Queen- Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...) & Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon REACTION & REVIEW

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  • @keymack2477
    @keymack24775 ай бұрын

    In the fall of 1975 a work colleague went home to the UK and came back to let us know there was this unbelievable song setting records in the UK called "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. In those days songs did not come across the pond until bands released them here. I knew the LP was coming, so I haunted the local record shop after work every Wednesday (the day new albums came out) until Night At The Opera was magically there. I bought it on the spot, raced home, sat down to play it and was blown away, starting with "Death On . . . ". Went back the next day and bought the first three albums and have never looked back!

  • @mariobaert8346

    @mariobaert8346

    2 ай бұрын

    Similar story here, except in the Netherlands Bohemian Rhapsody raced the charts to no1. Got the album, loved it and got the back catalogue as soon as I could (although I knew Killer Queen as it was a hit in the Netherlands before Bohemian Rhapsody as well).

  • @copernichrisrush5082
    @copernichrisrush50825 ай бұрын

    One of my favorite Queen songs. A beast of a song!

  • @DougGrant-eu3iv
    @DougGrant-eu3iv5 ай бұрын

    Great song. Written about their previous manager, who ripped them off

  • @meldonbrindley7093
    @meldonbrindley70935 ай бұрын

    One of the great headphone albums. Enjoy.

  • @krapulax605
    @krapulax6055 ай бұрын

    definitely one of the best albums in history. i love its variety, its eclecticism

  • @Veggamattic
    @Veggamattic5 ай бұрын

    This was my first "adult" album I owned and this song was really my first musical love.

  • @bjwnashe5589
    @bjwnashe55895 ай бұрын

    It truly is a great album from start to finish.

  • @louisdellavalle2159
    @louisdellavalle21595 ай бұрын

    My oldest daughter has been getting into vinyl. Gave her my original copy of this album

  • @SmartCookie2022
    @SmartCookie20225 ай бұрын

    Of course it's an album that's meant to be heard as one continous play where the tracks flow into each other.

  • @VEETEEARR
    @VEETEEARR5 ай бұрын

    I love that Queen can be so cutting and then so whimsical in the space of two songs. I am reminded of two other songs after listening to these two tracks, firstly "Twat" by punk poet John Cooper Clarke for it's litany of insults and secondly "Mr Moody's Garden" by Gilbert O'Sullivan for it's quirky and eccentric lyrics and music.

  • @hellsbells8689

    @hellsbells8689

    Ай бұрын

    'You've got this slippery quality It makes me think of phlegm And a dual personality - I hate both of them!' 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @kentnottingham9635
    @kentnottingham96355 ай бұрын

    Even the little diddy of “Sunday”, it had to be SO MUCH WORK!

  • @edwardmeradith2419

    @edwardmeradith2419

    5 ай бұрын

    So much accomplished material in so little time🍷

  • @deboraclark5791
    @deboraclark57915 ай бұрын

    The next song is a happy go lucky, it's like another slap at the old manager. They're happy living their best life. 😊

  • @markferrett700
    @markferrett7005 ай бұрын

    Great song from a great album.....when you consider how old this is,you have appreciate just how good the production is on the whole album. The tone of Brian May's guitar couldn't be replicated by anyone else.....way ahead of its time......masterpiece 👍

  • @sourisvoleur4854

    @sourisvoleur4854

    5 ай бұрын

    Brian's guitar is unmistakeable.

  • @TheCornishCockney
    @TheCornishCockney5 ай бұрын

    No band like them,so creative,so different. Every album,certainly in the 70’s,was a tour de force by Queen and full of difference. Never imitated because well,you just couldn’t imitate them,but they influenced many,hello Axl Rose,among many others.

  • @marcribe6483
    @marcribe64835 ай бұрын

    This album was the beginning of a lot of people's long relationship with Queen. This album was to me bonkers when I first heard it, which was 75 or 76. A Day At The Races, A Night At The Opera and News From The World are just monolithic albums for most of us early teen rockers of that time period.

  • @jamespaivapaiva4460
    @jamespaivapaiva44605 ай бұрын

    Angry Freddie is good for Queen and country! I spent years trying to get Brian's tone and found out a treble booster was the key. This is quite possibly my favorite little piece from them. Peace & Love.

  • @bensteckler6698
    @bensteckler66982 ай бұрын

    I've learned to Sing "Death On Two Legs" in the voice of Thurl "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" Ravenscroft if you get me drunk enough.

  • @cadanrichards2615
    @cadanrichards26155 ай бұрын

    Great album, amazing opener, one of the greatest albums ever!

  • @JoePauley
    @JoePauley5 ай бұрын

    OMG this was one of the first albums I ever got. Such a classic album!

  • @geneharvey7
    @geneharvey75 ай бұрын

    First semester senior year high school. Hit the record store at lunchtime and brought this album back. Talked the teacher into checking out a record player from the library. Played the album through The Prophet Song when teacher said she was getting a headache. Played the rest of the album when I got home.

  • @geneharland
    @geneharland5 ай бұрын

    Amazing album. Super Classic!

  • @Drummingvulture
    @Drummingvulture5 ай бұрын

    First got into Queen with 'Queen II'. So I went back and bought the debut. LOVED both albums. 'Sheer Heart Attack' comes out and blows me away, but there are some indications of changes coming. Which took a little getting used to, but eventually I fell in love with "In The Lap Of The Gods" and "Bring Back That Leroy Brown". But then 'A Night At The Opera' hit the music stores and the kid gloves were off. From beginning to end, it was a wild, but fun, ride. I'm so glad you played "Lazing...". Such a fun throw away tune that just makes the album brighter and better for being there. For filler, you can't beat Queen.

  • @jerkedevries

    @jerkedevries

    5 ай бұрын

    A good filler gives space and breathingtime to an album

  • @stlmopoet
    @stlmopoet5 ай бұрын

    Fun review! As soon as Sheffield sued them, he let the world know the song was about him. I guess money WAS more important to him than dignity.

  • @mikemicrael5749
    @mikemicrael57495 ай бұрын

    My favorite Queen song from what I consider their best album.

  • @sourisvoleur4854

    @sourisvoleur4854

    5 ай бұрын

    Definitely their finest album, although I would claim "The Prophet's Song" as my fave, both from the album and from Queen's ouevre.

  • @Owlstretchingtime78

    @Owlstretchingtime78

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@sourisvoleur4854No definite. I prefer 'A Day At The Races'!

  • @rockwren
    @rockwren5 ай бұрын

    When this came out I had a particularly bad job and put this on when I came home from work with my boss in mind.

  • @tullfan2560
    @tullfan25605 ай бұрын

    Stunning song when I first heard it and full of anger and wicked transitions. Now that you've done Death on Two Legs, do Flick of the Wrist as it is also reportedly about Queen's relationship with their agents. Plus Flick of the Wrist is just classic Queen!

  • @adamx2939

    @adamx2939

    5 ай бұрын

    He's already done the whole Sheer Heart Attack album.

  • @jerkedevries

    @jerkedevries

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes once freed from the Trident manager Queen could let themselves go in this therapeutic track

  • @sourisvoleur4854
    @sourisvoleur48545 ай бұрын

    Like so many albums of this era, it sounds so different if you let it just play all the way through the side. There are no cross-fades here on side 1 but the abrupt changes of instrumentation and tempo make for an amazing experience. Hearing all these great albums for the first time is one of the greatest memories of my high school years.

  • @rydelldownward7808
    @rydelldownward78085 ай бұрын

    So much of my taste in music was inspired by this album.

  • @davidchaplain6748
    @davidchaplain67485 ай бұрын

    Fantastic album!!! I'm sure you will enjoy it.

  • @IllumeEltanin
    @IllumeEltanin5 ай бұрын

    Someone who remembers better than I do, or who has a physical copy at hand, am I remembering correctly that proudly stated among the liner notes are the words (paraphrasing): Recorded with all real instruments and no synthesizers!

  • @glibmedley2314
    @glibmedley23145 ай бұрын

    Queen was the first band that made my father rap on my bedroom door and tell me to turn that racket down. Day At The Races, probably.

  • @stevehennessy2931
    @stevehennessy29315 ай бұрын

    The lesson today is: Never mess with Freddie!

  • @bensteckler6698
    @bensteckler66982 ай бұрын

    I'd heard "Killer Queen" on the radio a lot in the previous year, but I didn't get into Queen until the first time I heard "Bohemian Rhapsody" on the radio in November 1975. I went out and bought "A Night at The Opera' the next day! Imagine a 12-yr old 8th-Grade honor student dropping the needle on this album for the first time, and hearing this track! It was the most EVIL thing I'd ever heard! I was glad my Mom wasn't home at the time. My 16-yr-0ld Sister came in just in time to hear the second half, and I had to go back and start the album over again. We both agreed we couldn't play it too loud when Mom or Dad were home, but we couldn't stop talking about the whole album. In the next couple months I bought the other three Queen albums, and they went into heavy rotation on the living room stereo.

  • @LeroyBrown84
    @LeroyBrown845 ай бұрын

    Love your reactions man! 😃 MORE QUEEN!!! 👑🔥

  • @greghansell5115
    @greghansell51155 ай бұрын

    Next song is probably Roger's finest moment taking the lead vocals...always loved that song

  • @frankmcbride7051
    @frankmcbride70515 ай бұрын

    After hearing Bohemian Rhapsody and Killer Queen before it, I got this album because the BoRap single was no longer in the stores. By the time the three-song medley (run-on song, whichever) was done playing, I was an official Queen fan. This album had the kitchen sink, and you could tell they were having a great time making it and not trying to be terribly serious. I believe the song you said Lazing reminded you of was I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas. :)

  • @ghostpuppet31
    @ghostpuppet315 ай бұрын

    Night at the Opera is an experimental album and Freddie would favor a different method and style on just about every track. It does feel like a compilation album with such heavy switches in mood and tone, which is interesting.

  • @MisterWondrous
    @MisterWondrous5 ай бұрын

    They had a string of great albums, of which this may have been the second one. Sold on the first song, this record was a staple at parties. They knew how to work a studio as well as their instruments.

  • @filetknife59
    @filetknife595 ай бұрын

    The Christmas song that you were humming is “I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas“ sung by Gayla Peevey!

  • @stevedotwood
    @stevedotwood2 ай бұрын

    Love these old 20's/30's melodies and arrangements (Lazing…) . It's the only Queen album I ever bought because it has so many great tracks, even the little ones. Queen presented this album to Groucho Marx personally since they were all MB fans (they named a few albums after Marx Brothers movies).

  • @sicko_the_ew
    @sicko_the_ew5 ай бұрын

    Great album. (I think *The Prophet's Song* is more than Bohemian Rhapsody, so maybe there's even something in that to look forward to. And there's a video on KZread going into the finer details of what it was, and how it came to be, featuring the main writer, Brian May, giving you the horse's mouth account). I always imagine some kind of Bertie Wooster character (of the Jeeves novels fame - worth looking for on the out of copyright books sites if you don't mind reading on a screen, and don't know of them - er, and written by an American author, PG Wodehouse) when I hear Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon. (Only Bertie prefers to laze on all the other days of the week, when he's not up to ill advised shenanigans that the butler, Jeeves, has to keep saving him from suffering the consequences of.) It helps that it has that old gramophone record sound simulated in things like the muffling of the vocals, and is sung in that old 1920's tenor style. Like *James Melton* singing *Sleepy Valley* , for instance. kzread.info/dash/bejne/nq5htZqinZnaeMY.html Edit: Actually that's something to think about if you feel like something new to do reactions: Early recorded music. See if you can borrow a gramophone and really get in the spirit of things. Ragtime, old jazz, and all sorts of things we've just about forgotten, like the tenors, or music hall/ vaudeville. (If you ever do a classical listen to Debussy, you'll have to also orient yourself to some Scott Joplin, since ragtime was an inspiration of Debussy for some of his works.)

  • @colinhamilton1686
    @colinhamilton16865 ай бұрын

    There is another song about cars. Sung by Brian May, to advertise Ford cars in the UK, also released as a single. Brian also did the starfleet project with Eddie Van Halen. We'll worth a listen.

  • @frugalseverin2282
    @frugalseverin22825 ай бұрын

    I'd call that an opening salvo. For the 2nd song the word you want is music hall. Other British bands would dip into that as well, such as The Kinks and early Genesis.

  • @edwardmeradith2419

    @edwardmeradith2419

    5 ай бұрын

    Music Hall, yes! so an occasional source for McCartney, Harrison, was it George Formby in Britain, 1940s but the tradition goes way back- Gilbert and Sullivan

  • @Owlstretchingtime78
    @Owlstretchingtime785 ай бұрын

    This is the stuff. Great choice! 👍

  • @jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering
    @jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering5 ай бұрын

    It’s well known Death on two legs was a blistering attack on a former manager who tied them up in knots and legally kept most of their earnings in the early days - Freddie REALLY gave him it tight ! 😅 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @kuntumlaleanqueezer
    @kuntumlaleanqueezer5 ай бұрын

    2 songs from A Night at the Opera…..thank you

  • @kato0828
    @kato08285 ай бұрын

    YAY!!! You found my favorite ever Queen song! It’s an absolute gem. So clean production, such nasty vile in a beautiful sound. Hey, thanks for educating me on Raconteurs in background!

  • @-davidolivares
    @-davidolivares5 ай бұрын

    Finally… whew, that took some doing. An iconic album that blew me away with its variety of genres and tones. Yes, yes, others will love other albums but this is my favorite with Day At The Races a close second. Thank you for this much anticipated album reaction. Wonderful.

  • @jerkedevries

    @jerkedevries

    5 ай бұрын

    I won’t dismiss any queen album; every album, even Hot Space is made with ambition, but… you can’t beat classics

  • @-davidolivares

    @-davidolivares

    5 ай бұрын

    @@jerkedevries I will never hate on Queen. Imagining music without them is pretty dismal. Two for one today!

  • @markfilla9305
    @markfilla93055 ай бұрын

    Great reaction Justin! I loved how you went into Death... without any background knowledge of the song. Some who have reacted to it elsewhere read about it before listening so they went into it expecting harsh words. Please do more from this album. Besides the elephant in the room (Bohemian Rhapsody) there are a load of great tracks on it.

  • @hatsbo1
    @hatsbo15 ай бұрын

    JP, "Lazing" was a nod to the vaudevillian, roaring 20's era style, and very well done. This album was the pinnacle imo, The Prophet's Song is one of my favorites, hands down. I think Mercury's influence grew stronger, May's weaker and they slowly left the prog influences for a more commercial appeal.

  • @ZENOBlAmusic

    @ZENOBlAmusic

    5 ай бұрын

    Freddie is the one who wrote the most complex music and least commercial music. Freddie wrote the most prog type of songs and really complex music, he even created his own fantasy world. Roger and John wrote the most commercial music. Freddie's songwriting was never that commercial, some of his songs just became hits. It is like Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, that is a 1920's vaudeville song it is not something that was commercially viable in 1975.

  • @bluebell3720

    @bluebell3720

    5 ай бұрын

    @@ZENOBlAmusic I don't know much about music so not following your comment not commercial but were hits? mean most of his music was not commercial but he could write commercial music? Q2 seven seas no 10 SHA Killer Queen no 2 ? US no 12 ( now Im here no 11) NATO Bo Rap no 1 ( YMBF no 7) DATR STLove no 2 ( GOFLB no 17) NOTW WATC uk no 2 ( double A side US with RY no 4) Jazz BR/FBG no 11 Dont stop me now no 9 ( now their second most popular) the Game CLTCL no 2 / US no 1 (save me no 11) ( AOBTD Uk no 11 / US no 1 huge hit) HSpace ( UP no 1) body language US no 11 the works ( Ga Ga no2) (I want to brake free no 3) hard life no 6 KOM KOM no 3 ( freddies version!) the miracle ( Iwia Brian first independant hit no 3 ) I keep forgetting flash no 10 ok second! (brake thru no7) Innuendo F/R no1 KOM Rogers version was not commercial until Freddie tinkered with it Ga Ga was but I think the video that Freddie had ideas for helped Brake thru was a hit again the video helped there not well known songs now though John didnt write much but YMBF is still well known BF to less extent and ABTD still well known but Freddie did help with that even with their songs Freddie helped tweak them except maybe YMBF Freddie seemed to have more idea what would be commercial despite also writting a lot of songs with no intent of them being individually commercial sorry if I've misunderstood you but I don't think I've understood your comment

  • @radicaladz
    @radicaladz5 ай бұрын

    Proof that modern drag queens have nothing on old Freddie when it comes to throwing shade and getting revenge on your old manager. Hello, Justin. Been a while, glad to see you still mining the classics. 😊

  • @marcburger8458
    @marcburger84583 ай бұрын

    To kneel down❤

  • @brumleytwitch6265
    @brumleytwitch62655 ай бұрын

    This is not just "the album that has "Bohemian Rhapsody". To me, it's always been their best album, front to back.

  • @barbarjinx3802
    @barbarjinx38025 ай бұрын

    Just saw a clip of Brian on Rick Beato and he said that he viewed every solo as an extension of the singer and what another verse would be in guitar form. There’s a reason he’s called “The Professor”. And it’s not just the phd.

  • @jerkedevries

    @jerkedevries

    5 ай бұрын

    Ah! This song also has a verse by guitar, and a good one

  • @kentnottingham9635
    @kentnottingham96355 ай бұрын

    This album is the first album I ever bought when it came out. This album will represent both what the were and what they will become! Every song is its own masterpiece!

  • @marcharley6465
    @marcharley64655 ай бұрын

    I was 9 years old when this album was released. My dad was a huge fan of Queen and played the album a lot, so even before I had any real interest in music "ANATO" worked its' way into my consciousness. The musical variety is impressive, as is the music and production. BTW, "The prophet song" is one of the most ludicrously overblown songs I've ever heard but enjoyable for precisely that reason.

  • @Owlstretchingtime78

    @Owlstretchingtime78

    5 ай бұрын

    I was 9 too, and my Dad bought it for me!

  • @jerkedevries

    @jerkedevries

    5 ай бұрын

    And the musical transition to Love of my life, still is stunning

  • @jamesadkisson7510
    @jamesadkisson75105 ай бұрын

    Yeah back before streaming when opening songs were important. Very cool to know nothing about this albums and put it on and start with that. For a long time Brian May was probably my most influential guitarist. He did everything. Heavy, delicate, strange. Could make his guitar sound like any other instrument. And I miss bands like Queen and Beatles doing a variety of styles of songs like here with just these two examples. This album goes on to have folky songs, pop, prog, rock.

  • @davidmaholchic6146
    @davidmaholchic61465 ай бұрын

    Good good stuff here What a way to begin this album love you

  • @stevewynter4519
    @stevewynter45195 ай бұрын

    Your thinking of Wouldn't You Like To Be Beside The Seaside with Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon, and i until now have not thought of that considering Queen used that in an earlier song Seven Seas Of Rhye from Queen 2 but it is similar

  • @grahamharley4895
    @grahamharley48955 ай бұрын

    Round a friend's house for a meal as a kid back then. I took a newly purchased Night at the opera and an early ELO album. Played Bohemian Rhapsody and ELO's Roll over Beethoven. The guys were stunned, there was nothing about like that at the time.

  • @summertime_blooz

    @summertime_blooz

    5 ай бұрын

    Great opening track for a perfekt album. I hope this means you're going to listening to the whole LP. Thanks for your reaction!

  • @jerkedevries

    @jerkedevries

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes this album plus ELO’s Out of the blue are masterpieces

  • @DavidImiri
    @DavidImiri5 ай бұрын

    Yee-haaa!

  • @minmodulation
    @minmodulation5 ай бұрын

    Brian may could make his guitar sound like a razor blade or a helicopter even half a century ago, and all in this marvelous heavy diverse pop music. Queen are still unlike any other major musical act. Despite their massive success so few acts really follow in their footsteps of "anything goes", as long as it's musical. Oh by the way, Brian may once said they wanted to be "Yes but poppier", and was a fan of prog himself (He would watch the live shows of Morgan, Tim Staffel's prog band (tim was the previous singer for Queen)".

  • @Owlstretchingtime78

    @Owlstretchingtime78

    5 ай бұрын

    Razor blades and helicopters! Two sounds he somehow manages to achieve on the opening track. Astonishing creativity!

  • @jerkedevries

    @jerkedevries

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Owlstretchingtime78yes May’s perfectionism always payed off, especially in corporation with Mercury

  • @unichusettsofmassadversity9705
    @unichusettsofmassadversity97055 ай бұрын

    This song is bangers AND mash!!!

  • @sheilapurcell515
    @sheilapurcell5153 ай бұрын

    The warning song to the managerwas Flick of the wrist,he ignored it hence Death on two legs. Flick is well worth a listen, there is a live version which is hot xxx

  • @ellet6560
    @ellet65605 ай бұрын

    “There he goes again” is also a backing line from “Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy”. Probably an accurate statement of what is was like working with Freddie.

  • @courtneywallace871
    @courtneywallace8715 ай бұрын

    HOORAY! Great album! DOTL is such a hot song! Thank you Justin!

  • @ono1dij
    @ono1dij5 ай бұрын

    Best Queen opener track, with Innuendo

  • @dennispower5362
    @dennispower53625 ай бұрын

    One of the best songs Off album ☮️🇺🇸🇦🇺 say no more

  • @baronofgreymatter14
    @baronofgreymatter145 ай бұрын

    RECORD COMPANIES

  • @gaiaeternal5131
    @gaiaeternal51315 ай бұрын

    Hi JP. Dave from Old England. Hands down, my favourite Queen album. Terrific opening, and there are many stories from the 70s of artists being ripped off by managers - the singer songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan is just one that comes to mind. I love the variety, including the musical hall songs like Lazing. Oh I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside - was that the song you were thinking of? It was used at the end of Seven Seas of Rhye off Queen II. P.S. my song ref Old England is by The Waterboys.

  • @chrisb.2178
    @chrisb.21785 ай бұрын

    For me still their best album ever

  • @davidmaholchic6146
    @davidmaholchic6146Ай бұрын

    Just watched this one again love it love you

  • @JustJP

    @JustJP

    Ай бұрын

    Ty David!

  • @jaybird4093
    @jaybird40935 ай бұрын

    I love this album. A top 25 easily. 3 tracks in my top 250 including Death on Two Legs. The album is like a variety show. Be prepared for more twists and turns that never get dull.

  • @GinMae
    @GinMae2 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Just.. lesson here is "Don't piss off Freddie"...lol... hope you have lyrics! appreciate your reaction...and the usual Queen transition to the next song with no breaks... (p.s. not Freddie's first "diss" track.. check out "Flick of the Wrist" on Queen II)

  • @deanakeefer1798
    @deanakeefer17982 ай бұрын

    WATCH the movie Bohemian Rapsody, and you will see the first manager who would not allow them to release the record Boheian Rapsody. They stormed out. Released the record, and the manager sued Queen.

  • @simonspeak9288
    @simonspeak92885 ай бұрын

    Brighton Rock is equally good as an opening track imho. Death on Two Legs and Prophet’s Song are my favorites on NATO. They were at peak creativity during this period.

  • @pleasantvalleypickerca7681
    @pleasantvalleypickerca76815 ай бұрын

    Pretty much Queens best album. Great video Justin. I just wish you'd played the third song "I'm in love with my car" written and sung by Roger Taylor. It really flows nicely from the second song.

  • @Owlstretchingtime78

    @Owlstretchingtime78

    5 ай бұрын

    As great as this album is, i've always found 'A Day At The Races' surpasses it song for song.

  • @jerkedevries

    @jerkedevries

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Owlstretchingtime78I like The millionaire waltz a lot, and Drowse. But both albums are far from dull

  • @Azabaxe80
    @Azabaxe805 ай бұрын

    I don't listen to this record a lot, I certainly _never_ listen to the two big hits from it, but it does have really strong tracks. "'39", and this probably being my favorites. The vocal effects that you mention on 10:44 were introduced in Queen II, an album I consider to be superior to this because it was harder, artier and way more daring.

  • @rydelldownward7808
    @rydelldownward78085 ай бұрын

    Music Hall is the term you want. Or maybe Vaudeville.

  • @saturninebear
    @saturninebear5 ай бұрын

    Queen always knew how to open an album better than anyone.

  • @rodneygriffin7666
    @rodneygriffin76665 ай бұрын

    The moral of this story is: Don't Piss off Freddy Mercury! Just... don't.

  • @HippoYnYGlaw
    @HippoYnYGlaw5 ай бұрын

    4 give me . I've paused the video. U've triggered me something major here JP. Ain't heard this since I played the cassette over & over as a ten year old. It is possibly as integral to my upbringing as Giant Hogweed, for twas around the same time that my sister-inspired record collection (Abba Barry White Bay City Rollers K Tel VA collections and David Cassidy etc).... blew up in a cultural muso prog revolutionary shift and defined my horizons as Broadened.......and this song scared the life outta me I shall now list words as I listen: Thanks ...Jaws Jaws Jaws x100 Opera BÖC imaginos wow heavy or wot? What a song this is. I was ten . "Shark!! " is what I heard Smaallll Fry Feel Good Wot a song this is Blows BO Rap outta the Park AH ! it wasn't me He sang Shark after all... and the segway.... This album in it's beautiful diversity shaped my musical perspective. But i was 10. Now ? I can't take it again. I've changed. Great songs though. Diolch. I told u years ago about this song and album such was it's impact on me. Thanks for allowing me to hear Sunday Afternoon. Theatrical and Joyous Jellyfish "Spilt Milk" comes to mind . U gotta do that sometime Yes that's JUST AS GOOD as this Queen classic. Highly highly recommended Justin. Diolch eto. I'm back in real time. x

  • @jerkedevries

    @jerkedevries

    5 ай бұрын

    Wow great story, I was 5 ( and my sister was guilty as charged too!!!

  • @ChataCovers
    @ChataCovers5 ай бұрын

    awesome review i have this album bought it when i was 16 years old when the album came out, i hope you do a follow through track by track of this wonderful Album , keeping in mind the Operatic Theme of the Album Cover Title "A Night at the Opera" - which includes the Legendary Track " Bohemian Rhapsody ". Another great track is "your my best friend" written by John Deacon Queen's Bassist and also played the keyboard on that track, its a song dedicated to his then girlfriend / wife " and sung by Freddie. There's also a track called "i'm in love with my car written and sung by the Drummer Roger Taylor

  • @jerkedevries

    @jerkedevries

    5 ай бұрын

    I was 4 or 5 when our elder sister brought this music in da house. I was still into panflute music, but when I was twelve I rediscovered Queen with the difficult Hot Space, and the fantastic Greatest Hits album. My musical life has never been the same (and just like Freddie I fell for Michael Jackson too, who didn’t)

  • @rockonileva
    @rockonileva5 ай бұрын

    Nice!! One of my favorites by them... If you don´t already know it, a great song trio for you to make a reaction to is "Tenement Funster - Flick of the Wrist - Lily of the vallley" !

  • @Owlstretchingtime78

    @Owlstretchingtime78

    5 ай бұрын

    He already has. About 18 months ago! 😊

  • @rockonileva

    @rockonileva

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Owlstretchingtime78 I'll check it out!!! Thanks!

  • @Owlstretchingtime78

    @Owlstretchingtime78

    5 ай бұрын

    @@rockonileva You're welcome.

  • @robertcartier5088
    @robertcartier50885 ай бұрын

    Love these! "Death on Two Legs" reminds me of "The Hell of It" from 1974's "Phantom of the Paradise" soundtrack by Paul Williams!

  • @-davidolivares

    @-davidolivares

    5 ай бұрын

    Old Souls haunted me for years, till streaming brought it back.

  • @robertcartier5088

    @robertcartier5088

    5 ай бұрын

    @@-davidolivares great ballad! Love it!

  • @franghan
    @franghan5 ай бұрын

    Its definetly an album which is hard to not listen in one go. Especially, the first 3 songs.

  • @Owlstretchingtime78

    @Owlstretchingtime78

    5 ай бұрын

    I don't see why!

  • @jerkedevries

    @jerkedevries

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes Lots of self restraint, which I don’t always have. Same for ProphetSong and Love of my life

  • @jerkedevries
    @jerkedevries5 ай бұрын

    😊😊😊 yes the opening of Death… is very strong

  • @Brian-mu3io
    @Brian-mu3io5 ай бұрын

    Hi Justin. Glad you like it so far. This is a very eclectic album. A great album all the way through. Death on Two Legs has to be one of, if not the best, put down song ever written. You're sure to like what is coming up, right up to the finale.

  • @user-tr9de6gm8k
    @user-tr9de6gm8k5 ай бұрын

    You are still the best at what you do.

  • @pentagrammaton6793
    @pentagrammaton67935 ай бұрын

    Kween 😍

  • @glyngasson8450
    @glyngasson84505 ай бұрын

    Apparently Freddie did damage to his throat because he sang the song with such venom. Sheffield lost the court case as he wasn't mentioned. The judge actually said he must have had a guilty conscience. Love your reactions

  • @Owlstretchingtime78

    @Owlstretchingtime78

    5 ай бұрын

    He sued both the band and EMI. I'd say that was a success for Sheffield!

  • @andrewouellette4998
    @andrewouellette49985 ай бұрын

    I thought that you'd get a kick out of the lyrics in the first song. They really didn't hold back. You should have included the next song on your review since it goes right into "I'm in love with my car." It really shows how versitile Queen is. Maybe you can do a movie review of "A Night at the Opera". Marx Brothers. So even then they show that they have a sense of humor.

  • @sheilapurcell515
    @sheilapurcell5153 ай бұрын

    Tgis about their manager,they were hardly able to eat and their manager turn up in a new rolls royce.

  • @jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering
    @jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering5 ай бұрын

    Lazing on a Sunday afternoon sounds like it’s just a piss take on variety hall music that they were mucking around with in the studio that they eventually put in the album and why not eh ? 🍻 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @glibmedley2314

    @glibmedley2314

    5 ай бұрын

    Mercury had the Broadway musical recording of Cabaret in heavy rotation whilst making songs for ANATO, and Lazing would have fit right into that.

  • @lylesmith9547
    @lylesmith95475 ай бұрын

    Talk about a hammer in the face beginning.

  • @davidlane1169
    @davidlane11695 ай бұрын

    'Ole Audiophile to JP: Like my name implies, I seek out & find the very best of editions of this & all albums I care about. Even though this was originally written in 1975, in the year 2002 Queen had this recording remastered to 5.1 & hi-def stereo (24bit X 96k x 6 channels or 24bit X 192k in stereo) on a DVD-Audio format. It played 5.1 in either DTS or Uncompressed linear PCM. It requires a very special recording to create superb 5.1 recordings from, one must have all the studio outtakes & cutting room floor material to create one in proper fashion. Queen did both A Night At The Opera & The Game in such fashion & they both turned out to perfection. If one really wants to really hear this, seek out both the recording & a well-equipped home theater to properly play back Queen's perfection. Thanx. (Queen included the DTS version for folks who owned a regular dvd player instead of a DVD-Audio equipped one. But back then one had to own a reciever with a 6 channel input. Now they use HDMI instead/works far superior.)

  • @HippoYnYGlaw

    @HippoYnYGlaw

    5 ай бұрын

    I still have me old Grundig cassette player in 't garage if that helps! :>)

  • @-davidolivares

    @-davidolivares

    5 ай бұрын

    Sometimes environment trumps quality, like my first listen of this 8track on a roadtrip in my blue ‘64 Chevy Impala with my guitarist friend Big David. I think he nudged me to buy it for the road. It played pretty much all the way there and back… RIP Jeff Beck. Miss him. Nice setup you have.

  • @jerkedevries

    @jerkedevries

    5 ай бұрын

    A pleasure too read your comment is (as master Yoda would put it)!!! Thanks

  • @robertjannush4403
    @robertjannush44035 ай бұрын

    Here is a suggested (Song) for you to try to do a reaction/review to called (Rain) by Dream 6 aka (Concrete Blonde). This is a little out of the ordinary for me to listen to this but it’s a really Good Song ! I found it on KZread and thought you might like it check it out and review it for All your Fans that Follow you on KZread.

  • @delorangeade
    @delorangeade5 ай бұрын

    There really aren't very many album openers as good as this, and it's probably Queen's most consistent album, with only one real miss among the hits. It was a slow decline into catastrophe for Queen from this point on.

  • @JoanneTelling1
    @JoanneTelling13 ай бұрын

    Vaudeville.

  • @sicko_the_ew
    @sicko_the_ew5 ай бұрын

    Sorry for "double commenting". Maybe grab the link then delete the comment? Subject: Tip: *Molly Tuttle and Tommy Emmanuel* (not a masterclass, not a performance, something more intimately musical, with some great insights into why you might want to hear more of her music. Tommy stays "off stage" as much as he can, so the lights can shine on Molly. It's worth a look. Form your own impressions.) kzread.info/dash/bejne/ioGtq7Z6qMXLY5M.html