Do you think cigarettes had influence on Freddie's voice?
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Yes.
As I remember he smoked light and very mild cigarettes, I can search for the title - I have it somewhere in my computer.
As I remember he smoked light and very mild cigarettes, I can search for the title - I have it somewhere in my computer.
Alcohol and cigarettes are technically a no-no if you want to maintain your voice. Obviously Fred paid no mind to that advice - swigging vodka on his last recording sessions and whatnot. But hey - he was still the best singer around, so yeah
Alcohol and cigarettes are technically a no-no if you want to maintain your voice. Obviously Fred paid no mind to that advice - swigging vodka on his last recording sessions and whatnot. But hey - he was still the best singer around, so yeah
He had quit smoking a few years before he died though.
In one of the books (either Phoebe's or Jim's) it says that he also needed something to play around with his hands, he couldn't keep them still and that was another reason for his smoking.
He smoked Marlboro most of the time... not quite light and not quite mild!
Certainly he smoked in '80s, otoh he paid some attention to the voice condition in his way...at teatime he poured too much honey into the tea. I read it in a magazine reporting Japanese concerts in '80s.
He smoked Marlboro most of the time... not quite light and not quite mild!
He didn't smoke Marlboro. I know what he smoked because Jacky Smith told me, and Jacky Smith, if you don't know, knew Fred personally and answers such questions for the last 20 years!
Well, that makes me either blind of just full of shit, then!
Okay, he didn't smoke Marlboro.
Whatever!
Okay, he didn't smoke Marlboro.
Whatever!
On an interview once Freddie said he likes his voice husky and that's caused by cigarettes.
What interview is that?
What does that matter? It's a well known quote!
He smoked Camel non-filters, and Lucky Strikes.
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He smoked Marlboro most of the time... not quite light and not quite mild!
He didn't smoke Marlboro. I know what he smoked because Jacky Smith told me, and Jacky Smith, if you don't know, knew Fred personally and answers such questions for the last 20 years!
He DID smoke Marlboro Menthol (with the green label) cigarettes.. there is a picture of him during the Mr bad guy press conference where you can clearly see a pack of Marlboro cigarettes...
Freddie smoked Marlboro, but not to often. His favourite was Silk Cut, no doubt about that.
Maybe he varied with some other brands, I don't know..but SC en Marlboro were his fav brands.
But...when did Freddie start smoking?
Ha!
I don't know. Did he smoke in the seventies, did he start at art school, or in New York ('80,'82)
x!
Maybe he varied with some other brands, I don't know..but SC en Marlboro were his fav brands.
But...when did Freddie start smoking?
Ha!
I don't know. Did he smoke in the seventies, did he start at art school, or in New York ('80,'82)
x!
I don't think that freddie really breathed the smoke in. I think they were only for a "cool apperence" because if he really sucked it into his lungs then he wouldn't have been able to carry that beautiful voice for that long.
Freddie smoked yea and it influenced his voice. Compare his live voice in the 70's to the 80's real big horrible diffrence. And he had to have quit once he found out he had aids cause that speeds up the virus and will kill u faster.