YESSSS

Oh absolutely my dear...

No Hugh jackman???

@@luissegovia8205 😂😂

Indeed...

Absolutely!

David bowie was after them and he ask freddie how was he gonna follow up after that😂😂

@@xerxeszero586 apparently his words were "How the f do I follow that"!! Lol. Xx

@@xerxeszero586 how do you know? I been trying to find a video about that.

@@bigt9972 interview i watched once

He didnt play the crowd. They adored him.with a sh*t load of respect. Lifelong fan. 🧡

How many Live Aid posts have you read that on? Darling! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The best rock for ever 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Spoken like a true queen

I can hear him saying this 😂

He was a Beautiful soul, he was an amazing person and performer.

Defo, Freddie is unmatched.

Was quite simply the man

P@@chewwyc Plant.

I disagree,Plant matches & surpasses him, for vocal range, & charisma.

There were also 100,000 at Philadelphia stadium, and 1.9 billion watching on TV. So a total of more than 2 billion.

We have Freddie Mercury Lite, I mean, Marc Martel.

@Luke Mills just be great full, if it wasn’t for Lambert we wouldn’t have Queen as a band anymore. I like him, but he just doesn’t seem to be a rock guy. Don’t take it away from Adam he’s a good singer, but no matter who you bring into Queen, don’t dare compare them to Freddie because we know who wins. It’s Freddie always and it’s so hard to compare the 2. Adam is definitely a more pop-ish kind of guy. I think they need Marc Martel if they want the same king of singing, but if we want the same stage performances we need Lambert. If I had to pick, I’d pick Marc Martel but yet again, don’t compare anyone to Freddie because it’s not fair to the singer and whoever sings for Queen will never EVER be nowhere as good as Freddie.

Actually later it turned out 120,000 people were there

@@patriciaomalley7414 folk story 1.9 billion is just hype, not real

No probably about it!

Where'd you get THAT line from?

@@elizabethtrainer9732 The countless ppl who’ve said it…..spreading this truth will never stop ☺️☺️☺️

That has to be one of the best summaries of Queen at Live Aid!

And no phones everywhere, just people enjoying the show

I didnt know that holy

Too bad she didn't get inspired to do actual music

Felix Taylor, Roger's son, inspired Radio Ga Ga.

Fun fact: Out of respect for common decency Lady Gaga and Queen, or any of their songs, should not be referenced in the same sentence, ever. Even the sentence I have just written. Even if she did choose her moniker to piggyback off the success and glory of other artists.

Hells yeah

that's a lie and only a made-up fact in the movie.

@@sankhajayalath3387 TRUTH! There had been a press conference several months before announcing they would be there. It kills me every time I read about the crowd not being Queen fans (or all...) yet they certainly knew their music and were right on cue with him. But, they weren't fans. Yeah, right!!

@@sdavis5001 I think it was Brian May who said the crowd wasn't a "Queen crowd". Queen weren't one of the big hitters at live aid who drew the crowds in. They weren't forgotten, but they also didn't belong into the group of recent superstars at that time. It's true most people didn't specifically come to see Queen, but it's Queen everyone remembers seeing. Queen knew very well what to do to burn this crowd into the ground. A crowd that might not have been full of Queen fans, but a crowd that knew Queen's songs. They converted this crowd into a "Queen Crowd".

@@kennikitty Brian and Roger said it…..Idc if they were a crowd or not lol….I’d say they had to be, being they knew the songs, and got a huge surprise them being there. But there were ppl in that crowd who knew they would be. We know not everyone as a whole liked all the groups that played. Concert was great but I can’t stand Bono example lol 😂…….anyway thankfully their hard practice work paid off perfectly, and back on the map they went. (I had to edit 😒my word check makes it up) Add: thing is so many argue the fact about the crowd. They came to see EVERYONE there….their own fav’s….and, it got knocked wayyyyy out of the stadium ☺️☺️☺️

How do you account for all the Queen banners etc?

It doesn't heal. We just get used to the pain.

I agree...and I got so mad at the recent death hoax about Brian! That was terrible! No one in the Queen stratasphere is prepared for that😭 Rest In Paradise beautiful Freddie ❤️👑🎹🎤❤️

So true you cannot heal from this pain the world doesn't look the same from the day he went ithink fans feel it everyday like me great loss to the world miss him for ever

@@josie3028 I can't relate with Freddie as he died before I was born, but I do feel very sad that I didn't get to see him or hear him live, I do feel the same way about Queen Elizabeth and Shane Warne because I did see them. World isn't the same without all 3.

Absolutely, it feels like it happened yesterday. Rest in power Freddie ❤️

I’m so jealous right now. Was it amazing?

Beyond amazing. Superb. To always remember

I’m soooooo jealous but thrilled you were there! 😃👍😍

Oh..... shit. Wow. What a frickin memory.

How disappointed where you when Led Zeppelin came out?

Yes😥✨

Rami did a great job acting like Freddie in bohemian rhapsody the movie but no one can replace Freddie himself

That made me cry what you just said! Really miss you Freddie!

I haven’t seen the movie yet and I’m honestly not sure if I can handle seeing it. I don’t know if I want to watch someone pretending to be Freddie, he’s just so magical and epic that I don’t know if anyone can do him justice.

Same. . . . . . . . . . .💔😭💔

Wrote some of their greatest songs. Some of my favourites.

He was born on (what date?) he was so adorable. Noble. Queen.

@@sdavis5001 August the 19th, 1951

@@marianyx1161 lol thanks

Deacon was the silent one and by what I've read he liked it that way, but he's one hell of a musician and songwriter.

And he's all of the above ❤

Nah, can't be. I remember it so well. But I was 19 so...yes, a long time ago.

I adore Freddie but he is second to the BEST ever, Mick Jagger !!!!'!!!!!!!!!!!!

@@janicelindsey9557 Vocally, Mick couldn't hold a candle to Freddie. That is not even a debate.

Absolutly agree

For me is paul mccartney the best singer

Freddie is unarguably one of the best singers, performers front men of all time. He's so good that people overlook how amazing Brian May, John Deacon, and Roger Taylor. Each have to be in at least the Top 20 of all time on their particular instrument just on their own.

Led Zeppelin Royal Albert Hall and 1973 MSG are both better than this. Tho this is special

@@Alfie02 No 🙄

@@Alfie02 no..this is historic...

@@poushalic7935 never said it wasn't

@@Alfie02 You cannot compare to this awesome concert

It's so unfortunate that Rami Malek did not capture any of Freddie's nuances or ticks. Rami is very overrated.

Agree❤

And I’m not a Queen fan :)

@@alexchurchill8602 it is the best live performance over all ✨Queen is Legend✨

And written by Freddie in 5-10mins in the bath using only a few cords he knew ( at the time)on the guitar.

Yes, please react to that encore of freddie and brian..so touching as the song is timely for the event..you can also check out their interview before the show starts...love queen...

This song is always blocked listen to the Wembley 1986 version instead. This performance belong to Live Aid.

I have read and heard this performance described as the best 24 minutes in rock-n-roll history. I think it’ is true!!!

Yes they did🥰🥰😍😍 I was there that day .....Queen knocked it into the park ❤

Yesssa the Wembley version please!

John as well But I have a lot of respect for Roger for always being aware of Freddie He was meant to be backing vocals but if Freddie was struggling on tour he stepped up and supported him Giving Freddie chance to regain himself and carry on

@@shaggyisbae I don't understand the last part Why have you put both names as if they were different people And no one called him Farrokh He was called Freddie since school When he came to britain he put his name as Frederick/farrokh Bulsara Then later changed his name

@@dingdong-lt9rz Throat problems were normal though Even if there was clearer information he would have probably put that down to work They toured over 9 months except for nov and Dec,I'm assuming thats when he finished his album Even though he had been working for 9 months he had a few weeks to recover but maybe this wasn't enough In earlier years he wasn't getting a real brake between recording and touring and caused damage so was always having throat problems,it didnt help that quite often he was competing with the band which strained hos voice I doubt they would have been concerned over live aid Magic tour he really steuggled and realised something was wrong Brian said when he said he was done they just thought he was tired and in a bad mood,they didn't think much of it until they realised oh he actually means this Apparently he first told them he had liver problems or something so maybe they were still hoping they would continue at some point even if theyre smaller tours Their producer Dave Richards said during Innuendo Roger came to him asking if he knew what was wrong with Freddie I think he only told them when he was really ill

@@dingdong-lt9rz I'll need to take more notice of video's,i had the impression that even though it was short that the magic tour was good and he was in form vocally,I haven't seen comments saying it was bad,but i I haven't taken much notice either In heinsight yes the sore throat could have been a result of hiv What i meant was there was no concern at live aid because he had toured 9 months... It was after magic tour he realised something was more serious than normal fatigue But the band still didnt realise it was serious just he was in a bad mood Roger has said in heinsight freddie must have realised it was serious He took a test in 86 which came back negative,retested in 87 also diagnosed with kaposi sarcoma skin cancer But it was during innuendo they were told properly..

The BEST Rhythm section ever

I know. Your memories are better than any photo or video. I'm sure a lot of kids would go for chips in their brain to be attached to their phones now. It's a fucked up world.

What If you have a bad memory? Or you need to share it with someone who couldnt be there? Or heaven forbid, you like looking at photos?

I’m pretty sure if cellphones existed back then they would be doing the same lol people need to stop being so butt hurt over people doing things they enjoy doing. Some enjoy recording concerts for future memories. Nothing wrong with that. It is possible to enjoy a show and record it at the same time, boomer.

@@Lovemetender757 they can't think that's sad without being called a name? Wtf? 🙄

Well you are using your phone to watch this right?

Yes that's right

YEAH!

No

The best 20 minutes of music..... ever

This is true!! 😂😂😂

This is Fact 👑🕊🌈

I saw that randomly a while ago. The crowd blew my mind with that

@@trossk it is absolutely amazing, I would almost dare to say that if you could get that song or any song that people are moved by and play it to that kind of crowd gathering in all the countries at the same time - you can't tell me that there can't be some sense of "world peace". Music is a language everyone speaks...just some of us (like me) can't carry a tune, but appreciate it all the same.

Seen it..bloody brilliant..see you up there soon..

You should check out Drowse or Fight From the Inside or I’m in Love With My Car to hear Roger’s amazing vocals & also from the Rainbow 1974 In The Lap of the Gods (not the revisited one same title two completely different songs) to hear why Freddie said Roger had a dog whistle pitch!!!! loving your Queen journey x

@@lindsaycrellin4588 also Let me live.

@@gavst79 yes always forget about that one thank you 😊

Concert? Not concern.

@@efz629 🤣

@@efz629 just a slip up why mention it

Was the same at Knebworth in 86; the crowd reached as far back as the beer tents! Still amazing, in my top 5 bands i have ever seen and I have seen them all, pretty much.

Wicked!! I was watching too from CT😍👏✨

I totally agree, a very moving example of how Queens music was taken to the heart of many people and a more wonderful tribute to the late Freddie I couldn’t imagine, a must watch for sure.

If you watch it prepare to cry. 😭

Brazil, Rock in Rio, 1985, Love of my life. 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏👏💚💛🇧🇷

It's why they opened with Bohemian Rhapsody so that his voice would be at its best that night.

teeth?

@@Dhdjdjsjdjsjk he just found out he had aids around the same time and he had been a smoker for years and his vocal cords were all strung out but he still managed to sing amazingly

Mercury had laryngitis at the time of doing this gig. Apparently he couldn't talk for two weeks afterwards.

@GayAF he did have aids if you Google how he died it says aids

@@a.l.d.a.16 he didn't found about them in 1985 tho

Hope you're not basing that on the BR film. He hadn't been diagnosed by Live Aid. That actually came later in 1987.

My disappointment in myself is immeasurable and no words can adequately express my remorse regarding my inexcusable faux pas. I am mortified that I got to make such a Schoolboy error and I only try to crave your forgiveness for my brief moment of total complete and utter insanity in making this mistake. I have no excuses and I can only apologize, profusely, for my stupidity, once again. You are a good Woman for pointing this out to me. I'm inconsolable at the moment.....:(

@@KathleenMc73 he wasn’t diagnosed but his dr most certainly advised him not to do the show, because he’d had such bad throat issues I’m sure u know that, and he downed the usual answer; vodka, and ran on out there. But a “NOT Queen crowd” knew all the lyrics, right? Lol

@@Isleofskye are we being punk’d here….. I think so……how can a “not Queen crowd” know all the lyrics to the songs 😂😂

Hello, My Friend. It was a One Day Concert For Live Aid For Africa twinned with a Philadelphia equivalent. 24 (?) Groups played that day. I understand why you say that but watch another 60,000 Londoners (many of them not alive in 1975 when this song was released) in Hyde Park at a GREEN DAY Concert all sing it before Green Day took the stage. Please put in " Green Day Crowd Singing Bohemian Rhapsody (Live in Hyde Park 2017) and you will witness a more modern example. Enjoy and tell me what you think,please.

It’s a staple of the Queen journey

" The March of the Black Queen" is the "queen" of all Queen's transitions! Go for it! Be brave,...and fear not~~~

@@lilharleymama MARCH ONWARD!!!

That's an amazing song. I love it!

Youre a very lucky person

I’ll proudly say I was also in that 1.9 billion watching it on tv.

Same here. I was glued to the screen that day.

"watched by 1.9 Billion on TV around the world" is a false claim spread around by people with no logic, reason or education.

Same. We had an all day/night watch party at our house. Greatest lineup. Queen killed them all 🔥🖤

"it was one of the largest-scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time with an estimated 400 million viewers, across 60 countries, watching the live broadcast." BBC quote so 400mil, not 2 billion

Got to give Roger a lot of credit for their 'to the second' performance. He kept the tempo of every song perfectly over a 20 minute set to allow them to finish on the second. Not many drummers can do that for the duration of just 1 song.

@@toddmathers5075 I dont know if Freddie has said it directly but has done it since the song You can kiss my arse goodbye But I think with how the press treated Freddie particulatly it became more of a general message As in anyone who has a problem with me can kiss my arse!

@gigi v He met Prenter mid late 70s They had already left Trident who were fleecing them by now Death on two legs was about the Sheffield brothers before he met Prenter I dont think theres anything reliable to suggest Freddie and Prenter were lovers Prenter treated Freddie dreadfully in the end but he hadnt swindled them out of money

@@toddmathers5075 I was just trying to explain why the op and most fans think that yes it's an assumption but I think it's a reasonable one! Death on two legs is known to be about the Sheffield brothers who tried to sue them over it Song..kiss my arse goodbye.. And hes shown his arse to the crowd since that song It would also make sense as a general message as he was treated badly by critics and press If you have a problem with me you can kiss my arse.. What are you assuming it's about then? That hes gay so it must be sexual? It's a line in the song hes done this gesture since that song I think its makes more sense But any of our opinions are just assumptions!

@gigi v Can you remember when Peter said or implied they were lovers I have seen a few interviews by Peter but haven't seen that,I just looked it up now and wasn't offered anything Peter does give a lot of opinions on things he doesn't know though Hes saying he discovered life through Paul and realised it wasnt a sin to be gay... Peter met Freddie briefly in 79 when he did a charity performance with the ballet peter was later offered to become Freddie pa At this point Freddie had been in a relationship with David for two or three years,he had a group of friends in the uk he referred to as daughters,went to gay clubs.. So I dont know what Peter is talking about He then dated joe for two years but again this is before Freddie met Peter Freddie and joe broke up because he couldn't cope with not having an open relationship with Freddie But that's not due to being ashamed.. There would have been pressure from the band and management. .to be vague about sexuality..relationships Brian said he had to have words with Freddie that his songs and style were starting to have gay overtones starting with dont stop me now

I honestly believe that when Freddie bends over that's just his way of telling the audience that he likes them. Lol

I still have it on the original VHS tapes I put in while I watched all day!

Same here! Especially the dedication that came from Bowie and Jagger! "Dancing in the Streets!" Loved that!! 💕

Wow you guys are the luckiest ones! You’re part of the history

Yes! We had open house party all day and night. Greatest lineup ever.

And these many decades later when I also saw Status Quo's opening "Rockin' All Over The World, I had a twinge of sadness for them cause SQ were fabulous! Then I saw Status Quo interviewed and they piled praise onto Queen, acknowledged Queen was the best of all no matter how great many others were.