Amber Martin he was talking about coming out as gay. Not as having given someone AIDS as many people thought..

@@MsBebegurl0212 Amber is referring to the The Live Aid concerts that were put together to support the Ethiopian Famine. Queen performed at the 1985 and 1986 Live Aid concerts. Queen stole the show at the 1985 Live Aid show there prefromace is considered one the best live rock preformances ever.

@@riwl1 Yup! Thank u. That was what I was trying to say...not very good at commutation...thats why I don't make too many comments. Thank u.

Amber Martin 7

React to his live show AID

Don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger, then react to You Don't Mess Around With Jim by Jim Croce. Then Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.

🤣😂 yep not a good idea..lol..

Amen.

And tell shinji to get in the robot

Or queen at all

party on Wayne

my mother's favorite movie is Wayne's World. if I didn't know the lyrics I would get a swat in the arm lol

Suicide squad trailer.

@@marksullivan2978 bruh

@@marksullivan2978 FUCK suicide squad. that movie SUCKED

I love your handle😂

It's usually between this and stairway and many arguments can be made for both

Daniel Hernandez ye

Not as good as Stairway to heaven, but close!

@@AgentMullet all opinion based. Many people think this is the best rock song in history, but many believe that Stairway to heaven is the best. It's all up to you to decide.

@@AgentMullet bahahahahaah stairway to heaven dude you gotta be kiddin. A simple song starting with three notes being compared to the most intricate, complex and ethereal song ever written and composed. The musical talent that went into Bohemian Rhapsody can never ever be matched.

Objection: Freddie was a visual artist, and that talent of his played a major role on Queen's success. The band was a camelleon, always trying to be the kind of band that people were into, both sonically and visually, and they were never ashamed of that.

No Queen is amazing

exactly, are these song reactions or video reactions nowadays?

I agree, shut up about the clothes and listen to the song. Then he won't have to back it up.

I agree. The clothing was irrelevant (it was awesome), all that matters is the music.

Wasn't there someone who released a seven minute song during that era?

I seriously dont get why everyone keeps saying Bo-Rhap is 6 mins long and in some cases people saying its longer. From the second it starts to the second it finishes , the song is exactly 5 mins 55 secs

Don McLean had the same problem with his classic, 8.5 minute long Amercain Pie.

or iron butteryflys "inna gotta davida" in the garden of eden... i believe still holds the record as longest song ever...

They became more acceptable and popular because radio DJs could spin them and have time to run to the toilet or across the street for coffee and a donut. That's according to all the old school DJs I've worked with anyway. lol

WTF! He is real brave to first murder and the ACKNOWLEDGE. What about victim's mom?

Ion know what ur on about I was makin a joke tho

@@benaiah2119 ohh...ok

He can wear what the F*** he wants, cos he Freddie Mercury!! Lol. Don't EVER dis Freddie or what he wearing in front of me 😁

This is how we all dressed in the 70's, best decade ever. RIP Freddie Mercury 🙏❤🎹

This song may have not been as successful if it wasn't for Kenny Everett.

The song is about his sexuality! And him coming to terms with his bisexuality. The man he kills in the song is himself.

Tom Crawford Freddie mercury is amazing gone too soon but so powerful

Tom Crawford I thought it was one of the best songs I had ever heard and I was only about nine when it was released. Thank it came out around 1975 and I was either eight or nine years old but I didn’t hear it until we moved to Texas and Dallas of 1976. Goodness gracious!! I thought it was incredible sounding but it took me until I was in my teens to really really appreciate this song. I learned how to play five musical instruments and was the singer and performer myself at 14. It took me to do that and at that time, even being a fan of the band and rollerskating to “ another one bites the dust” at 12, I really really appreciated the genius of this song.

Raider577 true!! I think he played it 12 or 13 times on the radio in England over the weekend.

Thank you.

Do more research. This song actually started off as a western but was changed as he went on.

Ryan Thompson Agreed. 🙋

false story

Ryan Thompson you can’t necessarily say that because Freddie HIMSELF never revealed what the song was about

Well he is a rocket scientist after all...

He is James May's from Top Gear, half brother. Both are pretty interesting guys.

aaaand its made of 200 yo wood

@Paul Smock - They aren't brothers lmao, Brian doesn't have any siblings.

Not to mention he is a PhD in Astrophysics, and his most recent research helped calculate the speed of rotation of the milky way.

It does. I cringed. :(

Brian may wrote the Bohemian Rhapsody guitar solo

@@roverwaters3875 any person with a little bit of acknowledge know that

Notice he starts bobbing his head at the guitar part, lol

Ikr I almost fell off my bed when he said Sister Act lol

@Mirror One So he's "obtuse" and "stupid" because he didn't remember which 30-year-old movie this song was from? Do you remember the exact circumstances of where you first heard every hit song from the past several decades?

The Scene when Wayne Garth and friends are in the little light blue Gremlin on their way to a concert on the highway when it comes on.

Can't believe everyone forgets about Wayne's world!!

Brian May wrote the BohRhap guitar solo

Wayne's World is the movie that revived it and thrust it into more modern pop culture, but even that movie is dated now. Considering it's one of the most iconic songs of the 20th century, he could have heard portions of it anywhere.

mo fo They are too young.

Freddie had the song in his head for years, before Queen formed.... And that would have been after he got with his ex-girlfriend, due to being gay.

What like bLAIR AND Brown or Salmon and Sturgeon ?

I agree it is definitely NOT about murder... Freddie was all about ..how can i word this..his talent for one and bringing music to the masses which ...may he forever RIP still does..Talent beyond any other of his kind of music...

If it gets people hyped to listen to Queen... let them think it lol... Us TRUE fans of Queen know it is about his personal struggles; specifically, his coming to terms with his sexuality then coming out to his GF and mother

like being given a death sentence from one bad decision. Like his aids many years later and having to deal with it and has to come to terms that his life is now on a timer. people are still shallow and cruel and make judgements based on what they hear. An awesome friend can suddenly literally stab you in the back the next second because they disagree with something you have done or said. Freddy was so unbelievably talented and somehow surrounded himself very early with like minded and equally talented friends. together they built one of the greatest music groups of all time.

He did not have aids at this point.

I thought the same thing when I saw it

I fell in love watching Rami in the miniseries Pacific and didn’t see him as Freddie but boy was I wrong. He gave me chills. All the cast was tremendous.

@@patm4899 between him as Freddie and Gwilym Lee as Brian, they looked identical

oh yeah defo i think it helped the film loads also to be honest that film has potential to be one of the best ever

Clones. Straight up

Wait, I'm sure my favourite band claimed that title for themselves already (and I'm sure they were serious even though they virtually never are). So maybe Queen's the second best band?

@@Kaefer1973 🤣🤣🤣✨💖

Nah probably top 5

You got Pink Floyd The Beatles Led Zeppelin and The Who

yep! you are right! QUEEN is th best band in the world ... and I am a music collector for over 30 years now! Queen is king!

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YES INDEED!!

I love the fact that you knew all of that stuff I actually told my boss about that before he went and watched Bohemian Rhapsody cuz he thought that I was just talking out of my butt I guess LOL

Music Love Absolutely! All made using analog cause digital didn’t exist. Shows Queen’s musical genius.

Coming out to his mother........

Yeah but if you don't listen to much rock it's hard not to take what he said literally.. Rock is far more figurative than other genres of music such as rap for instance.

@@Jabberwocky818 if you talk mumble rap... Yes but listen to some good lyrical rappers and youll see that rap is not just big BASSSSSSSSS like the youngs like it today lol

@Transcendental Outcast He didn't had AIDS back then. That was in the 70's. Freddie contracted AIDS in the 80's and died in the 90's.

@@Jabberwocky818 Rap and Hiphop will NEVER be REAL music. Atleast with Rock music you can actually comprehend what they are saying and they are not going around killing innocent people or others based on colors.

That video gives me mad chills. Not sure if someone who hardly understands Queen and their music will understand the magic... this reacter is hung up on them looking female. He's hardly gonna see the beauty of that crowd singing.

I hear that it was 65,000 people singing BR in unison. SOOO GREAT!

@@starwish2468 it was

I like this suggestion, but I have plans later today.

LMFAO

RIP

Sur-Gee-O yeah , if you want alcohol poisoning 🤣🤣🤣

Or every time they press pause 😭 You’d be wasted lol 😂

Give him a break, it was sensory overload (his 1st time). Give him props for listening to the lyrics. Major props for listening to it in the first place.

A masterpiece yes, but for the narrator it can be seen as a cry for help. He turened his workd upside down!

Trina Smith-Patterson AGREE 💯

Apparently the video was remastered after it reached a Billion views, yes 1,000,000 000+ views

I was thinking the same thing!!! I've been on his Queen journey from the start and would love to see how he reacts now that he's in love with them!!!

He did a redo when BoRap hit>1B views on utube

Fawna 4you It’s clearly not his type music with that said his reaction for a first time listener was good. I thought he very focused on the words and he even said that he has to go back and listen again. What more do want from him. Did you want his to gush about how great it was. Credit him for trying to understand it.

Fawna 4you check out No life Shaq reaction to this song its the best

@@vincygarifuna- strong educated music is hard for some...its ok - he tried.

I agree with these replies. Too many of these reactions frustrates me because they talk so much about the music that they don't focus on the words. It seems that over half of the reactions to this song, the one reacting couldn't tell you what it was lyrics was about. They hear "I don't wanna die. Sometimes wish I never been born at all" and wonder why he would say that.

i feel the same way smh

That's an awesome memory to have :) They were a big part of my life sound track back then as well and I think I appreciate them even more all these years later! Peace!

Yep - really did: Here is a copy of my story that I've posted in a couple of other reactions sites: Met Freddie/Queen at the age of 16 - with my BFF - and what we asked was "can we have your autograph" - but my friends mother butted in and told him "all my daughter ever talks about is Freddie-Freddie-Freddie!!" -- and while Robyn was understandably humiliated - his response was to look down for a second, then look up through his beautiful eyelashes and say, very quietly "Really?" - like he just couldn't believe it... he was shy, charming and lovely... and after my friend and I left... (it was a hotel lunchroom across a parking lot in Kalamazoo, MI from the concert venue we had been standing outside for HOURS in January weather) - we ran away to wait in line for the concert... and as the band left the room, and passed the lobby vending machine, Freddie asked Robyn's mother what coins he needed to buy a trinket... she told him 4 quarters, and he bought a key-chain set - with a heart and key (heart has a key-space) -- took out the "key" and gave the heart chain to Rob's mother and said "give this to your daughter" -- the inscription was "he who holds the key can open my heart" - that's the kind of guy Freddie was.. more to the story, the whole band was in the hotel restaurant and Brian May was the one who said "ought we to sign two?" when we asked for autographs... and also, when we did finally see the concert ("general admission" meant that you ran as fast as you could to the front) - each band member gave us a smile and a nod... well, except for Roger, who obviously could not see us from behind the drums... Gotta say, I've heard many stories of disappointments when people have met their "idols" - but this was just the opposite - wish I could give more details about the meeting, but this post is already super-long and likely not that interesting to most... just sayin' Love Freddie and Queen... (from an old lady)

thanks -- in order: It was 1977 - the tour was "Day at the Races" -- they opened with "Tie your Mother Down" -- (they were backed by by Thin Lizzy, BTW, another great band whose lead singer died far too young...) I was of course extremely sad to hear of Freddie's passing... I think of him every year on his birthday, Sept. 5 - when I usually "binge listen" -- not unlike many other days of the year... I used to always carry those autographs with me everywhere I went - but unfortunately, in the early twenties, my wallet was stolen from my purse in a bar... stupid me to take my eyes off of it -- I always have felt that whoever took it got maybe $12 bucks and probably barely glanced at those scribbled names on that folded piece of paper - and threw away a million dollar memory.... but really, that was just all it was - a piece of paper - I'll always have the memory :)

I really appreciate your response to my little story - mostly I feel as though I'm alone in my memories... so when others take an interest, I feel it all come flooding back... it's great to re-live those memories from long ago,,,, thank you!

You seem like a very thoughtful person -- and I agree that we can make connections online... my best one has been with a lovely woman in Queensland, Australia - just via Queen appreciation - but we chat from time to time -- and each time find more in common.... I am still waiting to connect with someone in person -- not that it's crucial - but I figure at some point somebody who shares my views and/or experiences will be geographically available to meet -- I'm in Wisconsin, BTW... :)

Freddie knows what it's about. From what I understand in an interview Freddie told Brian and Brian said he's taking it to his grave. I approve of this cuz it's better to let a song speak to you than to know what it's about.

yep he always said that the love of his life was a woman that he dated for a while and then they remained friends for the rest of Freddie's life he said his heart belonged to her but physically he was attracted to men.

They were engaged at one point as well

That's hilarious dumb

1975. The style was s.Gmsm Rkck & David Bowie & The Stones were doing the same. Freddie was gay (or bi) but he was all man.strong, courageous ; hard working & insanely talented. It was Wayne's world & Freddie approved the use in the mo vie before his desth.

and the hairstyle was minimum as good as that ridicolous basecups nowadays... all older than 18 looks like an idiot with it...

yes very much so,

THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! I’ve been Freakin’ basically SCREAMING HEADPHONES especially for “THE PROPHETS SONG” “NOW I’M HERE” “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY” FULL HEADPHONES, THE FULL QUEEN EXPERIENCE! 1980's Fat Bottom Girl from Old HB, NYC

Jeff Bell First time I heard this song, I was a sophomore in college. I still remember where I was the first time I heard it. My friends and I loved this song! That was back in 1975. 45 years ago now. The time passes unbelievably fast.

Wow I’m just 14 and I love this song already. If my generation and yours loved this song together society would be in a different place today. You guys are super cool. I wish I was born in the 70s

Beth Ford Elton John didn't want the song to be that long! He thought it was a bad idea? 😄

@@lillianfiori9189 good thing Freddie & Queen didn't listen and went ahead with it as is - a Queen masterpiece!

@Erica Peters thank you for the kind words. Made my night.

Brilliant, thoughtful and intelligent response. It's obvious you have done your research. and you love Freddie and Queen. I have never read such an informative review about the genius of a song.

@@carolineorner thank you. That was nice to read!

We will never know for sure. That's the beauty of it all. It's to be interpreted by the listener.

B You’re right. That’s just about what Freddie said. He called it the Cowboy Song at first but came out with B R when they recorded it. He was engaged to Mary when he wrote it and a long time before they recorded it.

actually its a bit about a cowboy...nothing more

Brian May said it was about Freddie coming out as Bisexual, and killing the person he was.

I think most of other guys in Queen were married? Glam rock was in, just a part of it.

brownsupahero That’s crazy that this look was in..When I saw them on TV When I was a kid I didn’t think anything of it..

The band is called ‘queen’!

But, you can take them literally. That's the fun of it. Freddy does this all the time in his songs. It's like abstract art, you see what's there based on your life experiences. Just like Freddy said whenever anyone asked him what a song, or part of a song, meant. He'd say, "Well, what do you think it's about?" It really shows how brilliant he actually was.

David Ludwig but they’re not MEANT to be taken literally. The fun of it is finding a deeper meaning, not a literal meaning

David Ludwig and that’s not the only problem. It’s like that’s ALL he talks about (mama, just killed a man)”WHAT?!?” (Mama, I’ve got to go) “HE MUST BE RUNNING AWAY AFTER HE MURDERED SOMEONE” like just shut up and appreciate the song

@@samglover4923 Hey, shut up yourself, pal. You take the lyrics any way you want. How do you know they aren't meant to be taken literally? Did you ask him? Again, Freddy said, "Take it any way you want." That, to me, is the final word.

David Ludwig no, I won’t shut up, maybe you are right, but this guy won’t SHUT UP. He didn’t even listen to song, because he was to busy talking about MURDER!!!!

Yer the live aid performance in 1985 was amazing. Thought he looks very different in 1985 than he did here 😂

1000 per cent correct

Love your comment!

I was thinking it might have been about his disease. This is much more beautiful. ☺

@@jharrison1837he supposedly wasn't diagnosed until 1987

And then later he wrote the song "somebody to love" after saying to the public that he is gay Please react to Gio Aplon highlights❤love this chanal man all the way from Cape Town , South Africa

@@LJMarx-bz8jt It's not documented anywhere that Freddie confirmed his sexuality. That was a big part of the mystery of who is was. He left everything up to every one to believe or interpret as they will. You should watch some of his interviews. He was very private and rarely directly answered any questions. He didn't even confirm he was sick or that he had AIDS until the day before he died in his public statement.

Actually he was Bi-sexual. The love of his life was a women, Mary Austen, he actually left his mansion to her and she still lives in it to this day

You got it. 'Mama, I just killed a man' was freddy killing the straight version of himself. It's his coming out song.

There's no meaning to the song. Freddie said so himself.

He's still young and in his superficial stage of life. I am 55, btw..

He literally talked about the clothes for 30 seconds..did you even watch the video?

He really was.

freddie m's first admission of being gay, he also said= "you gay men... please practice safe sex." ..... then ..... freddie died of aids THE NEXT DAY!

I think he was referring to the blouse lol Freddy Mercury was pretty feminine by the way and Queen did do a video in drag, just saying.

His 39th birthday party one.

Hahaha what did you think was gonna happen right? lol

IKR?! Good lord...

Maybe we're reading rap wrong and they all came out and we didn't realise it 🤔