I don't really have an issue with some overdubs on a live album, At the venue, in the moment, fluffed vocals are part of the experience and rarely noticed, But if it's being released, I can understand tidying it up with an overdub or taking the line from a different show.
Autotuning is different, and Id prefer they didn't do that, but of course if they release any new stuff, they cant really overdub if the singer isn't alive.
Autotuning is getting better, but if they are trying to shift it too far it still sounds fake.
dysan · Member since
If the choice was autotuned live Fairy Fellers or none, I know what I'd take.
Star* · Member since
Check out "Live in Rio" at the end of "Its a Hard Life" Freddie goes off key as he just cant reach the high note at the end of the song, so why was that never auto tuned and it was an official release?
IF what you say on here that Queen auto tuned then "Live in Rio" was not one of those live casualties that had that treatment, and i am sure they would have corrected Freddie's vocal on "Its a Hard Life" if they did auto tune.
Jacky at the Queen fan club told me Queen have never Auto tuned ever.
dysan · Member since
I don't know that example but that was released a long time before autoune. Perhaps they liked it?
Thistle · Member since
It was out on VHS before auto tune and hasn't had a worldwide official release on DVD. It might have been on DVD in an obscure boxset at one point, I can't remember, but certainly the VHS was too early for such treatment.
Art Lawyer · Member since
On the last DVD release they corrected It's a Hard Life:
-VHS Rio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF_AMODWnlQ
-DVD Rio (Corrected ending) 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BuILTO_p9k
Dysan +1 I prefer autotune release than none. I suppose if they couldn't autotuned/overdubbed they couldn't release anything in these days because even the best concerts to release like Hammy 1979 has flubbed notes, voice crack (Spread Your Wings for example) etc...
Biggus Dickus · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Jazz+ wrote:[/b]
Check out "Live in Rio" at the end of "Its a Hard Life" Freddie goes off key as he just cant reach the high note at the end of the song, so why was that never auto tuned and it was an official release?
IF what you say on here that Queen auto tuned then "Live in Rio" was not one of those live casualties that had that treatment, and i am sure they would have corrected Freddie's vocal on "Its a Hard Life" if they did auto tune.
Jacky at the Queen fan club told me Queen have never Auto tuned ever.[/QUOTE]
The whole vocal track was autotuned on the Rio live version that was released on the 2CD version The Works in 2011.
dysan · Member since
Here's another twist: Do contemporary overdubs (IE rainbow / LK etc) have more value than autotuning the raw performance?
Star* · Member since
@Biggus Dickus It could be possible that "Its a Hard Life" (The Works 2011 version) could have been recorded on a different night to the video version?
Biggus Dickus · Member since
Nope. It's the same performance. All the little imperfections in Freddie's singing have magically disappeared when you compare it to the original Rock in Rio VHS version. It's clear they used autotune.
Star* · Member since
well if they used auto tune Freddie would have been long gone by then cos i know him he would hate auto tune,
Saint Jiub · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Jazz+ wrote:[/b]
well if they used auto tune Freddie would have been long gone by then cos i know him he would hate auto tune,[/QUOTE]
No shit Sherlock. Autotune was not invented until the late '90s..
So how many times have you talked to Freddie? What did he say that convinced you that he would hate a future invention?
dysan · Member since
I think he would've like autotune TBH.. who doesn't in a creative environment. More time for bantz and snacks.
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]dysan wrote:[/b]
If the choice was autotuned live Fairy Fellers or none, I know what I'd take.[/QUOTE]
Bingo.
dysan · Member since
Further to that point, remember when the amazon (or was it iTunes?) snippet was available before the release? It was maybe 30 seconds of it and I must've listened to that on repeat for a week. It took me right back to that mysterious time of excited discovery and did more to reignite my fascination with the band more than pretty much anything they've done since Rare Live.
