Teen Reacts To Queen - Killer Queen!!!

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[@JacobBailey]

This is an insanely good song. Everything about it. Just brilliant. The piano and guitar work and, of course, the vocals.

[@ericwilliams1031]

Brian May built his famous guitar from scratch out of fireplace wood with his father. He always has his own unique tone.

[@sherryheim5504]

I love this song, it is perfection in every way. Live Queen is always outstanding but so are the studio versions. My favorite live Queen is "White Queen" live at Odeon, Hammersmith, 1975 also "Somebody to Love," live at Montreal 1981. Both of those performances will blow your mind, you will love them. They are perfection by every band member. Thank you for your reaction.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Even if you have heard it in passing before, I bet you would love Fat Bottom Girls. The song, I mean. It's funny as hell and it really rocks. It's just so good.

[@rogervondrasek5677]

Hey, maybe he likes a like junk in the trunk also. F B G should be paired with Bicycle Race.

[@rhondapease8516]

In addition to all the great comments I suggest you listen to and/or watch their studio songs first. Then watch their live concert in Montreal 1981 and be blown away with their perfect and exciting live performance. Then finish it off with their Live Aid appearance in 1985. I can't pick out a favorite song because their songs are so diverse and fun, but I am partial to "Somebody to Love".

[@keymack2477]

Thank you for the reaction Silas! Queen is one of the most amazing bands with four very talented musicians coming together to change music forever! My recommendation would be to react to the first three albums, a track at a time, because each is brilliant and rarely reacted to. Start with track one from Queen I and go on to Queen II and Sheer Heart Attack! That was you can see how the band progressed from their earliest days together. When you get to "White Queen" (it's on Side White of Queen II) be sure to look for the live version from the Hammersmith Odeon 1975. You can find live versions of many early songs from that concert or The Rainbow 1974! The journey will be very worth it, Silas!!!

[@sharonhalliday3180]

Excellent recommendations.. Do watch the videos if available. Visualization inhances the song and helps to get to know the musicians. There was a good one that accompanied this song.

[@taylortyler1867]

"It's Late" is my second favorite by Queen. "News of the World" is my favorite album by them. Covers about every genre. Another great album is "Eliminator" by ZZ Top. Billy Gibbons is one of my favorite guitarists.

[@Trailerparkrock]

Night at the opera or day at the races albums ..great songs on both

[@79BlackRose]

A Day At The Races album is their best mid 70s album IMO. It starts with an absolute banger: Tie Your Mother Down.

[@fredzegelien9101]

Somebody to Love - Live in Montreal 1981 - will blow you away.

[@TheMartinChronicles]

Im sure you've heard it but Don't Stop Me Now is really well know and *tons* of fun. 🙂

[@StanleyKuo184]

There is only one word to describe this song: PERFECTION

[@nicobaldassarre2272]

Somebody to love, live in Montreal, 1981. Now!

[@nathans3241]

A good Queen album to listen in its entirety is, 'A Night at the Opera.' From beginning to end the album kicks ass. Three songs in a row I used to listen to is DEATH ON TWO LEGS, LAZING ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON, and I'M IN LOVE WITH MY CAR (Sung by Roger Taylor). Of course, Bohemian Rhapsody is on that album too.

[@astraboots]

I think you'll enjoy Fat Bottom Girls the live version at the bowl Milton Keynes. Somebody to love live Montreal HD. There are so many enjoy the journey. Lovely reaction to such a legendary band

[@Topshaman-pk2rx]

Sheer Heart Attack is my favourite Queen album. You should review the whole album, as well as Queen 1 and Queen 2. I saw Queen live in 1974 just before this album was released. They were supporting Mott the Hoople at the time. I love every track on this album, but you must particularly listen to the guitar solo on Brighton Rock.

[@lindsaycrellin4588]

The high notes are the drummer Roger Taylor x

[@DylansPen]

Yeah Freddie Mercury was off the charts good. The word great even struggles to describe him.

[@rebeccarockchik6704]

Stone Cold Crazy Fat Bottomed Girls *Somebody to Love, 1981 live in Montreal Don't Stop Me Now just to name a few. ✌❤ *The Somebody to Love performance is one of the best live performances ever and up there with the Live Aid performance.

[@79BlackRose]

Always best to hear the studio version first. A Day at the Races is their best album IMO.

[@rebeccarockchik6704]

@@79BlackRose thats usually what I say too but that performance speaks for itself. I usually don't even watch the live vids but love this one.

[@79BlackRose]

@@rebeccarockchik6704 That's fair enough. I think the live version is much less enjoyable for me because it lacks the layered harmonies of the original. Just my personal opinion.

[@rodb9275]

Queen should always be live. I don't say that often, if ever.

[@DonnaleaSpencer]

This song should be paired with the Queen Official Video (if only to see young Freddie wearing his wonderful fox fur jacket). Mimed for Top of The Pops so soundwise it is this studio version.

[@jeffyoung9341]

Queen Somebody to Love…live in Montreal…… Queen live at their finest…

[@dafmor]

For more of this sort of twiddly prog thing - check out the albums 'Queen', 'Queen 2', and 'Sheer Heart Attack' (their first three albums)

[@patricktilton5377]

The song is about a high-price call-girl -- one who's probably worth every penny. You should do "Now I'm Here" from the same (3rd) album SHEER HEART ATTACK.

[@georgechristianjr]

1 of my fav Queen songs ❤

[@jeffazi]

The entire Sheer Heart Attack album is incredible.

[@jacobscreek1000]

Check out more of theirs inc 'Flick of the Wrist' and 'Seven Seas of Rye' from same era

[@SonomaBill1]

Now try to imagine a world where your only exposure to music is what can be found on the radio (and there isn't any other choice) . . . . and THIS comes onto top40 radio formats in the midwest in 1974. welcome to my world.

[@philipdickey6460]

Queen is a great group, and sometimes their songs can touch the heart, such as on the album Night At The Opera, a song called 39

[@jhschmidMD4]

Check out March of the Black Queen from the 2nd album (Queen II).

[@randyhochstein8455]

My favorite little known fact about Queen is that guitarist Brian May is not only a world class musician, but he’s also an Astro Physicist who has done consulting work for NASA. 🚀🛰🛸

[@rosuobs3972]

Silas, I don't understand how you aren't watching the live version mate !!!!, its all about the performance, please do the live stuff !!!!!

[@ronaldelliott4373]

This is the album to latch on too. It’s a great place to start, as it’s the record that broke them out. 🤘😎

[@dianecourtney2724]

Brilliant song written by Freddie Mercury in his 20’s. You might say Queen were highly sophisticated musical geniuses and just kids. There’s so much fabulousness for you to hear I don’t know where to begin. They are almost always best Live. You could start with Bohemian Rhapsody ( the original video a great place to start ) the Somebody to love ( Live in Milton Keynes OR Live in Montreal ) By then you ‘ll be madly crazy in love with Queen and sorry you were born too late 😂😂 Have fun ✌🏼

[@phillipharrison7283]

Hey Silas, that album logo for 'Sheer Heart Attack' is the one directly before 'Night at the Opera' from which Bohemian Rhapsody comes. These 2 albums were their first huge commercial successes. No filler on either and for that matter not on any of the albums which I have of Queen. You should check out this one first I reckon 'Brighton Rock' will knock your socks off, and with 'Stone Cold Crazy' we'll witness you break your chair. 🤣 Not joking✌😁

[@kjg2266]

You should check it out Queen at Live Aid 1985. It's about 20 minutes long. Anybody will tell you Freddie Mercury was the greatest frontman of all time, and if you watch this I'm sure you will agree. Rip Freddie Mercury

[@andreakormosnekacso4804]

That chorus means 1 person only, Freddie was harmonising with himself. Killer Queen was one song which was really out of the format that I usually write in, said Freddie in a 1974 interview. „Usually the music comes first, but the words came to me, and the sophisticated style that I wanted to put across in the song came first. No, I’d never really met a woman like that. A lot of my songs are fantasy.” I wrote it in one night. „I scribbled down the words in the dark one Saturday night and the next morning I got them all together and I worked all day Sunday and that was it.”

[@TerryKrysinski]

Silas-- Queen was a rock band for the first 3 albums. They started getting more varied by Night At The Opera album (Bohemian Rhapsody). Any of the first 4 albums would be killer to do full reactions to. Dive in! Terry K.

[@georgechristianjr]

Love of my life AMAZING song MUST listen

[@christopheradams4418]

You should do the entire album Night at the Opera. It will blow your mind

[@bartholomewswarmkrunsh3859]

Probably the singles you’ve heard, but there’s a lot of excellent stuff on their first five albums - Queen / Queen II / Sheet Heart Attack / A Night At The Opera / A Day At The Races / White Man of the latter album is my fave all time song of theirs, as albums to listen to I strongly recommend these five, I feel it’s their best output (side one of their debut album is awesome) and on the second and third albums the songs sometimes run into each other.

[@sarahlynnie2000]

You just described every member of the band! John Deacon-Bass, Sir Brian May- guitar, Roger Taylor- drums, and of course “Sir” Freddie with lead vocals! GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME! RIP Freddie!

[@YourBeingParanoid]

My new purple shoes, are amazing the people next door ...

[@PanarchyInTheUK]

As you're a fan of longer tracks I think you'd really enjoy a couple of other tracks from Sheer Heart Attack - Now I'm Here and Brighton Rock 🎸

[@ericrussell8463]

MY FIRST QUEEN SONG BACK IN THE DAY LOL!!!!!!! I WAS MAYBE 12 LOL

[@loadedorygun]

Very first queen song I ever heard. Album had just come out, my neighbor across the way who was 3 years older had it. He thought he was so classy lol. But man it’s a hell of a song. Very fussy and prim lol but with a queen’s taste, of the Freddie variety.

[@Terri6868]

Hey I’m a new subscriber. Suggest “Save Me” live @ Montreal. This song is the one that hooked me on Queen. 💯

[@robinbeers6689]

My two suggestions would be Melancholy Blues and Don't Stop Me Now

[@itchyandred4131]

This is my favorite Queen song✌️

[@rebeccadimashdear4ever844]

Queen is the best band with an amazing frontman Freddie Mercury! The GOAT!

[@debramoore7513]

Killer Queen is about an expensive call girl 👠👠💄💋🗝💘 😂😂Good ol’ Freddie who looks fabulous in that fur coat!! How about SOMEBODY TO LOVE & PLAY THE GAME live in Milton Keynes!!

[@xlerb_again_to_music7908]

One of the most awesome songs (by any band) is Queen's _The Prophet's Song_ . Start of Side 2 "A Night at the Opera". Very impressive; hardly ever reviewed - perhaps as its a bit complex??

[@davidfinnell1660]

You should watch their Live Aid concert. You get to see Freddie in action. Considered to be the performance that made them worldwide superstars.

[@debjorgo]

Not really. Queen already had at least 10 top 40 hits, two number 1s. All of their hits were prior to the concert. They were one of the biggest stadium rock bands touring in the 80s. Their greatest Hits album was already a multi-platinum seller. Many people rate their performance in Live Aid to be the best performance ever, and it put Queen back at the top. But they were already huge before the show.

[@bobtedeman5975]

Great music on News of the World album. Sheer Heart Attack ... great start

[@Yali05]

More queen please,they are great 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@LMTino]

The studio video with this song was done for the Brit show TOP OF THE POPS. Really hit their stride with this - witty lyrics, charming, complex musically...st'yle. That was the Queen calling card...along with 4 gifted musicians making one sound. Don't know your age but suspect SHEER HEART ATTACK (Queen official lyric video to really hear the lyrics) will speak to you. Trust me, the gems are waiting for you!

[@LeroyBrown84]

MORE QUEEN 👑😊

[@cherylalexander1948]

You should definitely check the Queen catalog. The band, composed of four college educated members, all wrote songs, crossing all music genres. Must see, listens are the live performance of Somebody to Love from their concert on Montreal, the live performance of Who Wants to Live Forever from the concert in Budapest. You must see their live performance at the Live Aid concert. Freddie is considered the best rock frontman of all time. Also good listens would be I'm Going Slightly Mad, Innuendo, The Show Must Go On.

[@SWLinPHX]

Please check out "Mustapha", one of my favorite non-hit single album cuts from Queen.

[@dcfan2020]

You better do the whole "Sheer Heart Attack" album. "Brighton Rock" & "Tenement Funster" are on fire. Please do three songs at a time to finish in 4 days.

[@susanengland3919]

If you want to give yourself a real treat, watch Queen at Live Aid 1985. Many people consider it the best set in rock history. The movie Bohemian Rhapsody has some great music in it, but it isn't very factual. The movie writers added a lot of their own drama to make a "better" movie.

[@SafezoneExpert]

Hey Silas, great to watch your reaction and comments on those classical rock anthems. You remind me a little bit of myself as I was at your age and collected all the vinyl albums of those heroes of rock history. Please do My Sharona - The Knack, Boys are back in town - Thin Lizzy, Ides of march - Vehicle, Night Owls - Allman Brothers Band, Starrider - Foreigner, Silence and I - Alan Parsons Project, Turn me loose - Loverboy, The Flyer - Saga, Bat out of Hell - Meat Loaf, Girl goodbye - Toto, Seek and you will find - Gino Vanelli .... I also could imagine you will like Psycho Circus by Kiss, Greetings from Germany :)

[@79BlackRose]

Thanks for recommending Thin Lizzy, as they are chronically underrated. They toured America with Queen in 1977. What a double header!

[@bigdave1302]

You seem to love the guitar so check out Brighton Rock, from the same album as Killer Queen.

[@maryadamec124]

Hey Silas... Liked "Killer Queen" eh?? Maybe, try Brian May's solo guitar works, like "Last Horizon" or the greatest finger-picking "Resurrection" or maybe just a cool 12-string acoustic "Another World" or my fav "Nothin' But Blue", a song he wrote the night Freddie died, or one many people say is the most beautiful song ever written, "Bijou"... blessings. P.S. If that's not enough, you might try "Dream of Thee", a soundtrack for a French movie he did back in 1998, or "Holy Man", a collaboration with the late, great Taylor Hawkins of a Dennis Wilson (beach Boys fame) song... enjoy!

[@stevehoward677]

Do some Bob Seger..try Roll me away, Breakdown Shakedown, Turn the page....most underrated greatest Hall of fame rocker ever from Detroit. Probably the best live performances ever. Make sure to listen to the lyrics to his songs. .

[@stefanboskovic4724]

So much good stuff to discover from Queen. You should do the studio version of Somebody To Love, then the live version from Montreal in 1981. Awesome

[@billyt7081]

Excellent Choice - Can't Go Wrong With QUEEN. Your idea of their LIVE stuff sounds good. Brian May = Sweet & Unique Guitar Sound. My recommendation would be: the Studio Version of the song "It's Late" from the Album "News of the World", it's a sleeper with some up-outta-your-chair guitar sounds.

[@msteve777]

I am subscribing because I like your energy on the queen reaction. Lot of bands but you got to do queen a couple of times a week AT LEAST. Do the titles you recognize first. But Required listening is the full 20 minute set at LIVE AID and Somebody to Love at Montreal 1981. (To best of my recollection, queen videos aren’t blocked)

[@therealxunil2]

LIVE AID. LIVE AID! Live aid!

[@Straydogger]

Try "Brighton Rock" from these guys. Killer!

[@deboraclark5791]

Oh do Stone Cold Crazy live at Hammersmith it's great.

[@placerpacklifeppl5842]

If you like piano, listen to some Bruce Hornsby… start with The Valley Road…

[@clarenceflam]

I highly recommend you do their songs in release order. Each song they have created are not the same as the other and their evolution of creating incredible music is unrivalled in my mind. Another option is to watch the songs they released that they played on set of 'Live Aid' in 1985 which is considered the best live performance of all time...the set list is Bo Rap, Radio Ga Ga, Hammer to Fall, Crazy little thing called Love, We will Rock you and We are the champions. Listen to the songs before you hit the footage, you will not be disappointed. Welcome and enjoy the Queen journey...

[@billymcintosh888]

Somebody to love live Montreal 1981brilliant band live ,

[@JohnSmith-oe4ci]

snare drum ?

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury in that movie. I don't know if you ever saw the television series Mr. Robot, but he is the lead character in that and that was his breakout role that got him noticed. If you haven't seen it, it's really worth a watch, it is so good. This song is one of the first 45 RPM records that I ever bought as a kid. Along with ABBA SOS and Yellow Submarine by the Beatles with Ringo singing.

[@mikew9999]

Queen did the soundtrack to the 1980 movie version of Flash Gordon. It was a cornball movie that was so bad, that it was good. The soundtrack is pure cheesy, but it is very recognizably Queen's music, which juxtaposes weirdly against the really terrible acting and movie sets. Check out the theme song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/noq3iqSpYt6nic0

[@marlisamiller]

Aerosmith, Get your wings.

[@robertsimmons6200]

Hi have a listen to Rainbow there song Stargaze 😊

[@gidion4004]

Hi Silas ! Return to Queen? Try some Beatles' song!

[@Fiot23try_643]

Morioh serial killer

[@alananimus9145]

We stan a bi king.

[@Montyliciuos69]

Tie your mother down-Full Version 😄🤟🤟🤟🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺👈

[@jackiegerspachhas4237]

You are just a cutie!!!! Wow!!!!

[@JohnSmith-oe4ci]

no seems to react much to shoegaze bands : Ride, My Bloody Valentine, Lush etc

[@debjorgo]

I skipped your Bohemian Rhapsody because you didn't watch the video. It's like turning one of your speakers off. It's not the full experience. I probably like this song more, so I went ahead and watched this. The video is better. jmo

[@79BlackRose]

We heard it first without the video, so don't be ridiculous.

[@debjorgo]

@@79BlackRose True. There's a lot to that. That's sort of my quote when the reacter starts reading all about the song before listening to it. You know, they know Wish You Were Here is about Sid Barrett before they even know who Sid Barrett is. But I'm just talking about what reaction videos I want to watch now. You got to realize too, that most of these guys doing these reaction videos, may never hear the song again. I want it to make the biggest impression. Silas may go back and watch the videos again with the visuals.

[@79BlackRose]

@@debjorgo I understand what you are saying. But don't you think that videos often detract from the song? For example, the Still Loving You video by The Scorpions is an edited version whereas the album version is so much better. Silas reacted to One by U2 and I am pleased he avoided the video and could concentrate on the words not the images. People bang on about watching the live for TV version of Child in Time by Deep Purple, yet the guitar solo is quite off in several places. But he nails it on the original version and even takes it to a higher level on the Made in Japan album. As a rule of thumb, I think it is GENERALLY better to react to the original version first and explore other versions/videos later.

[@debjorgo]

@@79BlackRose I agree with reacting to the original video. And I'm not saying always watch the video. The Aerosmith Sweet Emotion video complete distracts from the song. It has people believing the song is about telephone sex operators. It's up to us to point out the versions that should be watched. Speaking of Deep Purple, the Highway Star video is (effing) great. It shows the band doing the song live but cut from different performances, with the studio audio. It's the video you have to watch.

[@cogline]

A drum roll