Gregsynth wrote:
Sebastian wrote:
Freddie's total recorded range, which doesn't necessarily mean he couldn't go lower or higher than that.
By the way he also got lower than the F: Bring Back That Leroy Brown has a low C. Yes, it's slowed down, but it's slowed down from an Eb, which is still lower than the F.
Oh, are you talking about that "bassy" sounding "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" from 30-32 seconds into the song?
I know there's pitch manipulation, but how do you know if the original note was Eb2?
The pitch of a slowed-down note would be way too altered if the changed interval is a major third or larger. It acquires a demonic quality (for instance, check out the One Vision intro) and some very odd distortion. In a different setting (e.g. having that voice joined by ten more plus a lot of instruments), it'd be nearly impossible to tell, but in this case, since it's a virtually cappella during the one or two seconds it lasts, it is clear that it was not slowed down from an E or higher pitch. So, it's either Eb, or D, or C# (all of which are lower than the F) or it was not slowed down at all and Roger's memory had a slip. In any of those cases, Fred sang lower than the F.
> mooghead wrote: You must remember that most of Sebastians website is based on opinion, not fact
Wrong: it's based on research, which is not the same as opinion. Research includes things that can be mathematically measured, and as such, are facts (e.g. the Eb below F is lower than said F, which means Fred did record lower and that's a FACT), and others are based on what can be gathered via primary, secondary or indirect sources, which can have an error margin (e.g. a person [me, in this case] mishearing a backing vocal and mistakingly believing it's all Fred rather than Fred + Rog, or a person [Dr May, for instance] claiming My Fairy King is on 'Queen II', even though he WAS there and therefore is SUPPOSED to know better than any of us).
But research is not the same as opinion, or as having 'most of' it based on that. It's not a ridiculous idiotic 'hey, this song sounds heavy, so it must be written by the Iron Maiden bassist and then stolen by the band' speculation based on absolutely nothing. The 'lower than F' point, for instance, is well researched and valid. Sure, I wasn't there when they did it so I didn't witness the Eb (or D, or C#, or C) being sung (and even if I'd been there, I could easily misremember), but that's not the only way to make a research.
Or do you think Saturn's density was established by having some giant scientist holding it with a giant glove and putting it in a giant bathub and claiming 'hey, it floats!'?
>>> .Everyone knows that Freddies range spreads from < here to here >
Actually, not 'everyone knows...' In fact, there's a strong chance NOBODY knows, unless Fred actually measured from where to where he could sing, and even in that case, it doesn't guarantee he wouldn't be able to go higher or lower under different cirumstances.