Just a public, thank you, TooBlunt! Just received your Queen album giveaway and it’s the perfect addition to my Queen collection as, it is my first and only vinyl. I do have CDs and some 4 track cassettes and now I’m hoping to dig out my old stereo turntable. Looking forward to enjoying more of your insightful content. You have made me very happy! ❤️👏👏

😄EVERYONE agrees that drummer Roger Taylor (“Rogerina” in the pigtails) looks PRETTIER as a girl, than most of us girls do!😉

“Rogerina” has caused a LOT of confusion over the years… lol

Sooo, here's the long explanation, lol! This song talks about someone who feels trapped in their relationship and wants to ‘break free’ of their lover. Although it was originally intended to be a male perspective of the women’s liberation movement, it was then taken on as somewhat of an anthem for one’s own personal freedom for person who finds his/herself in a situation where they feel repressed and want to ‘break free’ of their circumstances and show the real person that they are. The idea of dressing up in the video was suggested by Roger Taylor,featuring the band dressed up in drag-with Freddie as a housewife, Roger Taylor as a young school girl, Brain May as a housewife, and John Deacon as a grandmother. Echoing the song’s lyrics, all of them want to ‘break free’ of their lives. Roger Taylor said, “We had done some really serious, epic videos in the past, and we just thought we’d have some fun. We wanted people to know that we didn’t take ourselves too seriously, that we could still laugh at ourselves. I think we proved that”. In an interview with Q magazine March 2011, Bryan May was asked whether each band member’s character in the video was an accurate reflection of their personalities? He answered:”Of Course! Everybody thinks that was Freddie’s idea because it looks like something that he would love to do but it actually came from Roger’s girlfriend at the time, strangely enough. It was her idea to pastiche the Coronation Street women.” But in the US, it was a different story, the British humor didn’t go over well with the Americans, and some got offended by the band dressing as women, seeing the video as an empowerment to transvestites. Couple with Mercury’s bisexuality, the video proved too controversial and ended up being banned on MTV. Brian May said, “I think at that point we lost America, which is a shame, as it means there’s a whole chunk of Queen songs which never got played or heard there.”

Roger Taylor was the "pretty boy" of the group, makes sense he'd be the prettiest in drag!

ROFL when you realised that was Roger T .. still laughing …. Brian was in curlers and John was old lady . Many men have said how pretty the school girl was and then realised who it was …. So funny !!!! It was a spoof of a UK soap opera but the message was about feminism.

Queen decided too dress up as females as a reference to a British soap called coronation street, the soap is on Television several times a week, and has been running for over 60 years now, it was a huge hit, but Americans hated the video mainly because they didn’t understand the concept and it was outrageously different for the times , let’s not forget Queen we’re at the forefront of musical videos in them times, great performance great reaction thanks 🙏

You’re not the only one to get fooled Roger is a very convincing school girl ‘Rogerina’ 😂😂

😂😂😂. That's Roger Taylor, the pretty blonde girl. He fooled most people in this video because he looked very convincing. Many people think this was Freddie's idea being in drag but it was actually Roger's idea. This video was definitely unique and don't worry, you're ok most straight guys would totally have thought that Roger was a pretty girl here too 😁. Great reactions!

Another fantastic reaction to Queen! The look on your face when you realized...totally made my evening!

All the boys are in drag. It was all in good fun, though. Roger is a prettier girl than most biological females. Brian is the woman with the curlers in her hair and John is the old woman on the couch. I love the song and the video, thank you for your reaction. Retirement allowed me to finally live free. No more being controlled by other's expectations of me. Sad it took until I was 66 years old to actually get there, but I am really glad I did.

Freddy was the first and maybe the only rock star who danced and sang with the British Royal Ballet 🥰. It is royal ballet dancers and plus people with lights in their heads are miners who were on strike at time. So all housewives, miners and others wanted to break free.

“I Want To Break Free” gained notoriety primarily for its controversial music video that portrayed the band as the cast of a popular British soap opera, Coronation Street. The soap opera parody was missed in the United States, where the video was interpreted as a celebration of transvestism and subsequently banned from MTV, which may have led to the song’s lack of success in the US as compared to the rest of the world. In the video, the band members were dressed in drag and then switches to Freddie Mercury dancing with members of the Royal Ballet Theatre. Freddie plays a housewife, Bet Lync, who wants to “break free” from his (her) constraining life while Brian plays a more relaxed housewife, Hilda Ogden. John plays grandma, Ena Sharples and Roger is Suzie Birchall, a schoolgiruyl. Although music video is often believed to be Freddie Mercury’s idea, in an interview with Q magazine in March 2011, when Brian May was asked whether each band member’s character in the video was an accurate reflection of their personalities, he answered: Of Course! Everybody thinks that was Freddie’s idea because it looks like something that he would love to do but it actually came from Roger’s girlfriend at the time, strangely enough. It was her idea to pastiche the Coronation Street women. Freddie, although shocked that the others suggested dressing up in drag for the video, doesn’t deny that he was actually dying to dress up in drag, and it was something in the back of his mind. o BTW - Freddie and Roger dressed in drag again for "I'm the Great Pretender" off of Freddie's solo album, Mr. Bad Guy - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7KCnamIqa3XYZs.html (also there is a video on the making of "The Great Pretender) - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j-ComtBzkqernGQ.html

Actually - from all videos I’ve seen of them describing this.. it was actually John (the old lady) who suggested they dress up as women for this (he wrote this song). They all thought it was a great idea.. it was a total pun; fun for them. Sadly, it made this song banned in US on MTV at the time - as to ‘risque’ (yes.. it’s true, believe it or not)!! Loved your reaction to Rogerina.. the ‘cute blonde’ aka Roger Taylor!! Brian was the middle aged woman in curlers and a robe! Great video - right? And you did a great reaction!!

I don’t blame you, Roger does look pretty. 💜💕💜💕😊😊😊😊

Dude, the moment you realized that the rest of the band was dressed as women, is so fantastic. Great reaction. Love this song, and video.

Freddie always did know how to blow your mind. I always loved watching his videos, because you never never knew what to expect, other than it would be amazing 😍

Yes! They are All in Drag!

I love your reactions to Queen and Freddie just make me so happy. I love Queen and Freddie Bohemian Rhapsody was on the Radio all the time my was pregnant with me. I've always been a huge Queen fan. My mother doesn't like them. So glad you have found a truly amazing artists and band. A man with a musical range like no one else!

You are too funny! Just found you this week, you are intelligent and interesting! And you like good music! Thank you for honoring Freddie and Queen with this deep dive. Wow I miss him! We have the recordings, and I never got to see him live, but I’m betting you that being in the same space with him physically is something no one will ever forget. Even as a group experience! I went to see Queen with Adam Lambert a few years ago.... it was great, and I love Adam, but it can only ever end up being a tribute to Fred with anyone else as front man. It was saddening to me. But Adam Lambert has pipes ya’ll. Enjoy insightful content... and you can’t fake surprise and I think you were and that is priceless content. Good job! Will be interested to see where you go from here. 👍✌️😎

None of us will ever be as pretty as Rogerina ♥️♥️♥️

Great reaction! I love your how long it took for you to realise that it was Roger haha. To be fair to you, back then he had a very beautiful, soft, kind of feminine look even without the wig, makeup and clothes haha. Kind of funny that this video is probably part of the reason why you hadn’t heard many Queen songs before doing the reactions. The video was banned by MTV in America and Freddie was furious and said he’d never tour America again unless they had another hit. Of course without touring and promoting their music people weren’t going to hear it so it was sort of the end of any major success for them in the US.

It was Roger who had the idea of them dressing up.When Freddie appears with the vacumm, I always laugh.

I miss the days when MTV played videos and how cool it was to see your favorite song on the radio as a video

Some people write songs...Queen wrote anthems for life.

You killed me bro with the comparison to the Steve Harvey moustache comparison 🙈

"Trippin Balls!!!" That was funny bro. Listen I've never seen this video, I did like the song but , I'm not sure if I can hear it the way I did before, lol. I've been bamboozled too bruh!! Lol Great reaction as usual. You do very well with every reaction.

It was easy to figure 4 guys in Queen....4 guys in drag! Lol

A different time, a different country's sense of humour, Queen never took themselves too seriously. The music is serious, the meaning serious, the way they played it very fun-filled. We Brits have fun with how we handle our personality-types and preferences.

Enjoyed as usual.

Loving your fanboying over Queen since you discovered them, look into "I Want it all" by them. I just wish I could rediscover them all over again like you

This video was actually banned on MTV at the time but the fans eventually won out and later, the video was added back to the video playlist!

DW I'm pretty sure thinking Roger in a schoolgirl outfit is pretty is the most normal feeling on earth😂 He was considered the pretty boy of the group!

Freddie never skimmed on flare💜💜

Thanks, TooBlunt! this is a "drag" take on a popular Brit show called "Coronation Street" - nothing to do with Freddie's sexuality.. actually written by bassist John Deacon... lol... yes, drummer "Rogerina" is the prettiest, although they all make pretty convincing women... in England, drag is quite common and considered funny... NOT Gay!... lol

Yep, that's Roger for you. Confusing the straight guys and the lesbians alike lol

Hahaha The epiphany when you realized the whole band is in drag!!

The whole band dressed up 😂

Brilliant isn't it?? your face is a picture, I am rolling up at your reaction

Freddie LOVED ballet and opera

ROFL! I loved your reaction to this video. Priceless! It’s okay to be straight and still find a dude pretty. Love ya, man. 🥰

Written by John and the idea of the guys dressing in drag came from Rogers' then girlfriend. The boys had a great time and MTV had an attack of the vapours! Who's who in the vid John's the granny Brian's the nightdress wearing housewife Roger's the school girl And Freddie......

LOL I love when he realized it was the whole band in drag. THat "Wait....oh my God..." and the look on his face, I swear there should have been a lightbulb over his head. haha

I’m LMFAO…your original reaction was priceless! 🤭😂🤣

The blond "girl" was Rogerina ...🤔 The most beautiful girl 😂😂😂

When they shot this video MTV at the time bandit! Because Queen is English, they had television programs back in the day one very famous one was called the “Benny Hill show“ and he would play female characters just think “Madea“. Anyway they did the video in the style of the English comedies of their time but Americans in the 80s had no clue about English humor, sitcoms ect. All of the guys were in drag because that was what was funny on the sitcoms in Britain. MTV made a huge stink out of it and band the entire video!

"first time is never for real" Love you bro, from Bulgaria 🇧🇬 ❤

Wow, you sincerely blow me away. Just found you, so goddamn happy about it. I'm 53 and had the pleasure of growing up in the eighties. We got the best of so many worlds and genres of music. Concerts were about 17 bucks a pop. It is so great to watch you. Yeah, music was , well, music. You are WISE BEYOND YOUR YEARS, AN OLD SOUL. I look forward to your journey, I will walk along with you and, at moments, grasp my youth once more. Now, maybe, go for some classical.

Roger does make a really nice lookin" woman. Glad that you enjoyed the video! I enjoyed your reaction. Thank you.

Just subscribed! Love the reactions, looking forward to more! Keep up with your honest reacts man! Ignore the haters! I'm a 60 yo w/m and I truly enjoy watching folks discovering music I've enjoyed most of my life! Peace out! 👍🔥🎸🇺🇸😎

Just the laugh I needed!! I’m so old I listened to Queen on 8 tracks. Have you watched “Another one bites the dust”. Take care my friend

Queen/Dragon Attack from their album called The Game

LOL! Your reaction was hilarious! Thanks!

“MTV were very narrow-minded. It was Whitesnake, F-ing Whitesnake, and then another Whitesnake track … And they decided they didn’t think that men in drag was ‘rock’ enough, I guess. So, they didn’t play the video.” (1984 Roger Taylor). It’s unclear whether the video was actually banned outright. 👉👉 Notably, the video for BODY LANGUAGE was the first video to be banned by MTV in 1982. Its in the Guinness World Book of Records for “first music video banned by MTV”. 😳

I love how you get this. It’s meant to be a nod to coronation street.

Funny reaction lol And I don't think the song was about women's rights. By this time, John's marriage was in trouble and he was getting tired of the rock star life. Besides, the four of them thought Queen might be reaching their expiration date ( that's why they always said Live Aid was so important for them, a shot in the arm which made them realize the band still had something to offer). John said in an interview that the inspiration for the song had been "frustration".

That’s Gorgeous Roger

Omg your reaction was awesome, it made me laugh so hard!! Also this video was banned in the states when it first came out.

This is Freddie bringing ballet to the masses.

You do such a great job in your videos. It's refreshing how open minded and knowledgeable you are in your reviews and reaction. I've only found your channel a couple of months ago but am loving every minute of it. I would really, really love to see you react to Pentatonix Singing Hallelujah (or pretty much any song Pentatonix does.) I think you would love them if you haven't already checked them out. Thanks for the breath of fresh air you air.

Late comment, for today, September 5th. Freddie would be 76 today. Happy Birthday.

This was a fabulous reaction to one of my favorite songs of all time. You made my day!

Love your love of Queen. You have so many more amazing songs to listen to.

Roger Taylor, Queen's drummer, really does look like a cure/beauty in drag there. Brian May's hair in curlers. I think John Deacon hiding behind the newspaper, curses too. John wrote the song because he wanted out of Rock & Roll deep inside and the song supports women's rights.

Magnificent era of no f$% autotunes

You Cracked Me Up !!!

Roger makes a gorgeous Rogerina! The pretty girl you noticed.😉😂🤣

I can't believe how long it took you to realise it was Roger 😂😂

No judgement. Roger was feakin’ beautiful!

Im lovin that your # of Queen vids are catching up with Tom's vids...

Hi glad you’re back.

If you're confident in your sexuality, you can admit that Taylor made a fine looking woman. It does not change your preference, so what does it matter? At the time, I was a bit young to have such thoughts, but even then I wasn't even slightly into guys, so I just saw it as awesome acting. Now, he does look good in that outfit, or did back then. Still not into guys, not even curious.

When words fail, music speaks... I used to think Metalica was too heavy and didn't have any messages, then i grew up and listened and now relax with the metal. Master of puppets, great song and great album, just sayen...

You funny as hell, man! Love your reaction. We all cringed a bit when seeing this one for the first time.

Finding Roger Taylor in drag attractive doesn't make you gay. It just makes you human.

This is a take off of an English Comedy , Coronation Street

Imagine this came out in the 80's. Things were way more conservative back then.

Lmao it's all of queen, Brian is reading the books, blond drummer

Roger was a very pretty boy and made a surprisingly pretty girl. I hear this video never got played in the US. We 🇬🇧 never had a problem with drag as we all went to pantomimes as children and men dressed as women (and women dressed as boys - the Principal Boy is always played by a woman) was just normal, I suppose.

The ballet part is based on a ballet afternoon of the faun - about flirtation etc

I love this video, makes me f--king laugh so hard 😂😂😂

True love is possible! I'm at my husband in 1987 driving down the street ( I was 16 we got married the next year when I graduated) I knew that day he was a man I was going to marry. We were married for 31 years until he passed away in 2018. Never give up... good luck on you

brooo... IS THAT... IS THAT BRYAN¿?¿?¿ YOOOO.... bruuuuh... dat shit MAKES YOU THINK, HUH?! AAAAYE... WUDUUUUP??? awsome reaction man, good shit!!!

I was waiting for you to figure that out!! LOL

I don't see the problem with acknowledging when men are objectively attractive/pretty, even in drag. 🤷‍♀️

Written by John Deacon about oppression back in the last century, and Roger then girlfriend idea about the four dressing up in drag, something which actually stopped this being shown in the States in the 1980's it was banned by MTV and everyone else???

The happy womanizer Roger came up with the drag idea. Probably bc he knew he was pretty😂 Naturally Freddie got blamed for it ROTFL

Hello from Cody wyoming! Your reaction was priceless, you made my day. You're a great reactor please never stop. We depend on you☺

You really know a good thing when you see it :) Hugs from Ohio my dear !

'"I done got got" :)

Wow 🥰 beautiful Freddie ❤️ Freddie Mercury ❤️ liked already subscribed 😁

you do know thinking someone of the same sex is goodlooking does'nt make you gay. in the uk we have a tradition in the theatres at xmas called pantomime( i think america has it now) .you have a fairy tale like cinderella where there's a dame played by a bloke in a dress.prince charming's side kick is a boy character played by a woman.guy's dressing up in the uk isn't sexual (unless their proper drag artist)it's harmless,innocent fancy dress.something that mtv didn't understand when they banned it and damaged queens career in the us. most not all young reactors don't get this and get confused.some think it's sexual.most think cause of freddie's sexuality it was his idea.it wasn't.it was the bass plyer john deacon and his gf.the set is modelled on north england soap coronation street which is still going after 60 yrs. that was the british royal ballet that you can see a behind the scenes on here.freddie went to a couple of lessons.

Great reaction hilarious

Love your reaction to thks.

Excellent reaction, the blonde one was the drummer.

Roflmao. That's why he is nicknamed Rogerina. The drummer. Prettiest guy in drag. That is all four members in drag.

This is the best reaction ever lol

Duh! LMAO

Buddy,, you should check Bycicle Race and Its a Hard Life from they... Hard life has some weird crazy surrealistic contraditory and everything else lyrics, amazing.. and bicicle race cos, well... the line "and I dont like Star Wars"" lol... The Show Must Go On was the last clip before Fred died too, amazing clip.. Who Wants to Live Forever is amazing, its part of Highlander movie.. ALL THIS MOVIE SOUNDTRACK is made by Queen, including "Princess Of Universe", "A Kind Of Magic" and One Year of Love" I love those... Long live to Fred!

Have you met Rogerina😁 all 4 are great in this video 👑🌠✨