[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]koldweather123 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]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.[/QUOTE]
"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."
Then, you don't know what head voice is.
The highest note I've ever heard from him, using his chest voice, was a Middle F in Barcelona. the rest of them, was head voice. If you want to hear it perfectly, download: http://f-mercury.com.ar/Audio/F3_barcelona.mp3
That's how Freddie sounded using his chest voice beyond his passagio: Tight, very tight. Note the change of resonances after covering the passagio.He sings chest voiced up to the 'WILLING' and headvoiced from 'friends until the end'.
You may be confusing a light head voice, with mainly head overtones, and the powerful full voice Freddie used, which was head voice after all, with heavy chest harmonics, to give him his characteristic timbre, plus the high overtones from the head resonances.
His balance between head and chest is one of the most marvelous mixes I've ever heard from a popular singer.
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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: [/QUOTENAME]"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[/QUOTE]
No I can't agree with that entirely. You under-estimate the work he did with Monserrat Caballe in shaping his later voice. Stopping smoking helped but it's not as if tours lasted 80 dates; The Magic tour was 33 dates, I can't see that roughening his voice live could be a big factor for studio sessions. In 1983 he had a whole year off from it but still sounded very strained on The Works.
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[/QUOTE]
No I can't agree with that entirely. You under-estimate the work he did with Monserrat Caballe in shaping his later voice. Stopping smoking helped but it's not as if tours lasted 80 dates; The Magic tour was 33 dates, I can't see that roughening his voice live could be a big factor for studio sessions. In 1983 he had a whole year off from it but still sounded very strained on The Works.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]kdj2hot wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Regor wrote: [/QUOTENAME] On Innuendo if it's truely isn't sped up, which I doubt because on the Mike Reid interview his speaking voice is even higher than in the past, he just pushed his voice close their limits whether to do the recording eqivalent of a dog pissing on a tree to mark his territory (i.e. leaving no doubt in anyone's mind that he does have one of the better voices of alltime) or if the songs they wrote just fit that style.[/QUOTE]
A lot of the songs on Innunendo were sped up by at least a semitone. I have slowed it down, digitally and he definately sounds more realistic. ie.. I cant live with you and Hitman. Slow them down with Sound-Forge or something by 1 semitone. It is also obviosly sped up because his vibrato is faster than other songs, which has always been fairly consistant.
Jim
A lot of the songs on Innunendo were sped up by at least a semitone. I have slowed it down, digitally and he definately sounds more realistic. ie.. I cant live with you and Hitman. Slow them down with Sound-Forge or something by 1 semitone. It is also obviosly sped up because his vibrato is faster than other songs, which has always been fairly consistant.
Jim
[QUOTE] [QUOTENAME]AndresGuazzelli wrote: [/QUOTENAME]"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."
Then, you don't know what head voice is.
The highest note I've ever heard from him, using his chest voice, was a Middle F in Barcelona. the rest of them, was head voice. If you want to hear it perfectly, download: http://f-mercury.com.ar/Audio/F3_barcelona.mp3
That's how Freddie sounded using his chest voice beyond his passagio: Tight, very tight. Note the change of resonances after covering the passagio.He sings chest voiced up to the 'WILLING' and headvoiced from 'friends until the end'.
You may be confusing a light head voice, with mainly head overtones, and the powerful full voice Freddie used, which was head voice after all, with heavy chest harmonics, to give him his characteristic timbre, plus the high overtones from the head resonances.
His balance between head and chest is one of the most marvelous mixes I've ever heard from a popular singer.[/QUOTE]
I believe we here witness an example of the absolutely and utterly confusing terminology that surrounds singing. Head voice, chest voice, etc...
However, scientific studies of the vocal cords have shown that (for a male) there are basically two different types of voices: the modal voice ("chest voice", "speaking voice"), and the falsetto. The rest is mainly variation in timbre and expression created in different parts of the vocal organs.
I believe the different usages of the term "head voice" here stems from two different "schools", one which uses the term as a synonym of falsetto, and another which uses it of the chest voice coloured with a more head-cavity based timbre, maybe with a bit of "twang".
I would say, efter listening to your example from "Barcelona", that the two different sounds are both the modal voice, and that the changes of character and timbre are more due to different ways of colouring the sound on the way from the vocal chords to the listener...
Then, you don't know what head voice is.
The highest note I've ever heard from him, using his chest voice, was a Middle F in Barcelona. the rest of them, was head voice. If you want to hear it perfectly, download: http://f-mercury.com.ar/Audio/F3_barcelona.mp3
That's how Freddie sounded using his chest voice beyond his passagio: Tight, very tight. Note the change of resonances after covering the passagio.He sings chest voiced up to the 'WILLING' and headvoiced from 'friends until the end'.
You may be confusing a light head voice, with mainly head overtones, and the powerful full voice Freddie used, which was head voice after all, with heavy chest harmonics, to give him his characteristic timbre, plus the high overtones from the head resonances.
His balance between head and chest is one of the most marvelous mixes I've ever heard from a popular singer.[/QUOTE]
I believe we here witness an example of the absolutely and utterly confusing terminology that surrounds singing. Head voice, chest voice, etc...
However, scientific studies of the vocal cords have shown that (for a male) there are basically two different types of voices: the modal voice ("chest voice", "speaking voice"), and the falsetto. The rest is mainly variation in timbre and expression created in different parts of the vocal organs.
I believe the different usages of the term "head voice" here stems from two different "schools", one which uses the term as a synonym of falsetto, and another which uses it of the chest voice coloured with a more head-cavity based timbre, maybe with a bit of "twang".
I would say, efter listening to your example from "Barcelona", that the two different sounds are both the modal voice, and that the changes of character and timbre are more due to different ways of colouring the sound on the way from the vocal chords to the listener...
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]mike hunt wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I know anything past 1977 is crap, how played out are you people!..."stateside" you obviously don't think freddie had a great voice during the barcelona album or the great pretender/In my defence?....shows how little you know, but most of you are stuck in 1975.[/QUOTE]
I think "Barcelona" is among his best singing. "Guide Me Home." "The Golden Boy"..."Ensueno" *especially* shows some *gorgeous* low tones...
I could go on. I won't.
I think "Barcelona" is among his best singing. "Guide Me Home." "The Golden Boy"..."Ensueno" *especially* shows some *gorgeous* low tones...
I could go on. I won't.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Vulcan wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]kdj2hot wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Regor wrote: [/QUOTENAME] On Innuendo if it's truely isn't sped up, which I doubt because on the Mike Reid interview his speaking voice is even higher than in the past, he just pushed his voice close their limits whether to do the recording eqivalent of a dog pissing on a tree to mark his territory (i.e. leaving no doubt in anyone's mind that he does have one of the better voices of alltime) or if the songs they wrote just fit that style.[/QUOTE]
A lot of the songs on Innunendo were sped up by at least a semitone. I have slowed it down, digitally and he definately sounds more realistic. ie.. I cant live with you and Hitman. Slow them down with Sound-Forge or something by 1 semitone. It is also obviosly sped up because his vibrato is faster than other songs, which has always been fairly consistant.
Jim[/QUOTE]
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Vulcan, that point has been brought up and dismissed plenty of times. I doubtt that innuendo was sped up. You're wrong on that I feel and shouldn't go around spreading misinformation. Freddie's speaking voice was even higer around that time so it's really ignorant to say slowing it down is proof it was sped up because it sounded like Freddie... OFCOURSE IT'S GONNA SOUND LIKE FREDDIE IF YOU SLOW IT DOWN A SEMITONE BECAUSE IT'S FREDDIE SINGING! His voice was just a lil' higher for what ever reason you want to pick. I doubt the MikReid inteview was sped up, maybe it was, if that was the case then you have a point lol.
A lot of the songs on Innunendo were sped up by at least a semitone. I have slowed it down, digitally and he definately sounds more realistic. ie.. I cant live with you and Hitman. Slow them down with Sound-Forge or something by 1 semitone. It is also obviosly sped up because his vibrato is faster than other songs, which has always been fairly consistant.
Jim[/QUOTE]
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Vulcan, that point has been brought up and dismissed plenty of times. I doubtt that innuendo was sped up. You're wrong on that I feel and shouldn't go around spreading misinformation. Freddie's speaking voice was even higer around that time so it's really ignorant to say slowing it down is proof it was sped up because it sounded like Freddie... OFCOURSE IT'S GONNA SOUND LIKE FREDDIE IF YOU SLOW IT DOWN A SEMITONE BECAUSE IT'S FREDDIE SINGING! His voice was just a lil' higher for what ever reason you want to pick. I doubt the MikReid inteview was sped up, maybe it was, if that was the case then you have a point lol.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]kdj2hot wrote: [/QUOTENAME
Vulcan, that point has been brought up and dismissed plenty of times. I doubtt that innuendo was sped up. You're wrong on that I feel and shouldn't go around spreading misinformation. Freddie's speaking voice was even higer around that time so it's really ignorant to say slowing it down is proof it was sped up because it sounded like Freddie... OFCOURSE IT'S GONNA SOUND LIKE FREDDIE IF YOU SLOW IT DOWN A SEMITONE BECAUSE IT'S FREDDIE SINGING! His voice was just a lil' higher for what ever reason you want to pick. I doubt the MikReid inteview was sped up, maybe it was, if that was the case then you have a point lol.
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Since when is posting an opinion spreading mis-information??!?! I also don't understand what you're saying either - slowing it down makes him sound like he always used to sound - I don't believe that anybody's voice gets higher in a short space of time - especially due to illness - I'm still of the opinion that there is definately something unnatural about his voice on Innuendo, be it the pitch and colour, and there's almost no doubt that it has been "tinkered" with in the studio - sped up - loads of chorus, reverb etc etc.
Vulcan, that point has been brought up and dismissed plenty of times. I doubtt that innuendo was sped up. You're wrong on that I feel and shouldn't go around spreading misinformation. Freddie's speaking voice was even higer around that time so it's really ignorant to say slowing it down is proof it was sped up because it sounded like Freddie... OFCOURSE IT'S GONNA SOUND LIKE FREDDIE IF YOU SLOW IT DOWN A SEMITONE BECAUSE IT'S FREDDIE SINGING! His voice was just a lil' higher for what ever reason you want to pick. I doubt the MikReid inteview was sped up, maybe it was, if that was the case then you have a point lol.
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Since when is posting an opinion spreading mis-information??!?! I also don't understand what you're saying either - slowing it down makes him sound like he always used to sound - I don't believe that anybody's voice gets higher in a short space of time - especially due to illness - I'm still of the opinion that there is definately something unnatural about his voice on Innuendo, be it the pitch and colour, and there's almost no doubt that it has been "tinkered" with in the studio - sped up - loads of chorus, reverb etc etc.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Vulcan wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]kdj2hot wrote: [/QUOTENAME
Vulcan, that point has been brought up and dismissed plenty of times. I doubtt that innuendo was sped up. You're wrong on that I feel and shouldn't go around spreading misinformation. Freddie's speaking voice was even higer around that time so it's really ignorant to say slowing it down is proof it was sped up because it sounded like Freddie... OFCOURSE IT'S GONNA SOUND LIKE FREDDIE IF YOU SLOW IT DOWN A SEMITONE BECAUSE IT'S FREDDIE SINGING! His voice was just a lil' higher for what ever reason you want to pick. I doubt the MikReid inteview was sped up, maybe it was, if that was the case then you have a point lol.
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Since when is posting an opinion spreading mis-information??!?! I also don't understand what you're saying either - slowing it down makes him sound like he always used to sound - I don't believe that anybody's voice gets higher in a short space of time - especially due to illness - I'm still of the opinion that there is definately something unnatural about his voice on Innuendo, be it the pitch and colour, and there's almost no doubt that it has been "tinkered" with in the studio - sped up - loads of chorus, reverb etc etc. [/QUOTE]
I'm over sensitive and you definitely are as well obsiously. It's not an opinion if his voice is sped up, it's a fact it's either true or not. An example of an opinion is like whether abortion is right or wrong. Understand? AIDS wouldn't havce effected his voice at all. What's your point in saying that? What would have effected his voice was not touring and overall not using it as much, maybe weight loss, and even though this is debatable, if he stopped smoking and drinking (at the very least I think he stopped doing it as much). All of those would've effected his voice gradually. Which is what happened. It didn't happen overnight as you're trying to imply to make your point (more misinformation from you) it happened over time, 87-91). All of those recordings you can hear a "vocal improvement' <-- (an example of an opinion because an improvement to one may not be to another, it's not true/false) with minor changes as time passes.
You don't understand that if your voice gets a little lower and then goes back to a higher frequency that if you slow it down it's gonna sound like the lower frequency voice? Um, ok... all it is either faster slower (i.e. slower = lower, faster = higher) Of course it's gonna sound like mid 80's Freddie. I bet if you slow down Spread your wings it'll sound like mid 80's Freddie. That probably works with a number of earlier tracks.
Random bits about this topic:
Stealing demo - his improvs at the beginning are higher than similar ones during the mid 80's. I suppose they bothered to take the time and speed up the dem as well.
We know another one bites the dust was sped up, yet Freddie doesn't sound like he sounds on Innuendo.
There's nothing on Innuendo that Freddie hadn't done previously on earlier tracks. That in combination with lower vocal use one must conclude it's unreasonable to suspect the vocals were sped up.
Vulcan, that point has been brought up and dismissed plenty of times. I doubtt that innuendo was sped up. You're wrong on that I feel and shouldn't go around spreading misinformation. Freddie's speaking voice was even higer around that time so it's really ignorant to say slowing it down is proof it was sped up because it sounded like Freddie... OFCOURSE IT'S GONNA SOUND LIKE FREDDIE IF YOU SLOW IT DOWN A SEMITONE BECAUSE IT'S FREDDIE SINGING! His voice was just a lil' higher for what ever reason you want to pick. I doubt the MikReid inteview was sped up, maybe it was, if that was the case then you have a point lol.
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Since when is posting an opinion spreading mis-information??!?! I also don't understand what you're saying either - slowing it down makes him sound like he always used to sound - I don't believe that anybody's voice gets higher in a short space of time - especially due to illness - I'm still of the opinion that there is definately something unnatural about his voice on Innuendo, be it the pitch and colour, and there's almost no doubt that it has been "tinkered" with in the studio - sped up - loads of chorus, reverb etc etc. [/QUOTE]
I'm over sensitive and you definitely are as well obsiously. It's not an opinion if his voice is sped up, it's a fact it's either true or not. An example of an opinion is like whether abortion is right or wrong. Understand? AIDS wouldn't havce effected his voice at all. What's your point in saying that? What would have effected his voice was not touring and overall not using it as much, maybe weight loss, and even though this is debatable, if he stopped smoking and drinking (at the very least I think he stopped doing it as much). All of those would've effected his voice gradually. Which is what happened. It didn't happen overnight as you're trying to imply to make your point (more misinformation from you) it happened over time, 87-91). All of those recordings you can hear a "vocal improvement' <-- (an example of an opinion because an improvement to one may not be to another, it's not true/false) with minor changes as time passes.
You don't understand that if your voice gets a little lower and then goes back to a higher frequency that if you slow it down it's gonna sound like the lower frequency voice? Um, ok... all it is either faster slower (i.e. slower = lower, faster = higher) Of course it's gonna sound like mid 80's Freddie. I bet if you slow down Spread your wings it'll sound like mid 80's Freddie. That probably works with a number of earlier tracks.
Random bits about this topic:
Stealing demo - his improvs at the beginning are higher than similar ones during the mid 80's. I suppose they bothered to take the time and speed up the dem as well.
We know another one bites the dust was sped up, yet Freddie doesn't sound like he sounds on Innuendo.
There's nothing on Innuendo that Freddie hadn't done previously on earlier tracks. That in combination with lower vocal use one must conclude it's unreasonable to suspect the vocals were sped up.
Wow - this is getting heated - let's give up on the misinformation line will you, that's completely unnecessary!!
Listen to the Delilah dem and then the album version!!
How else can you explain how unnatural the vocals sound on the above mentioned songs - especially AGP - compare the voice at the beginning and at the end!
Way to much tinkering in the studio. And as I said before - speed-up giveaways by vibrato speed!
Anyway, that is my belief - based on the way the vocal tracks sound, and the voice over the prev 20 years!
And Going back and I can hear music are also blatantly sped up!!!!
Listen to the Delilah dem and then the album version!!
How else can you explain how unnatural the vocals sound on the above mentioned songs - especially AGP - compare the voice at the beginning and at the end!
Way to much tinkering in the studio. And as I said before - speed-up giveaways by vibrato speed!
Anyway, that is my belief - based on the way the vocal tracks sound, and the voice over the prev 20 years!
And Going back and I can hear music are also blatantly sped up!!!!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Vulcan wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Wow - this is getting heated - let's give up on the misinformation line will you, that's completely unnecessary!!
Listen to the Delilah dem and then the album version!!
How else can you explain how unnatural the vocals sound on the above mentioned songs - especially AGP - compare the voice at the beginning and at the end!
Way to much tinkering in the studio. And as I said before - speed-up giveaways by vibrato speed!
Anyway, that is my belief - based on the way the vocal tracks sound, and the voice over the prev 20 years!
And Going back and I can hear music are also blatantly sped up!!!![/QUOTE]
Do you know when AGP as you call it, was recorded. I don't know what parts were taken for the demo. The parts on the final track from the delilah demo sound similar to the way they are on the album. Also using that evidence on the album is kind of an oxymoron in a sense. It's akin to looking at the officially FBI website to see if they posted evidence that they killed JFK assassination. If they song was sped up, why wouldn't the end be sped up as well? I'm going slightly mad is another example, his voice is slightly lower at the beginning. The most logical reason is that the vocals were from two different sessions.
Listen to the Delilah dem and then the album version!!
How else can you explain how unnatural the vocals sound on the above mentioned songs - especially AGP - compare the voice at the beginning and at the end!
Way to much tinkering in the studio. And as I said before - speed-up giveaways by vibrato speed!
Anyway, that is my belief - based on the way the vocal tracks sound, and the voice over the prev 20 years!
And Going back and I can hear music are also blatantly sped up!!!![/QUOTE]
Do you know when AGP as you call it, was recorded. I don't know what parts were taken for the demo. The parts on the final track from the delilah demo sound similar to the way they are on the album. Also using that evidence on the album is kind of an oxymoron in a sense. It's akin to looking at the officially FBI website to see if they posted evidence that they killed JFK assassination. If they song was sped up, why wouldn't the end be sped up as well? I'm going slightly mad is another example, his voice is slightly lower at the beginning. The most logical reason is that the vocals were from two different sessions.
I understand what you're saying - maybe we'll agree to disagree.
Next time you're playing Innuendo - listen to WAGP, listen to the vocal track in the first half of the song - compare it to "Rule with your heart and live with your conscience etc etc" about half way through - I agree that they were probably both done at different sessions, but they sound SO different - the latter half sounds slightly pitched up - very chorussy and reverby - a bit like most of the other songs on the album.
Lemme know what u think
J
PS Where can I get the mike reid interview?
Next time you're playing Innuendo - listen to WAGP, listen to the vocal track in the first half of the song - compare it to "Rule with your heart and live with your conscience etc etc" about half way through - I agree that they were probably both done at different sessions, but they sound SO different - the latter half sounds slightly pitched up - very chorussy and reverby - a bit like most of the other songs on the album.
Lemme know what u think
J
PS Where can I get the mike reid interview?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Vulcan wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I understand what you're saying - maybe we'll agree to disagree.
Next time you're playing Innuendo - listen to WAGP, listen to the vocal track in the first half of the song - compare it to "Rule with your heart and live with your conscience etc etc" about half way through - I agree that they were probably both done at different sessions, but they sound SO different - the latter half sounds slightly pitched up - very chorussy and reverby - a bit like most of the other songs on the album.
Lemme know what u think
J
PS Where can I get the mike reid interview?[/QUOTE]
Oh yeah, I definitely noticed what you're talking about. The question goes back to why wasn't it all sped up then. Ofcourse that raises the question on how difficult it would be to sync up the two sessions, especially if it's the same line. So yeah, that could explain why it would seem one part and not another was. I'm far from a recording expert so I wouldn't know how difficult it would be to speed up and sync up two different vocal takes.
At the same time on the particular line you name his voice doesn't sound like it is definitely from two different takes. The way the line need to be sung, it would make sense and is easily possible to sing it like it sounds on the album.
Next time you're playing Innuendo - listen to WAGP, listen to the vocal track in the first half of the song - compare it to "Rule with your heart and live with your conscience etc etc" about half way through - I agree that they were probably both done at different sessions, but they sound SO different - the latter half sounds slightly pitched up - very chorussy and reverby - a bit like most of the other songs on the album.
Lemme know what u think
J
PS Where can I get the mike reid interview?[/QUOTE]
Oh yeah, I definitely noticed what you're talking about. The question goes back to why wasn't it all sped up then. Ofcourse that raises the question on how difficult it would be to sync up the two sessions, especially if it's the same line. So yeah, that could explain why it would seem one part and not another was. I'm far from a recording expert so I wouldn't know how difficult it would be to speed up and sync up two different vocal takes.
At the same time on the particular line you name his voice doesn't sound like it is definitely from two different takes. The way the line need to be sung, it would make sense and is easily possible to sing it like it sounds on the album.
I think Vulcan's flogging a dead horse here. Freddie's voice was great on Innuendo- end of story. If people can't accept that idea, shame on them.
Here's how to end the argument:
Listen to the three demos of unreleased songs from the Innuendo sessions. Since they're just demos, chances are they weren't altered in any way. If you think Freddie sounds as good on those demos as he did on the album, then problem solved.
Listen to the three demos of unreleased songs from the Innuendo sessions. Since they're just demos, chances are they weren't altered in any way. If you think Freddie sounds as good on those demos as he did on the album, then problem solved.
it is very clear that his voice loses range as the years go on.he doesnt lose his power,but the range definitely decreases.this is most noticeable on live performances of "we are the champions" etc.to say his voice is "bad" on Innuendo is silly.All singers lose some of their range as they get older,i always thought that smoking/drinking just sped up the process a bit