Quote from Brian May "I don’t think I’ll ever hear The Prophet’s Song played to that degree of excellence again."

@333br

8 жыл бұрын

+Todd & Raquel Liz Forrest Wow...when did he said it or tweet it...? heheh! Cx

@ToddandRaquiForrest

8 жыл бұрын

Tweeted after watching the last night of the ANATO 2015 tour.

@ToddandRaquiForrest

8 жыл бұрын

Here are all his comments about the concert and a link to the originals. www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwjb1Zvun8LMAhWKKCYKHQ2kBt0QFggcMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fqueenextravaganzafans%2Fposts%2F897424760341824&usg=AFQjCNEwvi0bivmD4dKQ6pSfJNy9osJHHA&sig2=i__bFzPuOqc8xgmjG5jY6A&bvm=bv.121099550,d.eWE&cad=rjt

@333br

8 жыл бұрын

Todd & Raquel Liz Forrest I did saw a tweet pic of Biran and the band but didn't saw the compliment, thanks so much for the feedback though...C:

@centaurus5676

7 жыл бұрын

No he never! My god you people !

That is a ridiculously good cover of one of the most uncoverable songs ever.

@Leander_

3 жыл бұрын

Brian May's comments on the Gloucester show: Great final show tonight on the Queen Extravaganza tour of the UK. It was in Gloucester. I was happy to be in the audience - it was well worth the trip. They performed the album “A Night at the Opera” in its entirety ! I don’t think I’ll ever hear The Prophet’s Song played to that degree of excellence again. Great musicianship, great dedication to detail, and nice presentation all round. Well done QE team. Rock on !

@thefatredcatnews3301

2 жыл бұрын

@@Leander_ +100500

@markusmueller2246

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely atounding.

Holy s**t! The Prophets Song has always been one of my favorite Queen songs and never thought i would hear it done live as spectacularly as THIS!

@marcfan1822

5 жыл бұрын

Marc is currently doing the whole album on a tour with the Black Jacket symphony which should be awesome considering they've been selling out

@cristianm.5689

4 жыл бұрын

Late response but I suggest listening to it live at Earl's Court '77. Quite different than the studio version, but that's what Queen was all about, they didn't want to simpily do the same exact thing from studio to live, kinda like whats going on here

@fungusbobmoldpants2781

4 жыл бұрын

It is my favorite Queen song right next to Ogre battle and Lap of the gods..... Revisited

Marc got himself the best lineup of musicians. They have all done their homework

maybe this is the best recorded concert quality i ever hear

@acmogford

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

@toddforrest6597

3 жыл бұрын

@@acmogford Someday this video will go viral and be in the millions of views it deserves. :)

This song is far harder to perform live than many realize - especially for Mr. Martel. This song demands a huge range and the ability to sing in time with carefully set echo effects that allow the singer to sing harmony with himself live. It is much harder to do than it looks and this group does a terrific job. I would not have believed that this difficult song could be performed live again after Freddy passed and the guys do a great job here. I do wish they would come to Detroit...I'd love to hear this live. Apparently lightning struck twice when Freddy and Marc's voices were created. Great stuff. It must be very gratifying for the guys in Queen to hear this music sung and performed.

@sauloalonzoleondzib

7 жыл бұрын

Freddie*

@shadokat

6 жыл бұрын

Dude, right? Fabulous rendition of this song.

@enivan

6 жыл бұрын

Curtis Peters Don't be crazy there's only one Mercury voices. This guy is a imitator, excellent but just a imitator.

@XephThePanda

5 жыл бұрын

Enivan Nogueira Technically, he just naturally sounds like Freddie. While when he was singing with Queen Extravaganza, he was trying to sound closer to him, yes, but, the fact of the matter is that even if he wasn't singing a Queen song, he'd unintentionally sound like Freddie at points. Just listen to his iteration of Take on Me. He just has a similar singing voice, end of story. I don't mean to sound rude, however, I just wanted to clear that up, because, well, sounding like someone doesn't mean you're always an imitator

@dohoeijmans2432

5 жыл бұрын

Curtis Peters thats why they picked him as winner in the contest to be the frontman of this Tribute band all hand picked by the Queen members. Awesome job.

I can swear this song is extremely difficult. It is almost imposible to sing the acapella part without getting confused with your own voice and lose the right notes and tones. I mean, I've tried thousands times and I can't achieve the part correctly. This man is seriously talented, not even Freddie could do that acapella part live

@plutao_pt

4 жыл бұрын

so impossible to sing as Innuendo

@RG-qc7dh

4 жыл бұрын

It isnt that hard if you have good ears.

@dalia8752

4 жыл бұрын

@@RG-qc7dh It is hard by own Brian's words, the genius behind this composition. If you think you have better ears than him you are probably just tone deaf and did not realized it yet.

@artfulstories

3 жыл бұрын

Tony Fordham Tyler, the drummer for QuEx, just said on his Instagram stories that EVERYTHING was done live, no tracks. You might not get to read it while it’s still there, as they disappear after 24hrs, unless he saves it to his Highlights. instagram.com/stories/tyler_fn_warren/2457767150449904865?igshid=n1wp4lascd1e

@thangdocin5284

3 жыл бұрын

so true and i can't believe marc voice almost sounded like freddies that close literelly

WOW! That was awesome. One of my favorite songs by Queen. They all did a great job.

I have seen Marc live last Monday with One Vision of Queen. Damn he is so much better now and he was allready good.

I AM IN AWE...AS A SINGER..THIS IS DAUNTING JUST THE MAP OF THE SONG ITSELF. speechless.

OMG. You replicated the acapella part perfectly! Not even Freddy ever did that, he always improvised! WOW.

@mohammadkhamani3002

5 жыл бұрын

@Great King Rat Lol what a guy.

@juliuspolaris1665

4 жыл бұрын

Freddie could have but he didn’t

@killerjore3249

4 жыл бұрын

They screwed up in the "la la" part...

@silasaraujo2849

3 жыл бұрын

It's not exactly the same, but very similar and that's amazing.

@maxHeadroom325rayxerin

2 жыл бұрын

@@silasaraujo2849 pierott#8286

These guys are really good! It takes some balls to get in front of an audience and tackle material like this. They do it surprisingly well.

Marc is just the spirit of Freddie's power and vocal performance. Just look at that sweat all over his face, he is giving it all!

Awesome. I would have thought this son is unperformable in a live concert. I am glad you proved me wrong!

Wow! That acapella part gave me goosebumps 😳 great cover 👍🤘

Dude, how in the world do you have the courage to perform this song? That's just incredible!

@ToddandRaquiForrest

6 жыл бұрын

They not only perform it, they do it better than Queen ever did live, and very close to studio perfection.

@done1675

4 жыл бұрын

Because Martell knows he is far superior to Adam fucking lambert.

@artfulstories

4 жыл бұрын

‘Cause Marc is an insane talent, to quote his band member, drummer Jason Gianni. 😊

@marcinnowak1674

4 жыл бұрын

Because musicaly Marc is very close to Fred himself.

@patri4427

3 жыл бұрын

I wanna make a performance of the live (1977 london) version

Wow that crazy. Loved the use of the echo in the middle. Awesome.

Saw QE first tour in Houston. There were people from London sitting next to me who had seen Queen many times back in the day, .they were in tears at the glorious sound brought back live! Martel is fabulous. If you love original Queen.... you'll adore being surrounded by the beautiful sound. I won't go see Queen now unless Martel is with them. Ive honestly tried to appreciate Lambert and cant. No way. This is spectacular! Thank you for posting!!

@lessalazar9068

4 жыл бұрын

I wish Marc would come back to Houston for a show!!! Honestly, just come to Texas, I'd drive to get the place they're performing at!

Extremely impressive. This is not an easy song to pull off. Great job.

This is truly a brilliant performance of a great Queen song!

Holy shit he sung the hell out of that... Freddie struggled singing this every single time he sang it live, often if not always lowering the key. I have loads of Queen bootlegs from ANATO tours and there isn't one comparable version to this. i love Freddie btw so no hate.

@ToddandRaquiForrest

8 жыл бұрын

+Jester 501 Totally understand what your saying. Even singing lower keys and with vocal nodules holding him back, Freddie's intensity was incomparable. So not hate at all, just truth. But even Brian May recognized this as the greatest he'd ever hear, and I suppose that says it all.

@ToddandRaquiForrest

8 жыл бұрын

+Jester 501 Hey, make sure you watch some of the other videos out of this last tour like Death On Two Legs. Awesome stuff.

@trenae77

5 жыл бұрын

That an artist has difficulty with a song doesn’t poorly color him; that he pushes on, works through or around his difficulty makes him someone to be respected.

@MilesAway

3 жыл бұрын

Freddie never lowered the key he just sang alternate phrases

@babooshka7601

3 жыл бұрын

@@MilesAway Of course Freddie did. Listen to Wembley. Or any other concert.

The first thing I though when I saw the name of the song couldn't believe it. The second thing that came to my mind was "8 minutes" then I checked if this video was 8 minutes length. After that I basement crazy. Great performance.

@ToddandRaquiForrest

8 жыл бұрын

Brian May said this was the best performance of this song he would ever see.

Flawless cover of one of the most incredible performances

This was always my favourite Queen song from the day I bought NATO album back in 1976. A forgotten classic along with Sweet Lady.

So well done! Queen was the #1 "regret I never saw them live" band of my youth. A Night At The Opera was the first vinyl record I bought with my own money as a kid.... still a favorite and this tune a rare gem that I seldom hear anywhere but my own turntable. Maybe I'll hop across the pond to catch TQE over there in Great Britain, mate! Rock on!

@babooshka7601

2 жыл бұрын

Did you know that Marc doesn't sing for QE anymore?

@alexandra-fu7oq

11 ай бұрын

Marc is now touring with his own band One Vision of Queen and they are based in the US, though they do tour internationally. I've seen him a few times and he always blows me away.

This song brings out the progressive rock roots of Queen, but they truly danced around definitions and boundaries. So much better than the state of pop rock today.

Sometimes you just know you are listening to really gifted musicians. The kind that are so good they don’t really know how to mess up. Just amazing.

This is incredibly impressive. Even Queen never performed the studio version live.

@Matiiartss

6 ай бұрын

Si lo hizo, pero no tuvo mucho éxito. Por eso no volvieron a incluir The Prophet's Song en las demás funciones.

Best cover song from Mark.

Definitely my favourite Queen song ever. Excellent cover!

Incandescent.... simply brilliant in every regard. This song was a huge part of my youth and Im re discovering it many decades later. You guys are fantastic. That was reverence. That was emotion. That was sheer power.

@Leander_

3 жыл бұрын

If you are interested in Queen covers, you could go to Marc's channel. He also has a lot of original music too. His band Downhere or his cd Impersonator!

the woman at the beginning saying: I like this one :) priceless :)

Without doubt Brian's best-ever track in my view. This is impressive stuff.

Jamás pensé en encontrarme una banda haciendo este cover!!!....realmente increíble!!!...ustedes ya se ganaron el cielo!!!!

didn't' think they'd pull that off = that's stunning - and i'm a miserable cynic when it comes to cover bands.

@ToddandRaquiForrest

8 жыл бұрын

Roger Taylor has now said QuEx performs Queen better and more precisely than Queen. Now, granted without the charisma of Freddie or the improvisations of the others, but that is not what they are told to do. Thankfully so. I'd hate to see Martel dressing like Freddie like other cheap cover artists. Just do the music the best it can be done... that is the real homage.

I just watched it again today. The impact this song had on me as a kid was just immense. Before yesterday i had not heard it for maybe 30 years but I still to this day I remember the now i knows.... who could forget that? Notes on the performance... well the singer is for sure charasmatic. But he is so as his own man, thankfully not jumping around in leotards or trying to ape Freddie's mannerisms.. The A capella section was stunning. Of course its a cover song but this band transcended above a mere cover tune. These dudes totally and completely believed it and I don't know if it was paying homage or... I don't know. Guitar playing (including bass) was superb, the dude had massive tone and just crushed those bad ass drop D power chords, played bitchin solos, dynamics... all good. The bassist just stands there and does everything right, like the dude in Queensryche (when i saw them I realized what a consummate professional this guy was). Anyway I don't even want to see the other stuff they have for awhile, just to let this set in. I saw somewhere where Brian May complemented these guys and that is awesome. Final thought... Adam Lambert is a talented kid and I get it that he brings Queen an expanded audience. But based on what I saw here I have no reason to doubt that this singer is just as good on everything else. So... musically I think he's a way better fit than Lambert, closer in age to the other guys and probably bring a bit more soul and wisdom.

@toddforrest6597

3 жыл бұрын

All true. Follow Marc Martel on his channel. You can't see it in this video, but he plays piano better than Freddie, and guitar almost as well as Brian May. He has written a lot of great tunes and his solo album, Impersonator, is an unknown gem. The drummer in this video to over Roger Taylor's son's place in the live Queen+ tours the past few years.

@papabearM3

3 жыл бұрын

And musicality and instrumental skills and his songwriting talent!

This is great❤❤ I'm so happy, that they brought this song alive on the stage again. It's so hard song "now I know ","now I know "now I know ". So many people is happy about it and I don't get why are some people so upset and argumentative. I'm grateful for Mark MARTEL. I never had a chance to hear Freddie singing alive, thanks to him I can go to his concert and hear Freddie's voice at least similar to him We are lucky to have him. Freddie was unique only one, but sadly he is not with us anymore. His legacy carries on and through Mark we have a chance to hear it on the stage. I miss Freddie too 😔 and he will always be a king irreplaceable 🤴❤, but I appreciate that Mark is doing that and carry on and he is doing his best and is still humble. That's my opinion. I'm proud of him and guys that they are doing it. They don't have to it's their choice, but they make thousands of people happy 😊♥️ Thank you Mark 🙏💗

@papabearM3

3 жыл бұрын

AMEN!

Total brilliance, love it !!!!!!!

THIS is my favorite non-"hit" Queen song, and I would venture to say that THIS is the best this song has EVER been performed live by ANY band, period. - Freddy was the King (Queen?), but live he only ever improvised and interpreted the recorded version that I fell in love with all those years ago. Their live performances of it were very special, like all Queen's live performances, but this is a particularly special song to me that brings back very intense memories of friends that I hung out with in college, partying and grooving on this song. - So, to see and hear this rendition, so faithful to the original, performed live like this _really_ touches my soul. - Thank you Marc & TQE for sharing your extremely special gifts here!

@ToddandRaquiForrest

7 жыл бұрын

Queen still offers Queen Extravaganza's live concert at London Hammersmith for sale. It is a double cd with the first being A Night At The Opera from beginning to end performed flawlessly, then the second cd is the greatest hits of Queen. You would be HARD pressed to tell the difference from Queen except the recording quality is better BY FAR than all the old Queen live albums. AND Roger Taylor himself says that QUEX plays the music better and more perfectly than Queen ever did. So, you are in good company. Freddie truly is irreplaceable as a performer, but Martel's voice does what many thought could never be done, a close approximation of Freddie. I love their work, and hope they will someday return to the USA after having toured England 3 times, Australia and Europe for the past 4 years. Until then, look for Martel's Ultimate Queen Celebration, they have been doing limited touring in the USA and have a rumored Australia tour coming soon.

@pantelisdalezios811

3 жыл бұрын

@@ToddandRaquiForrest Yeah an approximation but what happens is they simply try to much to imitate Freddie Mercury. Not to mention his voice is not pleasurable. Mercury's had a style and a passion in it, Martel id just a fat man moving around and making an over the top effort to replicate the old. Not to mention he does not come close to Freddie when it comes to strong parts of the song. He would never reach anything alone if he did not copy Queen.

@Narpets2112

3 жыл бұрын

@@pantelisdalezios811 why are you here if you hate this guy so much?

@pantelisdalezios811

3 жыл бұрын

@@Narpets2112 I don't really hate him, I just hate the useless fans of his who praise him like a god. I mean he found a good way to make money, why would I hate him for that? I hate some people who take it to the other side though. And I get in his videos to trash them

@babooshka7601

3 жыл бұрын

@@pantelisdalezios811 Praising Freddie like a god is equally silly imo.

huh... i was not expecting that.... that's pretty freaking amazing

I saw em back in October, I woulda lost my shit if they busted this one out! One of my favorites!

@toddforrest6597

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly, Marc Martel's touring schedule became so busy he could not fit Queen Extravaganza into it any longer.

I like this one 👌 😄 I agree with you random lady in the beginning

Esta canción es desgeneradamente dificil, la pesadilla de cada cantante, y Marc viene y la canta igual que la versión de estudio? Simplemente un dios.

@plutao_pt

4 жыл бұрын

solamente flata a señor Martel cantar Innunedo

@freddiemercury1786

2 жыл бұрын

Casi parecida

@taoufiktaoufik8469

9 ай бұрын

Marec martel legandes

From the great record..to a perfecto live version...great band..god bless them

Por fin una versión en vivo de esta majestuosa canción, cantada nada más y nada menos que por Marc martel.

This has been my favorite Queen song since I was a little kid. I think the first time I heard it I was 5 or 6, so, 1976-77? Like 40 odd years now.

I can't believe i'm barely watching this! Excellent performance for this song and specially because it's a live performance!

almost exactly like the studio version of this song! just amazing, and play live, excellent performance!

Phenomenal to say the least!!!

Amazing performance!!!!

Awesome!

Absolutely AMAZING!!!

Outstanding, quite amazing.

Totally perfect!!!! And now I know - how much I still miss Freddie.

Exceptional, brilliant

Fuckinf AWESOME, well done, the best cover Ive heard.....stunning

i can't believe they could deliver this live !! queen wouldn't risk trying to deliver it that way ...wow loved everything about it

@sasha07775

7 жыл бұрын

Queen did perform this live.

@ToddandRaquiForrest

7 жыл бұрын

They did a few of the vocal echoes with Freddie ad-libbing, but you are right. They never tried to deliver an album perfect version like this. You won't find more than a few pieces of this song done by Queen on KZread. Now, without Freddie, they have no hope of ever even trying.

@sasha07775

7 жыл бұрын

Freddie never tried to deliver an "album perfect" edition of anything . Music is about passion and emotion, not perfection, at least not duing a live performance. Perfection only exists in the studio. A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event. Freddie Mercury I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show. Freddie Mercury That's just another reason why Adam is the chosen one and perfect fit. Brian May has teased that they may add some surprises in 2017...anything is possible.

@papabearM3

7 жыл бұрын

slynnc kitty Only a person who has no affiliation with music can say that "music is about passion and emotion, not perfection, at least not during a live performance." You are the one who screams that Martel's Hornets performance was a disgrace. According to your statement that I just quoted, Marc's performance was amazing since it had plenty of emotion and passion and lacked perfection. But it was in a live setting. So why are you so eager to bring it as an example of Marc's immeasurable failure if perfection in a live performance doesn't matter?" Double standards? Ask any musician, perfection in terms of technique and execution matters. With Freddie it didn't because Freddie was a huge star. Every time Adam goes flat, it doesn't matter how much passion and whatever else you say he has, it plain sucks to listen to. Stop talking about music like you actually know what you talking about. Let me quote you for you, "Stating your opinions as facts", Kitty?

@sasha07775

7 жыл бұрын

M3 m3 m3 So you'd be okay with someone singing nonsense words with no meaning, passion or emotion as long as they sang it perfectly? ROTFLMAO You don't know all that you think you know. Oh, and it's not that Marc's performance at the Hornet's game was imperfect...he screwed it up big time...total mess up. More than and opinion, a fact: Music: an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.

Wow, wow, wow..... fantastic.

One of my favorite live performances ever

The best ive seen what song to cover and proper nailed it

im so obsessed with the la la la la part sounds so good

This Guy Rocked me from head to toe... i couldn't lift my jaw up for a single second ...... I bow my head before the deity of rock Freddie Mercury and Queen who made such type of aliennetic (trying to invent a word ;)) song, and also to him, the front-man of Queen extravaganza Marc Martel .. dude you are doing a really great job, you are brimful of talent. May you be happy always and keep entertaining ys . Love you :)

Superb, above all expectations. No words to express the feeling. Simply smashing.

bravo......!!!!

Truly amazing! Both Marc and the musicians!

FANTASTIC!!! Such talent!

Great voice,👏👏👏👏👏beautiful song, it reminds me of Freddie's voice, I got goosebumps 😍

oooof, that gave me chills.

Wow You really did this song justice.

40th anniversary of first performance of this song) 14th November 1975 (also this is my birthday, I will born 29 years later)

Thanks for not overlooking this masterpiece and for including it in your repertoire!

@ToddandRaquiForrest

6 жыл бұрын

Not even Queen performed it so perfectly.

What an OMG performance. Out of this world

Freaking Amazing!!!

Hello from Russia! Marc Martel 👌👌👌👍👍👍👏👏. Beautiful!

Thanks for the comments. Kudos to the band for putting up with the phone spotlight, and for playing such an amazing song so well!

@framesofscreen

3 жыл бұрын

quoting the lady, "turn the flash off" bc apparently she couldn't put up with it

this is one of my favorite songs from a night at the opera.

This was absolutely amazing!!!!

amazing cover!

Probably better then Queen themselves ever performed this monumental song live... So good that more and more real good coverbands keep good music alive. Thank You!

@ToddandRaquiForrest

4 жыл бұрын

Brian May agrees with you. After hearing this song live in London, he said he would never again hear the Prophet's Song performed to that degree of excellence.

Wow, that rocks.

Excellent performance as always from Marc! Freddies smiling from heaven and telling Brian and Roger to make Marc Martel Queen +s Frontman in time for the Bohemian Rhapsody film.

God damn! This is magical!

I have watched this three times before remembering there were comments. Holy shit that was an amazing performance.

That was absolutely fucking amazing. Thanks for uploading!

@jjuan4382

5 жыл бұрын

UmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMm NoOoOoOoOoOoOoO SweariIiIing Plzzzzzz

You touched what is to me the ONE Queen song (Bo. Rhap. aside) that no-one (and I mean NO-ONE!) should ever dare to touch - and you bloody killed it! WTG, guys!

Bloody hell!!! hat a superb cover of a complex song..well done!!...Love it

Really really congratulations +++++

Just amazing performance to a very difficult and beautiful song.

Holy shit!! - what a performance.

My favorite song live when Freddie did it. White Man and the Prophet song. Amazing. Marc was singing in parts of Bohemian Rhapsody movie. Not sure what parts

Mad props for this!!! The vocal harmonies are so closely rendered to those of the record. This is an ambitious undertaking. Not an easy song! Well done! I bet Freddie would be pleased. :-)

Awesome ,I should cuz I’m a queen fan from day 1 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇬🇧

Saw these guys. Fantastic! I saw Queen four times when I was young, Freddie could never pull this one off. Just fucking amazing!

Perfect!!!!!!!

Goose bumps of love and joy ❤

We were all waiting for this one... at it even exceeds expectations. This is NOT A cover band it is a LIVING LEGACY band created by the originals to proudly carry on the tradition. I'd love to hear a whole new album by them like they did Martel's 8th Wonder (search youtube).

This deserves a lot more views.

That’s absolutely spectacle as good as Freddie’s version.

Oh Darling !!!! Interview ? do not ridiculous ! great cover !

This is AMAZING. Definitely one of my favorite Queen songs. You killed it!