I think it would have been very interesting if Brian or Roger allowed a guide vocal on there tracks, "Leaving home aint easy" or "Drowse" "Long away" or even "Tenement Funster" what do you think?
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Interesting for sure. I can imagine Leaving Home Ain’t Easy by Freddie . Drowse I just feel is a really Roger vibe and lyric that Freddie might not connect to.
I’d especially like to hear All Dead, All Dead sung by Freddie (or some of it.) Love the song musically, but feel it’d be so much better with a stronger vocal.
I’d also like to hear Some Day, One Day & more of Sail Away Sweet Sister (love Brian singing this at the start & the Freddie interlude, but I’d love to hear Freddie just take a little more if it - the last chorus too maybe.)
I’d also like to hear Some Day, One Day & more of Sail Away Sweet Sister (love Brian singing this at the start & the Freddie interlude, but I’d love to hear Freddie just take a little more if it - the last chorus too maybe.)
There is a version of All Dead, All Dead with Freddie
http://www.queenonline.com/news/all-dead-all-dead-unheard-freddie-lead-vocal-and-new-animated-video
http://www.queenonline.com/news/all-dead-all-dead-unheard-freddie-lead-vocal-and-new-animated-video
Well now I’m glad I said that as I’d never heard the Freddie version that apparently surfaced a few years ago! https://youtu.be/fxQHi1QXboo
AlbaNo1 wrote:
There is a version of All Dead, All Dead with Freddie
http://www.queenonline.com/news/all-dead-all-dead-unheard-freddie-lead-vocal-and-new-animated-video
Thank you! I just found it myself too! This has pleased me greatly. And yes, I do like it a lot more. Thanks for sharing!
AlbaNo1 - do you have any details on this version at all? I wonder if the piano is Freddie on this version too? I know it is Brian on the original, but on first listen (without comparing directly to the original), it sounds a little different (not just a different take, but stylistically) to me here. But could just be a different Bri version of course! Anyway, for me this is such a happy find. So much more emotional and moving than Brian's version - as the song ought to be as it was obviously written from an emotional place by Brian. I can't stop listening. Gorgeous intro too.
The only thing now is I might have to buy that ridiculously priced News of the World box set at some point... sigh. I do rather like that this is the song in particular I'd always wanted to hear with Freddie vocals and here it is - in existence and I didn't even know it. I wonder at what stage they recorded this version and if it was ever seriously considered to have Freddie sing it? I'm thinking not - that it was probably a very early initial little test and Brian probably always wanted to do it himself? But that is a pure guess.
Incidentally, I don't wish Freddie sang every song at all! I think Roger suits all the songs he sings on myself. I like some more than others, but I don't immediately think of any that I'd imagine improved sung by Freddie and for me Brian suits the more folky or Beatles-y songs well, however counter to a lot of people, I find Brian's voice to lack emotion and to be a little thin and reedy (I see some people find this to be melancholy, but I don't find it so myself - I just want to feel more), so it is only when I wish a Brian song had a little more emotion to it (because I think it is a great song!) I wish there were more of Freddie's voice on there. Which I hope is a compliment to Brian's songwriting.
Very sweet video to this might I add too.
The only thing now is I might have to buy that ridiculously priced News of the World box set at some point... sigh. I do rather like that this is the song in particular I'd always wanted to hear with Freddie vocals and here it is - in existence and I didn't even know it. I wonder at what stage they recorded this version and if it was ever seriously considered to have Freddie sing it? I'm thinking not - that it was probably a very early initial little test and Brian probably always wanted to do it himself? But that is a pure guess.
Incidentally, I don't wish Freddie sang every song at all! I think Roger suits all the songs he sings on myself. I like some more than others, but I don't immediately think of any that I'd imagine improved sung by Freddie and for me Brian suits the more folky or Beatles-y songs well, however counter to a lot of people, I find Brian's voice to lack emotion and to be a little thin and reedy (I see some people find this to be melancholy, but I don't find it so myself - I just want to feel more), so it is only when I wish a Brian song had a little more emotion to it (because I think it is a great song!) I wish there were more of Freddie's voice on there. Which I hope is a compliment to Brian's songwriting.
Very sweet video to this might I add too.
1. Mercury
2. Deacon
3. Taylor
4. May
2. Deacon
3. Taylor
4. May
EMI2565 wrote:
Yes i was thinking "A day at the races" or "A night at the opera" which a typical fan would choose, but "Races" is a finely crafted Queen album in so many ways, good choice.
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I’d have to hear all the demos first. I think once the four of them got the original, they then contributed until it was “Queen” enough.
I think Brian and Roger crafted the Queen sound initially and Brian’s writing and playing is emotionally powerful. I think composing came much easier to Freddie (almost effortless for him) and he could have easily written hits for any group, in any style.
1. Freddie/Brian
2. Roger/John
I think Brian and Roger crafted the Queen sound initially and Brian’s writing and playing is emotionally powerful. I think composing came much easier to Freddie (almost effortless for him) and he could have easily written hits for any group, in any style.
1. Freddie/Brian
2. Roger/John
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Mercury's compositions were by far the most interesting and creative. Also, even though he himself didn't write a lot of hits in 80s, he had a lot to do with Radio Ga Ga, One Vision, AKOM and other hits.