Freddie Mercury - The great pretender (1992)

[TheSapphireDragon1]

Red looks good on him

[dbmagick]

Belated Happy 65th Birthday my Beautiful, beautiful talented boy. I will always adore you.

[digoregorio1992]

why does this video say 1992 if freddie died in nov, 1991????

[joeleffler]

@digoregorio1992 the song was released in 1992 i guess

[54queenbeemimi]

truly the greatest performer RIP FREDDIE will love you forever

[bill77777776]

Freddie Mercury...SUPERSTAR!!!!!

[get1modernwarfare2]

eww at the tranny outfits lol. R.I.P to one of the greats =-D

[eysaura]

great job freddy....... love you music forever!

[marihottie08]

R.I.P Freddie Mercury 19 Years Today, And We Still Miss and Love U Always <3<3

[aequa]

I don't think there's a single side of Freddie I'm not smitten by. What a great person he was, not just a great artist. RIP Freddie.

[lene73]

This backstage vid was brought out after his passing,he was funny but that big loud queer with the loud laugh got on my nerves!!and freddies by the look on his face:)he didnt have to be loud...charisma,innocence also in many ways.Yep RT done backup singer!!this was out in 1987 as a solo,he wore a pink satin suit.I am a straight woman,sexuality,age is so over played these days..either love it or you don't..i L him!.we share same birthday..5th september..19 years on the 24th:(always in my heart.

[15501aryan]

19 yrs this month, Rest in peace, Darling

[PaulValenciaSpain]

It's good to see that he could laugh at himself and didn't take himself too seriously, BUT WE DID. What a talented man!!!

[ruantengyi]

was this released before his death?

[hallwaypis]

What a fuckin entertainer! Pis out.

[ruantengyi]

Freedie would have been 64 years old today if it wasnt for AIDS!

[LoquendoItaliaFAN]

Freddie is a legend.

[biggestFFXIfan]

@Aonghus117 understandable! i may havesounded a bit rude just then!

[biggestFFXIfan]

@Aonghus117 dude, freddie mercury, was not straight. unbelievable that you did not know that.

[64berber]

I sent this to a 'christian' friend and she freaked....we are no longer friends

One can only imagine what her 'world view' is like!!

[brokenwheel2000]

who cares how he dressed or his sexual afiliaton, all I know is that i miss him dearly, and I am and heterosexual, Freddie is and always will be the greatest, Love you and miss you dearly Freddie.....

[Tinechumisca]

saudades de vc!

[Aec1127able]

When this song came out in 1987 this was when Freddie was Diganosed with AIDS and he was very thin. Rest in peace Freddie.

[damonkeyman889944]

Great song, hilarious intro. xD

btw, this song was released in 1987, but this version with the intro was released in 1992. ;D

[Silviaaa92]

la traduzione è errata -.-" se si conoscesse l'inglese si saprebbe che "to pretend" significa "fingere" e non "pretendere"....

[Robthewild1]

HAHAHA WTF! "RIP HER TITS OFF!!!" lol

[FreddieGabby97]

he had a DAYUM nice body :D

[FreddieGabby97]

OMG freddie is amazing I LOvE HIM.

[Aec1127able]

@FreddieGabby97 He is our Great Pretender.

[FreddieGabby97]

@Aec1127able Yes , yes he is : )

[Aec1127able]

@FreddieGabby97 <3 <3 <3 <3 Freddie will be greatly missed on Nov.24th 2010 when he's dead 20 years. < / 3

[FreddieGabby97]

@Aec1127able Yes he will , I might cry :(

[Aec1127able]

@FreddieGabby97 I hope Queen fans will celeabrate his life in style.

[FreddieGabby97]

Yeeaah.

I will : )

[DKNeLo]

@Aec1127able Didn't he die in 91?

[Aec1127able]

@DKNeLo yeah at the age of 45 on Sunday.

[DKNeLo]

@Aec1127able Yeah but then it Would be 20 years ago next year.

[Aec1127able]

@DKNeLo last year it was 19 years this year it's 20. R.I.P Freddie.

[DKNeLo]

@Aec1127able I'm not trying to start a flame war, but srsly check wikipedia, he died in 91, = it's 20 years ago next year.

[Aec1127able]

@DKNeLo Yeah you're right. sorry about that.

[DKNeLo]

@Aec1127able No prob, we all wanna forget that day.

[Aec1127able]

@DKNeLo But Nov.24th is never ginna go away. I miss Freddie.

[ozzcomith45]

People always showed dislike towards queen because of them dressing as women. In my opinion that is queens way of saying we can make great music as men or women so why not show it. It just demonstrates their artistic abilities and their integrity to not care of what people think and to do what they love to do no matter what. That's how I think of Queen and Freddy and that's how I will always feel no matter what. They are THE GREATEST BAND in the world! PERIOD!!!!

[TheJohnnyCotts]

@ozzcomith45 For some reason, it's considered perfectly normal for English men to wear women's clothing. BTW, was one of the other "back-up singers" Roger Taylor?

[missica15]

@TheJohnnyCotts Yep!

[ozzcomith45]

@TheJohnnyCotts Oh of course. Roger was a major contributor to the back up vocals. He was always seen with a mic 6 inches away from his face for when ever he needed to get those filling vocals.

[ricardoinacioribeiro]

O verdadeiro SHOWMAN, pena que vc foi embora deste plano, mas é vivo para sempre nas músicas e vídeos....obrigado por ter feito tudo!

[47dimebag]

"To pretend" vuol dire fingere,non pretendere.

[rootieboy]

This perfectly describes Freddie. This song must have been written for him back in 1955. Someone predicted the future of a rock God!

[MyEspinas]

freddie es lamas bella

[dario105]

Please God, We Want Some More! Miss you Freddie.

[turatino]

bellissimo!!!!!

[champalou]

Roger Taylor is the cutest

[Queenforever15]

when roger looked in the mirror when he was wearing a bra and said "OH GOD!" That just made me laugh

[donegaveup]

I would LOVE to have, or even all of those cardboard stand ups of him!

[Cathie8791]

I didn't realize that Roger was in this video. That's hilarious.

[isittruelove]

Jesus.

He died on the 24th November 1991, and Freddie was alive [obviously] when the song was launched. How could you type 1992? My god.

[cecilly91]

Who was the drag in black and green?

[penny370]

@cecilly91 Peter Straker

[alexbsrammstein19]

@cecilly91 freddie mercury best friend i dont remember his name.

[sexymartboy]

Freddie you'll always be around ,a legend true entertainer performer inspiration genuis LOVE YOU MAN and THE BEST LIVE BAND EVER QUEEN ,to brian roger and john THANK YOU i grew up To Your Amazing Music and im still young lol,WE WILL WE WILL ROCK YOU,Martin DUBLIN.

[sochackiz]

Freddie to był stary zdewoczony pedzio, ale muzykiem był genialnym !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheSeaPeopleandMe]

This song, as well as 'THe Show Must Go On" and I'm sure several others, hidden in the lyrics, you can tell are the affects the disease has had on Freddie (Pretending I'm doing well, but my need is such. etc;;;), and if you know what was going on at the time, and read into them, he practically tells you he isn't Ok! lol

[tufftandle]

''TAKE THEM OFF!'' best part. Freddie's my best friend and he doesn't even know it.

[lukkmaster]

Freddie died in november of 1991, so the song could not have been made in 1992

[LadyDI3403]

great!!

[sumrandomguy86]

freddie worked that voice like no other, Queen Till this day!!!!!

[frunze1969]

Is it a solo or is he performing with the band?

[MikeyTTTT]

Wow. This is so good.  I haven't seen it for a year or more. I still rate this as one of his best videos.

[jbenno10]

i dont give two monkeys if freddie was gay, the fact is that queen were phenominal in there day, and i wonder, if freddie had not had passed on queen would still be rocking allover the world, and why doi think that, well its because freddie put heart and soul into his music and with a fine trio of bass, electric and drum players behind him it was perfect, hence why they had hit aftrer hit,

[Flor1045]

Amo todas as musicas do Queen era e serei fã deles em especial Freddie Mercury pra sempre...

[bensimps123]

this wasent in 1992! he died in 1991!!! poor freddie ,loved life and had so much more to do

[jbe1967]

Thank God He lived....he has more balls than most of us........

[ZapMeBaby]

I don't care what his lifestyles was this man can sing and do it well.

R.I.P Freddie. Now you can sing for the Old Mighty.............

[Lcplsexiiiking]

omg this video is toooooo funny " do u think its me" HAHAHAHAHAHA, fantastic relationship they all had together xxxxx

[derWolpertinger]

Freddy war für mich der Größte!!

Vielleicht gibst Du die Daten nochmal neu ein!

Denn Freddy ist am 24.11.1991 gestorben!

Also kann der Titel nicht von 1992 sein!

Gruß Peter

[GeezeLuisTV]

my soul tingles when i hear this song

[himitsuforever]

Es buenisimo este video! uno de mis preferidos !

[olkaaaPL]

what roger says about color ?

[MrAnDrEo88]

cmq io sapevo che il verbo inglese "to pretend" in inglese significa "fingere" in italiano... infatti penso che ci stia molto meglio nella traduzione...... :P

[josuegta80]

extended version!!!

[Rufferto21]

Freddie Mercury - the best there was and the best there will ever be.

[Stuart0000X]

@Rufferto21 What about Aqua?

[Kessy132]

you`re not the great pretender - that`s nasty!!!

[mrazafama]

I Agree with you "dennisgray2004", i love Freddy Mercury and Queen, and i´m not gay!!!!!!!! We all miss good music !!!!!!!! RIP Freddy !!!!!!!!!!!

[cutesouris]

thats so funny i love him

[trilihi]

Herlig gjeng

[susieqyasoo]

He was one of the immortal performer's of the 20th Century....his voice was perfection, his humour contagious, his personality brilliant, he was and always WILL be a super-star!!!!

[0astarte0]

ma chi diamine ha fatto questa traduzione orribile????? PRETEND in inglese non significa pretendere, ma FINGERE. sfigati!

[Kleryan]

@0astarte0 to pretend significa anche rivendicare, richiedere. cmq nn so in ke senso la intendesse freddie.

[DonJoPalma]

in 1992 freddy was dead...

[bart195]

@DonJoPalma he died the 24 november 1991

[DonJoPalma]

@bart195 exactly, and this video's title says 1992. Impossible, right?

[bart195]

@DonJoPalma that's another version of The Great Pretender, it was made after Freddie Mercury death.

[pokobea]

The Best Voice EVER!!!!!!!!

[QueenAstoria]

Jaja Roger, so funny. Freddie is the best always!!!

[lovenswhal]

That's gay.

[gabrielleangel34400]

my favorit song of queen!!!

[LovePeteBurns]

Ohhh,Freddie soo cute,but Taylor XDD

Peter quite beauty **

I think Peter is gay,isn't he?

[markokolga]

my favorite

[MrKoprivnik]

hjärtat är min krona,vackert tänk 33års sedan isstadion killen kommer in på scenen med mantel och krona skriker do you wanna rockanroll gör jailhouse rock helt oförglömligt för en sjuttonåring  stani.

[facardiff]

We Love you Freddie!!!!!!!!!!!

You live in us, in our hearts and minds FOR EVER AND EVER WILL YOU LIVE!!!!!!

THANK YOU !

[Migratoryprimate]

Who is the blonde lady at 2:47?  And what other Queen/Freddie Mercury video have I seen her in?

[daniellemr85]

God bless you Mr. Mercury! No other man could look that good in drag....why did he have to be taken from this earth? FUCK AIDS!!!

[gdsc4]

is roger in this video??!! hahaha

[exekuter666]

@gdsc4 yeah roger is in the video, thats funny

[monkeyman123321]

I wished this song wasn't so close to what I live.

[Seattlecarnut]

I didn't know there was an extended version of Great Pretender. This I'll have to check out.

[DeAztec62]

how can this be in 1992 when he died in 1991

[ben5leto]

honestly i'm so suprised Roger was with Freddie while doing this. not hating or not being homophobic i swear i love freddie and queen. but i mean Roger is straight and it didn't really seem straight to do that haha. but yah roger is jus him and he's cool.

[00cm]

Camp is a great British institution, you should try it out some time.

[ben5leto]

only a few problems. i live in LA and i'm latino. haha

[00cm]

@ben5leto Go to Rio and camp it out! ;)

[ben5leto]

i can't i don't have money

[00cm]

@ben5leto You can camp it out in your bedroom. As you can see from the video, all you need is a bad wig, some loud make-up, a cheap sequin dress and some stockings. High heels are a nice added touch. Have fun!

[ben5leto]

well first off i would never do any of that stuff. and two i don't understand how that's camping. but i don't think i want to know

[00cm]

@ben5leto Funniest Youtube comment I ever read. :)

[AliLu07]

@ben5leto roger is the only straight guy in this world who can do this kind of stuff and who is even sexier when doing it xD

[madmedestael]

how strange he was whitout moustache

[zina2303]

lov to hear your song over over again you are legend.

[TF1JinglesPub]

The Great Pretender was released in 1987. One of the best songs of Freddie Mercury...

[madmedestael]

it wasn't a freddy's osng was a platters' one

freddie's was a cover

[SelSun83]

well it's not the original

[brunexb]

my friend willamwallacee im agree with u "the greatest singer that ever lived"

[plutao]

when platter sing it by the first tme was great, when freddie sing , this become opera

[williamwallacee]

freddie died on the 24th of november 1991. i remember it was on the news, just the day before he told the press he had aids, the next day he died, such a shame, he was the greatest singer that ever lived..

and i went to see a queen tribute band last year on the 7th february and the lead singer is garry mullen from edinburgh in scotland.. if you ever have the pleasure to hear garry mullen you would say he has the voice of freddie, he sound exactly like freddie

[TVHS1993]

oh no one can sound exactly like anyone. unless your identical twins but even then you have the smallest micro difirence of a voice change. but yes garry mullen is a prety good tribute singer. but he dosent have the charismatic attrubute that freddie did you can just tell hes just there to put on a show. freddie dident just put on the show he wanted the crowed to feal like they were part of the band. the only person that could possiable take over and not replace freddie now a days isAdam Lambert

[theanimeloser]

Aw, that's a good tribute to Freddie.

Was that really him singing? It didn't really look like him, but I guess the lack of facial hair is just weird.

lol he died in 1991, and with this saying '92, I found that funny.

[meowqueenx]

lmao... gotta love the lead in

[bingandtri]

its 1991 not 92 he died in 91

[meowqueenx]

think this song/video was sometime in the mid '80's. not sure exactly what year

[lilcupcake56]

@bingandtri The extra footage could have came out in 92. Like the backstage stuff. As in released to the public.

[Daltonjabs]

3 people dressed up there is a chick, a gay guy, and a guy just having fun can u figure out which ones which ?

[thatgypsy]

These are three men dressed up: Freddie in the red and black outfits, Roger Taylor in the gold and purple outfits, and Peter Straker in the green and leopard print outfits.

[dya76tube]

Funny :))

[CiroIce]

E' morto nel 1991, il 24 novembre... perchè 1992? in ogni caso sickboy ha ragione...

[1167Carla]

very funny this video! ;-))

[dennisgray2004]

geekoncallny>>>>

you dont have to be GAY to like good music. Or even for that matter to have Gay friends. God made us all different for His own reason's. Its not for us to discriminate or to judge. If the world were full of a bunch of identical people what a boring place this would be. No matter who we are we should all be proud of who God made us to be.

[ermayo93]

@dennisgray2004

Here Here!!!!!!!

[Kleryan]

@dennisgray2004 God doesn't exist, Surprise!

But I agree with the rest.

[cbar0x]

@dennisgray2004 By the way, he was BISEXUAL. And he's been the best singer in the history.

[frunze1969]

@cbar0x

Look up Freddy "Untold story" show here, his costume dresser says " Freddy was gay, and he enjoyed his life being gay"

Lets be acurate :-), but overall who freaking cares I love his voice, I love his music and I love Queen.

[eddiefonzarelli]

@dennisgray2004 ?? What about Murderers and rapists and generally crappy people? Should they be proud to be what GOD made them? And should we be proud of GOD for making people that want to kill and rape other people?

[sickboy3883]

"To pretend" significa FINGERE... in realtà la traduzione in senso lato è "Il grande commediante"... colui che finge sempre...

Ma un c*zzo di vocabolario prima di avventurarsi in imprese fuori dalla propria portata no, eh? -.-'

[dennisgray2004]

this song is awesome. I feel it is like an anthem to the gay lifstyle. How many of us had to such great pretenders just to survive, living a life of a straight, and know thats not the real us. I love this song and Freddie for his being so real with life

[geekoncallny]

like te song but I am not gay I 120% sure

[rbaleksandar]

What has a song to do with whether you're gay or not. Just enjoy listening. :D

[Panini123Calciatori]

very good song!!! Freddie is life!

[littlecleric]

1992? he died in 1991

[mikimix96]

the vid is probably released in 1992 :/

[alinebissoli]

oooooo mundo injusto, pq levaram o fredão?!?! T_T. tão boa pessoa.

[MrToiletclogger]

legend.. OH IM NAKED! XD haha

[SarahElisayy]

'take them off!'

[parrot207]

what i just seen was a complete in sult to that bi sexuallity but what a legend he left to us ord guys

[sorgloseSuse1]

Pretending that YOUR`re still around!

[DalmacioGregorio]

My Godfather looks like him and also a singer with almost same as Freedy's voice.

[magrelohalls]

rediculo naty 1000halls @hotmaio . com

[Tore380]

sono sempre i migliori quelli che se ne vanno...

R.I.P Freddie

[FabryMercury]

of course!

[chupatelo11]

Not all the time, only when he was fucking with a man. Besides that, not, he wasn't.

[090673gonzo]

I Love This ist very good, Love You Freddie Mercury. You are the best ever. live like there is now Tomorrow. I Miss You

[MOVlNOVA]

a true artist.

and the video is so much fun :)

[QuimismoParteTres]

I like this group but just this song is one of that I am not in the habit of listening, for that I do not like to see as freddie it(he,she) was deteriorating, but my question is ... this where the rest of the group apart from freddie mercury and roger taylor? Thanks to whom it(he,she) answers good-bye to me

[rhysyboy96]

we love you freddie rest in peace

[TheTall84]

Holger Göpfert hat zwar wie ne alte auf Extasie darauf getanzt aber schaut euch Freddy an... Spass und die Preformence ist der knaller. Wäre toll wenn Holger das alles Covern könnte ich würde ihm das wünschen.

[calpurnia75]

i love you my king of rock Fr

eddie!!!!