I like the wembley version better out of the 86 shows, but that 70's live version is the best out of all of them I think..... sounds like the studio record. the best live era for freddie's voice is the 74 to 77 and the late 79 to end of 82. That's my opinion at least...
I think the ones from the '74 SHA tour were the best, for example the rainbow one. The 70's versions were pretty powerful in general and were a great way to close a show or a set. I never really like the 80's ones
Well for the most part I prefer any 70's version of a song better than an 80's version. I just loved the 70's versions!!! In the 80's ones he had to yell to get the notes
I actually prefer his eighties versions as well and this is coming from someone who first saw Queen in 1973 .
When i last saw him at Knebworth 1986 it seemed to me as though he was going for the notes then more than he was in the 1975 A Night At The Opera tour.
Bo Rhap wrote: I actually prefer his eighties versions as well and this is coming from someone who first saw Queen in 1973 .
When i last saw him at Knebworth 1986 it seemed to me as though he was going for the notes then more than he was in the 1975 A Night At The Opera tour.
I always wondered why he didn't use his falsetto alot when he was younger--then go ahead 10 years, and he's using it ALOT on the Magic Tour!
that 74 version freddie was doing the perfect falsetto...sounded like the studio record, but what i like about the 86 version is that he does the falsetto and then hits those amazing power notes. I don't know about the screaming that people bitch about. those are simply operatic power notes he hits, so the 80's edges it out for me
Hubb wrote: I prefer 80's version, because it has very powerful "SO FUNNY" and "MY MONEY". It's a pity they played only first verse, though.
Well funny enough I disliked him singing those words with his normal voice. He is plainly yelling there. I haven't heard much 70s versions, but I did hear the Hammersmith Odeon recording from 1975-12-24 and the Wembley version indeed wins. If all 70s performances from Freddie at this song were like that, the 80s versions would be better indeed (if all of them were equally as great as the Wembley version).
I prefer the 70's version from Live at The Rainbow because vocally it sounds more like that era when Freddies Voice was more innocent and pure without being tortured as we all know when he took up the extreme lifestyle his Voice did Change
However I do like the attempt at the Falsetto in the Wembley Version plus he had to Sell it differently as a Singer on a much more larger scale in that Arena Atmosphere..such a Great Song just wish there was more of it!
stuyvesant wrote: I prefer the 70's version from Live at The Rainbow because vocally it sounds more like that era when Freddies Voice was more innocent and pure without being tortured as we all know when he took up the extreme lifestyle his Voice did Change
However I do like the attempt at the Falsetto in the Wembley Version plus he had to Sell it differently as a Singer on a much more larger scale in that Arena Atmosphere..such a Great Song just wish there was more of it!
Smoking isn't an "extreme" lifestyle! :)
But he smoked "extremely" well! lol