You're right. Freddie had perfected that call & response-vocal-part for years, but it was still improvised. And, as far as I know, it was not originally intended to have been featured at Live Aid.
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Innuendo559 · Member since
Mary Austin, you’re my favorite user in this website. The was you start every post with “fear not” is just incredible! ; )
tomchristie22 · Member since
I'm not sure it's fair to say the Beatles sucked as a live band. The technology they had access to was far inferior, and their setlists were under-ambitious as a result of their lack of investment. But they still recreated their records well. John and Paul as live singers were certainly more consistent than Freddie, who routinely recorded notes in the studio that he wasn't able to recreate live. Paul could scream out Long Tall Sally night after night, without resorting to lowering notes.
tomchristie22 · Member since
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cmsdrums · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]tomchristie22 wrote:[/b]
I'm not sure it's fair to say the Beatles sucked as a live band. The technology they had access to was far inferior, and their setlists were under-ambitious as a result of their lack of investment. But they still recreated their records well. John and Paul as live singers were certainly more consistent than Freddie, who routinely recorded notes in the studio that he wasn't able to recreate live. Paul could scream out Long Tall Sally night after night, without resorting to lowering notes.[/QUOTE]
Perhaps if The Beatles had toured like Queen had and had such a vocally challenging output, Paul would have soon seen his voice suffering as Freddie did on those massive tours of the mid/late 70s.
Dr Magus · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]cmsdrums wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]tomchristie22 wrote:[/b]
I'm not sure it's fair to say the Beatles sucked as a live band. The technology they had access to was far inferior, and their setlists were under-ambitious as a result of their lack of investment. But they still recreated their records well. John and Paul as live singers were certainly more consistent than Freddie, who routinely recorded notes in the studio that he wasn't able to recreate live. Paul could scream out Long Tall Sally night after night, without resorting to lowering notes.[/QUOTE]
Perhaps if The Beatles had toured like Queen had and had such a vocally challenging output, Paul would have soon seen his voice suffering as Freddie did on those massive tours of the mid/late 70s. [/QUOTE]
Also Long Tall Sally was well within Paul's register. Freddie sang Jailhouse Rock night after night without lowering notes.
In the studio Freddie pushed his voice to the absolute limit, and when you add the fact that Freddie did alot more cavorting on stage than either John or Paul, it's no surprise he didn't find it as easy to hit all the high notes live.
matt z · Member since
Wow. 20 replies to this hypothetical question.
Really nice and very unexpected.
Btw: who is Myth Austin?
The Real Mary Austin · Member since
Fear not! I cometh to tell you the truth.
Matt Z, thy whole body shall be filled with light.
Mythical,
M.A.
Apocalipsis_Darko · Member since
Two things.
I agree with the argument The Beatles didn't have a good technology to sound good.
And of course, they would lose because Freddie demonstrated that day he was the best frontman of rock. Said by Dave Ghrol or the sadly missed Chris Cornell.
But...for example, if Led Zeppelin did rehearsals...they would do also a brilliant performance
About Suede....they were fans of Queen, so they could be in the tribute concert, like Nirvana or Nine Inch Nails or other bands.
Trent Reznor loves Queen. He did a cover from Get Down Make Love, also in a remixed from Head like a hole put samplers from Body Language. With their greatest double album The Fragile he said it was like doing a queen album for being so complicated and complex...and he said that he felt more the Freddie's died than John Lennon's died, when said that in America was a shocking phrase....because Lennon for a lot of americans was killed for a fanatic (and it's true) and Freddie died because he was a sinner...of course, the reality is more complex.
