* LOVES FREDDIE'S SQUEAKY MESSED UP VOICE
* DOESN'T REMEMBER WHERE THEY FOUND OUT WHERE TO LOOK FOR SHOWS WHERE HIS VOICE IS MESSED UP
* HAS ONLY BEEN LISTENING FOR 6 WEEKS
* HAS LEARNED (AND FORGOTTEN) SO MUCH IN 6 WEEKS
DOES IT ADD UP = DOES IT SEEM GENUINE = ERM NO.
WAKE UP
Thanks, Ms. de Vil. I will definitely look up those shows. I think the sheer quantity of bootlegs available is kind of phenomenal. It's like I just found the world's biggest treasure chest and, since it *is* so big, learning what other people who are way more knowledgeable than I would be a good place to start. Like, I would never have thought to look for shows where they opened for Mott. So, thank you. :)
For the life of me, I cannot imagine what alternative, evil purpose I could have in asking what I think is a pretty simple and basic question, but not everything in this world is for me know.
And, for the record, I *do* love the squeaky, breaking voice, and I don't give a crap if no one else on earth does. Good. More for me.
This is what we are dealing with now. 14 year olds who have only seen the movie
"I think it's kind of endearing and brave and sweet that he went out there night after night and tried every time no matter what. I had the thought recently of why he would try to sing certain things knowing that it probably wasn't going to happen and my opinion is that it's just how he was. He wasn't afraid to not be perfect. That speaks to me because I am *not* that way, but I think it would be a nice way to be. I'd like to try to implement in my life an attitude of being willing to be vulnerable and try things at 100%, regardless of the outcome."
I'm intrigued by your reasoning here. Everyone who knew Freddie who has spoken of him I've ever heard would call him a total perfectionist. He liked things to be perfect and liked to be in control. I mean, live you can't be of course, but creatively, as far as I have read...
I understand what you're saying, and sure Freddie would try anything outlandish in the studio and on stage, but as I see it that was the way he strove for perfection - to go at every thing he did. Sure, he wasn't safe, but I think he was a perfectionist. I can't personally feel this relates much to his Iive vocals or any times they weren't the best.
When Freddie doesn't hit notes I don't think his reasoning was as yours. He wants to hit every note. He doesn't not care if he doesn't. But tours can be tough especially when your voice is competing with a wall of sound rock band. And when he specifically sings down, he's not thinking "Oh no, I can't do that note tonight" - he's doing it to protect his voice for a whole tour, not because he couldn't sing how he recorded it, but because if he did that every night he wouldn't get through a whole tour, so he chooses to sing it a different way live in every show.
Its called LIVE ROCK AND ROLL .
hitting notes is NOT a must...
@spiraltastic: Doesn't everyone aim for perfection? :). I imagine he did want to hit every note. I certainly would. I was thinking about the times when he *did* try to hit whatever note and things went awry. I do believe, based on my experience as a person with a voice like everyone else on earth, that there were times when he may have been thinking just what you said - ain't no way that's happening tonight - but he did it anyway. I think there were a few (maybe more than a few, ahem) occasions specifically during the Tokorozawa show on 11/3/82 where he had to have known at lest that the odds were not in his favor for singing certain things, but he sang 'em anyway, warts and all. And I thought it was f*cking fantastic. I would love to know why he made that decision, because I think it says something about him (something good - do not release the hounds), though I honestly don't know what. Or maybe it was just the last show and he didn't give a f*ck, though we've already established that he was a perfectionist, so maybe that's not the reason. I guess I'll ponder on it for awhile, cause I think it's important to me personally in some way. I appreciate your thoughts and insights on the matter. :)
You guys have straight worn me out in like three days.
Theresa
