I love smoky voices!!! I think Freddie's voice was awesome during the 80's. And kind of sweet at the beginning of Queen and even before. Listen to "I can hear music", he had such a clear voice, really great!
Oh, and I don't think there's anything wrong with the 80's albums, I just don't like Hot Space (except of Life Is Real and Under Pressure and Las Palabras). But the rest is crap IMO and I guess I'll never like it. But it's part of the Queen history, it was experimental and it's all fine.
Whatinthewhatthe? · Member since
Sonja, I was listening to Hot Space again last night and had a revelation!
I finally mastered all the words to all the songs!! Freddie is so fun to imitate. His nuances and vocal style are so brill!!
Sonja · Member since
That's cool, Lisa. I have never had the patience to listen to Hot Space that closely. I have tried though but I got fed up after the first 3 songs... I couldn't even tell you the names of all the songs on Hot Space!!
goinback · Member since
I like the '80s stuff, but they'd broken all the barriers they'd set out to break by then.
In the '70s they were pioneering a lot of studio techniques (ala Bo Rhap), and also proved they could play multiple musical styles and put them altogether on one album and make it sound good.
So by the '80s I think they were more "relaxed" since they'd already proven themselves. Of course there were still new types of projects they tried in the '80s (movie soundtracks for instance), but the '70s Queen was so groundbreaking that it was hard to match.
ogre t raylot · Member since
Every establish artist suffered in the 80's, it was a malais broght on by the 'Thriller' syndrome. After Micheal Jackson released everything except the hole in the centre of the record, record companies decided that they could do the same with every band.
Whereas previously there were only 2 or three singles taken from an album at most, the 80's so 4-5 6 singles taken from them. Which meant that bands were forced to record singles and stick them on an album, whereby in the seventies they could experiment with one or two songs, knowing they were for the album only.
This is probably another reason why Freddie took most of the vocal duties after the Game.
