Brian May's live vocals

Do they exist? Just watching the Milton Keynes DVD, Somebody to Love in particular. Was his mic plugged into a potato? I ain't hearing any voice.

Good point - the backing vox on most live releases leave a lot to be desired mixwise

Several bootlegs of the 70's have his voice quite prominent... although Roger's and obviously Freddie's were louder.

In my opinion, in the "new" anniversary release of Wembley (saturday gig) his voice is more prominent in the mix (5.1) just listen to his small solo vocal part in "One Vision" (12th july).

If you hear the original MTV mix, Brian's vocal was a lot higher.

His backing vocal is actually one of my favourite things about that version, but it's all but forgotten on the official release.

lol @ plugged into a potato.......

I forget which ones exactly, but some of the bootlegs I've downloaded, on Somebody To Love particularly, you can hear Brian really clearly at points....

[url=http://youtu.be/iQxjqqkRveY?t=2m4s]http://youtu.be/iQxjqqkRveY?t=2m4s[/url]

I don't know who sings that note, (I'm talking about the Tear It Up from Wembley you posted) but it's not Brian.I often wondered who actually sings that note,I guess the only explanation is that it was Spike...

Yeah, it's almost definitely Spike.

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[b]Karfan wrote: [/b] I don't know who sings that note, (I'm talking about the Tear It Up from Wembley you posted) but it's not Brian.I often wondered who actually sings that note,I guess the only explanation is that it was Spike...[/QUOTE]

Ha! Sort of sounded like Brian to me  :P

Unless it was an overdub from Brian, which is possible, he's not near his microphone during that part.

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[b]Lord Gaga wrote: [/b] Unless it was an overdub from Brian, which is possible, he's not near his microphone during that part.[/QUOTE]

Isn't he?

This is right before that part -

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This is about 2 seconds after the "yeeah!"

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Fair enough, but his head is pointed down, concentrating on his guitar, while the last few strains of "yeaahhhh" are heard.

Its not Brian's voice at all.

It's Spike.