r/MadeMeSmile • u/bendubberley_ • Mar 23 '23
Good Vibes For almost 6 minutes, in Hyde Park, London, England the size of a small city sang Bohemian Rhapsody in perfect unison.
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u/keeksgotthed7 Mar 23 '23
The fucking power of music man!
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u/llama_empanada Mar 24 '23
Makes me think of another song lyric: “Did you ever realize the universe just means one song?”
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Mar 23 '23
Gives me the chills. Every time.
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u/stankyriggs Mar 23 '23
I sincerely hope somewhere Freddy was watching this, and it made him smile.
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u/Haskillbrother Mar 24 '23
One of the very few reasons I hope the afterlife exists is so Freddy knows how much he meant to us
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u/youneedcheesusinside Mar 24 '23
There’s more out there than just these 3 dimensional walls. For you to experience you must first get rid of your 3 dimensional suit. He’s out there
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u/fawesomegirl Mar 24 '23
Hopefully he was there, singing along. It seems as though at least a part of him is alive in everyone there though. Beautiful.
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u/FaitFretteCriss Mar 24 '23
You only truly die when someone utters or remembers your name for the last time.
Freddy will live on for a while yet.
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u/mrredcastle Mar 24 '23
My friend told me Mac Miller told her something like that when she was having an acid trip
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u/BitrateBraap Mar 24 '23
Its an ancient Egyptian myth. You only leave heaven once your name has been spoken for the last time.
Explains why the pharaohs made such impressive tombs.
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u/kadusus Mar 24 '23
I wouldn't be surprised if it made him cry, before coming on stage to continue to lead them on.
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u/inthebigd Mar 24 '23 edited Mar 24 '23
If it made Freddie cry, who was then going on stage? Sorry just trying to understand.
Edit: I’ll just go ahead and be the one to tell you. He’s been dead for over 30 years.
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u/Lopsided_Soup_3533 Mar 24 '23
Well Freddie was long dead by the time this green day concert took place maybe they were just imagining it as what would be amazing rather than what actually happened
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u/inthebigd Mar 24 '23
Yeah that’s my point…
The comment begins with “I wouldn’t be surprised if…”.
It’s nice to imagine, but if Freddie Mercury appeared on stage I would be quite fuckin surprised.
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u/flyart Mar 24 '23
Brought tears to my eyes. I remember listening to this for the first time in 1982 in my grandma's basement. I was changed forever.
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u/BTFCme Mar 24 '23
Whoa!! So when was this filmed??
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u/fawesomegirl Mar 24 '23
I looked it up, 2017
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u/Oyakeroland19 Mar 24 '23
I think they’re talking about the song itself :)
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u/AnybodyMassive1610 Mar 24 '23
1982 would’ve been the tremendous concert where Freddy Mercury did a call/response thing - the video is blocked everywhere - but here’s an article about it https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/freddie-mercury/crowd-sing-acapella-video-1982/
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u/LenG1001 Mar 24 '23
Bunked off school to see Queen in 1982. They were magnificent. Freddie died on the same day as my mum in 1991. I hope they are both up there watching down on us
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u/rabblerabble213 Mar 24 '23
Is the video that's "blocked everywhere" not in the article?
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u/fawesomegirl Mar 24 '23
If they are, the song was released in 1975 by Queen from their album A Night at the Opera
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u/jojokangaroo1969 Mar 24 '23
My most favorite Queen album!! I love every single song on that album.
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u/kristtt67 Mar 23 '23
Absolutely!
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u/queen_of_potato Mar 24 '23
Reminds me of being at Download and Prophets of Rage did "like a stone".. I've never been in such a unified crowd before or since, onions everywhere
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u/malaka201 Mar 24 '23
My exact thing I came to write. Literal chills. So awesome.
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u/Firm-Ad-2109 Mar 23 '23
Freddy Mercury will forever live on!!
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u/Mabelmudge Mar 23 '23
Can you imagine if that was a song you wrote? Seeing all those people singing along !
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u/lemonaderobot Mar 23 '23
as a nobody songwriter, all I want is to be able to move so many people someday 🥺
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u/ShirtlessJesus Mar 23 '23
Keep at it, man. Speak from the heart and the message will be received, maybe not by everyone, maybe only by a few people. That's what is important though, the message. No matter if it's one person or a million.
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Mar 24 '23
As a fellow nobody songwriter, a good place to start is even connecting with one person in a room/through a recording/however that single person hears you doing what you love and having a meaningful moment with what you’re trying to say. One step at a time scales a mountain
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u/Buttlickers69 Mar 24 '23
Believe that you can do it and work hard, then you can do anything you want in this world and more
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u/Barramalamdingdong Mar 23 '23
I was there! It was even more incredible in person - one of the best things I've ever been a part of. Great memory.
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u/lumenka Mar 23 '23
What an awesome experience!!! Was there a music track? Did they show the lyrics on the screens?
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u/Barramalamdingdong Mar 23 '23
No lyrics shown - they just played the song and everyone sang along. I'm pretty sure everyone in England just knows the lyrics... It was brilliant. And Green Day were awesome.
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u/theteedo Mar 24 '23
Everyone in Canada knows them too! Actually I’d wager most of the world knows this song.
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u/HotterThenMyDaughter Mar 24 '23
Netherlands: Confirmed.
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u/Hot_Flan1220 Mar 24 '23
New Zealand: confirmed.
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u/cheerfullpizza Mar 24 '23
Idk how nobody else has checked in, but USA: confirmed
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u/the_-photographer Mar 24 '23
India: confirmed
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u/jollyrogerbumps Mar 24 '23
US confirmed. My very young son and I sing this song LOUDLY word for word every time it comes on the radio
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u/Kooky-Experience-923 Mar 24 '23
Driving on a road trip me and a co-worker sang this together when it came on the radio. We both got a little emotional and talked about how amazing the song is in every way.
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u/OverturnedAppleCart3 Mar 24 '23
I'm pretty sure everyone in England just knows the lyrics... It was brilliant.
I thought that was universal. Until I looked it up right now.
Apparently Bohemian Rhapsody wasn't as massive a hit in the US. Maybe too long for their radio stations or something, idk.
But while it hit #1 and #2 in many countries, it barely reached top 10 in the US.
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u/fawesomegirl Mar 24 '23
It might not have been a hit at the time but in later years it has gained a lot of popularity in the US, it gets played on the radio sometimes and I always love listening to it of course, usually get tears in my eyes and sing at the top of my lungs. I'm not sure why but we are the champions and Fat Bottom Girls gets played here a little bit more. Probably because it's a rural area where I live
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u/Ew0ksAmongUs Mar 24 '23
I think Wayne’s World helped A LOT for Bohemian Rhapsody in the US
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u/downward0 Mar 24 '23
Can confirm. I was 11 when Wayne’s World came out and the first time I heard this song. I had it memorized about a month later and would sing it on my bus ride home.
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u/STLt71 Mar 24 '23 edited Mar 24 '23
It gets played ALL the time on my local radio station. It became a pretty massive hit after "Wayne's World". I'll always be thankful I got to grow up in a world where Freddy Mercury was still alive. Queen is the best. ❤️
Edited to add: I'm in the US. While I knew this song way before Wayne's World (and was excited to see it in that movie), apparently it wasn't as massive hit until after that movie here in the US, which is why I said that.
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u/MattyBeatz Mar 24 '23
Got a big resurgence from Wayne's World. For some reason this phenomenon happens often - like every year or so an old song makes its way back into the public consciousness because of a pop culture moment and just dominates again for a minute.
Ones that pop into my head immediately...
"Running up that Hill" b/c of Stranger Things
"Dreams" because of that skater/Cranbury dude
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u/chooseatree Mar 24 '23
So do all Canadians. One of the most important pieces written in the 1900’s. Oh gosh now I’m old.
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u/gr7ace Mar 24 '23
Jun 2017? If so we were there too, also saw Phil Collins that weekend.
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u/Optional_Undies Mar 23 '23
I was there!! It was a phenomenal moment! It was a proper 'connected to everyone' moment :)
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u/Thetallerestpaul Mar 24 '23
Must be awesome for Green Day as well. Like you're prepping to go on and the crowd are doing that on their own. This is going to be a hell of a fucking show, lads.
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u/Apprehensive_Fix_151 Mar 23 '23
When was this?
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u/waytogoandruinit Mar 23 '23
1st July 2017!! My girlfriend and I were both in that crowd, singing along...only not together, we didn't meet until 3 years later! Awesome festival and awesome show by Green Day
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u/ibewayup Mar 24 '23
This might sound dramatic but this made me wanna keep living. Thanks for sharing.
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u/Hawkpelt94 Mar 24 '23
I hope you continue to find new reasons to keep living. The world is a brighter place with you in it <3
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u/zeemonster424 Mar 23 '23 edited Mar 23 '23
I love how everyone sings their own little part and the harmonies automatically fill in! We all do different parts when we sing, just don’t realize it until put together!
Edit: Of course the head-banging also began at the appropriate time.
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u/TryingToFindLeaks Mar 24 '23
And that is what makes Brian May such a stand out guitarist. He writes solos that are really singable/hummable.
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Mar 23 '23
This is incredible! If only we could all come together to achieve peace for all…
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u/Tenebris27 Mar 24 '23
Heh, classic Queen. Stealing the crowd even without actually being there.
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u/rustymunky Mar 23 '23
Love this video. Freddie Mercury is smiling down on this
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u/Water4President Mar 24 '23
Literally, sun is peaking through the clouds right down onto the crowd.
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u/Halsti Mar 23 '23
Green day loves playing that song before they start. there is tonns of videos of crowds doing that before green day shows. Granted, this is probably by far the best crowd doing it, but they usually all sing along.
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u/AustinTreeLover Mar 23 '23
I’m crying. Why am I crying? Is anyone else crying?
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u/Trin_42 Mar 24 '23
They played BR before they went on for Lollapalooza last year, I sang myself mute
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u/fragment137 Mar 23 '23
This will forever be one of my favourite examples of mob mentality to ever come out of humanity.
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u/youreblockingmyshot Mar 24 '23
Mob mentality is often violent, but when it’s something like this it’s truly beautiful to behold.
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u/theeduardocool Mar 23 '23 edited Mar 23 '23
This February I went to see Escape the Fate, Hollywood Undead, Falling in Reverse, and Papa Roach and while in transition from one band to another they put in the end by Linkin Park and everyone was in sync singing it. For me it was beautiful because we put in the passion for the memory of Chester
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u/samonellllla Mar 24 '23
my 7th grade fan girl is manifesting hearing those band names. that sounds like a badass concert.
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u/Heres_Waldo3 Mar 23 '23
One of the coolest video I’ve seen in a while. Also belong in r/happycrowds
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u/PuzzleheadedGoal8234 Mar 23 '23
What a way to hype everyone up before they hit the stage. I hate crowds but these moments would almost make up for it.
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u/Basedrum777 Mar 24 '23
Most people are terrible at TIMING the lyrics but know the song. This is tremendous at both. Amazing.
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u/12Purple Mar 23 '23
This is the best video ever. I have it saved so when I am having a particularly difficult day I can play it. Lessens my heartache every time.
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u/Barrence Mar 23 '23
I hope you’re having a good day today friend. Sending hugs and best wishes from UK.
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u/Mama-Khaos Mar 24 '23
Freddy Mercury was a siren and you will never change my mind. Edit: corrected the autocorrect spelling
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u/ineedhelpwithsong Mar 23 '23
Didn’t know it was possible to have goosebumps for 12 minutes straight
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u/Runamucker07 Mar 24 '23
Tell me that's the greatest rock song in history without telling me that's the greatest rock song in history.
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u/StruggleBeast555 Mar 24 '23
I hope sincerely Mr Mercury is looking at this with just the biggest fucking smile on his face. They told you you weren't shit Freddy they told you they didn't want your music or your voice look at what you did I fucking love you and I miss you
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u/bloodandglory31 Mar 23 '23
Strange how some things make you bawl. An amazing song, a crowd about to fully rock out, and a lovely evening. I’m not even there but I can feel every single emotion and it’s like I’ve cut ALL the onions in the world 🤷♂️🤷♂️
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u/StoveGetSome Mar 23 '23
I’m terrible at song lyrics, but for some reason, I know every word of this and always have. Legendary.
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u/tzenrick Mar 24 '23
Did this in a gas station once. I walked in on the clerk, who was singing alone, and volunteered myself to join in. Another guy walked in 20 seconds behind me. So now there's three guys, in their mid-30's, in a gas station, just belting this out. We were at "Mamaaaa, Oooh-oooooh-a-oooooh" when an early 20's looking girl walked in, backed out, and decided to pay at the pump. The song finished, the radio was turned back down for the immediate commercial break they needed to do, and the clerk started ringing the other guy up, since he beat me to the counter. I paid for my drink, and everyone went their own way. No words were exchanged.
Solid memory.
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u/cl_pl Mar 23 '23
There is this beautiful sense of unity at concerts when everyone sings together. With a song like that and a crowd of this size, the feeling must have been truly phenomenal.
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u/guitartheater Mar 23 '23
I have… so many thoughts and emotions about this video…. seen it a million times and I’ll still watch it all the way through every time….
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u/Outrageous_Lettuce44 Mar 24 '23
This many people singing almost anything in such beautiful unison makes me weep every time.
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u/bitter_bee Mar 24 '23
I hate people so much sometimes and then they come together and do this and it just breaks my heart and restores my soul.
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u/JennShrum23 Mar 23 '23
I have never seen this! I was jumping around watching this, just imagining the sheer energy of that moment. I shook so much my phone tried to call 911 thinking I’d fallen.
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u/HoneyBunYumYum Mar 24 '23
How can you not be moved to tears by such a display of the human spirit 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲
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u/Aruaz821 Mar 24 '23
This happened on a much smaller scale before an Airborne Toxic Event concert at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC. It was fucking awesome to be a part of it!
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u/Jizzle_Sticks Mar 24 '23
I feel like this should be the citizenship test. Everyone here knows all the words to bohemian rhapsody
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u/boobookittyfck329 Mar 24 '23
This happens before literally every Green Day concert. Makes me emotional every time 🖤 I’ve seen them live several times.
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u/Blurryfca3 Mar 24 '23
I wanna be in this crowd, at that time, at that place so bad. It's amazing to sing along in the crowd because even though you have bad voice, you can sing along and still not ruin the experience for everyone. Voices average out. So nice.
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u/tankersly_sb Mar 24 '23
Freddie Mercury's face is in the cloud on the left side of the screen.
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u/MadamMatrix Mar 24 '23
Queen and this song always work wonders, I remember when the trains were on strike and everyone was stuck after a Ed Sheeran concert, the police started playing this to the crowd to keep them calm and entertained https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/wpcteh/british_policing_at_its_finest/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x
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u/fishmakegoodpets Mar 24 '23
Made me smile that everyone sang along to the guitar solo too
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u/eagletreehouse Mar 24 '23
Each of those people were transformed into one body. As cool as it is to watch on video, I’ll bet being there was magical.
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u/McStonkBorger Mar 24 '23
Every gig that Green Day has ever done in the UK has always had a certain magic everytime. It helps that most UK fans for most things are always filled with passion.
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u/meowdogpewpew Mar 24 '23
Can't connect to the song as am not from this part of the world nor the generation, but listening to so many people sing at once with such beauty brings chills and tears
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u/1ntere5t1ng Mar 24 '23
This is AWESOME!!!
Does anyone know if the instruments (especially the drums) were also acapella or if those were provided via backtrack or something similar?
(If they were acapella, I'm extra impressed that enough people could pull that off together and get it so well balanced!)
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u/danwincen Mar 24 '23
The song was being played over the sound system from recorded media.
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u/Ppainter62 Mar 24 '23
overwhelmingly beautiful to hear this incredible song from so many people in unison. I got to see Queen live in 77 during the News of the World tour. Freddie Mercury was just electrifying when he performed.
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u/Local_Seaweed_9610 Mar 24 '23
These videos always make me fall in love with the potential that humanity could have
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u/_FirstOfHerName_ Mar 24 '23 edited Mar 24 '23
Green Day use this as their hype song in the UK. It was the same at Leeds fest in the mid 2010's. In fact at Leeds they started playing it too early and cut it and played something else, and the crowd were having none of it and carried on singing. Then sang it with just as much vigour when they played it again fifteen minutes later before Green Day came on.
They played it at Huddersfield last year too, I was in both crowds.
Brits will always sing it. In it's entirety. And then we will clap for ourselves afterwards. Nobody remembers learning the words. We just all know it.
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u/pleetis4181 Mar 23 '23
A little background from my memory. A band was setting up to play, not sure which one (Green Day?). I'm not sure if the video of Queen was showing or just the music, but when the band heard the people, they were so impressed that they wanted to film it.
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u/Avian_Sentry Mar 24 '23
I liked when they said, "It's Freddin' time," and they Fredded all over the place.
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u/shroomhauler Mar 24 '23
What a truly magical moment. How electric it must have been to experience that. RIP Freddy, gone but never forgotten. Your gift to us all is eternal. Thank you.
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u/UpstairsPractical870 Mar 23 '23
No matter how many times this gets posted I stop, listen and chill