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  • Why is that girl even there? She looked like she was taking the piss when she was singing Crazy Little Thing Called Love, plus... why?

  • thats the guy..

  • Marc Martels so fucking good

  • With all due respect: I sing better than the chick.

  • Marc needs to win, his just so fucking awesome!

  • It's not just marc, all of them sound great together

  • this clip just shows that there was a lot more in Queen than just Freddie. Too many people center the geniality of the band in the amazing talent and aura, and downplay the rest of the band. Here we have a good instance of what when you put Freddie Mercury (or as close as it gets since he passed) in a band of mediocres. Only saving grace of this video is Marc Martel's voice wich is simply outstanding. The rest of them qualify from just mediocre to downright terrible.

  • when I hear Marc´s voice, I hear Freddy´s

  • Guitars are terrible... That Snare drum is WACK too....

  • What in the name of God were they thinking by putting this random chick next to Freddie's incarnation? Def sure that none will notice the bitch in the concerts. 

  • Marc? Good. I imagine him as a young freddie with shorter hair and a voice almost as good.

    The rest? I want the rest of queen back T_T

  • jo from facts of life!

  • 2:01 -2:16....SUPER!!!!!

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  • First time I opened my eyes. I really like Marc Martel. I'm happy his talents he's using on Queen music but I wish this whole thing was just dropped and that Brian May and Roger Taylor would just play a few songs with him, or actually, more than a few - a concert. That would be REALLY really nice. Otherwise, like this, I have to try hard just to focus on him and the rest is either meh or horrible... :( Queen were just way too good.

  • NO room for a woman on this experiment...

  • this whole thing is a little ridicolous if u ask me...duh

  • @G35TAR ??

  • Olha , de parabens ! a voz sua muito parecida ! muito bom uma otima escolha e viva o queen !

  • Extremamente fooooda!

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  • HAPPY NEW YEAR...to Freddie lovers everywhere!

  • the other guys must have been thrilled for having the chance of playing with Freddy's clone.

  • The girl is horrible...sorry...I hate being negative, but really? seriously? 

  • @MartinKuske THE GIRLS IS "GOSTOSA"! (Translate portuguese to english...).

  • @MartinKuske I landed on this video first...so she isnt back vocal for Marc? Oh, ok. :)

  • Is it true? No Roy Ziv in the final cut? I'm very sad. His audition tape of Keep Yourself Alive was fantastic...no hotdogging - thank God. Who can put up with watching that sh@# go down.

  • jamiroquai virtual insanity at 2:42

  • this is the apex cuz of martel, but the best version of this song in these rehearsals is part 5 i think. the band really rocked, mainly the left guitarrist and the drummer. they made the right band in my opinion, but one thing I don't know is why the official website doesn't show who is on the keyboards.

  • does anyone else notice that marc kinda looks like freddie?

  • thumbs up if you want extravaganza production to upload this "one vision" without any cuts.

  • that's the girl who should have been chosen.

  • @1stmaxvinus Michelle certainly shows her backup abilities and her ability to connect with Marc. When Jennifer E sings I can't hear her and she and Marc don't connect the same way.

    There is a possibility that the video crew didn't give us Jennifer E's best clips. So my next demand is to see more of her good stuff. I want to see why she was chosen.

  • wembley style

  • Check out Marc's new interview:

    watch?v=olCHUc7_AIE

  • Zach....the best!!!

  • from Freddie:

    watch?v=kGXGpBK6hkU&feature=re­lated

  • @1kalika Great video! Also thank you for the little drummer boy video. He's very talented! ;)

  • @peachpeach glad you enjoyed

  • lol at Marc realizing he messed up the lyrics on his part of Crazy Little Thing Called Love

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  • I'm never one to say "i'm glad so-and-so didn't make the band" but after watching the auditions I'm very happy Marc was selected. Not sure why they had female vocalists in the contest. Nothing against Jennifer or Michelle in this video, but they can't hold a torch to Marc, nor could any of the other men for that matter.....

  • Martel is horrible. This whole thing is a joke.

  • @colbymercury Then why aren't you up there instead?

  • @colbymercury ur a nigger

  • @Pennyinmouth None of that here. 

  • @maplesugar98 ur a nigger too nigger

  • @Pennyinmouth LOL

  • @maplesugar98 did you check out my link (2 pages back)? what do you think of the young guy?

  • @1kalika Love the drummer boy - it isn't my favourite Christmas song - pretty repetitive - but when done by a drummer it is exciting!

  • @Pennyinmouth not a penny in the mouth...more like s**t...lol

  • @1kalika that was lame bro try harder...

  • @Pennyinmouth troll....go away

  • @1kalika ummmm let me see.........nope! and youre a nigger!

  • I get goosebumps at 1:38 when Marc sings!!! OMG!!!

  • puré! sa me donne la chaire de poules!!!

  • more vids are posted...

  • @1kalika Thanks!!!  =D

  • @peachpeach I'm wondering whether they are going to use the "Local Hero" to give them their third vocalist? In Canada David Martel. In New England Sean S. Look at QE still promoting these guys. It only makes sense to continue feeding us footage of the other singers if there are plans to bring them back somehow.

    All respect to QE, but Jennifer E is not even close to being the second best vocalist. I only wanted a girl if there were also two guys. With only two she just seems like an extra.

  • @maplesugar98 Great idea for the third vocalist. I just cannot imagine the local hero would sing through the whole show though. LOL Yes, I think they should come to the show as guests and perform a few songs together. So excited about the QE band. They should sound amazing after the rehearsals. Both Tyler Warren and Brian Gresh sing too, right? ;)

  • @1kalika I just heard from my brother and he's going to look into bringing downhere to his church! Frisco, Texas.

  • @maplesugar98 cool! That would be a good time to go visit your brother. Are you ready for Christmas?

  • @maplesugar98 Woohoo! That would be awesome!!! Hope they will come to your brother's church. =D

  • @peachpeach I'll keep you posted. Every few days I feed bro another amazing Marc YouTube video so I think he's coming around. Growing up my parents had an open house for musicians. More than one massive tour bus in our yard - Rez Band, and John Michael Talbot slept for a day on our living room couch when he was on tour and not feeling well. I have an inborn soft spot for downhere. We'll see.....

  • @maplesugar98 Open house for musicians sounds fun! You have lovely parents! Please keep us posted. ;)

  • THE GUY JUST LOOKS LIKE FREDDIE>.......

    :))

    :P

  • Nobody can even touch Mark Martel. Not even close. He does it perfect without effort

  • Marc = Amazing vocals! And has the look of Freddie. 

  • Marc - clearly the strongest vocals by a million miles... look at the dislikes on the other videos. he sounds so much better!

  • @carmeenamack Agreed! How could anyone beat Marc? Marc sounds EXACTLY like Freddie Mercury! :)

  • ANOTHER CANADIAN CHRISTIAN goes viral

    watch?v=IrNcD34KFhM

  • @1kalika or is that Christian Canadian?

  • is it that drummer who won?....is very good!

  • @grosgras Zach Mullings was great, but Tyler Warren won for drummer. =)

    We really cannot see the guitarists, but the winning lineup is shown here in this Artisan News Service video: watch?v=dymqRS2GZTg

  • @maplesugar98 @1kalika Personally, I believe it was all in good fun despite the mocking undertones. I don't think it's complete mockery, as nobody is in David's head. So it's open to interpretation. Don't think Marc should be brought in to the discussion, as David is his own person. I'm sure he doesn't want to hear about Marc. As for reflecting badly on QE. Meh. Don't think they'd care. Looking back at the video, it reminds me of the "I Want to Break Free" video, drag and all.

  • Well, I'm getting the frequent message box letter type thing, so it is time to turn in. Later!

  • Have you guys ever watched that video where that little boy puts a bag on his head and then runs straight into a desk? Well my 3 year old cousin just did that with a pillow case and BAM. Right into the wall. It was hilarious, yet not so much. She's got a huge bump on her head now and won't let me put anything on it. I'm hazardous to be around.

  • Bizarre. I copied and pasted the link from the QE channel comment page (instead of the link below) and it worked. I don't think that was David's Queen audition, but his Saturday Night Live audition... :-/

  • @NellaTorre Not obvious other than it was a memorable name. :D YT hates me. I can't get to David's video. Wonder if it's region blocked...

  • @AdamMethos that link didn\t work for me either.  Try

    watch?v=XA6CrTrwurg&context=C3­02cb4bADOEgsToPDskJpm1s1JHAcV9­y8u1ytzsZY

  • @1kalika I can't believe I missed the whole live stream! The WHOLE thing!

  • @maplesugar98 It wasn't very long. like 45 minutes. Weird. They sang an awesome son in celebration of Jeremy's birthday which was awesome. Did the usual stuff and then gone. No encore no nothing. Unless livestream didn't air it.

  • @NellaTorre I watched until the stream ended...The commenters all demanded an encore..Jeremy, who was also a commenter posted that there was not enough enthusiasm from the audience for an encore....so sad. The audience seemed pretty tame throughout the performance.

  • @1kalika I'm a Christian, albiet a poor one. But seems to me like these God-fearing folk are taking this too serious. Cancelled appearances, less that enthusiastic raves. It's not fair to them. Fuck it, I don't want to go into theology. Religion hass ruined many a great thing, including interesting conversations.

  • @NellaTorre I was kinda surprised how many of the commenters in the livestream were not even aware of Marc's role in the QE. I assume they were downhere fans since they were watching.

  • @1kalika what is this livestream, mocking and david's video everybody's talking about??? !!! i have no idea!! =(

  • @seballo2707 I missed the live stream, too! Too bad. Downhere were broadcasting a live stream of their concert in Florida on Friday.

    You can see David's new video "My REAL Queen Audition" at his channel (davidmartelmusic).

  • I missed the fun here tonight. =(

  • @peachpeach yes, for a few hours it was "like the good ole' days"...*sigh* lol

  • @1kalika "like the good ole' days…". Haha, I like that. ;)

  • @AdamMethos I just searched david martel and found his channel...it is there

  • @NelleTorre grub? I'm trying to view David M's video but I'm getting bounced to the YT homepage. I think he took it down. Now I'm dying to know what was in it! ;-)

  • @AdamMethos LOL. You guessed correctly. HAHAHAHAHA! That obvious? David's video is still up. youtube.com/watch?v=XA6CrTrwur­g

  • @NellaTorre That was trippy. That boy should be on stage at comic fest.

  • @NellaTorre Where you chatting? My guess is... Brad?

  • @AdamMethos Hmm. I was chatting with Brad. Name was one word

  • @AdamMethos @ kalika1 Can you guys guess who I was? I was incognito.

  • @NellaTorre wish I had paid more attention to the comments...were you the "dancing" queen...lol

  • @1kalika Nope. But there were several Queen fans there. This is fun. LOL

  • @NellaTorre the one who asked "what is a Canadian Christian?"

  • @1kalika Yeah. Jeremy, the drummer, was popping in and out of the livestream chat during the concert. He said they were going to do Queen for the encore but the audience didn't ask for an encore. Sheesh. That's the first concert I've been so where there wasn't an encore.

  • Friended Downhere on FB and just saw that they're broadcasting a livestream of their Christmas concert tonight in Florida. Go to livestream com slash downhere. The opening act is on now. Marc and Downhere will be taking the stage around 8 PM EST.

  • @AdamMethos Yeah, saw that on FB too. If I don't go out to booze up and par-tay, I think I'll watch it. Been listening to a lot of them lately, some catchy tunes.

  • @AdamMethos watched that livestream from start to finish, waiting for STL, but the crowd didn/t shout enough for an encore I guess....

  • David Martel just posted an odd video up.... if ya'll want to check it out, it's youtube.com/watch?v=XA6CrTrwur­g

  • @NellaTorre I was very embarrassed for him when I watched it....yech

  • @1kalika Yeah, what was up with that? I'm really bad at reading people, but damn. It's like this whole audition process and the QE was a big joke to him. The only time he seemed to take it seriously is when he preformed at the Finals. But I could be wrong. And stick around to the end of the video for something special? Geez. I actually bought his album which was really good. Let me tell you, voice doesn't match the personality. Really good music, really weird guy.

  • @NellaTorre ummmmm...........was it not you who wanted to marry him????lol

  • @1kalika Indeed. But even wives get put off. We're a dying breed with all that fine ass around. Temptation. Frustration.

  • @NellaTorre I am watching the livestream....

  • @NellaTorre RE David M. QE joke or serious. I think he wanted to be on stage with QE but he's just got a flamboyant sense of humour that wields its crazy head no matter how serious he tries to be.

    But with this video, even if Marc sees it as funny, the optics with the public, it looks like he's mocking a bit....What do you think? He really should make it private.

  • @maplesugar98 I agree...it is almost "mocking" the whole QE thing, which is kinda disrespectful to marc...imo

  • @1kalika Agree. If it is a family joke it needs to stay in the family. You wouldn't want that rendition of STL to reflect badly on Marc with the Queen entourage.

  • @maplesugar98 I wonder if he made that before or after???

  • @1kalika I saw David's video and I missed the livestream. I couldn't tell if he was mocking QE, Marc or Freddie. Maybe deep down he is upset. And this should not reflect on Marc in any way. He has no control over what his brother does.

    If David was mocking Freddie then he needs to know that Freddie hated dressing in drag. Hard to believe but true. He did go along with it and laughed about it because he was a good sport.

  • @Yo1969Yo I just watched it again, and like it even less...I think he is embarrassing himself

  • Did Brandon win?  who won the keys?

  • @macheadg5er It looks like Brandon was close to winning, but in the end they didn't choose a dedicated keyboardist. Marc plays and I think one or two others. I guess they have it covered!

  • written by BM and RT 1984.. nice at this time of year

    watch?v=xCON07r908g

  • To help with the drought of new videos from the finals (grrrr), here's Marc and Downhere doing We Will Rock You. This is a slightly longer version with better audio than the cameraphone one that seems to be getting more hits. watch?v=W_iMiVVCPlg

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  • @Yo1969Yo Thanks for all of the Queen trivia! Before this contest, I just knew Queen's music from CDs, and Freddie was the only band member I knew by name. I'm enjoying watching the concert videos and learning more about them. :D

  • @AdamMethos As you can tell I love talking about Freddie. There are so many things related to music that the public should know but they don't. If the media puts two and two together there are things right under their noses but they will never see it because they are blind when it comes to Queen. Going to ask you a question. What year(s) do you think Michael Jackson exploded into the mega star he became? You can PM me if you wish.

  • @maplesugar98 Tyler Warren and Brian Gresh also do backup vocals. I believe Tyler is even the lead singer in his own band. The QE band seems to be very similar in makeup to Queen as far as vocals and multi-instrumentalists go. I suspect that played a large part in who got chosen, e.g. given two great drummers, they chose the one who also sings and plays other instruments.

  • @AdamMethos I trust Roger's judgment and this does make sense. I'm really looking forward to this. Marc is a good singer and I believe that under Roger's guidance he will become even a better singer. Quick story. Opera diva Caballe said that during rehearsals Freddie told her she was using her voice incorrectly in certain areas. She listened & learned. She said her voice improved even more, became stronger and endured. Then she said, "he conquered me" and she smiled.

  • My latest thought on the lineup. Why only two singers? The only way to sound in tune is to have one singer or three singers. Two people always sound out of tune - there's nothing to smudge or average out the two inexact sound waves. I'm not sure whether it makes sense to you, but if you have four violins playing two parts you don't divide them two and two, but one and three. Two violins are never in tune. Sorry for the technical geeky-ness. Anyone else wonder why? Are the others also singing?

  • I love "Made In Heaven"! I've also been listening to "A Winter's Tale" from the same album recently. Although it's not a Christmas song per se, it really has a Christmasy feel, especially for up here in the Great White North haha. I'm guessing that these days orthodontists would recommend pulling any extra teeth as soon as they grow in. Eep.

  • @AdamMethos I love both of those, too, along with "Thank God it's Christmas"

  • @AdamMethos 'A Winter's Tale' was the last song Freddie wrote & one of the last Freddie recorded. The band were at their second home in Montreux, Switzerland. Montreux is a beautiful place. According to Brian, Freddie wrote the lyrics and had the music all in his head, he used no instruments to compose the music. Called the guys and told them to meet him at the studio. He then told them what to play.

  • I'm hoping the song 'Made In Heaven' will be in the QE tour. It would be a great song for Marc to sing. We (a few other Queen fans) believe that Freddie wrote it knowing that things were not going right health wise and whatever happens was meant to be.  watch?v=_gazjGKQ2mg

  • @Yo1969Yo Beautiful song. I wish Freddie were here with us. =(

    Wondering if Marc has extra teeth. ;)

  • @peachpeach I was wondering the same thing too when I wrote my post to pinkbluegreen. Someone needs to ask Marc.

    My daughter had four extra teeth but they were all located in the front of her mouth. It was the most her pediatric dentist had seen in one patient. Because they were in the front all were pulled out as soon as they appeared. She is 15 today and is wearing braces longer than normal. Her bite is taking longer to fix.

  • Here's Marc talking about the whole QE experience to the audience at Downhere's first concert after the finals. He said he sang about 20 Queen songs at the finals. Where is that footage?!? ARGH!!! :D watch?v=8OWVmVGrFYk

  • @AdamMethos thanks!

  • @AdamMethos Thanks for the heads up!

    Love Marc's guitar solo! Awesome! 20 Queen songs? Where is the footage? LOL

    Does anyone know if other vocal finalists sang that many songs? Or he did because he was the chosen one? ;)

  • @AdamMethos I watched the STL link you posted below. Wow, how many time zone changes in one week? Get this man home so he can curl up and do something quiet and normal!

  • One Vision !! One champion!!

  • There's a lot that contributes to the sound of a person's voice - the size and structure of the vocal folds, the nasal cavities, size and shape of the nose. I've never heard mention of teeth, but sure, probably contribute.

  • @maplesugar98 According to Mick Rock, the location of Freddie's extra teeth changed the shape of the back of his mouth. Very rare. People think Freddie was bucktoothed. He wasn't. The extra teeth in the back pushed his teeth forward which caused a very large overbite. Freddie did have some dental work done but it was very minor. He never had his teeth fixed because he was afraid it would affect his voice.

  • its weird how marc's bone structure is pretty much the same as Freddie's...maybe thats what helps make their voices so great..

  • @pinkbluegreeen Marc's jawline is very similar to Freddie's. Really amazing. Wonder if Marc has extra teeth?

    Rock photographer Mick Rock is the one who took the iconic picture for the Queen II album cover.

    When he was asked about Freddie's unique power vocals he said that Freddie had extra teeth located in the back of his mouth which widen his soft palate. This along with his jawline structure gave him thick power while also giving him the ability to hit the high notes.

  • Band C...The best!

  • @1kalika Go to the Feed tab. Then on the View dropdown, select "comments only". I had to post a comment to figure out where the comments are now!

  • @AdamMethos ty....not as easy to maneuver as the old one, but figured it out...

  • @1kalika Glad you found the comments on the QE channel. ;)

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  • @peachpeach where did you find them?

  • wow...the QE channel sure looks different...

  • @1kalika Where the hell do you post a comment now? LOL

  • If it were within my power - I`ll pressed the "thumbs up" many times. You rock, Marc Martel!

  • marc martel.

  • Guys, do you know which shirts I was talking about? Let me copy and paste my comment:

    "@Hislammy The t-shirt sounds awesome! Someone on the Marc's STL page suggested earlier a t-shirt with "This is a guitar solo" on the front and "I like it!" on the back. QE or Downhere should make those t-shirts for real. LOL"

    The idea still makes me laugh. Have a great day, everyone! ;D

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  • Tyler mentioned on Facebook that the QE band will be doing some press dates in January. So we might have to wait till then to get more videos, etc.

  • @AdamMethos Cool! Looking forward to it. Thanks! =)

  • I think QE made a BIG mistake in not posting more videos, to keep interest and conversation going for a while longer....imo

  • @1kalika I think interest will go up and down until the tour. Since Roger said that he would like to go deep into Queen's catalog I hope he returns to play 'White Queen'.

    In the attached video Freddie's piano and Brian's guitar mid-way is amazing. Can't believe how skinny Freddie was in this video, weighing around 119 pounds.

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