Brandi Mccarty I Love John toooo. He’s just to cute for his own good. They are all adorable

It was good to see more of him.

I know! They also did "crazy little thing" earlier that night in the show and he dance a lot in that performance.

There should be a new word for how amazingly talented, adorable, and legendary this band is.

I just love replying to you and others about Mr. Magic, my Freddie We’re just sharing an old friend in conversation and it feels wonderful Thanks

I love this. I feel the same way❤❤

ABSOLUTELY TRUE. It makes me cry how good they are

Actually, it was more to do with Freddie's turd of an assistant Paul Prenter who sabotaged requests for Queen to perform in the US so they stopped calling.

thank you! his health didn't start deteriorating til the late 80s

I heard it was more to do with Paul Prenter being a sabotaging little shit

He had a screening match all night that is the reason he didn’t have a voice.

Also they were kind of pissed that the video I want to break free was banned on American MTV at the time.

I Want To Break Free was a 1984 single from the album The Works. This SNL performance was for promotion for a 1982 album, Hot Space. The track 'Body Language' from the Hot Space album was the first by Queen to be banned on MTV.

Wrong. He'd been to the doctor in NYS and had thrush, a known throat disorder in early HIV. He did not get into an argument with his boyfriend as it was well known he was on his own and in bath houses the entirety of his NYC stay. Although he was not diagnosed at the time, he was in the early stages of HIV. This is a fact and accepted by many of his friends and colleagues at this point.

AFTER 1982 tour hotspace Queen have a break in 1983 they didnt tour that year, when the album "the works" came next year the video I want to break free was banned in the US thats why they stop doing showns in América, nothing to do wirh Freddie health , because they do live shows until 1986, only there Freddie new something was not ok

"OMg ThANx 4 ThA LIkEs"

Way better than Justin bever. Music of today is a shame.

EXACTLY WHAT tells you that his voice was burned out? Because you are just farting at the wind to pretend you are in the know.

@@mickavellian I cant remember where i read it but they said Freddie the day before SNL got into a screaming match with a lover at the time and blew out his voice. You can tell his voice is still somewhat hoarse.

The situation with Freddie's voice is explained at the beginning of the video.

@Cankle's Fupa what the fuck? You can be straight and get Aids

Yeah, he helped out on vocals when freddie was poorly, a great friend always has your back!

Dawn Turner yes they sure had each others backs. True friends

Roger Taylor , Phil Collins , Don Henley and Leon Helms to name a few .

So is the guy that played for the eagles

Timothy Antoine yeah but Roger was the sexiest lol 😂

Agree, it was too small, but that's why we get to see John on camera more. He was fun to watch but usually all eyes including mine were on Freddie.

I would say that the US was too small for the band..

@@roszela1 - My eyes were usually on Deaky. Saw them live and was fascinated by John. Too often ignored but not here.

The world was too small for Queen! Nothing perfect last forever.

They did arenas, saw them in London

Jim's girl ya they didn’t look thrilled...esp if he was feeling sick and stressed out..

Freddie looked rather miserable...I don't think he wanted to do SNL.

Add that to the nervousness of their first television performance in the US, plus television sound being what it was.

Actually,his voice was fucked up due to an heated argument with lover the night before

@@mactheslovac8673 Freddie at his worst is still better than most people at their best. I wish Queen had done a recording of Under Pressure with just Freddie and Roger.

And the second is Nirvana But queen will always be the best.

PATSFAN420 they literally are but go off

The Replacements will always be my most memorable SNL music guest. Or RATM, they tried doing what they do and then politics got involved. I can see why there have been artists who've refused to play on SNL because everything has to be so fuckin politically correct.

The sound on SNL wasn't always the best, but Queen overcame any technical issues and hit it out of the park

Absolutely nothing against Queen, Nirvana, the Replacements, or any of the MANY legendary performances SNL has been host to (if you haven’t seen Childish Gambino performing “This is America”, you need to), but the top spot in my book has to go to Elvis Costello in (I believe?) 1977- he had been booked on the show at the last second when the scheduled musical guest, the Sex Pistols, had to cancel “unexpectedly” after encountering Work Visa/customs problems due to criminal records of certain members- needing to find a last-minute replacement, Lorne Michaels “puts in a call for another one of those British new wave punk groups that everyone’s talking about”, and somehow Costello got the nod, haha... anyway, SNL, being legendary for censorship of musical guests, apparently tells Elvis Costello that the only song he’s allowed to play is “Alison”. So, in response, when they cut to the band live that night, after playing the first two notes or so of “Alison”, Elvis Costello waves off the band to stop playing, runs up to the mic and says “I’m sorry ladies and gentlemen, but given the circumstances I’ve got no business playing anything other than this”, and immediately launches into “Radio Radio”, his anthem against the evil, censoring, controlling establishment, and earned himself a lifetime ban from SNL in the process! Which, of course, means he did it right, haha... “they say you better listen to the voice of reason/ and then they tell you if you don’t then they’ll say that’s it’s treason/ so you had better do as you are told/ you better listen to the radio” Genius. And totally legendary. Had the network producers clutching pearls, hahaha.... I highly recommend finding it and watching a piece of legendary rock history of you can. Sh*t’s important!

Jerry P he was so underrated back then

A guy called Lamont still underrated

The bass line on bohemian rhapsody? Extremely well written,

John was a unbelievable bass player that only members of the band really new.

Everyone in that band was great.

His smiling y made me smile

True, but now he looks like Santa Clause!

Bronwyn J. McCartney yeah who said he could!!!

JJ Teacher I think you mean the drummer Roger Taylor!!!! He looks like Santa clause now but he was soooooo hot!

He has the Talent. That was enough

It's his immortal bass line, that's why!

Savannah Ray undoubtedly they were a unit... they backed Freddie's sometimes musical adventures willingly and were always tight live...that's GREATNESS dahling....👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Freddie did not look happy at all in this performance. I can't believe they were on SNL. Wow.

Im not sure what you meant in you 2 comment? Freddie wasn't sick during this time. He was diagnosed in 1987.

@@carlhart9604 he had a bad sore throat and was told not to perform

@@ericdobson1051 Thanks for that clarification Eric, I stand corrected...one Hell of a performance for a sore throat! 👍

마명희 i agree with you

I saw Queen live 5 times and my last time in 1986 i was in the 9th row at front of stage and Freddie was magnificent and easily the greatest lead singer of any band ever! No one greater than Freddie.

@@gedbill4058 Oh, really? I'm sure so. That's Freddie ~!!^^

Orla Kelly even ariana grande???

@@kylebrovlovski lol who's that🤣🤣🤣

@@kylebrovlovski He sure could, have you ever heard him sing Barcelona?

Yup, Rogerina is the king of multi-tasking😊..drummers who could sing back-up & reinforce the lead vocalist's vocals (whenever needed) is truly the backbone of any band..good job Mr Taylor..actually ALL members of Queen are working really hard to fill in for an under-the-weather Freddie..with such a great show of cohesion & camadarie, who needs a perfect performance?..I'm NOT in the least bit disappointed with Queen's one & only performance on SNL & in the States..Queen simply works..no matter what..♥♥♥😉😊!

Delilah Samsons great remarks😀

@@jodiwood5311 Thanks😊!

Jodi Wood Real drummers don’t ‘bang’ their drums. Does he look like he’s banging them? Great drummers have an amazing economy of motion. They may sound like they’re getting banged but, done right, it’s pure grace.

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Deaky and Brian were pretty in sync, too.

Deacury!!! 💖💞💕💗💝💘💕💞🥖

@@slurpiegames 😀

Allan Williams he was. He wasn’t diagnosed until 1986. I read an article that said Freddie just didn’t want to tour the US after 1982.

His promiscuous lifestyle caught up with him, they finally had the money to enjoy their success after getting ripped off from their first record deal and Freddie got busy checking out the scene. It seemed that some people may have thought it wouldn't happen to them but it did. I'm not dissing anyone just saying it was a different time.

Erin Chambers He was diagnosed in 1987!

True!!!

I watched a documentary awhile back and it claimed 1984 was probably the year he contracted HIV just not diagnosed until 1986/87 Mainly because his sexual partners he had around that time also got HIV. They pinpointed it to a Russian friend that was introduced to freddie.

That's the signs of the you know WHAT

@@corduerorose9747 🙄

@@corduerorose9747 colds and sore throats from arguments are not symptoms of aids

Did they had an argument before this?

@@brunolobo7977 no but freddie got in an argument a few hours before the performance with Jim beach and blew out his voice from yelling

And his "READY FREDDEEAHh" for crazy little thing called love haha

LET ME OUT

A lot, taken too soon. He was made to make music. He is a legend. Mercury is the perfect name... Messenger of the gods

Maggi Mine toooo

So cute

Victoria Jones why is ur icon an old man with poodle hair lmaoo

Pastel Sparkles oooooh best night of my damn life, honey!!!!

Loved that poodle! 🤣😂

Met him in Phoenix and I loved him

Nancydawn13, Really? You don’t care for the original version, a duet with David Bowie? BC, that’s the one all others are to be compared to, IMO. I’ve never seen this version before. It was fabulous!!!

Check out Under pressure at Montreal. That is the best live version in my opinion.

I had two friends die of AIDS in mid to late 1980s. The best advice they were given was to get into the gym and bulk up. The greater their muscle mass the longer they staved off becoming really sick. If you look at Freddie's videos of the mid 80s you can see when he started bulking up. Then after a year or so you can see in more videos when he began taking the meds with the steriods in that changed the shape of his face. He was taking them in the 1987 videos of Barcelona. In this video he still has his lean physique. This is well before he got sick. They toured the world two or three more times after this.

@@ClissaT Sadly, the 1986 Magic tour was Queen's last tour with Freddie.

Brad Marcus God Bless you Freddie for everything you’ve given the world Everyone Loves you so much and we all MISS YOU even more. I’m so sorry that this horrible disease took you from us. IF ONLY!!!! Hindsight is 20 / 20 R I P My Mr. Magic Freddie Mercury

ClissaT I thought he must have been taking some kind of medication in later videos that made his face fuller. I feel so sad when I think about the people like Freddie who contracted HIV around the same time he did. They didn’t even know there was anything to be wary of at the time it happened. Such a shame.

Brad Marcus I don’t blame him. MTV had no right to ban anything that a Music group uses as a prompt. I’m an American and I did anything that I could to protest what they did, so did my friends. We all LOVE QUEEN AND FREDDIE MERCURY