Personally, I saw his voice change from lavender to royal purple. I've also heard hints of sugar-plum and peach. Some people say his voice could sound green, but I think that's rubbish, even on a bad day he maintained a standard of at LEAST violet.
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I really think that one of Freddie's best vocal performances also is his last: 'Mother Love'. On that track he really shows exceptional power, both in the higher ranges, but also in the lower. I think it's amazing that someone can manage such a performance when his body is aching and he's using vodka to numb the pain in his throat...
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]stateside fan wrote: [/QUOTENAME]if you dont think his health didnt affect his voice you are dumber then you seem.aids at that stage is in your lungs,throat ect.plus being under weight changes your voice pitch alot.get your fact straight dill hole.[/QUOTE]
Before you start trying to act in a clever way, sir, may I point you to Mike Moran who said that Freddie's voice got better during his illness and that "he sings like a choirboy" on Innuendo. Faced between you, a rather nasty little upstart or Mike Moran, a composer and musical expert, i think I may rely on the latter. Point made.
Before you start trying to act in a clever way, sir, may I point you to Mike Moran who said that Freddie's voice got better during his illness and that "he sings like a choirboy" on Innuendo. Faced between you, a rather nasty little upstart or Mike Moran, a composer and musical expert, i think I may rely on the latter. Point made.
Asterik I think 99% of queen fans will agree with you on this, anyone who thinks freddies voice sounded weak or bad on innuendo needs to get his ears checked.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]mike hunt wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Asterik I think 99% of queen fans will agree with you on this, anyone who thinks freddies voice sounded weak or bad on innuendo needs to get his ears checked.[/QUOTE]
Mike Hunt you just don't have a good ear for music or lack the ability to recognize notes, i.e. Absolute pitch. Freddie's voice sounds anything but weak on Innuendo. Bad is a very subjective thing, if you think it sounds bad that's your stupid opinion.
Mike Hunt you just don't have a good ear for music or lack the ability to recognize notes, i.e. Absolute pitch. Freddie's voice sounds anything but weak on Innuendo. Bad is a very subjective thing, if you think it sounds bad that's your stupid opinion.
what the hell are you talking about?....My opinion is freddie was at his best on innuendo, I commented on "stateside" stupid opinion, learn how to read!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]mike hunt wrote: [/QUOTENAME]what the hell are you talking about?....My opinion is freddie was at his best on innuendo, I commented on "stateside" stupid opinion, learn how to read![/QUOTE]
Well I will if you're gonna pay for the tutoring, smart guy.
Well I will if you're gonna pay for the tutoring, smart guy.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]kdj2hot wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]mike hunt wrote: [/QUOTENAME]what the hell are you talking about?....My opinion is freddie was at his best on innuendo, I commented on "stateside" stupid opinion, learn how to read![/QUOTE]
Well I will if you're gonna pay for the tutoring, smart guy.[/QUOTE]
I'm willing to pay.
Well I will if you're gonna pay for the tutoring, smart guy.[/QUOTE]
I'm willing to pay.
I deffinitly think there was a change from Queen II and SHA on, but I dont think he ever totally lost his range, listen to how high he went at Wembley during the impromtu, its insane!! Totally totally amazing. I just think the style that he chose to sang in was lower, but he diffinitly still had major range.
"I think many of you would be very suprised at just what a kick ass rendition of say, "Champions" that Freddie could have pulled off in 1990/91.
His voice could have world toured in 1988, 1990, etc... his body could not have"
I don't think so, Freddie's voice got better in the late 80's and early 90's because he started to live more healthy. He stopped smoking and the main reason: he didn't tour anymore!
Freddie didn't have singing lessons, thats why his voice got so damaged on tour. He didn't know how to use his vocal chords well. Thats why he couldn't sing the high notes (he always avoided them) and thats why he sang so good on the first 5 concerts, and after that it got worse and worse. I think if Freddie would've gone on tour in 1988, 89 and 1990 we would've had the same voice on Innuendo as the voice on A Kind of Magic
His voice could have world toured in 1988, 1990, etc... his body could not have"
I don't think so, Freddie's voice got better in the late 80's and early 90's because he started to live more healthy. He stopped smoking and the main reason: he didn't tour anymore!
Freddie didn't have singing lessons, thats why his voice got so damaged on tour. He didn't know how to use his vocal chords well. Thats why he couldn't sing the high notes (he always avoided them) and thats why he sang so good on the first 5 concerts, and after that it got worse and worse. I think if Freddie would've gone on tour in 1988, 89 and 1990 we would've had the same voice on Innuendo as the voice on A Kind of Magic
I think if he were to tour on Innuendo he'd probably have a voice probably higher then the AKOM and works tours. The key thing is he changed his style of singing from 86 through to his death he went from the ful lblown chest voice belting type singing (Gimme the prize for example) to using a mix of both chest and head voice with in fact some of his highest ever notes being hit in the Innuendo albem.
It's intresting that he had no vocal sessions. I always felt that Freddie never quite had the right balance between his chest and head voice.
LAW for example and you can clearly tell he was simply belting every other note. From experiance, you do that and your voice simply won't go much above your speaking voice, and you can actually hear his voice sounding rather tierd.
his range didn't actualy change much at all, at least his hitable range, I'm sure he could hit most notes live if it wasn't for his poor technuiqe. What changed, as others have said, was his actual timbre and ALSO his style. He had a light voice in the early days, then over the years it deepened a little, then probably by the Jazz tour he changed his singing style and used mixed voice more and more often.
A classic example is at MK bowl with under pressure and the higher higher high part, with the last note being a nice mixture. I personaly think this is his best period when he hits all the notes he used to with the power.
However the mix isn't sustainable when you keep using it. That was the relative downfall of his voice in the mid-80's. He had a good balance in the early 80's and latwe 70's but by the mid 80's, due to his voice deepening slightly again he was forced to constantly use this to hit his highest notes and thats why he suffered thaty cracking sound, his voice simply couldn't take it. Instead for the rest of the tour he had to use his chest voice and belt out the notes, which led to a reduction of his range that was reachable in the works and AKOM tours, and hence why it got more powerful but deeper sound.
However by the time his voice reached Innuendo, his voice had gotten higher again by a little bit and had were to do a tour, a reasoable comprasion would be the MK concert from 82 as to what he sounds like, he still has got a habit of using the mix on the Innuendo, BUT as his voice had gained a little upwards range again, he could pull it off and he was seemingly more willing to use his head voice then before.
It's intresting that he had no vocal sessions. I always felt that Freddie never quite had the right balance between his chest and head voice.
LAW for example and you can clearly tell he was simply belting every other note. From experiance, you do that and your voice simply won't go much above your speaking voice, and you can actually hear his voice sounding rather tierd.
his range didn't actualy change much at all, at least his hitable range, I'm sure he could hit most notes live if it wasn't for his poor technuiqe. What changed, as others have said, was his actual timbre and ALSO his style. He had a light voice in the early days, then over the years it deepened a little, then probably by the Jazz tour he changed his singing style and used mixed voice more and more often.
A classic example is at MK bowl with under pressure and the higher higher high part, with the last note being a nice mixture. I personaly think this is his best period when he hits all the notes he used to with the power.
However the mix isn't sustainable when you keep using it. That was the relative downfall of his voice in the mid-80's. He had a good balance in the early 80's and latwe 70's but by the mid 80's, due to his voice deepening slightly again he was forced to constantly use this to hit his highest notes and thats why he suffered thaty cracking sound, his voice simply couldn't take it. Instead for the rest of the tour he had to use his chest voice and belt out the notes, which led to a reduction of his range that was reachable in the works and AKOM tours, and hence why it got more powerful but deeper sound.
However by the time his voice reached Innuendo, his voice had gotten higher again by a little bit and had were to do a tour, a reasoable comprasion would be the MK concert from 82 as to what he sounds like, he still has got a habit of using the mix on the Innuendo, BUT as his voice had gained a little upwards range again, he could pull it off and he was seemingly more willing to use his head voice then before.
freddie's voice had about 4 definitive stages.
the early, almost female voice. (74-77?)
more trained rock singer (78-82)
gravelly, powerful voice(83-89)
and of course, the very clear but still powerful voice heard on innuendo (91)
i don't have a personal preference, i like them all.
the early, almost female voice. (74-77?)
more trained rock singer (78-82)
gravelly, powerful voice(83-89)
and of course, the very clear but still powerful voice heard on innuendo (91)
i don't have a personal preference, i like them all.
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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]mercuryphoenix5946 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Being a Freddie Mercury impersonator (and a female one at that!), and the fact that I have a singing and speaking voice very similar to the deceased rock star icon, I have found it very, very difficult to pull off his sounds on stage without KILLING my vocal chords ... or better still - MURDERING them! lol In order to sing the songs he did that are soft, I must avoid cigarettes for a while so that my voice will be able to sing them better. As for the raucous songs like, Tie Yo Mamma, and others of that nature, cigarettes help to bring out the coarseness of my voice so as to sound like the original artist that performed those raucous tracks.
It's easy to see why Freddie developed nodules on his vocal chords. I, myself, now have them, and I am only 36...[/QUOTE]
wrong thread sorry lol
It's easy to see why Freddie developed nodules on his vocal chords. I, myself, now have them, and I am only 36...[/QUOTE]
wrong thread sorry lol
Nodules are developed from misuse of the voice...
Smoking doesn't help, for sure.
But lack of good vocal technique is usually at the core.
Smoking doesn't help, for sure.
But lack of good vocal technique is usually at the core.