I've only seen this song. It seems he never sang for Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll either.
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Not in the Freddie days.
He was very prominent on songs like Action this day and Under Pressure but not solo.
Post-Freddie he's sung much more: Days of Our Lives, Say it's not true, Under Pressure, the bridge in Hammer to Fall with QPR.
There's a recording of Brian and Roger playing live with a Taylor Hawkins side project where Roger sings Tenement Funster and Brian does Long Away.
He was very prominent on songs like Action this day and Under Pressure but not solo.
Post-Freddie he's sung much more: Days of Our Lives, Say it's not true, Under Pressure, the bridge in Hammer to Fall with QPR.
There's a recording of Brian and Roger playing live with a Taylor Hawkins side project where Roger sings Tenement Funster and Brian does Long Away.
Wiley wrote:
There's a recording of Brian and Roger playing live with a Taylor Hawkins side project where Roger sings Tenement Funster and Brian does Long Away.
Cool! It's a shame that the youtube sources are terrible. Is there any decent quality recording of this?
IWBTLY in Japan.
Wiley wrote:
Not in the Freddie days.
He was very prominent on songs like Action this day and Under Pressure but not solo.
Post-Freddie he's sung much more: Days of Our Lives, Say it's not true, Under Pressure, the bridge in Hammer to Fall with QPR.
There's a recording of Brian and Roger playing live with a Taylor Hawkins side project where Roger sings Tenement Funster and Brian does Long Away.
He also had a line in March Of The Black Queen
Oh okay, nice to know. Anybody know if the lines from "Keep Yourself Alive" were ever sung? "Do you think you're better everyday? No, I just think I'm two steps closer to my grave."
Yes, Roger sang his line like on the record while Freddie and Brian both sang "no I just think I'm two steps nearer to my grave"
Like Wiley said, the live version of Action This Day from the 2011 Hot Space "bonus EP" is practically a Freddie/Roger duet.
Also, I have a vague memory of hearing some Q+PR bootlegs where he sung a few more songs than usual, I think because Paul had a cold or something?
The King Of Rhye wrote:
Also, I have a vague memory of hearing some Q+PR bootlegs where he sung a few more songs than usual, I think because Paul had a cold or something?
I'm curious to hear it!
Sorry about the quality of Taylor Hawkins YT clips, I was very close to the front and the poor iPhone was a bit overloaded....
bill_lbk wrote:
Sorry about the quality of Taylor Hawkins YT clips, I was very close to the front and the poor iPhone was a bit overloaded....
Still much better than nothing :-) Thank you!
The King Of Rhye wrote:
Also, I have a vague memory of hearing some Q+PR bootlegs where he sung a few more songs than usual, I think because Paul had a cold or something?
I know next to nothing about the PR era (every time I see the guy or hear the unfamiliar voice I just tune out), but it would have been cool that the guy got sick right after the first couple songs at some gig and Brian and Roger just resorted to singing themselves rather than pull out, even at the risk of screwing up the lyrics and whatnot.
I recall talk of a 70s gig where Freddie’s voice was so shot that Roger covered a few vocals, and apparently sang most of Don’t Stop Me Now?
cmsdrums wrote:
I recall talk of a 70s gig where Freddie’s voice was so shot that Roger covered a few vocals, and apparently sang most of Don’t Stop Me Now?
Japan 79. Roger drives the bus on that tour, as Freddie had about a quarter of his voice on most nights. It's surprising they didn't drop the song in favour of something easier to sing.
And then they dropped It's Late for the fall tour when he was back to top form. Weird, that.
Would you say Roger was more vocally efficient or better than Brian?