When Jordan started singing Ice Ice Baby and Amber said “ don’t ruin this with that”. Truer words were never spoken!!
@lalaj58312 жыл бұрын
My thoughts the first time I heard Vanilla Ice rip it off.
@O_Towne_Bear2 жыл бұрын
"Stop! Put my shoe back on..."
@robertneblett44772 жыл бұрын
@@O_Towne_Bear I remember that scene from the show in Living Color
@jellybathwater2 жыл бұрын
Best comment this year
@spyretto2 жыл бұрын
Common, Ice used it cleverly.
@melissagreen54062 жыл бұрын
RIP Freddie and David the world is a little darker without them.
@mnomadvfx2 жыл бұрын
I'd never seen grown men look so sad about the loss of another man not related to them until I saw interviews with the remainder of Queen post Freddie's death. Especially Brian, he always seemed the more sensitive soul of the band.
@simonmultiverse63492 жыл бұрын
Indeed, what music could we have had if they had been with us a little longer...? On a technical note, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Ice_Baby says: Ice Ice Baby.... based on the bassline of "Under Pressure" by British rock band Queen and British singer David Bowie
@cecileluv2 жыл бұрын
or brighter... for having had them here.
@scribejay2 жыл бұрын
Only a little?
@rickf45452 жыл бұрын
More than a little, but yeah, what you said.
@viddiot2 жыл бұрын
Bowie's controlled intensity is the perfect balance for Freddie's operatic theatrics. This is a masterclass of song writing.
@Christobanistan Жыл бұрын
Those two wrote the song together, literally. They just never got around to singing it together.
@sunnystormy49739 ай бұрын
-#cheers-- !-
@user-uq9cu9oc7o9 ай бұрын
summed it up perfectly!
@Gems-of-Hope-Rocks9 ай бұрын
@@ChristobanistanExcept in the Studio.
@Gems-of-Hope-Rocks9 ай бұрын
The theatrics is computer editing.
@Seanadun Жыл бұрын
No autotuning just spectacler voices. Two icons singing together. ❤
@paulgregson1979 Жыл бұрын
They never sung it together it was all edited in a studio
@slimshady2711 ай бұрын
@@paulgregson1979They recorded it together. They just never performed the song together
@johnhignett770711 ай бұрын
Bowies footage is from when he sang at the queen tribute concert to freiddie after he died. in the concert he did it with annie lennox I belive
@BaronessErsatz2 жыл бұрын
Sir Brian May of Queen sued Vanilla Ice over this unauthorized use. At first, the defendant was publicly in denial over it, but is now admitting it was such an obvious rip-off. So please understand that it started here.
@jonathanmaybury56982 жыл бұрын
Actually, it was John Deacon’s bass line, they went to the pub after a session and when they came back, john had forgotten it but luckily for John, it was either Brian or Rodger that remembered it. I forget which one it was.
@BaronessErsatz2 жыл бұрын
@@jonathanmaybury5698, agreed. But Brian stepped up on the band's behalf to press the suit. His was the face of the righteous indignation on the matter.
@tommack93952 жыл бұрын
When rap artists starting sampling they just took it, never asked permission nor ever gave any credit to the artist they sampled from... none of them had. Vanilla Ice as one of the first rappers taken to court for copyright infringement over such things.
@romanfedrich69672 жыл бұрын
@@tommack9395 "artists" - that's a bit of a stretch.
@tommack93952 жыл бұрын
@@romanfedrich6967 Actually not - and this was the actually the first high profile case in such context. It came down to the question when one breaches copyright? Originally copyright laws encompassed things like the lyric and/or main melody - i.e. “My Sweet Lord” vs "He's So Fine" - prior copyright suits followed that precedent. This question came down to how much of a song's feel and tonalities comprise the expression of the idea (the song) - in the Vanilla Ice case it's apparent they sampled a bass-line for Ice Ice Baby and so the question was how much of that bass-line is integral of part of Under Pressure.
@bryanCJC21052 жыл бұрын
Vanilla Ice sampled the riff but he claimed it was "just a little different" (by one note) to avoid copyright infringement because he didn't credit Queen and David Bowie. He was sued and Queen/David Bowie were awarded the rights.
@clintonsmith51632 жыл бұрын
I believe that Queen and David Bowie were given co-songwriting credit for Ice Ice Baby, rather than any "rights" but I could be wrong.
@mcm03242 жыл бұрын
Vanilla Ice bought the rights to the song from Queen. It was cheaper.
@bbbfst2 жыл бұрын
@@mcm0324 He did not buy the rights to the song. He lied about that too.
@clintonsmith51632 жыл бұрын
@@mcm0324 Vanilla Ice did not "buy" the rights to Under Pressure. He was forced to pay money because he was a thief and he got sued. The publishing rights to Under Pressure remain with Queen/David Bowie.
@evabyrum33272 жыл бұрын
@@clintonsmith5163 correct and it pretty much ruined his career because of it as it should've. You can't go around stealing riffs from songs. That is called Plagiarism.
@atlasking61102 жыл бұрын
The 1980s had STARS! REAL stars! Big time no autotune top of the line STARS! The likes of Freddie and Bowie will not walk this Earth again. They were beyond special.
@dmtaboo_truth7052 Жыл бұрын
"This is our last dance" really hits home these days.. It rings true for humanity.
@patriciacampbell64144 ай бұрын
Why oh why didn’t we realize we had icons on our radio everyday? Lol Gen x will live forever 🎼💗😎
@vdeserisy2 жыл бұрын
I've been obsessed with Queen since I was 13...and I'm 58 now. They will always be the best band to me....Freddie and Queen forever
@benjiarehart2878 Жыл бұрын
Same age, and same point of view.
@AdultThirdCultureKid19717 ай бұрын
Word! Freddie and Queen forever.
@chriscarmona94312 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget at Christmas time to do David Bowie and Bing Crosby “Little Drummer Boy”
@trevors.59982 жыл бұрын
love this channel but i also watch Seven Hunnid on KZbin alot cuhh
@robindavisduckworth89922 жыл бұрын
Yes, I want that too.
@Tinker_LV4262 жыл бұрын
Yes!!!
@laurabryfogle75162 жыл бұрын
Little drummer boy is one of my favorite Christmas Songs.. So beautiful!
@donnagonatas31552 жыл бұрын
My two favorite Christmas songs this and And so this is Christmas. war is over by John Lennon✌❤
@brianmusson18272 жыл бұрын
This song was written and recorded by Queen and David Bowie years before ‘Ice Ice Baby’! Vanilla Ice had to pay Queen for stealing that bass riff They have cleverly put two separate live performances together .Bowie only played this live at Freddie Mercury’s memorial gig .
@basilebannister7102 жыл бұрын
Its called sampling and it creates some amazing songs calm down
@cececox63992 жыл бұрын
@@basilebannister710 no it’s called THEFT. Sampling means you made an agreement with the original artist. Vanilla ice DIDN’T even TRY. That’s THEFT dumbass. And there’s NO GOOD artist who needs to steal another artists work. And to steal such an iconic song shows how unoriginal and stupid these people are. He literally tried to lie about it and claim it as original work. That’s why Queen were so angry about it. They got to just hear it on the radio with everyone else. With ZERO warning. V.I handled it so poorly that he literally had to pay everything that song made, and MORE,to Queen and the lawyers. Queen originally thought he was just a kid and didn’t understand the laws and how he 🤞SHOULD get samples, they just wanted him to say sorry I didn’t ask, I didn’t know I was supposed to and here’s your CREDITS. When he started pushing back and lying about it being an original work they were LIVID. They’re decent guy’s, they’re also not against allowing samples of their music. They just wanted it done CORRECTLY. V.I literally FOUGHT TO GET SUED. HE was the ONLY reason it went to court. Where he would OBVIOUSLY would lose. Maybe shut your mouth kid when you don’t have a CLUE what the FnCK you’re talking about. 🤫🤐 it’s not about the validity of sampling, which is the shitty low IQ artists only way of creating anything. That’s why it’s only really big in the lowest IQ genre of all. Rap. Because they can’t creat anything new and original. They just mimic everyone else.
@dmxdex2 жыл бұрын
@@basilebannister710 Still robbed it without permission
@jax9932 жыл бұрын
they both did record in a studio, Ive listened Brain May talk about it x
@robertwiles81062 жыл бұрын
@@dmxdex Vanilla Ice is now the sole rights owner of Under Pressure. He bought it to end the controversy.
@kevinspevak304310 ай бұрын
What Freddie had couldn’t be taught, He just had IT!
@MartinMilnerUK9 ай бұрын
and in spades
@cdfdesantis6998 ай бұрын
This performance is acclaimed as being one of the best duets of all time. Thanks for your reaction.
@pippilangkous3308Ай бұрын
This song gets to me every time I hear it. It's such a master piece! Nothing but LOVE for this song❤❤❤❤❤
@colibri12 жыл бұрын
After Freddie Mercury died, there was a Freddie tribute concert and at it David Bowie performed this same song live with Annie Lennox, the singer with the Eurythmics (of "Sweet Dreams are Made of This"), taking Freddie's place. It's great, really worth seeing.
@erickyoung83312 жыл бұрын
This video was a concert that never happened. The Freddie part was without David, and the David scenes are at that tribute concert you are describing. Someone's editing cleverly stitched the two together (Annie was edited out as well). As far as I know, they never performed this together live (or at least filmed).
@scottwhitlock92012 жыл бұрын
@@erickyoung8331 Yep, the Freddie part is Live Aid
@goldmustang58182 жыл бұрын
@@scottwhitlock9201 the Freddie part is at Wembley Stadium (yes, I know I probably misspelled that. Please, forgive me.) in 1986, Live Aid was in 1985.
@poppad3312 жыл бұрын
@@goldmustang5818 You spelled it perfectly, it was the "Magic" tour. Also they never performed this song at Live Aid, although as David Bowie was there also....I wish they had
@teresadavidson37062 жыл бұрын
@@mbsapp1 Yes!
@dvdknight12 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: There is no actual footage of Freddie & David performing this song on stage together. What you watched was a good edit of different performances.
@kendeeni2 жыл бұрын
With the audio from the studio recording.
@JustaBiGuy77882 жыл бұрын
Yeah IDK if this is true but I heard they would argue about what lyrics to sing if they went live. So they went with the studio recording.
@maxpower73182 жыл бұрын
at 5:09 they are standing right next to each other, and you see the queen logo on the drums several times when David is shown.
@plodeycake42482 жыл бұрын
@@maxpower7318 thats cause that was the concert in honor of freddie after his death
@DualityofLife2 жыл бұрын
@@maxpower7318 You can see it, because David's footage is from the Freddie Mercury tribute concert 1992. On 5:09 is just good editing.
@diamondstud322 Жыл бұрын
And that line. “Why can’t we just give love…give love…give love. This is such an uplifting song for me. One of my all time favorites. ❤️
@alangary9893 Жыл бұрын
Yes it is I remember hearing it when I was in highschool when it was fresh .an I instantly loved that song .That song is perfect and one of my favorites by Queen W/David Bowie
@diamondstud322 Жыл бұрын
@@alangary9893 agreed…pretty sure I was in high school when it came out also. Class of ‘86 👊
@margiegarcia9553 Жыл бұрын
My favorite part 🥰Gives me goosebumps!🥰🥲
@donfaist1656 Жыл бұрын
Bowies harmonizing on the background vocals is hauntingly beautiful
@feliciachaste2 жыл бұрын
You guys have never sounded more married than “Do you really think QUEEN sampled Ice Ice Baby?” 😂
@dv35072 жыл бұрын
That part had me laughing, too! 🤣
@cheryljackson56592 жыл бұрын
Thank you Amber for bringing some sense and logic into that exchange! LOL
@daverhoden4452 жыл бұрын
I had to rewind and play that part again. Priceless. 😂
@waynestuart27552 жыл бұрын
The fact that anyone could even ask the question about whether Queen 'sampled' Vanilla Ice, is borderline offensive! 😜
@Nana_Reads2 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@andrewmoss36812 жыл бұрын
"Do you think QUEEN would sample, Ice ice baby?!?" Thank you for that, Amber. BEST laugh I have had in a good while. SOOOOOO perfectly timed. Hope everyone is keeping safe
@tonybennett41592 жыл бұрын
Indeed! I tried to like rap music, I really did, but what got under my skin was pinching riffs and melodies and passing them off as "sampling". A younger person once said that she liked "Gangsta's Paradise" particularly the chorus part. I told her that whole chorus was pinched from Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise". Why aren't these artists writing their own riffs and melodies?
@andrewmoss36812 жыл бұрын
@@tonybennett4159 I don't have an issue with people sampling the great hits. They're great hits for a reason. What I take issue with is the ones who won't admit they did this.
@tonybennett41592 жыл бұрын
@@andrewmoss3681 I agree, but it seems to me to show a lack of ambition in composing their own catchy hooks. In most cases, even though the rappers acknowledge their sources, those listening to their output don't bother about that, and presume that everything is original material.
@andrewmoss36812 жыл бұрын
@@tonybennett4159 very true. But then, how many classics have we listened to that we didn't know were covers? The joys of the ignorance of youth 🤭
@platinumspider78592 жыл бұрын
@@andrewmoss3681 ie Black Betty
@scottsthaname1 Жыл бұрын
Queen is nothing short of modern day opera... Freddy was a complete musical genius...👍
@tammywilliams13876 ай бұрын
The "long microphone " was due to his first stage performance when he tried to get the mic out the holder & it broke and he was left holding a 3/4 length of the mic & stand. He decided to use it as a kind of trademark and become well known for it.xx❤
@deborahallen33183 ай бұрын
Perfectly said! Many people don't know this.👍👑🌈💙
@skarekrowe2 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Brian May, Queen's guitarist, is actually an Astrophysicist.
@jonathangeraldrobinson7202 жыл бұрын
Yeah. He got his doctorate fairly recently if I'm not mistaken. And he built his own guitar.
@mikephillips88102 жыл бұрын
Every time I watch a reactor or reactors listen to Queen, someone says "Fun Fact: Brian May, Queen's guitarist, is actually an Astrophysicist". Actually he's not, his career is and what he does, a musician. He got a Bachelors and PhD in Astronomy, but good as he would have been as a pro Astronomer, I'm glad for our sakes he didn't take that career path!
@mikephillips88102 жыл бұрын
@@jonathangeraldrobinson720 He'd started on his PhD and completed it after a 36 year gap. Normally that wouldn't be allowed - even for a celebrity like Brian! - because science and astronomy research moves on so fast in even a few years. But because his original PhD work (1971) was so obscure, hardly anyone had looked at the subject since! The faculty said go away and work on it for a year, which he did, and sure enough, is now Dr.May!
@jimcarlson61572 жыл бұрын
fun fact: he's now Brian Did
@colin722 жыл бұрын
Fact: 100% of Fun Facts are simply facts
@scottstevens76392 жыл бұрын
That ‘stick’ on his microphone is actually the top half of a standard microphone stand. If you watch the biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” (a MUST SEE if you’re truly now Queen fans), there’s a scene where at one of their early gigs, Freddie accidentally breaks the mic stand in half and just continues the gig with just the top half. And the rest was history…
@quinny69202 жыл бұрын
Lol. Exactly. I love how that came about
@paulpeterson42162 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this, as it saved me from writing more or less the same thing.
@bluebell37202 жыл бұрын
they didn't mention Ibex in the film,the band he was in during the summer 69 it wasn't secured properly so came away from the base and he decided to keep it as a gimmick so he was using it before they formed Queen
@jackieroberts78952 жыл бұрын
Even though it is that it could also be that Freddie is a Virgo ruled by mercury\hermes holding the caduceus staff in his left hand
@scottstevens76392 жыл бұрын
@@bluebell3720 well…film makers have been known to take liberties with facts when writing scripts…right?
@samanthasays36032 жыл бұрын
Under Pressure is one of the few songs that (imo) I would say is PERFECTION. FYI.... Queen and Bowie never preformed this song together. The video, which is a masterpiece, is made up of clips from LiveAid, and (when Bowie is in the green jacket) from the Freddie Mercury tribute, a few months after he passed away. Whoever did the video is wonderful, with the way he spliced the two together.
@Paul66Rutter10 ай бұрын
The Freddie clips are from the A Kind Of Magic tour which was the year after Live Aid
@EShelby21278 ай бұрын
Give this a listen. JUST the vocals of Mercury & Bowie, singing Under Pressure, no instruments, except their voices... kzbin.info/www/bejne/q360k2yCeLN6rtU
@trubowspiritwind Жыл бұрын
Oh and a note. When this song was first played live they were in 2 different countries. Queen was at Wembley Stadium and David Bowie was in Paris. This song was done by Queen and Bowie before Ice Ice Baby. They built off of John Deacon's bass line. They broke for lunch and when they came back he had forgotten how it went. Roger remembered it and the rest was history.
@maryvallas7722 жыл бұрын
My soul cringed when Jordan said, "This is ice ice baby" Thank goodness Amber saved it! 😂 I love this song so much, what a duo! Bowey's rich alto slides so smoothly under Mercury's ridiculous range! Steven Tyler of Aerosmith also favors his mic in the top half of the mic stand. Have you guys reacted to Aerosmith yet?
@ThatLynnGirl2 жыл бұрын
Men don’t sing alto. That’s a woman’s part.
@maryvallas7722 жыл бұрын
@@ThatLynnGirl of course...you are correct... Baritone! 😂
@snoflake822 жыл бұрын
@@ThatLynnGirl Freddie Mercury was a high tenor with a range of alto up to low soprano. Is it super common for men to sing alto? No. But there are plenty of men that can.
@allendesalme1972 жыл бұрын
@@snoflake82 It is a range of notes. Men can "sing alto" parts but they are not called altos. He is a baritone or a tenor 2.
@francineviau70962 жыл бұрын
@@maryvallas772 Thank you; I came here to say that. Also, for a baritone, Bowie had such an incredible range.
@groovydjs2 жыл бұрын
Freddie's "Stick" is simply the top part of his microphone stand that broke off during a performance, he thought it was cool and kept using it.
@susanlane88032 жыл бұрын
So he used it as a prop, what's wrong with that?
@lynnevetter2 жыл бұрын
@@susanlane8803 No one said anything was wrong with it....
@hackapump2 жыл бұрын
And to answer the question raised in the video above: Yes, Freddie is most likely the only one to use the top bar of a microphone stand this way, as it serves no practical purpose. It became a trademark of his. BTW, if your source on how he started it is from the Bohemian Rhapsody movie, I wouldn't be so sure... ;)
@paulhenderson82012 жыл бұрын
It probably didn't break off, as it's just a twist connect to the lower portion of the stand, to the base...but no matter. Also...Robert Plant used this mike stand quite often as well.
@thechangeofyes81792 жыл бұрын
@@paulhenderson8201 It was stated by Brian that the stand “snapped and broke”. I’ll try to find the article where he said this.
@philipgolia9803 Жыл бұрын
The story for half a mic stand goes like this: in the early days of Queen, 72/73, during a live performance, Freddie's mic stand snapped in half at the "twist" where you raise and lover it. The top half came right out of the bottom half. Freddie, the true performer that he was, continued the show because "The Show Must Go On". Well every subsequent show after that for the rest of Queen's performances, he used the half a mic stand. It became like his scepter.
@Raelyn9764 ай бұрын
❤
@neilburns8869 Жыл бұрын
There's actually a wee story behind the mic that Freddie used. When he first appeared with Brian May and Roger Taylor before they had even changed the band's name to Queen Freddie Mercury had a problem with the microphone and it's stand on one particular occasion and he ended up breaking the stand. So the the sort of half stand became associated with Freddie Mercury over the years.
@AgunziLFC2 жыл бұрын
Freddie has been unanimously voted as the greatest front man of any band. Ever. Not only from the general public, but his peers as well. And no one deserves it more. He was the uiltimate showman, but had the vocals to back it up. There will never be another like him.
@Fakeaorta2 жыл бұрын
I usually dislike using 'Never' in descriptions because of the frailty of absolutes. However, in this case I think you are right. Freddie Mercury had charisma and talent that was off the charts. The original one off if I have ever seen one.
@RastaSaiyaman2 жыл бұрын
"King Mercury" - Paul McCartney
@robertburns44292 жыл бұрын
Many people thinking something does not equate to being unanimous when there are others who disagree.
@jomariano372 жыл бұрын
"There will never be another like him"...sad but probably true.
@markbarker67392 жыл бұрын
Five octave range when they were booking singers for Freddie's tribute concert they had to change the key to most songs because no one could match the pitch
@beedeegee93742 жыл бұрын
David Bowie reinvented himself many times over his long career. He was a writer, singer, actor and artist. He was truly incredible.
@chrismeadows42162 жыл бұрын
And the interesting thing is that he'd never actually stopped being himself. No matter where he'd gone, he was the same unmistakable artist. The second you'd heard his structures, his production, or his voice, you knew it was him, if you had any idea what a certain facet of him was like. If you knew Ziggy, you'd recognize Ziggy. If you knew 1.Outside Bowie, you'd recognize 1.Outside Bowie. If you'd heard Brixton-composer David Bowie, you'd recognize something from David Bowie, The Man Who Sold the World, or Hunky Dory. If you'd heard crooner Bowie, everything on Heathen through Blackstar could only be him. Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station to Station, Low, Lodger, Let's Dance, Labyrinth. That's all David Bowie, and it's all cohesive, while standing out in completely spontaneous ways. He wasn't anyone to fully settle for the same things, as he'd found his inspirations one-by-one. That's why he's one of the greatest legends to have ever lived!!! 😄😌
@beedeegee93742 жыл бұрын
@@chrismeadows4216 So well said!
@ericomarquesfernandes36462 жыл бұрын
That's why he was known as the Chameleon.
@rbb9753 Жыл бұрын
I loved the two albums he did in Tin Machine; sadly forgotten band
@JNJ1983 Жыл бұрын
I MISS THEM SO MUCH!! RIP to both of them. Hope you're still singing somewhere up there...in the greatest of jam sessions.
@marlenegonzales8047 Жыл бұрын
OMG Freddy Mercury and David Bowie two of the greatest, I get chills from them! Vanilla Ice got in trouble for using the sound, he tried to explain it was different sound! lol
@fayesouthall6604 Жыл бұрын
Fat chance 🤣🤣🤣
@oliverek72 жыл бұрын
Remember Queen is the name of the band. Freddie Mercury is the lead singer, Roger Taylor on drums, Brian May guitar and John Deacon on bass
@CarltonNoles2 жыл бұрын
THIS! T That kinda is driving me nuts
@thatpatrickguy34462 жыл бұрын
Such intense lyrics that make me tear up. "love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night and love dares you to change our way of caring about ourselves, this is our last chance, this is our last dance, this is ourselves, under pressure"
@stephendescarie90532 жыл бұрын
Every time
@shemanic12 жыл бұрын
Lyrics I have on my festival caravan, the art work is dedicated to Musicians & their Lyrics that have inspired me, Bowie & Queen among them.
@gillianroffey49142 жыл бұрын
Roger Taylor wrote this...he plays it live in his solo shows.
@chelsea7472 жыл бұрын
❤️
@xxiSHTAr9000x20 күн бұрын
As I started reading those lyrics, it quickly turned into me singing the lyrics instead. This song is a masterpiece
@anne-louiseholmberg819411 ай бұрын
Freddie Mercury and David Bowie are gigantic legends that people will listen to even in the future❤😊
@jartotable Жыл бұрын
This is always bitter sweet to listen to this song. We lost them too soon.
@karlsmith25702 жыл бұрын
Yes, Vanilla Ice sampled this riff without permission from either Queen or David Bowie and got sued by both of them for copyright infringement
@mrmusic2482 ай бұрын
karlsmith2570: As it should have been !!!
@sylmyl2 жыл бұрын
LMFAO @ Amber saying: Do you really think Queen would sample Ice Ice Baby... This was hilarious :D
@jerickson7252 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@sbanks44212 ай бұрын
Two legends that will never be topped!
@josephadiaz834311 ай бұрын
Two greats who will never be forgotten ♥️🙏✝️
@filyblunt25722 жыл бұрын
Freddie Mercury was incredibly shy and a little introverted until he got on stage, than he transformed into quite possibly the best entertainer of all time. absolute legend
@TygresaDefbelle872 жыл бұрын
Vanilla Ice used that riff from THIS SONG. If I remember correctly, Brian May from Queen demanded that Vanilla Ice acknowledge that he got that riff from them or else Vanilla Ice was gonna be sued, I COULD BE VERY WRONG ON THIS. Queen and David Bowie wrote the entire song together, lyrics and music.
@normanleroy18742 жыл бұрын
Vanilla Ice tried to claim he hadn't stolen the bassline because he added another note to it 😂
@TygresaDefbelle872 жыл бұрын
@@normanleroy1874 That's right! He was so wrong,
@davidhohn91062 жыл бұрын
You're very right.
@tanisdevelopment2 жыл бұрын
@@normanleroy1874 - I always remember him (in an interview or press conference) doing both versions, one after the other, as if we were going to say, "Oh, I'm sorry. You're right. They're totally different!"
@normanleroy18742 жыл бұрын
@@tanisdevelopment 😂 The stones that guy had!
@fuiplu Жыл бұрын
Under Pressure will always be Queen and Bowie. Always!
@cyntheazeni34212 ай бұрын
Freddie left his fortune to his first love and bf and his cats...a role model for sure
@simonk79372 жыл бұрын
Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe singing Barcelona Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli singing Time to say goodbye Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush singing Don't give up
@kimcook9912 жыл бұрын
Absolutely yes to all of these suggestions. 👍
@Tampahop2 жыл бұрын
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss singing Led Zeppelin's Black Dog (CMT Crossroads) David Bowie and Annie Lennox singing Under Pressure David Bowie and Trent Reznor singing I'm Afraid of Americans
@markhoward28112 жыл бұрын
And not forgetting Mick Jagger and David Bowie singing Dancing in the Street.
@mikeybeeee072 жыл бұрын
David Bowie is the most incredible human to ever walk the face of this earth.
@amyz28372 жыл бұрын
@Sharon Bee Really? One person's opinion and they are completely entitled to it. Yours is different and you're entitled to it.
@richardmyers15062 жыл бұрын
This duo is fine but the one Bowie did with Mick Jagger - not so much.
@johnathandavis36932 жыл бұрын
@@richardmyers1506 The song was OK- the video was a little fruity....
@RavenMacy2 жыл бұрын
Was , he has passed now ; our idols are gone but not forgotten. 😪
@francineviau70962 жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree!
@melissamackessy337211 ай бұрын
Freddie is in a league of his own. David is 100% unique and unmatched.... Best duo EVER! BTW. Vanilla Ice sampled to this song....
@Bionda7149 ай бұрын
Queen, Freddy Mercury and David Bowie are such iconic artists, they were amazing. Eventhough they are both dead now 😢they still are amazing, their music lives on.
@rileyandmike2 жыл бұрын
No It’s NOT NOT NOT Ice Ice Baby! Don’t insult the original by saying that!!!
@user-uv1qh5dr5mАй бұрын
that was exactly my thought
@ingridcajina56462 жыл бұрын
Vanilla Ice took the bass line and had to pay for sampling it without permission. So you’re right, but it’s Queen and specifically John Deacon’s bass line.
@Sportsref132 жыл бұрын
IIRC Vanilla Ice tried to argue "that he had added 1 more beat to the bassline" ..😌
@jamesredman12632 жыл бұрын
@@Sportsref13 😄
@denisemcnamara6129 ай бұрын
Since I first heard this song I've always thought this is the best EVER written Pop song!
@sharonsmith1783 Жыл бұрын
When Freddie says "why don't we give our love one more chance?" love had a special meaning that day. Millions of people were globally united to fight poverty and starvation.
@jennhurl2 жыл бұрын
This song came about from a from an evening in the Swiss Alps with a lot of wine & cocaine! David found out Queen was nearby at their recording studio & called them up to visit. They were sitting around playing other people's songs when David said "let's just write one". That famous baseline came first which they almost forgot how it went after they went to eat. Freddie & David recorded without hearing the other to see how they each interpreted the song, I believe - thus the two very distinct styles. Freddie added his scatting - David's more serious tone, etc. It was two icons doing what they do best. Production was a hot mess because that's where being two total Divas came out. Each wanted control over the songs production & final sound. Each were used to getting their way. As you can see they worked it out. Iconic song written in just one night. Incredible.
@thomascanfield91652 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing that !
@chrisf.79802 жыл бұрын
@Jennifer Hurlburt Nicely crafted summation of the story here!
@jerickson7252 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's a lot of information I didn't know before. Thanks for the back story that I had no idea about back in my senior year of H.S.!
@ShadowWolf19822 жыл бұрын
“Cocaine is a helluva drug.” - Rick James
@karensilvera66942 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing! I'd end up writing a chapter of I tried to tell the story.
@peggypenguin42682 жыл бұрын
Freddie and David Bowie never sang this on stage together so whomever edited it was excellent!!! Vanilla Ice straight stole this and he was sued and lost. Queen and David Bowie never would have allowed it. I hope all that are reading this I hope that you have a wonderful and blessed day and please be safe!!! 🙂🙂 🤗🤗 🐧🐧
@wanderingrenegade7717 ай бұрын
This is correct, great mix.
@cliffwheeler73577 ай бұрын
They sued and won five million dollars
@markh.76506 ай бұрын
Vanilla Ice added an extra beat to the riff and thought it would get bye the OBVIOUS sampling lawsuit. It clearly wasn't enough.
@jamesscully5294 ай бұрын
They mixed footage of Queen from LiveAid 1985 with David Bowie at the Freddie Mercury tribute in early 1992 when he performed the song with Annie Lennox. Both recorded at Wembly Stadium in London.
@jomc67343 ай бұрын
@jamesscully529 the footage of Queen isn't from Live Aid. Freddie wore a white tank top and jeans at Live Aid.
@marcytwinkle82879 ай бұрын
this song is iconic there will never be a duo quite like freddy and bowie
@jamesgilliam52782 жыл бұрын
Watching you guys makes me smile. I've heard it for 40 years. I took it for granted. Enjoy Yall
@kimcutts61532 жыл бұрын
It's not "Ice Ice Baby" Its "Under Pressure". I think a good 80 per cent of music nowadays, always pinches something, maybe a line or a riff from something a lot lot older. & better. 😉🎤💙💝🎶🇬🇧
@crenee47422 жыл бұрын
Freddie Mercury is a freakin legend and mixing with David Bowie's singing is 100% a beautiful mix
@MsCatmando Жыл бұрын
He was a great performer he really kept your attention and his voice was excellent along with his confidence
@janeymckay1966 Жыл бұрын
I love how much you love these artists. I was lucky enough to grow up listening to them in the UK and to see them live. I was blessed. The world was blessed with their wonderful music and I am so happy that you are now enjoying it too :)
@raquelpinheiro92872 жыл бұрын
You HAVE to listen to "Barcelona", it is absolutely mindblowing and it shows Freddie could sing alongside with the most talented opera singers. It is sooo beautiful it makes you cry! Choose the live version at Barcelona. Love from Portugal!
@TheRealSweetcherryo2 жыл бұрын
I have begged them to do Barcelona ! I have begged all the reactor channels to do it. It is one of my favorite pieces of music. Do it !!!! Do it !!!! You won't regret it !
@CrayCruz2 жыл бұрын
I'm afraid that "Under Pressure" came before Ice, Ice Baby...Vanilla Ice sampled Queen's song written by the White Duke(David Bowie). And it's Bowie (like bow and arrow)...not Boo-ee.
@kelly_kpb2 жыл бұрын
Yes!! My favorite by Freddy, and so under appreciated
@matthewdrake43852 жыл бұрын
Raf Dad,true. Under pressure in 1981 or 1982, Vanilla Ice in 1990. And he kept denying that he sampled the song.
@meanoldwoman57712 жыл бұрын
They absolutely need to do "Barcelona". Chill after chill listening to two of the greatest vocalists in two different genres ever made.
@KenOtwell2 жыл бұрын
In one of his early shows, the mike stand broke so he had to carry the entire thing. He was so creative with using it, and everyone reacted to it so well, that he kept it up and it became a trademark.
@bluebell37202 жыл бұрын
they didn't mention Ibex in the film,the band he was in during the summer 69 it wasn't secured properly so came away from the base and he decided to keep it as a gimmick so he was using it before they formed Queen
@thewalruswasjason1012 жыл бұрын
Derp
@KenOtwell2 жыл бұрын
@@bluebell3720 Yep. I had forgotten that tidbit - thanks.
@TigerLily12345 Жыл бұрын
Two great artists here. David Bowie also played Jareth in Labyrinth and sang some really great songs. You should watch the ballroom scene 'as the world falls down' and 'magic spell' that entire movie was magical. 🎉❤
@RaeRaeOR8 ай бұрын
His vocals are sublime in that movie.
@rogermay607010 ай бұрын
This is definitely one of my favorites of all time, the message behind it was so strong. These men were trying to change the world with this message. They dared us to redefine how we love ourselves and each other.
@FeaturingRob2 жыл бұрын
You both need to watch Queen's Live Aid performance!! Over 20 minutes of sheer performance perfection...July 13, 1985, Wembly Stadium. Before Queen took the stage, everyone was kinda phoning their performances in...after Queen, everyone was scared to take the stage because they knew they would NOT measure up to the standard Freddie, John, Brian and Roger set! You will truly see the power Freddie had over an audience.
@redoz97682 жыл бұрын
And yet Bowie performed after them and had the crowd in the palm of his hand.
@CanYouRememberWhen2 жыл бұрын
Looking up information about it, all responses were very positive. It was said to be the number one best live performance of all time. People will have their own opinions of course, they all have their own favorites. The event organizers asked Freddie to sing a special song in the Live Aid finale, "Is This The World We Created?", which was incredible, and right on target for the purpose of the fund raiser. I bought the dvd for "Queen Rock Montreal" just to get the recording of Queen's performance at Live Aid included with it.
@TheFoxUK2 жыл бұрын
If you do react to the live aid performance (which you should), react to the video which contains the extra song where they came back on stage a couple of hours later to perform that single song.
@renees56822 жыл бұрын
You should watch Jim Hensen’s Labyrinth if you haven’t seen it! David Bowie does quite a few songs in that while looking iconic and it’s a great movie to watch with the kids :)
@carolinethompson3762 жыл бұрын
That's a great movie
@serasmile53202 жыл бұрын
Somebody from the family already sent them the movie they just have to watch it yay one of my favorites
@NoCanDu2 жыл бұрын
I’m old enough to have seen it at the movie theater in high school! I had NO PROBLEM watching Bowie being evil and sexy in those tights on the big screen! ❤️
@patriotsson62192 жыл бұрын
Labyrinth is not for well functioning children. Please... be blessed .
@Wychwood2 жыл бұрын
@S Ragsdale David was also in "The Hunger" with Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon, & Cliff De Young. It was based on a Whitley Strieber novel of the same name.
@mikegander83 Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest Queen songs of all time and there really were soo many amazing songs, one if THE greatest band of all time
@goggutube9 ай бұрын
Two very different, but extremely talented vocals, singing together in perfect harmony, emotionally charged, makes this song be alive!
@mikeedwards25372 жыл бұрын
That is NOT “Ice, Ice Baby”. “Ice, Ice Baby” wanted to be this when it grew up.
@BarbaraBowenPhotography2 жыл бұрын
😂🤣🤣Exactly! 😂😂
@ambermiller43622 жыл бұрын
Ice ice baby..was sued for using it
@ambermiller43622 жыл бұрын
Queen won the law suit
@martinscott-reed53792 жыл бұрын
The match up of Queen and Bowie was inspired. Two of the all time greats performing a fantastic song.
@cameronpatrickscott Жыл бұрын
Loving your appraisals, such a good team, reinvigorating my appreciation with your perceptions.
@proudarmymom86572 жыл бұрын
Need to react to some James Taylor “ You’ve got a friend”, “Fire and rain”, “Sweet baby James” “ Carolina on my mind”, “Something in the way she moves” oh and for something completely different from all of those songs that’s more bluesy called “Steamroller” and so many many more!!! I’ve been hoping and praying someone would react to James Taylor and I really haven’t seen anything yet you could be the first to do James Taylor!!
@alamc2002 жыл бұрын
Yes, since you all loved Carly Simon, you'll also love James Taylor who was once married to Carly "Fire and Rain" is my favorite song of his.
@Bozers242 жыл бұрын
Also Carole King
@mollyhall29542 жыл бұрын
And James Taylor's favorite voice, Bonnie Raitt, again, since you loved her!
@michaelz98922 жыл бұрын
They were not actually on stage together for this but did write the song together.
@caz13852 ай бұрын
Nobody can ever say a bad word about Queen and Bowie, never, ever, ever ❤
@vickieplummer7833 Жыл бұрын
I love both of you! I love that you are discovering these incredible artists that we all had growing up! Freddy Mercury and Queen (the whole band) are amazing! Steve Perry and Journey, amazing; Joe Elliot and Def Leppard incredible; Dennis DeYoung & Styx; Ann & Nancy Wilson of Heart; Pat Benetar; Tina Turner; The Motels; David Bowie; All of these artists are incredible singers, performers, artists all around. Most of them also wrote their own music, toured around the world. Did everything themselves. Really incredible and it's so great to see you both discovering them and loving them!!! Thank you for having this channel! Okay now watch some Foo Fighters "Times Like These" They were HUGE Fans of Queen!
@susanconrad35682 жыл бұрын
LOL, Amber, thank you for giving me a good laugh over your statement about Queen sampling someone else!! I have a lot of groups that I like but Queen is over in another pocket by themselves refusing to be stereotyped into one genre. So ahead of their time and relevant today.
@jenmac4672 жыл бұрын
Yes u are right Amber.... Vanilla Ice did get sued b/c he used the beginning of this song!
@terrylewis_2 жыл бұрын
David Bowie has been a huge attraction to me ever since I saw him in the Labyrinth growing up. He has this natural charisma and charm, he could have been talking about a lawn mower and I would be enamored.
@chrismeadows42162 жыл бұрын
I love tracks like Future Legend and Glass Spider, for that reason. His speaking voice was the end and beginning of life, in some ways.
@AnthonyWilliams-ot1yk5 ай бұрын
Two icons of music! I remember when this song came out. Music will never be the same. May they rest in peace.
@trubowspiritwind Жыл бұрын
This band put the very best 4 artists they could to get the sound they were truly looking for. Their chemistry on the stage was 2nd to none. When Freddie started to sing the world listened. Never be another to come even close to what he could do to a crowd. At Live Aid during Radio Ga Ga he had that audience ready to fly to the moon should he ask them to.
@shell09982 жыл бұрын
It has been said, that when they went to record this, Freddie and David were trying to out do the other. I would have liked to be a fly on the wall that day. They never did this live, who ever edited this together did a awesome job ‼️
@nanner32002 жыл бұрын
And according to Brian and Roger there may have been some adult beverages involved in the writing :)
@fredbarnes20492 жыл бұрын
@@nanner3200 lol
@francineviau70962 жыл бұрын
I believe Nacho productions edited this.
@danieloreilly8272 жыл бұрын
If u search for it you can find the recordings of just Freddie and David’s voices from that session. A friend of mine found it one day and we listened it to and it’s amazing. Just those 2 voices now music just those 2. Also this is a Bowie song featuring Queen just FYI it’s not technically a Queen song.
@karensilvera66942 жыл бұрын
Yup. They both decided not to listen to the other. Freddie went first and then Bowie. Queen's manager says that Freddie couldn't believe how well Bowie's section turned out. Little did he know Bowie cheated - he was listening by the door.
@hilarywilliams19092 жыл бұрын
During a gig in the 70s, Freddie forcefully tried pulling the mic off the stick, but instead got it off the base. Upon discovering it, he just decided to retain the bottomless mic stand for the rest of his career.
@bluebell37202 жыл бұрын
they didn't mention Ibex in the film,the band he was in during the summer 69 it wasn't secured properly so came away from the base and he decided to keep it as a gimmick so he was using it before they formed Queen
@TheRealSweetcherryo2 жыл бұрын
If it ain't broke, don't fix it....wait....lol ...
@bluebell37202 жыл бұрын
@@TheRealSweetcherryo Technically not broken! Worked just fine just not how everyone else uses it ! Well Freddie wasn't like anyone else so a perfect for him! Fate!
@mollyhall29542 жыл бұрын
@@bluebell3720 I loved the film, but there's so much they changed or couldn't mention--like Mary and Brian meeting first, at a concert, but Freddie asking Brian if they were together and Brian told him they were both too shy to have gotten any further than a kiss, so feel free to ask her out! And all the other things that I'm sure you know, too, since you are also a big fan and know about Ibex, etc!
@debrabarron7061 Жыл бұрын
I had never seen this one - chills!!! LOVE it! Thank you
@sebastianrichter60752 ай бұрын
What a perfect Duett
@richardb62602 жыл бұрын
"Don't ruin this with that" Thank you!
@yvonnepalmquist86762 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs! Yes it is pronounced Bow 🎁 - EE.
@deanarjones9114 Жыл бұрын
Love Queen! I became a fan of David Bowie after learning of his love of books and he was an avid reader. I knew a lot of his songs but wouldn’t have said I was a “fan”
@edithkeller96942 жыл бұрын
Bowie and Freddie.....The world is definitely a bit darker without them both and others....Thank God I lived in a world when they were at their height....Great great music!
@dannysalamon57312 жыл бұрын
When you guys finally react to the 20 min video of Queen at Live Aid I will be so happy! It’s a day full of the most famous artists and bands in the world raising money for Africa, and the band that stood out above all was Queen. You will love it!!
@myredenvelopes2 жыл бұрын
SOOO much to unpack here. Strap in: This song is a collaboration that sprung from an idea called "People on Streets" in 1981. A few drinks and a few hours later, this song was born. The half mic stand bit was a trademark of Freddie Mercury's performances. It started when his mic stand broke mid-show early on in his career, and he stuck with it. In this video, all Freddie Mercury footage was from Queen's concert at Wembley Stadium, London, in 1986. All David Bowie footage is from the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, also at Wembley, in 1992 (Freddie Mercury died of AIDS in November 1991). The shots of the two of them together are the result of clever editing, as David Bowie never performed this song live with Freddie Mercury. And now, the elephant in the room - Vanilla Ice's 1990 hit "Ice Ice Baby" sampled "Under Pressure" without giving proper credit where it was due. He even went so far as to claim it was an original beat because it had an "extra note" in the bass line. Queen's record label filed a lawsuit and won. It was this lawsuit which made artists give credit for any music that was sampled into a new recording.
@susanjohnson225110 ай бұрын
I'm so glad you are listening to the music from my generation....a lot were sooooo talented. Watching you enjoy it makes me smile. Music really does bring the world together.
@Dan-tk5zsАй бұрын
the balance between these two great artists is amazing.. great lyrics too.. just give love and care about people!! That's the only good response to a life under pressure.
@howrued15002 жыл бұрын
This song is actually so incredibly deep if one pays attention to the lyrics… it’s just so darn easy tho to get lost in the incredible vocals & catchy beat! I’m ashamed to say it was years before I caught on… Like Elvis’ In The Ghetto- this song feels as relevant today as when it was recorded decades ago, if not more so. A mark IMHO of a truly great song and pure poetry set to music.
@jericoba2 жыл бұрын
Yes. A lot of people miss the lyrics of songs, which I've also noticed when watching many reaction videos. Sure, you are drawn into the rhythm and melody but it's important to listen to the lyrics, it's a part of a song after all.
@howrued15002 жыл бұрын
I confess for years I thought it petty how Queen handled Ice… until I understood the depth of the original song. And don’t hate lol- but I’m glad Mendez covered the song so younger people can & do clearly hear the lyrics! Agree w you 💯.
@kirkr.55662 жыл бұрын
It amazes me that after almost 40 years of listening to these two amazing artists singing this song I still get goosebumps EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!
@teresakym26726 ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant. Bowie was just stunning, and Freddie was so amazing ❤ There is a photo of a whole lot of celebrities in a group photo at the wedding of Bob Geldolf and Paula Yates - everyone, including the bride (who was in an amazing red dress) and groom were dressed up to the nines....and all your eyes are drawn to is David Bowie, sitting in a chair, like the beautiful prince he was. What a presence. So missed ❤❤ You need to listen to the acapella version of this, with just their voices. It is beyond perfection 💕
@hellonlegs61342 жыл бұрын
Freddie was my hero what a voice . David has bought some brilliant songs out too . Love dancing in the street with mick jagger well worth listening too. Also freddie with Montserrat caballe with Barcelona brilliant song .
@iainblack75492 жыл бұрын
You need to do the full live aid performance by Queen. THE single greatest live performance by any band ever.
@paulwagner688 Жыл бұрын
Oh. Live Aid. When you have EVERYONE ALL OVER THE WORLD doing the hand clap thing to Radio GaGa, you are truly the Queen of the world. As the ERB goes "When I rock the UK, South America gets horny".
@kimberlyrhineburger35882 жыл бұрын
Love when Amber get so into the music sways. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO MOODY BLUES NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN 💙 you won't be disappointed, YOU'LL LOVE IT.
@huchlvr2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been asking for that. But it has to be w/the Late Lament ending
@hollywood83098 ай бұрын
Two best voices ever! This is a delight!
@maryholguin2036 Жыл бұрын
Oh, I love them so much. Favorite Guys . Thanks for the reaction 😊
@victoriawoods38982 жыл бұрын
I love when Mega Stars collab, it's usually magic. 'Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me' with Elton John and George Michael are another one of those gems.