FriedChicken
It could have been done yeah (Unless there are some overlapping melodies I forgot) But it's highly unlikely that it is indeed one take. (Let alone a first take)
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mooghead
No harmonies at all but I, like you, think its unlikely that it is one take. Especially listening to the BBC version which WAS one take and Freddie bottled the high notes.
Sebastian
I remember the doctor commenting that [i]Scandal[/i] had both a 1st-take lead vocal and a 1st-take guitar solo. I don't know if it's true or not.
Even if [i]SYW [/i]and [i]IOSD[/i] had been a 1st-take vocal, and even if such vocal had been recorded simultaneously with the backing track, they still couldn't be one-take songs, since there are at least four electric guitars on each (thus, at least 4 further takes) and, reportedly, John played acoustic on both (so he had to do a further take, at least, after laying down the bass).
One song that could have been, theoretically, a first (or at least only) take for the finished product, is [i]My Melancholy Blues[/i]: no overdubs at all.
Even if [i]SYW [/i]and [i]IOSD[/i] had been a 1st-take vocal, and even if such vocal had been recorded simultaneously with the backing track, they still couldn't be one-take songs, since there are at least four electric guitars on each (thus, at least 4 further takes) and, reportedly, John played acoustic on both (so he had to do a further take, at least, after laying down the bass).
One song that could have been, theoretically, a first (or at least only) take for the finished product, is [i]My Melancholy Blues[/i]: no overdubs at all.
john bodega
Bijou must've been (if not one take) a very quick effort. I'm pretty sure that song was done in a day or so? I don't have the guitar magazine interview on hand.
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[/QUOTE]And this isn't vocals, but I'm pretty sure the TATDOOL solo was one take improv by Brian. And what a piece of work it is too.[/QUOTE]
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[/QUOTE]And this isn't vocals, but I'm pretty sure the TATDOOL solo was one take improv by Brian. And what a piece of work it is too.[/QUOTE]
mooghead
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[b]Sebastian wrote: [/b]
Even if [i]SYW [/i]and [i]IOSD[/i] had been a 1st-take vocal, and even if such vocal had been recorded simultaneously with the backing track, they still couldn't be one-take songs, since there are at least four electric guitars on each (thus, at least 4 further takes) and, reportedly, John played acoustic on both (so he had to do a further take, at least, after laying down the bass).
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Are you hard of understanding? The thread is about vocals. Lead vocals at that. FULL STOP. Not one take songs.
World We Created could have been one.
[b]Sebastian wrote: [/b]
Even if [i]SYW [/i]and [i]IOSD[/i] had been a 1st-take vocal, and even if such vocal had been recorded simultaneously with the backing track, they still couldn't be one-take songs, since there are at least four electric guitars on each (thus, at least 4 further takes) and, reportedly, John played acoustic on both (so he had to do a further take, at least, after laying down the bass).
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Are you hard of understanding? The thread is about vocals. Lead vocals at that. FULL STOP. Not one take songs.
World We Created could have been one.
Dane
More importantly I think the original poster means that the vocals are recorded in 1 take, no cutting and pasting. If the vocals are recorded after the backing track was layed down... ok, but not really the point.
Queen does not have one single song which was put on an album directly as it was recorded in one first take without something being added later.
Queen does not have one single song which was put on an album directly as it was recorded in one first take without something being added later.
Sebastian
Zeb: [i]TATDOOL [/i]is a one-take but not an improvisation. [i]Bijou[/i] indeed took them about an hour.
Moog: Have you tried NOT reading or replying to my posts at all? I think we're both better off that way.
Dane: Theoretically, there [i]could[/i] be songs that were all done in one take ([i]MMB[/i] and [i]IttW[/i]), which is my (side)note in this thread.
Moog: Have you tried NOT reading or replying to my posts at all? I think we're both better off that way.
Dane: Theoretically, there [i]could[/i] be songs that were all done in one take ([i]MMB[/i] and [i]IttW[/i]), which is my (side)note in this thread.