Top 10 Riffs: Queen

[@Kbarismath]

brian may is a goddamn genius .

[@davep8221]

And a PhD in astrophysics. I love '39; best song about relativity I've ever heard.

[@tanerylmaz6214]

Zaa

[@Kbarismath]

@@tanerylmaz6214 olum film harikaydı lan

[@tanerylmaz6214]

Ewt harikaydı ben de izledim

[@dimihamuzu]

Literally !

[@kizunadragon9]

Doctor Brian May is one of the most underrated guitar players. Not only did he build his red special guitar from spare parts in his garage ah la a jedi crafting his own lightsaber he was one of the first to really experiment and push the boundaries of what a guitar can sound like.

[@elliebrooke3987]

And his ideas with guitar layering and effects, and not to mention the Deacy Amp

[@jazg5939]

Also - he played with a coin

[@willmorris12345]

He’s not underrated at all. He’s widely regarded as one of the top 20 or so guitarists of all time. And rightly so.

[@SeyyahKebuter]

I would disagree with the "first to really exxperiment" part. That title goes to Jimi Hendrix.

[@aml1418]

Kain Theo yeah and Eddie Van Halen really fucked with everything, even more than both imo

[@williamaiken9262]

So glad he included Stone Cold Crazy. Underrated riff.

[@indianaboyz57]

I think the song has a descent following, especially because of Metallica adopting it too

[@TheBlackQueen]

To bad he played it wrong. He plays B natural instead of B flat for one of the notes and it really changes things, and not in a good way.

[@indianaboyz57]

The Black Queen actually the B natural is correct. It makes the end of the riff chromatic instead of fitting in with the chord scheme

[@TheBlackQueen]

@@indianaboyz57 The original follows the G blues scale, which is played with a B flat. The first measure is not chromatic for sure. The second measure is slightly harder to hear clearly, but I am quite certain it's also a B flat.

[@indianaboyz57]

@@TheBlackQueen First measure is Bb yes but the second is for sure a B natural. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqLaln-Vdt9kl5I

[@MusiKube_]

For anyone who doesn't know, Brian May wrote most of the guitar riffs, but arguably the most iconic one from Bohemian Rhapsody was written by Freddie!

[@sweetlady7317]

Daffa Hazza Brian May himself admitted it in an audio commentary of Queen documentary. so was the riff in Another Bites The Dust by John Deacon

[@aljo9872]

So was another famous Queen riff, Death on two legs

[@RoverWaters]

would you believe these days stupid millennial believe Freddie wrote the BohRhap guitar solo

[@y_______8608]

Brian compuse Bohemian Rhapsody's riff

[@jca111]

@@y_______8608 No Brian did the solo, but Freddie composed the heavy riff and outro on the piano.

[@thaishirano]

0:32 - One Vision . 1986 0:58 - Let Me Entertain You . 1978 1:22 - Fat Bottomed Girls . 1978 1:48 - The Hitman . 1991 2:22 - Now I’m Here . 1974 2:32 - Tie Your Mother Down . 1976 3:10 - I Want It All (Extended Version) . 1989 3:47 - Innuendo . 1991 4:18 - Stone Cold Crazy . 1974 4:40 - Bohemian Rhapsody . 1975

[@R4FAEL]

Thk baby

[@R4FAEL]

Ou melhor tmj lek

[@jahircalderon3490]

Ahhh yes, all the good stuff

[@Awkward7176]

If someone want to hear some more queen riffs, I recommend especially: Dead on Time, Liar, Keep Yourself Alive, Ogre Battle, Son And Daughter, Brighton Rock, Death on Two Legs, The Prophet's Song and If you can't Beat them join 'em.

[@m_stu]

Awkward brighton rock is a fucking sick song! i first heard it in baby driver, just like a lot of people haha

[@bill2527]

Yeah Dead on Time is ripping and would have been cool and have to put Dragon Attack on the list!!

[@henrywhittaker9794]

Imo keep yourself alive is the best riff the ever made.

[@lalo4642]

Add the intro of Gimme The Prize Imho Dead On Time is the best Brian May riff ever

[@henrywhittaker9794]

Lalo I’m not a big fan of gimme the prize but dead on time is a great riff

[@corbinthepieguy0249]

Seeing innuendo on the list made me happy

[@BSan23]

Corbin Colvin bruh same

[@laurencegray2477]

Corbin Colvin innuendo is such an overlooked masterpiece

[@johncooper2265]

Same with The Hitman off the same LP

[@kikioliveer]

Ah, my favorite... 😍

[@alexanderblain4236]

It was a nice inclusion, but that wasn't a riff, that was the guitar solo so it irked the pedantic part of my brain.

[@aghastinagharta]

Let's face it - 4:47 is the moment we all sang the lyrics.

[@allyjenny672]

how did you know

[@aghastinagharta]

@@allyjenny672 it's a kind of magic.

[@abanano-343]

@@aghastinagharta ohhh I see what you did there xD

[@Orangeboy1345]

I sang the lyrics to all of them, huh ...

[@jakfrost25]

Was doing it, then I saw this comment and it momentarily really freaked me out

[@DoctorRimfire_PhD]

My favorite guitar youtuber playing my favorite band. God bless this day.

[@DaniloVicari]

Thank you! 🙏🏻

[@kasewiesel]

The Mad Quacker :)

[@leocvalle]

Queen riffs feel like a mix between Led Zeppelin and AC/DC riffs, Brian May is an amaizing guitarist.

[@barbara4214]

Only they were before ac/dc and after led zeppelin

[@mirmarq429]

Fun fact: Queen was specifically trying to bring that Led Zeppelin grit into their glam-rock setting, and created/pioneered Glam Metal (which youtube recognizes as a genre, by the way!) before moving on to pop, hard rock, and weird stuff like basically all of A Night at the Opera. Not to sound like WatchMojo or anything...

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

@@mirmarq429 actually the genre is glam rock. Like David Bowie

[@rowboat5294]

No they weren’t

[@gabrielchrist9710]

School rock. Finaly

[@gavinblacksher1106]

Amazing list, would’ve loved to have seen Hammer To Fall on here though, that song doesn’t get enough recognition

[@rebinmohammadi4426]

Agreed

[@DaniloVicari]

I started to make a list, I had 18 songs, I needed to make some tough choices, Queen has so many amazing riffs and songs!

[@gavinblacksher1106]

Danilo Vicari No worries! Queens catalogue is unmatched, you did a great job of narrowing it down to just 10 songs

[@ammongarrett4192]

@@DaniloVicari Sweet Lady Father To Son Sweet Lady White Man Sweet Lady The Loser In The End Sweet Lady

[@feeno1188]

tbf hammer to fall is not that great imo

[@masonjarbeiler9569]

Best band in the world. Change my mind

[@katalucic4431]

same

[@J.4855X]

Go d we cant

[@overkilsjack888]

I love Queen but Jimi Hendrix is just as good

[@zlegend9628]

Led Zeppelin

[@demise314]

@@overkilsjack888 Jimmy Hendrix was a legendary guitar player, but their sounds are so different it's impossible to compare the two. And he wasn't a band

[@courtneyboulds]

Brian May is the Bob Ross of guitar.

[@obi-wancorleone5678]

*?*

[@junkhead_92]

@@obi-wancorleone5678 because he is a wholesome gentleman and has long curly hair.

[@gabrielchrist9710]

Lmao freedi

[@gabrielchrist9710]

Fried hnow Friends

[@davidreichert9392]

This should read the top 10 Queen guitar riffs. To play the top Queen riffs, you'd need a bass.

[@masOnLifts1530]

Only two of the most popular songs by queen uses a bass

[@sebastiangonzalez995]

Doesn’t John Deacon always use baselines in every Queen song? Just wondering.

[@fennelburbidge5040]

Mr Potato you can’t always hear him and his parts can be extremely minimal but yes . He did participate in more or less every song

[@sebastiangonzalez995]

To0nzy . Okay. Thanks for the info. Sometimes I wouldn’t hear the bass at all and wonder if was even involved.

[@fluffycat702]

Yeah like some of my favorite queen songs/riffs are with bass like Another One Bites The Dust

[@ryanwilliams4223]

A kind of magic is fucking underrated,guitar work at its best and Freddies vocals are unreal.

[@aquilaballetmusic]

Song or album??

[@ryanwilliams4223]

@@aquilaballetmusic Song

[@grroppen2140]

Have you listened to Who Want's The Live Forever he said he had a hard time doing the songs high notes

[@peterstewart9376]

Wow! Never realized queen had so many shred riffs. I know Brian May is an amazing guitarist but damnnnnn some of that stuff was like almost Van Halen-ish. Love it

[@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020]

Stone Cold Crazy is often credited as being the song that gave birth to thrash metal.

[@Olliemets]

The First 2 Albums are wild. Check em out. Some over the top stuff, but some crazy Guitar licks. "Great King Rat", "Modern Times Rock N Roll", Ogre Battle- Serious shredding.

[@bill2527]

Van Halenish? C'mon do all you pinheads have to compare everyone to him. Brian is English and was rockin' and recording way before VH

[@peterstewart9376]

@@bill2527listen here pinhead, im dirty dan.

[@peterstewart9376]

@@bill2527 eddie van halen was way better than this guy okay just be smooth with it

[@sofilechuga4941]

Wanna be my “AAaAAaaaAaAA” to my, “lap of the gods”?

[@supercalvo9997]

Woah woah lalalala

[@anaespiritu4609]

Sure

[@marswithdiamonds7611]

I liVe my LiFe FoR yOu

[@rogerinataylor1091]

I'll be the cheese to your Toast

[@chickenboy2182]

How about my “AAaaAaAaAaaaAA” to my “My Fairy King”?

[@nedd.8479]

Nice to see Stone Cold Crazy getting some recognition.

[@kasewiesel]

Ned D. I KNOW

[@yoannam.2243]

Yesterday I literally learned it on bass :D

[@bobwallacejnr6852]

as a fellow musician may i say i have never heard any Queen stuff played so perfectly. well presented too..excellent.

[@diegornesler]

I honestly love all the riffs and how he included some less popular Queen songs, nice job.

[@andrewpappas9311]

As a massive Queen fan (and as someone who's extremely excited for the Bohemian Rhapsody movie), I loved this. Brian May is such a great guitarist and he's one of my personal favourites so this was awesome to see, awesome job dude. How about Top 10 Riffs - Ghost soon?

[@4xdblack]

Honestly Brian May's solos are what got me started on queen.

[@Heritage6292]

All of those also bcoz of Freddie.

[@mia-zf4ls]

1:01 I love Let Me Entertain You’s riff it’s so cool

[@harrisongordon4246]

Queen really were the greatest

[@darkjesy7736]

No, they weren't

[@atomic4650]

@@darkjesy7736 yes they were

[@jasonteqja7262]

Debatable

[@jazzram_]

They weren’t the greates They are the greatest

[@JDP2104]

My 2nd favorite only after Guns N Roses

[@joetvr4003]

I think hammer to fall shouldve been included. Other than that great job

[@pigfrombarnyard4387]

I reckon Brighton rock is one of the most underrated queen songs and guitar riffs.

[@ultimateagent1784]

My dumbass brain forgot I was watching a top ten QUEEN riffs video, so I hear one vision start playing and I’m like ooh yeah bit queen to start off, good choice, good choice. Then I realised

[@Mesatallic]

Love playing the ‘Now I’m Here’ Riff @ 2:21

[@mgrahshalm7449]

You deserve ways more followers. All of youre videos have such an incredible quality, always perfect playing, tones nailed, just absolutely professional.

[@benguitardrums9569]

I was very happy when I saw The Hitman!!!

[@rodger3352]

Me too :)

[@robertoricci3393]

"Son and Daughter" and "Dead on Time" some of the greatest and unknown riffs by Dr May

[@wgb01001]

The Live Killers version of Let Me Entertain You is the most rocking thing they ever did. Fantastic.

[@marcryvon]

Most impressive, young friend. And I know every single note of Brian's riffs. But never, ever could'nt played them ! In almost 40 years !

[@cristauxfeur2560]

Top 10 riffs : Pink Floyd

[@ramix04]

Es mas complejo de todos. .

[@lennard9616]

@Syd Barret 17 Comfortably Numb the 2nd guitar solo *-*

[@goplanit]

They don't have 10 top riffs... they're shit.

[@owendeweese6389]

Cristaux FEUR no one could watch an hour long video like that

[@MrDoudoune21]

@@goplanit what a senseless comment... even if they were shit, there would still be a top ten

[@juliact]

That was fantastic! Your playing is exceptional. Just makes me appreciate Brian even more. What a genius, what a guitar god!

[@alex4504]

How is it possible that I already love the video without watching it? I think it's the title.

[@Pewtooyou]

Queen has so many tasty riffs but a lot of people don't realize it unless it the riffs are isolated like you have done here... Well Done!!!!!!

[@lorenzolarocca4445]

Innuendo è un capolavoro che speravo avresti proposto prima o poi. Grande!! 🤘🏼

[@kevincourcey813]

Nicely done. Multi-tracking definitely thickens up the sound, which, of course, Brian does all the time.

[@lanza1]

I liked how you put so many underrated riffs, my favourite is Now I'm Here. Son And Daughter riff would be a good one too!

[@Marti24830]

Davvero bravissimo, complimenti. È stato un piacere guardare questo video e sentirti suonare.

[@benjammin9369]

Nailed the tone! Bryan May is a riff legend. Well covered.

[@eddiem4868]

Part of his tone is his coin pick

[@sumeetbhardwaj5104]

This band just give me chills whenever I listen to any of their songs❤God gifted band. Just love their pure music ...

[@davidrubenlorachi1552]

The guitar tone is fucking amazing 😱😱😱

[@MakelBelieve]

David Rubén Lora Chi that's cause software does the work

[@james2155]

So smooth

[@danyrszz]

I think he recorded it from the physical amplifier, not simulated software

[@simonheerze3085]

@@MakelBelieve there's nothing wrong with that, is there?

[@MakelBelieve]

@@simonheerze3085 nope nothing at all. I like Smoth and pure guitar sound

[@ricardobernal29]

Great Riff songs, Queen ... the best Rock n Roll band of all time. Surely a lot of “new fans” doesn’t know this songs...

[@sasmitroy5480]

Innuendo was a fantastic album! My favourite along with Night at the Opera and Day at the Races.

[@richprincipe749]

This is terrific!! Super choices! Great job!

[@fjkxxx1204]

Brian is one of the most underrated and to my opinion the best guitarist all the time❤️🎶

[@mmcc62204]

The millionaire waltz riff is extremely underrated

[@love5566love]

top 10 riffs: dio

[@UmberBee]

KONO DIO DA

[@irlendyorville1705]

holy diver rainbow in the dark

[@marcinmrozowski6703]

Yeah!!!

[@martinhroch344]

We Rock Rainbow in the Dark Holy Diver

[@thijs.keyveehts]

Hey Angel

[@Iceman-xx1kh]

I'd like to believe that there is no best guitarist in our world...just multiple brilliant guitarists that fill our lives and ears with wonderful music and different tones. Embrace these guys. That's my take on it.

[@Jack-ii6iv]

Congrats on 100k subs you deserve it

[@DaniloVicari]

Thanks man!!

[@Slears]

I want it all is surely one of the best guitar tracks ever recorded

[@athila9593]

I'm glad he put in The Hitman, because it's a very underrated song

[@cudaguy74]

Thanks for including Hitman and I Want it All. There are so many to choose from Liar and Father to Son has some neat hard licks

[@marcosaugusto4469]

Top 10 Riffs: Scorpions

[@derekbells]

Sails of charon have to be close to number 1

[@masonmackinnon952]

Top 5 would be better

[@Slaker02320]

Soooooo many good riffs

[@adamr1987]

We burn the sky and Fly to the rainbow are kick ass ones as well.

[@orlandoveronez3886]

Por favooorrrrrr

[@johnholmes8996]

A sensational choice of Riffs. Thought it would just be the popular songs. Well done on deep diving

[@rodger3352]

Thanks for including Hitman ! Very underrated song ^_^

[@lalo4642]

Man, finally some recognition for Let Me Entertain You What an underrated song

[@tepidtooth8539]

Finally my prayers have been answered, thank you for this maybe do Pink Floyd next? Like if Queen and Pink Floyd are the two greatest bands of all time!

[@varunbhattacharyya9356]

Please do Pink Floyd

[@alexcraft7548]

Id say the top 3 are 1. Queen 2. Black Sabbath 3. Pink Floyd But thats just me

[@TDJbobiste]

@@alexcraft7548 to me 1 Jimi Hendrix experience 2 Pink floyd 3 Led zep 4 Queen

[@octtrinittolavg]

For my taste, here's my personal list 1. Deep Purple 2. Queen 3. Whitesnake 4. Led Zeppelin 5. Rainbow Without offense for anybody, I really like Pink Floyd but I don't look on them them as the biggest. But Queen, I really do. 😊

[@mouloudo]

@exposed love that just means the beatles are the pioneers, but Queen took it to the next level... Pink Floyd next

[@jimbaldyga2648]

That is absolutely magnificent!!!

[@Steven-gz2gp]

QUEEN FOREVER 💙❤️💚

[@richprincipe749]

Fantastic song choices!! Love 'em

[@vvalendo]

Keep Yourself Alive should’ve been on here but I forgive bc he included Stone Cold Crazy

[@TSD0416]

Very well done. Great homage paid to the greatest guitar player of all times.

[@ЮлианГъ]

1. Очень здорово. 2. Вот ещё песни с ярко выраженными хардроковыми рифами: Liar, Modern Times Rock & Roll , Son & Daughter, Loser In The End, Sweet Lady, Fight From The Inside, It's Late, Fun It, Dragon Attack, Another One Bites The Dust, Dancer, Hammer To Fall, Gimme The Prize (Kurgan's Theme)/Princes Of The Universe, Scandal, Was It All Worth It, Headlong, It's A Beautiful Day (Reprise).

[@СергийАндрюшчин]

Невидимку забыл.

[@rookthetexan8343]

Superb instructional. Professional to a tee......, intensely interesting, and very polished.

[@ladyvader2648]

brian may's a genius

[@lmao7439]

brian may can literally play anything and is quite underrated . From thrashy riffs of stone cold crazy to shreds and basically anything.

[@diegootero7277]

Top 10 riffs:Judas Priest

[@benguitardrums9569]

Diego Otero electric eye #1

[@diegootero7277]

@@benguitardrums9569 Could be...

[@kateg7355]

Great cinematography, you’re very talented

[@parvizus0.119]

Brian May is a GOD!

[@calebtucker7948]

Absolutely SOLID vid, great editing, great choices from Queen! Thanks for this! Now I'mma go learn em XD

[@vanderguitar7224]

Realmente Bray May é o cara. Parabens por ele ter deixado esse legado.

[@danielpinto6165]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnmXh5WBlteDZsU

[@finnjacobs]

I enjoyed this very much

[@FilipinoWaylon26]

Pretty surprised to see Hitman, though I'm pretty happy it was in there. Honestly, I was kinda surprised you did open up with Keep Yourself Alive, that is always a good riff to start with when doing Queen.

[@dbd31463]

The opening riff was One Vision. I didn't hear any Keep Yourself Alive.

[@FilipinoWaylon26]

@@dbd31463 sorry, that was a typo. I meant I'm surprised that he didn't open with Keep Yourself Alive.

[@francamancini7058]

Anche solo i Riffs ti fanno sognare tutto quello che di bello c'è dietro.

[@aaronexists4308]

I only know a few of the songs after 1985 or that area, and I enjoyed the ones that I know.

[@jaky5653]

Bravo Danilo! Complimenti!

[@DaniloVicari]

Grazie mille!

[@TheKane42069]

Tear It Up, off their "The Works" album is another underatted classic. It was the 2nd track after their mega hit, "Radio GaGa."

[@vladtheinhaler8476]

awesome job dude, so many good ones

[@Bozok53]

00:01 CHECKMATE Davie504's nightmare

[@lydiangandalf]

pretty sure this is the first youtube video I've enjoyed every second of

[@williamashford-payne2416]

Queen are a fantastic band

[@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020]

Great list and awesome to see you include Let Me Entertain You, very underrated heavy track from the Queen cannon.

[@omerulas6224]

The Rolling Stones please

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

Brilliantly played. Glad you included stone cold crazy in there

[@davep8221]

Excellent choices! I'd've liked to've heard either Keep Yourself Alive or Great King Rat or ... I think you basically need to do "10 more Top Ten Riffs." Also, in case you didn't know, Steve Howe did the ~wandering minstrel guitar somewhere near the middle.~ Yes, Queen, Mike Oldfield: in a class of their own.

[@あかつきしょうゆ]

Wow, he's done phenomenal jobs,hasn't he? Thanks, Danilo. They'er just name of albums & numbers of coolest rifs he get. Let me just write them down, show where they are for appreciating his great artistic work more easy. #1 0:30 ONE VISION .1968　”A KIND OF MAGIC” #2 0:54 LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU . 1978 "Jazz" #3 1:20 FAT BOTTOMED GIRL . 1978 "Jazz" #4 1:46 HIT MAN . 1991 "INNUENDO" #5 2:20 NOW I'M HERE . 1974 "SHEER HART ATTACK" #6 2:30 TIE YOUR MOTHER DOWN . 1976 "A DAY AT THE RACE" #7 3:08 I WANT IT ALL . 1989"THE MIRACLE" #8 3:45 INNUENDO . 1991 "INNUENDO" #9 4:16 STONE 1974 "SHEER HART ATTACK" #10 4:34 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY 1975 "A NIGHT AT THE OPERA" Thak you, everyone. See ya!

[@MM-tt3np]

3:46 Queen goes early Iron Maiden

[@kj23000]

So happy to see One Vision and The Hitman here. So underrated

[@jessechalif2428]

Brian may rocks! Fantastic job with this video

[@Si_Dinis]

Esse cara é fera, bom demais. Como tem gente que dá "deslike"?

[@machoman8784]

Liar is a pretty good one, I can’t believe it’s not here

[@starlinyn9292]

They can't all be or it wouldn't be top 10

[@steviespaind4307]

Thoroughly enjoyed that. No frills, none of that fancy talking shit, just the riffs. thanks :)

[@Aquila81]

The Hitman & I want it all (extended version) = super like!!!

[@fuiplu]

Absolutely fantastic. Great job .

[@markgeater5288]

I'd have had "Liar" and "Dead on time" instead of "Let me entertain you" and "Hitman". Also, "I want it all" really misses the whammy dives.

[@supercalvo9997]

Mark Geater RESPECT LET ME ENTERTAIN U

[@albertomaciel1313]

RESPECT THE HITMAN

[@mcxandy6003]

Liar and Dead On Time are good but Let Me Entertain You And The Hitman are EPIC! So.. RESPECT!

[@mirkozuzzu8178]

Grande video... Bravissimo!!! Super le canzoni che hai scelto. God Save the QUEEN!!!

[@oliverm.4216]

Queen is not just pop music. 😎👍

[@thewidesweep9412]

Queen is not just a ''Rooooockk!!!!!'' 🤘

[@michawrzosek5417]

I loved the One vision music video reference at the beginning