Freddie with a burnt out voice is still better than any artist these days.

@Bayonettamachinekill

4 жыл бұрын

Way better than Justin bever. Music of today is a shame.

@mickavellian

4 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY WHAT tells you that his voice was burned out? Because you are just farting at the wind to pretend you are in the know.

@MonsterStew

4 жыл бұрын

@@mickavellian I cant remember where i read it but they said Freddie the day before SNL got into a screaming match with a lover at the time and blew out his voice. You can tell his voice is still somewhat hoarse.

@theelusiverainbow

4 жыл бұрын

The situation with Freddie's voice is explained at the beginning of the video.

@mac10ner

4 жыл бұрын

@Cankle's Fupa what the fuck? You can be straight and get Aids

This band banded the people together. I don't know any other way of describing the difference between them and other bands. All I know is how they make me feel when I watch them perform and listen to their music. I feel included. I feel that what they are doing is for us, just as much as it is for themselves. I am absolutely head over heels for Queen and especially Freddie. What a GIFT he was. A gift that keeps on giving and will keep on giving for generations to come. 💞

@LillyRose924

6 ай бұрын

I love this. I feel the same way❤❤

@arguido07path

2 ай бұрын

ABSOLUTELY TRUE. It makes me cry how good they are

Queen to me will always be "the perfect band"

We can learn so much from Freddie and Queen. When you're not at your best you never give up you keep going. He said he was prepared to starve (and did )chasing his dreams. When the boys were about to give up Freddie said you have me now let's take one more shot. The rest is history. Queen #1 💖💖💖💖

Just wanna cry. I am crying. Please come back Freddie. We love you.

RIP Freddy, you still missed here

Fantastic, fantastic...be blessed all!

They didn’t stop performing there because of Freddie’s ‘deteriorating health’. It was because the album Hot Space didn’t sit well with the US which made them lose popularity and lost them for good in the music video ‘I Want To Break Free’ because the US didn’t know what Coronation Street was.

@invisibleman4827

5 ай бұрын

Actually, it was more to do with Freddie's turd of an assistant Paul Prenter who sabotaged requests for Queen to perform in the US so they stopped calling.

@esther.sketch

4 ай бұрын

thank you! his health didn't start deteriorating til the late 80s

@invisibleman4827

4 ай бұрын

I heard it was more to do with Paul Prenter being a sabotaging little shit

@Nancy-beepbeep

2 ай бұрын

He had a screening match all night that is the reason he didn’t have a voice.

@Dozen.

4 күн бұрын

Wait what?? Really?

:( History's Greatest Singer.

Love you Freddie!❤

Freddy Mercury siempre serás ÚNICO 😢❤

I low key wish this was in the movie

Banda maravilhosa, lindos 💕

Freddie was in perfect health when this performance was recorded. It was, however, their final tour of the US. not for health reasons, but for the simple fact that the members of Queen thought the American audience did not like them anymore after the release of the Hot Space album. Freddie also thought touring America was an exhausting effort he dreaded to endure. Both reasons mixed, they decided not to tour the US again. I saw this show when it was live and thought it was amazing. I also saw them live at Madison Square Garden in July of that year and it remains, to this day, the best live performance by any band I have ever seen. Please do proper research before posting something that is not true. It’s how rumors are started and in the end, it makes YOU look bad.

@sawstrommedia

Жыл бұрын

Also they were kind of pissed that the video I want to break free was banned on American MTV at the time.

@anonscribo250

6 ай бұрын

I Want To Break Free was a 1984 single from the album The Works. This SNL performance was for promotion for a 1982 album, Hot Space. The track 'Body Language' from the Hot Space album was the first by Queen to be banned on MTV.

@killcourtney7444

3 ай бұрын

Wrong. He'd been to the doctor in NYS and had thrush, a known throat disorder in early HIV. He did not get into an argument with his boyfriend as it was well known he was on his own and in bath houses the entirety of his NYC stay. Although he was not diagnosed at the time, he was in the early stages of HIV. This is a fact and accepted by many of his friends and colleagues at this point.

@LiveKillers89

Ай бұрын

AFTER 1982 tour hotspace Queen have a break in 1983 they didnt tour that year, when the album "the works" came next year the video I want to break free was banned in the US thats why they stop doing showns in América, nothing to do wirh Freddie health , because they do live shows until 1986, only there Freddie new something was not ok

@MintiesPoopin

4 күн бұрын

@@killcourtney7444he may have had early signs but it wasn’t 100% confirmed until 1987. Until that year, it was all speculation. There have been several interviews of Brian May and Roger Taylor saying they weren’t confronted until 1989. Even if they thought they knew, it wasn’t confirmed until Freddie had the diagnosis in 1987.

Long live Queen!

I could not stop smiling the whole video because of how adorable John was. He smiled every time he saw himself in the monitor.

@rosettaschiavone3731

4 жыл бұрын

Brandi Mccarty I Love John toooo. He’s just to cute for his own good. They are all adorable

@tiddlesa.6125

4 жыл бұрын

It was good to see more of him.

@brandimccarty2588

4 жыл бұрын

I know! They also did "crazy little thing" earlier that night in the show and he dance a lot in that performance.

@brandimccarty2588

4 жыл бұрын

There should be a new word for how amazingly talented, adorable, and legendary this band is.

@rosettaschiavone3731

4 жыл бұрын

I just love replying to you and others about Mr. Magic, my Freddie We’re just sharing an old friend in conversation and it feels wonderful Thanks

No one could sing like Freddie Mercury and there may never again be another Freddie Mercury. The man could sing ANYTHING!!

“I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.” ― Freddie Mercury. He is right Thanks for all of the likes Wow

@XenuLordofTheSky

4 жыл бұрын

"OMg ThANx 4 ThA LIkEs"

If Bowie had come out there to sing, I don't have the words... Freddie, wherever you are, you are loved and greatly missed by the planet.

Freddie cracking his voice is still better than a lot of the artists nowadays

John's got no business being that cute

@ladyofsaints8782

4 жыл бұрын

His smiling y made me smile

@jjteacher7482

4 жыл бұрын

True, but now he looks like Santa Clause!

@vickiejean2001

4 жыл бұрын

Bronwyn J. McCartney yeah who said he could!!!

@vickiejean2001

4 жыл бұрын

JJ Teacher I think you mean the drummer Roger Taylor!!!! He looks like Santa clause now but he was soooooo hot!

@noel188888

4 жыл бұрын

He has the Talent. That was enough

That stage is too small for them!

@roszela1

4 жыл бұрын

Agree, it was too small, but that's why we get to see John on camera more. He was fun to watch but usually all eyes including mine were on Freddie.

@ingvaldkarlsson5270

4 жыл бұрын

I would say that the US was too small for the band..

@susieq9801

4 жыл бұрын

@@roszela1 - My eyes were usually on Deaky. Saw them live and was fascinated by John. Too often ignored but not here.

@paulsimmons5726

4 жыл бұрын

The world was too small for Queen! Nothing perfect last forever.

@crystalandis2185

4 жыл бұрын

They did arenas, saw them in London

3:09 Roger’s flawless ability to sing AND play drums at the same time is amazing!

@diplomasaurus4232

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he helped out on vocals when freddie was poorly, a great friend always has your back!

@vickiejean2001

4 жыл бұрын

Dawn Turner yes they sure had each others backs. True friends

@timothyantoine914

4 жыл бұрын

Roger Taylor , Phil Collins , Don Henley and Leon Helms to name a few .

@crystalandis2185

4 жыл бұрын

So is the guy that played for the eagles

@vickiejean2001

4 жыл бұрын

Timothy Antoine yeah but Roger was the sexiest lol 😂

What a talent, and what a loss to all lovers of great music.

Not even as obvious here but John Deacon can really play that bass.

@ShawnLamont1997

4 жыл бұрын

Jerry P he was so underrated back then

@daveg4236

4 жыл бұрын

A guy called Lamont still underrated

@edge4266

4 жыл бұрын

The bass line on bohemian rhapsody? Extremely well written,

@graeme1744

4 жыл бұрын

John was a unbelievable bass player that only members of the band really new.

@jimliberty4132

4 жыл бұрын

Everyone in that band was great.

They were exhausted from a many months American tour when they did this show. Freddie had a cold, his baritone register was leaking thru, and the studio stage was much too small for him to move around much. But they all gave it their best and it was fabulous! 💛

@KQuinn672

4 жыл бұрын

Jim's girl ya they didn’t look thrilled...esp if he was feeling sick and stressed out..

@BrookeWinter82

4 жыл бұрын

Freddie looked rather miserable...I don't think he wanted to do SNL.

@magneto7930

4 жыл бұрын

Add that to the nervousness of their first television performance in the US, plus television sound being what it was.

@mactheslovac8673

4 жыл бұрын

Actually,his voice was fucked up due to an heated argument with lover the night before

@wiseguymotionpictures1416

4 жыл бұрын

@@mactheslovac8673 Freddie at his worst is still better than most people at their best. I wish Queen had done a recording of Under Pressure with just Freddie and Roger.

My thoughts: 1) Deacky looked so cute throughout the whole video like omg my heart 💓🕺🏻 2) Roger covering up for Freddie knowing the fact how much its hurting him while singing had giving the biggest uwu feeling ever. How much he cared for him is wat it showed. 3)Brian giving Freddie encouraging looks in between and especially when Fred did that high note. 4) And of course Freddie giving a great performance as always even after how much his throat was hurting. At the end of the video you can definitely see that he well knew that this wasn’t his best performance but he loves his fans so much he did it for them. He was sad in this performance and didn’t have a very good day before

@constantinosxenos5567

4 жыл бұрын

Savannah Ray undoubtedly they were a unit... they backed Freddie's sometimes musical adventures willingly and were always tight live...that's GREATNESS dahling....👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@BrookeWinter82

4 жыл бұрын

Freddie did not look happy at all in this performance. I can't believe they were on SNL. Wow.

@carlhart9604

4 жыл бұрын

Im not sure what you meant in you 2 comment? Freddie wasn't sick during this time. He was diagnosed in 1987.

@ericdobson1051

4 жыл бұрын

@@carlhart9604 he had a bad sore throat and was told not to perform

@carlhart9604

4 жыл бұрын

@@ericdobson1051 Thanks for that clarification Eric, I stand corrected...one Hell of a performance for a sore throat! 👍

Disco Deaky on maximum

Probably the best SNL music guest ever...wow!

@kristofmolnar381

4 жыл бұрын

And the second is Nirvana But queen will always be the best.

@aesthicc5679

4 жыл бұрын

PATSFAN420 they literally are but go off

@JohnDoe-vf2yo

4 жыл бұрын

The Replacements will always be my most memorable SNL music guest. Or RATM, they tried doing what they do and then politics got involved. I can see why there have been artists who've refused to play on SNL because everything has to be so fuckin politically correct.

@peacefulpossum2438

4 жыл бұрын

The sound on SNL wasn't always the best, but Queen overcame any technical issues and hit it out of the park

@alexschrodt

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely nothing against Queen, Nirvana, the Replacements, or any of the MANY legendary performances SNL has been host to (if you haven’t seen Childish Gambino performing “This is America”, you need to), but the top spot in my book has to go to Elvis Costello in (I believe?) 1977- he had been booked on the show at the last second when the scheduled musical guest, the Sex Pistols, had to cancel “unexpectedly” after encountering Work Visa/customs problems due to criminal records of certain members- needing to find a last-minute replacement, Lorne Michaels “puts in a call for another one of those British new wave punk groups that everyone’s talking about”, and somehow Costello got the nod, haha... anyway, SNL, being legendary for censorship of musical guests, apparently tells Elvis Costello that the only song he’s allowed to play is “Alison”. So, in response, when they cut to the band live that night, after playing the first two notes or so of “Alison”, Elvis Costello waves off the band to stop playing, runs up to the mic and says “I’m sorry ladies and gentlemen, but given the circumstances I’ve got no business playing anything other than this”, and immediately launches into “Radio Radio”, his anthem against the evil, censoring, controlling establishment, and earned himself a lifetime ban from SNL in the process! Which, of course, means he did it right, haha... “they say you better listen to the voice of reason/ and then they tell you if you don’t then they’ll say that’s it’s treason/ so you had better do as you are told/ you better listen to the radio” Genius. And totally legendary. Had the network producers clutching pearls, hahaha.... I highly recommend finding it and watching a piece of legendary rock history of you can. Sh*t’s important!

I'm glad to see John finally getting some screen time in a live performance lol

Even with a sore throat, Freddie could outsing us all❤️

@harmonichammer1256

4 жыл бұрын

@Pastel Sparkles lol who's that🤣🤣🤣

@funkapotamus86

4 жыл бұрын

@Pastel Sparkles He sure could, have you ever heard him sing Barcelona?

Oh man! John was in his element!! Love my Dancing Queen. Freddie fabulous as usual.

@sorayakimoto8777

4 жыл бұрын

It's his immortal bass line, that's why!

John Deacon's fretless bass performances will always stay very impressive to me...

What a performer he was. A better artist from a better time.

Came here for Deaky’s smile, stayed for his moves. Bonus for Roger’s LET ME OUT and Bri’s Frogger shirt.

That is what we call pure Talent !

Queen band was the best band that this world ever had.

I love Queen,so glad the young people of today are seeing the brilliance of Freddie and Queen

Wow John is really feeling it in this one!

The best singer.

Wow, those people who saw Freddie so close up there were born with some kind of luck !^^

@dominiquemerlin2023

4 жыл бұрын

마명희 i agree with you

@gedbill4058

4 жыл бұрын

I saw Queen live 5 times and my last time in 1986 i was in the 9th row at front of stage and Freddie was magnificent and easily the greatest lead singer of any band ever! No one greater than Freddie.

@user-br4nt4xz8w

4 жыл бұрын

@@gedbill4058 Oh, really? I'm sure so. That's Freddie ~!!^^

The statement at the beginning of the video is incorrect. Queen toured the world for four more years after this. They stopped touring the US because their popularity, believe it or not, was waning as their popularity around the world was exploding. Freddie didn't start getting sick until the late 80s. That said, this snl performance is great.

We miss you, Freddie. RIP

Freddie Mercury never forgotten. RIP FREDDIE.😧😧😧

Everyone’s talking about the other band members but I have to say, I love Brian’s Frogger shirt.

4 brilliant musicians who became Queen. I’m speechless.

Brian's "Frogger" T-shirt! :D Love it

Deaky never fails to be adorable 🥺

I just watched Freddie Mercury and Queen on SNL in 1982 singing, UNDER PRESSURE!!! Ya know, everything I hear that they do is excellent I Love FREDDIE MERCURY AND QUEEN THANK YOU DARLING

Roger's LET ME OUT is illegal

@coconut1301

4 жыл бұрын

And his "READY FREDDEEAHh" for crazy little thing called love haha

@joemc5054

4 жыл бұрын

LET ME OUT

This is when Queen was starting to be forgotten. I became a fan around 86 and most people thought they were broken up.

There Will Never Be another Freddie.

Oh my, Deaky is so stinkin' cute here! I love how his and Freddie's movements are in synch at :49 and 1:35.

@NatA-ut3de

4 жыл бұрын

0:49

@ElleCee62978

4 жыл бұрын

Deaky and Brian were pretty in sync, too.

@slurpiegames

4 жыл бұрын

Deacury!!! 💖💞💕💗💝💘💕💞🥖

@poshmamasperfectlyposh6050

4 жыл бұрын

@@slurpiegames 😀

Can’t stop rewinding this. I don’t want it to end

If Freddie Mercury was still alive to this day he would be the number 1 trending. Change my mind

He was simply awesome , in my opinion

This was three years before Live Aid. Pretty sure he was still in good health in 1982...

@erinchambers9

4 жыл бұрын

Allan Williams he was. He wasn’t diagnosed until 1986. I read an article that said Freddie just didn’t want to tour the US after 1982.

@DHarri9977

4 жыл бұрын

His promiscuous lifestyle caught up with him, they finally had the money to enjoy their success after getting ripped off from their first record deal and Freddie got busy checking out the scene. It seemed that some people may have thought it wouldn't happen to them but it did. I'm not dissing anyone just saying it was a different time.

@steffenhaas

4 жыл бұрын

Erin Chambers He was diagnosed in 1987!

@steffenhaas

4 жыл бұрын

True!!!

@starskreem8258

4 жыл бұрын

I watched a documentary awhile back and it claimed 1984 was probably the year he contracted HIV just not diagnosed until 1986/87 Mainly because his sexual partners he had around that time also got HIV. They pinpointed it to a Russian friend that was introduced to freddie.

Freddie was truly a legend

I got chills,watching this.. after all this time. immortal indeed. R.I.P. Freddie

Even feeling sick with a sore throat Freddie gave the performance all he had!

@corduerorose9747

4 жыл бұрын

That's the signs of the you know WHAT

@lizmagu3189

4 жыл бұрын

@@corduerorose9747 🙄

@emitwilson8906

4 жыл бұрын

@@corduerorose9747 colds and sore throats from arguments are not symptoms of aids

@brunolobo7977

4 жыл бұрын

Did they had an argument before this?

@emitwilson8906

4 жыл бұрын

@@brunolobo7977 no but freddie got in an argument a few hours before the performance with Jim beach and blew out his voice from yelling

First time I’ve seen this. Oh how I miss Freddie 😢

True talent. Nothing like them these days. Truly amazing music. A shame he was taken so early. 😢

Fantastic Freddie and Queen ❤️

Queen and Freddie Forever!

So hard for Rog to sing those amazing high notes and bang those drums at the same time. Not many drummers can do that. And... fill in even more for poor Freddie that night.😪

@delilahsamsons6503

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, Rogerina is the king of multi-tasking😊..drummers who could sing back-up & reinforce the lead vocalist's vocals (whenever needed) is truly the backbone of any band..good job Mr Taylor..actually ALL members of Queen are working really hard to fill in for an under-the-weather Freddie..with such a great show of cohesion & camadarie, who needs a perfect performance?..I'm NOT in the least bit disappointed with Queen's one & only performance on SNL & in the States..Queen simply works..no matter what..♥♥♥😉😊!

@jodiwood5311

4 жыл бұрын

Delilah Samsons great remarks😀

@delilahsamsons6503

4 жыл бұрын

@@jodiwood5311 Thanks😊!

@artysanmobile

4 жыл бұрын

Jodi Wood Real drummers don’t ‘bang’ their drums. Does he look like he’s banging them? Great drummers have an amazing economy of motion. They may sound like they’re getting banged but, done right, it’s pure grace.

Best band in the world ever.

Always the greatest. Freddy Mercury!

WOW! Great - They were working in such a tight space and are still projecting effervescence, Freddie substituting body movements in place of using a big stage. QUEEN! Even Roger singing got good camera attention and of course John is especially present. Not what I'm used to on other videos. Brian doing his thing is fabulously shown to the TV audience also. Yes. I'll be revisiting many times. Thanks!

i wonder who were the lucky ones sitting in the audience

Absolutely live and kicking ass!

The Best of The Best SNL & Queen

Gorgeous Freddie!

Deaky stealing my heart always ♥️♥️😍

@rosettaschiavone3731

4 жыл бұрын

Maggi Mine toooo

Love them since 20 years and always will... pure magic

Amazing performance like always, Legends!!!

Keep Queen going, can’t believe after all these years is absolutely incredible.

Bless whoever was operating the camera for all the focus on John.

Deacy's smile was beautiful.😍

I can only imagine what it was like to sing in front of the whole world on that tiny stage over those three massive Vox guitar amps cranked up to 10. No isolation, no plexiglass barriers, nothing. Ive been in the room with Brian (I was in 3 separate productions of We Will Rock You) and just the hiss from his amps when they are idling is deafening. Freddie had some huge balls on him. Always did.

Miss Freddie how much more music did he have in his heart

@andysmith9836

4 жыл бұрын

A lot, taken too soon. He was made to make music. He is a legend. Mercury is the perfect name... Messenger of the gods

They just don’t make bands like this anymore. Look at John smiling/dancing, Roger assisting Freddie on vocals and Brian just being the rock of encouragement.

Every performance by Freddy was immortalized...

If you have ever been in this room where this is filmed.. it’s amazingly tiny. Even the audience... it is so intimate. Anyone else hat was there got to see one the last performances of an icon.

This is the most I've seen of Deaky in a video and he looked like he was having a great time. Around 3:50 Freddie gave that quick head nod he does to Deaky and Deaky returned it.

@comradeabby3141

4 жыл бұрын

So cute

Stuff of legends. All 4 of them... In Freddie's case he could only blink his eye and still create awesomeness!!!!!!

Wow what talent . What a blend ..

I will always love you Freddie. Always. I will see you in heaven.

Loved watching John in this video❣️

Lovely to see John having fun. I love his bass playing. He was the backbone of Queen.

DO MISS FREDDIE SO MUCH

Best version of Under Pressure. Love their energy even after a long US tour.

@traekas7228

4 жыл бұрын

Nancydawn13, Really? You don’t care for the original version, a duet with David Bowie? BC, that’s the one all others are to be compared to, IMO. I’ve never seen this version before. It was fabulous!!!

@jamescollins738

4 жыл бұрын

Check out Under pressure at Montreal. That is the best live version in my opinion.

Wow, this is epic...

To stand on the edge and give that song all he had when all he had was 10% voice and *ONE THRILLIAN PERCENT HEART & SOUL* ...yes. Not a ✨rock star✨. *A LEGEND FOR CERTAIN* thank you beautiful Freddie forever

@delilahsamsons6503

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, most absolutely & undeniably.. A LEGEND..😊!

1:30 Disco Deaky LIVES!!!!

Deacy was Queen's secret weapon. I'll fight anyone who disagrees

Such a beautiful talented man miss him rip miss sunshine❤️🙏

John Richard Deacon and Freddie Mercury are one of the few men that is keeping me 50% straight

As shy as Deaky is he sure brings it!

@vickiejean2001

4 жыл бұрын

Pastel Sparkles oooooh best night of my damn life, honey!!!!

@vickiejean2001

4 жыл бұрын

Loved that poodle! 🤣😂

@vickiejean2001

4 жыл бұрын

Met him in Phoenix and I loved him

Seeing John’s shirt sure brings back memories or the good ‘ol 80s fashion!!!! It’s crazy how it’s making a return now. Especially the high-waisted pants!!! Lol John definitely seems like the quiet reserved type. But I bet they’re all sweethearts. You can tell that they love each other like brothers. I’ve seen some interviews with Brian and Roger just after Freddie’s passing and you can see how much sorrow is in their hearts. And only speaking highly of their dear friend. Not that it would’ve been likely anyways, but it really bums me out that I will never have a chance to meet Freddie . I’m 45 years old now and that was the age when he passed. Even though I know he would be 73, i believe, now In my head he still 45. And totally sexy!

Oh YEAH!!! Freddy Was so great... Loved him..