The Barcelona High F....

Its funny that évery thread i`ve read about Freddie`s range mentions the Barcelona high note as an F.... but its a C5.

"The moment that you step into the room you took my breath (Thats been sung on G#4s and G4s)áááááwahahahahahahaayyy(That bit is a C5 with a scale down to a Bb3)"

So, i dont know how everybody thinks its an F... Its obviously lower than the Innuendo Eb5 ánd that one sounds pretty strained, so no way he could`ve pull off such a clean F5. (Unless its a falsetto somewhere in the harmonies, But still, that would`ve been falsetto..and not full)

(With no disrespect to Freddie or any of you guys.. i think Freddie was thé best singer / frontman ever, and his voice/songs are ámazing, i`m a big Queen fan for 10 years.. but that note just isnt an F5 but a C5...)

I just wanted to tell Queenzone that. Because, Freddie.. well, he was almost unreal, but nót THAT unreal :D

It's on an alternative take of the song (and it's a background note).

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[b]Gregsynth wrote: [/b] It's on an alternative take of the song (and it's a background note).[/QUOTE]
Could you give me a timestamp and link maybe?

[QUOTE] [b]BradMay wrote:[/b]

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[b]Gregsynth wrote: [/b] It's on an alternative take of the song (and it's a background note).[/QUOTE]
Could you give me a timestamp and link maybe?[/QUOTE]

Sure. I'm currently looking through them!

Anything yet?..

Hurry up Greg! :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBIcJtJB8yw

Here it is.

He touches the F5 at 3:38.

can people not get over hitting an F whatever. No cares. It's like these posts saying Freddie hits a E or something on we are the champions and the rest of the song is then out of tune. ridiculous

[QUOTE] [b]una999 wrote:[/b]

can people not get over hitting an F whatever. No cares[/QUOTE]
Evidently, people do care. You're just not one of those people. I'm so, so sorry.

[QUOTE] [b]una999 wrote:[/b]

can people not get over hitting an F whatever. No cares. It's like these posts saying Freddie hits a E or something on we are the champions and the rest of the song is then out of tune. ridiculous[/QUOTE]

You completely missed the point. The OP was mistakenly thinking that a note wasn't what it was. I simply time-stamped where the F5 was.

It is a pretty neat find because that note is only on that version of Barcelona (plus it's only one of two full-voiced F5s Freddie has hit on a song - the other one being on "All God's People").

He hits some pretty high notes in'full voice' in One Year Of Love too - has any analysis been done on that?

[QUOTE] [b]cmsdrums wrote:[/b]

He hits some pretty high notes in'full voice' in One Year Of Love too - has any analysis been done on that?[/QUOTE]

Freddie gets some C#5s. He also hits an F#5 (I'm a prisoner of LOOOOOVE) in falsetto.

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Freddie gets some C#5s. He also hits an F#5 (I'm a prisoner of WAAAAAR) in falsetto.

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It should be prisoner of LOOOVE - are you entering military service soon ? :-)

Hitting an F#5 in falsetto - maybe that was the reason why he left the song as it was although it sounds "oversung".

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[QUOTE] [b]Gregsynth wrote:[/b]


Freddie gets some C#5s. He also hits an F#5 (I'm a prisoner of WAAAAAR) in falsetto.

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It should be prisoner of LOOOVE - are you entering military service soon ? :-)

Hitting an F#5 in falsetto - maybe that was the reason why he left the song as it was although it sounds "oversung".[/QUOTE]

Ah! I can't believe I fucked that up! Whoops!

Anyway, the vocal performance does sound a bit OTT, but I think Freddie wanted to sing that song in the style of 60s/70s R&B/soul (using all those vocal embellishments).

I hate that part of One Year of Love from day one. It ruined a great ballad that could have been a hit.