Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody | FIRST TIME REACTION & THOUGHTS

This is apart of a full album reaction of A Night at the Opera by Queen available on Patreon:www.patreon.com/salvog Again, these are just my initial thoughts on this record. I enjoy it, and this entire album. I will be returning to most of these songs again 100%. Please listen to the entire video to understand my perspective. Thanks! ps live version/music video coming soon? Which one should I start with?

NO NO NO! YOU MUST WATCH THE VIDEO TO GET THE REAL FEELS AND THE DRAMA FROM THIS MASTERPIECE! ❤

I’m shocked you’ve gone this long without hearing Bohemian Rhapsody. It’s one of the greats.

You HAVE to watch the Live Aid Concert that Queen participated in. Freddie and Queen was on Fire. The Best 20 minutes of a lifetime. Freddie struts and COMMANDS an audience . RIP Freddie. PS: Freddie was a lover of Opera.

The official video for Bohemian Rhapsody is generally recognized as the first promotional music video and became the gold standard for others to come. It was released to coincide with the song and came out 6 years before the advent of MTV. Performances prior to this video were either on live television shows or live concerts. Queen is also the first band to have every single member inducted into the Songwriting Hall of Fame because each one wrote hit songs.

I, an older man, had a lot of different ways to respond to this magnificent reaction, but I settled on this: Dude, you totally need to check out Queen's Live Aid performance. They weren't just great musicians; the way audiences just RESPONDED to them was magical.

How does someone make it to adulthood without this song? It’s just programmed in. Tie your shoes, share your crayons, and sing along with every word to bohemian rhapsody

One of the hardest bars of all time.. “I don’t wanna die. I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all.”

I was in a record store, looking for my next experience. This song came on, and the 3 other people in the store (all employees), burst into song, never missing a beat. I had heard Queen (You're My Best Friend), but that event made me a fan

The part where he sings "nothing really matters" in the end is the most genius aspect of Rock of all time

The song charted in the 1990s because of the movie 'Wayne's World' (1992) starring Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, and Rob Lowe. Mike Myers and Dana Carvey created the characters of Wayne Campbell and Garth Elgar on 'Saturday Night Live' and the sketches were some of the most popular on the show in the late 80s and early 90s. The film was written with one scene where Wayne, Garth, and their 3 friends are tooling around Chicago in a car, and Wayne pops in "Bohemian Rhapsody". As they drive, they sing along, lip sync, and headbang...and it's one of the funniest scenes in the movie (and the movie is hysterical!!!). They filmed it but did not yet have the rights to the song. Somehow, they reached out to Brian May. They asked him to show the scene to Freddie Mercury. At this moment, Freddie was in his final days due to AIDS. Freddie saw the scene and loved it so much, that he not only said yes to the rights, he gave his blessing on the whole film. Shortly thereafter, Freddie passed. The film was so popular that everyone wanted to hear "Bohemian Rhapsody"...and it shot up the charts for a second time since its 1970s release. It was on the radio constantly in the year 'Wayne's World' was released. When the film 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (2018) starring Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury was made, Mike Myers was cast in the film as record executive Ray Foster who wanted nothing to do with the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" as a single. He fought against it to be even released. BTW, while 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is an amazing film, and Malek won the Oscar for Best Actor for his astounding portrayal of Freddie Mercury, it gets A LOT of stuff wrong about what happened to the band and Freddie. The movie is worth it just to watch Rami Malek's performance, and to see the recreation of Queen's performance at Live Aid on July 13, 1985. Wayne's World clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2IQE6ZpNZ0

I am so fortunate to have grown up in this era with so many amazing bands. I know every generation claims that their music was the best, but my generation can just point to Bohemian Rhapsody as proof.

Night at the OPERA . It is rock Opera, and Operas are TRAGIC. That is why the song is like this.

Two things. You needed to see the video with the track and you should take a look at 2017 Green Day Hyde Park concert start video from 2017, where the whole audience know the words to this and sing the whole track without anyone on the stage epic. Also bear in mind this was 25 years after Freddie passed away.

You should check out the crowd singing Bohemian Rhapsody in 2017 at the Green Bay concert in Hyde Park. Such a great tribute to Freddie and Queen. 43 years after this song debuted. I believe it was 65,000 singing in unison.

For those of us who grew up with this, this was an anthem for EVERYONE! We all knew the words. We all sang along. We all acted out the lyrics..........it was beyond amazing for us. It IS complicated and it flows seamlessly. At some point, it might help to watch the documentary on Queen and Freddie Mercury.

queen is a band where a lot of the pleasure is by watching them live

The live version of this song in Montreal 81 is 🔥

How can anyone not have heard this song? It's timeless, young and old know it.

I do believe that that is the first reaction video of yours I have watched that you didn't pause the music and comment. Left me feeling that you felt the need to hear it all non stop to get your true opinion. Thank you for sharing.