Awesome Queen

While the Bee Gees and Leo Sayer were popular during the disco era, Guns N’ Roses came along a decade later with a very different sound. That didn’t stop remixer Bill McClintock from uniting this musical throuple. Along the way, White Zombie, Jimi Hendrix, and Boston drop in to join the unholy orgy of sound.

Bohemian Rhapsody is the definitive example of Rock Opera. The members of Aussie group The Spooky Men’s Chorale started performing it that way, then took a left turn, transforming the Queen classic into an energetic bluegrass hoedown deserving of a standing ovation. Galiley-hoo! Yee-haw, life has just begun!

Singer Otu Suurmunne of Moonic Productions replicated the powerful scream of AC/DC’s Brian Johnson with this remake of Queen’s hit We Will Rock You. Both the original and Moonic’s versions are ideal arena rock anthems, but this interpretation definitely has a harder edge.

Musician Gabriel Guardian shows off Excalibur, a versatile new musical instrument designed by Looyay that combines an electric bass, a keyboard, and digital drum pads in one. Gabriel’s performance of Killer Queen takes advantage of Excalibur’s unique capabilities, and shows off his own multitasking skills. Now, enjoy a little Billie Jean.

Open your eyes, look up to the skies, and see… Pokémon! Magik Mike put together this cursed mashup of the Pokémon theme song with Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Then Elton John shows up to launch the whole thing into space. Prefer your tracks with more drums? You’re welcome.

We’ve heard a whole lot of covers of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, but never one like this. A few years back, New Zealand choral group Hātea Kapa Haka and musician William Waiirua collaborated on a unique and captivating interpretation of the rock opera classic sung in the native Māori language.

The David Bowie and Queen track Under Pressure is one of the greatest rock collaborations ever. But in the hands of There I Ruined It, it’s just a bunch of random noises, gobbledygook, and mumbo jumbo. He did something similarly silly with Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal.

Musician Ralf Bienioschek performed this cover version of the Queen classic Bohemian Rhapsody, replacing the band’s original operatic vocalizations with multiple tracks of recorders and other wind instruments. For a moment we thought we got shittyfluted, but this is actually an impressive performance.

The Rockin’ 1000 assembled once again for a concert in Paris, France. This time, the biggest rock band on Earth got together to perform a cover of the 1981 Queen and David Bowie track Under Pressure. The group is always recruiting, and is currently looking for musicians to play their first gig in Brazil.

When There I Ruined It isn’t making horrible versions of classic songs, they’re creating other kinds of musical mayhem. This brief but awesome mashup combines bits of Bohemian Rhapsody, All-Star, Never Gonna Give You Up, Lose Yourself, and a few other sound snippets. Follow their TikTok feed for more fun.

The recently upgraded Floppotron 3.0 is here to show off just how much better it sounds now that it has more than 500 floppy drives at its core. The precision-orchestrated machines channel Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon with aplomb with a cover of the 1984 track I Want to Break Free.

It might not have 512 floppy drives, but the Device Orchestra has plenty of heart (and googly eyes). So crank up the volume, and get your day started right with a performance of Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now that will have you buzzing like an electric toothbrush.

Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now is one of the most uplifting and energetic songs ever. Over the years, the track has found its way into various movie scenes, from superhero training montages to zombie takedowns. Editor Jovi Prava assembled a montage of scenes that incorporated the track, with a few video game clips tossed in for fun.

Dustin over at There I Ruined It absolutely annihilates another classic song by turning it into the worst version of itself. His terrible Dixieland jazz version of Queen’s We Will Rock You will certainly have Freddie Mercury turning over in his grave.

Because truly nothing is sacred to the warped mind behind There I Ruined It, here’s a version of Queen’s Another One Bites the Dust, mashed up with The Champs’ 1958 hit track Tequila, also known as Pee-Wee Herman’s favorite dance song. Clearly, much tequila was consumed when he came up with this idea.

When Queen created the track Killer Queen back in 1974, they probably never envisioned it being performed by a brass quintet. But here we are, nearly 50 years later, and the operatic rock classic sounds fantastic played on trumpet, solo horn, flugelhorn, soprano trumpet, and trumpet by the talented Seb Skelly.