Roger's vocal range

no he doesn't, even though he says that's the three of them no way it's like that. in fact roger isn't there either, it's just a double or triple tracked freddie

roger did sing it in the album version but what brian showed was an outtake, still he wasn't there

highest note brian did on recordings was an F4.

if brian says it's the three of us, it is the 3 of them. it's not that difficult

"Brian showed an outtake"

Not true. Brian used the original mastertape for the "Inside The Rhapsody" docu - so he just muted some channels to show stuff which would be buried in the mix normally.

you're right.. I thought you went to bed Pim.

Xie je morgen!

> if brian says it's the three of us, it is the 3 of them. it's not that difficult

oh really?

is he god or anything?

brian said masterstroke was recorded in wessex, and mentioned its story as part of "secrets from a night at the opera and a day at the races"

brian said in 1983 that he played koto in 'teo torriate'

brian said in 1998 that he didn't believe fred ever sang silver salmon

he can be wrong, while the tapes are not, either the voices are the three of them or they're not, that's even more simple

and yes he did show outtakes, because he showed the piano of the "is this the real life... reality" part, which, as he said, was taken out

he also showed fred singing the high galileos

in fact he did say that some of the takes he was showing went into the final mix, and some of them didn't

Well I looked on that website of yours Sebastian, and on the vocals for BR, there's bloody loads, I could't read it all, there was so much, so to summarize it, Roger did sing the high galileo's, Freddie sung the low ones and most of the song and Brian a little exc. harmonies, which they all sung right?

yes in Bo Rhap there's way more Freddie than everybody else. All the harmonies of the other sections are by him, also, the 'scaramouche' three-part is three Freddie's.

'thunderbolt...' is all Fred except for the top voice which is Roger. All the cascades of 'Magnifico' and 'Let Me Go' are Freddie.

Brian appears in the 'monstrosisty' and 'for me' parts, which are the biggest. In those parts I guess they all sang all the lines except for the lowest, which is just Freddie, and the highest, which is either Freddie, or Roger, or both of them

I think in front right channel you can hear a very weak falsetto on 'Mamma Mia Let Me Go'. That's Brian

"is he god or anything?"


I didn't say that, But i'm sure he could sing that. and because you don't think he could, that doesn't mean it's true. Maybe you think you're god?

'I'm sure Freddie could also do that note but his falsetto screaming sounded awful those days (that's why Roger sung the high Galileos as well).'

Sebastian, I agree with your analysis of Bo rap. But i dont agree with this statement. I dont think Fred could have reached that high. Why do you think Freddie could?

I don't think I'm god, I'm just pretty sure Brian could never sing an A4. Note how weak his D4s sounded at the time. Maybe with a lot of effort he could handle even an F4, but an A4 ... never

It's like pretending Freddie could sing a B0

Freddie sang a C#5 in 1984 (3 semitones above the for me note), and his voice was way higher in the 70s. Moreover, Fred sang A4s in II, Opera and Races albums and the Bb4 is just one semitone above that. And to finish, that's something else you can note that isn't written in my site: if you listen to front left channel (or front right? I mix them up in my head a lot of times), you'll see that the "for me" is sung by Roger AND Freddie. Freddie's voice is quieter and that's why in a stereo mix with all those tracks together it's hard to notice he's also there.

By the way in the last statement I didn't mean Fred's voice is quieter than Roger, because it isn't, according to Roger himself. What I meant is that Freddie's Bb4 has lower volume than Roger's. Fred's sang it quietly and Roger screamed it. Not such a contrast but more or less it was that

What notes did Freddie get to in 'Cool Cat'? They were pretty high. And that was the eighties.

Cool Cat I don't remember so much but they were around E4 or F4 I think. That's not so high, or yeah, that's pretty high but not exceptional for Queen standards.

Note that in the first five albums it was so common for Fred and/or Roger to sing above that F4: My Fairy King, In The Lap Of The Gods, March Of The Black Queen, Teo Torriate, White Queen, '39 and Millionaire Waltz all have A4s.

"Freddie sang a C#5 in 1984 (3 semitones above the for me note)"

On record or on stage? I find that rather hard to believe...

I thought you said on your website that Freddie's highest falsetto was a Bb4, like in Rock In Rio blues... ?? (Or was that another website? lol!)

it's in Impromptu

why it's hard to believe is beyond me. Fred of course could sing that high (although that Db5 isn't the cleanest note I've heard). Roger also could sing higher than what he did on studio.

yes in Rock In Rio Blues Fred does sing a Bb4 as well, and his voice in '85 was also lower than in early 70s.

"it's in Impromptu"

Can you be a little more particular than that? :)