| Poo, again 07.08.2006 17:37 |
Did John sing? At all? He never did on any Queen songs, so how exactly did he present songs like Another One Bites The Dust to other Queen members? Surely he must have played them the bass riff, but the singing? |
| deleted user 07.08.2006 17:41 |
I think he did back-up vocals to songs like Somebody To Love and Liar. Liar, I definitely read it, he did provide back-up vocals. The rest, I am not sure ;) |
| flash! 28068 07.08.2006 17:41 |
Microphone always switched off. |
| Poo, again 07.08.2006 17:42 |
The question isn't wether John can sing or not, it's how he presented songs like Another One Bites the Dust to his bandmates? |
| deleted user 07.08.2006 17:43 |
<font color=pink>The Millionaire Waltz wrote: The question isn't wether John can sing or not, it's how he presented songs like Another One Bites the Dust to his bandmates?he probably played the bass part to them...made out the notes and showed them the lyrics. lol |
| kdj2hot 07.08.2006 17:44 |
You people just avoided this poor lads question!!!!!! To steer this discussion back, did John provide any guide vocals to his tracks? I would love to know the answer too, I think I'm gonna email Brian and ask. |
| Poo, again 07.08.2006 17:45 |
<font color="9933FF"><b>My Fairy Queen wrote:For some reason I thought Freddie was the only one in the band able to read and write sheet music?<font color=pink>The Millionaire Waltz wrote: The question isn't wether John can sing or not, it's how he presented songs like Another One Bites the Dust to his bandmates?he probably played the bass part to them...made out the notes and showed them the lyrics. lol |
| flash! 28068 07.08.2006 17:48 |
Didn't he have some sort of unconfident view on his own singing voice. |
| HyP 07.08.2006 18:32 |
Didn't I read somewhere that some of John's depression in the mid 80's was due to the fact that (1) all the other guys were putting out solo albums and (2) he can't sing, so no solo album for him. |
| Sebastian 07.08.2006 19:24 |
Pre-synths era: He sang the songs to Freddie in order to teach him the melody Synths era: He did a demo with melody lines Sources: Brian May + David Richards |
| Bohemian MAY-niac/Deaconite 07.08.2006 19:43 |
John in fact did sing some backing vocals for "Somebody to Love", "Liar", and a few others. As for presenting songs, He brought in his compostitons to his bandmates and they played them, as far as I know. He was very self confident of his voice. He feared that it wasn't very good, so he didn't sing alot. Hell, when you can hear his voice, I think it sounds very good, but that's my opinion. Like Brian and Roger said, "John didn't write many songs, but the ones that he did write were hits." |
| its_a_hard_life 26994 07.08.2006 19:49 |
He did sing backing vocals to a few of their songs, ones mentioned above. Maybe a few more? I don't know. |
| deleted user 08.08.2006 04:12 |
He said that Freddie was very good that way. Freddie was John's 'voice' and was able to put forward what John wanted to the other bandmates. As for Freddie being the only one able to read sheet music I strongly doubt that. |
| Rick 08.08.2006 04:21 |
In fact, John sang the lyrics of AOBTD to the rest of the boys. After that, Roger told him that he never ever should sing again. |
| Vykk Draygo 08.08.2006 04:32 |
<font color="9933FF"><b>My Fairy Queen wrote:yeah I think so, I guess John was afraid to sing on stage because (maybe) he felt not proud of his voice, but singing in the studio with the rest of the band should not be a problem for him.<font color=pink>The Millionaire Waltz wrote: The question isn't wether John can sing or not, it's how he presented songs like Another One Bites the Dust to his bandmates?he probably played the bass part to them...made out the notes and showed them the lyrics. lol |
| Poo, again 08.08.2006 08:22 |
Sebastian wrote: Pre-synths era: He sang the songs to Freddie in order to teach him the melody Synths era: He did a demo with melody lines Sources: Brian May + David RichardsThanks. ;) |
| Sebastian 08.08.2006 09:35 |
> In fact, John sang the lyrics of AOBTD to the rest of the boys. After that, Roger told him that he never ever should sing again. That's not true. That story's always been misquoted. > I guess John was afraid to sing on stage but singing in the studio with the rest of the band should not be a problem for him. Exactly, people seem to find that quite difficult to understand. It's the same as when, for instance, Brian came up with a drum part or Freddie with a guitar solo, etc. They didn't have to make it perfectly, just clear enough to teach the man in charge how did they want it. |
| Serry... 08.08.2006 11:01 |
A little bit more about John's songs (by Seb): link |
| deleted user 08.08.2006 11:04 |
<font color=blue>Rick wrote: In fact, John sang the lyrics of AOBTD to the rest of the boys. After that, Roger told him that he never ever should sing again.Roger is an ass! lol |
| Freddie's #1 Fan Forever 08.08.2006 12:17 |
All I can say is that he must have been a really bad singer. I mean, Brian May does not have a good voice, so if he was worse than Brian May, he must have been essentially tone deaf. |
| flash! 28068 08.08.2006 12:19 |
<font color="9933FF"><b>My Fairy Queen wrote:Some people would call that being dreadfully honest.<font color=blue>Rick wrote: In fact, John sang the lyrics of AOBTD to the rest of the boys. After that, Roger told him that he never ever should sing again.Roger is an ass! lol |
| deleted user 08.08.2006 14:16 |
Freddie's #1 Fan Forever wrote: All I can say is that he must have been a really bad singer. I mean, Brian May does not have a good voice, so if he was worse than Brian May, he must have been essentially tone deaf.Brian does have a good voice. He just has a much more limited vocal range than Freddie or indeed Roger. He sounds lovely in soft folksey songs such as SDOD and '39. As for John. He may have been at least as decent a singer as Brian (No way could he have had a voice like Freddie, goes without saying, or even as good as Roger, he just doesn't have that rough quality) had he had lessons or coaching of some sorts. On the Earls Court ITLOTG...R, you can hear John singing clearly and it sounds awful mainly because he is flat and out of tune. Plus his 'singing voice' sounds like his 'speaking voice'. He said in an interveiw coaching may have been a good idea in his youth as it would have been easier to present his songs and so on. |
| deleted user 08.08.2006 14:18 |
<font color=red>Flash! wrote:Brutally honest :s<font color="9933FF"><b>My Fairy Queen wrote:Some people would call that being dreadfully honest.<font color=blue>Rick wrote: In fact, John sang the lyrics of AOBTD to the rest of the boys. After that, Roger told him that he never ever should sing again.Roger is an ass! lol |
| deleted user 08.08.2006 14:18 |
<font color=red>Flash! wrote:Brutally honest :s<font color="9933FF"><b>My Fairy Queen wrote:Some people would call that being dreadfully honest.<font color=blue>Rick wrote: In fact, John sang the lyrics of AOBTD to the rest of the boys. After that, Roger told him that he never ever should sing again.Roger is an ass! lol |
| MotherGoose 08.08.2006 14:45 |
Yeah, I wish John would have worked with a vocal coach, his speaking voice sounds allright. Oh well. Wish he would have wrote more. When he picked up a pen, brilliance came out of it! He knew he could write songs. |
| flash! 28068 08.08.2006 15:01 |
the GIRLZ are back in town wrote:Awfully honest :D<font color=red>Flash! wrote:Brutally honest :s<font color="9933FF"><b>My Fairy Queen wrote:Some people would call that being dreadfully honest.<font color=blue>Rick wrote: In fact, John sang the lyrics of AOBTD to the rest of the boys. After that, Roger told him that he never ever should sing again.Roger is an ass! lol |
| Vykk Draygo 08.08.2006 15:36 |
Brian May has not a very good voice (as Freddie had), but he can use it well, not out of tune. But ok, I prefer Freddie! -My Fairy Queen, did you met Brian May??? I tried to meet him, last year at the end of the Madrid concert, but finally it was imposible. Could you tell me about it? That's one of my dreams...- |