Freddie and Lloyd Webber (The Phantom of The Opera).

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[b]Costa86 wrote: [/b] Won't be the first time Phoebe was wrong. He was his PA, not his constant shadow. He doesn't know every single thing Freddie recorded or was involved in.[/QUOTE]

Exactly. I'm often amazed by people taking his word as gospel; he would not have been there for long periods whilst the band were in the studio, or working on demos elsewhere etc.  To be fair to Phoebe though, his responses to such questions are often prefaced with "as far as I know..." or similar.

[QUOTE] [b]tomchristie22 wrote:[/b]

I guess I didn't phrase that very well. Even when he sings with that sort of intensity, it's still his accent, his inflection, which reminds you all the while that it's our beloved Freddie. For me, anyway. Perhaps the same wouldn't be true for people who aren't already fond of him. [/QUOTE]

I know what you mean, but it does not necessarily apply. For instance take Madonna, I am NO fan of Madonna's music, but she did Evita quite well. Not as a major pop star, but as a singer and actress.
I think Freddie would be way better than Michael Crawford as the Phantom. I think Freddie was made for the role - dramatic, dark, and yet very romantic, and I would probably enjoy the show a lot more. On the whole, I found PotO very boring in spite of a lovely story.

PotO ?

........only kidding.
I saw it in Feb. '87 with.M.C. & S.B. Twas phenomenal.

[QUOTE] [b]master marathon runner wrote:[/b]

PotO ?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, actually I really hate it when people abbreviate titles. But what can I say? Today I have tons of work (although I still find time for QZ - don't tell the boss!) so....

In researching The Queen Chronology, I found no evidence of Freddie being involved directly or indirectly with Phantom. And I was pretty thorough, so I'm positive this didn't happen. Part of why I co-wrote the book was to do my best to dispel rumours and hearsay about what the band and members worked on.

The development of TPOTO has been pretty well documented (it was freakin' huge, remember) and there is no mention of Freddie at any point being a part of it.

I suspect these things come out of a combination of wishful thinking, misheard statements and broken telephone reporting (or at worst, someone somewhere making stuff up). Freddie was involved in Dave Clarke's TIME: The Musical ("Time," "In My Defense" and "Born To Rock 'n' Roll") and the operatic Barcelona album in the mid/late '80s, exactly as Phantom was practically everywhere, so it's not a stretch that someone would put "Freddie Mercury," "musical" and "opera" together with TPOTO and it becomes "Freddie Mercury was involved with Phantom...somehow."

The only other thing I could suggest help launched this rumour is that Freddie and friends were known to sing show tunes at Garden Lodge around the piano, with Mike Moran playing, so perhaps someone somewhere who was there or knew someone there mentioned a Phantom song the group (or Freddie) sang at one of these sing-around-the-piano session and it gets added to the jumble of misinformation.

Basically, there's no evidence it happened and lots of evidence suggesting it didn't.

:-)

Yes there is footage of TPOTO with FM singing : he is in a rockin chair wesring some kind of kimono while singing some Phantom stuff and of course Don't try so hard. :-)

This never happend case closed !

Rhyeking, so you're basically saying that John S. Stuart is wrong and those vocal guides doesn't exist ?

.................but AWL definitely made that statement after freddie's death - read it myself

If there were recordings, we´re talking about " Creatures/ Music of the Night" a capella version - (ey you guys didn`t have it from me ) and "Phantom of the Opera". The auditions must have taken place somewhere around 1984,85, 86 ...well, "IF" he did it !
There are some quotes from A.L.W. about Freddie`s voice " Jesus actor must have Freddie Mercury range" and so on.( of course not related to TPOTO)

Can someone ask A.L.W. about that subject ? Ha, just kidding, I think he wouldn`t take a break from "Botoxing" just to answer a fan question :)

'Creatures of the Night' is a KISS song from (I think) the 80's.

'Music of the Night' is one of the most popular pieces from the 'Phantom of the Opera' musical, but it's sung, as far as I know, by the female lead.

[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]
'Music of the Night' is one of the most popular pieces from the 'Phantom of the Opera' musical, but it's sung, as far as I know, by the female lead.[/QUOTE]

Nah, it's sung entirely by the Phantom.

Yes, Tom is right, I've watched both movie version of the Phantom and I've seen it at the theatre and in both versions the Phantom sings the song entirely.

I've seen neither the film or stage version but knew that - it was a fairly big single success for Michael Crawford in the UK

[QUOTE] [b]MercurialFreddie wrote:[/b]

Rhyeking, so you're basically saying that John S. Stuart is wrong and those vocal guides doesn't exist ?[/QUOTE]

I found no evidence that Freddie was involved.

(I had a bit longer reply, but when I clicked "Post Message," all but the quote above was gone when it posted. That REALLY needs to be fixed because it's not the first time it's happened to me on QZ and it really does piss me off.)