Queen - Great King Rat (Langham Studio Version)

[aceospades723]

o freddie, god rest your soul. i wuold trade in justin beiber or miley cyrus any day just to have you back. it just sucks that you died before i was born. luv queen, always will <3

[TheQueensWish]

For a real treat pull out your Queen album and listen to this song followed by My Fairy King followed by Liar followed by The Night Comes Down. Talk about musical ecstasy! Love QUEEN!!!!

[MarinaandOtto]

die beste Scheibe von Queen!!

[hippymoonchild]

Roger make that tea for two please. Love this version, it surpasses the album version, this just oozes pure raw energy,Really showcases Brian's guitar work!!!

[icetigerist]

extraordinarily great!!! so much power and all those tempo changes and this variety...It's so fantastic!! Keep rockin' Queen!!

[ReyMisteryo13]

one of most heaviest and underrated songs of queen

love it

[kiwifucker1]

whatever yoooannneeee...needs no remix..dick

[yooanoozarrmay]

shit this is sooo heavy

[tetelabee]

This is so precious. I can't understand the currently youth musical taste.

[edmame]

universe implodes

[mtsn]

Kill me but I like this version more than the album's.

[yooanoozarrmay]

@mtsn it's more in your face but the solos are better on the album. love playing this LOUDLY in 2011 so the whole street can hear what real music is

[mtsn]

@yooanoozarrmay maybe with a proper remixing (for those that don't understand it: remixing as in mixing it again, not like a dance remix!) it can sound as good as it deserves to be.

[bludrugo29]

I prefer original guitar parts. Vocal parts also are missing...tough Its alway Queen tough

[browniebladder]

i was listening to this and reading something at the same time and i forgot that i was listening to it because it's so long.

like this if you think emilie autumn NEEDS to do a cover of this song.

[ranasutra]

@browniebladder aja so?...well...fortunatelly there are people who knows bout music...yeah this is a good song!

[AphroditeEros33]

~♥~ irresistible tune!i <3 <3 it! thanxoxoxo so much for posting & sharing~♥~

[scumthrasher]

To bad music sucks today and will never compare to this. RIP

[bartciao]

What do you think: better than the 'original' version? It has a different sound, I don't know why! I like this one more because of its originality, but I think the original is better... What do you think?

[rekoonsghjkl]

@bartciao I like the album one just alittle better but this seems just abit heavier.

[MrMAHBOI1]

@bartciao i like the album version, but I think the demo is the best

[ranasutra]

@bartciao both are good...but i really prefer the solo on the album version

[OhioScot]

Wish they'd release stuff like this on CD like the Beatles did with their anthology.

[ranasutra]

and i'm sure that all the fans around the world would try to get this stuff...personally this is much more worthy than any other kind of music ;)

[Gebrion45]

I have never listen to this version of that song

[johnnyriggsisdead]

Holy Crow! Haven't heard the Langham Studio sessions before! These are incredible! My favorite era is the first 3 LPs. This is absolutely killing me. You rule, Mr. Fuller.

[PAULOcbi]

@johnnyriggsisdead yea the first 3 albums are great.3 albums of great/creative hard/prog/rock material is about average for most very good bands.Then they start lookin` outside the hard/prog/rock 'box' for inspiration.The only band Ive seen really keep creatively consistent in the hard/prog/rock genre for longer than 3lp`s is LedZeppelin who`s 1st 6 albums are amazing.No surprise LedZep and Queen are the greatest hard/prog/rock bands ever(Rush are in there too as prog rock specialists.)

[comicodentroefuori]

My life for your life... Freddie

[PoketamaVideos]

Don't know why this song isn't more popular, one of my favorite.

[MagnoSorel]

Obra maestra del arte moderno. Saludos a todos los adoradores de Queen, desde México.

[GooGajoob224]

I love the sheer power when Freddie sings "No, no not gonna tell you"!

[gretos1975]

OMG! The pic in 0:22 is like so Amazing!

[103joop]

why is he dead

hate aids miss you freddie

[peppinoratzinger]

beautiful

[flairfan101]

QUEEN RULES !!!

[LegoMarine]

Pure Freddie magic! What a vision, what talent, what a beautiful perfect man!

[alfon1995]

I prefer this version than the album's version.

[Nculacchitemmuartu]

Mee too.

[gustavoamo]

The best song on QUEEN album, the greatest debut album of any band, hard rock up your ass!! lol

[fabhomer]

oh man i love the guitar part at 4.35

i wanna jump and scream it's so good ( in the album version)

[domagoj1varys]

@fabhomer hehe, that's the riff james used in metallica's song motorbreath. epic riff!

[sickboy3883]

@domagoj1varys wasn't that hit the lights? maybe i'm wrong, gotta check that out :)

[domagoj1varys]

@sickboy3883 yo, i don't know how i wrote that :D, probably i was listening to motorbreath :D. ye, you're right, that was hit the lights :D :D, i was thinking of hit the lights, but wrote motorbreath...heh

[sickboy3883]

@domagoj1varys heheh :D

Thanks to you I went back listening to Kill Em All... so no problem XD XD

Cheers :)

[teo2712]

Is there anything better than this song on fuckin earth??

[fabhomer]

no!!!! it's my favorite queen song,

and i think, my 2 year old son who listened to it for the first time today, and seing how he was dancing to it, it's his too.

[GoodoldloverboyRick]

well i really love this version 0o

[renejosundvall]

Dave....marry me....oh wait.. I already am...

[AAJ10ds]

Dave is King, Freddie is God!!

[HorseMan50]

I don't understand, what is a studio version?

[pedrowasabi]

this are versions recorded at langham studios

[GizzleFitz]

Recorded in a studio,as opposed to recording live.Also these recordings are not the same as what was released on record,which were re-mixed and re-processed several times to the degree of perfection that the general public expects.

These recordings are more like 'live' in the studio.

[louisejbjb]

Thanks Dave for posting. I love this song it's great and lots of fun too.

[coultrysmom]

Thanks Dave, you always come thru for us! One of my all time favorite Queen songs off one of my favorite albums. Man, Queen could ROCK!

[15chipshops]

Great version!

Up there as one of my favourite Queen songs along with

'Brighton Rock' and 'It's Late'.

[fabhomer]

we have the same taste!!

[liana92rock]

I love this song!!!

Nice pics!!!

[androgineharlequin]

queen is just the best, and theire still is a rather wonderful, i think the concept so dandi came from FREDDIE MERCURY and his magnificent perfect esthetic style

give us shills nad leave us in some kind of ecstasy.

he is just and truly THE MOST ADORABLE SOUL

[louisejbjb]

One of my absolute favorite. Always chuckle a bit when listening. Can't help myself.

No offense Freddie

[rushdee75]

temasooo amo este tema y lo hicieron con BIGOT el otro dia en THE CAVERNNN

[FreddieBest]

I love this song! Great!

[CHICAGOTICA44]

Freddie still lives in our hearts and in our minds!

Yeah!

We miss you Freddie!

[misskoekjesmeisje]

This is irreplaceable, and so is Freddie.

Miss you still, everyday, forever.

x

[cromandude]

also i preffer the album version

LOL!!!!!!!!!

[cromandude]

love this song

[antropov80]

Amazing solo, but I still prefer the album version. Not that there's a huge difference.

Such a great song though, wow!! Vintage Queen at their best, Brian May take a bow

[GaryJamesPotter]

Can anybody tell me how I can get those pictures?

[clapton79]

Get the sound of the drums? Roger always had a great sense to get the greatest sound out of the drums.

Great pair with the guitar.

[parussation]

MASTERPIECE!!...and great solo!!

[cphershon]

My boyfriend loves this song!!

[dyoung0684]

Absolutely a KICK ASS guitar solo on this version!!!

[anjinxv]

..i love this song

[Denzo200]

FREDDIE PLEASE COME BACK!!!!!!

[vivsim2]

i love this song one of my favourites

[Sharksinyourmouth3]

the early yrs was this bands best stuff-after the 3rd album i lost interest- but was a huge fan collected posters t-shirts interview clippings. had a crush on roger big time! wow he takes great pics.

[mediastarguest]

Maybe better than the album version.

Wonerful

[queenfreak1990]

this one ist better than the album-version

[aerjon]

this is a great song

[DontDropThatDime]

Great song!

one of the best from Queen I

[19Juppidu13]

absolutly the best what was and what will be.

hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiheyyyyyyyyyy­yyy

[queenfreak1990]

Where do you find the fotos?

[nemrodchile]

don't believe all you read in the bible

[Kathy12Ray]

Then what do you believe? It is the oldest book...so it must have facts right to be there that long?

And ummmmm.... hasn't ever been mentioned that it was authored by like....GOD?!

[rcarass1]

you are so fucking stupid its hard to think about where to start criticising you, there are far older and more potent books than the bible, have you not heard of the ancient greeks or the CHINESE, people were writing absolutely beautiful pieces of literature before some demented old israelite cave trolls started talking to imaginary friends!

go get ur self an edumacation!!! :p

[TheOneTrueGirog]

LAWL

Thousands of books are older, it's less than 2000 years old. Second, it's a compilation of many people's works. You ma'am, fail at life.

[feodor24]

well, you got it wrong, mate. Freddie wasn't christian but I know that he visited christian churches from time to time coz he really believed in God. There's also a song called "Jesus" on the same album as this song on. Tho it's a great mystery for me why he wrote such lyrics, there's no doubt he believed in God and Jesus. He just sing this piece of lyrics not like being himself but like being third person or something like that.

[CorkaWiatrow]

Where from you know, that he believed in christian God? Song "Jesus" don't prove anything. And in this song, "Great king rat" Freddie sings: "Don't believe all you read in the Bible..."

I think this time Freddie was wondering: is God exist, and which god. Later he (Freddie) stopped wondering: he was rich, people treated him like he was god and he didn't need any god. Maybe when freddie was ill and dying he started believing in God once again.

Sorry for my English, I'm Polish

[Donaukind]

I don't think it matters whether you believe or not; you and Freddie, all of us, are children of God--God transcends all faiths. The faith we practice is a matter of an accident of birth and your culture. Freddie (and Queen et al) was a gift to us all--he made and makes us happy listening to his music. Your English is plenty good. Keep up the good work!

[gwyar1953]

what name has your god??

and what diffence does the religion of the musician make??? you need not be a Christian to understand the teachings. do some study and forget about criticizing. karma, what goes around comes around even "social" diseases know this one---

[lucaspimenta]

this is the ultimate version of this song.. even better than the album version.. i think is the greatest song of them in this album =)

[mkwaq]

great Queen :)

[bikerdany78]

grazie daverfuller x tutti questi video dei queen così rari 6 grande.

[celestegrl]

thats some great classic Queen !!

[patatafuffy]

I love "Queen" and "Queen II"...

[borrpiene]

Queen OHHH my favorite song!! on 1 album

[paaa08]

I like the old Queen songs. But can anyone explain me, what this song means? English is not my mother language, and I think, I don`t understand the sense of the lyrics. Is it sarcastic ("throw out the good...)? Is there a true story behind (the great king rat)? Or anything else?

Thanks a lot.

[ladyk2488]

&hearts;Great video.&hearts;