOTIONAL ENDING THAT BLEW ME AWAY

[@jamescrane2156]

There were lot of famous bands performing during this benefit concert, but Queen stole the show.

[@markbanner6473]

David Bowie a music icon and legend himself. Said how am I suppose to follow that. :D

[@hollybeat6901]

Without a doubt, Bowie was great also..really great...this is on a different level

[@unseenmal]

In my opinion, this is the greatest live performance ever given by anyone

[@Sandy-dt2mp]

Absolutely

[@brynhilde8543]

Fucking epic

[@Azathoth256]

Freddy mercury had stage presence to spare.

[@RomseyCC]

Definitely the best live performance of all time. I didn't get tickets to see Live Aid but I watched it on TV that day. When Queen came on they really livened the whole thing up.

[@TheLenyon]

If anyone has done better Id sure love to see it.

[@janedemers9173]

Freddie Mercury is a legend! I am 65 and I still rock my queen every morning in the car. And you can’t listen to Freddie on a low volume. It’s loud. Keep playing Queen and keep Freddie alive. Thanks for a great video!!!!

[@newlife8484]

There's a saying for 20 minutes the UK was ruled by another Queen. Freddie helded the mic in one hand and the world with another.

[@headrushindi]

You wanna talk speechless. I was a young army guy stationed at FT Bragg North carolina the day this concert aired. I was at a buddys apartment . We had had a cookout , and several of us were munching on food , and cutting up when Queen came on stage. Slowly as if by magic when they began the room suddenly fell silent and Freddie had all of our attention . When they were finished, we sat in silence a moment ..no one said a word for what seemed like an eternity...we just looked at each other until one finally spoke up and said ..."Damn.........That was unbelievable...I think I need another beer". Yeah ...This was undoubtedly the greatest live show any band had ever performed. It was said that David Bowie was backstage watching , waiting his turn to come on , and he was heard to say," How the Hell am I supposed to follow that "?!

[@andyallan2909]

Another thing to remember (when gauging the crowd reaction) is that this concert went on for hours and hours. many bands and singers had a slot. That is ... this was not a crowd made up entirely of Queen fans - it was very much a mixture of fans of many genres - which makes their reaction all the more astonishing.

[@lindastodola691]

That sea of people- swaying and rocking with Freddie and Queen!♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@01dazolympia]

The charisma of Freddie is off of the scales

[@debramoore7513]

Freddie prancing out on stage like a thoroughbred ready to run the Derby!! It’s spectacular & Freddie senses the win!! He was so happy & as Roger put it “It was Freddie’s day to shine”. Goosebumps! Never get tired of this performance! 🔥. Oh to be that cameraman during Hammer To Fall. 😀

[@deborahallen3318]

Never, Ever! I've actually lost count and that's OK with me! 🪻🩷

[@joyceharkin3641]

Apparently he was asked beforehand if he was nervous and he said "no darling, I was born to do this!" I don't know if it's true but it is exactly the sort of thing he would have said. 😂

[@stefanhueckelheim]

Freddie was sick at the time of the concert, the doctors advised him not to perform. He later said that singing felt like he was gargling with glass

[@kathleenohare8770]

You discovered Queen, it's never too late, Queen radiates over the decades of music history, their legacy lives and Freddie will live forever in our hearts and ears...no other voice can reach inside and tickle your soul and bring a smile to your face or tear to your eyes

[@m.frazier9952]

Well said Kathleen... I feel the same way! The group was Fantastic weren't they! and Freddie will always be the absolute Best of the Best!!...I.M.H.O....R.I.P. G.O.A.T.!... Thanks for sharing your God given talent with all of us.!

[@deborahallen3318]

Can't say it any better! 👍

[@yenjavellana326]

It’s wonderful to see Freddy Mercury and Queen being discovered and loved all over . Freddy is truly a legend . R.I.P. Freddy : thank you for your legacy and the joy you brought into our lives . 👑❤️❤️❤️

[@johngraham5996]

FREDDIE, there is no Y, and its not freddie mercury and Queen, john, brian and roger were not freddies backing band, they were a four piece band, it was Queen, there is no "freddie mercury and Queen" 🤦‍♂️ 👑✊🇬🇧

[@dianecourtney2724]

Freddie owns the stage ❤️

[@hollybeat6901]

Greatest frontman ever, greatest live performance ever...Freddie was magic!

[@martinfarquhar583]

Possibly the best live performance ever! What a legendary band and front man. FREDDIE!!

[@Anisabell2]

This 20-minute performance is the greatest anyone ever seen...oh, how I wish I had a time machine to be able to go back and see Queen live, and Freddie Mercury's outstanding performances...but I wasn't born yet, damm As they say, these 4 amazing guys stole the show, indisputably stole the show. And by the hand of Freddie Mercury's performance, they went even higher into the stratospheric real of beyond greatness. They were music Gods, and then became Legends...especially Freddie, he's the legend of all Legends...

[@debramoore7513]

I’m reserving a seat for that time machine, Iferana!

[@Anisabell2]

@@debramoore7513 You're definitely in, my dear

[@kathrynmitchell4344]

72,000 in the stadium & millions watching on TV worldwide. I watched at home in Buffalo & it blew me away. I'm 3 yrs younger than Freddie & still love him & them madly.

[@debler]

I never get tired of watchin people react to this... 🎶💗\o/\o/\o/💗🎶

[@nairstudios91]

One of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen.

[@rosaliecaliendo6415]

I never get tired of watching it.♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@andreasmith3230]

Thanks for giving me an excuse to watch this AGAIN. I never get tired of it. And I love seeing younger people discovering the greatness that is Freddie, Brian, Roger, and John. Even after 35 years, this is still considered the best live rock performance of all time.

[@sherryheim5504]

The audience sings every word to every song in this set. Queen Power is a beautiful thing.

[@karenrauch6110]

Did you notice that the moment he started to sing the whole audience was singing along.

[@nairstudios91]

I did! I want to be a part of that crowd.

[@JohnnyLaps]

Yes they were Karen.. every word

[@TheMike_I]

Queen wasn’t even scheduled to perform when the tickets went on sale for this charity event. I remember watching it live at my friends house, it was a real hot summer day.

[@mrk8050]

At the time of Live Aid I was serving in the British Royal Marine Commandos in a refugee camp in Ethiopia. We listened to it on the radio. We were surrounded by the full horror of the Famine, but when Queen came on the radio those poor soles who were there even reacted in a very positive way. I remember that a lot of us Royal Marine Commandos were crying watching some of the children dancing along, I'm teary eyed just remembering. I looked around at men I had fought alongside, who were tough, hardened Royal Marine Commandos who had fought a life and death war against Argentinian's in 82. By the end of Queen's set we were dancing with the children. It went along way to help build their trust in us. The famine is only one of many terrible memories I have from 34 years of active service, and 2 years hospitalisation. But when I remember the smiles on the children's faces, and their laughter at the terrible way we danced always reminds me that humanity will always find it's way through even the worst of times. I only watched it for the first time last year, my son put it on the TV. A lot of memories came back and a lot of tears. My amazing Wife took me to see Queen at Wembley, U.K., in 1986 two weeks after I got back from Ethiopia as a surprise. I saw Queen live 6 times in all, they were incredible live. And yes, I am an old fart.

[@jillosler9353]

The loveliest comment of them all. This was for the innocents starving - but Freddie and Queen made sure in 20 minutes that it would eternally be remembered. From one old fart to another!

[@vickymoffatt2163]

@@jillosler9353 6x I'm so jealous..

[@jodyheigaard9949]

React to the crowd (between 60k & 70k ppl) singing Bohemian Rhapsody before a Greenday concert in Hyde Park in 2017. The song was 42 yrs old at the time & at least 95% of the people hadn't even been born yet.

[@lynnhoffman247]

Lady GaGa got her name from the 2nd song! This is considered the best live performance of all time. Freddie wrote “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” in 10 minutes while in his bathtub. 😂🎶❤️

[@debramoore7513]

Hi Lynn - At the end of Crazy Little Thing Called Love during the outro it sounds like a snippet of Jailhouse Rock. Listen to it & let me know if you here the same thing! Sorry, late to the the reaction!

[@geraldherrmann787]

hey 😀

[@lynnhoffman247]

@@geraldherrmann787 Hey, you 🙃

[@opethdan2408]

@@debramoore7513 Freddy made that song as a tribute to Elvis Presley

[@debramoore7513]

@@opethdan2408 Yeah - I just think it’s clever that in their live performances of this song it sounds like Jailhouse Rock at the end. 🎶🎶 Thank You

[@DonnaleaSpencer]

it might not have been a Queen crowd when it started, but it was sure a Queen crowd when it ended! Freddie Mercury was on fire! pure energy (as always). what a voice. what a musician. forever missed.

[@DeeVet1]

How do you top that? You’re in good company. Both David Bowie & Elton John posed The same question. Bowie told Freddie as Queen left the stage, “You bit*ch, how can I follow that?! Elton said, “those fuc$ers stole the show!!” The other performers stopped and watched from the wings then went into panic mode. Mesmerized. They knew nothing they could do on that stage would top Queen.

[@markbanner6473]

Queen don't mess about!!

[@valerielansford565]

If you really paid attention, you see that Brian May uses 3 different guitars in "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". Starts on an acoustic, changes to a Fender Telecaster, then goes to his handmade Red Special.

[@davidroyston1918]

THE BEST 21 MINUTES OF LIVE MUSIC EVER! QUEEN MADE THE WHOLE THING A SUCCESS! I WATCHED THIS LIVE! ♥♥♥♥♥

[@yenjavellana326]

I love your Queen reactions ; Freddy Mercury and Queen 👑 are truly legendary and it’s wonderful to see them discovered and loved all over . R.I.P. Freddy , thank you for all the joy you brought into our lives ❤️❤️❤️👑

[@larrywt656]

This wasn't even a Queen crowd. Queen was a last minute addition to the show, after all the tickets had been sold. Live Aid was a day-long benefit music festival with MANY acts, each of whom were given a 20-minute set. The day began at London's Wembley Stadium (seen here) and ended at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium (seen in the aerial shot at the very end of this video). During the middle of the day, the show went back and forth between the two venues. There were about 77,000 people at Wembley and over 100,000 at JFK (including me, a 21-year-old college kid at the time...watching this performance from Wembley on the big screens). Freddie was suffering from laryngitis on this day (which is why you can hear his voice crack a few times toward the end) and he was told not to sing that day by his doctors, but he did anyway...and it was a show for the ages!! Freddie completely took the show over and never looked back! David Bowie was backstage waiting for his set. As Freddie walked off stage, David asked him "How the HELL am I supposed to follow THAT!!??" In Philly, we were all hoping something would happen that night on our stage that would top the Queen show, but it didn't. Even the Led Zeppelin reunion with Phil Collins on drums that night was disappointing in comparison.

[@dianecourtney2724]

Love how you react to Queen… showing them respect 😂👍❤️❤️❤️

[@peggyh8937]

Great reaction! I could feel your emotion. Thanks for sharing with us! I never get tired of watching people react to Queen, especially this iconic performance.

[@LizMercury1992]

Yeaahhhh Queen Marathon all the way every day! Thanks for Doing Queen's music bro!

[@nairstudios91]

Can’t sleep on the legends!

[@LizMercury1992]

@@nairstudios91 yeah same... i’m all into queen,never get tired of queen and also to people who react to queen song ... btw night at this concert Bri and Fred came back to the stage to perform “Is this the world we Created?” which is suited for this charity conert😊 check that next time💛

[@picolo4102]

70k in the crowd. 1 billion watching live on tv

[@akpilot9468]

Proud to be one of those 1 billion.

[@sharonroberts4977]

.72 ,000 seated capacity ......one end for the stage ......how many standing on the pitch ?????? WAY MORE than 70 ,000 there that day !!!!

[@cmoeller3]

They estimated 1.9 billion watching on tv

[@christinerobinson3819]

Knew you'd love this. Queen are brilliant live!

[@alethamarsh6583]

Im subbed from day 1 of Queen 😍 most epic performance in history, he had a throat issue so is doctor told him not to perform but he did anyway and they joined last minute this whole crowd was not their Queen crowd and they killed it. I watched a reaction to somebody that was there and they said it was hot there was no water and they had been there for hours before Queen came on once Queen came on the whole stadium change and from there on out they judged all the fans of Queen LOL

[@nairstudios91]

Thanks for the sub. More queen to come!

[@JohnnyLaps]

This was really cool.count me as a new subscriber! Great to see someone of this generation know what Queen brought to the table.

[@susanechevarria4320]

It does my heart good to see your generation finding QUEEN and Freddie Mercury. We had really good music then. Freddie was a showman and he loved the crowd. We lost Freddie way too soon. He died 11/24/1991 just 6 years after LIVE AID. The band is still going strong. YES please keep playing QUEEN.

[@toodlescae]

And to think no one there even knew Queen would be there when they bought tickets. Backstage at least one performer said "how the h*ll do I follow THAT?"

[@nairstudios91]

Had no idea they came out as a surprise.

[@toodlescae]

@@nairstudios91 if I remember right another performer had to cancel and Queen jumped on the opening. Also, Freddie was suffering from throat problems due to illness and his dr advised him not to perform. You see how well Freddie listened...lol.

[@3ScotsInk]

David Bowie, who came on right after Queen and was watching backstage said, "How the HELL am I supposed to follow that?!" Elton John, who'd already done his set, grumbled, "Bastard!" Tongue in cheek-- Elton & Freddie were best buddies. But Bowie & Freddie? Not so much.

[@toodlescae]

@@3ScotsInk thanks. Couldn't remember who it was.

[@Anisabell2]

@@toodlescae Freddie was a true performer and had the utmost respect and love for the fans, and so even with severe laryngitis he didn't care when said not to perform...and the outcome is LEGENDARY!!! As Freddie is a Legend 😎👑👑👑

[@ClassicWorld19]

I was about to say (after seeing your face at the end) "that speechless feeling", just before you said "I'm speechless!" :D

[@arnoldgoldin5535]

82 YEARS OLD AND I JUST FOUND QUEEN, I LOVE THEN AND I WAS NOT A MUSIC FAN

[@dianecourtney2724]

Never too late👍

[@barbaraanne5258]

The absolute best....

[@joyceharkin3641]

After the call and response finished with "All right!" That smile of Freddie's! He knew he had that entire audience in the palm of his hand. He was really enjoying himself.

[@pinkey943]

Takes your breathe away

[@susanengland3919]

You got it exactly right......Freddie always said he didn't consider himself a singer, rather, he was a performer.

[@grahamrobinson9705]

Freddy…literally the champion of the world. RIP 😞

[@susanengland3919]

Not only was Freddie singing with painful nodules on his vocal cords since 1975, he was still recovering from laryngitis when this concert took place. His doctor recommended that he not sing at all, but he ignored the advice and made history.

[@alicefarr3927]

No one will ever be better than A Queen concert. This one is amazing ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@robbie007]

I was there. The greatest concert in my view. Queen were the best.

[@carmenalmiron6825]

Just amazing darling!💞💯💫

[@nielsinelange765]

Great reaction 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 more queen A kind of magic LIVE in wembley 1986 👏🏻👏🏻

[@LMTino]

Not quite the crowd number you estimated (!) but a stellar number - 72,000. Yes, others also sold out BUT this still holds the best rock performance set at a concert...and for a great cause. Remember, it wasn't even their fan base - they were a late addition. But no one left without being one.

[@alicefarr3927]

Most energetic performer ever. Whew. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lindastodola691]

I wish you could go to a concert!!your face is spectacular!! Loving your reactions!

[@annettemoore7264]

Aww the birth of a fan..😍 I remember Freddie dedicating that to all the people who had donated saying Queens contribution was "the least they could do" little realising that long after the money was gone his "contribution" would still have the magic it had back then...RIP Eddie 😔 sorely missed, never forgotten ❤

[@kenbowman4324]

Queen went back to the stadium a year later in 1986 it was Wembley football stadium and that concert was outstanding. Live aid which was the concert you just watched was screened globally to several billion people. Not many people know that queen had just got back together and were a late entry into the live aid concert. Just days before the concert Freddy told the band he had been diagnosed with aids. But this turned out to be a comeback for queen. They also done an open air concert too 250,000 people in Rio. This one in a life time entertainer was nothing short of brilliant in everything he done. 👏👏👏❤️😊

[@michelletammydenney1417]

After Freddie preformed, a prince Donated 1million dollars to Live Aid Which was like 3 million back then

[@susanpierce4880]

You love Queen you need to go to their first big hit, that would be Killer Queen,the song is fantastic!!!!!!!

[@zenaidarivera957]

Keep on this journey... watching to see what’s next our generation will teach you if you’ll allow us. Please love your smoothness and talking. It gives me pleasure to see your beautiful reaction! Keep on exploring Queen you’ll gain a loyal followers.

[@sandrabutler8483]

That's actually not the final song,Freddie and Dr Brian May come back out around 9.45pm The World We Created

[@queenmiriam3058]

Yesss beautiful, hope there will be a reaction to it, perhaps the Wembley performance

[@Scouzeboy]

Greetings from Australia. This is the Best Reaction Video I've seen for the following reason: You made Queen the main focus frame whilst in other KZbin videos, Queen has been in the smaller frame, with the attention going to the reviewer. Thanks for doing that. This is a performance where the whole group gave 100 percent. They went into lockdown for one week to rehearse, and it showed. Whilst other groups just went in without proper rehearsal and because they were doing a charity gig, you could tell that they were below par. The members of Queen had the right mindset because they gave a professional performance, and they knew at this time that it would probably be Freddy's Swan Song. He would have had the diagnosis by this time. This will never be done again. You couldn't get insurance for a gig of this magnitude where there were about 83,000 people in the stadium. This is my era, and I was about your age when Queen were at their height. Queen is probably the best band of all time. Thanks for the video.

[@elliothughes9030]

Freddie knowing he was dying and they weren't even supposed to perform. A last minute addition. I was 14 and my dad taped it on VHS back in the day. Absolutely outstanding from Queen.

[@dannydavis1659]

72,000 people there in Wembley and another 100,000 in Washington. Greatest Live performance of all time in my opinion.

[@sheena9114]

My word I thank you for playing all my fav songs elvis pink Floyd Queen. I have listened for hours to them love your reaction to them. Will continue listening Big Thank You

[@lorilxn1597]

I love the way he engages the crowd 😍

[@charieharvey5567]

There were 72,000 there and Freddie was sick with a throat infection he went against Dr's orders to be there he said his throat felt like he was gargling with crushed glass while singing and he still crushed it they are epic

[@maritzamardones4372]

The Best performance in the history 👏👏🔥🔥❤❤❤❤❤❤❤I love you Freddie

[@JohnnyLaps]

Compare the other artists that day like led Zeppelin Phil Collins and the like they were horrible because they all had to use the same equipment it shows what Queens all about and how skilled they were aside from Freddy completely dominating the show

[@jeanninedoyle9523]

Live Aid used Queen’s sound system and had set limiters on it, when Queen perform, their sound engineer Tripp...increased the level

[@marvalstith2749]

Freddie dashed out - didn't turn his back to the fans til he sat down at his piano. I've watched this hundreds of times perhaps - first time realising his constant attn to them. Freddie was simply the best entertainer.

[@patriciakent6728]

When I was very young I had one of those tiny transistor radios., it was my life..thanks for the play😀😀😀

[@ElissaStark514]

I loved your reaction!

[@rosaliecaliendo6415]

Queen has gone down in music history based on thieirfantastic performance at Live Aid.♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@michelletammydenney1417]

40 percent of the world population Watched live Aid 1.9 BILLION around the world.

[@tracypeterson7787]

Over 200k there. They weren’t expected to steel the show. They did… I miss Freddie. RIP.

[@glendakeating405]

And I was there!! I'm now 71 years old!

[@queenmiriam3058]

Wow, amazing reaction to an epic live event. I really hope you will stay on the Queen train. Many reactors react to Bohemian Rhapsody or We will Rock You, and thats it. They were way to exeptional and diverse imho. I suggest Who wants to live forever live at Budapest. It is from the movie Highlander. Much bless youngman.

[@kathrynmitchell4344]

They called that ' the note heard round the world!' It was: 72,000 on the stadium & millions watching worldwide.

[@alicefarr3927]

Enjoy listening to you 👍

[@lisaargyrou1488]

Wow 🥰 we love you Freddie ❤️

[@josie3028]

I agree with all of you histalent us beyond any other singer ever he us the one and only rver wolked on this planet legend for ever

[@angelmoon1959]

I was there , i love watching the reactions it was a great day

[@susanengland3919]

The crowd response is even more amazing when you consider this wasn't a "Queen crowd", but I think it's fair to say that more than a few were made to be believers after watching their performance.

[@vickymoffatt2163]

They became a Queen crowd for sure..

[@trishc3099]

I'm loving your reactions. You need to come back and do more!

[@barbarabuhrman9584]

Billions of viewers worldwide!

[@lisafromnj2277]

I got to watch this performance on a big screen at jfk stadium in Philadelphia, where I got to see 3/4 of Led Zeppelin at Live Aid

[@JohnnyLaps]

Me too Lisa.. Bensalem pa here

[@sarahjane7865]

Great reaction, thank you!

[@IliaKemp]

72,0000 people at Wembley, another 100,000 in Philadelphia, and 1,2 billion watching on TV globally. The Olympics have 3 satellites...Live Aid had 13. I wasn't a Queen fan at all, but after that day..I was lol! The world for Africa! I remember it was very hot that day in Wembley Stadium July 13th 1985 but it was worth it, best day in my life! 👏👏🇳🇱

[@scottclark7309]

It was pure prefection

[@bjwaugh4294]

I would very much enjoy ur reacting to the entire Wembley 86 concert. All their songs are spectacular over the top, in ur face good. Sure hope u make it happen really looking forward to watching this with u. Also a couple of epic videos u mite enjoy; The Miracle, Invisible Man, Seaside Rendezvous. Tu look forward to ur next Queen reaction. Enjoy. Stay safe.✌

[@faycraggs146]

Lovely reaction mate

[@mariatutunjian3080]

Yes the greatest showman..

[@kleinnel]

Please do the encore Freddie and Brian did that night. "Is this the world we Created?"

[@evawebster7259]

New here. Hi there, love your reactions to Queens' songs

[@4390hoover]

See that tent in the middle of the stadium , I'm 66 now but as a 26 year old I was in that tent as a sound engineer ,I've done some great gigs since but nothing can top that

[@scottclark7309]

On this day Queen had the world in the palm of there hand.

[@barbarabuhrman9584]

72,000 people there! Freddie best frontman ever ❤!

[@lisaargyrou1488]

Wow 🥰 loved your reaction liked already subscribed 😁❤️ Freddie Mercury ❤️