Studio??? THIS IS LIVE! No effects or tricks. No auto tune. pure music. Pure GENIUS and LEGEND.

No auto tune, just pure talent.

The lead guitarist with the amazing head of hair, is Brian May. He is also an astrophysicist, very intelligent dude. A modern day Renaissance Man.

@tammyjackson3113

Жыл бұрын

Brian also got Knighted by King Charles so he is a Dr. and a Sir👑

@johnsmith-es7zk

Жыл бұрын

Also, he built that guitar with his father as he couldn't afford one. He still plays it today and it's called the Red Special. It's amazing what he can do with it.

@TonyM1961

Жыл бұрын

He and his father made that guitar from the mantelpiece out of his boyhood home because they couldn't afford to buy one. He went on to get his doctorate in astrophysics and eventually knighted so now he is Sir Doctor Brian May (Royal titles are always first in Britain)

@TonyM1961

Жыл бұрын

If you want to see a truly INSANE drum set, watch a video of the late, great Neil Peart of Rush. Not just a drummer, he also wrote the lyrics and composed the music for almost every song they put out.

@The_Real_Fomsie

Жыл бұрын

@@TonyM1961 Probably a number of great Rush songs he could react to as well, and would likely enjoy quite a bit.

Queen don’t need to cheat to put on a performance, that’s 100% live.!

I would also suggest you take a little time and watch Queen's performance at Live-Aid, it is just an amazing example of the band's talent and Freddie's ability to really engage the crowd. 22 minutes of some of the best concert performance I have ever seen.

@annkeathley7794

Жыл бұрын

Facts!!

@kbbeers4274

Жыл бұрын

Yes!!!

@susanpeters5392

Жыл бұрын

Totally

@carolaslings2405

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah...

@m3gthraeryn

Жыл бұрын

Yes! 🙌 Live-Aid is the best performance ever for showing ‘crowd control’ and engagement. ❤️

They are really performing live....no auto tune it's all them

They are absolutely performing live, no auto tune etc just 4 talented musicians playing their absolute best! FYI Freddie never drank beer on stage, he said it would be disrespectful to his fans if he burped! He drank tea with honey for his throat! More Queen pls, the Queen army will blow your numbers sky high! You must do their set at Live Aid at Wembley, 21 mins that is widely regarded as the best live performance ever! Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺

It was absolutely live with no electronic gimmicks. Just talent.

The fact that so many reactors actually think this is auto-tuned or not live shows you how pathetic modern "singers" and performers are! This is called musicianship and pure honed skill! Thus is why people over 40 are so disgusted with the crap called today's music.

Freddie Mercury is recognized as possibly the greatest rock front man of all time

I know it's hard to believe that 4 guys (with 3 that sing) can create such magic, but it's true. Each of them is a degree'd genius in their fields (John Deacon: Degree with Honors in Electronics - Brian May: Doctorate in Astrophysics - Roger Taylor: Degree in Biology - Freddie Mercury: Degree in Graphic Art and Design) and each of them wrote hit songs for the band. Queen is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and all four of them were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (the first band to have all members inducted together). None of them ever had one voice lesson. SO much more! You will have fun learning. They are magical and the more you know, the more you want to know. (And pllllease readers, John did *not* sing despite being near mics sometimes at concerts. Even at Live Aid, the mic was off. John said _many_ times, "I do not sing." Brian and Roger have also said that John never sang in many interviews. Just heading off a rebuttal!)

No autoTune or machine drums. Just 4 lads playing their hearts out. Roger Taylor's drumming and background vocals are epic.

This band wasn't ahead of their time -- we're just behind theirs!

@donnanaples5214

9 ай бұрын

I love that 👏👏👏

@deborahallen3318

7 ай бұрын

Queens music will be listened to and loved for generations to come! 💙🌈👑

Absolutley this is live. Montreal Nov 24, 1981. This was, bar none, the best live performance I ever saw. I was in the 8th row centre-floor! No one had the charisma of Freddie. He owned the crowd the second he stepped on stage.

@Beatver1iebt

Жыл бұрын

You lucky one! In 1981, I was just born. The year before Freddy died, I started loving Queen. It was my first mourning for a star. Luckily, his music will remain with us forever!

@myowndrum286

Жыл бұрын

@@Beatver1iebt Freddie was an amazing performer, to be sure. Sadly he passed on the same date as the Montreal concert, a decade later, Nov 24, 1991, my B-day. I light a candle and play Who Wants to Live Forever for him every year on my B-day.

FYI the whole band are in the hall of fame as each and every one of the band wrote hits, that's how talented this group were.

This was a professionally filmed concert, so it is cinematic quality. The film director irked Freddie by asking the audience to restrain themselves. Freddie obviously took this a a challenge, and took every opportunity to excite the crowd. Yes, this was recorded live---that was the point of filming it. (Not all of those cups were full of beer. Freddie drank lemon tea for his voice.) Brian May on guitar (which he built), John Deacon on bass, and Roger Taylor on drums. Roger had a amazing voice, and Brian also sang.

@annkeathley7794

Жыл бұрын

I was going to let him know the Heineken is the only beer there. Lol

@maryhuhnke4706

Жыл бұрын

​@@annkeathley7794 No self respecting vocal artist would ever drink a carbonated beverage before singing...you certainly don't want to burp!!

@anne-mariesindruprix4792

Жыл бұрын

@@annkeathley7794 And no matter what song you see - - the amount of beer is the same.

No auto tune back then. This is what pure talent sounds like.

I was at that Concert!! DEFINITELY LIVE!!. Legendary and Unforgettable!! ❤

@MrDevintcoleman

Жыл бұрын

I’m 33 and 3 shows I’m sad I wasn’t alive/old enough to be at of my own volition are, in order, Queen at Live Aid, Simon and Garfunkel’s concert in Central Park, and Fleetwood Mac’s The Dance. I’m just glad they were recorded! And I’m adding John Denver’s The Wildlife Concert as a close, but definitive, fourth. Just absolutely incredible stuff!

“Save Me” is another great song from this 1981 Montreal concert. 💜💕💜💕💜💕

This is a live concert just pure talent from Queen.

Queen is Freddie Mercury-piano/vocals, Brian May-guitar/vocals, Roger Taylor-drums/vocals, John Deacon-bass/some back vocals

Queen is just amazing, and Freddie was an unreal talent and performer, he just had a magical ability to work a crowd.

This is an outstanding performance by the entire band, everybody nailed it. I love this performance and this song. This is live in Montreal, Canada, Queen is just that good. Beat live band ever in my opinion. Great in the studio but even more impressive live. The Band: Freddie Mercury: Lead vocals and piano. Brian May: Guitar and backing vocals. John Deacon: Bass. Roger Taylor: Drums and backing vocals (almost a duet with Freddie in this song). Brian built that guitar with his dad when he was a teen from junk they had laying around the house. He still uses that same guitar almost exclusively today. The face in the bass drum is Roger (drummer). Roger's kit is so big that it can be hard to see him so Freddie wanted to put Roger's face on the drum for the audience to see at least an image of Roger. Next live Queen should be White Queen, live at Odeon, Hammersmith, 1975. Amazing vocals and instrumentation and you will go crazy for the guitar and piano in that one. Thank you for your reaction

@HealthAtAnyCost

Жыл бұрын

In the Commentary with Brian and Roger during this concert (on KZread and way worth watching), Brian teases Roger about his face on the bass drum and Roger says he put it there because no one can see him... "a risk of being in the back all the time," he says. So it seems Roger and his delicious ego was the one who created his bass face with bright red (drunk?!?) eyes. Whomever it was, it's a crazy cool bass drum!

@sherryheim5504

Жыл бұрын

The tale of the drum face. I have seen it credited a few different ways over the years so whatever the story is, it is a cool picture of Roger. I wonder if Roger painted it? He is a painter. I guess we will never know. According to Brian, he and Roger never got along, though they do now. With that said, you have to wonder the spirit of the question and the reply. Roger and Brian are both incredibly smart. I wonder if that was at the base of their disagreements.

@HealthAtAnyCost

Жыл бұрын

@@sherryheim5504 That has me laughing so hard! Wouldn't that be just like the petty fights we have heard (in Crack videos) and typical of how they have made jabs at each other on interviews over the years? I often think age has softened them (like it does for many of us old folks, myself included) and those things that seemed so important once... "I want THIS note." "But I want THAT note!" Somewhere I heard Brian say they even fought about drops of coffee. Imagination or not, it was clear they didn't get along earlier. But the beauty of that is they still _knew_ their music together was magic. And they kept going. Thankfully for all of us Queenies!

@anne-mariesindruprix4792

Жыл бұрын

@@sherryheim5504 They quarrel about everything - still - but musically they still create something extraordinary - and they get along well - they have matured. I think of Brian as a very strong headed person - who may have difficulty in compromising his musical visions - - There may be a hint of it in one of the versions of "Making of One Vision" - there are four different versions. They often give interviews separately - but that may have practical reasons?? - - I don't know - this is pure guessing - and a fact is - no matter their differences - they have accomplished extraordinary things together.

Nope! No auto tune. No backing tracks. No computers. Pure talent. All live!

Every single time I get to the end of this performance I say, “DAMN!”! It never wears old.

Great, thanks! You'll get it soon, cause remember, each of these guys wrote #1 hit songs - plural. Freddie is often portrayed as the leader of the band, but he always gave equal standing to Brian May guitar virtuoso, Roger Taylor drummer & incredible vocals and John Deacon a fine bassist and electronic wizard. One of the hardest working (always rehearsals) and most creative bands around for 20 years.

@anne-mariesindruprix4792

Жыл бұрын

They are still hard working - Roger and Brian are still going strong with solo carriers and collaborations with other artists - and as producers - they have made a show with Ben Elton - We Will Rock You - they are supervising it , auditioning the singers, popping up in the middle of a show as surprise - and they were musical producers of the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody". And they do a lot of charity work - and Brian is active in his field as astronomer - and stereoscopy - taking the first 3-D pictures in space in collaboration with NASA. And the still perform as Queen - now +Adam Lambert for the last 12 years - touring 0nce every year - for sold out stadiums/venues all over the world - with new generations being fans - like yourself??

@nicrobinson1177

Жыл бұрын

In any other band Roger Taylor with his looks and incredible vocals could have been the front man - but Queen also had the greatest showman on the planet as a member and his charisma is just outstanding

That's Roger's face on the bass drum. Awesome drummer, and sings great too.

@brendaklies205

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was all 4 of their faces morphed together

@anne-mariesindruprix4792

Жыл бұрын

@@brendaklies205 No - but you may have seen just that on the "Miracle" album - -

@thegroovetube3247

Жыл бұрын

Roger put his face on the drum so the crowd could see still him - as he was pretty much hidden behind his kit.

When you watch this performance over and over 🙋‍♀️ they’re the BEST

Auto genius does not need auto-tune...Queen on stage is always above!

This is definitely live and not a music video replicating a live performance like Bohemian Rhapsody (and, to be fair, many of their other music videos. Freddie preferred to keep videos simple so people could keep their own imaginary versions of what the song meant, plus music videos were new back then - Bohemian Rhapsody was really the first). They were just that good - one of the best bands of all time, if not THE best (at least comprised of the most intelligent and talented individuals). Hit after hit on top of an extensive deeper catalog. You know Another One Bites the Dust, We Are the Champions, and We Will Rock you for sure... you might also know Crazy Little Thing Called Love, You're My Best Friend, I Want to Break Free, Fat Bottomed Girls, I Want It All... I could go on. :) Every performance of every song sounded different to one another and different from the studio version as well. Listen to the studio version of this song - it's stunning - and see how Freddie changed it here!

Queen - Love of my Life (in RIO).... over 250,000-300,000 people singing along with Freddie. AMAZING crowd!

Fun fact: At the change up, when Brian strums a note then disappears while Freddie takes the stage, is Fred, John & Roger seamlessly covering while Brian’s Red Special is having a broken string replaced. You’ll notice Freddie looking back a couple of times then Brian reappears as if it was rehearsed just that way. (Another commenter pointed this out, I had watched this performance numerous times and never noticed!) RIP Freddie.

No gimmicks! This is how good they were, also Freddy never drank alcohol before or on stage he was drinking tea with honey to soothe his throat.

@HealthAtAnyCost

Жыл бұрын

Welllll, there are concert videos where Freddie was sipping beer and drinking champagne, so he _did_ sometimes have alcohol. From the books and snippets from the guys, the most likely thing Freddie was on was a white powder substance.

This is definitely live. The whole Montreal performance is on here I believe in individual uploads. It was filmed with high definition cameras at the time for a video documentary. That's why it looks so good even today. You can see the live version of Bohemian Rhapsody from this concert as well. They never played the whole song live as there was no way to replicate the first part where Freddie is overlaying his own voice on separate tracks and the middle portion is recorded.

You can never go wrong with anything live by Queen. This performance is ranked as the second greatest live performance with Live Aid ranked as the number one of all time. Rest In Paradise beautiful Freddie ♥️👑🎸🥁🎤🎹

You should watch White Queen at the Hammersmith Odeon '75. The duet between Brian on the guitar & Freddie on the piano in the middle is mesmerizing. That's Roger's face on the bass drum. They used to tease him nobody knew what he looked like because he was hidden behind his kit so he put his face on it.😅

Their live performance at Live AID was incredible. What I wouldn't give to have been able to see them live. ❤ Freddie will forever be a legend. The entire band will forever be legendary. Another One Bites The Dust. We Will Rock You followed by We Are The Champions. Bicycle. Love Of My Life. Don't Stop Me Now. There are literally too many amazing songs to name.

@amygalvin1799

Жыл бұрын

I saw them play live several times. . Such an electrifying concert!

bands used to have to have actual talent back then. NO auto-tune or anything. Unfortunate for the younger generation that they can't fathom a group can be amazing with out technology making them sound better than they really are like almost every musical act nowadays. :(

THIS IS LIVE! Before the 21st Century, If you didn't have the talent to actually sing and play instruments YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT in the music business. Bands had to be able to sound as good live as they did on their records. There is no "technology" it's called Pure Talent.

100% Live, Queen sounded better live than on the album.

Queen best band ever ❤❤ Freddie Mercury diploma in Graphic Art & Design lead singer piano , Sir Dr Brian May lead guitar vocals PHD in astrophysics, Roger Taylor drums vocals Degree in Biology after changing from Dentistry, John Deacon bass guitar very occasional vocals First Class Honours Degree in Electronics all inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame all wrote number one hits ❤❤

Freddie was so good at compelling the audience. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone else have such control over an audience the way Freddie did.

This is definitely live. The back up singer with the high voice is the drummer, Roger Taylor. He's got an even higher range than Freddie Mercury. All 4 members are at the top of their craft and all have written written at least one #1 hit for the band.

Dude, it's all live. No gimmicks, no tapes, no autotune, no BS. What you're hearing is talent. Live talent like the world will never see again. RIP Freddie.

You really want to see Queen take control of the crowd, then you've got to react to Queen Live-Aid. You will be blown out of your chair down the hall and out the door. 😃🤘

La più grande band dal vivo..fantastici

Great reaction. It’s definitely a live performance. You should do their Live Aid performance. It will seem like the quickest 20 minutes ever. You won’t regret it. 😁👍🏾

Freddie was asked in an interview what was his favorite instrument to play. he said "why, the audience darling"

no tricks, no post-editing, just good old fashioned talent.

Lead Singer - Freddie Mercury Guitar - Brian May Bass - John Deacon Drums - Roger Taylor

This is one of my favorite performances, and yes, it's live, and yes, they are just that talented. They actually rehearsed! The drummer is the great Roger Taylor. He's got a great voice and when you hear really high notes in the harmonies, it's usually him. Their set at Live Aid is considered the greatest live rock performance of all time. It's 20 mins, and pro tip, if you react to it, chose a video that is more than 23 mins. The shorter ones have a big glitch at the end. I bet you know two of the songs they play, even if you think you don't know any Queen music.

As good or often even better live. True talent !

one of the top 5 live performances I have ever seen. Watch this over and over and love it.

This is live definitely. Best proformance ever. They always brought their a game

Freddie is the greatest frontman ever and still to this day!!!

Queen we’re perfectionist!!!! They gave 100% when playing to their fans!!

Brian May was the lead guitarist. Amazing talent. Never used synthesizers.

queen you take my breath away

Queen is my favorite band of all time. ❤ glad you're into it.

This is one of the greatest live performances ever. Freddie taught himself phrasing by listening to Aretha Franklin's early gospel style records and he wrote this song as a tribute to her. Pls, check out Fat Bottomed Girls at Milton Keynes 82.

This performance is 100% live . The guitarists is brian may and drummer roger taylor and second guitarist is john deacon

Brian May built that guitar by himself at age 14... Its truly one of a kind, just like Brian. The drummer doing the high vocals is Roger Taylor. John Deacon is on bass guitar.

Until you have seen Queen from Live Aid, you haven't seen Freddie command an audience. Never, ever been replicated.

Queen are not a band who would ever lipsync or mime playing a song, Freddie always wanted to give the audience the real thing

This really was live. Queen was amazing

I appreciate it when reactors have a background knowledge of music.

Totally live..no audio tune..just pure talent

This is a live, as is, performance. The guitarist is Dr Brian May. Astrophysicist and guitarist extraordinaire. He and his dad built the guitar.

100% live There was a full crew there doing a documentary on Queen during the tour. That's why it's HD, the doc was filmed in the highest professional definition available at the time.

@Finnssssss

Жыл бұрын

Funny story to go along with this. The director of the Doc tried to tell Freddy and the band it would be best if they wore the same clothes 3 concerts in a row for their film. Freddy looked at him, smiled and said you're here to document us, not direct us...fuck off! Lolol

No autotune back then. All live in stage! This is how good they were!

It is live! They were just so tight.... No inner ear pieces.. Amazing, right???

@RetroStef

Жыл бұрын

Yes they are!

Freddie was known to say that they purposely left this song’s Live arrangement “loose” since this song is Queen’s ode to Aretha Franklin & her ‘gospel-rock” style of singing. The studio version is great but nothing is ever better than Queen(with Freddie) live. Freddie was and will ALWAYS be considered the GREATEST Frontman in history of music. I was lucky enough to see Queen in concert twice, once when I was only 8 & then last time they toured(with Freddie) in 1986 when I was 12. Usually it the studio version/recording that is better, but with Queen & Freddie nothing can beat their live performances. Remember this was long before Audio-Tune was even invented(which was in 1995). Personally I feel that we really lost something when Audio-Tune was invented, music has never been as great as it was before audio-tune. Just like how music videos started to hurt the music industry, since that’s when it started to become more about how the artist looked, so too audio-tune hurt since it’s become harder to trust if the artist is really the one singing on the track.

"Under Pressure" live at Wembley, if just for the eey oh introduction! Freddie owned every audience.

Queen is one of the best selling artists of all time!! Best known for their live performances .. brilliant & intelligent musicians! And they’ve got the world’s best frontman & vocalist “to boot” 👉 Freddie Mercury!! This is my favorite song as it was also Freddie’s! How about DRAGON ATTACK next!! Funky & Sassy!

No studio here, this is all live, furthermore, Queen is one of the few bands that sound better live, seriously check out more such as " White Queen " Odeon Hammersmith 1975, Live and a bit early in their careers. You won't regret it, promise! This song is hauntingly beautiful and quite unique. 😊

@debrajames3869

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I second this recommendation! White Queen was a masterpiece and the live Hammersmith performance was incredible.

@deborahallen3318

Жыл бұрын

@@debrajames3869 Indeed one of my all time favorites, if doing that is possible. 😉

Liked your reaction.... there so many amazing queen songs: WHITE QUEEN , live atthe odeon Hammersmith, SAVE ME, live at same concert as the song you did, in Montreal...Don't do live aidd until you've seen a bit more Queen...their performance at live aid is considered the greatest performance in all rock music history...we will follow your journey

The face on the drum is an image of Roger Taylor, the drummer. He joked that no one knew what he looked like behind the massive drum set 😂 very underrated drummer and singer!

The guy on the guitar, is called Brian May. He is not only the afro hair guitarist whom you heard play, but an genuine graduated school and got a real diploma, Astrophysicist.

I know they're all ridiculously talented but John Deacon (bass) is just so cool. There's never been a showman like Freddy - you should check out their Live Aid performance - Freddy had the entire stadium singing along with his nonsense and it's magnificant.

This is live baby..in the times...this is when artists were real........

This is absolutely live, pure talent, no electronic help, didn't have it or need it

Greatest preformance ❤ Freddie is a beast and all the guys in the group are super talented. If you want to be really blown away...check out an early video in the seventies..... White Queen at Hammersmith.....Brian's guitar is on fire and Freddie's piano skills are off the charts. You have a great smile! Keep up the good work.

They're a unique band. All four were songwriters and each of them wrote at least one number one hit. And all four of them sang, although John the bassist sang less often than the rest.

The guy with the guitar is Sir Brian Harold May PhD OBE and the guitar is THE Red Special which he made himself with his dad because he couldn't afford to buy a really good guitar as a teenager, he still uses it almost all the time. The face on the bass drum is Roger Taylor the drummer, it started as the Queen logo but Roger felt that the fans should be able to see him on stage for more than the bow and farewell at the end of a performance

70% of Queen live is 100% studio version quality, the rest is improvisation variation, very impressive.

This is from a huge live concert, I bought the vhs for it when I was about 10. Fantastic gig, although this is the highlight, it's full of amazing tunes.

The drummer is Roger Taylor who also wrote some of their songs. He is also absolutely brilliant. Brian May is lead guitarist and John Deacon is bass guitarist. All of them have written songs for Queen. 😀

An interviewer once asked Freddie what his favorite instrument was, to play. He replied, "The audience darling". He had them in the palm of his hands at evey single concert. To see a great example of his "playing the crowd" watch Queen's performance at Live Aid. Widly thought to be THE BEST rock performance of all time

TheGreatestShowman...of all time...no two shows were the same....

If you watch the making of One Vision you will see why they are soooooo good live!!🎼❤️🎼❤️🎼

Brian Mae is lead guitarist .I love Queen live..Perfection 🔥❤️

The thing with the bass drum, that is the drummer, Roger Taylor's face (The guy singing really high in the call and response)...the band actually wanted Freddie's face on it, but Freddie thought it looked better with Roger's face, at least IIRC...(Freddie had a degree in graphic arts also)...Brian May would be the dude doing the kick-ass guitar solo...

Just FYI…… EVERY. SINGLE. live performance of Queen & Freddie’s… ARE. AS AWESOME. AS. THIS ONE.💕

The Queen movie is phenomenal and shares a lot of the back story.

@anne-mariesindruprix4792

Жыл бұрын

Just remember that is not a documentary - but a movie -

@heatherqualy9143

Жыл бұрын

Way way way more inaccurate history than accurate history. It was meant for entertainment, not as a history lesson. 😉

@Prozak63

Жыл бұрын

@Heather Qualy Who said it was a non-fiction or an actual biography. Is says movie. And there is a lot of back story that many never heard. Nothing even suggested this as a True History. But there's usually at least one out there to try and make something from nothing...

"Another one bites the dust " queen, live at wembley 1986

If you haven't yet checked out Freddie's duets with spanish opera star Montserrat Caballé, do so! Barcelona is a song that Freddie wrote about Monserrat's home town and about their first meeting. They adored each other, and Freddie was totally smitten with her voice. Originally, it was planned for them to perform it during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but Freddie realized that he wouldn't live long enough to sing it with her there. Sadly, he was proven to be correct when he passed away in November of 1991. But they did do an album together, and it is wonderful

True talent back then. Most bands sound good live

ALL LIVE. EVERYTHING THEY SANG ON STAGE....LIVE!!!! ALL PURE TALENT. AUTO TUNE DIDN'T EXIST BACK THEN. YOU HAD TO HAVE TALENT!!!

I saw Queen twice. Amazing shows.

this is live-they were just that damn good!