I think ANATO was when Freddie's voice fully developed....He found his Voice, This is when he was most creative as a writer and vocalist..Songs like Love Of My Life and Bo Rhap are examples. His voice did get stronger in later years, but this is when he was most original as a singer. I Don't think any one song is above the rest but has many performances that are on the same level...Love Of my life, Bo Rhap, Nevermore, Show must go on, Somebody to love, Innuendo, Night comes down and many more.[/QUOTE] hi mike do you hear any of the strain in Freddie's voice on ANATO in places that cms mentioned?
cmsdrums · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]marc.s wrote:[/b]
hi cms you said you thought Freddie was perfection on ADATR and then said he regained his voice for Barcelona, which of those two styles do you prefer because he's certainly more powerful on Barcelona overall than ADATR IMO. But both are master classes of singing.
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Hi Marc - I am a fan of both albums, but personally I prefer the smoother overall vocal delivery of ADATR, although Barcelona (along with Mr Bad Guy) have some incredibly powerful full vocals
marc.s · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]cmsdrums wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]marc.s wrote:[/b]
hi cms you said you thought Freddie was perfection on ADATR and then said he regained his voice for Barcelona, which of those two styles do you prefer because he's certainly more powerful on Barcelona overall than ADATR IMO. But both are master classes of singing.
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Hi Marc - I am a fan of both albums, but personally I prefer the smoother overall vocal delivery of ADATR, although Barcelona (along with Mr Bad Guy) have some incredibly powerful full vocals[/QUOTE]
marc.s · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]cmsdrums wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]marc.s wrote:[/b]
hi cms you said you thought Freddie was perfection on ADATR and then said he regained his voice for Barcelona, which of those two styles do you prefer because he's certainly more powerful on Barcelona overall than ADATR IMO. But both are master classes of singing.
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Hi Marc - I am a fan of both albums, but personally I prefer the smoother overall vocal delivery of ADATR, although Barcelona (along with Mr Bad Guy) have some incredibly powerful full vocals[/QUOTE] hi cms, interesting, so as a fan of the smoother delivery what are your thoughts on things like Gimme The Prize, and I Want It All etc that use an altogether more forceful style?
Mike G · Member since
ADTR and ANATO for originality and sounding perfect, the tone and everything...But power?...how about Hammer to Fall? and not sure how Barcelona's "Ensueno" slipped my mind, but that one still gives me chills and I been listening to that album for 25 years....
FreddieCat · Member since
Due to his weakness at the time, Freddies pronounced lyrics and words in A Winter's Tale almost with a swagger. I find this highly attractive and hauntingly beautiful. I am absolutely nuts about the song.
Mike G · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]FreddieCat wrote:[/b]
Due to his weakness at the time, Freddies pronounced lyrics and words in A Winter's Tale almost with a swagger. I find this highly attractive and hauntingly beautiful. I am absolutely nuts about the song.[/QUOTE]
Funny I was Just listening to that song, And I agree, one of my favorite Queen songs of all time. Fits in with where I'm at in my life right now....
marc.s · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Mike G wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]FreddieCat wrote:[/b]
Due to his weakness at the time, Freddies pronounced lyrics and words in A Winter's Tale almost with a swagger. I find this highly attractive and hauntingly beautiful. I am absolutely nuts about the song.[/QUOTE]
Funny I was Just listening to that song, And I agree, one of my favorite Queen songs of all time. Fits in with where I'm at in my life right now....
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marc.s · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Mike G wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]FreddieCat wrote:[/b]
Due to his weakness at the time, Freddies pronounced lyrics and words in A Winter's Tale almost with a swagger. I find this highly attractive and hauntingly beautiful. I am absolutely nuts about the song.[/QUOTE]
Funny I was Just listening to that song, And I agree, one of my favorite Queen songs of all time. Fits in with where I'm at in my life right now....
[/QUOTE] QUOTE] not only Is the delivery great on A Winters Tale but the fact we have Freddie observing simple life around him and knowing that it'll soon all be over makes it very real to me but never IMO is it downbeat which is probably the most amazing thing about the song. I find it joyous.
He paints a very beautiful portrait of simple things that maybe we take for granted when we can observe them any time we wish. It seems like simple things obviously took on significant meaning , like swans floating by, seagulls flying over, moon in the sky etc
A fitting last song to have written IMO and a highlight of MIH
marc.s · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Mike G wrote:[/b]
ADTR and ANATO for originality and sounding perfect, the tone and everything...But power?...how about Hammer to Fall? and not sure how Barcelona's "Ensueno" slipped my mind, but that one still gives me chills and I been listening to that album for 25 years....[/QUOTE] Ensuno is a great track, actually Freddie's power and control is superb over the whole of Barcelona album IMO. I prefer the original release rather than the newly orchestrated version. although Exercises in Free Love on the new version is brilliant.
Mike G · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]marc.s wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Mike G wrote:[/b]
ADTR and ANATO for originality and sounding perfect, the tone and everything...But power?...how about Hammer to Fall? and not sure how Barcelona's "Ensueno" slipped my mind, but that one still gives me chills and I been listening to that album for 25 years....[/QUOTE] Ensuno is a great track, actually Freddie's power and control is superb over the whole of Barcelona album IMO. I prefer the original release rather than the newly orchestrated version. although Exercises in Free Love on the new version is brilliant.
[/QUOTE] Barcelona is one of my favorite Freddie albums in general, and that includes Queen...Only a handful of Queen albums I would put on the same level or slightly above it...It's a shame some of Freddie's best performances are are lost on subpar albums like Hot Space (which is decent) and MR. Bad Guy....The same with Brian May, it's a shame some of his best guitar work is Forgotten on patchy solo albums...Last Horizon would have been great on Innuendo or MIH...Ressurection could have been an Epic on a Queen album...Made in heaven also has some great vocal performances, A winter's tale, too much Love, and What Brian did on the title track is truly amazing, great song....I know The song MIH is one of Brian's favorites, and I agree with him...
marc.s · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Mike G wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]marc.s wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Mike G wrote:[/b]
ADTR and ANATO for originality and sounding perfect, the tone and everything...But power?...how about Hammer to Fall? and not sure how Barcelona's "Ensueno" slipped my mind, but that one still gives me chills and I been listening to that album for 25 years....[/QUOTE] Ensuno is a great track, actually Freddie's power and control is superb over the whole of Barcelona album IMO. I prefer the original release rather than the newly orchestrated version. although Exercises in Free Love on the new version is brilliant.
[/QUOTE] Barcelona is one of my favorite Freddie albums in general, and that includes Queen...Only a handful of Queen albums I would put on the same level or slightly above it...It's a shame some of Freddie's best performances are are lost on subpar albums like Hot Space (which is decent) and MR. Bad Guy....The same with Brian May, it's a shame some of his best guitar work is Forgotten on patchy solo albums...Last Horizon would have been great on Innuendo or MIH...Ressurection could have been an Epic on a Queen album...Made in heaven also has some great vocal performances, A winter's tale, too much Love, and What Brian did on the title track is truly amazing, great song....I know The song MIH is one of Brian's favorites, and I agree with him...
[/QUOTE] The vocals throughout Hot Space and Mr Bad Guy are first rate IMO I have friends who don't like many of the songs on those 2 albums but all agree the vocals are first class.
marc.s · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Raffy wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]cmsdrums wrote:[/b]
Not many lows in 'One Year of Love' but its sung really high amd powerfully but with no falsetto; all really 'full on'. PErhaps the key for this song could have been better?
However, for that very reason it's one of my least favourite Freddie vocal performances as he doesn't bring much light and shade, and is probably one of the only times when I could accuse him of 'oversinging' in relation to what was needed for the track.
I dare anyone else try to sing it like that though!![/QUOTE]
Uniqueness of Freddie's voice properly consists in this: in some 80's songs like The hero, Let's turn it on, One year of love, Gimme the prize, Scandal he tend a little bit to oversing (maybe just to push his potential to the limit) but he manages anyway to maintain an high rate of powerness and strength even on such high pitched notes... incredible control and acknowledgment of his capabilities.
[/QUOTE] Actually I think Scandal is now my favorite song on The Miracle alongside Was It All Worth It. It's shame it wasn't higher as a single to have elevated awareness.
Mike G · Member since
Scandel is one of my favorites on that album, but instead of the pop sounds of the 80's it should have been heavier...Heavier guitars instead of the synths...
marc.s · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Mike G wrote:[/b]
Scandel is one of my favorites on that album, but instead of the pop sounds of the 80's it should have been heavier...Heavier guitars instead of the synths...[/QUOTE] hi mike do you mean synths on Scandal or in general?
I thought the main riff on Scandal was the red special not synth, somebody correct me if I'm wrong I'd be interested to find out.
