Deacon is a painfully underrated bass player. He didn't have the presence of a Squire, Entwistle or the frontman status of a Geddy Lee, but if you really listen closely to some of the songs, his technique was totally unique and as vital to the Queen sound as Brian's guitar sound or the wall of vocals they overdubbed on the records. Whatever his reasons, I hope he is happy and healthy. .

Freddie seems so full of life and happy in this video! Loving his life

Can we all take a moment to acknowledge that however low or high Freddie sings in pitch, he never ever sounds like he's reached the limit of his range. There are still amazing singers out there today but most reach that point in a song where you can tell that even if they had to go only 1 semi-tone higher, it would all fall apart. But not our Freddie!

Iconic song. Freddie´s performance is astonishing. A great pleasure for our ears. Unrepeatable!

I love how in the video, Freddie, Brian, and Roger look like rock stars and then John just looks like a dad they they grabbed off the street. Edit: I know John was the quiet one of the group but it's still so funny to me to see in videos and one stage.

This song was actually voted the happiest song ever.

Every time I hear this particular song it always brings me back to a very memorable moment from the horror comedy movie "Shawn Of The Dead" involving baseball bats... Those who have seen the film will know what I am talking about 😅😊

The more optimistic song that I ever heard. Fantastic!

Brian May: What am I supposed to do? this track doesnt have rhythm guitar. FM: Just go with the flow until we get to the solo darling.

Fun fact : This video was recorded in Forrest National in Brussels where they later would also record the video for Hammer To Fall.

Since you're a classical composer have you ever reacted to some of Freddie's classical music compositions? His recording of Exercises in Free Love is really beautiful. His range is unbelievable.

I saw an interview with Brian, and he uses an English coin as a pick. My first Queen album was A Night At The Opera, crazy how long you can listen with headphones to the same music, and it never gets old! People Of The Earth!!

Dear Prof. Helvering, you should definitely react to "Barcelona", the song that Freddie recorded with Monserrat Caballè.

Hey Doug. We always have a good time with you. Your musical insights help bring much greater understanding and clarity to so much of the soundtrack of our lives. Thanks for everything.

Fun fact: Brian May's guitar pick is usually a 'tanner' (British slang for a sixpence coin).

Lol! Freddie dressed in leather, & John looking like he is going to a PTA meeting! Under rated bass player! Song puts me in good mood! Thanks!!

Voted by many as THE happiest song that ever written in the world. Legends.

A number of years ago a buddy of mine submitted this song for me while out for karaoke one night. Unbeknownst to me, of course. When I heard the DJ say, "Next up we have Marshall with 'Don't Stop Me Now'!"... I was just like... oh. Oh GOD 😂 I'm no Freddie obviously, but I think I did an okay job considering 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

A brief glimpse of the 'sixpence'

I gonna be honest man, I followed you for in depth breakdowns of these songs, but you keep on choosing the popular basic Queen songs. I really recommend going deeper into their catalogue, they have well over 100 songs that are all top notch quality. Theyre my favorite band ever because they were always amazingly consistant and creative, not their hits. Songs like White Queen (As it Began), The Millionaire Waltz, Father to Son, Ogre Battle-The Fairy Fellers Masterstroke-Nevermore (they run into eachother), Tenement Funster-Flick of The Wrist-Lily of The Valley, Seaside Rendezvous, Good Company. I can honestly keep going and going, but these are actual interesting songs to check out. And every song i listed here is 100% synthesizer free, so all noises are vocals, piano, bass, drums, guitar, and other percussions. In Good Company, Brian mimics a swing band and its instruments all with his guitar.

One of my favourite :) love it!

Yes it is too short. This forces is you to replay it, as I have so many times!

Fun fact: Despite the video showing Brian playing throughout, there is absolutely no rhythm guitar in it. The only guitar parts in this song are the solo and fills after the solo. Imho, Freddie doesn't get near enough credit as a piano player. Listening to the isolated piano track was almost life changing for me as a keyboardist and certainly made it easier to figure out what he was playing.

I'd love to see a reaction to Bicycle, amazing song.

It just glazes like the wind into a storm!

Every time I hear this song. I think of the scene in the movie Shaun of the Dead. They were hitting a zombie with the beat of the song. Haha.

Brian initially hated the track, because he thought it underplayed the dangers of HIV/AIDS, but gradually changed his mind over it after he saw how much joy it brought people. And he couldn't deny Freddie's songwriting... as you say, he was having a good time & captured that perfectly in song form.

Well, Don't stop me now being the second most played song on Spotify, That might partially be my fault. I do tend to play this song anywhere from 1 to 3 times a week. Just a great happy hit that you cannot be in a bad mood when listening to it. So, a crappy day at work can melt away whilst listening to this song.

I can't listen to this song without seeing David Armand doing his "interpretative dance" to it. And you haven't lived until you have seen him doing it.

Your new entry jingle recording reminds me of what happened to the Wayne's World intro after the corporate takeover 😊

The single length, but they do live versions later quite a bit longer....Always top draw stuff,

My favorite TV show (an animated show called "The Venture Bros") is a kind of parody/love letter to everything comicbooks, Saturday morning cartoons, Bond films, rock music, and pop culture in general. Anyway, they make reference to a superhero called "Mr Fahrenheit, the Supersonic Man"...and he can travel at the speed of light. And he looks identical to Freddie Mercury.

Iconic song, and a huge amount of fun. The 2021 season of Beste Zangers featured some phenomenal musicians you've likely never heard of (because they're Dutch), other than perhaps Anneke van Giersbergen. In the final "Duets" episode, Joe Buck and Roel van Velzen perform this song, and they do an amazing job. It's fun to see a live version, and of course, the other artists all know the song well, and are singing and dancing along. Just for fun. Far better than you are expecting. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b5ujnpabp8W4XYk.html

"Don't Stop Me Now" is a popular last dance for brides and grooms at their wedding reception. Actually, Freddie wrote this song in response to the band's intervention with him about his excessive partying and drugs at the time. They were worried that he was burning himself out. This was 1979. Freddie did slow down after he met Jim Hutton in 1980 and they became a couple. FYI - Queen eventually purchased the Montreux studio in 1979 and subsequently utilized the studio for several subsequent Queen albums, as well as solo projects from band members Freddie Mercury, Brian May, and Roger Taylor. Freddie owned a vacation home in Montreux - Duck House. Also, the historic bronze statue of Freddie in his Wembly outfit holding his iconic mic with the half-stand in his left hand and his right arm raised in the air is on the shores of Lake Geneva in Montreux. Now, Mountain Studios in the Casino Barrière de Montreux is a museum dedicated to the British rock group Queen.

It's not too short at all! Just put the player to "repeat 1" with mixing the "two" songs at the last 3 seconds and it becomes infinite!

That bass line is underrated.

I missed your insights on the harmony and melody in this video. 🥲

Queen re-released a version a few years ago (2019?) , with a different Brian May solo. HINT. Extended re-mix with both solo's. No?

The UK's greatest band

The slower outro is just the character whistling a tune as he leaves his one night stand to keep going down the road.

when i put my cursor over the thumbnail preview to this video the captioning during the opening theme reads "it's the daily DUCK" lol nothing to do with your reaction to queen, i just thought it was funny. try it!

Got the original single!

Unfortunately, the concensus of opinion is that if somebody had stopped him Freddie might still be with us today.

My favorite Quuen song. I agree.on the length. Bring the song back up into another guitar solo.

NASCAR is here in Chicago this weekend, how apropos.

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is the most played Queen song Hammer To Fall? or is that just me?

Can you believe that when Freddie presented the sing to the bandz it was met with some skepticism mostly from Roger, on account of being too much of a "pop" song. The guitarist Brian has commented more recently that, as you said, the song has really gained momentum and popularity over the last 10- 20 years, although he himself has some mixed feelings about the song because it reminds him of the eta of Freddir's embrace of the gay party scene, Not only because it was decadent, But also because they knew that they had "lost" Freddie as The friend they grew up with who was interested in hanging out and doing the same things. Brian, Roger and Freddie were all close friends And definitely spent a lot of time hanging out together in the early years of the band The band continued to remain friendly with each other over the years although Freddie's decision to hang out with some shady characters put a strain in there friendship, as heavily emphasized in the Bohemian Rhapsody biiopic

It's a fun song, but has a bit of sour legacy in terms of what inspired Freddie Mercury to write it. Brian May wasn't too happy about it either.

I have to admit that unfortunately for all (potential) Queen critics - they don't have bad, weak tracks! The exception may be that they are "less ideal" than others 😘😘😘😘 Hello!

Great great great! How about more from around the birth of metal? Crazy but actually Pink Floyd! (before Black Sabbath!!!) "The Nile Song" 😉

Gone too soon, like Freddie himself.

I love this song but, my 3 favorite is A crazy little thing called love, Killer Queen and Fat Bottomed Girls. I just love those songs and can listen and watch the video over and over.

Queen The Millionaire Waltz

Didn't they sing this at live aid?

Granted this IS a great driving song, but does anybody else get the irony of NASCAR rating this as their favorite song??

It's like a concentrated dose of hooks.. Brian was right to keep it short, if you've nothing better you can add with a solo, just don't. Brian is such a meticulous writer for his parts, so it's totally intentional.

Queen rule. They really were awesome. Also, your glasses are crooked, you should have that looked at.

My favourite track from one of my favourite albums. Nice.

Warmup song backstage for any theatre company.

Doug, this song really needs to be placed in the context of where Freddie was personally at the time. He'd come out to the band and was becoming absolutely consumed by interest in the SF and USA Leather/S&M scene, something that remained with him until he passed The use of a Langlitz made jacket (gay S&M Prada!, made to measure, $3000 a throw!) and the references in the song are clear. Farenheit refers to him being the hottest guy - his own love of himself- he was, like most great performers, somewhat narcissistic. It's about him hitting his fantasies, doing what he wanted, sexually and socially. It was his song of his own excesses, the celebration of his manic lifestyle, his exploration of his sexuality, his exploration of the gay fetish scene, his huge churn of partners and his substance exploration. And that makes it even more poignant. I would argue it was brutally honest, even if nuanced- his most honest piece of self-description. Hope this helps. (For clarity, I am also gay, so I prob hear nuances others may not be aware of.)

You just can't be in a bad mood while listening to this song. It's a bop. Gotta take this opportunity to once again recommend "White Queen" at Hammersmith, 1975. You're missing out!

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John Deacon's bassline in this song is great but it is hard to hear. It should have been louder in the mix.

If Brian May had a longer guitar solo he'd have to stop Freddie Mercury, though.

Warmup song backstage for any theatre company.. dangerous song, push the pedal to the metal.....

Love this song, but I have to disagree that it's the best driving song. That's "Highway Star" by Deep Purple.

dangerous song, push the pedal to the metal....

The only time Queen disappointed, was with the Hot Space record. By some distance their weakest album. And yet even their weakest record had a monster hit like Under Pressure on it...

Actually the band was a little worried about Freddie. He WAS a little out of control.

You really need to listen to Mosquito Song - Queens of the Stone Age

Supposedly the song is about Freddie's sex life.

Doug, buddy, you really gotta let people know whether or not you're familiar with the song or if it's a first time listen.

Hey, I know I chose to do this with you knowing you are a classical composer but you were quite annoying with the constant interrupting one of Queens most fun songs to sing to. I really don't mean to be disrespectful really I don't. As Freddie kept saying....... Don't Stop Me Now!!!!!!!

In my opinion...you interrupt WAY TOO MUCH...No one, we'll at least me....I don't care about the notes JUST WANT ENJOY THE MUSIC.