I was listening to the Hammersmith concert when this stupid question came to my mind. You must have noticed that during the beautiful rendition of ITLOTG revisited Freddie sings "it's so rrrrisky...". I remember that the first time I heard him pronouncing the R like this ("unravelling" in I'm Going Slightly Mad) I really liked it because I thought that English-speaking people found it quite difficult to produce that sound properly. Not only Freddie sang the rolling R a couple of times in studio but he would also do it quite often during concerts.
Has anyone ever wondered why he liked to pronounce the R that way?
marvinp01 · Member since
maybe he was showing off?
The Fairy King · Member since
Because he was gay.
Silken · Member since
The Fairy King wrote: Because he was gay. ************** Well, I know my question was nonsense but I didn't expect such a stupid reply.
mooghead · Member since
'English' people find a rolling R quite easy to pronounce. He also does one in Brighton Rock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv-lVAAjCj8
At 9 seconds in..
Hangman_96 · Member since
Maybe because Freddie wasn't English originally?
ksimpson1960 · Member since
Please, dont forget Flick of the Wrist 'live' "Trrrouble, and/ or Double" rolling Ds ? anyway, I think its GREAT.. thats one reason I love really love listening to their early concerts... It's just so cool... I've been a Queen fan here in Santa Ana, Orange County, California, United States ever since 1974 , Ogre,Fairy,Nevermore,Rhye,Lap'Othe Gods, are just a few that had me hooked ...Long Live the Queen !
Silken · Member since
Lostman wrote: Maybe because Freddie wasn't English originally? ============= Probably.
MERQRY · Member since
In the same concert he says "... A numberrrrrr called Bohemian Rhapdoy" i love his double r pronunciation!
Bo Rhap · Member since
It is because Freddie wasnt English that he could pronounce his rrrrrrs in this way.
Like most English people have trouble saying words like loch.They say it as lock,
Shumway · Member since
He' was just being flamboyant and theatrical. A showman.
tcc · Member since
In The Invisible Man, he also pronounced Roger's name as RRRoger Taylor.
Silken · Member since
tcc wrote: In The Invisible Man, he also pronounced Roger's name as RRRoger Taylor. =====================================
And "prrresident of America" in Bicycle Race.
brENsKi · Member since
i think it may be for affect but also a compensatory thing...as he wasn't very good generally with the R sound
MERQRY · Member since
Silken wrote: tcc wrote: In The Invisible Man, he also pronounced Roger's name as RRRoger Taylor. =====================================
And "prrresident of America" in Bicycle Race. --------------------------- And in some live versions of liar he sang "liar,liar.....Liarrrrr" and also in some introductions he said "The next song is Great King Rrrrrat" (With a maybe exagerate pronunciation of the double r in the beginning of the word "Rat")
