Pure craftsmanship musically,lyrically and performance,when REAL bands ruled the world !No wonder rock music will NEVER die as it,s the last bastion of people who can play and entertain,every parent should buy their kids a guitar and make them listen to music from this era!!Sorry,rant over!
@FAMEROB how? It's a song about the native american's struggles to survive after the arrival of the European white men, who slaughtered them unmercifully.
This is a fucking masterpiece.... I say on november 24th, we spam and dislike Justin Bieber's Baby and Justin Bieber's Somebody to Love. WHO'S IN! Copy and paste please
@shon363 Race??? Isn´t it quite in the need of being just a little reflective of what people with somewhat paler skin has done throughout history? Whether you´re tall or short or just plain different (or not for that matter) shouldn´t be in the way for such thoughts. All cred to Freddie.
@shon363 sorry to tell you this but this song is about how the indians(technically) are telling a story about the europeans(the white man) taking over, its not about them degrading their race.... ever hear of this in social studies? no? GO BACK TO SCHOOL THEN!
I think the ironic thing about shon363's narrow-minded comment is many people don't even realize Freddie Mercury was not a "white European". Both of his parents were from Iran, he was born in Africa, and he grew up going to a British boarding school in India. So even though Iranian's are racially Caucasians he's not really a "white man" anyway.
@kyropter Freddie got nothing to do with this song, it was wrote by Brian and its about Native Americans at the hands of European immigrants, read on wikki. :)
@haladilnikas I know it was written by Brian - and if you actually bothered to read the post I was replying too then you would realize what I was talking about. And no one needs to "read about the song on Wikki" to know what the song is about. I can actually listen to the lyrics and figure it out just fine. Anyone who needs to have this song explained to them has no imagination and has no soul.
Freddie, havent you looked in the mirror? isn't it a white man [or woman no offense] looking back at you? i still love you !sexy! too bad he liked to get it not give it :((
I have to say... if you ask me who were some of the best improv rock vocalists of all time, I would say Mike Patton and Freddie! Bands who write music for music's sake are rare... Queen are the tops for destroying the boundaries. Heaviness was in their soul... but few dared to blur the lines the way they did!
he is saying something to the stage technician, some kind of sing, maybe to use channel five or somehting.... usually when you do those kind of things on stage you are really upset as brian's face shows. Brian use to complain about the sound on stage, check some chicago concert in 80 where he is really pissed off ( in the sutil english way) about the design of the stadium
The tone coming out of Brian May's guitar is unbelievable. I love the sounds they get together here when the guitar, bass, bass drum and crash cymbal hit together.
You are obviously a fool as well. Don't you people ever know when it's time to shut that cock holster you call a mouth and just go away?
If you can't spell properly it's usually a sign of lower intelligence. Being that you are on the internet you can look up any word you aren't sure about in a flash.
Start doing that please because you are pretty pathetic.
one of my favorite songs...although he's a little behind int he times as far as political songs haha. totally badass though. queen just always did everything over the top and completely pulled it off successfully
Search for "Queen - A Day at the Races" at The Pirate Bay. I think you can find it at all places where you can download things! And in all shops! The album is great, but the song is not so great.
Yeah, that's true. Brian has a degree in Physics and Maths, and recently he got is PhG in Astronomy. That's why their new album is called the Cosmos Rocks, Brian loves space stuff.
Not only that, dude. It's about the central bank conspiracy. Musicians seem to be the most educated people on earth for some reason. Well at least those four are university graduates (or something like that - they studied music I think). Fucking awesome!!!
Yup they all graduated. Freddie got a degree in Graphic Design, Brian gota dregree in astronomy and now got a Doctorate, Roger got a degree in biology and John got one in Computer technology or something like that.
look at deacon - what a fantastic bass player - never looks to be working hard just sits on the beat and delivers thumping bass. his newly cropped hair too - deacon kept queen on their toes and stopped them from becoming another heavy metal band
no it wasnt. queen had to evolve - heavy rock wasnt enough for their much broader abilities as songwriters and musicians. The Game is a fantastic album and dare i say it, hot space is criminally underrated and pre-empted the funk rock genre of extreme, the chili peppers and run dmc aerosmith by years!
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John Deacon is a bad bass player. Have you ever heard Queen live at Kill Nightmare 1982? John Deacon couldn't play bass there. JOHN DEACON FOR NEVER! HE'S DUMB! WE ALL HATE JOHN DEACON!
what the bleep is Kill Nightmare? somewhere in the states? or something you just made up?
I saw queen twice in 82 and deacon played brilliantly as ever. what do you know about bass playing anyway. jackshit! deacon is as good as mcartney, entwhistle, john paul jones and wyman.
To think that this after fantastic tracks like this we got treated to run of the mill average pop rock in the 80's - and whatever Hot Space was all about! lol
this was when queen was great after the 70's i'm sorry to say but queen were never that good anymore later on in the 80's the would leave alot of songs like this one off the set list,
that's because they had better songs to play. i wouldn't say 80s queen wasn't good, it was. they were just not as energetic because they weren't as young
well that's your opinion & as for me i enjoyed them at their best in the 70's & besides i saw them live albeit once during the jazz tour have you ever seen them live?
Although I a;so loved their 1970's sound the best but I grew up in the 1980's and Queen is my favorite band of all time. SoI will say nothing but good about their music no matter what.
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yea i hear you there man but seriously tho they really sucked bad in the 80's man after their album jazz they went downhill way downhill nobody took them seriously anymore.. you can't honestly tell me that you liked any of their albums after jazz do you..
first of all who the hell are you & where did you come from - i don't even remember saying anything to you at all i made these comments a month ago... your a little bit late my friend take care!
Totally agree ogrebattle, their 80's output largely stank - I've just about made a single cd from all their 80's albums and it's still 50% pants - and I love Queen, but was saddened when they lost their spark and originality in the 80's.
what? common man u can't be serious. cuz they weren't young anymore, no because they just didn't write or play the same style of music anymore, well thats my opinion & i liked old queen better.... your allowed yours like the rest of us..
Actually Queen were always good but Freddie had gotten very sick as he got older so the shows were still very energetic but they stopped in 1986 but they never really stopped performing even Freddie performed all the way till he died in 1991 from Aids related complications. But their music had never stopped being good.
Stone Cold Crazy and Sheer Heart Attack are very heavy songs as well. Are you sure that this one is heavier than those two? I'm not sure about that one. I think Stone Cold Crazy and Sheer Heart Attack are even heavier than White Man is.
well thats my opinion man you may not think so & hey i respect that but i think this song pretty much has it all, heavy blues, lyrics, guitar playing is great freddy's vocals hit it, it's got a great feel, those other songs are good to don't get me wrong but this is my favorite, this one & brighton rock..
this is by far to me any way the best queen song ever done yes there are plenty of others but none that are more heavier or more heart felt then "white man" & yes indeed brain may did in fact write this song... this is the best!!!! long live queen!
Though I value all four members the same....I have to admit that Brian - sorry - Dr. May wrote some of my favourite songs...this rocks! And what he does with his hand at 2:44!
he is way cooler than any of us. he's such an awesome guitarist that i can almost forgive him for that horrid Britney Spears/Pink/Beyonce version of we will rock you, which was his idea
Holy Shit
venom6622 1 week ago
Very metal.
CutterDeBlanc 3 weeks ago
No way Adam Lambert can sing like this.
Z3NBEAT 1 month ago
great band ever, every gig different performance, just amazing.
Yoodbh 2 months ago
this gong is irresistible
GreatQueenFan 3 months ago
eventide harmonizer rocks!!!!
akularn1 3 months ago
Queen were so FKN awesome in Their Day !!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for the inspiration !!!
lozarok 3 months ago
Jesus!! This song gives me goosebumps and the shivers all over my body!
rasmuspaluffen 5 months ago
Il bello è che chitarra voce basso e batteria rimangono fedeli alla versione da studio, nonostante questo sia un live... Sono grandi :)
silviodelpiero 6 months ago
I really don't get how this is racist, seeing as how it IS true... Do some research, dude.
And European men are white... What else are you supposed to call them? "European Man" would not exactly make as good a song, either, would it...?
Slydaria 6 months ago
one of the best songs
rosainferno 6 months ago
Pure craftsmanship musically,lyrically and performance,when REAL bands ruled the world !No wonder rock music will NEVER die as it,s the last bastion of people who can play and entertain,every parent should buy their kids a guitar and make them listen to music from this era!!Sorry,rant over!
zofo666 10 months ago
A bit racist, catchy though
FAMEROB 10 months ago
@FAMEROB how? It's a song about the native american's struggles to survive after the arrival of the European white men, who slaughtered them unmercifully.
MrMAHBOI1 9 months ago
@MrMAHBOI1 the generalization is racist
FAMEROB 9 months ago
@FAMEROB well IMO they kind of had to generalize, it's a song, it's not supposed to last for hours.. And anyway it's not that far from the truth
Plus, it was Brian May who wrote this great, great song
=)
MeddowsB 6 months ago 2
@MeddowsB yeah true
FAMEROB 6 months ago
@FAMEROB how is this song racist because its about white man okay what if its black man black man is it still racist
natezeppo 3 months ago
I'm dying a little every time i hear this intro
GreatQueenFan 10 months ago
I saw them that year, Thin Lizzy was the opening act, great show
Bamafandave3450 1 year ago 2
hard rock yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
RokerGuy159753 1 year ago
read abt this song on wikki,. and please stfu. u make smthin like this...
haladilnikas 1 year ago
Freddie Mercury didn't die from AIDS. Pure Epicness just consumed his body.
GinGuilt 1 year ago 4
мощно.
Borzoyt 1 year ago
i read this was about those guys in the french revoultion or somthin like that
Videosarehere 1 year ago
But Freddie didn't write this song. Brian did, and he's a "White European".
CentraCross 1 year ago
@CentraCross I realize that Brian wrote it. I was replying to someone who said Freddie was "selling out his race" by singing this song.
kyropter 1 year ago
zajebista muzyka !!!!!
TomekPLesna 1 year ago
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This is a fucking masterpiece.... I say on november 24th, we spam and dislike Justin Bieber's Baby and Justin Bieber's Somebody to Love. WHO'S IN! Copy and paste please
TheSHEERHEARTATTACK 1 year ago
1:51 listen to this small part a couple of times
FunkyKrakje 1 year ago
Great inspiration for Maiden's run to hills
mental3 1 year ago
A great hard rock song for the native americans. It speaks the truth. Thank u Queen.
tl004061 1 year ago
A great queen song in a temporary shadow.
STWRobert01 1 year ago
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i liked Queen until I heard this song.. what a bunch of sellouts... you'll never hear a black man degrade his own race
shon363 1 year ago
@shon363 Race??? Isn´t it quite in the need of being just a little reflective of what people with somewhat paler skin has done throughout history? Whether you´re tall or short or just plain different (or not for that matter) shouldn´t be in the way for such thoughts. All cred to Freddie.
tsopuaifa 1 year ago
@shon363 sorry to tell you this but this song is about how the indians(technically) are telling a story about the europeans(the white man) taking over, its not about them degrading their race.... ever hear of this in social studies? no? GO BACK TO SCHOOL THEN!
TheSHEERHEARTATTACK 1 year ago
I think the ironic thing about shon363's narrow-minded comment is many people don't even realize Freddie Mercury was not a "white European". Both of his parents were from Iran, he was born in Africa, and he grew up going to a British boarding school in India. So even though Iranian's are racially Caucasians he's not really a "white man" anyway.
@shon363
kyropter 1 year ago
@kyropter Freddie got nothing to do with this song, it was wrote by Brian and its about Native Americans at the hands of European immigrants, read on wikki. :)
haladilnikas 1 year ago
@haladilnikas I know it was written by Brian - and if you actually bothered to read the post I was replying too then you would realize what I was talking about. And no one needs to "read about the song on Wikki" to know what the song is about. I can actually listen to the lyrics and figure it out just fine. Anyone who needs to have this song explained to them has no imagination and has no soul.
kyropter 1 year ago 2
shut your eyes and listen...
pure
mvpool 1 year ago
Freddie at his best!! Great song, great video! Thanx for posting it!!
drummer4theperish 1 year ago
Freddie, havent you looked in the mirror? isn't it a white man [or woman no offense] looking back at you? i still love you !sexy! too bad he liked to get it not give it :((
beLIEver2558 1 year ago
lmao @ 2:44 wtf is that...i've seen Bri do that before ... and im like um what is this
sara1893 1 year ago
@sara1893 Brian means "look, no hands!", he doesn't strum but you hear the echo on his guitar sound.
Koborover 1 year ago
The difference between Queen and the supposed " better " bands of the 70's such as The Who and Led Zeppelin: Queen NEVER stopped making great music.
sexychrisb 1 year ago
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Rockstar5543 1 year ago
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this is gay rock
Rockstar5543 1 year ago
I have to say... if you ask me who were some of the best improv rock vocalists of all time, I would say Mike Patton and Freddie! Bands who write music for music's sake are rare... Queen are the tops for destroying the boundaries. Heaviness was in their soul... but few dared to blur the lines the way they did!
skeletal13 1 year ago 2
@mikk889 If it speaks the truth than its anti! LOL!
Wardfolio 1 year ago
i want to buy this son or have it for an mp3 what can i do. i love queen live but i cant find too much of them for audio
bojivemasterman 2 years ago
3:17 the precision in his tone is just....AHH!!! i'm obsessed with this performance.
emperatriz1688 2 years ago 2
freddie in he's best shape!!! he uses the mic cable as a whip...
PRO1943 2 years ago
And then they played apartheid South Africa!
Roger - was it worth the money?
Brian, would you change it?
John, are you ashamed of supporting Botha?
Freddie - your legacy is tainted - were you badly advised? -say a prayer for your race
grahambigvan 2 years ago
@grahambigvan they didn't support anything, they simply gave people music
SignusMelko 2 years ago
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Ognjen91095 2 years ago
what does brian do at 2:44?
Is he mad with his permormance?
mmp11 2 years ago
@mmp11 i think he is just showing that he is using delays...."look mom! no hands!" haha!
emperatriz1688 2 years ago
he is saying something to the stage technician, some kind of sing, maybe to use channel five or somehting.... usually when you do those kind of things on stage you are really upset as brian's face shows. Brian use to complain about the sound on stage, check some chicago concert in 80 where he is really pissed off ( in the sutil english way) about the design of the stadium
PRO1943 2 years ago
2:44 YES.
emperatriz1688 2 years ago
uuh yeaah
Matze051969 2 years ago
The tone coming out of Brian May's guitar is unbelievable. I love the sounds they get together here when the guitar, bass, bass drum and crash cymbal hit together.
ToujoursLAmour 2 years ago
he's the tone master
fahqmein 2 years ago
One of the best Queen songs!!
mastropeado 2 years ago
You are obviously a fool as well. Don't you people ever know when it's time to shut that cock holster you call a mouth and just go away?
If you can't spell properly it's usually a sign of lower intelligence. Being that you are on the internet you can look up any word you aren't sure about in a flash.
Start doing that please because you are pretty pathetic.
galius1 2 years ago 3
just like your mother...i mean look at you and your spelling
galius1 2 years ago 9
@galius1 I know it's a year ago, but dude, you really saw this show in 77? this must have been... like... life changing? no?
FunkyKrakje 1 year ago
this is hard rock motherfuckeeers!!
Queen forever!!!
BELLZEBOSS 2 years ago 48
I think that the 70's are great!
they totaly rule!
nickettino89 2 years ago 4
Guitar riff from hell! Top guitar playing!
cometblazt 2 years ago
They Rock and smoke most "heavy" bands out there. Brian May is HUGE!
cometblazt 2 years ago
one of my favorite songs...although he's a little behind int he times as far as political songs haha. totally badass though. queen just always did everything over the top and completely pulled it off successfully
Kevinch1 2 years ago
A real gem...
gatocabrito 2 years ago
WAS?! He IS!
PinkFloydSmokieQueen 2 years ago 3
anyone know where i can download this song from??
battylashes 3 years ago
Search for "Queen - A Day at the Races" at The Pirate Bay. I think you can find it at all places where you can download things! And in all shops! The album is great, but the song is not so great.
PinkFloydSmokieQueen 2 years ago
You got me there. I wouldn't be too surprised if that was the case though. =]
whatshendrix 3 years ago
Yeah, that's true. Brian has a degree in Physics and Maths, and recently he got is PhG in Astronomy. That's why their new album is called the Cosmos Rocks, Brian loves space stuff.
bessadale 3 years ago 2
all i'm saying is DON'T DISS THE METAL
KamakaziKrackaKilla 3 years ago
queen were a heavy metal band in the 70's deacon just standing there had nothing to do with that that comment made no sense and fuck you sslayerr
KamakaziKrackaKilla 3 years ago
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when is this self-hate and white guilt going to stop?
sslayerr 3 years ago
speaks of the true history between white men and the native indians
Jiggs46 3 years ago
Not only that, dude. It's about the central bank conspiracy. Musicians seem to be the most educated people on earth for some reason. Well at least those four are university graduates (or something like that - they studied music I think). Fucking awesome!!!
whatshendrix 3 years ago 2
Yup they all graduated. Freddie got a degree in Graphic Design, Brian gota dregree in astronomy and now got a Doctorate, Roger got a degree in biology and John got one in Computer technology or something like that.
moodswings 3 years ago 2
Yeah, thanks for clearing that up :)
whatshendrix 3 years ago
No problem! The Queene boys were all smarty pants. =)
moodswings 3 years ago 2
Freddie and Queen are the greatest. Goosebumps man..
littlemissfrodo 3 years ago 4
Brillant performance!!!
GrandiLive 3 years ago
This is MIMED! Playback.
HateIronMaiden 2 years ago
look at deacon - what a fantastic bass player - never looks to be working hard just sits on the beat and delivers thumping bass. his newly cropped hair too - deacon kept queen on their toes and stopped them from becoming another heavy metal band
bunterx 3 years ago 4
That was a major mistake.
BodiZoltan 3 years ago
no it wasnt. queen had to evolve - heavy rock wasnt enough for their much broader abilities as songwriters and musicians. The Game is a fantastic album and dare i say it, hot space is criminally underrated and pre-empted the funk rock genre of extreme, the chili peppers and run dmc aerosmith by years!
bunterx 2 years ago 2
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John Deacon is a bad bass player. Have you ever heard Queen live at Kill Nightmare 1982? John Deacon couldn't play bass there. JOHN DEACON FOR NEVER! HE'S DUMB! WE ALL HATE JOHN DEACON!
PinkFloydSmokieQueen 2 years ago
what the bleep is Kill Nightmare? somewhere in the states? or something you just made up?
I saw queen twice in 82 and deacon played brilliantly as ever. what do you know about bass playing anyway. jackshit! deacon is as good as mcartney, entwhistle, john paul jones and wyman.
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HateIronMaiden 2 years ago
Oh yes a really bad bass player:
watch?v=b0t9P6U4jN8&fmt=18
XD XD XD XD Nice Joke Pink.
modernclics 2 years ago
dont talk shit
fedecarc1971 2 years ago
Don't you like the '70's?! And the '95 album Made in Heaven?!
HateIronMaiden 2 years ago
The playback-comment was a joke! A JOKE!
HateIronMaiden 2 years ago
It was a joke!! Don't you think it's funny?! I know that this is live!
HateIronMaiden 2 years ago
run to the hills a happy song?! hell no its about killing native americans and shit
sxstratno1elses 3 years ago
Best version of this song ever!
Raffyrock88 3 years ago
"On the bible you swore, fought your battle with lies"
it still rings true today...
bankyedwards37 3 years ago
To think that this after fantastic tracks like this we got treated to run of the mill average pop rock in the 80's - and whatever Hot Space was all about! lol
PaddyGoo 3 years ago
great song
dadblair 3 years ago 2
NO!
PinkFloydSmokieQueen 2 years ago
best band in the rock histoty...thsi song kick ass!!!
jorgeiramain 4 years ago 2
this was when queen was great after the 70's i'm sorry to say but queen were never that good anymore later on in the 80's the would leave alot of songs like this one off the set list,
ogrebattle22763 4 years ago
that's because they had better songs to play. i wouldn't say 80s queen wasn't good, it was. they were just not as energetic because they weren't as young
preposterous3637 4 years ago
well that's your opinion & as for me i enjoyed them at their best in the 70's & besides i saw them live albeit once during the jazz tour have you ever seen them live?
ogrebattle22763 4 years ago
Although I a;so loved their 1970's sound the best but I grew up in the 1980's and Queen is my favorite band of all time. SoI will say nothing but good about their music no matter what.
Acirema1973 4 years ago 2
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yea i hear you there man but seriously tho they really sucked bad in the 80's man after their album jazz they went downhill way downhill nobody took them seriously anymore.. you can't honestly tell me that you liked any of their albums after jazz do you..
ogrebattle22763 3 years ago
Really? So why I love their first and second albums so much, he? Tell me. Just please tell me!
ObywatelRonin 3 years ago
first of all who the hell are you & where did you come from - i don't even remember saying anything to you at all i made these comments a month ago... your a little bit late my friend take care!
ogrebattle22763 3 years ago
Totally agree ogrebattle, their 80's output largely stank - I've just about made a single cd from all their 80's albums and it's still 50% pants - and I love Queen, but was saddened when they lost their spark and originality in the 80's.
PaddyGoo 3 years ago
YES! They was best in th period 1973-1977!
HateIronMaiden 2 years ago
what? common man u can't be serious. cuz they weren't young anymore, no because they just didn't write or play the same style of music anymore, well thats my opinion & i liked old queen better.... your allowed yours like the rest of us..
ogrebattle22763 4 years ago
Actually Queen were always good but Freddie had gotten very sick as he got older so the shows were still very energetic but they stopped in 1986 but they never really stopped performing even Freddie performed all the way till he died in 1991 from Aids related complications. But their music had never stopped being good.
Acirema1973 4 years ago
My faourite is the '70's, but Made in Heaven is GREAT!
HateIronMaiden 2 years ago
The delays had already started =) He does it to sort of emphasise the point that it rocks....and it does!
Queenmania2007 4 years ago 3
outstanding video hails to queen live 74 for this slice of 70's classic rock n roll... white man the best & heaviest queen song ever...
ogrebattle22763 4 years ago
Stone Cold Crazy and Sheer Heart Attack are very heavy songs as well. Are you sure that this one is heavier than those two? I'm not sure about that one. I think Stone Cold Crazy and Sheer Heart Attack are even heavier than White Man is.
Acirema1973 4 years ago
well thats my opinion man you may not think so & hey i respect that but i think this song pretty much has it all, heavy blues, lyrics, guitar playing is great freddy's vocals hit it, it's got a great feel, those other songs are good to don't get me wrong but this is my favorite, this one & brighton rock..
ogrebattle22763 4 years ago
Oooh with you on that one, my friend. =)
Queenmania2007 3 years ago
this is by far to me any way the best queen song ever done yes there are plenty of others but none that are more heavier or more heart felt then "white man" & yes indeed brain may did in fact write this song... this is the best!!!! long live queen!
ogrebattle22763 4 years ago 4
Though I value all four members the same....I have to admit that Brian - sorry - Dr. May wrote some of my favourite songs...this rocks! And what he does with his hand at 2:44!
Queenmania2007 4 years ago 3
That is what makes him much cooler than you or I.
HairyMuffinMan 4 years ago
he is way cooler than any of us. he's such an awesome guitarist that i can almost forgive him for that horrid Britney Spears/Pink/Beyonce version of we will rock you, which was his idea
nautilus500 4 years ago 2
britney sucks! queen 4ever
jorgeiramain 4 years ago 2
yea she may suck but i'd still give her a bangin she'd never forget...lol
ogrebattle22763 4 years ago
An underated song, thanks.
fsjb78 4 years ago 3
I luuv this song thanks heaps! freddie rocks
justslightlymad1946 4 years ago