Queen - White Queen - A Night At The Odeon - Hammersmith

[@anitapaulus937]

This was Christmas Eve, they had a toast. One of their best performances!

[@sallymj5588]

The instrumental is amazing! They are truly genius.

[@janetschulman8998]

My absolutely favorite live performance. The instrumental is mind blowing.

[@itsjustmeMaryAnn]

If this were the only song Queen ever made they would still be my #1. Makes my heart feel like it’s going to explode. Thank you for the reaction.

[@dianecourtney2724]

I agree

[@richlisola1]

I couldn’t have said it better myself-My favorite single Queen live performance. Peak skill, peak Queen. All members firing on all cylinders. This performance is a magic moment, time locked.

[@dianecourtney2724]

My second song in my Top Five Queen List and any Queen fan knows how difficult the list is to actually have !! . Always have goosebumps and almost cry each time ( I’m just weird … if I love something I tear up 😂 ) This is THE VERSION to always play !

[@debramoore7513]

Right?? 😢💦

[@deboraclark5791]

I love this song live at this concert, it's the most beautiful version.

[@monicaandmindy]

Love this so much ❤ pure awesomeness 😊

[@barbaraaschwingelswihart572]

I have a grandson who left for Penn state and I love queen and now he plays every instruments. He loves queen. I’m 73 and when I’m gone , I have no doubt he will carry queen to any children he may have. He has a Louie Armstrong award and money to further his music. Plays starting with all the saxes. Therefor his award. But at one time he even had queen curtains lol! Has every album. Now has a band , young The 7 degree brass band he’s the bari player. But anyway I have no doubt queen will be here for a long time. I’m glad to see some of the rappers check out older music

[@debramoore7513]

You must be very proud .. Love, A Grandma, too! ❤

[@TammyDenney]

I have been watching you from the beginning of Queen and Live Aid with you. Your just Adorable. Every song has been your favorite. I love love watching you. Too cute😆

[@RichardLaurence]

I was at this concert, sitting up in the balcony with John’s mum and his sister. I could feel the balcony moving up and down when the rocking songs were played!

[@lindamaclellan4899]

So happy you reacted to this song again, Rory! This is the song that started it all for me - imo, one of Brian's many masterpieces. EXQUISITE!! I remember in the mid-1970s being at a friend's home...she had bought the album, Queen II...it was playing in the background...I hadn't heard Queen...at the time, they hardly got any air time on the radio in the USA. I remember thinking "oh WOW, who is QUEEN?" I bought that album...played it hundreds of times. This remains one of my all time favorite songs from that album which is loaded with great songs - Seven Seas of Rhye, March of the Black Queen, Father to Son, etc. From then on, I wanted to see them in concert...sooo fortunate that I was able to do that just a couple of times. The way this band performs onstage was pure MAGIC to me. And what can I say about Freddie that hasn't been said before? That VOICE...always #1 in my book! Thanks Rory.

[@GinMae]

Thanks, Rory! this is one of my favorites... the entire BAND was astonishing.. you will hear each of their contributions.. I especially love the interplay with Brian on guitar and Fred on keys.. Brian wrote the song, BTW... like your reactions!

[@peggyh8937]

Thanks, Rory! That's my all-time favorite Queen song/performance. The instrumental interlude is my favorite part. Great reaction.

[@labird1994]

Freddie Mercury was a very charismatic artist he connected with the public and showed the best of him, not all the singers are like him , they simply sing the song and after they finish, they leave . But he did not, he was a truly showman. Be patient with Nala Rory she's a puppy therefore she's playful and rascal, when she'll grow up she will be more peaceful, thanks for the reaction. Greetings from🌹👍👌🎸🎹🐕

[@Baldrick_dogsbody]

Thats cos he was a useless rubbish creep. Its mostly women such as yourself that like him. As can be seen from the comments below. Men can see right through him. And we know he was a useless tosser who pretended to be tough, but actually was a scared little boy who failed to fit in british society . Faked his way through with a pretentious english accent with poor grammer. Easy knock out with my tiny finger.

[@kendallneason3645]

One of my favorites. I’m a Queenie. I watch you and your puppy Nala. I’m one of your American grandmothers Lol 😂

[@antsmith8588]

For me this is one of my top 5 queen live tracks from the early days

[@anniegetchergun]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! You made me shed a little tear. This version is perfect - Brian's guitar in perfect sync with Freddie's piano on this version - and as for Roger and Deacy, well what is there to say....the more you hear this performance the more you hear how perfect it is.

[@dianecourtney2724]

TY Annie 🌹

[@Baldrick_dogsbody]

Thats cos freddie was a useless rubbish creep. Its mostly women such as yourself that like him. As can be seen from the comments below. Men can see right through him. And we know he was a useless tosser who pretended to be tough, but actually was a scared little boy who failed to fit in british society . Faked his way through with a pretentious english accent with poor grammar. Easy knock out with my tiny finger.

[@laurawatters914]

Thank You Annie!! I think you put a smile on Rory face!! 😊💓🤘✌️

[@anniegetchergun]

@@laurawatters914 Thank you Laura🐾❤️x

[@debramoore7513]

Truly, one of the most beautiful songs ever performed!! I’ve been binge-listening to the studio version of White Queen & fallen in love with the song all over again! Good ol’ Brian composing his feelings & thoughts for his White Queen from Biology class .. oh how she must’ve smitten him! 🧝🏻‍♀️🌟✨

[@sherryheim5504]

This is my very favorite live Queen performance, perhaps my favorite live performance ever. They all brought their "A Game" for this one. ...and that guitar, holy $h**! It powers right through me every time, rattles my soul. Brian wrote this beautiful song. You and the cameraman need to be fired. Not once does the camera go to Brian as he is absolutely shredding the guitar lines and even you failed to mention him. Sigh..The screaming, crying and wailing guitar is my favorite part of this performance, I get chills every time. Freddie is sort of supporting the guitar or at least playing back at it.

[@richlisola1]

The interplay between Freddie on piano and Brian on guitar-Flawless. Both masters. Freddie seemed possessed on the keys, and this is one of Brian’s best guitar solos. A prime example of a song that was truly lifted from good to perfect by the live performance.

[@Danielik25]

This live version is much more better than studio version, for sure , more interesting, in perfect sync, brilliant

[@robertacolarette1594]

I can’t believe you’re doing this. This song is so amazing from Queen. I was so taken with it the first time I heard it. It’s like medieval. It feels like a gothic tale from a roving minstrel. Such atmosphere. And of course Freddie’s voice just blows me away. I feel the same way you do about this.

[@richlisola1]

This is my favorite single live Queen performance of all. This song, that show. White Queen, Live at The Hammersmith 1975. Their peak skill.

[@marvalstith2749]

Another outstanding Queen instrumental with Freddie's sterling vocal accompaniment.

[@Melissa02891]

You get sucked in by the instrumentals and Freddie's incredible vocals and think this is perfect and then Freddie sits down at his piano and takes it all to another level. I love the way he plays it. Definitely one of my favorite early Queen videos. 👑

[@laurawatters914]

Freddie's vocals oohh my goodness right straight to my heart and soul! That was absolutely beautiful performance!! Awesome reaction Rory, i love your reactions!! And Thank You Annie and congratulations adopting Rory as your grandson, he has a wonderful heart and awesome music lover!! 😊💓🤘✌️🌹

[@imgoodatmoaning9561]

I love everything about this performance. I wonder why they didn’t show more of Brian though. His guitar sound was a highlight in this song so you would have expected the camera to be on him more.

[@carolyndanielson9584]

I love both versions, but slightly love the Rainbow '74 version more for that very reason; you get to see everyone during the passionate instrumental interlude. Heck, I watch them both more than I'd care to admit! 🔥 ♥ 🔥

[@sharonallforloveandpositiv5497]

This is my favourite version of the song. I like this Live version better than the studio version. Freddie's voice is exquisite....just beautiful. And the musical interlude is beyond amazing...the guitar and the piano literally talking to one another... this gets your heart and soul. They tell the story all on their own....then the drums come in...softly, just there....enough to hear the beats... They were so practiced which is why their performances were pretty much perfect. Freddie's look is so beautiful and you can see his Persian ancestry in those eyes and sharp jaw line.

[@dianecourtney2724]

Love your comment

[@mmaloneym]

I can be your other grandma. Call me Nana! Lol. This is the one I’ve been asking you to do. It’s the best of any of their lives of this song. This was their XMas Eve televised by BBC. It was right after they blew up releasing Bohemian Rhapsody only a month or so earlier. The music and the voice - LIVE blows me away every time I see it. So glad you experienced this. You heard it while doing the album and saw it when you did a concert of theirs, but never like this one!!

[@treasuretrove7081]

the performance at the rainbow gig in '74 was equally good , Queen at their best in my opinion , 1973-76 is their heyday for me !

[@anniegetchergun]

That really was a great gig - but I have to disagree about White Queen. The instrumental section wasn't as tight in 1974. They perfected it by 1975. But we all have our own take on things:)

[@valeriedonaghy701]

This live performance is my favourite, you get lost in the performance, I love it ❤

[@bettybaby63]

Awwww way to go Annie This one never gets old.

[@aukebakker887]

Did you know that brian made the guitar sound from clean, in the verses, to distorted in the choruses, just by putting up the volume on his guitar. That's the genius of VOX amplifiers! After the first verse you can see bri put up the volume with his hand. Watch it again! :)

[@dropzone9639]

Freddie could sing the alphabet and it would be epic❤❤ This is an early masterpiece!!!! Bravo❤

[@DukeEnlil]

Also You should react to some early live video concerts...Live In Houston 1977, Earls Court 1977, Hyde Park 1976 and there is some live video compilation from Live Killers tour 1979!

[@kuntumlaleanqueezer]

❤❤❤❤

[@marciebulsaraorcutt]

One of Freddie’s ALL TIME BEST performances!!! (While I think that Queen’s shows at the Rainbow in 1974 and the Odeon Hammersmith in 1975 are equally iconic… for this particular song, this 1975 performance is the ABSOLUTE BEST.)🥰

[@anniegetchergun]

Certainly is!

[@patriciakent6728]

I just heard Queen and my son's truck radio maybe that's why he doesn't get play near as good as TV I still love Freddie❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sandyschoenberger6980]

Love this song 😊❤

[@LMTino]

Today, 04 August 2023, FREDDIE MERCURY: A WORLD OF HIS OWN opens at Sotheby's London Auction House. The exhibition features 1500 items from his home at Garden Lodge (now online by Lot #). Really an exquisite collection - all had remained there since his passing, suspended in time. Mary Austin expressed she needed to get her matters in order and knowing Freddie loved Sotheby's, thought that a good match. WILL YOU BE OUR EYES AND VISIT IN PERSON? Free to the public (see online details) through his birthday 05 September. After that, three LIVE auctions, three ONLINE auctions. To know the house has been emptied feels to be another final curtain. Who can imagine that house without his presence. Saw a tiny teaser exhibit in NYC which included his handwritten lyrics for BoRap. Goose bumps.

[@LMTino]

WHITE QUEEN is stunning and grateful for this video. FYI I- believe Freddie's outfit is among many classics within the exhibition. It is the private life of someone publically revealed in one breathtaking sweep.

[@anniegetchergun]

I find this really sad. But I guess Mary wanted to be able to be in control of Freddie's possessions and to know what happened to them rather than leave everything to the wolves after her death. I still think of her as the young Mary with the eternally young Freddie but of course she's now 72 ....

[@lindamaclellan4899]

I saw an article about this exhibit with a photo of Freddie's handwritten lyrics for BoRap. I noticed that the title for this song he originally had - then crossed out - was "Mongolian Rhapsody". Can you imagine if we were still listening to a song called MongRap??? LOL.

[@dianecourtney2724]

@@anniegetchergunMary knew what Freddie wanted and she does that for him

[@celiamolina-rg7cr]

This a masterpiece written by Mr Sir Brian May, but Mercury adopted this song as a child and put all his love and soul in his interpretations, even in the way he play the piano. All the band members were very talented and very good in this one. Mr Brian was awesome with the lyrics and guitar solo, Deacon was very good playing the guitar with Mr Brian as a unison playing in the solo part. Roger was fantastic with the drums in a softer tone. All of them showed their talents and individual capabilities as great musicians.

[@sandrabutler8483]

Have you seen the auction which will take place next month, they have an exhibition in London at the moment of over 1500 items stage and private at the auction house in Bond Street from now until next month

[@1031irishqueen]

I really like "My Fairy King" also...❣️

[@jamalicon1]

His pretending to be drunk singing. It sounds nice. Beautiful drunk style singing in the beginning

[@laurawatters914]

👋 Nala 🐕😊💓🤘✌️

[@lyna4873]

Freddie Mercury sang an absolutely stunning intro on the Billy Squier song Love is the Hero--need to pick the correct version of the song--amazing vocals from 1986.

[@bjw0515]

I love the song but especially this performance! The musical interlude in the middle is absolute fire. It is like a conversation between the instruments. Queen live is a whole different thing. There are several official video's that are killer but I prefer Queen live.