[QUOTE] [b]Ozz wrote:[/b]
Its nice to see that Op brought a nice topic to discuss. Obvious troll it's obvious, and as usual we also have the raging responses of the stepford fans.
I dont like much the style of Freddie's voice during the works tour and the magic tour. it sound like he is not taking any more risks... (except for live aid when he goes for all).
However, He was fabulous in those late seventeen concerts[/QUOTE]
Although I knew the OP was messing around, some people do paint an inaccurate picture of Freddie's live vocals over the years:
He took plenty of risks on the Magic Tour. The early shows are some of the best stuff you'll hear him sing live since the early 80s. He hits B4s/C5s on a decent number of Magic Tour shows and goes for key phrases that he rarely/didn't attempt before. Everybody likes to talk shit about his Wembley vocals ("Oh, he's rough," "he has no range," etc), but if you really look at his performances--at least he's hitting the fucking notes on songs (unlike the 70s versions of songs). He's able to actually SING "In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited" with the falsetto intro and hit the A4s well (he couldn't do that in the mid 70s), he hits B4s on Another One Bites The Dust (he often dodges or misses them on earlier tours), and he could sing "Tear It Up" with the A4s in it (most Works Tour versions don't work).
I'm not saying Wembley is Freddie's greatest show, but he DOES have good performances, and at least he had RANGE on that show.
Stockholm is brilliant, all three Leiden shows have Freddie nailing songs, Brussels is fantastic, Paris is good, Mannheim's nice, Cologne's great, and Frejus has some great performances.
Unlike some other tours, The Magic Tour at least had a degree of consistency about Freddie's vocals. Sure, his voice weakened as the tour went on, but he was able to deliver consistent performances on every show (yes, even Zurich has decent versions of songs). The Works Tour was very hit/miss, the Hot Space Tour had rough patches (early Euro, America, Japan), Japan 1981 was unstable, Jazz Tour was mostly weak for his voice (though he does have his moments), the Races Tour wasn't the best, and the Opera Tour had rough spots (the vocal nodules).
Gregsynth