What A Crowd... | FIRST TIME HEARING 'QUEEN Live Aid 1985 Full Performance' | GENUINE REACTION

I thought today we could go with a live performance that I have been waiting to watch for so long. Queen Live Aid Performance 1985! I wasn't sure when the best time would be for me to listen to it but I think it is now! I don't know a great lot about Queen or Freddie Mercury but I think I do know a couple of their songs. Here though, we don't react to music that we have already heard... Not on this channel... Ever! Anyway, If there is more Queen or Freddie Mercury you'd like to check out, If I haven't already heard it, I will react to it for you!
Here is my reaction to hearing Queen Live Aid Performance 1985, I hope you enjoy it!
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[@butterflymama12869]

And THIS is why Freddie was known as one of the greatest frontman and performers ever! He had it all! He is so missed by millions of fans.

[@marythacker4802]

RIP Freddie. 😢 Great performance! Great reaction. Thanks MB.

[@Winona493]

Oh Freddie! You were so very much loved. ❤

[@TheFiolito]

i am sitting here (in Germany) a 64 year old Grandma. it´s a Sunday afternoon and i am in the rabbit hole of watching you react to the music of my youth the music I love. I am having a blast. Keep on with your genuine reaction! I love watching you having fun...and the goosebumps. 🙂

[@stevepierce9152]

61 in USA doing the same!

[@runningmangray]

That's such a great comment 😊

[@DeeSwitzer]

I think this kid is great for exploring music history

[@Mr_Obvious]

65 in the US doing the same thing!!!

[@danielschmidt7325]

63 yo guy in Florida, US doing the exact same thing 😆

[@warhammer_studios]

Freddie knew he was dying, and went out and performed anyway. Absolute legend. RIP Freddie!

[@jogooge6384]

David Bowie was on after Queen, standing in the wings he was heard to say ‘How the f*ck am I supposed to follow that?”

[@Nikki-l5p9y]

Poor bastard

[@cherylburkhead1334]

I thought it was Elton John.

[@politicalscientist8880]

Interviewer: Freddie, you can play a lot of instruments, what's your favourite to play? Freddie: The audience.

[@Blank.Grandma]

@@politicalscientist8880 He said the crowd Baby, the crowd ❤️

[@mrtim5363]

Interviewer: Do you want to be a rock star? Freddie: No, I want to be a legend.

[@Giggirl]

You tear up because music touches the soul ❤🎶

[@lindakellogg7890]

@@Giggirl It still makes me choke up.

[@Nikki-l5p9y]

Love! ❤❤❤❤

[@robertferguson9178]

You keep saying it's the best live performance you've seen. Mate, it's the best live performance in history.

[@vernonfrance2974]

[@mattc3581]

Imagine being a band that has a song widely regarded as the best song ever, you open with it and only play half the song, and still put on the greatest live performance ever.

[@robertferguson9178]

@@mattc3581 them imagine being able to show up to a show that you aren't even slated to play, completely unannounced, and the concert producers and the band just step aside and let you have at it. Who else in music history ever has, or could do that? Queen basically crashed at live aid.

[@gailsgig]

This is ALL LIVE, real voices, real musicians, real audience. No audio augmentation!these guys playing for half an hour straight! Imagine your granny rocking in this crowd!

[@sheilalong7574]

Live Aid was put together to raise funds and awareness to the Ethiopian famine in 1983-1985. Queen stole the show! What an incredible event! ♥️

[@mykeyb420]

They were a last-minute addition also

[@Dee-JayW]

Bob Geldof, Boomtown Rats I believe had a hand in putting this together. All I know is I was glued to my TV in Canada 🇨🇦 watching this with my newborn baby! ❤❤❤

[@Marlinspike1964]

I was there for Live Aid. It was an incredible day, but even at the time there was no doubt that Queen stole the show.

[@triarb5790]

Me too!! Even then we knew it was a once in a lifetime thing, didn't we?. I still remember it as clear as day. I was on the field mid way down on the right. I remember it got hot and I remember the roar of thd crowd and the buckets of water chucked on us and the bouncing balloons and of course of course of course the music from Status Quo right through to Wham to watching Philadelphia on the big screen. Best Day of Music Ever! And yes 100% Queen stole the show. Freddie was mesmerising.

[@Barbara-s9c]

Me too, Never forgotten day. Missed U2 queuing for the bogs!

[@stephaniemackellar2549]

I had 2 tickets but couldn't get a baby sitter arrrgh!

[@RobertSimpson-b2j]

Queen OWNED that concert, the whole thing was great but Queen took it to a whole new level

[@markkinder6275]

@@RobertSimpson-b2j can anyone actually remember any other performance?

[@RobertSimpson-b2j]

@@markkinder6275 yes the whole thing was great but Queen killed it

[@brigidsingleton1596]

​@@markkinder6275 Status Quo...and um...the two "policemen" Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith...(if I can count the two comedy guys?!)😊

[@Chatta-Ortega]

​@markkinder6275 I thought Queen and U2 were far and away the best performances.

[@sassypatty2666]

George Michael singing Elton’s song. Incredible. U2, also incredible. The Who, Sting, Phil Collins

[@mykeyb420]

It was so awesome how He had a microphone in one hand, and 2 billion people in the other. This was a worldwide event.

[@danielshea518]

One of the, if not THE greatest live performances of all time.

[@CJ-Fischer]

I’m not a crier but every time I watch this I 😢 😅

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

I agree this is most likely the greatest. For me number two would be the Hyde Park ELO concert. Just unbelievable. As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.

[@bevriddell5166]

Have you seen the somebody to love live at montreal 1981 video ? Fantastic my fave 100%

[@InstigatorDJ]

I fucking concur!! NOBODY get the crowd to do what he did. EVER.

[@daphnethurlow5388]

Freddie was a Showman through and through. Forever missed...

[@Violet-xg4bb]

No auto tune, pure talent. Nobody today comes close. Never will.

[@marshaaud188]

Freddie owned that crowd that day. It was magnificent!

[@dawnmclaughlin5262]

That "a-yo" crowd participation segment is actually Freddie's pre-show vocal warm-up routine. The started doing it as part of the show to keep the audience engaged! It's nothing short of amazing to see and hear! Goosebumps EVERY SINGLE TIME I see and hear it!!

[@AudraGibson]

It becomes even more impressive when you think about the fact this wasn’t a Queen concert. It was Live Aid, which brought fans of all different kinds of artists. And yet, that whole entire stadium was rocking and captivated by Queen.

[@OutcastSpartan]

I think Elton John was on after them and said that he wasn't happy because he had to perform after that.

[@daphnethurlow5388]

​@bishopswoodcraftslol..love it

[@TNgirl546]

@@OutcastSpartan It was actually David Bowie that went after Queen.

[@OutcastSpartan]

@@TNgirl546 Elton John wasn't right after, but he was still after...

[@camilamadrid7620]

It's even more surprising when you think that Queen was practically the last band to confirm, so the public probably didn't even go to see them.

[@Judymoe]

Queen never split up. Most had a few solo projects, but they always came back, until the very end.

[@danielkinn782]

This is THE best 20 minutes of live music ever EVER recorded. And this coming from a guy who loves Pink Floyd and Pulse 94. Freddie is the best frontman of any band....Ever.

[@Blank.Grandma]

@@danielkinn782 Definitely the GOAT

[@gusrose62]

This & Prince at the Superbowl

[@danielkinn782]

@gusrose62 great choice!! When he performed Purple Rain and it rained. Amazing!!!

[@cherylalexander1948]

Mercury is considered the best rock frontman in the history of rock. He had an incredible vocal range.

[@cockneycharm3970]

Amen to that 👏

[@moaningminnie7863]

Football stadiums all round the world.

[@moaningminnie7863]

Great but can’t see them your screen is just black, sad spoilt the experience.

[@ginbro008]

Listen, we are all still grieving the loss of Freddie. He was amazing and makes us all tear up.

[@GreatestFrontman]

Yes we are still grieving everyday 😢 Can’t stop wanting to watch any videos of him 🎵🎤💯✨♥️

[@Ki11erAce]

The light of the world got a little dimmer when Freddie left it. :(

[@anncole5779]

100%. I just get teared up every time I hear him. What an incredible performer.

[@ceejay0137]

"Do whatever you like with my music, just don't make it boring!"

[@vernonfrance2974]

[@Judymoe]

For songs where Freddie knew he was dying, you have to go to their album, "Innuendo". Freddie worked his butt off to finish recording the songs and even did a video, but if you want to feel how all of us Queen fans felt (after the fact), listen to "The Show Must Go On", written by Brian May. I had the Innuendo CD playing in my car, and that song came on, after I knew he'd died. I had to pull over to the side of the road, because I was crying so hard, I couldn't see anymore. For context, I've been a hardcore Queen fan since I was twelve years old, in 1975. His death hit me very hard. I'm still not over it.

[@captainsceptic3559]

MollyBoy, you are incredibly authentic, vulnerable, and natural, and have a great ear. Thank you for your work.

[@markskoda]

76 year old bloke here. Mollyboy, I love your channel.

[@eightieslivenow7579]

67 years young female here in canada and you are the only one I follow who reacts to music.. no stupid gimmicks...just a super lovely young man with heart curiosity authentic as hell..genuine and I wish you were my grandson...I never had kids but if i had....I will be a punk rocker till I die and you are the coolest young man You are the best...you ROCK..

[@lindsaywright4329]

Freddie hadn't been diagnosed with HIV at this stage, but his doctors had advised him not to do this concert as he had a throat infection. No way was he not going to do it though. He said after the concert that it had felt like he had glass in the back of his throat when he was singing. Definitely watch Somebody to Love at Montreal 1981- it is mesmerizing. Love your thoughtful and genuine reaction,

[@Avalee325]

Omg I’ve had a really bad throat infection before and I still remember how miserable it was 😩 what a pro 🥰

[@dianeshelton9592]

He had received a diagnosis no but Aids was really killing off the people who he had regularly partied with and you don’t know wha the was thinking. Did he know he was on borrowed time? Who knows but he certainly continues to live right up to when he couldn’t.

[@dianeshelton9592]

If you listen carefully on the high notes Roger Daltrey was right there hitting the notes and supporting him so it made the notes sound perfect.

[@dianeshelton9592]

The reason for Live Aid was a a dreadful famine of biblical proportions in Ethiopia that was on the news every night . Bob Geldorf saw it and organised a Song and then this concert. Got knight for it. Many many artists were at the concert but Queen who were really not expected to be, were the highlight of this concert and this is the bit played over and over.

[@gingerroot8906]

I don't remember Queen breaking up during their career when Eddie was alive. Let me know if I'm wrong. After Freddie passed away there was a long break, though.

[@JoyceLove-m4z]

You have all the grandmas here! 75 year old here, loving your reactions. All your grandparents were cooler than you😂

[@ninok413]

😂😂😂❤

[@joannasimmonds3706]

It's true! Yet another Grandma glued to the screen 😂

[@Mozza-g2m]

😂😂😂

[@spoonunit1]

Ha Ha...ace comment.

[@JoyceLove-m4z]

You should look at the Greenday crowd singing Bohemian Rhapsody while waiting for Green Day to come on 😊

[@Pingkonk]

Brian May is extremely rarely mentioned when speaking about the greatest rock guitarists ever. He’s AMAZING. A virtuoso by definition. It’s insane. Check out more!

[@mikemclaughlin3306]

His guitar tone is only matched by Santana and David Gilmour

[@lisafayepranger8561]

Pinkkonk, do check out the Brian May interview on Rick Beato's channel. Really excellent.

[@mariannetuite7411]

I personally much prefer Gilmour as a guitarist. But you’re right, by definition, Sir Brian is a virtuoso

[@mariannetuite7411]

@@lisafayepranger8561Rick Beato’s channel is a treasure. His interview with Robert DeLeo is also fantastic

[@korinamoss3581]

Yes!

[@larryPedersen-d4r]

It's amazing to see 80,000 people responding to Freddie, in unison.

[@cherylburkhead1334]

And there were viewers around the world also watching to support Live Aid.

[@REBMeTaL]

“Someone to Love” live in Montreal 1981. Even if you have heard the song, you haven’t heard it like this!! Incredible!!

[@Kimellis0]

💯👍

[@davidbrodati3716]

Totally agree! A must see.

[@GirlWithAnOpinion]

OMG! NO COMPARISON! Only live version I've heard of any song that was lightyears better than the studio version. The whole band was on 🔥🔥🔥!

[@HisseyGyatso]

Agreed 💯

[@eleniasimop]

Watch "show must go on" one of the last songs they recorded. It was realised just after Freddie passed.

[@perpetualidiocy6622]

often forgotten but Live Aid itself was also the first ever multi-cast event. played simultaneously on TV and radio

[@TheShortar53]

The guitarist (Dr Brian May) built that guitar with his dad using wood from an old fireplace. Hes now a world renowned astrophysicist

[@miketrinktnixxxtodt4791]

Sir Brian May !!

[@miketrinktnixxxtodt4791]

SAW all The great ThrashDeathSpeed Metal Bands and Had The Chance too See Queen between 78-86 a few Times.QuadroSound in Hamburg '80 they Killing it

[@stephanx2384]

Yeah, and instead of a guitar pick he used and old sixpence, think he does to that day.

[@TheShortar53]

@@stephanx2384 he did... Now, I believe he has fake sixpences made with his face on cos the real ones are getting scarce.

[@elizabethness3629]

When he rocked out on Buckingham Palace !!! What a buzz Career High or What xxxx Peace xx

[@PishProductions1]

I think this is the greatest 20 minutes in all of human history

[@vernonfrance2974]

[@scottkirkhomes1260]

On a side note, Lady Gaga loved Freddie Mercury so much, she named herself after the song Radio "Gaga"

[@kevinseven6633]

Good job she didn't pick 'Fat Bottomed Girls'. I saw Live Aid when it was broadcast... amazing experience.

[@alfredvela369]

At least that what she says

[@KelliFranklin]

​@@alfredvela369 Why would she lie about something like that? She's said that Freddie and David Bowie were big influences in her life.

[@kevtb874]

​@@alfredvela369it's what she says because it's true and she gave herself her own stage name. What a bizarre comment. What are you implying? That she retroactively claimed she named herself after this song because it was popular again?

[@jillianmunday7640]

"Barcelona" duet...just for the sheer stage presence. Freddie struts out with his arms wide, his entire torso open to the audience, owning every inch of the stage like he always does. Unbelievable. A master. Will adore Freddie forever.

[@vernonfrance2974]

His strutting about was very off putting.

[@jerseyporter]

Can I also say, good on you for calling out those who claim to have 'never heard Queen before' and fake reaction videos. Your reactions to Radio Gaga, Hammer to Fall (the best rocking song ever about the theme of 'we're all going to die', by the way!) and 'Crazy little thing called love' were so clearly genuine. Just wanted to say, when you watch this again, note how Dr Sir Brian May PhD plays 3 different guitars in 'Crazy little thing'! And Roger Taylor's vocals are amazing! He doesn't get enough recognition for his role in Queen's Live Aid performance. When you watch 'Somebody to love' from Montreal 1981, you'll see Roger in all his glory! And the way Freddie simply worships at the greatness that are Brian's solos (especially in 'Hammer to Fall') show the humility of the man. He knew Brian was one of the greats. Finally, don't take the film version of Queen's history as the truth - it isn't. It's more a 'representation' of the group's history in film form. Keep going down that Queen rabbit hole, especially live. You won't be disappointed. (My brother saw them at Knebworth in 1986, but I couldn't go - bitter, me? Hell yes! I would have given my right arm to have seen Queen live!). I was 18 when Live Aid happened. I feel 18 again every time I watch this footage. RIP Freddie.

[@daphnethurlow5388]

Hey..I was at knebworth!

[@Dee-JayW]

I do a standing ovation in my living room, for Roger, every time I watch the Montréal performance! 🇨🇦 I was a new mum, 20 years old, Hubbie working away, and this was one of those times where I will never forget this glorious live concert ❤❤❤❤

[@pamelariker5525]

That is how you hold 72,000 people in the palm of your hand !!! STUNNING!

[@HaraldSeiwert]

...and the 2 billion watching it at the telly 😀

[@liliamunoz7831]

Freddie moved you- Freddie moved the world!!!

[@daphnethurlow5388]

He did

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Freddie Mercury moves us still. He will never die because we keep him in ours hearts and minds forever. (I am an atheist but he makes me want to believe in the perfection of creation. His loss - and David Bowie - really made me weep when I heard the news).💔💔💔💔💔

[@wandagreen2688]

He moved the world! It never cease to amaze me to listen to them but especially his voice. He IS a beautiful soul!

[@ClaireQuinn566]

Live Aid was a concert which the wonderful Irish man Bob Geldof brought about - to raise money for the starving people of Ethiopia. Queen nearly missed out on it but managed to get a spot at the last minute. They were just magnificent. Freddie is a terrible loss to us all. He was a wonderful man in public and also in private. God bless him. With much love from Ireland. ❤️

[@flcalique]

The tears are because Freddie's magic was to be able to reach into each person's soul, scoop a piece of it, love it and replace it while leaving a piece of his soul inside of you.

[@sethterwilliger9434]

freddie was the greatest singer performer ever

[@blairhinton7535]

Freddie wasn't just a singer...he was an entertainer

[@donnasmith4426]

Interesting fact. Freddie was once asked how it felt to be the world's best singer. He said "I really don't know, you'll have to ask Steve Perry. " Freddie was very shy and humble.

[@vernonfrance2974]

[@heavin6586]

You ought to check out the video of the crowd singing Bohemian Rhapsody before the Green Day concert. If you want to get chills, this will do it. Queens music will never die..

[@brigidsingleton1596]

My eldest daughter was at that Green Day Hyde Park Concert, yes, she sang too, of course!! 👍😊🎵♥️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿♥️🎵🙂🖖

[@markh.7650]

I second this notion. I've seen the video, and at one point the wind catches the cymbal, kind of like Freddy looking down and reminding the crowd they are his favorite instrument.

[@heavin6586]

@@markh.7650 Also, the way the clouds morph at the end....

[@julieharmon5192]

I just saw Green Day in Pittsburgh . All of us singing Queen brought me to tears!

[@VickyAitch]

Yes, I commented on a green day video to watch that. He’ll live forever ❤️, and so he should.

[@1031irishqueen]

Each band had 20 minutes to perform...Queen had it down to the second!

[@patrickmcgavin2245]

Freddy Mercury was one of a kind performer. Nobody will ever come close to being as great of a performer like Freddy Mercury. He was a showman. R.I.P Freddy Mercury.

[@vernonfrance2974]

[@joelhansen7373]

Have you ever seen Adam Lambert as the front man for Queen? He does an absolutely amazing job of capturing Freddy Mercury’s energy, stage presence, & singing. It blew me away! He toured with Queen for at least 5 years. There are videos of it on KZbin.

[@NEMES1-S]

To become emotional like this is a proof of your true appreciation of classic music.

[@vernonfrance2974]

There is nothing classical about it.

[@elizabethness3629]

The whole band are singing. The Drummer is the falsetto xxxx

[@joyceharkin3641]

You can hear Roger's voice getting louder and louder towards the end of the set, trying to support Freddie as his voice is beginning to strain.

[@jeanine6328]

You left out that he’s awesome! I love Roger.

[@Animal_Liberation_V]

What kind of instruments do you play? Freddie Mercury: "The crowd, darling."

[@RockinMamaT]

I was 15 when Live Aid was planned and I was determined to watch in all non stop and that's what I did 😂 Freddie had a throat infection and he performed against doctors orders saying 1.8 billion people around the world will be watching and Queen will be there darling. Freddie had 70,000 people and all the world in the palm of his hands especially during Hammer to Fall when he played the audience at home. He was the only artist to acknowledge the camera.. I was already a huge Queen fan and I watched they're performance with my Dad and him and many others became Queen fan Freddie at 70% is better than most at 100% . Great reaction as usual my friend and Peace out ✌️ ☮️

[@johnathanstruble1064]

Fellow 15 year old here, same day, satellite Broadcast , into my little farmhouse in Oklahoma, watched all damn day, and night. Thanks Mom and Dad. ❤😂

[@mightyV444]

I too was 15 then 😀 And my currently still 15-year-old Son will turn 16 on the 13th of July, Live Aid's 39th anniversary 😊

[@jamesgreer9366]

First live aid I watched on TV was 92, or 93

[@christianwilliamson9752]

I watches on MTV and recorded it on vhs

[@johnathanstruble1064]

@@christianwilliamson9752 my friend , to only know now what we had, ,and this generation will never know, ✌️🔥🤣

[@janiballard]

He didn’t just command the stage. He commanded the audience.

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

Freddie owned the stage like few others ever had or could have. That man knew how to connect, even with an utterly enormous crowd like this.

[@thumpermcfar]

That's what it sounds like when you have FIVE octave ranges and one of the best front men EVER!!!

[@milamar7777]

It's even more impressive when you know that he had a severe throat infection at the time. Doctors advised him not to perform but Freddie wanted to.

[@susanengland3919]

It wasn’t only Queen who realized they had been sensational. Paul Gambaccini, who was part of the BBC broadcasting team at Live Aid, recalled the awe among other superstar musicians watching backstage. “Everybody realized that Queen was stealing the show,” said Gambaccini. These were the very words Elton John uttered when he rushed into Mercury’s trailer after the set. “You bastards, you stole the show,” joked the charismatic star. “Queen smoked ’em. They just took everybody. They walked away being the greatest band you’d ever seen in your life, and it was unbelievable,” said Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters. “And that’s what made the band so great; that’s why they should be recognized as one of the greatest rock bands of all time, because they could connect with an audience.” “It was the perfect stage for Freddie: the whole world” Their impact was summed up by Geldof. “Queen were absolutely the best band of the day,” the Live Aid organizer said. “They played the best, had the best sound, used their time to the full. They understood the idea exactly, that it was a global jukebox. They just went and smashed one hit after another. It was the perfect stage for Freddie: the whole world.”

[@lesaahrenstein6360]

radio gaga is why lady gaga got here name.

[@direlyon]

Freddie had the most amazing voice, such a range....and this 4 artists had so much creativity.....no one can compare

[@vernonfrance2974]

Not really.

[@BigDawgBeav]

Something to remember was this was live in London and Philadelphia. 70K+ in London and 100K in Philly. The bands would switch back and forth locations so the stage can get reset. So the big screens at each venue were playing the performance of the other venue. Now imagine all that clapping and the call/response happening in front of Freddie and happening 3000 miles away at the exact same time.

[@davidmcc8727]

Live aid was to raise money for the famine in Ethiopia. I was 31 when I watched this concert never forgotten.

[@MargaretChapman-k1y]

It raised over £50 million. A lot in those days.

[@triarb5790]

I was 23. And I was there!

[@kevinconrad6156]

Not just in London though, there was a concert in Philadelphia. They played a set in each city while the other was changing their stage.

[@kevinconrad6156]

@@MargaretChapman-k1y Apparently it ended up being about 150 million.

[@maryday7602]

People over use the word “great”, but Freddie Mercury was GREAT. Wouldn’t you hate to be the act that followed Queen that night? Freddie had another acoustic performance that night, so check that out for yourself. Love your reactions.

[@vernonfrance2974]

[@LeanneAnderson-e5c]

It was David Bowie

[@Iam_lamb]

Losing Freddie, was such a great loss to humanity. He will forever be missed by the world! RIP KIND MAN❤

[@mariannetuite7411]

I was 11 when he died, seeing my dad react as the news came across the radio will never leave me

[@markkinder6275]

It truly was, if only he lived another few years, the medications would have saved him.

[@daphnethurlow5388]

Definitely

[@GreatestFrontman]

@@markkinder6275 We think about that nearly every day; If only Freddie lived little longer, then he’d be saved and would’ve still be here today. Just imagine how much more wonderful music he could have written for the world . He truly loved us: his fans 😢

[@Nonniewantsmore]

This was on worldwide and I remember watching in the US.

[@ieyke]

Freddie Mercury was THE God Of Rock. Unrivaled voice and unrivaled master of the stage. This performance of 'Radio Ga Ga' is basically the only time you can actually SEE the speed of sound. This crowd was unfathomably massive, stretching essentially across the entire horizon, and as the crowd claps along with Freddie's singing you can SEE the wave ripple through the crowd as the song reaches the different parts of the crowd.

[@vernonfrance2974]

That's a matter of opinion.

[@ieyke]

@vernonfrance2974 Any other opinion is wrong.

[@crackersmom2679]

​@@ieykedon't feed the trolls. They'll just keep hanging around if you do.

[@cindykearns7777]

I saw Queen live in 1977 in Atlanta and Freddie was a magical creature like none other. Grateful I got to be in his presence for one night. 😁✌️

[@DeeSwitzer]

Just Queen's best, owned the day. This event was a huge fund raising.

[@susanconstable2113]

Freddie was a performer. He lived for the audience. What a showman. There will never be another like him.

[@nenasadie]

When he has the microphone, he always seems like something magical between a ringmaster and a conductor, but an archetype, the original, timeless.

[@beverlybrown2673]

This performance, often referred to as the greatest live rock performance ever, launched their comeback which lasted until Freddie's death from HIV/AIDS in 1991. "For 20 minutes another Queen ruled England." And the world.

[@zevongrie1402]

As I recall, this is when Queen’s popularity had dropped off a little bit. 2 minutes into this set Freddie had the crowd in the palm of his hand. Such a great front man and powerful voice. And Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor are brilliant musicians. Don’t forget to give them some love. So many great songs to choose from. Stone Cold Crazy, Death on Two Legs, Play the Game and Who Wants to Live Forever are some of my personal favorites.

[@nancyblumberg4612]

If you talk to the band they will say it was all Freddie but we all know that it takes four men to make this magic. They couldn't hear anything on stage, they were such professionals that all they needed was a look , a turn of the head, and they knew what to do.

[@Jamescloherty]

Freddie NEVER took 2 mins to have an audience in his hands he didn't need that amount of time it was done in seconds. RIP Freddie, a true legend❤❤❤

[@anjeamazone5655]

Another great Queen live performance is Somebody to love in Montreal 1981

[@maricepelletier2107]

My first concert - incredible!

[@anjeamazone5655]

@@maricepelletier2107 😍

[@REBMeTaL]

Yes!!!

[@pbell44]

All of the Montreal concert is great!

[@Christfollower91]

This performance alone , nearly doubled the money pledged that night...also the awesome crowd participation shows their love for the music

[@deborjhablackwell6162]

I am 75 years old. I cannot express enough how it delights me “rediscovering” this music with you. I appreciate your openness and endless passion. Keep it up! “Gramma hugs” from far away! ☺️☺️🫶🏽❤️

[@Adrian-GBM]

When you consider it wasn’t a Queen gig it was a concert with many bands then it makes the audience participation even more impressive.

[@viviennerose6858]

Tickets for the entire day were £25 ! Press paid £100. Audience were 72,000. Tickets were sold out before Queen were put on the playlist. Makes audience participation even more mind blowing

[@fleetskipper1810]

Yep, the audience was not made up of Queen fans. But after that, I’ll bet that they were Queen fans.

[@jamiesweitzer8469]

If you never heard of Queen and David Bowie 's duet "Under Pressure", react to that one, please.🎉❤😊

[@evillcowboy]

Every tv set and radio had live on-my parents and grandparents were at one time or another, glued to the television. It was a global moment

[@JustMe-um8zp]

Watch how Freddie "plays the crowd", they're eating out the palm of his hand! Fantastic performance.

[@Robert-fs1pb]

This is how queen was in all their concerts.

[@ellet6560]

“About ten years ago, I knew three chords on the guitar. Now, in 1982, I know three chords on the guitar.” ~ Freddie

[@lisaharrod8386]

Freddie was the penultimate front man. Performing must have been in his DNA. No one like him. I was twenty something watching this on MTV with a bunch of friends. He stopped us all dead in are tracks. We were glued to the telly...singing along. I think this performance was Freddie's "Swan Song" before he really began to succumb to the disease. He gave a thousand percent. It was, still is, a beautiful thing to watch! I miss Freddie. Thank you for this one and for your always genuine and positive reaction to a timeless, memorable and once in a lifetime artist. You totally get this!❤❤❤

[@elizabethrodriguez1095]

The queen catalog is so enormous that you could definitely go down that rabbit hole, without hearing anything you've heard before. I promise, it's worth your time, buddy!

[@kimberlykahler-dibble5308]

I was 23 years old and pregnant with my son on July 15, 1985, and my husband and I watched and recorded the entire concert on VHS. I remember it liked it was yesterday and said to my husband Queen crushed everyone else. Live AID was a concert for for the starving children in Ethiopia. Two separate concerts at same time. One in London and the other in Philadelphia, PA near where I lived/live. 😊

[@WhatsUpDoc1379]

Dude, Freddie is regarded as the absolute #1 vocalist as judged by many

[@keithferris9574]

And the greatest frontman by miles. Absolutely magical being

[@sherylW315]

Freddy was the ultimate showman. He was authentically himself. When you saw him live you got both music and theater.similar in a lot of ways to Elton in the 70s

[@jantonkens9820]

On July 13th 1985 I was glued to the telly all day and didn't just have goosebumps during Queen: I was crying as an 18yo guy and was proud of it. Best thing that year

[@vickiemace1238]

We Are The Champions=makes everyone remember and cry. Freddie LIVED for performing. Nothing could have been better for him at the time.

[@tomgrant29]

Crowd participation is a spiritual experience. I've cried many times at gigs during mass singalongs and I've gone to see bands at festivals for the only reason that I knew there would be mass singalongs, even though I wasn't really a fan. The feeling of unity with thousands of people through music is indescribable :)

[@Nikki-l5p9y]

Agree. I’m not really a huge U2 fan, but I won tickets for the Pop tour, and singing Pride with everyone in the audience was unexpectedly very moving for me. Of course, the best is on the 3 occasions I was able to sing along to PF Wish You Were Here, and Comfortably Numb with 27k people I n 88, nearly 50k in 94, and 17.5k in 24. Although I must say, on WYWH, I really feel the one heart, one mind with the crowd, but somehow on CN I feel like it is more like just me and the band, more like praising/thanking them for that song and what it has meant to me.

[@kimberpas2907]

Freddy just had ‘it’ and boy he knew how to bring it. Thank you.

[@georgalefkas5265]

Just bumped on this one.... the best 20 mins in rock music history. If you ain't listening to Queen then you are not listening to real music RIP beautiful "soul painted as the wing of a butterfly". Love forever!

[@nortski78]

To answer your question. Freddie may have had in inkling that he wasn't well at this point but he didn't find out that he was HIV positive until 1987 (despite what the movie says, don't even get me started on that!). Also, Queen have always been a 4 piece band, it wasn't just Freddie then a band. They never officially split up but between 1982 and 1984 they had a little break and Freddie did indeed release a solo album, so did Roger. And again, despite what the movie says, Queen never "reformed" just for this gig. They had an album out the previous year, The Works, that had a full tour.

[@mightyV444]

Yes, I've heard quite a few times that the movie isn't always sticking to the facts, so I decided to NOT watch it 😏

[@pbell44]

I didn’t like the movie very much. It wasn’t very accurate

[@mariannetuite7411]

@@mightyV444Movies are dramatisations, they don’t have to stick to fact per se. Or rather, they don’t have to stick to the correct timeline. Which was the case with Bohemian Rhapsody; it stuck for the most part, to fact, but re-jigged the timeline of events to fit the story they were telling. Only documentaries “have” to stick to fact. It’s just a shame that a lot of folks don’t often make the distinction between the two mediums

[@mightyV444]

@@mariannetuite7411 - Yeah, I definitely prefer actual documentaries. Movies like that one come across to me like the real story wasn't exciting enough to the producers and they felt the need to change it. It's fine with me if other people are okay with that, but I prefer authenticity myself 🙂

[@mariannetuite7411]

@@mightyV444oh, I 100% agree with you

[@SimonBates-t2d]

Couldn't do Radio Ga Ga now with everyone holding their damn phones 😢

[@mariannecoughlin2319]

Ya😢 they watch the whole concert through their phone now!! What's that?!! So glad i came up when i did! Many great concerts! Fantastic memories! No pics..thank goodness!🤭

[@christypriest30]

Freddie was and always will be the greatest Frontman of all time!

[@scottclark7309]

The greatest set in rock history no one can match this. R.I.P FREDDIE WE MISS YOU

[@Sky14318]

I’m probably going to butcher this but an interviewer once asked Freddie “what is your favorite instrument to play?” And he replied: “The crowd, baby”. Classic.

[@ilionreactor1079]

The first step towards "stage presence" is having the chops, which Freddie and all of Queen had in spades.

[@C4L3D0N]

Queen. Somebody to love. Live in montreal 1981. Just do it bruv!

[@anncosten3222]

This is history now. Comprehend this. This was a live performance. We knew nothing about his diagnosis. NO DIGITAL BOLLOCKS. PURE TALENT. PURE CLASS. POIGNANT TO THOSE THAT WERE THERE. FOREVER. MAGIC!!!!!!!!! GONE, BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN.

[@madelinehodges9009]

The donation were off the charts during this performance.

[@sherryheim5504]

Freddie hadn't even been diagnosed as HIV+ yet at this time. That he knew he was sick is what was said in the Bohemian Rhapsody movie but that was done for the sake of keeping the movie going and creating empathy for the audience. The movie is cramming 20 years into 2 hours so the time line really suffered in the movie. It was not a documentary so things like timeline really weren't all that important. Great concert, Freddie had the audience eating out of his hand from the very start. Live Aid was aid for famine in Ethiopia. Queen never split off until Freddie died. They did take a little time off because they were burnt out from constantly touring and producing albums year after year with no time off. The band had actually done some touring earlier in this same year so they were not broken up. Queen songs you probably haven't heard that are great I would suggest March Of The Black Queen (studio version), White Queen, live at Odeon, Hammersmith 1975, You Take My Breath Away live at Hyde Park, Somebody To Love live at Montreal 1981 and Innuendo (studio version) for starters. There is so much great Queen music. There are over 200 songs in the Queen catalog and then there are all the live performances so buckle up! Thank you for your reaction.

[@arwelp]

HIV wasn’t well-known at the time of Live Aid - my oldest brother died of it around 18 months after this, and it was only at that time that the UK government was doing a public information campaign about this, the “iceberg” tv ad, the “AIDS - Don’t Die of Ignorance” leaflet delivered to every house in the country, etc.

[@MrPointySpeaks]

March of the Black Queen is my favourite Queen song ❤ and it's kind of a precursor to Bohemian Rhapsody. A few others to check out, Prophet's Song, Death on Two Legs (about their first manager) and I'm In Love With My Car (mainly because it lets you see Roger Taylor in a different light 😛)

[@Dragonblaster1]

Freddie had a really bad sore throat when he gave this amazing performance before the entire worlds.

[@IliaKemp]

72,0000 people at Wembley, another 100,000 in Philadelphia, and 1,2 billion watching on TV globally. The Olympics have 3 satellites...Live Aid had 13. I wasn't a Queen fan at all, but after that day..I was lol! The world for Africa! I remember it was very hot that day in Wembley Stadium July 13th 1985 but it was worth it, best day in my life!

[@laurentco]

Freddie (and Queen) were used to playing HUGE venues. They had just come off a world tour where they played in front of 115,000 people in South America. He knew he had to make huge, exaggerated gestures so everyone could see him.

[@goonitup6588]

FREDDIE MERCURY is the GREATEST Live performer of all time!! Brian May is one of the top Guitarist of all time also!!!

[@daz9062]

Queen was one of the greatest live band in the world Freddie is missed RIP Freddie