Queen - Hammer To Fall (Live Aid '85)

[iammontecristo]

Queen playing at Live Aid and rocking everyone's socks off at the same time is, for me, proof that God exsists (because this is a class act on how to rock).

[971655hyden]

when gods of music roam this world.............

[01gjmoore]

when music had balls.

[pablian88]

Freddie es lo más, pero hay que decirlo: acá no se animo a los agudos.

[Defixio1]

Bit of random skat at the start there ;) Brian May should have suddenly pulled out a sax and turned it into a freeforming jazz odyssey XD Awesome song

[jdu6]

i love you FREDDIE

[MrTimooth]

No doubt he had a line of two of concaine for this show, his favorite drug! :)

[frankito78]

Im a big fan of Michael Jackson but Freddy was also a fantastic entertainer. They both destroyed Wembley during the 80. 's like nobody...

[biggus8888]

Queen & Freddie owned Wembley !!!

[zombie13jel]

Freddie stealing the show and showing everyone else how it's done!

[Keithwebb2011]

Give it to me one more time!

[Keithwebb2011]

Give it to me one more time.

[teo1988ify]

SARETE SEMPRE I MIGLIORI PER ME......GRAZIE DI TUTTO

[xminu89x]

God dam they don`t make singers like they used to...

[HorrorInTheHammer]

What a great intro

[nikyliz14]

Hey hey hey hey, Hammer to Fall!!!!!!

[MrBigjohn2009]

E O

[uaujuan]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEoooo­ooooooo!!

[daniputuflu]

queen, best ever rock band, my god

[modano1302]

queen lives forever and so do freddy

[CrimsonPhantasms]

My mom watched this live. Just watching it impregnated her with me. Hammer to Fall is my dad. =(

[TachieBillano]

@CrimsonPhantasms: Hmm...er, a hammering of a different sort was probably involved. :-p LOL. Just be glad it's Queen. My Mom? She went gaga over (gag!) Tom Jones.

[felsner1]

Aaal-right!

[NokaHewson]

Best band ever

[SeaverWhat]

I wish I could have been there

[Blaherhagen]

There are 12 dislikes on that song. That means, of course, that there are 12 foolish deaf homophobes. Because those are the only people who could dislike a Freddy Mercury live performance.

[jieyangko]

Till one day they call your name

You know it's time for the hammer to fall - YEAH

[iammontecristo]

Woke up this morning singing "Hammer to Fall". It was great.

[japierdoleokurwa]

being there had to be beautiful experience

[ManUtdMrs]

@japierdoleokurwa I was there and it was the most beautiful experience ever! x

[chappy496]

the best frount man of all time one of the best bands of al ltime oh and hell yeah

[ThePiticulbz]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOO

[delinellychan]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeooooo­oooooooooooooooooooo! fuck up lol lol lol

[GN0MEz]

OMG 80'S STYLE IS SOO FUCKED UP. DID PEOPLE ACTUALLY WEAR THAT SHIT?

[MexicansStealShoes]

@GN0MEz Fashion is always changing....in 20 years your clothing will look like a gimp suit.

[GN0MEz]

@MexicansStealShoes lol your right. i wanna look at my school pics in 20 yrs

[garethedwardvaughan]

Freddie Mercury greatest air guitarist of all time

[AangRaj]

I'd like to see Freddie hit one of the cymbals with his microphone stand... :D

[RobertFuentes]

No outrageous costumes or light shows...just an amazing band cranking it out bare bones. And Freddie...have you ever seen a man more comfortable and in command in front of a world audience? This is how choose to remember him.

[zebster18]

I wish I could sing like Freddie for 5 seconds just once in my lifetime, to know what genius feels like.

[KingArthurFan]

Love it when he messes with the camerman. Freddie just needed to open his mouth to make people fall at his feet. Freddie is definitely a legend.

[frizzylizzy1962]

he loved his fans

[colecciontotal]

now I can die in peace

[iammontecristo]

Queen smoked everyone else out of the water during Live Aid.

[FrozenDodoBird]

Thumbs up if this is your fav queen song

[jwahh]

limeys can rock it , pure and simple.

[bloup28]

0:00 - 0:50 just made my fucking day.

[bairns1234]

Queen simply blew everyone else off stage that day. Bono might as well have not bothered.

[snarfinigus]

Dear God,

Please watch over Freddie, comfort him, keep him forever, on your stage. Thank you for sharing your gifts with him for us to enjoy. And thank you for using him to teach us not to hate. Amen

[TheSanityInspector]

Happy 65th to Freddie! There won't be another one of him...

[poofyfreddie]

Freddie profited from exploitation of black people, he should have been banned from Live Aid

[jichaelmackson1958]

@poofyfreddie lolwut? your an idiot, he profited from exploiting EVERYONE... lol what else would you expect from a genius?

[SoundOfStarsJM]

Happy birthday Freddie <3

[Rockybalboa285]

Freddie Mercury Went wild That Day!!!

[Ullbritt]

Pixel to fall

[jonnypkmn168]

love john's afro around this time, especially for radio ga ga!

[rden94]

It's amazing how he could not handle this song with his voice when he was in rough shape, but for we are the champions he was perfect at live aid

[ItsMrMatfin]

@rden94 I'm not sure if he had aids at this point did he?

[MrJasonSmarts]

@ItsMrMatfin most probably... he could have had aids up to ten years previous to this video.

[ItsMrMatfin]

@MrJasonSmart Yeah suppose your right , well lets wish him a happy 65th birthday :)

[sonnie254]

wow, someone see that Freddie is in his element right there in front of this humongous crowd he is also enjoying it!!! i mean nowadays the musicians play a concert and its totally stressing and uncomfortable when its through they look like they are revealed, but someone can see that he is really enjoying it, i think that's why the crowd are at his beck and call!!!! i love him.

[resireg]

Thanks to live aid there is no more poverty and starvation in Africa

[TheE1961]

Queen stole the show.If it was a battle of the bands world wide,Queen took total dominance!

[johnny991965]

I remember the pure energy of Queen from my youth and pity today's kids who buy garbage like Justin Bieber records, no wonder we've got a generation of vacuous kids....

[lyneham69]

Many people who where not queen fans before this concert, became queen fans instantly. truly superb performance. God bless you Freddy.

[azaas]

wow the dude sang in front of like a gazillion people and he was cool enough to play a joke on the cameraman :P Gotta love Freddie ;)

[bairns1234]

How in God's name could anyone not like this ?

[TheFogolar]

I really envy you guys who got the chance to see Queen live... I would give all the concerts I've been to so far and all the concerts I'll go to just to see Freddie singing live.

[1234MusicEqualsLife]

@TheFogolar i know right??? so much id give to hear Freddies amazing voice live

[martinwilliamrandall]

Give me a hell yeah! If you agree with me it dont get much better than this!

[batfrend]

@martinwilliamrandall HELL YEAH!!!!

[martinwilliamrandall]

@batfrend Oh HELL YEAH!!!! Back at ya friend!

[KodieGregory]

@martinwilliamrandall HELLLLLL YEEAAAAAH

[FrankThePoet]

@martinwilliamrandall Hell Yeah!

[martinwilliamrandall]

@FrankThePoet And thats the bottem line because Rock N Roll Said so!

[CuteKittyeqla3]

I just wanna be there :(

too bad that Fredie died b4 I was born :""(

[martinwilliamrandall]

After Elvis Presley. Freddy Mercury was the coolest man this world ever produced. What a stage prescence

[Woo5ter]

Freddie isn't dead, he just went home! Made in Heaven, right?

[atourdeforce]

@Woo5ter yeah that kindda means he is dead tho. hope there is some place where all these dead guys are rippin it up. that would make dying less sucky!!

[andre312]

In just a mere 20 minutes, Queen is proven to be one of the best band in world...

[iammontecristo]

Funking Geniuses. That is the best to describe Queen. They took Live Aid by the hand, stole it, and just simply owned it.

[cheevous]

I will comment on another queen video! amazing, spectacular, what else is there to say! Freddie was a one of a kind, and the rest of the band was great. RIP Freddie from Indiana.

[chigurl66]

Freddie had an amazing voice. There is no one like him. He is sadly missed in the music industry.

[ThinkProphilax]

John at 4:30!!!!

[blackhatwizardcat]

The Genius - Greatest Lead Singer Ever!

[nenad26]

The bit from 0:00 to 4:49 is magical ;)

[killwill83]

You've gotta love Freddie for pretending to manipulate his mic stand into a full blown erection at 4:35! Outrageous but funny!

[martinwilliamrandall]

Freddy Mercury was a legend he had the people in the palm of his hands. Like Elvis he had that kind of Charisma you just cant manufactor. RIP

[kfeve11]

This song is unreal. My favourite Queen song and my absolute favourite live performance. Freddie is just put of this world amazing. His voice was just awesome and his stage presence was something that other performers just dont have!

[RetroCool73]

Why do ignorant Yanks insist that Queen "went crap" immediately after Under Pressure when the evidence is everywhere to say otherwise?

[tabman2000]

@RetroCool73 This Yank completely disagrees with any Yank or anyONE who says that Queen ever "went crap"

[DavidCasino]

2:16-2:19 - Freddie hit the hardest tone in this song.

2:20 He meaning in his head: Oh my god I hit it!!! Oh no! - says Roger Taylor.

2:22 - Happy Freddie: Oh no :D

Beautiful moment....

[ericaganda]

Fuck to the 12 dislikes, just go to hell!

[Ninimini999]

My favourite sound is now: EEEEDOOO :D

FREDDIE I LOVE YOUU

[Threepwoodist]

Everybody was in to Queen when they were little!

[ehelibuff73]

@cafedaweb That's my birthday. I was devastated when I heard the news.

[Zekzt]

One of the most amazing live performance ever done.

Nowdays nobody could even dream to give similiar show... not to mention many "pop-shit-stars" sings on live like total retards.. this guy could sing the shit live the same way he recorded a studio versions of the songs... FM FOREVER!!!!

[UKOGcronnie]

@Zekzt I have to say I disagree. But in a good way. Queen are one of if not the only band that are better live than recorded.

[olas1802]

He's coming back to judge dead and living.

[dabenster96]

.....amazing....

[queenfan45]

Freddie all but went "Hello world, you are now my bitch" in his lifetime.

[XxXxXRequiemXxXxX]

@queenfan45 In the nicest way possible, too.

[iammontecristo]

@queenfan45 I like to think that his performance at Live Aid was Freddie's way of doing so.

[ScotsLyon]

I remember this as if it was yesterday.

Queen stole the show they were just absoufukenlutley brilliant

[hazedood]

@tjrtherocksponge Again... literacy... good skill to obtain. Make it a goal someday. In the meantime, have a great day at elementary school! 6th grade (and MAYBE the beginnings of puberty for ya) are right around the corner!!!

[hazedood]

@tjrtherocksponge ... someday you will be literate. That day will be a good day - at least for you.

In the meantime, go read a picture book.

[mercuryforeva]

@hazedood Queen had a sense of humour, i.e. the video for I want to break free. :) rock on.

[hazedood]

@mercuryforeva I most certainly agree... however many American fans didn't see it that way - and as a result of the video, their fanbase in America - especially mid-Western America and among less tolerant Americans - decreased dramatically - they never toured here again. Nonetheless, great band, amazing song writing, stellar musicianship.

[mercuryforeva]

@hazedood I know that alot of americans didn't really understand that I want to break free was spoofing the well known english TV soap Coronation Street, and in essence didn't get the humour being portrayed, which I think in later years, they certainly did (well now anyway). They were massive in the 70's and were great with the multi plat "another one bites the dust" in america. Shame some americans didnt take to the song, they shouldnt of just gone off one video! yes Queen were AMAZING. :)

[mercuryforeva]

@hazedood What they lost in America in that sense, they were big gainers elsewhere for example Rio and across Europe. I would say though that I would like to say that not all americans were ignorant to Queens excellence and didn't just sign off their music due to I Want to break free. Hence why I believe they were always popular and still remain so strongly today with alot of their music involved in musical TV in america today! aswell as Europe.

[hazedood]

@mercuryforeva I definitely agree with your take - I only regret their declining popularity in America because they stopped touring here before I could see them live!!! I've seen numerous videos (and watch rapt during Live Aid)... ahh... what I missed!

[mercuryforeva]

@hazedood You should watch the better quality Queen at live aid vids :) haha and the live at wembley 1986 concert which is my personal fave :) Ohh how I wish I would of seen them live! unfortunately I wasn't born! as their last ever tour was in 1986 with the kind of magic tour which set new world records with touring in Great Britain. I find them the most amazing live act, and in fact the live aid performance aswell as other live performances was what sealed Queen as my fave band :)

[zebster18]

Question: has there ever been a more talented, dynamic, energetic, and charismatic frontman than Freddie?

Answer: No.

[FedeNibbler]

did you notice? at the end of Hammer To Fall, Roger does anything but the thing Fred told him to do. So, Rog goes one more round and Freddie finished it before! Look at the faces of Brian and John. They seem to say WHAT THE FUCK DID HAPPEN??? even the better live show on earth has a failure haha

[FedeNibbler]

did you notice? at the end of Hammer To Fall, Roger does anything but the thing Fred told him to do. So, Rog goes one more round and Freddie finished it before! Look at the faces of Brian and John. They seem to say WHAT THE FUCK DID HAPPEN??? even the better live show on earth has a failure haha

[jumpyjedi]

hes in hell but what a voice on earth!

[Lookinforhis1trulove]

This version sounds even better than the 1986 one. Everything about this performance is nothing short of sheer excellence. Maybe it's because the song is played a little faster..... and Freddie's absolutely amazing voice : )

[mattg090310]

they where a wicked group, they are missed so much , they gave us what i call really musics. i was only 3 when this song was out, but i was brought up with queen and brought my kids up with them and hope when they have kids they will do the seem.

[kewrock]

@tjrtherocksponge I remember the Zep reunion, I can't remember Sabbath being there to be honest. What I meant was, The Jagger/Turner duet was the press' "snapshot" of the whole show. That's what made it to all the magazine covers like Rolling Stone,People, Time and so on. I remember in the months after the show, that clip being played constantly on MTV. I don't remember seeing Queen's set again untill the DVD came out. I rewatched the J/T clip again on Youtube, and still think it's overrated

[kewrock]

It's a shame Mick Jagger and Tina Turner got all the media attention at this show. It's quite obviouse Queen OWNED Live Aid. I'm not even really a big Queen fan. My favorite band, The Who, fell flat on their face. So out of practice, they should have stayed home.

[desmondchild43]

To me, Freddie was Jesus of rock n roll!

[ruffles272]

did he have aids at this point?

[solarDeviant]

@ruffles272 Well, this video was Live Aid in 1985 and he was diagnosed with AIDS in 1987. Perhaps he already had AIDS before that but didn't know. We will never know.

[urbanlemon]

Long live Freddie, long live Queen

[Tungstenum666]

Fuckin´amazing...

[jpelegante]

These guys are GODS among musicians.

[CCaPASun]

1:42. That cameraman should be bloody honored. This song is Beyond words. Miss you Fred.

[JayM1646]

Freddie and MJ were the best entertainers ever!!!

RIP to them both

[iammontecristo]

Queen took Live Aid by the hand and placed it on our minds forever.

[SixSecs]

Freddie fuckin loves Aero's

[gearguitarguy]

Legend has it that Geldof was having problems with getting the order of bands to play as there were so many big egos (we won't play before those guys, etc) and Queen basically came in and said "we'll play whenever you want" and blew the doors off the crowd at 6:30 in the afternoon. How would you have liked to have been the act to follow these guys? I think it was Sade, and whatever happened to her?

[solarDeviant]

@gearguitarguy After Queen's performance here, in order of appearance, was David Bowie, then The Who, then Elton John, and then the finale which was 1) Freddie and Brian singing "Is This The World We Created?", 2) Paul McCartney – "Let It Be", and lastly 3) Band Aid (led by Bob Geldof) – "Do They Know It's Christmas?" I think you're right though ... It's kind of hard to follow Queen's act after they performed.

[gearguitarguy]

@solarDeviant Bad luck of the draw for David Bowie. I just remembered Sade being next on the television broadcast. I've seen both Queen and Bowie live in concert, and while Bowie does put on a good show, he's no Freddie Mercury.

[queenandi]

@solarDeviant It's known that during Queen's performance David Bowie was standing in the coulisses with the shit running down his legs saying: Oh my God, I never can get over that!!!

[xyaqua]

Operatic scat at a rock concert. Only one human in the world would have pulled this off. this freaky Farsi is a fucking phenomenon! Good God was Freddie a force of nature! Having Brian may and Queen backing you up doesn't exactly hurt either. :-)

[reevery1]

What a performer !!!!!Wow

[ObeyJA]

This is just insane! I have always liked Queen, but they have never been my favorite band! But i can honestly say that i have never seen a performance as good as this! I have watched it several times a day for two weeks now. I can't have enough of this! :)

[andreiflaviu]

oh MY GOD ! speechless !!!

[aricosta89]

ESPECTACULAR SONG

ESPECIALLY "I KNOOOOOOOW" FROM ROGER 2 :30

[johnbetteley]

The whole group is absolutely immense on this live performannce...Best live group of all time...J

[jaxmikey59]

This is so fantastic!! The rock world really misses you Freddie!!!!

[Spionsilver]

Queen.. twenty minutes are way to short...

but it was enough to get em more clicks on youtube than any modern crap artist´s live video..

fucking legendary

[alexstef2009]

@cafedaweb fucking true

[fbrjqueen]

FREDDIE WAS ON FIRE!

[johnbetteley]

A world class performance from the finest band in our lifetime

[Richie979]

This is absolutely bloody Wonderful!!!!!  A Real Band performing their own songs like rock and roll should be! X Factor Clones????? FUCK OFF!

[seanemm1195]

@Richie979 I said that not too long ago and got my head bitten off for it...unbelievable!!!

[twiglet2010]

amazing!!!

[peruvian4041]

BEST SONG EVER !!!

LIFT YOUR FACE , THE WESTERN WAY ,BABY !!!

THIS PHRASE ALWAYS MAKES ME STRONGER !!!

[YaraGChiara]

Man, this guy could sing. Queen was a great band, all the guys are very talented, but Mercury was in a league of his own. The bit from 2:16 to 2:29 is magical. I remember watching this when I was a kid - I wasn't very much into Queen, but the guy won me over immediately.

[iammontecristo]

@YaraGChiara And don't you forget it. But seeing clips of them at Wembly had a similar effect on me.

[GradyWhite2007]

One of the best....Queen rock it!

[codisthebestgame]

@strummerocks clearly you have no musical taste 

[TheMariborcanHD]

hammer fell on 12 people...

[haznick]

Daaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy dup!!

Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee day day de day dup!!

[Govanmauler]

What a monster he was on the stage !

[MaxDefender]

He had the crowd in his hands.....What a Legend....

[youxxynoo]

hyyyeaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[calvescorner]

You can't argue with the fact that this man was a complete awesome singer and THE BEST front man of all time.

[Muckknuckle]

I would bear this man's children (and i'm a guy).

[freddiemercury4evr]

@Muckknuckle hahaha! too funny! : )

[SPeacock]

Brian May claims this song is about the Grim Reaper doing his job (his words), and being aware of death (and its inevitability) as a part of life. I say: Screw death! Our bodies will die, but we won't! Good song, too.

[Berenueve]

@cafedaweb the world star to be sadder at 12/8/1980

[shhsthespian]

2 things are responsible for the decline of GOOD music... The fall of Communism, and The death of His Royal Highness Freddie, king of Mercury... both occurred in 1991 and after that good music started to die...

[mattiaX85]

@shhsthespian big respect from italy

[brahms909]

ay up ay up .. sound slike the scousers from harry enfield :p

[GONECRUISING72]

the greatest singer of all time

[KingArthurFan]

To think of how sick he was when he performed that day. And he and Queen still stole the show. I would have killed 20 people to be able to see him perform live.

[nothingsfree]

Hey hey hey hey hey! Hammer to fall!