Queen Medley - American Idol 5 - Top8

[Paul8820]

This was bad I did see Adam Lambert and Kris Allen We are the Champions from the 2009 finale. This however was terrible.

[Kalabanano]

Why only the hits.... Always the hits... Their unknown songs are better/the best.

In my honest opinion people should get to know Queen more than what's on the Greatest Hits.

[edmame]

not bad, only "Don't stop me now" is awkward. anything to get Queen's music to the masses!

[seventydreams]

this was the only episode of american idol i've ever fully enjoyed

[GermaniaAertanaEst]

nice

[Paul8820]

This was pretty bad Have you seen season 8 Kris Allen & Adam Lambert We are the Champions, Adam stole the show.

[mixedchemicals21]

@Paul8820 he should have won

[remiem6070]

Shitty.

[TheJumpyPopcorn]

It should be illegal to sing a Queen song. It makes you look like the most ridiculous person in the world , disgraces Queen.

ONLY MR FREDDIE MERCURY IS ALLOWED TO DO IT

[luiso8815]

Freddie Would Be a Judge on American Idol I can just See Him Calling Everyone Darling's LOL. R.I.P. We Love and Miss You Freddie.

P.S. That was the best season of american idol... well that one and adam lamberts. But none of them are on Freddie's Level Hes on Planet Mercury and Were all Still on Earth. = )

[53ecniv]

Lifeless.

[Aarchii11]

I'm a big fan ofthe queen...and it pains me deeply to see their songs being subjected to such crap....it wasnt good at all and an insult to queen's original tunes...

[lllexoduslll]

Only one that was good was Your My Best Friend.

Don't Stop Me Now & We Are The Champions were butchered the most.

[bdavids28]

Ouch, I feel like my life is worse for having heard this.

The only way to push it out of my head now is to listen to the REAL THING. (Works every time.) Queen forever!

[Maddog5340]

@bdavids28 -How well do you, David, speak Korean? Perhaps if you listened in the "language of origin re: the artist/music", then you would be a more qualified critic! !!!

[bdavids28]

@Maddog5340 I'm not sure I understand how speaking Korean has anything to do with this...all I'm saying is Queen is incredible and was way, way better than any of what we heard on this video.

[recordjnky]

My God how cheezy, sounds like Gay Broadway wannabes doing Queen. PURE CRAP!

[GoodGuitarSolos]

They all are good singers, but the performance sounds emotionless, can't even believe how much emotion Queen put into their songs!

[Jentany]

Not good, but at least they are singing live. this season all the group songs are lip synched.

[johncandler]

Daughtry cannot sing Queen. at all. actually, no one should sing Queen on these types of shows. they just suck too much.

[ndirish4569]

As Comic Book Guy would say: "worst. singing. ever."

[Qlaarzy1]

Two words: No. Emotion.

Why did they have to bucher these songs with those standard, regular voices? Just.. why?

[steelerfnjim]

alright people. this sh!t should be illegal. why don't you just dig up freddie ( god rest his soul) shove a silver american idol microphone in his ass.

[Fumpchen1]

haha

[vini64]

Holy Jesus, they ruined Don't Stop Me Now! This was the worst performance of this song ever!

[manningfan18x]

This arrangement fucking blows. Who ever did this should be hanged, then drawn and quartered, then have the remains burned. The singers sucked ass too. What an insult to one of the greatest artists of all time.

[Bookmovielover]

i wish it would just show the dang video

[Dalittheuntouchable]

Freddie owns all these poseur bitches!

[jarbafat]

They all sing good, but its like none of them really listen to queen songs or something. No real emotion!

[raff23]

chris daughtry was the only one, the only guy who is capable of pulling off a queen song out of that lot.

[Lennon4life1968]

This is "Up With People"...without the edge...lol

[Typhoon792]

Fuck, all these cliche voices are killing me!

[PicKPiT]

My... God... Freddie must be hitting his head in the grave after this...they murderes all the songs... godd they didnt sing bohemian rhapsody... I would shoot them in the head for sure

[chrissinewman]

Bohemian Rhapsody was saved for the end. They sang it with Brian May and Roger Taylor as special guests. Great performance!

[manningfan18x]

although Freddie was creamated, I think we all get your point. Agreed.

[CuddlyPanda110]

wheres stone cold crazy and bohemium rhapsody? disgusting, this took all the rock out of it :(

[manunited927]

Wow if i was to hear these songs before i was to hear queen and freddie, i would have thought they sucked.

Long live Queen!!

[rockbass]

listening to these people sing queen songs just shows how good freddie really was. what a loss, he could still be doing his thing today.

[TheClassica87]

@rockbass I was just thinking the same thing. This highlights what a tragedy it really was to lose Freddie at age 45. Like anyone needed it highlighted. We won't see the likes of Freddie ever again - especially not on American Idol.

[rockbass]

@TheClassica87 whoa, i forgot about my comment. that was a year ago already when i made that! but yes. even the best of the best from american idol don't capture the magic and tone that FM had. it's really the epitome of amateurs trying to mimic a legend...but then again most of these "tribute" shows to great artists are just that.

[m8a4b]

this guy should have the number one spot in my opinon watch?v=0054nJhtl7w

[xblinkx182xgm]

fail. chris daughtry was pretty good though.

[feiscool]

Most of the songs were just butchered

[quenuca]

I can hear Freddy Mercury turning in his grave...

[colbymercury]

More like spinning..

[SMClassicRock]

of all theese contestants there are no one who can sing 1/1000000000000000000000000000­000000...000 of what freddie did...lol

[jlssmith7]

Taylor Hicks - No thank you.... I'll pass.

[Lawen78]

Queen have so many hits its almost scary, good medley though

[TemmiStudios]

Only one missing: Bohemian Rhapsody :(

[maze7863420]

umm no. Kris and kelly aint the only ones that earned success...Chris , Kelly, Bucky Covington, and Katherine Mcphee. Chris has had two successful albums ..Kelly "Red High Hills, The best days of yout Life, and Your beautiful" Bucky had, " It was a diifent world" and Katherine had a very succesful album with the single "over it"

[jasoncastroluv21]

Elliott yamin......on his 2nd album

[KingFarb]

i love the "under pressure"-part, well done ! nice medley

[yesitsme9]

Taylor Hicks beat them ALL! Talent rules! LOL! You go dude!

New album The Distance kicks ass! Pick up a copy!

[theoriginal1971]

if freddie is still alive do you think he will also give a lecture to the contestants??

[crackedrearview16]

chris and kellie are the only ones from this season that actually had some success, new DAUGHTRY album in June/July!!!

[greenmonkey7]

actually katharine has had huge success as well. new album on a new major label soon.

elliott, and bucky have had great success too.

[JessieDaughtry]

I agree with both of you. Chris, Kellie, Katharine, Elliot and Bucky have all been successful alumnis from their season.

Kat's new album is coming soon.

Kellie has a new country album, and is gonna tour with taylor swift.

Chris and his band will have their new album in June or July and I heard a rumor that a duet with Kelly Clarkson might be in the album:)

[flapflapflap4]

Aw, I miss Elliot.

[mardgreen88]

meeee toooooo!

and i miss his hair being short and cute like that.

[glassturtle11]

Tihis rocks i love Queen

LONG LIVE THE QUEENS!!!!!!!!!

[divinyl15]

I love this! I think Ace should have sang "Killer Queen" and Chris should have sang "Under Pressure" as their actual performances. And for that matter, mayber Kellie would have done better with "Don't Stop Me Now"

[bob180cc]

dude this makes freddie rise from the grave just to have a heartattack this is just a sene from a horrormovie i dont blame the singers i blame the producers and jury for making them sing this only freddie can sing these songs so only he should sing them... this makes me realy realy realy sad...

[Strompy82]

It's still a great honour that they sing his songs.

Freddie would be proud!!!!

[STLUCIANIDOL91]

I don't think it was really bad; I thought it was actually good. I don't think it would be great as a recording, but it benefits from the physical performances and the video clips.

[kaary90]

What queen song is Chris and Bucky singing ?

[windies82]

Under pressure

[hippy00hater]

@windies82 Its Under pressure Queen vs David Bowie ;)

[feiscool]

Wow if this doesn't make you miss Fred Merc nothing real. They destroyed my favorite song and one of Queens best, Don't Stop Me Now.

[summatra]

pathetic

[dangerzone50]

Again Freddie is rolling over in his grave, even Chris sang Under Pressure horrible

[exnihilo0]

I'd have to disagree, from what I hear Freddie was a very kind man, and I think he would've liked this. But who knows for sure. RIP Freddie M.

[bnussrockstar]

i bet john deacon could sing better in this medley htan these guys! lol :0 xD

[Tsar5]

Yeahhhh Deacon Rules! XDXDXDXDXDXDXD

[shaka055]

i still think to myself was it a joke that taylor won idol..gosh...agree..mj is the only one that can sing queen..carly too..and probably david cook

[mexiguese]

omg this is fuckin horrible taylor hicks killed we are the champions

[PatrikMidelf]

STOP SLAUGHTERING QUEEN!!!!!!

[Wazzie4]

It sounds like Queen meets Kidz Bop.......not good, not good at all....

[jessiethegeek]

hmm um errr.this was ok.i mean noone can compete with queen.they are just in a seprate genre all by themselves.but they tried

[weirdheriawan]

Well, Safe for freddie...

Even Brian May and Roger Taylor can sing better than this.... :)

[jessiethegeek]

lol.you say thatlike brian may and roger cant sing.

But this wasnt very good,it realy didnt have the attitude queen put into it.

But roger and brian can sing.Look up the oroginal 39.thats gorgeous singing

[aliandace]

seriously michael johns is the only one who can pull of queen. this was just sad.

[DancingInObscurity]

Wow..

That was horrifying.

Even Chris Daughtry didn't do well, I think. His voice isn't suited for it. They should have done it this season, when Luke Menard was still there, and then him and Michael Johns (the best, I say) could have sung the whole thing haha. They could have done it, I think.

...

...

Which is (again) why Michael should have gotten farther.

[ClUbPenGuIn0wNz]

finally someone who like luke menard nobody payed attention to him i like him singing killer queen

[DancingInObscurity]

agreed. that was amazing. =]

[ClUbPenGuIn0wNz]

yup

[honouredman]

this is a proof that freddie is indeed the best frontman ever!

[bohemianraphsody]

fucking imbarrasing i love queen but this sucks

[mctali]

wow this was awful!

[rkjbrasil]

they tried, but... :/

[mulholland1985]

at the same time they sucked.."we are the champions"???...not really...they cant immitate greatness.

[BackRockDelta]

Long hair dude is the only one who can sing

[PatrikMidelf]

please kill me before they kill more great queen songs! GAAAAAAH!

[blahsheblah]

oh!! no chris dominates!!!! these others cant sing rock at all!! thank god for chris!!!

[blahsheblah]

well, i think chris could have carried the whole performance without the others!!!! rock on chis!!!

[powerXpunkXgirl69]

Does anybody know the first song they sing?

[KRDogstar]

It's called A Kind of Magic.

[88fingers88]

As usual...Elliott Yamin's voice dominates this medley with "Best Friend" solo. He was so much better than anyone on the show it is laughable.

[Invad3r]

"we are the champions" was right-on, except maybe for taylor whats-his-face's crazy bits, oh, and that the real song doesn't end on "of the world." i guess the best part was "you're my best friend." i hated the "don't stop me now" solos... yuck

[kristinalinda]

Gah...... I have such mixed feelings about Queen taking part in this.... on the one hand it is a testament to their enduring popularity, but on the other hand its American reality tv which is embarassing........agh! oh well i'm just going to enjoy watching B and R.

[KatieLL]

Wish Chris had sung Under Pressure the night before. Chris sounded soooooooo AMAZING singing that...though he was always amazing, but especially with Under Pressure.

[plipdude]

I agree. Cris rocked Under Pressure..... I'm not even a fan of Chris but he really did great.

[SilverRao]

this is awesome, especially since queen is my favorite band

[girlbuckeyefanatic]

Season 5 was still the best season ever...

[x7abels7x]

the guy singing killer queen sounded very much like freddie very good

[redwinglover234]

ace young

[divinyl15]

Does anyone else find it ironic that the winner sang "We Are the Champions"?

[MusicalFreak16]

Lol. That is kind of Ironic. He was supposed to sing it during his regular performance anyways but switched it afterwards to Crazy Little Thing Called Love. I guess he just decided to do it here in the medley instead. But that is pretty funny considering he Won.

[tpaldi2]

this is kandien idol?

brain&freddie are the best!!

[idolrox52]

Doesn't the girl on the right screen and on the rightside at 1:45 look like Bri from the Real World?!? She even said she auditioned for American Idol Season 5 and made it to Top 45!!

[idoletc]

Sorry, I meant to push the "thumbs up" button. It is definately Bri.

[TheMiracle91]

Haha i wouldve loved to see Freddie come in and overpower them all, haha :D Miss him totally <3

[jessiethegeek]

That would have been so fabulous,especialy ifit wasnt expected,if he came through the door in a costume and just outdid them all.

This wasnt the best medley of queen songs.Queen songs can only be sung by the entire complete band:Queen.

Although i would have loved to be on this show if i knew theyd get to sing queen songs.

[FruityPebblezz]

My favorite group performance on idol ever. Although I positively hate Taylor Hicks, the rest of the time I loved it. Especially Daughtry. Taylor definitely should not have won. Everyone else performing was way better. It was such a popularity contest...

[sideways24]

Haha Ace was such a tool...I totally forgot about him.

[merkura26]

the Killer-Queen-part is really nice but the others...

[TheGangstaBoy100]

1. Taylor

2. Paris

3. Chris

4. Bucky

5. Katharine

6. Elliott

7. Kellie

8. Ace

[Teeftaller]

Chris Daughtry made this season great.

[littlejules417]

definately.i love daughtry

[Erikkkkkkkkkkkkk]

what a shit...

[dba137]

these guys SUCK.

Freddie I am SORRY that you had to hear this!

[NyDerekJeter2]

Yeah... they suck?? Daughtry is a mega star(4 million copies of his debut album sold, along with 4 hit singles), taylor hicks has platinum album, elliott yamin has a huge hit and a gold album, bucky covington has had TWO country hits to along with his gold album, kellie pickler is big in country music... Think before you speak.

[marotzkes]

daughtry was by far the best in season5

[littlejules417]

i agree!

[jam0620]

nobody but nobody measures up to Freddie. everyone can sing a Freddie song but nobody can deliver it the way Freddie does... the artistry, the emotion, the power, the clarity. this medley just shows how great a singer Freddie is.

[gordonfan1201]

nobody can do killer queen like fredy did

[aerorox1263]

tell me, how exactly did taylor win? he was the worst one in this ensemble. he blew the end.

[monteman87]

no joke. i see exactly what you mean

[vsilver839]

vftw

[bloodrose710]

chris sounded awesome singing under pressure...hehe...and I think Elliott should've sang You're My Best Friend as his song instead of Somebody to Love, cuz he sounded better...

But that Ace guy...omg, he sounds horrible singing killer queen AND we will rock you!

[blushersthegreat]

Not fantastic or anything, but It's ok.

Nice to know that these songs are still being done, You'll live on freddie!

[Kendrasaweet]

Elliott sounded AWESOME

[Pineapple2412]

Haha, I bet Freddie smiles up there...

I guess things like this just makes us appreciate the original even more ;)

[ComeStains]

to the Queeenie fans, calm the hell down, this was just a talent show, none of them here were professionals. Of course nobody can sing the way Freddy sang cause that was Freddy's style. I mean what did you expect from a group of "regulars" trying to make it in the music industry? I think Freddy would be pleased knowing at least his music is getting some publicity instead of only hearing it in sports games or intermissions, I mean c'mon really, get a grip

[biaport13]

I'm a true Queen fan, and no-one can reach Queen, but they did well... I've seen worse, belive me...

[bloodrose710]

I totally agree with you...I'm a huge Queen fan too, but seriously, everyone needs to give the American Idol guys a break! I'm just happy they at least featured Queen on the show, it helps to spread their music to more people, especially the younger generation, don't you think? So please guys, just chill out...

[spepper]

well said

[carlykaiser]

I agree.

I am the biggest Freddie fan, but I do understand that these people are in no way pros, only a few have good voices, and barley any know how to actually use it.

I think Freddie will be happy to know people want to use his songs.

[stuartlowe758]

I love Queen, but this is crap. How to ruin some great songs! The Spice Girls could have done better.

[musicalfreak3]

♥luv chris♥

[mrsparkl3s]

Lol, 8 people + a full bad still sound worse than the 4 in queen....american idol loses..

[34cherry]

The best season was the second one. The most successful idol of all was runner up Clay Aiken. Although this season had top performers

with Chris Daughtry Elliott Yamin and Kat McPhee. Taylor Hicks was a joke. We voted him the idol because we wanted the every guy who sings kareoke to win.

[isaacmullin]

i lve queen

[RadiatedSpider]

nice

[isaacmullin]

taylor hicks should have done we are the champions for his real song i was so dissapointed when he changed it

[MusicalFreak16]

Isaacmullin,

I don't know. His Crazy Little Thing Called Love was pretty awesome. And very entertaining.

[PAULiNKAxWH0A]

i can watch this 34379x and it still entertains me :] there will never be a better season.

[bansidh]

Another One Bites the Dust, Killer Queen or Don't Stop Me Now covers were terrible. Under Pressure was good though.

[jonasbrothersrhott55]

I love Elliot

[godhand06]

Taylor made the We are the champion a very good one...

[Dirk41193]

They butchered it. Bastards. LONG LIVE FREDDY AND QUEEN!

[carlykaiser]

Freddie. IE. Not Y

[NyDerekJeter2]

nice

[katgirl1821]

i thought that this was awesome although i did not like them so small and u could not see them and i was like hard to see and i have it on tape i love ace young solo and elliot and chris

[windies82]

it's the top8 performance..

Mandisa already eliminated at top9

[saxionol]

where's mandisa?

[jaymejean28]

get the fuck over it dumbasses

[sillylilgee]

Queen should sue this people! Its horrible. Killer Queen was butchered! Its supposed to be Recommended at a price and Insatiable in apetite. The moron sings it wrong!

[daytripper18]

Recommended at the price, not a. And insatiable an appetite not in. Hey, if you're gonna be a stickler for lyrics, so am I.

[queenofhunter93]

i love the you're my best friend part.. elliot's voice was great!! i don't really like the we are the champions part..

[proudclaynadian86]

That was awful :(

[ECWNET]

wow, no wonder y every idol is a hasbeen in a month, they fucking suck! none of these people can ever hold freddie mercurys piss bucket!

[scandal101]

They sing Queen songs like Queen songs are 'pop'

[cooppp]

agreed

[spreadyourwings24]

i agree, "we are the champions" wasnt precisely nice...

[PaddlefootCanada]

Under Pressure was was a stand out, and I was disappointed with Taylor Hicks on "We are the Champions". Most Queen songs were written for Freddy's voice, and Freddy had a complete 4-octave range. Some of the singers did ok, but it wasn't close to Freddy.

[garfieldUSA]

i love The Great Freddie, only him could sing his songs. i just watched Queen Live Aid i can't believe Freddie's voice is amazing for a Rock singer. it was his bday i think a week ago. what is 4-octave range?

[matte85]

No, his voice was 4 octaves.

[nicktehbrick]

I heard 3.5 ... but his voice was amazing either way.

[prettysplash5bell]

Wow Chris is good at Under Pressure!

[KaylorMcHicks]

ninja

[hampuzzy37]

but I think that they should have sung "don't stop me now" like freddie sang it

[hampuzzy37]

that was pretty good:)

[americanidolfan5]

i LOVED it..especially the killer queen part

[Pamelaaaaaa67]

Oh my goodness. They totally should have taught them the WWRY versions of the songs. This was...special.

Poor Queen....

[kadyspice]

oh fuck this freddie is turning in his grave.

[sxcamsy]

any1 got crazy daves audition please