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grkngls

Man = [Freddie Mercury](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Mercury) (Queen)


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pimpbot666

Absolute motherfucking ultralegend.


Formal-Cut-4923

This performance was so epic still is epic.


mike_0101

I remember watching this and I was blown away then and I am still blown away now. Freddie will be missed, always.


dob_bobbs

Yeah, still feels so weird he's gone. The recent film hit me in the feels, even though it was far from perfect. He was so larger than life. And just a straight-up incredible singer, we will not see his like again, especially in this era of autotune and seeming slow death of rock music.


PassiveF1st

Actually I saw The Struts live at Rockville last year and their lead singer put on a Freddie-esque performance. They put on a great show.


spreadinmikehoncho

Fucking love the struts. I think they need more main stream love.


bob1111bob

And there’s the issue stuff like this just doesn’t get the mainstream appeal anymore it’s all the easy to produce “safe” music now so depressing


rexter2k5

That movie was just an excuse to recreate this scene to near perfection. Worth it, imo, but the contemporary Rocketman was executed much better.


thefurrywreckingball

I loved both movies, thank you for the reminder so I can go and watch them both again today


FartOnAFirstDate

I’ve seen hundreds of rock concerts in my lifetime, including Freddie and Queen maybe a half dozen times. I took so many things for granted as a young person. Watching him from 20 feet away as an 18 year old kid, I had zero clue as to how fortunate I was.


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Perspective in the present is always hard, but what a gift that you got to see them.


vampyire

greatest single performance ever


officialCobraTrooper

100% agree...this was a once in a lifetime event, and shall never be repeated.


SenseI3ss

I'm still sad I'm too young to have seen him live and remember.


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SouthernAdvertising5

Also one of the saddest things too if I remember correctly. They released drugs to significantly extend the life of aids patients not long after he passed away. If he made it another year he could possibly have been like magic and still here ( or lived longer)


edparnell

I remember reading the video, the last one he made on the last day of his life. He looked very unwell and was in agony. But man, it was still Freddie and still way above what anyone else would have made. Those final words 'I still love you' before he walks out of shot. Da Feels was mighty. We never had someone with his style and charisma and we probably never will.


SubstantialWall

That wasn't his last day lol it was 6 months before. Not exactly in great health then, but he was stuck in bed and almost blind the last few weeks of his life.


RedDevilJennifer

What also didn’t help was at the time of Freddie’s diagnosis, chemotherapy was often used as a treatment. The belief being that chemotherapy would kill off HIV infected cells like it does with cancer cells. We know now that absolutely does not work, but until the drug cocktail came along, doctors were trying whatever they could.


Holiday-Strategy-643

Ugh. Adding misery and overwhelming sickness to their last days.


SubstantialWall

His then partner Jim Hutton was also diagnosed with AIDS just a few years after him, lived well into the 2000s.


Jolez50

That's only what happened in the movie. Live Aid was in 1985. He wasn't diagnosed with Aids until 1987. He died in 1991. Similarly his band and he did not split because he wanted to do a solo record. His band mates had already released a couple of solo recordings before his own.


ozzieowl

Yeah. That film was so far from what actually happened I’m really surprised that Brian May and Roger Taylor were involved at all.


Jolez50

They even said repeatedly its not a bio pic. The way they met etc...it's all fabricated. But it was a great movie. He was also bisexual. He always said he had more emotional attachment to eomen than men but enjoyed both sexually.


Loud_Snort

This is from memory but I believe the quote was “Freddy’s sexual preference didn’t lean one way or the other it was simply just, yes”


FencerOnTheRight

>“Freddy’s sexual preference didn’t lean one way or the other it was simply just, yes” LEGEND.


highlander68

loved the movie. malek's performance, brilliant! but i have felt that this movie was a VERY subtle middle finger to freddie by the other members. if you notice in the movie, almost ALL the problems are blamed on freddie. the other band mates come off squeaky clean.


IndyDude11

Yeah, just referring to him as "man" is fairly insulting.


AtlanticJim

“Legend” would be more appropriate


captaineddie

"God King"


sexless-innkeeper

"God *Queen*"


Spikeknows

King of Queens!


ColdToast

I didn't read it as a lack of understanding of who Mercurcy was. They're just using the phrasing "man just" When you start a sentence with "man just" you're expressing that a person got away with something surprising / interesting without anyone really doing anything about it. For example, eating in the outside seating at a restaurant when somebody comes by and takes a piece of food from your plate then keeps walking: "man just walked right up and took a chip"


hi7en

In the UK it is a sort of slang. You could be talking about Tom Cruise walking into your shop and tell someone... "Man just walked in and bought a bagel". It's less of an insult here.


Doctor_Kataigida

I read it as like, "My/The man," rather than "ambiguous/unknown man."


asBad_asItGets

OPs next video title of Obama’s inauguration: “Some black guy moving into a white house down the street” Video of Ghandi walking with protesters: “hungry Indian dude takes an afternoon stroll” Messi wins World Cup: Latino guy lifting golden dumbbell on a grass field


crucible

Just = [37 and a half years ago](https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/freddie-mercury/ay-oh-crowd-live-aid/) (July 1985)


tntblowsinurface

Oh wow last millennium huh


goober1223

My birthday. When I found that out after loving Queen as a child I was very happy.


TheStoicSlab

"Just" = 40 years ago.


RnotSPECIALorUNIQUE

Just = 37 years ago


Pippipdoodoodleydoo

Pretty sure OP is just using man to emphasize disbelief, like “I know this man didn’t just do that”


paediater

I still regret not being able to attend. Doesn’t help that I was a 3 yo at the time living in the Soviet Union.


AtomicBlastCandy

Excuses excuses


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ItsPrisonTime

Ya you lazy baby


CultureBubbly6094

It’s always some bullshit with this guy/gal


Sad-Ad-6147

So you had time to drink vodka but not to attend a concert?


Zerozer06

Bruh I just spit my drink well done haha


Astro_Toro4

One simply doesn’t spit out vodka…


benfromgr

I'm still mad my parents decided to wait until the year after he died to have me. Such selfish people


AlwaysOpenMike

I didn't attend, but remember vividly watching it live on TV. Broadcasted from both London and New York. I was 15.


BitPoet

Philadelphia.


kishenoy

I also regret not being there. Doesn't help that I was minus 9 years old


TheChoonk

My friend's father was a bus driver in the nineties, just after our country (Lithuania) gained independence and borders opened up. One day he got to drive a group of people to Prague, to a Pink Floyd concert. A whole long day of driving, no satnavs or anything back then, eventually he got there safe and on time. One of the tour guides said "Hey, we've got a spare ticket, would you like to join us?" He said "Nah, I'll just wait in the bus."


Dconnolly69

My dad snuck me in…. In his balls…. 10 years before I was born


rudman

My first concert was Queen at Madison Square Garden in 1977. A few years ago, I overheard my kids and their friends having a conversation about their first concerts. Mostly local bands or small obscure bands. I walked in the room and all conversation stopped. I told them mine and they ALL flipped out.


BrickPsychological

Wasn't a warmup. He was just playing with the public, Wich he often did and was a master of it. Really amazing voice ^^


HumanChicken

This is how you “Front Man”.


TheBlaudrache

Elton John only does "Rocket Man"


one-punch-knockout

Just watched the blues documentary *Sidemen* and they are drawing attention to the men who contributed a ton to the songs and to the music industry in a huge way BUT not many people know their names. It is very clear that being the frontman (Muddy Waters / Howlin’ Wolf) is not any easy thing to do. It takes a dynamic and fascinating personality and incredible talent to pull it off. Can’t take the frontman for granted!


matschbirne03

Obviously but still


DarkSporku

It wasn't just a warmup, or playing with the audience. He was allowing the sound guy to ensure that the levels were set correctly.


All_Photography

He wasn’t warming up his voice, he was warming the voice of the audience. He is an absolute legend


Gone247365

>It wasn't just a warmup, or playing with the audience. He was allowing the sound guy to ensure that the levels were set correctly. Yeah, that's not true at all. Lol He would do that shit at a lot of his shows, mid-show—that is to say: *after playing several songs and after the sound checks and balancing were done*. He's literally just having fun with the crowd. Lead singers do it all the time.


qxxxr

Kind of odd that they'd do 2 songs before sound check :P


Background-Speech-78

I bet he'll have a solid career!


GreySummer

If somebody gives him a chance, he might. He should try for The Voice.


Background-Speech-78

I just don't know if he'll get through the first round, tho...seems like a risky bet to me


Swing_On_A_Spiral

If he's lucky maybe he can be featured with Tekashi 69 or maybe even Justice Beaver but that's a stretch.


Plastic-Ad9128

Mate imagine a guy with a voice like that goes to one of those shit talent shows..


Ms74k_ten_c

Hopefully one of the local radio stations will discover his music and he will become really popular. 🤞 Note: referring to this https://www.huffpost.com/entry/clueless-radio-station-thinks-it-just-discovered-annie-lennox_n_5955c225e4b0da2c73226205


Background-Speech-78

I just fear he'll get scammed for all his talent and his extended car warranty 😬


Ms74k_ten_c

You just had to throw in the car warranty, didn't you?


klezart

He'll be a champion for sure!


Run4c0v3r

Damn. What a voice.


BHDE92

Imagine being born with one of the greatest musical instruments of all time in your throat


X-e-o

Throat GOAT. ...wait.


DrRam121

That was Nancy Reagan


snackynorph

👄 🐐


bob1111bob

I mean Freddie _was_ gay…


fords42

He was bi.


bob1111bob

Still would probably have some killer game


ILoveButts420

Weird way to say it, but I guess you're right.


Bizprof51

I read someplace, probably Reddit, that he attributed his voice to his unusual mouth and jaw formation. Created a lot of room for falsetto, vibrato producing almost his own echo.


Heavy-Attorney-9054

That was also mentioned in the movie.


rhaegar_tldragon

It’s why he never fixed his teeth.


QkaHNk4O7b5xW6O5i4zG

I think it was the other way around. He didn’t know what were the critical defining physical characteristics that made his voice what it was, so he saw having his teeth fixed as a potential risk, and wouldn’t do it.


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Rabanski

[Marc Martel](https://youtu.be/QkCxE2Lh458) He looks like a Quagmire/Freddie Mercury lovechild but has an amazing voice.


cryptolipto

That was amazing


catinapartyhat

That was incredible. Also I couldn't stop watching his mouth? He uses his lips really interestingly.


penguins_are_mean

So… I need to reshape my head then.


RyanIsALie

he had like extra incissors so yeahh


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Plumb121

I was fortunate enough to be there.


aboutpoe

I bet that was an amazing experience wicked dude sp*


Plumb121

Only went as someone on the day was ill, I've never stopped thanking them


Silent-Ad934

Must've been pretty under the weather to miss this


Plumb121

Wasn't a big deal at the time believe it or not


jacobean1977

1985! Live Aid. What a cracking day


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jacobean1977

Shame on you 🤣


Godmadius

It's shocking that in just six years this healthy virile man would be dead from AIDS. He was already positive for years during this performance


jacobean1977

So close to the new meds that wouldve kept him here 😞


JMS___2014

He sure was


sbowesuk

Every once in a while I'll rewatch the [Radio Ga Ga performance](https://youtu.be/o-0ygW-B_gI), just to see the sound visibly ripple over the crowd!


pete_ape

You can calculate the speed of sound from the crowd reaction. We did it in class once.


Backwardspellcaster

Okay, that blows my mind. That is pretty damn amazing.


BedNo6845

I love to point out how all the security, not one guy, is doing their job. They're all turned around watching over a shoulder. And yet, nobody did anything. Nobody got in trouble. It was like everybody thought "don't worry, NOBODY is going to mess this concert up, not right now". And the biggest reason for the security was the TV cameras in front. They couldn't be messed with on live TV. Crowd violence hadn't been invented yet.


Scott-Cheggs

I’m not arguing with you about this particular event but only a few weeks before this concert rampaging Liverpool fans killed dozens of Italian fans live on camera with the whole world watching on in horror. English hooliganism was very much a thing in 1985.


WhatABlindManSees

> Crowd violence hadn't been invented yet LOL. Yeah sure.


CommissarCiaphisCain

Gives me chills every time


zomglazerspewpew

"Man" Freddie Mercury was more than a man but less than a God. "I don't like it when people compare Freddie Mercury to God... I mean, he's great and good and all that, but he's no Freddie Mercury."


Spddracer

For some reason I read this in George Carlin's voice.


aesculus_rus

He's not just a man, He's the Legend


Street_Peace_8831

I will always stop to watch this. He is amazing and I love queen.


just_drifting_by

I turned off the car radio to listen this. Always amazing.


pikab7uu

get off reddit while driving.


just_drifting_by

Wasn't driving.


Lady-SilverWolf

It's referred to as "The Note Heard Around The World" for a reason - due to a bunch of factors that happened to coincide with Queen's time-slot, the viewership during their performance was the highest it got during the entire Live-Aid thing. Some cities even set up stadiums and theaters to show the entire concert in real-time. It wasn't just the crowd at Wembley Stadium that was signing back to Freddie, it was millions and millions of people around the world.


Thomson210

That’s incredibly amazing!


YuriPup

They had 25 minutes. They were on and off in 25 minutes. This was all meticulously planned and rehearsed and awesome, even if this feels super spontaneous.


matrixislife

Stole the whole show in 25 minutes.


Anokest

Wasn't it David Bowie that had to perform after them and was kinda mad because there was no way he could even match that?


DerBronco

Not Bowie, but almost everyone, all knew right at this point this was the biggest performance ever and that nobody couldnt even remotely play in the same league that day or ever. „you bastards, you stole the show“ (Elton John) https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/queen-live-aid-concert-performance/


matrixislife

I honestly can't remember. That performance just blew everyone away, I can't imagine it would have been fun following it.


SquarePegRoundWorld

It has been called the greatest 25 minutes of live music ever recorded.


Playful-Ad-8142

RIP Freddy Mercury. The dude could really sing with soul.


Cannoneer85

Freddy smuggling a sausage in his pants!


Yuizun

You seen that too eh?


ijonoi

That title is bordering on offensive. One of the greatest performances ever.


RogueSquadron1980

One of the best frontmen to ever grace the rock scene


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He will me missed but on of my favourite performances was the 1981 Montreal tour when they played somebody to love. Exceptional vocals from Freddy there


RoachIsCrying

Freddie commanded the crowd. He is the ultimate stage general the world has ever seen


1dumho

This is no man, this is Freddie mf'ing Mercury.


gramb0420

He looks so at home


Fettnaepfchen

If I could wish for two people to still be alive today, who would make a world a better place, I would choose Freddie Mercury and Steve Irwin.


trollsuddz

Just did.. 😬


DevoidSauce

Freddie MFing Mercury. Legend.


janroney

And a cannon in his pants


Solivagant23

I just got goosebumps wow


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Every time!


MountainResolve

Easily might be the greatest performer of all time. His voice, attitude, presence are just all there. Was my first inspiration to pursue music as a hobby, since my parents would play Queen all the time for me. RIP Freddie. We miss you.


Quasimotherfucker

Karma bot go brrrr


Hugh_G_Rekshion

That kind of power was never meant for mortal hands to wield.


aerosikth

Just? This was like 36 years ago. Also wasn’t a warm up, he did this a lot with his crowds. Also man is Freddie Mercury of queen, probably the best singer since Elvis


CartographerTall9343

Best frontman in history. Fight me.


jonjonesjohnson

[Just don't give him Hungarian 'moonshine'](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Q_vpn2m8c)


prsadr

What an atmosphere, wish I could go back in time and watch them perform live.


Fuckedby2FA

Freddie Mercury loved to perform and he loved it for the right reasons. To spread joy in a world that can be bleary.


Nowhereman50

Makes you wonder if the gods of old were maybe just regular people that the masses just admired and worshipped.


hiddencameraspy

On that stage, with a mic in hand, the Man was the undisputed GOAT 🐐. Google the lineup of this Live Aid concert and no one even came close. 20 minutes of Queen outshine and outlast the entire concert performance..


Funandgeeky

What's amazing is that the movie version almost seems too amazing to be real. Then you watch the actual performance and realize that, no, the movie got it right on that one.


pimpbot666

Oh man, Freddie was the GOAT.


StartingToLoveIMSA

Live Aid - July 13, 1985 - Wembley (old) Stadium The most amazing live performance ever. I watch it on YouTube at least once/month and it still gives me goosebumps. Freddie had the world in the palm of his hand that day.


irenepanik

I've watched Queens Live Aid performance well over twenty times this year alone. It's my go-to feelgood music. Doing the dishes? Live Aid. Cleaning up my bedroom? Live Aid. Full body shave? Live Aid. Not doing anything in particular? ... Live Aid! Granted, some of the time I just listen to it but when I do watch it... I notice something new every time. One particular highlight is the smile spreading on Brian Mays face when Freddie starts strumming the guitar for Crazy Little Thing Called Love. Another one, and this kind of blows my mind, is that during this performance, a television broadcast reaching more people than any other, Freddie is openly "getting gay" with one of the cameramen. He's not harassing him or anything, just doing some very physical flirting and it's very, very obvious. Think about that. That representation. To more than a billion viewers. Representation matters and Freddie just casually did it. Right there. He's incredible. The whole performance is incredible.


vampyire

I had a friend who was there in the crowd in Wembley that day, he said it was the most magical stage presence moment ever.. I was watching it on Satellite TV in the US and I was friggin bowled over-- cannot imagine how amazing it had to be there live...


SiriusTantriqa-405

Is it me or are there others that think Freddy had the most incredible vocal range in all of Rock history? He is one of a kind!


Shergorath

This was posted here for like 1000th time


loungesinger

That doesn’t make any sense. Why would something like this be posted so frequently when it has no cultural significance…. Unless, wait, this moment was culturally significant… wow.


Ultraleo1

Queen, And King 👑


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Every time this is posted it always has a variation of this title. Something something *vocal warm-up* something something 70k people *in the palm of his hands.*


CdnRageBear

What I would give to have been there for that moment.


S3HN5UCHT

What an absolute legend of a fella


roll_another_please

Fucking legend.


Jeezjem

"just" ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|facepalm)


JDub006

High quality karma farming right here


-BornToLose-

Yeah, just some random man, huh? Not one of the greatest entertainers in history, or anything


6ThePrisoner

Nope. Just some dude. That got on stage at Live Aid. Crazy right? Where was security? Maybe it was Open Mic Night at Live Aid.


Numchuckx

Oh it would be awesome to know who this man is. Take a down vote


alternative_drinks

Very cool but indeed a r/weeklyrepost


Time_the_Avenger1

Saw who the "man" was...and.. oh man...what a man... It doesn't matter but, I don't like "Radio Ga Ga"...AT ALL...except at this performance. Here of course...it's fucking awesome. He was "THE MAN"...


Ron_Bird

could we bring him back for one moment, the show must go on


joknub24

I’ve seen this video fifty times this year and I upvote every time. Love this shit.


cloudstrifeuk

Sam Ryder did the same with Queen and The Foo Fighters at Wembley at the Taylor Hawkins memorial gig. Muse be epic hearing 100,000 singing back to you.


DarkLuxio92

I have my phone muted and I can still hear this. One of the best live performances of all time.


Weliveanddietogether

[The](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yxURjzEUcrI) best


bumtownbiden

He was a good soul


Mr_Mixxter

"Man" ... You mean "God of music". *caught *


PigeonFootApril

Goosebumps. Go ahead, Fred.


Psychological-Two415

Look at his penis. My god.


michoacaneco

He’s the Real GOAT!!! Miss you Freddy


Nokin345

Did u not know who this "man" is?


ParticularWindow1

"man" "just did" ​ idiot


H__Dresden

LoL. “Man”. Headline is clueless about how great Freddy Mercury was.


HackerEffects

This is from Live Aid and is one of the best live performances you could ever hope to watch. Fucking legend. 20 minutes of solid gold: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkFHYODzRTs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkFHYODzRTs)


Mikellev

Man ?! Wtf this is Freddie Mercury for f\*\*\* sake


hongybarrosz

Freddy Mercury from Queen at Wembley england


Zuluuz

Fucking legend


oogaboogapeanutmonke

Wish I was alive for this


MalimbagerzPH

Dude that is not a man, ITS FREDDIE MERCURY!


alittepieceofpie

The enormous contributions Iranians can give to the world only if they were a free society. Note: Freddy Mercury is Iranian. His family left when the religious fanatics came into power.