Reaction to QUEEN "A Day at the Races" (Side 1)

[@chuckpearson5537]

Found this album when I was 10, am 61 and still listening. ✌️

[@timnotbrianmay]

"... So unexpected! " Is the PERFECT reaction to LITERALLY EVERY QUEEN SONG!!!!!!!!!!

[@johnsmith-es7zk]

As a Queen fan back in the early days it was the unexpected that thrilled me. Each time a Queen album was released I would buy it and rush home to play it never quite knowing what surprises awaited. It was like opening presents. Never, ever was I disappointed. The sheer variety was astounding but always with that special unmistakable Queen style and sound.

[@kevinanddobby]

Big Queen Fan here from Scotland i have followed them since 1973 im 68yrs old now and listen to Queen every day i like your reactions

[@stephendennis5911]

I've been a fan of QUEEN since 1975 first time hearing killer Queen and I was hooked

[@johngraham5996]

@kevinanddobby, were you at the apollo on sat dec 1st 79? 👑✊🏼🇬🇧

[@cindyclark9619]

Take my Breath away… an amazing song. So glad you enjoyed it.

[@markpruden1957]

Watch the live performance of this song, just the best

[@danmayberry1185]

Beatles, Stones, Queen ... their mid-career albums are impossibly good.

[@dragonmac1234]

It's good to see the younger generation listening to (and appreciating) the music I grew up listening to in the 70's. This and A Night At The Opera are still two of my favourite albums almost fifty years later

[@kevin982]

I am a 55 year old man and the song, you take my breath away, was only brought to my attention about a year ago. It has become my favourite Queen song out of many great Queen hits. Thank you.

[@MegaTempo22]

All the harmonies on "You Take My Breath Away" is all Freddie

[@GreatestFrontman]

Yes they are all Freddie’s vocals 🎶✨

[@Sarvasaha]

Plus Brian's guitar subtly doubling the top line of the harmony. You can hear the sustain - especially on the intro.

[@rcdolphin714]

The emotion in your eyes says it all! This is how I felt hearing these songs for the first time. Perfection!

[@Gr8Buccaneer]

love the base playing at millionaires walz and they mixed it perfectly to hear it clearly

[@RF7FROSCH]

Hello from Germany! Im am 58 and a Fan since 1979. ADATR is one of my 15 Favorit Albums 😏. At side two you can hear Teo Torriatte, another great Song.

[@hollowslayed4979]

Love that you have a smile on your face all the way through. ❤

[@falcon215]

Queen was the first rock band I ever saw live and this 1976 album was the one that tour was promoting. 'Tie Your Mother Down' was a pretty big hit at the time. Saw them again the next year for their 'News of the World' tour. Life was never the same for me lol!

[@CliveBrown-xg7tn]

Love your reactions to queen. I've been waiting for you to do a day at the races for ages. Your great to. And Luv the way you talk.

[@srirahulpremkumar1600]

a masterpiece of an album

[@cindyclark9619]

Millionaire waltz… just a masterpiece!

[@GreatestFrontman]

It truly is a masterpiece ✨

[@JobCannon-j8w]

Verdy bop to Queen on a Friday night to start the weekend is awesome. ❤😊😊

[@tpmartinez]

Another amazing reaction video by the gorgeous Verdy. THANK YOU!

[@Awaken-lj7nc]

I perfectly knew what your reaction to these beautiful songs would be like!

[@marksmodellingmadness]

Wow. It must be a decade or more since I listened to this album and yet it's still all there in my mind- every melody, every harmony and most of the words... such a good album. I must have played it to death in the mid '80's when I first bought it. It still works :)

[@kendallneason3645]

Nice reaction to a masterful album by Queen. Each member was bursting with talent. This album displays such variety and genius. A pleasure to listen to always. Thanks. RIP Freddie Mercury the god of rock.

[@jeffcampbell668]

I'm 58 and Queen has been my love since I was 12. This album in my opinion of all Queen albums is in my top 2. MABEE 1. Cheers from canada.

[@mikewolverton7904]

I've been saying this for over 30 years: Freddie Mercury is the greatest voice in Rock and Roll History and 2nd place isn't even in the same stratosphere as him.

[@waynekerr3598]

I saw Queen live in concert 45 years ago! One of the best shows I’ve ever seen. They were doing their ‘News Of the World’ tour.

[@RomeroCeteraRivers]

Agreed 👍🏻💯

[@juliannetomlinson]

Yes ❤

[@steveb1148]

I love queen (for years they were my favorite), but as Ive gotten older I realize there are so many unique sounds, voice qualities, etc. There is no one greatest of anything. Not trying to take away from Freddie, he was a phenom. Glad to see Verdy react to the whole album - My favorite Queen album. Such creativity and complexity!

[@RomeroCeteraRivers]

@steveb1148 can't wait till she gets into the miracle and innuendo.⚡🤹‍♂️

[@GinMae]

Thanks, Verdy! I first saw Queen in Jan. 1978 when I was 17... they opened with "tie your mother down"... what an amazing experience...(I was in love with Brian and my BFF loved Freddie..sadly, that didn't work out for either of us.. but love is still love even when it's unrequited).. p.s. .. Thin Lizzy opened for them, and I was mesmerized by Phil Lynott.... I just forgot about Brian for a bit.... (I'm glad you listened to the album version... ),...

[@ga41867]

The guitar fanfare before Tie Your Mother down is a song that is on side 2 called White Man.

[@vernhoke7730]

I think one of the best 3 album stretches are "A Day At The Races", "A Night At The Opera", and "News Of The World" by Queen. I've owned them all.

[@bjw0515]

Freddie has a voice that is a league by himself. Pair him in a band with three other standout musicians at their craft and you have the combo to the perfect band, IMO.

[@vovindequasahi]

Great album! My favorite album from Queen is Jazz!

[@seangraham57]

for twists and changes .Queen,the song 'Innuendo'

[@Kuesel68]

One of my fav Queen albums actually (after News of the World and II). It's so great to see your reaction to really good music! I wonder what you will say to side 2 which is even better.

[@EllisThings]

Superb. Every song here is really great but it's almost unfair on the other three that they have to share a side with Millionaire Waltz and You Take My Breath Away lol

[@waynekerr3598]

AV, once again, you are displaying your wonderful sense of music, harmonies, melodies and rhythm. You should be a music producer. ❤ Don’t be afraid to start analyzing song lyrics, too.

[@mikeziegler4785]

A kind-of-forgotten classic.

[@Tyson133__]

Queen live are something different especially in the 70s definitely check them out 👍🙏

[@alejandrosanchez7673]

The Album is a great Classic. One of my favorite.

[@kevinherbert7564]

❤❤❤ her smile is so sweet and beautiful 😊

[@Alesma76erHemerotecaCiclista]

Thank you verdy much for this reaction.

[@waynekerr3598]

Excellent album, Verdy! ❤

[@gerardoaguayozamorano5660]

First of all, Happy New year, young lady!

[@douglasg.9271]

Tie your mother down is such a great rock song. A favorite for my entire life. ❤

[@danmayberry1185]

Tie Your Mother Down - every garage band: Hey! A Queen song we can play!!

[@bartholomewswarmkrunsh3859]

Loving your reaction, can’t wait for side two. In my opinion, whilst A Night At The Opera contained two top tier Queen tracks, Bohemian Rhapsody and Death on Two Legs, I’ve always preferred A Day At The Races as an album. Possibly swayed by it being the first album of theirs I owned. The Millionaire Waltz, You Take My Breath Away, Tie Your Mother Down, and the anthemic Teo Torriatte are all belters and their harmonies were at their best, but not only does it feature Somebody To Love, which I consider an even better song than Bohemian Rhapsody, it has my favourite of all of Queen’s songs, White Man.

[@longfootbuddy]

oh man, i was expecting a night at the opera when i saw this.. guess ill have to wait................................. looks at the clock and then the calendar

[@NI7RO25]

she already done with a night at the opera

[@longfootbuddy]

@@NI7RO25 oh dang, im going to be waiting forever then

[@markharrls81]

What a album…It’s been awhile since I’ve heard it…Whew…Nice choice Kid!!!

[@danmayberry1185]

Brian May: "I get really pissed off that no one talks about Freddy the musician." Brian doesn't swear much, but in that case he was right to.

[@bluebell3720]

Wasn't that Roger

[@danmayberry1185]

@bluebell3720 I heard Brian say it, but they all probably did. He reportedly got these beautiful piano phrases in his head and knew exactly how to use them.

[@localfindsaudio2296]

YTMBA was ALL FREDDIE!

[@pbrooks4040]

guitar magic by our resident PhD rock physicist, Brian May!

[@treetopjones737]

A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races are two albums they named after Marx Bros. films.

[@SCHHHa]

This is their las album of their 'first ages'.. you're going to introduce yourself into their 'experimental ages' witch gone between the 1977 to 1982.. I like this album..

[@JoeThornhill]

Didn't they play 'Tie your mother down' at Live Aid?

[@jamesmcguinness7578]

Freddie has a brilliant and powerful vocal range making him the greatest vocalist of all time but the falsetto vocal you hear especially on the seventies album releases were by Roger Taylor.

[@dcmphotog8452]

Tie Your Mother Down is my favorite Queen song. And you must be a lefty based on how you play air guitar.

[@steevepartouche5406]

Thank you Verdy ❤ This album marks the end of this fabulously rich and talented period. Queen 2, 3, 4 and 5. News of the world will be a radical break. No more opera, vocal and musical flights of fancy. Simpler, shorter songs. 😔

[@smoothmove7566]

Hi little duderette. :) I think it would be awesome if you did the entire Pulse concert from Pink Floyd. :)

[@RoverWaters]

no synth keyboard was used in the making of this album

[@santielieben]

I'm the 600th "like" 😊

[@samuelharvey3496]

If you can't dance to 'tie your mother down' then you ain't no friend of mine :)

[@Conosur04]

Please react to David Bowie's "Moonage Daydream" live in 1973.

[@blastingweevil2968]

that gutair riff in tie your mother down.. sickest riff you will ever hear...

[@bs-jh8bd]

это искусство высочайшей пробы!

[@celt67]

"Races" was usually regarded by many as the ugly sister of "A Night At The Opera"....but recently, on relistens, I prefer it.

[@kuntumlaleanqueezer]

❤❤❤❤

[@pauljmn9135]

when did Verdy grow up?

[@flea1972]

👍✌️🤟🤘

[@diegocastillo5088]

Sos hermosa ❤❤❤❤❤

[@marcosstrong]

"The Millionaire Waltz" was intended to be the new "Bohemian Rhapsody," but the biggest hit from this album was "Somebody to Love" instead. Everything Queen did until "The Game" album was simply perfect. They lost their edge a little bit after they switched from rock to the pop genre.

[@oscarwinningcritic]

Hi

[@RedVynil]

You're enjoying this too much. Cut it out! As for the harmonies on the 2nd song, that was the whole band (or at least 3 of them) singing various harmonic lines multiple times Just piano; on all of their first 5 or 6 albums, it'll say somewhere on the cover that they use no synthesizers. I think "Jazz" might've been the first one where they included synths.

[@bluebell3720]

Take your breath away was just Freddie

[@taylortyler1867]

I think Roger should've been lead singer on "Tie Your Mother Down". His voice is more suitable for the harder rock songs. (like "Modern Times Rock & Roll") Can't Wait for you to do "News of the World", my favorite Queen album. I think you're gonna love "It's Late".

[@Danielik25]

No

[@martinwhite3559]

Do you ask Freddie to step aside, I think not.

[@taylortyler1867]

@@Danielik25 Yes

[@chelz1972]

Freddie's voice is more powerful, hard hitting, laser like power

[@timnotbrianmay]

Probably! But, as they always did, and as should be, they always use the very best/perfect person for EVERY PART!

[@ianhampton1208]

So disappointed. Saw the headline "A Day At The Races" and thought great, she's going to react to that great Marx Brothers film. But no, it's just some lame album by that God awful band Queen. I'm out.

[@martinwhite3559]

Tell us what you are really thinking, mate. If you don't like Queen, then so be it, but we don't need your negative energy here.

[@ianhampton1208]

Are you Verdy's comment police ? I have been enjoying this young ladies comments for a while now and don't always comment, but felt I had to on this. After a lot of promising rock stuff from the 70's, I just find it disappointing when she dips into the pop World. She'll be doing ABBA and the Carpenters next.

[@CliveBrown-xg7tn]

Goodbye 🤗🤗

[@ianhampton1208]

Goodbye, don't let the door hit you on the arse on your way out. I'm sticking around , hoping for better things.

[@SimonT-xo7qf]

Stick to films. You obviously know nothing about music.