Will Reacts | Live Aid 1985: Queen Full Set | This was epic!!!

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  @Mikey-DiLo · 2 years ago (edited)

  A little info about the band. Freddie Mercury had a diploma in graphic design. He was never vocally trained and had 4 octave vocal range. Sir Dr. Brian May, the guitarist has a PHD in astrophysics and was knighted a year or two ago. He and his father made his guitar out of things around his house and 50 plus years later still uses it most of the time. It is called the Red Special. The drummer, Roger Taylor has a degree in Biology and sing falsetto. John Deacon, the bass player has a first class honors degree in electronic engineering and made the “Deacy Amp” for Brian May that he still uses. Brian said he has tried to get another one made that had the same sound but could never duplicate it.  Queen is the only band ever to have all it’s members write a number 1 hit. All of them wrote multiple number 1 hits.  Okay, I’ll shut up now. 😂

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  @leisastalnaker3790 · 2 years ago

  Actually, Freddie never drank the beer because it made him belch. He drank tea. He actually had a throat infection during this performance and went on stage against doctor’s orders.

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• MI

  @Mikey-DiLo · 2 years ago (edited)

  Freddie drank tea with honey. He would not drink beer for fear of burping and being rude to the audience. Great product placement on that piano. Freddie’s doctor told him not to perform at Live Aid because he had a bad throat infection.

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  @leisastalnaker3790 · 2 years ago

  You notice no ear pieces. They played off one another and I think Roger Taylor said the acoustics were so bad that the band couldn’t hear one another so they used hand signals to stay in sync. Now…that’s a band.

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• BL

  @BlueBell-s7m · 2 years ago

  This is what you get when people are not on their effing phones. Just one with the band and their surroundings.

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• CA

  @catherinewhite8819 · 2 years ago

  When asked which instrument he preferred to play Freddie said “The audience darling”

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  @AnnaMarie66 · 2 years ago

  No perms there!😂Brian May STILL has crazy curly gray hair today 😂♥️

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  @susanengland3919 · 2 years ago

  It wasn’t only Queen who realized they had been sensational. Paul Gambaccini, who was part of the BBC broadcasting team at Live Aid, recalled the awe among other superstar musicians watching backstage. “Everybody realized that Queen was stealing the show,” said Gambaccini. These were the very words Elton John uttered when he rushed into Mercury’s trailer after the set. “You bastards, you stole the show,” joked the charismatic star. <br> <br>“Queen smoked ’em. They just took everybody. They walked away being the greatest band you’d ever seen in your life, and it was unbelievable,” said Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters. “And that’s what made the band so great; that’s why they should be recognized as one of the greatest rock bands of all time, because they could connect with an audience.” <br> <br>“It was the perfect stage for Freddie: the whole world”

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  @KAMMD · 2 years ago

  40 yrs later and I tear up ! <br>GOAT !

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  @maryannkelley6808 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Freddie didn&apos;t usually drink beer during performances, water with honey, it&apos;s mostly product placement. And all these singers today couldn&apos;t possibly perform without auto tune no matter how much green tea they consume. What you see here is pure unadulterated talent. All of Queen&apos;s live performances are fabulous... try anything from Wembley 1986 or Montreal 1981. Queen has a huge catalog to choose from and a genre for every taste. Keep doing Queen and the Queenies will follow!

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  @nataliereeves3594 · 2 years ago

  Freddie was actually quiet ill at the time and having vocal trouble. His doctor advised him not to perform, but he did it anyway and stole the show. He was seriously talented and a true performer.

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  @deanakeefer1798 · 2 years ago

  Freddie said that performing was what he was born to do.

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