How would you rank Freddie, Brian, and Roger in terms of vocals and why?

[QUOTE] [b]lapieza wrote:[/b]

Since no one is speaking objectively,,,

     ...Now, Freddie has the best damn voice in the universe...
 
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Not that you successfully spoke objectively, but the topic at hand didn't really call for objectivity anyway. Pretty pretentious response overall.

[QUOTE] [b]mooghead wrote:[/b]

Did Brian May ever sing live at a Queen gig (proper Queen not plastic Queen bollocks)? His mic was actually a potato. [/QUOTE]

His mic was certainly lower in the mix than Roger's in most cases, but he can often be heard in live recordings. Sometimes his pitch left a little to be desired, he was definitely the weakest live singer of the three.

Freddie obviously was a great singer outside of Queen, MR. Bad Guy, while not a good album had some of his strongest vocals and Barcelona he sounded beautiful. I do think the 3 voices together was the perfect balance. The harmonies and everything. Now that I think about it, Roger was clearly The better singer than Brian.

With regard to Fun on Earth I was a little disappointed that Roger 'hid' his vocals a bit behind various effects. He has done this before, on previous solo albums, but it's almost as if he doesn't quite trust his natural voice to be pleasing to the ear. That saddens me a bit because I have always loved his voice. Another small criticism is at times he tends to speak rather than sing. In another life he could've been a successful* lead singer in a rock band.

Brian's voice was strongest in his Another World period when he really took singing seriously. He was really good. After that ended, his voice weakened and he got croaky through lack of practice and use.

* For various reasons The Cross wasn't successful. Wrong time maybe, but mainly their material wasn't strong enough IMO.

I agree about Roger at times with the strange effects on his voice. Even his later stuff Happiness and Electric he hid his voice. I personally feel Brian and Roger were good for 1 or 2 songs per album. When asked to sing a full length album it doesn't work. Just my opinion here......The Cross never made it because they wern't a very good band. It had nothing to do with timing.

This question is as redundant as who was the better guitar player, Brian or Freddie.

As a matter of interest, anyone recall any footage of Roger playing guitar live with Queen?

Freddie in my humble opinion was a far better guitar player than Brian May....Crazy little thing proved that.

In I Can't Live With You Fred sings the line written by Brian "Baby there's been some mistake". He sounds great. Real conviction, timing, and expression. In Love Token, Brian writes a similar line "Well I don't see no reason to raise your voice to me" and it sounds naff. That's the difference between the two: Brian is excellent at harmonies and live backing vocals; and in singing some of his own songs like SASS, AD AD and LHAE, his voice suits the song really well. But he's not a natural lead vocalist like Fred with a strong voice, great delivery and timing. Fred messed up too of course, but he is miles ahead of Brian. As for Fred and Rog, you only have to listen to them backstage before Wembley to see who is the more powerful singer. But Rog was excellent too. I liked the way the three of them sung lead vocals and harmonies on Queen albums. Makes for good variety. Very like the Beatles. But of course I'd love to hear Fred versions of every song sung originally by Brian and Roger.

One can only imagine what let's get crazy would have sounded like if Freddie had given a go at it..