| AssDudeRule 18.05.2018 15:00 |
A youtuber has done a break down of the Bo Rap trailer wth a little claim that its not Freddie's voice during the Live Aid soundbite. States that its Marc... Anybody agree??? |
| andres_clip 18.05.2018 15:05 |
Why use Marc when you got Freddies? |
| Darren_1977 18.05.2018 16:14 |
Also what is mike Myers role in the film , is he a narrator by any chance |
| millbrookmusic 18.05.2018 16:27 |
Mike Myers is the guy who says "It's 6 bloody minutes" |
| millbrookmusic 18.05.2018 16:29 |
I agree - I don't think it's Freddie. My guess is Martel as well....perhaps even a mixture of him and Freddie. |
| Biggus Dickus 18.05.2018 16:36 |
One can clearly hear it's not Freddie. My money's on Martel as well. |
| bucsateflon 18.05.2018 17:36 |
clearly? its not that clear |
| lemonysnick123 18.05.2018 18:17 |
It's absolutely obvious it's not freddie's voice in the trailer. It's not rocket science. It does not sound like him. Done. |
| ouhsammy 18.05.2018 19:15 |
Isn't it Garry Mullen? |
| cmsdrums 18.05.2018 19:16 |
If you’ve got any musical experience and know the subtleties of Freddie’s voice then you can tell it’s Marc Martel. They reallly have found a golden gooose with him - no one will ever sound like Freddie but he’s pretty close. Amazing that you can name any other singer in popular music history (Elvis, Jagger, Bowie, Jackson etc) and there are loads of people that can mimic them pretty well - there will never be anyone that can sound like Freddie - MM is about the only one. |
| ouhsammy 18.05.2018 19:19 |
Not Marc imo. Listen carrefully to the last long note. Marc cannot simulate the nodules like chat ?? |
| ouhsammy 18.05.2018 19:21 |
Like THAT (f**ing phone) |
| Wiley 18.05.2018 19:22 |
It does sound like Freddie a lot but it's not identical. Could be a mix of Martell and Freddie. I am not surprised one bit. If you think about it, they would most likely need multi-tracks for any audio going into the movie. This is not an issue for Studio recordings and even outtakes but I bet there's only a handful of live shows recorded in this capacity, if any. I bet this is why Brian has been in the studio ("Playing BoRhap badly...") and it could very well also be why he had Tim Staffel joining him. Nice gesture. He definitely didn't have to do that. |
| Supersonic_Man89 18.05.2018 20:20 |
Oh, 100 percent on the first listen i knew it wasn't Freddie. There's no doubt about it in my mind and shouldn't really be for the majority of you. I'm also quite sure it's Marc's...sounds like him a lot, and he's fully aware of how Freddie sounded in the mid-eighties. I think somebody pointed out that they used Marc's rather than the original because the sound recording of Live Aid wouldn't be up to scratch...plus, although his voice is used in the trailer...maybe they don't want to use any of Freddie's actual recordings in the film... as it may take people out of the moment (KNOWING Rami is miming to a vocal we've heard a thousand times before etc.) And i can't believe nobody has mentioned this so far, but I'd like to suggest Mike Myers is playing Norman Sheffield. Due to the beard, the look and perhaps Freddie's flippancy towards him. Although Mike does a northern accent...perhaps he couldn't replicate Norman's London voice too well. |
| Darren_1977 18.05.2018 23:22 |
Thanks mill brook |
| popy 19.05.2018 02:14 |
Supersonic_Man89 wrote: Oh, 100 percent on the first listen i knew it wasn't Freddie. There's no doubt about it in my mind and shouldn't really be for the majority of you. I'm also quite sure it's Marc's...sounds like him a lot, and he's fully aware of how Freddie sounded in the mid-eighties. I think somebody pointed out that they used Marc's rather than the original because the sound recording of Live Aid wouldn't be up to scratch...plus, although his voice is used in the trailer...maybe they don't want to use any of Freddie's actual recordings in the film... as it may take people out of the moment (KNOWING Rami is miming to a vocal we've heard a thousand times before etc.) And i can't believe nobody has mentioned this so far, but I'd like to suggest Mike Myers is playing Norman Sheffield. Due to the beard, the look and perhaps Freddie's flippancy towards him. Although Mike does a northern accent...perhaps he couldn't replicate Norman's London voice too well.Unlikely. Why would they show the song to the ex-manager? My opinion is that Mike Myers plays a, for now unnamed, EMI executive. It's the story that Queen wanted the song to be the single and the label didn't. Notice the big EMI sign in that part of the trailer behind Freddie... Or should i say Malek? :p |
| john bodega 19.05.2018 05:02 |
It's Marc Martel FFS, I just went through this in the Fan Club Facebook group. It's a brilliant mimic, but it's a mimic. |
| brunogorski 19.05.2018 05:54 |
Obviously Martel. After years listening to his own stuff and to QEX bootlegs, you can easily tell. |
| Biggus Dickus 19.05.2018 06:29 |
bucsateflon wrote: clearly? its not that clearIt is to me. |
| Another Roger (re) 19.05.2018 06:47 |
It is indeed Marc Martel. Its an amazing job Marc has done, but those of us who have listened to Queen since we ran around in dipers will hear a slight difference. Freddie was rawer and more powerful in his output. Marc is a bit cleaner. I love it! And as someone said Fox couldnt use the original voice because of the sound quality and lack of multitracks. |
| master marathon runner 19.05.2018 11:45 |
Gary Mullen (while doing a good job , for a night's enterainment ) is too coarse / bombastic to nail an excellent , accurate impersonation of Freddie, to the standard required for a project as important as this. |
| cmsdrums 19.05.2018 15:29 |
And if any further proof is needed, listen on headphones and Martel’s phrasing/actual wording is different to Freddie’s on the long run down |
| andres_clip 20.05.2018 01:28 |
It is Marc. You were right mate. |
| Secretfantasy 20.05.2018 10:00 |
So thats a great way to promote Marc Martel and QEX. The soundtrack CD will be a way forward to continue queens legacy with QEX. Get them back doing the tribute act and QAL can retire at that point. |
| Sealion 20.05.2018 11:02 |
Marc Martel is no longer in QEX. They have a new singer for the upcoming tour. So Martel singing promotes nothing. It‘s just very convenient to have him sing, since the records simply won‘t fit that great ( because of missing quality for instance or other aspects...) |
| Thrill Yeti 20.05.2018 12:14 |
Definitely sounds like Marc to me. It's funny how he can do a very good 'impression' of Freddie, but still sound nowhere near as good. |
| Man from Zanzibar 20.05.2018 19:20 |
Nowhere near as good as Freddie, but still miles better than anyone else still living. Certainly much better singer than "precious darling" Lambert will ever be. |
| emrabt 20.05.2018 19:58 |
It's most likely Marc, It's not Gary Mullen, it's too "dry" (for want of a better term) to be him, especially these days. He did do the Japanese Nissin Cup Noodle advert from a few years back though. Queen Productions don't actually own the rights to the Live Aid sound / footage, which is why they aren't using it. Why they don't just use audio from some other concert is anyone guess. |
| JomaDuckSoup 22.05.2018 10:11 |
It IS Marc Martel. No doubt! |
| emrabt 22.05.2018 10:34 |
Thrill Yeti wrote: It's funny how he can do a very good 'impression' of Freddie, but still sound nowhere near as good.He's like Freddie would sound after you fiddle with the EQ to remove to low and high end frequency of his voice. |
| cmsdrums 22.05.2018 10:34 |
Why is there any discussion of it ever being Gary Mullen? It's as likely to be me as it is him....... |
| emrabt 22.05.2018 10:42 |
cmsdrums wrote: Why is there any discussion of it ever being Gary Mullen? It's as likely to be me as it is him.......Becuase Gary has a very similar timber to 1985 - 1986 Freddie, even though his pronounciation of words is sometimes far off. He could also (pre-2014) sustain notes with a very similar vibrato to Freddie but has trouble these days. I realise this is going off on a tangent but the guy from Dios Salve a la Reina also has a similar timber but doesn't have the vocal range Gary has. |
| ouhsammy 12.06.2018 20:03 |
"As the Collider article revealed, the legend’s voice was performed by Rami Malek, soundalike Marc Martel, and Freddie Mercury himself." link |