All dead, all dead by freddie mercury on the radio

Sorry wrong forum.

[QUOTE] [b]madmega wrote:[/b]

Here is a little mix i made!. . . . .[/QUOTE]

What, another one, there's already 4 of them!

Freddie sounds like FAKE by Marc Martel... They made good decisions back then.

Simply wonderful!

I always liked this song. On the original version, Brian sings it very beautiful, but the track sounds very polished to me, which blocks the emotion in this song a bit for me.

Can't say which version I prefer, but what I'm really interested in is at what point the Freddie version was recorded. Did Brian bring the song to the studio and did the guys immediately started of with Freddie on vocals or was it that Brian was struggling with the song (vocals-wise) and Freddie asked if he could have a go at it?

@Madmega, that's a nice mix! Maybe too much reverb but that's nice.

@Plengel Very interesting question! It would be also nice to know if the original Freddie take featured only him and the piano.

I'm just amazed that people are getting so excited about this realease??its far from being a classic album in my opinion,maybe it's all we are going to get for the next 5 years!

Still way better than anything they've done lately. By far.

I never liked this song, and always skipped it. It This morning I heard Freddie's version, and honestly, I am sobbing like a baby, don't know why!!! Can't stop!
I know everybody thinks Brian's voice has more emotion, but when he sings it, it sounds like a proper dirge (which it is). This new version actually unlocked the emotion in me. Maybe because it is very raw...?
I have been listening to it on a loop!

[QUOTE] [b]noorie wrote:[/b]

I know everybody thinks Brian's voice has more emotion[/QUOTE]

Not everybody. Emotion is so subjective to measure. I like Brian's voice, but of course Frederick's was way, way better.

Emotion in a singer is subjective....my opinion is Freddie sang songs like Love Of My Life and You Take My Breath Away and Save Me/Guide Me Home/How Can I Go On. How anybody could say emotion was a weak point of his is beyond me. And by the way, who's everyone? The same 10 people who post regulary on Queenzone? Ask non Queen lovers about Brians Vocal performace of We Will Rock You at the American songwriters HOF, and they will tell you how bad it was. Brian was only good on ballads that required limited Range. He picked his songs wisely with Queen.

100% Greg said ADAD came from cassette

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[QUOTE] [b]Golden Salmon wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]Jam Monkey wrote:[/b]

Greg Brooks explained at the convention that he found this track on a cassette in Brian's collection. They don't have a multitrack tape of it, so making into a finished song isn't really an option.

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^Didn't he say that about Sleeping on the Sidewalk rather than ADAD?[/QUOTE]


Greg said at the start of his session that one track had come form a cassette and I'd quite naturally assumed it was the live one.
Maybe I was wrong and Jam Monkey picked up on something i didn't.
Easily done when you've got extraneous noise around you and sometimes miss hearing bits.

If this IS the case though, does that mean the 'x' number of recordings used to create SOTS are proper multitrack sounddesk recordings?
I'd have thought that they too would be from cassette unless the band purposely planned to release a live album - recording multitracks for EVERY concert would be expensive.
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I like the Intro The Memories haunt my days part...I wonder why they cut that out....It's called a rough mix for a reason folks. I think the song fits Brians voice, but I wonder what the finished version would sound like with freddie. Sounds like it have been better than the album version if worked on.

In the early days the band came to a consensus that whoever brought the song to the table gets to see it all the way through. The song's personal to Brian so I won't be surprised if he insisted on having his own vocals on the final mix.

ADAD came from a cassette ? Does it mean that they don't store unfinished tracks and all the other stuff that was worked on on tapes ? :(( Or were they too lazy to go and dig into proper studio tapes ?

Can we rely on GB on this one ?

I mean... that sounds like Brian's cassette was the only existing tape in the whole wide world with the version of All Dead All Dead with Freddie on lead vocals...

It just occurred to me Fred's version adds some poignancy to the line "All dead, all dead, in time it comes to everyone." For me, this version is no longer about Brian's moggie but about Fred.