You must needed to listen entire Queen II, a true masterpiece

@jonathangilbert2456

Жыл бұрын

Queen II was the first Queen album I bought. Still my favorite

@sigcola

11 ай бұрын

i too have had Queen 2 as first Queen album. But my favourite is The Works..

@JohnVella1968

3 ай бұрын

For the purposes of a KZread video, even though I have stated many times that Queen II is my favourite album ever, I would suggest sticking to the black side. The whole album might be a bit of a stretch for anyone but Queen fans.

Freddie would be very upset you thought somebody to love was boring.... As he called it his best song he ever wrote.

@amphartmaker3651

Ай бұрын

But we are not Freddie Mercury. He could have thought somebody to love is the greatest song he could have ever written, but many other don't think the same.

@amphartmaker3651

Ай бұрын

I think there are more songs of queen that are better than their greatest hits and The millionaire waltz and The March of the black queen are some of those.

Studio version of ' You take my breath away' is awesome btw!

@jeffmiller4832

Жыл бұрын

Finally someone I can agree with pertaining to this song. It’s not “better” than the live version, I like to say it’s more refined. Especially, since Freddie is the only singer. I concur with your choice.

@davidvitale9338

11 ай бұрын

Agree 💯

There is no other band like Queen, there never will be, They are their own Genre, They are the best all around rock group ever, no one else comes close.

The White Queen live at Hammersmith is a masterpiece!

Queen's first 8 albums are _ALL_ like greatest hits compilations. Not one bad song. "It's Late" off of News of the World is my favorite (2nd favorite behind Bohemian Rhapsody, of course).

@taylortyler1867

Жыл бұрын

@@toddmathers5075 I kind of agree with you. This album was the beginning of their downslide. Their lyrics were becoming trite, but the music quality was just as good as always.Queen's worst is better than most bands' best. "Dead on Time" is one of my favorites.

@hjonkhjonkamgoose

Ай бұрын

i have always said that Queen I through The Game is peak Queen. Even live, to an extent. I am glad someone agrees.

Nick, you will love Queen II, songs like Ogre Battle, March of the Black Queen or The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke are unpredictable, proggy and have aged well. Just 4 master musicians on fire.

@sheilabell6819

2 ай бұрын

March of the black Queen gets my vote too

My favorite queen albums are the early years 1973-80. Great, if you want to try some of that. I think you would like 'The Fairy Feller's Masterstroke'

Adore Millionaire's Waltz so much we even had a strings instrumental of this played during our wedding ceremony (and Love of My Life).

oh, there are so many Queen songs you should to react. Such masterpieces as Innuendo, Prophet's song, Father to son, Teo torriate and many, many more

This album marked the end of Queen's early "classical" period. After this album, they seriously streamlined their sound towards the late 70s. If you love this song, explore their first 5 albums, nice pick!

@didiermerlateau5712

Жыл бұрын

Yes ! Queen II (1974) is a masterpiece.

@hadz8671

Жыл бұрын

"Liar" is still my favourite

@martinkasper197

Жыл бұрын

Didn't play Sir Brian this waltzy guitar solo also live? I know I have heard this before....

@gtarry

Жыл бұрын

@@didiermerlateau5712 In particular the opening songs on Side Black (aka side 2!); worth a marathon listen to these

@montxn

Жыл бұрын

I'm in love with my car and Killer Queen, hard but sophisticated. Tie your mother down, the show must go on, lazing on a Sunday afternoon afternoon. So many gems in each album

A wonderful reaction to one of Queens' lesser known masterpices. If I may, I would love to see a reaction to "Liar", the live version in particular is another masterpice from one of their earlier concerts.

Another underrated masterpiece is "Dreamers Ball"... they are true musical geniuses that could perform anything... also, check out "Innuendo", another complex award-winning masterpiece... blessings.

The best songs of Queen are the songs which are rather unknown to none Queen fans! I mean those songs which aren't aired on tv and radio, which aren't on the Greatest Hits (1-3) compilations, as those songs which are only "radio-friendly" singles. You can dig deep and find a ton of masterpices - one better than the other and very, very different from everything that you heard from Queen before. They did almost every genre in fantastic quality - absolutly stunning perfection. And with "every genre" I mean: blues, glam rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, progressive rock, punk rock, heavy metal, pop, rhythm 'n blues, funk, disco, country, gospel, soul, opera and even music-hall and ragtime, etc.! Or as I like to say: "Queen is a genre of its own!" :)

I think You Take my Breath Away is on this album. Really great song too

The bass is amazing in this song!

This style is wonderful and gives them such full creative range. If you haven't heard '39, Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon, Seaside Rendezvous, Good Company and perhaps a few others. :)

@sethcashman1011

Жыл бұрын

Agreed on all of the above. Those are four of my absolute favorites.

@karenj3611

Жыл бұрын

Melancholy Blues Dreamers Ball Good Old Fashioned lover boy

Pre-1978 queen is their best phase! So much great songwriting and performance, any of it will be worth your time! 🏆🏆

Classic song from a classic album, Also from A Day At The Races "You Take My Breath Away " the studio version leans more to the classical side with rich harmonic vocals "Good Old Fashioned Loverboy" has serious pomp and "Teo Torriate " is one of Queen's best deep cuts

Been a fan of Queen since being a child in the 70s, and this is one of my favorite songs! Another prog masterpiece from this album is The Prophet's Song. Another gem from Queen that was never too popular and is just a completely different style is Cool Cat from Hot Space, it's full funky composed by John and Freddie, sadly Brian and Roger didn't want to be part of it which goes to show Queen's plasticity and composing talent.

@sylmyl

Жыл бұрын

Listen to the wise maaaaannnnnn 😁 one of my faves too ❤️

@javiervelasco3921

Жыл бұрын

@@sylmyl and two by two, my human zoo! 😉

@wintergirl8

Жыл бұрын

Great song, wrong album

@joelnjgm26

11 ай бұрын

The Falsetto in Cool Cat is so epic. Great song

@linaskranauskas

10 ай бұрын

i don't think Brian and Roger were ever against Cool Cat. They were against the funky/disco streak, while their (quite funky!) songs on the album (Dancer and Action) for me are better than Freddie's.

Queen were masters at creating different colours and hues and styles of music. Vaudeville cod waltz - no problem. Brian give me a waltz symphany on your guitar. Others to check out 'Prophets Song', 'My Fairy King' , 'March of the Black Queen'.

Hi Guys, Love this album. Some wonderful tracks. Among my favourites is "Take My Breath Away" and "Drowse" Love the fact they called 2 of their albums after movies by The Marx Brothers. Brilliant stuff !! Byee Jim X .... [ Nick ...The album - Queen ll is an absolute must and will blow you away ]

This album has so many hidden gems. Long away and teo terroitte are my favorite songs that you must listen to.

There are 2 Queen albums that should be known as a whole. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA and A DAY AT THÈ RACES. Those two are like a twin couple, the concept seemingly being making as many different music-styles into Queen-songs as possible.

John Deacon was Queen's shy, secret weapon, his playing at the beginning is just amazing. Queen could take any style of music and make it their own, it makes a lot of music boring as it just the same style, while with the first time you listen to a Queen Album you just don't know what to expect.

@susieq9801

Жыл бұрын

His bass in this is amazing!

Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy is amazing too😊😊😊

Waltz and rock in one song: only Queen could do that. Note: the Waltz has nothing to do with carnival.

Queen is GOAT. Listen you take my breath away.

As a Queen fan since 1986, I must inform anyone who listen to one, two, or three songs of Queen then think can figure out Queen's music. It happened to me. Normally one perceives Queen as a prog-classic rock due to Bohemian Rhapsody. But the perception will disrupt when listen to surprising simple n soft like Dear Friend, Nevermore, Lily of the Valley, 39, or Lazing on Sunday Afternoon. It doesn't stop there, even there are a few Caribbean vibe like Who Needs You, Misfire, Rain Must Fall. While not losing roughness of playing hard n raw like Dragon Attack, Stone Cold Crazy, Sheer Heart Attack, Walkin' on the Sidewalk, Hammer to Fall, Tear it Up. Yet surprisingly also playing kind of dance music like Staying Power, Back Chat, Radio Gaga, I want to break free. Queen is like music dept store. They provide all music they can play and the best they can prepared.

I appreciate the hidden gems like this. If you find a video of people dancing the waltz, silence the music, play this song while they go 'round & 'round. It works. 123 123 :) Freddie's vocals are light & sweet. Roger's drumming is so much fun. John's bass line is spot on! Brian's a master rock guitarist, however I think it really shows him off when he easy slips into these other genres with so much brilliant talent. More different styles? "Lily of The Valley", "Dear Friends", "Good Company", "Dreamers Ball", "My Melancholy Blues", "Seaside Rendevous", "Lazing On a Sunday Afternoon", and so much more.

One of my favorites

Great reaction! This is one of my favorite Queen tracks (top 5 ..) 🔥 MORE QUEEN👑😃🥂

Lovely reaction. Thank you for doing this undervalued Queen track.

Está canción es espectacular! Totalmente, tienen que hacer más Queen de esta época. Sobre todo Queen II

Definitely do more Queen. The first five albums are absolute fire. Not a bad song in there. In fact, you’d best be served by doing a full listen of each album. They’re not necessarily concept albums, but they definitely carry a theme through each one.

A truly underrated masterpiece here love this song love you guys

You need to the second Queen album, it will change your mind.............most of the tracks, but March of the Black Queen in particular

One of my favorite and quite old Queen songs is The Fairy Fellers Master-Stroke from around 73/74ish. It's based on the very detailed painting of the same name by Richard Dadd who completed it around 1864 (in an Criminal Lunatic Asylum, it took him nearly 10 years.

If you've only ever listened to mainly Queens greatest hits then you are in for a big big treat if you listen to Queens full albums starting with their first "Queen" you won't be disappointed. You will also hear three of the four band members singing, Freddie, Roger and Brian, then you will have to listen to Freddies duet album "Barcelona" with Montserrat Caballe.

Hello Nick and Lex it's been a while. FREDDY is IRREPLACEABLE.

Dear friends, nevermore and lily of the valley, just over 3.5 minutes for all three.. Queen from bygone years you will love them , from the Happy Scotsman..

The Magic of Freddie Mercury, Brian May,Roger Taylor,& John Deacon, so much Theatrics nailed down here. Fitting together like a glove on the hand. The Final album Made in Heaven is a must for the whole entire musical Universe 🫶🏻

So much more to Queen than all the obvious GH’s try Queen,Queen 2, Sheer Heart Attack albums, at the time hailed as being The new Zeppelin, one you must try is Mustapha from Jazz, but do the first 3 Albums before you venture into the more mainstream Queen - you just don’t know what your are missing guys, this discovery will be your new Steely Dan

Best band of universe

And of course we have a Marlene Deitrich impersonation to top it off.

You must try Queen 1 & Queen II ...funny you say prog.., they are everything, only band in the world to have their own genre of music...rock, opera, heavy rock, ballads, classical, soft rock, funk & dance, & massive rock anthems...my personal favourite era is the early 70's , great reaction guys, try the early stuff, it will open your eyes & ears and take you to another place you didnt know exsisted..

I loved that song! That was my first time listening and not the last!

Try My Melancholy Blues, I feel it has never been given the light of day and truly one of their best song.

Queen usually included one or two of this type of tunes on most of their albums. They are my most favorites.

Roger Taylor said when Freddie first started to sing with them he was like a bleating goat and had to learn to sing better in the studio by listening back to his vocals. He had power, but no control in the early days. Obviously this changed.

Listen The March of black Queen!!

I absolutely love early Queen. The first 7 albums and the last album Innuendo are my favorites. Just fabulous.

@michaelkruska6097

Жыл бұрын

With "only the good die young" they returned to the early style

@deboraclark5791

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelkruska6097 Really you think so? To me the early work was so progressive, hard rock, metal/trash, whimsical ect. The good die young, I suppose so.

@bt2835

Жыл бұрын

I love love love early Queen ❤

You guys would love death on two legs it’s perfectly Queen

This song is great and it's deep where it really shows their musicianship! I hope you get to check out stuff off the album "Sheer Heart Attack", songs like Flick of the Wrist/Lily of the Valley or Bring Back that Leroy Brown.......

You need to listen to the entire first album.

@Danielik25

Жыл бұрын

Yes, please, I love this album

I recommend "you take my breath away" "the prophet's song" "the March of the black queen "

Great song! Thanks for requesting this Eric! Loved the reaction Nick and Lex! Love you both!

Love this song .. Queen is so versatile! All members of Queen were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame & Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, on their own merits! You guys might also like SEASIDE RENDEZVOUS, DREAMER’S BALL, GOOD COMPANY, SLEEPING ON THE SIDEWALK, COOL CAT, ‘39’ ..

Nice one, Greybeard! News of the World, Day at the Races, Night at the Opera, Jazz and The Game are all such good listens, all the way through. Some good deep cuts there, like “Who Needs You”.

Obra maestra absoluta...!

This song gives me the chills. Every. Single. Time.

Such joy the song such joy watching you guys enjoy it

With Queen you dig for the buried treasures.

Whenever you want some heavy Queen from this same album check out White Man

Great King Rat from the first album. Nick will freak out. Guaranteed.

I bought that stuff in the mid seventies. I was a teen then. Queen and a few other bands were our rock/pop/progrock pantheon. My generation was a little mad at Queen when their simple pop-albums came out in the 80ies ... especially after they did quite a few sensational albums in the 70ies. But even later they did a couple great albums: A KIND OF MAGIC and INNUENDO stand out.

Queen had some great album cuts! Try their song from the same album called White Man😊

Gran reaccion, cuando escuche Queen por primera vez solo escuche el disco de grandes exitos y de verdad eso no es ni rascar la superficie de las joyas que se pierde uno, al escuchar toda su diacografia descubri grandes piezas maestra como esta pero ademas les recomiendo: You Take my Breath Away My Melancholy Blues Teo Torriate Jealousy Dreamers Ball It's Late Saludos de un Venezolano viviendo en Perú

You would enjoy the Queen II album. It's Queen at their proggiest. :-)

Try to know them more, you will love them

I hope you check out Liar at the Rainbow or White Queen at Odeon Hammersmith.

Questo brano è un piccolo capolavoro

“Hard Core” Queen fans will tell you that Queen’s BEST material is in their Deep Cuts, album songs that were never released as singles/were never on The Charts. Some of these were played regularly at their concerts/became show favorites with audiences. P.S. The BoRhap movie’s nice, but IS full of inaccuracies (creative license, I guess). Freddie was actually already a friend. He’d hang out at Smile’s shows/give them advice on how to improve! When Tim Staffel quit, Brian said in an interview that he & Roger were ready to call it quits… Then Fred said “Try one more time, with me.” Roger said when they first heard Fred sing, Rog thought Fred “sounded like a billie goat” (because he hadn’t figured out how to control his vibrato yet). FYI, there are several really GOOD - free - documentaries on Queen/Freddie, here on YT.

Seaside rendezvous is another one like this. Try it

The greatest hits album features Queen's most commercial sound. But there's so much more to them. Check out March Of The Black Queen and The Fairy Feller's Masterstroke from their Queen II album, Brighton Rock from the Sheer Heart Attack album, The Prophet's Song from A Night At The Opera and It's Late from News Of The World. Also, the title track from their Innuendo album features superb classical guitar from Steve Howe of Yes. So many great tracks to discover - keep up the great work!

Hi guys ... I'm sure you will love White Queen (live version at Hammersmith 1975) ... You will loooove that song ❤🔥

A great reaction and and terrific deep cut. Greatest Hits are always so deceptive in that they only reflect what became popular. Popular to me always implies without depth or contemplative. Nice request Greybeard. 👍👍

..Greetings..you don't have life left to know the WORK OF QUEEN......GREETINGS...And thank you!!

Thanks, kids! such a great song.. love the bass(!) and guitar, as well as Fred's vocals... and what about the change-ups?? Look forward to more from you....

I vote for any version of "You Take My Breath Away"....it will knock your socks off... also "My Melancholy Blues",...and "Mustafa" for lots of contrast! You will love them!

The hits are just the tip of the Queen iceberg.

All of Queen 2 is SUPERB, especially “side 2/The Black side”

Think about for those who know the first 3 QUEEN albums and then by 1976 and this album wow they really improved their craft song making to produce something as totally amazing as this album DAY AT THE RACES etc.

Just seen this , bit late to the party on this first time, definitely more “non commercial” Queen , check out My Fairy King & Jesus from Queen 1 , Fairy Tellers Master stroke/Nevermore (must be played back to back) Dragon Attack - The Game, Mustapha -Jazz , Tenement Funster/Flick of the wrist/ Lily of the valley -Sheer Heart Attack ( again played as one) all classics but you will never find on any Greatest hits compilation. You will wish you had listened to Queen bit like Steely Dan 😊

John Deacon on bass, everyone! As for prog, check out the album Queen II. In fact, if you are lukewarm or indifferent to their hits (and I love all of Queen’s output with Freddie), try the first three albums for hard rock and prog.

Try March of the Black Queen, from 74 prog at its best

Stereo!!

You can down a wonderful road with Queen including collaborations and solo work. Opera with Freddie and Montserrat Caballe, Rogers political stances and Brian's wonderful soulful and heavy rock work. "Mother Love" is a must, Freddie's last vocal is powerful and haunting.

The craziest ever thing about rock is that the greatest rock group was NOT a rock band indeed. They just played rock and bunch of other VERY other things..

A work of art. Needs to be celebrated as such!

I am so pleased you enjoyed this!. Your site is wonderful. I am definitely subscribing. I strongly suggest you listen to the live version of "Find Me Somebody to Love" - must be from Montreal 1981- will give you an amazing example of diversification of Queen - how the band collaborates and Freddie's brilliant style. You will be amazed!!. NicknLex, you are amazing, I enjoyed your reaction and have subscribed!! Thank you and take care! Anne

@NicknLex

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the love and support! Welcome, Anne! 💕

This was a really pretty song it makes me think of watching those silent black an white vaudeville movies , but this is pure imagination as I’ve never seen one an then it rocked out from what I’ve heard from them they’re very theatrical and I love theater

The problem with Greatest Hits albums is they are just that, the singles, or hits. Unless you are into a band big time you don't get to hear deep cuts from the albums like this one. Well done for reacting to this! It was written by Freddie Mercury & positively oozes with his flamboyance. I used to be into Queen big time & the first gig I ever went to was Queen the "A Day at the Races" tour, in Southampton, The UK, in 1977. I was only 14 at the time (I'm 60 now) & it is still one of the best concerts I've been to! Brian May, a self confessed rocker, tends to write the heavier stuff. I know you don't react to requests from the comments but, treat yourselves to a listen to "White Man" from this same album. Written by Brian May, it really rocks & you'llthank me later!

This is probably the only song ever which has a heavy metal segment followed by a waltz segment, followed by a pop segment

You want something else unusual by Queen? "Seaside Redezvous" has Roger and Freddie making a band with vocals. Roger is the bress. Freddie is the woodwinds.

"A DAy at the races" album is top notch , every song great!

If you want queen in a totally different style, listen to "mustapha" 1978 from the Jazz album.

you may also will be surprised by "The Prophet`s song"

Agree this song is a hidden gem but Queen have alot from there albums which alot of people haven't heard Along with Take my Breath Away' Lilly of the Valley' Don't think there will be ever a frontman like Freddie ever again But the whole band wrote fantastic tracks and there Cannon style backing harmonies are second to none Please play more Queen There is a certain track called No One But You (Only The Good Die Young ) Written by John Deacon for Freddie which i think was John's last time he recorded with Queen Don't think he ever got over his Death a must listen great vocals from Brian & Roger remembering the great Freddie it will leave you with a tear in your eye😢 Saw Queen in 1975 classic Night at the Opera Tour on 24th Dec still shown on tv today What a fantastic band Queen will live forever ❤ Thank you both for playing this great track.

A real Queen gem 💎When Freddie approached Brian and Roger about singing for them Brian said 1st time Freddie sang he screamed.But as we know turned into the best frontman ever