The most beautiful tribute who George Michael could make to Freddie. This concert was celebrated in 1992 in memory of Freddie Mercury in which many guest artists performed. It was a fenomenal occasion with wonderful memories to me, great artists, great hearts, great humanity in that stadium, it was something unique like Freddie.

@wepsTRX

2 жыл бұрын

I always found this the best Queen cover ever!! The medley of EXTREME was also awesome at that concert! 🥳

Goosebumps all over and tears in my eyes every time I hear and see this. Knowing that George Michael just heard that his great love Anselmo was diagnosed with aids and than sing this tribute to Freddie who just died of aids... So beautiful and touching. ❤️

@iris67si

Ай бұрын

George Michael said in an interview after the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert: I went there to honour Freddie and I had to pray for Anselmo. I just wanted to die inside. 😥 I was so overwhelmed by singing the songs of this man I have worshipped as a child who had passed away in the same manner as my first living partner was going to experience... 💔

There is only one Queen. One Freddie. One George. AND THE FUCKING CROWD. The look on Brian Mays face. PRICELESS. We miss you Freddie and George. Xxxxx

Loved when the guitarist gave him a nod and a smile. He knew he had nailed it!

@iris67si

2 ай бұрын

You ment Brian May, Dr astrophysicist (2008) and a knight = SIR BRIAN MAY (2022)... and yes a guitarist who made his electric 🎸with his dad when he was 16? The guitar is one of a kind and he named it Red Special. With it and a Deacky amp he can make all different sounds from horns to ....

@zoricastanojevic82

Ай бұрын

Right ❤️​@@iris67si

This is a Queen song, and great tribute to Freddie from the great George! Both RIP 💜

George nailed it. Thats what a concert pre smart phones looked like...everyone joining in!

Oh George, how your wisdom is missed! How beautiful is him interacting with this huge audience! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

I saw this concert on tv, many great artists performed with Queen in this concert but George Michael was one of the best.

@ioeee7563

2 жыл бұрын

George Michael was THE best, that evening. Period.

Hé had the right voice for this song. Amazing George Michael. I loved him. Such a beautiful human bein. ❤️

I was there. I always tell people I scored a number 1 hit (together with 72,000+ others but hey, I sang my throat sore). A lot of artists sang at the Freddy Mercury Tribute, including Metallica, Guns n Roses, David Bowie, Elton John, Robert Plant (of Led Zeppelin), Annie Lennox and even Liza Minelli.

@johanley229

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was there too! Awesome amazing day

@sito7186

2 жыл бұрын

And George Michael was the star of the Night

@johanley229

2 жыл бұрын

@@sito7186 I totally agree!!! Sadly missed he is x

@hermannus3894

Жыл бұрын

And Elizabeth Taylor.

Both Freddie and George now gone, and the world has less sparkle without them....

Oh my god, this is not a Glee song, this is a QUEEN SONG!!!!! The song was written by Freddie!!! 👍💕👌 George chose ii because he loves her.

HOW do you know the song from Glee but not from Queen themselves 😂

@merilicious1594

2 жыл бұрын

And yes... it was an amazing concert. The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, so many amazing people participated. Check out David Bowie & Annie Lennox's performance!

@ciskadebart1763

2 жыл бұрын

😂👁

@jokevv1

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, that was, ermmm, surprising, to say the least. 🙃

@xxDxxism

2 жыл бұрын

its a American thing

Love George and Queen. R.I.P George and Freddy

Fantastic! I've watched this so many times and it gets me everytime. Had the absolute pleasure of seeing George Michael and Queen in concerts throughout the years and its fair to say they are pure talent .❤

George def stole the show in this night. Easily the best performance. Please react to Queen with Freddie singing this aswell live from Montreal.

George definitely stole the show with this song. Freddie said it was his favorite song of all the songs he wrote; even more so than Bo Rap. Check out the performance of this song live in Montreal 1981; it's outstanding. Then again Queen always is.

George & Queen were sensational, & the backing singers too! Loved it so much. Never went to see it (damn!!) but remember watching it at the time. xx

George is FANF***ING TASTIC! I don't care what anyone says, YOU CANNOT BEAT GEORGE MICHAEL in anything! ( NO DISRESPECT TO FREDDY LOVER'S OUT THERE, sincerely!) 💞🕯✝

@Joker.arlequin-of-street

10 ай бұрын

True...a real singer doesn't have to have a great voice full of octaves like dimash "...but what George had and that at that he was the best in addition to the best voice and tone...it was full of emotion

This is one of the best concerts ever !

George is/was amazing. A fitting tribute to King Freddie. Thanks for this xxx

GM sang it to honor Freddy but also his partner at the time who had been diagnosed with aids. At that time GM wasn’t publicly out.

@iris67si

Ай бұрын

True. This is so sad. George said in an interview: I went there to honour Freddie and I had to pray for Anselmo (his partner). I just wanted to die inside 😥 I was so overwhelmed by singing the songs of the man I have worshipped as a child who had passed away the same manner as my first living partner was going to experience.... 💔😭

Both Brian May and Roger Taylor said to themselves "F Freddie! Let's hire George!!" after that performance.

@madeleineglo7696

2 ай бұрын

They asked george to join them he politely declined. George always needed to be his own man.

@alwaysemployed656

2 ай бұрын

@@madeleineglo7696 Yes, I know. They all confirmed the invitation was made available. George had so much respect for Freddie, he felt leaving Freddie's seat open was the appropriate thing to do.

@madeleineglo7696

2 ай бұрын

@@alwaysemployed656 i think George didnt leave wham just to join other people he wanted to do his own thing no one to answer to and he didnt need anyone great singer writer great entertainer. He owned the stage and controlled everything himself.

@alwaysemployed656

2 ай бұрын

@@madeleineglo7696 Besides, George was doing club music at the time, not really Queen's type of music.

U should check out the rehearsal for this concert. All the big name stars like David Bowie, Annie Lennox etc were all in awe when George was rehearsing his part. That should tell u something.

@HighlyCombustibleReacts

Жыл бұрын

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Everyone at this tribute to Freddie performed a Queen song. George was the one who did the best rendition.

George nailed it!! kudoos.

He owned that concert

Best version of the song!

I'm so GLAD that you reacted to the video that includes George's words to the audience at the beginning! (IDK if that was on purpose or just luck, but what he says is such a WORTHWHILE message... I'm GLAD it was shared here.)

The song was wrote by Freddie Mercury and is one of Queens Greatest songs

George Micheal like Freddie was one hell of a singer, one of the smoothest voices in the industry. If you want something different from the same concert try Stone Cold Crazy with Toni Iommi on guitar and James Hetfield singing with the band!

"The Glee Song"? Dude ... do more Queen reactions!

BTW, you mentioned in a previous George Michael reaction that people in the US only really know George for Faith, there's a reason for that. After the album Faith, George wanted to take his image and music in another direction, his record company, Sony, didn't, the contract George signed in 1988 was for 15 years and gave him little to no control over how he was marketed. After Anselmo died George dedicated himself to fighting Sony for musical and artistic freedom (his song Freedom 90 is all about breaking free from his Faith image and Sony). Anyway, long story short, Sony U.S. basically blacklisted George, so while here in Europe we were still getting George's music, the U.S. wasn't. George didn't write music for 5 years after Anselmo's death btw. Ultimately George lost the court case against Sony, but afterwards an 'arrangement' was made because the relationship had obviously soured and was unworkable.

@bk4062

2 жыл бұрын

I know Strawberry, It still makes my blood boil! Well who won that battle? George always ended up on top!

This is a Queen song Check out Montreal 1981

This is not a Glee song this is a QUEEN song so go react to the video and do the live version in Montreal 1981 one of the most amazing performances ever Freddie is in peak voice and the band just fire untill you have seen the originators do it you have never heard this song. the only other performance that comes close is this George Michael version go forth young man and find the truth enjoyed your reaction

When George sang this he had a lot of worries himself. His first official gay lover, Anselmo, had just been diagnosed with HIV. In those days it was a death sentence. George was panicking and wondered if his had caught the disease as well. He hadn’t, but Anselmo died two years later😢!

Queen live at either Montreal or Milton Keys are amazing versions of this song. George Michael is the only artist at this concert that didn't have to change the key of the song in order to sing it. Freddie was THAT good that nobody could duplicate him.

@CaptainBinkie

2 жыл бұрын

And that’s a fact! You observed that well! I would have thought that Queen might go on making music together with George Michael but they chose different (not good imo). I really find that GM was THE best artist to do a Freddy Mercury song even though I was NOT a fan of GM. But credit to who deserves!

@jodyheigaard9949

2 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainBinkie I saw/heard an interview w/ Roger where the interviewer asked him if there were any other artists that should Queen should have worked w/ that they didn't. He replied GM, but that they were so slayed by Freddie's death that they couldn't even contemplate it & then it was too late.

@soulfireonfire6423

Жыл бұрын

@@jodyheigaard9949 George wasn’t interested with total respect for who Queen and Freddie Mercury were in regards to their talent. But even Brian May ( is that his name, lead guitarist) said that George was going into a different direction with his music. Even though it was obvious he was one who killed it that night, great one of a kind vocals, great song writer the industry will see, they were just going in two different directions.

@soulfireonfire6423

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he did have to change the key. I saw him talking about it in an interview. He said he decided right off the bat, that he wasn’t going to try and even attempt to hit some of the Freddie notes because well,,there Freddie notes and not many people can. That’s why he was their to practice everyday to get it right and sound good enough to give it Justice. ( the best vocalist of our time, and he was afraid of it being good enough) George .. so modest but yet he’s the real deal that no one has a voice like him and at that time he didn’t realize it. Just makes him hotter then he already was. Lol

@lavenderfields2910

Жыл бұрын

@@soulfireonfire6423 I know he said he had to change some of the notes, because he couldn't sing them ! George said that high note was "the bravest note I ever sang live" ! And, sing it, he did !

George Michael, performing with Freddy’s band….. Queen…..singing their song….Somebody To Love….. be great if you now listen to the world famous band….Queen doing this & their song Bohemian Rhapsody. U will love it ❤️

Concert for Freddie, raising awareness for HIV/AIDS. THE concert is AMAZING

We've seen countless of great and large tributes to musicians we've lost along the way, but never before and since, was a tribute as massive as this one was. Every self respecting singer who could make it, was there to show their love for Freddie. The stadium was packed with 72.000 people who all were there to support the Aids awareness theme and show their love for Freddie.. and to do some mourning and remembering too. And just like Live Aid, where Queen stole the show, this was broadcast to 76 nations around the globe, like i said.. we wont ever see a tribute of this scale ever again. (pretty dang sure of that) To me that shows how big of an icon Freddie was, how beloved the music of Queen is in this world, the numbers dont lie! And then we have this performance with George Michael, the performance that made me notice him as a incredibly talented singer (i never cared for his solo work, or his time with Wham till this performance). And when Queen went back on the road after so many years... i wished George could've been part of that, he would've been a perfect fit for the band. Highly, you have sold yourself short man, dive into Queen, and i mean DIVE.. start with the hits and then move to the lesser known songs, you'll find that most of their music could all have been released as singles and likely would've done well in the charts at the time. Queen is one of those obligated bands for people who take music serious hehehe.

Yes, this! And also Killer/Papa Was A Rolling Stone, also from the tribute concert.

@ronaldakkermans8166

2 жыл бұрын

I must have been asleep during Killer/Papa was a Rolling Stone 😲... Just kidding, that was a different concert.

@mariekek9934

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronaldakkermans8166 haha maybe i'm confused cause it's on the samd album and I could sing and say it front to back.

@ronaldakkermans8166

2 жыл бұрын

@@mariekek9934 I understand. This song and These are the Days of Our Lives from the Tribute are on the CD Five Live and indeed Killer/Papa is on that CD too. Groetjes uit Dronten 😉

@mariekek9934

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronaldakkermans8166 👍🏻Groeten terug 😄

This was at the tribute concert for the legend himsrlf,Freddy mercury keeo up the good reactons, grtz grom the Netherlands👍👍👊👊

Freddie, another artist we miss dearly.. Dive into the Queen catalogue and you will find yourself surprised ❣️

I am no fan of George Micheal but on this night i was around 10 rows back from the stage and i was blown away by how well George Micheal pulled this off. It really is a mind blowing performance and apart from Freddie i don't think anyone else who could pull it off so well.

I was lucky to see George when he did his first ever live concert when he was in Wham when he first started. It was October the 9th 1983 in Aberdeen Scotland. It was the first night of the Club fantastic tour. I went with my cousin,her sister and her friend. I knew Whams music but wasn't a big fan. But when George started singing I couldn't believe how he was singing way better than on the records and had such a wonderful voice for someone who was just 20. He sang Careless Whisper for the first time ever at this show and for me it's the best bit of live singing I've had the pleasure to have seen live in all the concerts I've been to. So I'm proud to say I'm one of the first to ever hear it as it wasn't out till the summer of 1984. I think you should hear Queens original version of this song. Then you can tell just how amazing and wonderful Georges cover of it was and even dare I say it a bit better than Freddies version. George himself classed this as his best ever performance. And what makes this all the sadder is that Georges lover at the time was at the show and had just had a test for Aids. And they didn't know if he had it then. Sadly he did and died not long after. But George was still able even through sadness to steal the show with this wonderful performance. R.I.P George.

How ridiculous you dint know it was Queen song, best cover ever by the way

Freddie came back for one night ❤️

Queen, first love of my husband, George Michael, my first love, Glee first love of my Son, all together fantastic, and when Freddie sings it it’s also very beautiful, I have been to both concerts, Queen and George Michael and will never forget it, thanks for your loving comments you are such a nice guy with a great heart ❤️ greetings from the Netherlands 🥰

It was rumoured that queen asked George to become a lead singer

much missed..both of them. the music lives on

Great concert, great reaction 💖

George Micheal was the greatest imitator of Freddie Mercury. It was a song created by Freddie, which Freddie also thought was better for himself. Such a powerful performance. Great musicians we've lost. Eternal love for them. Excellent reaction. Thank you!

@bk4062

2 жыл бұрын

George was not an imitator of Freddy, George is & was the greatest singer song writer ever. In my opinion, this was so good that It sounded like this was a George Michael song, better than Freddy! Sorry guys, George was & is better!

@wland63

2 жыл бұрын

Gm is not an imtator If you are a real fan of freddie you shouldnt say like that Gms voice is diffrent from freddie Hes got great beautiful voice Will you be happy sombody say exactry like you when freddie sang georges song? Maybe it cant be imagined When freddie sang gms song could freddie be a good imitator? No way They are just a diffrent individuals who have diffrent their own attractiveness Imitator.. what a stupid stupid word

This is from Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. Freddie Mercury 👑

"I knew this song from Glee..." is probably the most tragic thing I ever heard from a heterosexual man in my life. This was the first 45rpm single I bought with my own money....... 46 years ago.

Good reaction, thanks! This was a hell of a concert indeed! Actually, one of the best I've ever seen. I can't believe it's 30 years ago already.

Mind you this was live

It's a QUEEN SONG darling! Check the official video or one of their live performances.. i recommend Montreal 81 ...

Freddie ´s favorite song from their fith album Day At The Races. React to sometime to this song from Montreal 81 with Freddie. Studio version is also beautiful

bizarre that the man that sings this also is not here anymore.... Rip Freddy and George..

This was a tribute to Freddie.

I can’t believe you interrupted the big note!

GEORGE MICHAEL did it better than Freddy himself even if the fans die

Brought to you buy the place that has born the best singer songwriters of all time Great Britain

The glee song… queen wrote and made the song mate -

You really need to react to the one and only Freddie doing this live in Montreal absolutely awesome

The best concert if ever seen so much great artist paying tribute to Freddy and Queen ❤,Elton ,Bowie,Seal,Guns&Roses,Metallica, Tony Iommi,Roger Daltrey and manny more

Freddie first did this with Queen this is Georges tribute.

It's NOT THE GLEE SONG???? ITS QUEENS SONG ? YOU NAUGHTY MAN ? LOL

Excuse me that’s a Queen song not a glee song! Theses people in Glee never sang an original song all covers, I’m sorry I take offence to that comment Queen were the the top of British bands and still remain so to this day.

One of the most epic and watched performances on the Voice was this song by Jordan Smith. You should give it a shot, it was incredible.

Music reference? Glee... 😂😂

@iris67si

2 ай бұрын

Grrrr ... it's QUEEN song !!! Please react to their official video or Queen live in Montreal 82

@iris67si

2 ай бұрын

Hehhhh.... I can't understand that he didn't know it's a Queen song ... 😢

George did a great cover of Somebody to love - hard to be comparable to Freddie singing it but he did a great job.

“Glee Song”?? Well, you know better now.

This is nothing personal, but I'm always deeply shocked when people only know world-famous songs from commercials/TV or similar. This is not "the Glee song", this is Queen's "Somebody To Love" perfectly performed by the legendary George Michael and the super group Queen. Who or what is "Glee"? Of course I know what it is. ;-) But George Michael and Queen are/were true giants and musicians of the century.

You know this song from GLEE??? 😂😂😂

That evening he found out that his partner, Anselmo, was HIV positive. Imagine singing at the The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, in memoriam to Freddie who died from AIDS, knowing that his partner got a death sentence.

@iris67si

2 ай бұрын

😢😢😢😢

Queen and George Michael, does it get any better? Can you do one on Queen, live at Wembley: "Love of my life" please??

Freddie wrote this is the 70’s.

You should listen to Queens album version of this and then watch their live version in Montreal 81....fantastic...

Originally from queen with Fredy 😕

The Glee song??? I love ya mate, but are you serious!!! Sounds you need a little Queen education :’)

@iris67si

2 ай бұрын

Not just a little... he needs A LOT of Queen education! I just couldn't believe my ears ... 😮😅

Adem Lambert ; eat your ❤ out 😉 Briljant !

Queen ❤ Freddy Mercury still missed everyday

It’s not a ghee song huh !! It’s a queen song original

Not the glee song queen song with george

😂😂you only know it from Glee. This version with George Michael is fantastic. And please listen to the original from Queen. Did you see the movie "Bohemian rhapsody"?

👍🥃

Queen wrote and preformed it not glee who uses other artists work

this is the best version not even Adam and Freddy has done a better job than this

Who the fuck is Glee?

@iris67si

2 ай бұрын

Heck... ⁉️ I was asking myself the same question... Sadly he doesn't know the greatest band ever ... BoRhap and boom boom clap isn't enough 😢

GEORGE MICHAEL lo hizo mejor q el propio Freddy así se mueran los fans

@mirjanabittar7781

21 күн бұрын

Si, de verdad ! ❤❤

Really great singing but not quite as great as Freddie & the entire band the one and only QUEEN.

Glee ??? What's wrong with you ?

FOR ANYONE THAT WILL READ THE COMMENTS BEFORE GETTING TOO FAR IN... HE CLEARLY DOESNT KNOW SHIT ABOUT FREDDIE OR THIS SONG. HE COMPARES IT TO "GLEE".. DONT WASTE YOUR TIME

Seriously I can't say it enough. Glee... really.... you make me sick

This guy doesn't even know who queen was lmao!!!