| xxxpwxxx 04.01.2006 09:10 |
Hello, i was just wondering if anybody can clue me in when Freddie recorded his vocals for this song...was it before or after Innuendo??? Thank you.... |
| Serry... 04.01.2006 09:12 |
January 1988 - January 1989 |
| magicalfreddiemercury 04.01.2006 09:14 |
His voice is amazingly powerful in that song, isn't it? |
| Fenderek 04.01.2006 09:16 |
I don't think it's that powerful, heard better performances... Just an opinion! |
| deleted user 04.01.2006 09:46 |
wheres the freddie version? iv heard brian singing it but not freddie, have i gone blind somewhere or something? :S |
| Ayreon 04.01.2006 09:48 |
Ever heard from an album from a band called Queen called 'Made In Heaven'? |
| magicalfreddiemercury 04.01.2006 09:49 |
Made in Heaven - track #8 |
| TRS-Romania 04.01.2006 10:19 |
i am sorry but the timing on TMLWKY by freddie is just way off ... the last phrase in the song (being) "Too much love will kill you ...in the end" is just totally off beat ... I dont know why Roger/Brian and John didnt delay the "in the end" part some longer ... I was dissapointed when I heard that ... And I even think the guitars are too weak in the MIH version (after the solo), it sounds to "thin" to me , meaning that Brian should have addeded some chords to it ... Stefan |
| magicalfreddiemercury 04.01.2006 10:26 |
Wow. I'm shocked. This is one of my many favorite songs (and Freddie performances). I just listened to it again and don't hear it the same as you do. Interesting. Still brilliantly performed, IMO. |
| TRS-Romania 04.01.2006 10:40 |
compare the phrase "too much love will kill you ....(pause) ........ in the end" of Brian May with the Queen version ... Maybe its just in my mind, but since brian's version was first, this "delay" in that phrase is so common to me ...when i hear the Queen version it goes like this "too much love will kill you , .. in the end Am i the only one who hears this difference in timing? Maybe because I am a musician myself, I possibly tend to hear this easier?! Stefan |
| magicalfreddiemercury 04.01.2006 11:00 |
I think it's as you said first - that you're used to Brian's version. I've only heard clips of it and wasn't impressed. Now that you've pointed this out, I'm curious and will check it out further... |
| Fraz 04.01.2006 11:03 |
magicalfreddiemercury wrote: Made in Heaven - track #8great album. |
| Bobby_brown 04.01.2006 12:04 |
TRS-Romania wrote: compare the phrase "too much love will kill you ....(pause) ........ in the end" of Brian May with the Queen version ... Maybe its just in my mind, but since brian's version was first, this "delay" in that phrase is so common to me ...when i hear the Queen version it goes like this "too much love will kill you , .. in the end Am i the only one who hears this difference in timing? Maybe because I am a musician myself, I possibly tend to hear this easier?! StefanYes, i've noticed the first time i've heard it and i allways thought that it was made by the other three members. The Brian version makes more sense because it resolves in the right way at the end. The Queen version it's a little hard to hear after Brian's version because it ends abrubtally and let the listener in suspense! Of course it was intensional and it works, but i have to agree that Brian´s version suits better my ears. I never heard the full demo of this song, but in my mind i think that Freddie might have donne it like Brian but in 1995 the other three guys changed it to guive that extra bit to the album mood! Take care |
| Serry... 04.01.2006 12:15 |
The 1988/89 demo is pretty similar to MIH version. |
| flash! 28068 04.01.2006 12:53 |
i thinks its fab! one of the most beautiful lyrics i have ever heard! |
| Wilki Amieva 04.01.2006 14:28 |
The whole song was recorded between April-November 1988. It was meant to be included in the INVISIBLE MEN album (working title for THE MIRACLE) after I Want It All. The original version has most vocals a little out of tempo when compared to the version released in MADE IN HEAVEN. Also the guitar solo is a little bit different. |
| stateside fan 04.01.2006 14:34 |
i dont feel Freddie is off beat at all on the MIH version.This song was a perfect to be a single if it were included on the Miracle for america.Sounds like the Queen music americans loved from the go.also the Freddie version is much better then the Brian vocal for obvious reasons. |
| Winter Land Man 04.01.2006 14:39 |
TRS-Romania wrote: compare the phrase "too much love will kill you ....(pause) ........ in the end" of Brian May with the Queen version ... Maybe its just in my mind, but since brian's version was first, this "delay" in that phrase is so common to me ...when i hear the Queen version it goes like this "too much love will kill you , .. in the end Am i the only one who hears this difference in timing? Maybe because I am a musician myself, I possibly tend to hear this easier?! StefanTechnically, I think Freddie's was recorded before Brians. |
| Rick 04.01.2006 14:45 |
If the Brian and Freddie version would be identical, then that would suck. I'm glad there is some difference, I like both versions, although Brian has a better voice for it. |
| ANAGRAMER 04.01.2006 16:19 |
Freddie's not 'off-beat' - from memory, the vocal's from Miracel session demo - it's a little flat in places - perhaps a guide vocal originally |
| ok.computer 04.01.2006 16:31 |
I can't believe what I'm reading here.... Surely if the words "poignant", "powerful", "emotional" are to be used with reference to a musical recording, then this is it. This is the song I use when I want to do a "here, wanna hear an excellent vocal, try this" on Queen non-believers. So those picking out "off beats" and indeed criticising this as not being powerful enough....check your pulse - you may already be dead.... Normally I'm the first to defend the right of free speech on the internet, but I fear my tolerance is starting to wane..... Paul |
| JeroenG 04.01.2006 17:27 |
I am sorry, but I prefer Brian's version much more above the Queen version. Indeed, Freddie's vocals are much better than Brian's technically spoken, but there is one thing that is different when I compare Freddie's vocals to Brian's vocals: When I hear Brian singing 'Too much love will kil you', I believe him... when I hear Freddie singing the same lines, I don't. I am sorry if I offended anyone. |
| QueenFan1982 04.01.2006 19:54 |
I'm all for people having their own opinions, so that's cool if you don't like it. It just surprises me cause I feel this to be one of Queen's best songs, both versions, but Freddie's in particular. Very emotional, great lyrics, instumentally phenomenal, etc. I would be less surprised if this was a thread about Body Language (not that I don't like that), but we are all different. |
| s.m. 04.01.2006 20:41 |
JeroenG wrote: I am sorry, but I prefer Brian's version much more above the Queen version. Indeed, Freddie's vocals are much better than Brian's technically spoken, but there is one thing that is different when I compare Freddie's vocals to Brian's vocals: When I hear Brian singing 'Too much love will kil you', I believe him... when I hear Freddie singing the same lines, I don't. I am sorry if I offended anyone.you surely didn´t offended me i didn´t tought about the song that deep like you, but i just prefer freddie´s vocals i don´t have an explaination it just suits me better |
| magicalfreddiemercury 04.01.2006 21:28 |
s.m. wrote:I'm not offended either, I just disagree. But that's cool. Personal taste and all that, you know?JeroenG wrote: I am sorry, but I prefer Brian's version much more above the Queen version. Indeed, Freddie's vocals are much better than Brian's technically spoken, but there is one thing that is different when I compare Freddie's vocals to Brian's vocals: When I hear Brian singing 'Too much love will kil you', I believe him... when I hear Freddie singing the same lines, I don't. I am sorry if I offended anyone.you surely didn´t offended me i didn´t tought about the song that deep like you, but i just prefer freddie´s vocals i don´t have an explaination it just suits me better |
| Serry... 05.01.2006 02:39 |
I'm curious about why this discussion wasn't over just after my reply with the answer, or at least Wilki's reply... |
| Ayreon 05.01.2006 02:49 |
I prefer Brian's version as well. It's more 'from the heart' than Freddies, although Fred's the better singer. mybe it's because i had heard Brian's version already for about 1000 times before Freddie's version came out. |
| Wilki Amieva 05.01.2006 09:57 |
When I said off-beat I meant musically. Out of tempo. I corrected my post. |
| Asterik 05.01.2006 12:02 |
I think Too Much Love Will Kill You is the kind of song that The Miracle needed- there were no real ballads on that album and becaus eof that it's- rather unjustly in my view-seen as a bit lightweight. I'm not sure if Brian had Fred in mind when he wrote this because I don't think that Fred's illness dictated the sessions in that way that it did for Innuendo. Ok you can argue about The Miracle and Was It All Worth It but Queen were a band often in touch with their past (just look at the Ga Ga video)and songs like Is This The World We Created and White man were quite morally aware. I think it may have been to do with problems in his own life though I don't deny thare may have been some influence from fred. |