| clauverg 04.02.2013 04:30 |
I didn't find anyting in the forum but I noticed that in the album version of Driven By You on Back to the Light there's a line (at about 1:15) sang by Freddie. Do you know something about that? |
| Vali 04.02.2013 04:38 |
Really ? well, never heard of anyone mentioning such possibility and, as far as I remember, there's no mention in any of the "specialists" sites about Freddie contributing voacals on this song. Keep in mind that the skills Brian has building Queen-like harmonies can lead to confusion and make you believe Freddie is there! |
| DLCVinnuendo 04.02.2013 07:46 |
i never heard this story before |
| The Real Wizard 04.02.2013 10:19 |
On Touch The Sky, Roger sounds quite a lot like Freddie on a "yeeeeeeeeah." 20 years of working with the guy and they're bound to pick up similarities ! I think that's all it comes down to.. |
| on my way up 04.02.2013 11:24 |
The Real Wizard wrote: On Touch The Sky, Roger sounds quite a lot like Freddie on a "yeeeeeeeeah." 20 years of working with the guy and they're bound to pick up similarities ! I think that's all it comes down to..After listening to the guy for about 14 years now I'm also starting to sound like him... Oh, how I wish...:-) |
| Raffy 04.02.2013 13:08 |
After 20 years as a Queen fan I still can't say if It's Bri or Freddie the one who sings the line "there's been some mistake" on I can't live with you. (At about 1:35 -> link. "Maybe" sounds like Freddie, "there's been some mistake" seems Bri. Am I correct? |
| Vali 04.02.2013 13:19 |
Another line that comes to mind now is the "uuuuuh why don't you" at the end section of Let Me Live. I believed for quite some time it was Freddie, til I realized it was Brian. |
| Supersonic_Man89 04.02.2013 13:25 |
No, you are not Raffy. I'd bet my live on that line sung definitely by Freddie. |
| cmsdrums 04.02.2013 13:25 |
Some people needs their ears seeing to!!! |
| Ozz 04.02.2013 16:11 |
That's just Brian singing in harmony in another note |
| Wiley 04.02.2013 20:02 |
Do you mean the "it's dead ahead of you" line? I use to hear Freddie there as well but it's just a matter of the harmony sounding a bit "Queen-esque" and we associate it with Freddie. For some reason I used to have the same feeling about Roger's Happiness song when he sings "more precious still than gold". That one is 100% Roger, obviously, but there was something in that line that triggered something in my head for some reason. |
| br5946 05.02.2013 06:19 |
Maybe Brian making Queen-esque harmonies makes people believe it's Freddie on one section on 'Driven By You', but don't forget that the song was recorded in 1991 - would Freddie have found the energy to do any spare vocals? And furthermore, if that's true, when publishing the Back to the Light album notes, isn't it a dead cert that Brian would have requested that Freddie be credited? |
| pietrek 05.02.2013 08:41 |
Here are all of Freddie's vocal leaks on other tracks: link - 3:53 link - 3:37 3:48 link 3:10 4:37 There's also quite interesting thing in Radio GaGa about 5:04 when Freddie starts to sing "You had the time" you can also hear completely other line, something that seems to begin with "sometimes.." in the left headphone. But it's really nothing compared to George Michael's "cars and trains". There are quite dirty things to be heard in the middle of this one :)) |
| The Real Wizard 05.02.2013 11:12 |
Some of those are pretty far-fetched... But I have to say, 3:10 of Killing Time is pretty convincing. |
| Wiley 05.02.2013 12:22 |
I had forgotten about Killing Time! Oh man, that's GOT TO BE Freddie... except it isn't him, right? Pretty convincing indeed. |
| waunakonor 05.02.2013 12:35 |
For a while, I thought that "You win," in It's a Hard Life was sung by Roger. I also thought "Then I'll get you," in Seven Seas of Rhye was Roger. Also, I hope I'm not the only one who thought "No, I just think I'm two steps nearer to my grave," in KYA is Roger and not Brian for a long time. |
| j0ck3 05.02.2013 14:49 |
waunakonor wrote: Also, I hope I'm not the only one who thought "No, I just think I'm two steps nearer to my grave," in KYA is Roger ad ot Brian for a long time.I swear if I didn't always know it was Brian I would have said it's Roger making a silly voice. Compared to any other song they do lead vocals on this part just sounds so off. I mean Roger sounds like Roger during the part he sings in Doin' All Right. |
| vicspec 05.02.2013 16:16 |
3:48 of I Cry For You is clearly Fred in there. Can't hear the first one though.. With this and Killing Time they must have been some of the tracks that started for The Works. |
| Rick 06.02.2013 09:01 |
We all have a bit of Freddie inside us. It's destined. |
| clauverg 06.02.2013 10:12 |
It's very strange because Brian sings harmony in higher notes also in different lines of the song (for example "to the horizon wide" at 44'') but "it's dead ahead of you" line is the only one with that Freddie-like voice. I'd like to think it's a last gift to a friend... |
| Wiley 06.02.2013 10:15 |
clauverg wrote: It's very strange because Brian sings harmony in higher notes also in different lines of the song (for example "to the horizon wide" at 44'') but "it's dead ahead of you" line is the only one with that Freddie-like voice. I'd like to think it's a last gift to a friend...I think it's coincidental. Some lines sound slightly different, one happened to sound a bit like Freddie, but I do like your "last gift to a friend" idea. Could it be the other way around? Brian making a nod to Freddie. He purposedly did it with his piano playing in NOBY. He played it on Freddie's "percussive" style. Brian's is more polished and subtle. |
| clauverg 07.02.2013 03:34 |
I listened over and over again and my opinion remains the same: Freddie sing the "dead ahead of you" line. Obiovsly I don't have evidence, only speculation (other that what my ears listen). But here's some facts: 1) Driven By You was released on 6 November 1991 and was recorded and mixed with David Richards co-producing at Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland, 1991 2) In the same time, in the same studio there were the session recording of A Winter’s Tale (January-February) and Mother Love (end of May- mid October) 3) Freddie knows the song. From a 1993 interview: "He never succumbed in spirit," Brian says. "He was always up. He always had his sense of humor, which I find incredible. He was the first to say, 'Hey, I don't want you guys to sit around. This may be happening to me, but you have your lives to lead.' I played him 'Driven by You' when I had it at the demo stage, and I said, 'Do you fancy singing it?' And he said, 'No, no, you do a perfectly good job. Go for it and get out there.' When I was about to put it out as a single quite a few months later, I said, 'You sure you're all right about this, Fred? I'm not sure how tasteful it is for me to put this out at this point in your life'—me putting out this very jolly single and getting on with my solo career while he was wasting away. He said, 'Why should you do anything else?' And he said, 'If I pop off while it's happening, it'll give you an extra bit of publicity.' Freddie states that he don't want sing the song but couldn't sing one line? |
| Mr.QueenFan 07.02.2013 19:08 |
pietrek1994 wrote: Here are all of Freddie's vocal leaks on other tracks: link - 3:53 link - 3:37 3:48 link 3:10 4:37The Brian and Anita duet it's really hard to tell because it's too buried in te mix. But that intonation in the "yeahh" sounds more like Roger than Freddie, but who knows? I think it's really hard to tell. The "i cry for you" doesn't seem like Freddie either. Now, the "Killing Time" it sounds like Freddie. First i thought that it was a sample from "In the Lap of the god's (reprise) or from "Made In Heaven (extended version)", but it could be that Freddie did some vocals just for Roger. On Brian's "Driven by you", it's just Brian singing his harmonies. |
| Wiley 08.02.2013 10:55 |
Today, the only one that still makes me say "IT'S GOTTA BE FREDDIE!" is "I cry for you". Not just the vocal choirs but a couple of BVs and second voices as well. For instance, when Roger sings "and we're treading the same old fears..." |
| Heavenite 10.02.2013 05:48 |
The Driven By You line is definitely Brian singing harmonies. Pity though as I like the "gift to a friend" idea floated here. But I'm sure it's wrong unfortunately. |
| mooghead 10.02.2013 06:23 |
Why would Freddie turn up to a recording session to sing 1 line of harmony on a BM solo record? Its Brian. End of. |
| Holly2003 11.02.2013 12:37 |
bump |
| Holly2003 11.02.2013 12:43 |
:) |