Freddie was good on the guitar. Too bad his guitar only knew three bloody chords :D
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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]GriffoChubb wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I've heard that you can play Crazy Little thing called Love with 3 chords. Can anybody tell me wich are they?[/QUOTE]
I don't know why Freddie always said that his guitar only knew 3 chords... He plays 4.
D (with hammer on hammer off on high E string)
G
C
Bb
In no order but i wonder why he said that?
I don't know why Freddie always said that his guitar only knew 3 chords... He plays 4.
D (with hammer on hammer off on high E string)
G
C
Bb
In no order but i wonder why he said that?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]John S Stuart wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]zaiga wrote: [/QUOTENAME]One word: Crazy Little Thing Called Love[/QUOTE]
Actually - it's five.[/QUOTE]
Blimey! You are right!
Actually - it's five.[/QUOTE]
Blimey! You are right!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Fireplace wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]zaiga wrote: [/QUOTENAME]One word: Crazy Little Thing Called Love[/QUOTE]
What you mean is: One chord - Crazy Little Thing Called Love.
Freddie a good guitar player? Smell the coffee! [/QUOTE]
Hmm, the coffee smells nice.
Yeah, just like Crazy Little Thing Called Love is more than one word, it also has more chords. I believe CLTCL has 6 chords, but I'm not sure if Fred actually played them all on stage. He sure played the D, C, G, and Bb chords.
Oh, and Freddie said he could only play 3 chords to make him look crappier on the guitar than he really was. Self deprecating I believe it is called.
Anyway, all of that doesn't make Freddie a good guitar player, although it depends on who you compare it with. Compared to my mother Freddie is a very good guitar player, compared to Django Reinhardt, Freddie's not a very good guitar player at all. Certainly Fred was good enough on guitar to compose some tunes on them, and to play a simple tune on stage, and that's what matters.
What you mean is: One chord - Crazy Little Thing Called Love.
Freddie a good guitar player? Smell the coffee! [/QUOTE]
Hmm, the coffee smells nice.
Yeah, just like Crazy Little Thing Called Love is more than one word, it also has more chords. I believe CLTCL has 6 chords, but I'm not sure if Fred actually played them all on stage. He sure played the D, C, G, and Bb chords.
Oh, and Freddie said he could only play 3 chords to make him look crappier on the guitar than he really was. Self deprecating I believe it is called.
Anyway, all of that doesn't make Freddie a good guitar player, although it depends on who you compare it with. Compared to my mother Freddie is a very good guitar player, compared to Django Reinhardt, Freddie's not a very good guitar player at all. Certainly Fred was good enough on guitar to compose some tunes on them, and to play a simple tune on stage, and that's what matters.
He did play the E and A chords live as well. And I think his self-deprecating comment was more about the fact that his guitar ability (which was good and all that) was nothing compared to what he could do at the piano, or as singer, or as composer. Likewise Brian has said several times that he's not a good pianist, but actually he was (is) quite skillful.
If you look on the 2nd disc on the Live at Wembley Friday night concert, Freddie says , and I quote:
"I think everybody knows I cant play the fucking guitar, we all know that"
"I think everybody knows I cant play the fucking guitar, we all know that"
Brian qouted as saying, he had all the guitar notes in his mind and he was very masterfull at composing them, and knew how exactley how they would sound. as Freddie said I don't play the guitar, it plays me.