snifflese wrote:
And no, I don't find Freddie's voice particularly melodic. He cuts things off and it is rather staccato to my ear.
I also don't believe you have to write the song to sing it the best. I know many covers I prefer to the original and I am not just talking Adam. But in reference to Adam, I prefer his cover of Stay to the original and Girl Crush was better than the original. It is great to be a wonderful song writer, but I am not sure it gives you the leg up in singing it.. I totally disagree with that statement.
Did you come to that conclusion after listening to My Fairy King, Nevermore, In the Lap of the Gods Revisited, Dear Friends, Lily of the Valley, Love of my Life, Bo Rap, You Take My Breath Away, Teo Torriate, You and I, The Millionaire Waltz, or My Melancholy Blues? But to be fair, Fred does "cut things off" occasionally, especially on some rock songs. Otherwise, of course, those songs would be horribly oversung and the timing off, as Alfie Boe's genuine but misguided attempts to sing Queen clearly demonstrate.
Regarding the song writing, I was actually trying to cut Lambert some slack but you saw it as an attack and got ... defensive. Of course not every song writer will perform the definitive version of their songs but if there's any substance to them they will, at least, perform them with some heart and soul. And when they don't you have Lambert wailing his way through PTG with no soul, Alfie Boe 'Sideshow Bobbing' it through Queen covers, Kerry Ellis 'West Ending' through Save Me, or Liza Minnelli warbling out WATC -- the latter of which was at least entertaining, but singing a rock song doesn't make her a rock singer, and that applies especially to Boe and often to Lambert.
