Freddie's voice colour

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]mike hunt wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I disagree with all you wacko's (except for scott mercury) Freddies voice was ruined by smoking and aids!...give me a break people!...freddie voice was great during innnuendo, Don't try so hard and the show must go on. anyone who says his voice was shot during the eighties doesn't know shit, MK, we will rock you and live aid were the strongest his voice ever sounded.[/QUOTE]

Excuse me dear? Live Aid was july 13th 1985, and Freddie was smoking like a chimney back then!
Same goes for Milton Keynes, at least, I think that's what you mean with MK.

I'm a vocalist myself, Freddie is my hero, and I worship the dear fellow. When you try to do his 80's work...well...break a leg dear, you *won't* make it! On the contrary, some of his early 70's work, things like Fairy King, Doing allright, Dear Friends are not that hard to do.

Freddie uses his falset on those tracks. But later on, during the 80's, he started to use his midrange voice, and hardly fell back at his falset. Now people : THAT IS TOUGH!

He sang at the same high pitch, but now NOT using his falset. And THAT is difficult. When I'm really on the move, I can catch " The Kiss" from Flash Gordon, but doing I want to break free??

Nah-ah dear. :-| It would kill me instantly!

Freddie's voice during the 80's was MUCH more powerful then it was in the early seventies.
And this thing about smoking...pffffff....

I smoke like a chimney, for over 20 years now, and *never* had any difficulties with singing.
Freddie grew and grew over the years.

Just listen to the last track he ever recorded, Mother Love. W-O-W.....
Practically dead, and SUCH a voice. Brill.

Many healthy artist could not ever do that!

I state my case <-)

I actually agree with you. his voice was stronger in the eighties.

Indeed :-S

I actually *do* think we both agree.
Guess I read your post wrong :-|
Reading back, I see we both say the same thing.


Nice name by the way!

(Mike Hunt?!? Mike Hunt?!? Has anybody seen Mike Hunt?!? :-D Especially funny when you let a lady call for a person with that name, at - let's say - an airport)

*giggle* <-)

Digi-great stuff!well said and i think you being a singer understand just how good he was in early-mif 80's.I must disagree with your point on mother love.the lower key stuff he nails but in the middle where he goes high it sounds a tad strained.With good reason sadly .

Freddies voice range was so great four octaves he could sing anything, he qouted as once saying
that smoking gave his voice the huskiness, but
he did sing from the depts of his soul and heart, lol.....

I loved 70's and 80's singing from freddie, but if you listen to early to mid 80's he could do anything with his voice, very strong and powerful. Barcelona might have been the most impressive singing freddie did.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]stateside fan wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Digi-great stuff!well said and i think you being a singer understand just how good he was in early-mif 80's.I must disagree with your point on mother love.the lower key stuff he nails but in the middle where he goes high it sounds a tad strained.With good reason sadly .[/QUOTE]

I disagree. The strain you hear is there in lots of earlier recordings with Freddie, and is not strange considering the high notes we are talking about. In my opinion the strain adds to the performance.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]mike hunt wrote: [/QUOTENAME] Barcelona might have been the most impressive singing freddie did.[/QUOTE]

Agreed. Definitely. And also the most "natural," and in his best range.