QueenZone discussion #894433

<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: Bono is a truly lousy vocalist live; he conveys emotion, but technically, he is a walking disaster. Mick Jagger is not one of the great vocalists, but he scores quite decently live. He is a more consistant singer quality-wise than Freddie, although Freddie out-sings him whenever his voice isn't bad (which means: most of the time, though far from always) Robert Plant is one of the greatest live performers ever...when in good shape. Take for instance the intro to Immigrant Song, sheer miracle. But Robert Plant was often out of shape, and if he was, the result would be an abysmal vocal performance. I would also like to mention Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), who scores as good as Plant when in good shape, and was hardly ever out of that great shape. His overal vocal performance was excellent, and he never sank below 'good' vocal-wise.

<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: Bono is a truly lousy vocalist live; he conveys emotion, but technically, he is a walking disaster. Mick Jagger is not one of the great vocalists, but he scores quite decently live. He is a more consistant singer quality-wise than Freddie, although Freddie out-sings him whenever his voice isn't bad (which means: most of the time, though far from always) Robert Plant is one of the greatest live performers ever...when in good shape. Take for instance the intro to Immigrant Song, sheer miracle. But Robert Plant was often out of shape, and if he was, the result would be an abysmal vocal performance. I would also like to mention Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), who scores as good as Plant when in good shape, and was hardly ever out of that great shape. His overal vocal performance was excellent, and he never sank below 'good' vocal-wise.

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: NO ONE , can even come near the energy , the range and the beautyness of freddies voice Freddie was GOD Everyother singer , is just an ordinary singer compared to freddie. Live or studio, doesnt matter. Period.

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: NO ONE , can even come near the energy , the range and the beautyness of freddies voice Freddie was GOD Everyother singer , is just an ordinary singer compared to freddie. Live or studio, doesnt matter. Period.

<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: Bono is a truly lousy vocalist live; he conveys emotion, but technically, he is a walking disaster. Mick Jagger is not one of the great vocalists, but he scores quite decently live. He is a more consistant singer quality-wise than Freddie, although Freddie out-sings him whenever his voice isn't bad (which means: most of the time, though far from always) Robert Plant is one of the greatest live performers ever...when in good shape. Take for instance the intro to Immigrant Song, sheer miracle. But Robert Plant was often out of shape, and if he was, the result would be an abysmal vocal performance. I would also like to mention Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), who scores as good as Plant when in good shape, and was hardly ever out of that great shape. His overal vocal performance was excellent, and he never sank below 'good' vocal-wise.

<b><font color=B22222>daria k. wrote: In the post-war popular music genre, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and some other 50s music singers&performers are/were naturally technically better than Freddie and can be counted to the greatest voices of all time (note: in the post-war pop music genre). Freddie had an amazing voice and great talents, but he had no vocal training. If he would have been trained, he really could have sounded "like God". Or he would have become an opera singer.

<b><font color=B22222>daria k. wrote: In the post-war popular music genre, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and some other 50s music singers&performers are/were naturally technically better than Freddie and can be counted to the greatest voices of all time (note: in the post-war pop music genre). Freddie had an amazing voice and great talents, but he had no vocal training. If he would have been trained, he really could have sounded "like God". Or he would have become an opera singer.

M a t i a s M a y<h6><i>QZ's Rainmaker wrote:

<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: Bono is a truly lousy vocalist live; he conveys emotion, but technically, he is a walking disaster. Mick Jagger is not one of the great vocalists, but he scores quite decently live. He is a more consistant singer quality-wise than Freddie, although Freddie out-sings him whenever his voice isn't bad (which means: most of the time, though far from always) Robert Plant is one of the greatest live performers ever...when in good shape. Take for instance the intro to Immigrant Song, sheer miracle. But Robert Plant was often out of shape, and if he was, the result would be an abysmal vocal performance. I would also like to mention Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), who scores as good as Plant when in good shape, and was hardly ever out of that great shape. His overal vocal performance was excellent, and he never sank below 'good' vocal-wise.

hahahahaha shut the fuck up, wanker

yury2 wrote: I really like the voice of Duran Duran lead vocalist Simon le bone (think I'm correct) Technically he sings much better than Freddie. I saw a live show of Duran Duran recently, they played almost all the songs from their last album 'Astonaut' So, I must say that I didn't found a difference in the way he sang the songs.He performed the songs with the same quality of singing like in album. Freddie never took vocal lessons, thats why he couldn't sing good live. Than you learn to sing, than your vocal technics is right, so it doesn't matter how many songs you're going to sing. You can control your voice...

<font color=blue>Rick wrote:

M a t i a s M a y<h6><i>QZ's Rainmaker wrote:

<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: Bono is a truly lousy vocalist live; he conveys emotion, but technically, he is a walking disaster. Mick Jagger is not one of the great vocalists, but he scores quite decently live. He is a more consistant singer quality-wise than Freddie, although Freddie out-sings him whenever his voice isn't bad (which means: most of the time, though far from always) Robert Plant is one of the greatest live performers ever...when in good shape. Take for instance the intro to Immigrant Song, sheer miracle. But Robert Plant was often out of shape, and if he was, the result would be an abysmal vocal performance. I would also like to mention Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), who scores as good as Plant when in good shape, and was hardly ever out of that great shape. His overal vocal performance was excellent, and he never sank below 'good' vocal-wise.

hahahahaha shut the fuck up, wanker

No need to be that harsh. He has an opinion, you have one. If you don't agree with him, that's too bad. Calling names is not the solution. Let's see, did you contribute to this topic? *searches* Nope, you didn't. So in this case you are a wanker, but I don't say it. Just think before you post, please. No hard feelings or whatsoever, just my two cents.

<b><font color=B22222>daria k. wrote: In the post-war popular music genre, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and some other 50s music singers&performers are/were naturally technically better than Freddie and can be counted to the greatest voices of all time (note: in the post-war pop music genre). Freddie had an amazing voice and great talents, but he had no vocal training. If he would have been trained, he really could have sounded "like God". Or he would have become an opera singer.

M a t i a s M a y<h6><i>QZ's Rainmaker wrote:

<font color=blue>Rick wrote:

M a t i a s M a y<h6><i>QZ's Rainmaker wrote:

<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: Bono is a truly lousy vocalist live; he conveys emotion, but technically, he is a walking disaster. Mick Jagger is not one of the great vocalists, but he scores quite decently live. He is a more consistant singer quality-wise than Freddie, although Freddie out-sings him whenever his voice isn't bad (which means: most of the time, though far from always) Robert Plant is one of the greatest live performers ever...when in good shape. Take for instance the intro to Immigrant Song, sheer miracle. But Robert Plant was often out of shape, and if he was, the result would be an abysmal vocal performance. I would also like to mention Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), who scores as good as Plant when in good shape, and was hardly ever out of that great shape. His overal vocal performance was excellent, and he never sank below 'good' vocal-wise.

hahahahaha shut the fuck up, wanker

No need to be that harsh. He has an opinion, you have one. If you don't agree with him, that's too bad. Calling names is not the solution. Let's see, did you contribute to this topic? *searches* Nope, you didn't. So in this case you are a wanker, but I don't say it. Just think before you post, please. No hard feelings or whatsoever, just my two cents.

I don't feel like posting, so I will do what I fucking want on the other hand, Casper is just a moron and knows shit about music, it's always great to make fun of how little he knows :)

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: im not narrow minded , i only tell the truth. You jackasses cant compare anyother singers to freddie cause freddie is the only singer that sings with full power all out all the time every concert, thats why his voice cracks up and not to mention he is running around like an gymnastics guy in a circus while he sings . Those other singers all sing with no power AT ALL and offcourse they will all hit higher notes.Thats no pressure on their voices. TO me they ALL suckk cause their music nor their voice have energy. Energy is everything and freddie had all the energy you could get. Get your facts straight before talking again.

<font color=FFFFOO>FreMe Mercury wrote: I have to say that I'm not a big live fan :/.. I get disapointed with Freddies live voice almost every time I hear it. I know that it's pretty impossible to sing clear when you're running around like a bat out of hell, but still.. I dont really like Queen live :p

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: im not narrow minded , i only tell the truth. You jackasses cant compare anyother singers to freddie cause freddie is the only singer that sings with full power all out all the time every concert, thats why his voice cracks up and not to mention he is running around like an gymnastics guy in a circus while he sings .

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: well i only tell what is on my mind. And that is , Freddie is the ONLY singer that was powerful in his singing, all other singers are so powerless and thats why their voice can hit them all notes. but, BUT here is one thing i dont think anyone here has thought about... and that is, Queen music is not easy to sing. I dont care what u guys say , U2 , Rollingstone , you name it none has the vocal difficulty as queen music has. And yet still freddie sings queen music with FULL ON POWER

<b><font color="blue">Also Freddie was a showman like Robert Plant, but Freddie was better in that.

M a t i a s M a y<h6><i>QZ's Rainmaker wrote: shut the fuck up, wanker

M a t i a s M a y<h6><i>QZ's Rainmaker wrote: on the other hand, Casper is just a moron and knows shit about music, it's always great to make fun of how little he knows

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: im not narrow minded , i only tell the truth.

Those other singers all sing with no power AT ALL and offcourse they will all hit higher notes.Thats no pressure on their voices.

TO me they ALL suckk cause their music nor their voice have energy. Energy is everything and freddie had all the energy you could get.

Get your facts straight before talking again.

Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote:

<b><font color="blue">Also Freddie was a showman like Robert Plant, but Freddie was better in that.

Plant was a completely different kind of showman. At every concert, he said different things between songs, and was the absolute KING of creating any kind of vibe he wanted to.

M a t i a s M a y<h6><i>QZ's Rainmaker wrote: shut the fuck up, wanker

If you're such a musical genius as you say youI'd are, then why don't you explain yourself, instead of insulting people for having an opinion different than yours.

M a t i a s M a y<h6><i>QZ's Rainmaker wrote: on the other hand, Casper is just a moron and knows shit about music, it's always great to make fun of how little he knows

I'd rather know little about music than be as arrogant and intolerant of others like you.

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: haha and you do right? haha shut up you worthless piece of garbage

M a t i a s M a y<h6><i>QZ's Rainmaker wrote: I'd rather be arrogant and intolerant than say that Jon Anderson is a good singer go fuck yourself, you moron

Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote:

M a t i a s M a y<h6><i>QZ's Rainmaker wrote: I'd rather be arrogant and intolerant than say that Jon Anderson is a good singer go fuck yourself, you moron

If distaste for Jon Anderson is more important to you than tolerance and humility, then you really have some deep personal issues you need to deal with.

fatih wrote: freddie sang incredibly beautiful in the studio.but when singing live it is very normal to lower the notes to protect the voices.that is why some queen fans find freddie insufficient when singing live.you get used to the studio recording which is unbelievably beautiful and then you hear live and get disappointed.i like freddie singing live as much as he sings live.he forces his chest voice and hits very right notes.and dont forget the vocal games he did with the audience.anybody tried it,i dont know

bgordon88 wrote: He was an untrained singer who wrote really challenging songs. See the WWRY show at the Dominion - those trained singers really can hold the notes wherever they are on the scale.

fatih wrote: freddie sang incredibly beautiful in the studio.but when singing live it is very normal to lower the notes to protect the voices.that is why some queen fans find freddie insufficient when singing live.

Rompez wrote: Freddie was a baritone.(not a tenor, as many thinks).

Zebonka12 wrote: I would rather pay to see half of The Who than a whole Rolling Stones.

rockyracoon wrote:
From my perspective, Bono was considerably better than Mick Jagger,
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see my post. Bono's voice sounds very strangled now; Jagger has lost little of his range by comparison.

luthorn wrote: .
I personally do not like Bono cos he writes poor songs. No sing alongs. I mean what U2 song can you sing along too? QUOTE]
well he was a good entertainer in the Zoo TV era but now he's returned to being a whiney, hypocritical preacher again. I like U2s music and I think there are singalong songs e.g. Mysterious Ways, Pride In The Name Of Love and Staring At The Sun but I agree, he pales when compared to Freddie.

Well said

bgordon88 wrote: He was an untrained singer who wrote really challenging songs. See the WWRY show at the Dominion - those trained singers really can hold the notes wherever they are on the scale.

SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: Bono comes closer to Freddie's range, but he did not have the angelic tone, or power.

Mr.Jingles wrote:

SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: Bono comes closer to Freddie's range, but he did not have the angelic tone, or power.

C'mon... Bono hardly has more range than The Edge.

Mr.Jingles wrote: I think Freddie Mercury was the best singer ever for one particular reason. No other singer can put out an album as bad as 'Mr Bad Guy' and still give a vocal performace that makes it sound decent.

Zebonka12 wrote: "Zebonka, just because you say that plenty of people screw up singing Frank Sinatra songs, therefore Frank and Freddie must be equal is plain illogical." Interesting; because that's not the point I was making. They're not 'equal' - they're not even comparable. They're not in the same field - but they're both pretty freaking good at what they do and similarly inimitable. You are seemingly ill-equipped to understand this idea, so we'll drop it I suppose.

"As for your second statement that singing with strain is a negative, well, let me tell you this. It is not possible for any male Rock singer to sing rock songs that often hit high C notes night after night without ruining your voice." The point wasn't that one could or couldn't do it without straining. The point was that straining is (from a puritan standpoint) not really 'good' singing. I don't quite agree with that; I was merely commenting that this seems to be a general consensus. There are people who sound good when they 'strain' and people who sound like shit. I just meant it was bad from a vocal health standpoint, dude.

"Songs like Who Wants To Live Forever, and Save Me on the other hand (Brian May) are VERY easy to sing." So why have I never heard anyone pull it off?

NTL wrote: I was speaking to a Grade 8 singer a couple of years ago who was talking about difficult songs to sing, he said that Bo-Rap would easily pass as a Grade 8 piece but in his opinion WWTLF was a far more difficult song to sing and said that he thought it was an increadable vocal. Just because you find WWTLF 'easy' may just mean it suits your vocal style, because I find Bo-Rap far easier than WWTLF. ABTW It was Monserrat who told Freddie that he was a Baratone and I think that I will belive her word over yours.

Bohemian Rhapsodies wrote: I think that there was something about Freddie, that puts him beyond comparison with anyone else. Of course, I love his voice both in the studio and in concert. I am also a fan of many of the other vocalists mentioned, but I just don't think any of them are in the same league. Freddie had this quality that was magical. Does anyone else feel this way?

Going Back wrote: I'm quite sure most of you haven't heard a-ha or only 2-3 most well known songs, but a-ha's vocalist Morten Harket has the secound best vocals every after Freddie. his voice is so powerful and he does it same well live and some of them sound even better live.

M a t i a s M a y<h6><i>QZ's Rainmaker wrote:

<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: Bono is a truly lousy vocalist live; he conveys emotion, but technically, he is a walking disaster. Mick Jagger is not one of the great vocalists, but he scores quite decently live. He is a more consistant singer quality-wise than Freddie, although Freddie out-sings him whenever his voice isn't bad (which means: most of the time, though far from always) Robert Plant is one of the greatest live performers ever...when in good shape. Take for instance the intro to Immigrant Song, sheer miracle. But Robert Plant was often out of shape, and if he was, the result would be an abysmal vocal performance. I would also like to mention Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), who scores as good as Plant when in good shape, and was hardly ever out of that great shape. His overal vocal performance was excellent, and he never sank below 'good' vocal-wise.

hahahahaha shut the fuck up, wanker

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: The only reason freddies voice was fucked up is because a number of things 1. He always gives 100% in his vocals 2. Queen songs is much harder to sing than causual music like U2, Led zeppling, The who and so on. Freddie is singing much more complex music and therefore his voice suffer cause of it.

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: The only reason freddies voice was fucked up is because a number of things 1. He always gives 100% in his vocals 2. Queen songs is much harder to sing than causual music like U2, Led zeppling, The who and so on. Freddie is singing much more complex music and therefore his voice suffer cause of it.

<font color=red>The Audacity of Charles wrote:

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: The only reason freddies voice was fucked up is because a number of things 1. He always gives 100% in his vocals 2. Queen songs is much harder to sing than causual music like U2, Led zeppling, The who and so on. Freddie is singing much more complex music and therefore his voice suffer cause of it.

Er... I have to disagree with that. Singing more "complex" music doesn't mean you're going to hurt your voice. What hurts your voice is things like smoking, pushing your voice to far (in over-projecting or straining to get high notes), and certain diseases (like AIDS).

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: The only reason freddies voice was fucked up is because a number of things 1. He always gives 100% in his vocals 2. Queen songs is much harder to sing than causual music like U2, Led zeppling, The who and so on. Freddie is singing much more complex music and therefore his voice suffer cause of it.

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: The only reason freddies voice was fucked up is because a number of things 1. He always gives 100% in his vocals 2. Queen songs is much harder to sing than causual music like U2, Led zeppling, The who and so on. Freddie is singing much more complex music and therefore his voice suffer cause of it.

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: Ohh so you really mean that Queens music doesnt hurt your voice? i mean the notes he is singing goes like a rollercoaster, up an down and they are really high notes. So offcourse that will tear your voice down after 20 shows. Now if you take something like U2 , now he can sing it perfectly every show cause the songs are simple to sing. He doesnt have too strain his voice like freddie have to do every show.

Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote:

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: The only reason freddies voice was fucked up is because a number of things 1. He always gives 100% in his vocals 2. Queen songs is much harder to sing than causual music like U2, Led zeppling, The who and so on. Freddie is singing much more complex music and therefore his voice suffer cause of it.

You think Zeppelin songs were easy to sing? Trampled Underfoot? Black Dog? The Rain Song? Immigrant Song? And The Who? Have you ever heard Love, Reign O'er Me? Freddie couldn't sing that like Daltrey if he tried. There *are* good rock vocalists other than Freddie, you know.

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: I believe freddie can sing anything. He was/is the greatest vocalist/musician ever to walk this planet. You should not even compare these ordinary singers to him.

Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote:

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: I believe freddie can sing anything. He was/is the greatest vocalist/musician ever to walk this planet. You should not even compare these ordinary singers to him.

Now that you've dismissed all sense of logic, not to mention admitting complete ignorance, I guess you've ended the conversation. Too bad, as it could've been a good one. In the past, I once said this here (perhaps even to you, but definitely to someone similar to you): I think Freddie would be horrified to know that there are people who are dismissing all other musicians on his behalf.

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: causual music like U2, Led zeppling, The who and so on.

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: No im not ignorant ,just that freddie has this drive , power and passion that nobody else has and therefore they cant come to his level.

And no im not stupid when i say Freddie Mercury is the best singer/musician ever.

Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote:

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: No im not ignorant ,just that freddie has this drive , power and passion that nobody else has and therefore they cant come to his level.

Then I guess you've never heard of James Brown.

And no im not stupid when i say Freddie Mercury is the best singer/musician ever.

Nobody said you're stupid. However, you definitely are ignorant and intolerant of the tastes of others if you categorically state that any rock singer is the best musician ever. You're smart if you precede the statement with "in my opinion". Somebody, give the man copies of Sapporo '79, Vienna '84, and the uncut Wembley '86 to listen to.

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: Look i know there were alot of times when freddie barely couldnt sing on a gig but thats why im trying to say that , its because of the way Queens music is written , its very hard to sing them. Freddie sings Queen songs with so much power that he almost destroy his voice.

Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote:

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: I believe freddie can sing anything. He was/is the greatest vocalist/musician ever to walk this planet. You should not even compare these ordinary singers to him.

Now that you've dismissed all sense of logic, not to mention admitting complete ignorance, I guess you've ended the conversation. Too bad, as it could've been a good one. In the past, I once said this here (perhaps even to you, but definitely to someone similar to you): I think Freddie would be horrified to know that there are people who are dismissing all other musicians on his behalf.

on my way up wrote: Mercurysingeroflife said: Its like you said yourself, there are other GOOD singers out there ,but freddie is the BEST. No im not ignorant ,just that freddie has this drive , power and passion that nobody else has and therefore they cant come to his level. All the other singers sing so mellow compared to him. And no im not stupid when i say Freddie Mercury is the best singer/musician ever. On my way up said: Freddie is your favourite musician. That's cool but saying that he's the best and that all the others are weak compared to him is bullshit. There are many amazing singers! If you only listen to freddie, you miss a lot. There are fields in which freddie wasn't the best, accept it. This discussion was meant to be about the live environment!If you say that freddie's range was huge live you are not telling the truth. Fact is that he was a totally different singer live compared to the studio. He often sang on his falsetto in the studio and only rarely live, so that part of his range was gone live.Fact is that there are songs he just couldn't sing live the way they were written: Bohemian Rhapsody, We are the champions, Somebody to love, I want to break free,... And that are some of their best-known songs!Of course, I'm the first to say he gave us many other things live as freddie was such a great performer, really looking the audience in the eye and making contact like few artists do on stage but again that is not the subject of this discussion. There are singers that aren't as good as freddie in the studio ( for me too freddie was the best in that field if you think about all the things he recorded)but who sound live much closer to their studiovoice and therefor are, when I'm honest with myself, better than freddie live.

lyricalassasin_77 wrote: It's obvious after reading some of the post's on this thread that some of you don't know what the hell your talking about. Freddie having an "ashtray voice"?? "couldn't get past octave on the Jazz Tour"??....How about you give us your credentials and let us know where you went to school to study the human voice and all the sounds, ranges, and octaves that are out there? Let me touch on a few more things....Bono Vs. Freddie there is no comparison. Robert Plant did have a great voice, a bit too high pitched for my liking. The only person I'll have to agree is right up there with Freddie is Steve Perry from Journey. He had an incredible voice. I'm sorry I can break it down like a science to you folks like some of these "vocal specialist's" on this thread but its not my lot to act like I know what i"m talkin about when I don't........PEACE

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: Well all i can say is , He wasnt human even with his bad days he still is leaps ahead of the rest. He was god. PERIOD.

<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote: by the way...did you hear about the dislexsic atheist who refused to believe in the existence of Dog? ;-)

lyricalassasin_77 wrote: I'll have to agree that calling Freddie Mercury GOD is way over the top and is one terrible thing to say! I also believe though having somebody dismiss God as he doesn't exist is pretty stupid too. So what's the moral of the story? Both of you are idiots!! LoL......I find it funny that some of you come onto a QUEEN site were there are TONS of QUEEN fans and think that your going to convince them that Freddie wasn't the best vocalist ever....but you call the people on this site that blindly defend Freddie as being "sad and out of touch" but yet you are here 8 fuckin pages later still arguing about it and trying to convince people who it should be obvious to you by now aren't going to change their minds. So who's really the sad one?......PEACE

lyricalassasin_77 wrote: I'll have to agree that calling Freddie Mercury GOD is way over the top and is one terrible thing to say! I also believe though having somebody dismiss God as he doesn't exist is pretty stupid too. So what's the moral of the story? Both of you are idiots!! LoL......I find it funny that some of you come onto a QUEEN site were there are TONS of QUEEN fans and think that your going to convince them that Freddie wasn't the best vocalist ever. Your fighting a losing battle I can tell you that. I've found its the general consensus in the music world as well as on here that he was arguebly the greatest Male Rock Vocalist of all time. You can bring out your charts, you can do your science experiments, you can brag about your bootlegs, and you can do whatever else you feel necessary but you call the people on this site that blindly defend Freddie as being "sad and out of touch" but yet you are here 8 fuckin pages later still arguing about it and trying to convince people who it should be obvious to you by now aren't going to change their minds. So who's really the sad one?......PEACE

mike hunt wrote:

lyricalassasin_77 wrote: I'll have to agree that calling Freddie Mercury GOD is way over the top and is one terrible thing to say! I also believe though having somebody dismiss God as he doesn't exist is pretty stupid too. So what's the moral of the story? Both of you are idiots!! LoL......I find it funny that some of you come onto a QUEEN site were there are TONS of QUEEN fans and think that your going to convince them that Freddie wasn't the best vocalist ever. Your fighting a losing battle I can tell you that. I've found its the general consensus in the music world as well as on here that he was arguebly the greatest Male Rock Vocalist of all time. You can bring out your charts, you can do your science experiments, you can brag about your bootlegs, and you can do whatever else you feel necessary but you call the people on this site that blindly defend Freddie as being "sad and out of touch" but yet you are here 8 fuckin pages later still arguing about it and trying to convince people who it should be obvious to you by now aren't going to change their minds. So who's really the sad one?......PEACE

by far the best post in this thread!....He was simply one of the best ever, and that you can't dispute. Was he #1?...maybe, or maybe not, but People like "sir" who claim to be queen fans, but come on here and always argue agianst queen are the saddest of all. It's one thing to be open minded, but it's another thing in every argument to go out of your way to argue against Queen. He's trying to sound like a know it all. To me people like this are much sadder than the blinded queen fan. 8 Fucking pages trying to convince someone to not like freddie's live singing, Are you kidding me!

mike hunt wrote: by far the best post in this thread!....He was simply one of the best ever, and that you can't dispute. Was he #1?...maybe, or maybe not, but People like "sir" who claim to be queen fans, but come on here and always argue agianst queen are the saddest of all. It's one thing to be open minded, but it's another thing in every argument to go out of your way to argue against Queen. He's trying to sound like a know it all. To me people like this are much sadder than the blinded queen fan. 8 Fucking pages trying to convince someone to not like freddie's live singing, Are you kidding me!

Sebastian wrote: Paraphrasing what a friend said, "this is a discussion forum, not a worship forum".

<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote:

lyricalassasin_77 wrote: I'll have to agree that calling Freddie Mercury GOD is way over the top and is one terrible thing to say! I also believe though having somebody dismiss God as he doesn't exist is pretty stupid too. So what's the moral of the story? Both of you are idiots!! LoL......I find it funny that some of you come onto a QUEEN site were there are TONS of QUEEN fans and think that your going to convince them that Freddie wasn't the best vocalist ever....but you call the people on this site that blindly defend Freddie as being "sad and out of touch" but yet you are here 8 fuckin pages later still arguing about it and trying to convince people who it should be obvious to you by now aren't going to change their minds. So who's really the sad one?......PEACE

I wasn't doing any of the above I was challenging Mercury SingerofLife's statement: "Well all i can say is , He wasnt human even with his bad days he still is leaps ahead of the rest. He was god. PERIOD" the subject was about his live vocals - he was not the best of live singers- i know - apart from the bootlegs i have - i DID see them live FIVE times - 80s' vocals were very average. Not trying to convince anyone of anything - just asking them to present a more reasoned argument than MercurySingerofLife did. as for the "none existence of god" criticism...well if you believ in God that's good, i am glad for you - but as one who was brought up catholic and manged to see all the ills in this world created by religion - ie the following of a "God" - i can't believ that any God would allow his followers to suffer and that any God would want to people to fight/war/die in his name...therefore God does not (imo) exist

<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote:

mike hunt wrote: by far the best post in this thread!....He was simply one of the best ever, and that you can't dispute. Was he #1?...maybe, or maybe not, but People like "sir" who claim to be queen fans, but come on here and always argue agianst queen are the saddest of all. It's one thing to be open minded, but it's another thing in every argument to go out of your way to argue against Queen. He's trying to sound like a know it all. To me people like this are much sadder than the blinded queen fan. 8 Fucking pages trying to convince someone to not like freddie's live singing, Are you kidding me!

bit unfair to criticise a reasoned argument just because you diagree with it. there are lots of music fans in here that like queen first and foremost (i am one of thjose) but it doesn't prevent my objectivity from seeing and stating that some bands were better or wrote better songs or were better live...or even had better guitarists...or production...or lyrics...or stageshows...ffs - it's all about opinions...why the fuck should everyone agree? and anyhow who are you to level a shot at Sir Gh for gainst-saying anything queen? it'd be a fairer assessment of you to state you like to argue - after all your profile says "Hobbies: causing trouble on Queenzone. " ;-)

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: Look , it doesnt matter if Freddie did a couple of bad shows , he is still the ultimate singer. EVER. Im gonna tell you why i call the man a god. Its simple , he had all the things you could ever want in a musician/singer/showman ,he was incredible. The voice that he had was so beautiful and pure. For those so called fans that hangs around here to even compare other singers to Freddie is just ignorant. There will never be another singer/musician like him, he is THAT unique. If somoones THAT unique and special , then for me that is a God.

<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote:

lyricalassasin_77 wrote: I'll have to agree that calling Freddie Mercury GOD is way over the top and is one terrible thing to say! I also believe though having somebody dismiss God as he doesn't exist is pretty stupid too. So what's the moral of the story? Both of you are idiots!! LoL......I find it funny that some of you come onto a QUEEN site were there are TONS of QUEEN fans and think that your going to convince them that Freddie wasn't the best vocalist ever....but you call the people on this site that blindly defend Freddie as being "sad and out of touch" but yet you are here 8 fuckin pages later still arguing about it and trying to convince people who it should be obvious to you by now aren't going to change their minds. So who's really the sad one?......PEACE

I wasn't doing any of the above I was challenging Mercury SingerofLife's statement: "Well all i can say is , He wasnt human even with his bad days he still is leaps ahead of the rest. He was god. PERIOD" the subject was about his live vocals - he was not the best of live singers- i know - apart from the bootlegs i have - i DID see them live FIVE times - 80s' vocals were very average. Not trying to convince anyone of anything - just asking them to present a more reasoned argument than MercurySingerofLife did. as for the "none existence of god" criticism...well if you believ in God that's good, i am glad for you - but as one who was brought up catholic and manged to see all the ills in this world created by religion - ie the following of a "God" - i can't believ that any God would allow his followers to suffer and that any God would want to people to fight/war/die in his name...therefore God does not (imo) exist

lyricalassasin_77 wrote: VALENSIA SKY SURVELLIANCE....What a fucking Moron

mike hunt wrote: It's amazes me how many asshole are on this site. Brenski the athiest or "sir" and "on my way up" the know it all of queenzone. I never knew so many idiots could exsit on one site!...

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: There will never be another singer/musician like him, he is THAT unique. If somoones THAT unique and special , then for me that is a God.

Brenski wrote: I can't believ that any God would allow his followers to suffer and that any God would want to people to fight/war/die in his name...therefore God does not (imo) exist

Sebastian wrote: About Valensia, I completely agree. And there are many who (without neccesarily being better all-round musicians) were or are on a higher level than Freddie when it comes to live singing. In the studio ... that's a different matter: there may be better ones, but not so many.

Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote:

Sebastian wrote: About Valensia, I completely agree. And there are many who (without neccesarily being better all-round musicians) were or are on a higher level than Freddie when it comes to live singing. In the studio ... that's a different matter: there may be better ones, but not so many.

Sure, there are people who are technically better singers and musicians than Freddie... but in the end, it all comes down to songwriting. People will remember Bohemian Rhapsody in 100 years... not a Queen cover album done by someone who was a more proficient musician. The majority of the technical musicians will come and go, but songwriting quality is what will ultimately make one artist endure over another.

Valensian Sky Surveillance wrote:

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: Look , it doesnt matter if Freddie did a couple of bad shows , he is still the ultimate singer. EVER. Im gonna tell you why i call the man a god. Its simple , he had all the things you could ever want in a musician/singer/showman ,he was incredible. The voice that he had was so beautiful and pure. For those so called fans that hangs around here to even compare other singers to Freddie is just ignorant. There will never be another singer/musician like him, he is THAT unique. If somoones THAT unique and special , then for me that is a God.

<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote:

lyricalassasin_77 wrote: I'll have to agree that calling Freddie Mercury GOD is way over the top and is one terrible thing to say! I also believe though having somebody dismiss God as he doesn't exist is pretty stupid too. So what's the moral of the story? Both of you are idiots!! LoL......I find it funny that some of you come onto a QUEEN site were there are TONS of QUEEN fans and think that your going to convince them that Freddie wasn't the best vocalist ever....but you call the people on this site that blindly defend Freddie as being "sad and out of touch" but yet you are here 8 fuckin pages later still arguing about it and trying to convince people who it should be obvious to you by now aren't going to change their minds. So who's really the sad one?......PEACE

I wasn't doing any of the above I was challenging Mercury SingerofLife's statement: "Well all i can say is , He wasnt human even with his bad days he still is leaps ahead of the rest. He was god. PERIOD" the subject was about his live vocals - he was not the best of live singers- i know - apart from the bootlegs i have - i DID see them live FIVE times - 80s' vocals were very average. Not trying to convince anyone of anything - just asking them to present a more reasoned argument than MercurySingerofLife did. as for the "none existence of god" criticism...well if you believ in God that's good, i am glad for you - but as one who was brought up catholic and manged to see all the ills in this world created by religion - ie the following of a "God" - i can't believ that any God would allow his followers to suffer and that any God would want to people to fight/war/die in his name...therefore God does not (imo) exist

Valensia can sing EXACTLY like Freddie. Plays piano WAAAAAY FUCKING BETTER than Freddie. Shreds on guitar. Plays a fucking lot of instruments, and plays them greatly. Writes OVERCOMPLEX MAGICAL MYSTIC COSMIC BOMBASTIQUE EXCENTRIQUE songs. And is better looking too. Now shut up.

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: HAHA you got to be kidding me, Valensia's versions of the queen songs SUCKED BIG TIME. I mean he sounded nothing like freddie.Just listen to his version of Bohemian rhap, it sounded akward. you cant even compare Valensia to freddie , they are MILES apart. (even valensia himself says this) yeah he maybe written some complex stuff but they are SOOO UN-catchy compared to Freddies genius stuff. Valensia is just a wannabe , first he tries to look like michael jackson then he tries to copy Bohemian rhapsody with his Phantom of the opera (which by the way SUCKS HUGELY) The only songs he has is Gaia and tere. and they arent even that great. you my friend should SHUT THE FUCK UP and dont ever compare freddie to him again.

Valensian Sky Surveillance wrote:

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: Look , it doesnt matter if Freddie did a couple of bad shows , he is still the ultimate singer. EVER. Im gonna tell you why i call the man a god. Its simple , he had all the things you could ever want in a musician/singer/showman ,he was incredible. The voice that he had was so beautiful and pure. For those so called fans that hangs around here to even compare other singers to Freddie is just ignorant. There will never be another singer/musician like him, he is THAT unique. If somoones THAT unique and special , then for me that is a God.

<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote:

lyricalassasin_77 wrote: I'll have to agree that calling Freddie Mercury GOD is way over the top and is one terrible thing to say! I also believe though having somebody dismiss God as he doesn't exist is pretty stupid too. So what's the moral of the story? Both of you are idiots!! LoL......I find it funny that some of you come onto a QUEEN site were there are TONS of QUEEN fans and think that your going to convince them that Freddie wasn't the best vocalist ever....but you call the people on this site that blindly defend Freddie as being "sad and out of touch" but yet you are here 8 fuckin pages later still arguing about it and trying to convince people who it should be obvious to you by now aren't going to change their minds. So who's really the sad one?......PEACE

I wasn't doing any of the above I was challenging Mercury SingerofLife's statement: "Well all i can say is , He wasnt human even with his bad days he still is leaps ahead of the rest. He was god. PERIOD" the subject was about his live vocals - he was not the best of live singers- i know - apart from the bootlegs i have - i DID see them live FIVE times - 80s' vocals were very average. Not trying to convince anyone of anything - just asking them to present a more reasoned argument than MercurySingerofLife did. as for the "none existence of god" criticism...well if you believ in God that's good, i am glad for you - but as one who was brought up catholic and manged to see all the ills in this world created by religion - ie the following of a "God" - i can't believ that any God would allow his followers to suffer and that any God would want to people to fight/war/die in his name...therefore God does not (imo) exist

Valensia can sing EXACTLY like Freddie. Plays piano WAAAAAY FUCKING BETTER than Freddie. Shreds on guitar. Plays a fucking lot of instruments, and plays them greatly. Writes OVERCOMPLEX MAGICAL MYSTIC COSMIC BOMBASTIQUE EXCENTRIQUE songs. And is better looking too. Now shut up.

Sebastian wrote: I partially disagree there. I'm sure Elvis will still be remembered in hundreds of years in spite of not being a songwriter. On the contrary, very few will know about Jim Steinman (sadly, because he's a brilliant musician).

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: you my friend should SHUT THE FUCK UP and dont ever compare freddie to him again.

on my way up wrote:

Sebastian wrote: Paraphrasing what a friend said, "this is a discussion forum, not a worship forum".

I agree!

on my way up wrote: I know there are people on this board that can say some intelligent things about this!!I hope people will judge open-minded, no blind pro-freddie comments please!!How does freddie rate when compared to other popular singers like Bono, Mick Jagger , Robert Plant , ...And only discuss the concert environment please!I want to see your opinions. I think he is good and better than most altough he is not as good as in the studio! I'm a big fan but I think he often lacked range and he could have sung with more guts(more variations)

mike hunt wrote:

on my way up wrote: I know there are people on this board that can say some intelligent things about this!!I hope people will judge open-minded, no blind pro-freddie comments please!!How does freddie rate when compared to other popular singers like Bono, Mick Jagger , Robert Plant , ...And only discuss the concert environment please!I want to see your opinions. I think he is good and better than most altough he is not as good as in the studio! I'm a big fan but I think he often lacked range and he could have sung with more guts(more variations)

He could have sang with more guts?...didn't he sing with a fucking throat problem for his whole career?...he never got the operation cos he thought it would effect his singing style. Don't you know anything about Mercury?...

Valensian Sky Surveillance wrote: WAY MORE COMPLEX WAY HARDER TO PLAY WAY MORE PRODUCED WAY MORE DIFFICULT TO DO He plays everything (except drums) on the Queen Tribute, and sings all the fucking vocals there. He is a GOD. You obviously know shit about Valensia, and music in general. Gaia is a KICK ASS song, and so is Kosmos... and Thunderbolt, Bonenhood, Life Is A Killer, Nathalie, Tere, The Barely Acceptable Truth Of Knowing, The Polka, Bleeding, Never Eyes, Blue Rain, The Masquerade, Millenium, Ley Park, Acquelcuela, Phantom of the Opera, Illsia, Mayte, Inshallah, Alyssa, Amateur, The Line, Night in Spain and almost everything he does is more than just great. Who else could make a non-Queen song, sound Queen (All The Young Dudes)? He kicks the rest of the world's ass. But, actually, I'm just trying to make people listen to Valens. I am extremely sure that you are a crazy schizoid homosexual moron that masturbates all day long while looking at Freddie's cock, and sticks candles up his very ass. You're not even qualified to be a human. Let alone being a musician, not even a sucky one (which is the kind you would be). I really hope your parents realize that their son is a moron, and kick you out of their house. Unless they're morons like you, which is possible. Now zip it, bitch! And listen to the people that actually have something useful to say, or at least something funny. You suck at living, go kill yourself. Enough said.

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: You are such a sad person. Talking about me being gay , im straight and i know alot more than you it seems about music. Phantom of the opera must be the worst song ive ever heard. Its soo obvious that he has tried to copy the structure of Bohemian rhap and he fails miserably. He is average compared to fred. Everyone is average compared to fred. He's singing is akward. All he is , is an impersonator. He lost his originality when he tried to copy freddie and michael jackson. And that means he himself is Nothing. So i know ur an amature in music so you can stop trying to fool everyone that you know about music.

Valensian Sky Surveillance wrote: WAY MORE COMPLEX WAY HARDER TO PLAY WAY MORE PRODUCED WAY MORE DIFFICULT TO DO He plays everything (except drums) on the Queen Tribute, and sings all the fucking vocals there. He is a GOD. You obviously know shit about Valensia, and music in general. Gaia is a KICK ASS song, and so is Kosmos... and Thunderbolt, Bonenhood, Life Is A Killer, Nathalie, Tere, The Barely Acceptable Truth Of Knowing, The Polka, Bleeding, Never Eyes, Blue Rain, The Masquerade, Millenium, Ley Park, Acquelcuela, Phantom of the Opera, Illsia, Mayte, Inshallah, Alyssa, Amateur, The Line, Night in Spain and almost everything he does is more than just great. Who else could make a non-Queen song, sound Queen (All The Young Dudes)? He kicks the rest of the world's ass. But, actually, I'm just trying to make people listen to Valens. I am extremely sure that you are a crazy schizoid homosexual moron that masturbates all day long while looking at Freddie's cock, and sticks candles up his very ass. You're not even qualified to be a human. Let alone being a musician, not even a sucky one (which is the kind you would be). I really hope your parents realize that their son is a moron, and kick you out of their house. Unless they're morons like you, which is possible. Now zip it, bitch! And listen to the people that actually have something useful to say, or at least something funny. You suck at living, go kill yourself. Enough said.

lyricalassasin_77 wrote: 10 pages and counting.....Who is this Valencia or whatever the fuck his name is anyway? Dude your music is about as hard on the ears as a fuckin fire siren you wannabe Freddie BITCH! You best wake up ALICE cuz your in WONDERLAND again if you think that crap you put together is music. What a pole smokin chump you are to attack people on here that have a bit of sense. Why don't you go lick the snotty end of somebody's fuckstick and save your moronic comments for something that you might be able to contribute too like the art of teabaggin somebody's sweaty balls across your egotistical snoze.......DISMISSED

Valensian Sky Surveillance wrote:

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: You are such a sad person. Talking about me being gay , im straight and i know alot more than you it seems about music. Phantom of the opera must be the worst song ive ever heard. Its soo obvious that he has tried to copy the structure of Bohemian rhap and he fails miserably. He is average compared to fred. Everyone is average compared to fred. He's singing is akward. All he is , is an impersonator. He lost his originality when he tried to copy freddie and michael jackson. And that means he himself is Nothing. So i know ur an amature in music so you can stop trying to fool everyone that you know about music.

Valensian Sky Surveillance wrote: WAY MORE COMPLEX WAY HARDER TO PLAY WAY MORE PRODUCED WAY MORE DIFFICULT TO DO He plays everything (except drums) on the Queen Tribute, and sings all the fucking vocals there. He is a GOD. You obviously know shit about Valensia, and music in general. Gaia is a KICK ASS song, and so is Kosmos... and Thunderbolt, Bonenhood, Life Is A Killer, Nathalie, Tere, The Barely Acceptable Truth Of Knowing, The Polka, Bleeding, Never Eyes, Blue Rain, The Masquerade, Millenium, Ley Park, Acquelcuela, Phantom of the Opera, Illsia, Mayte, Inshallah, Alyssa, Amateur, The Line, Night in Spain and almost everything he does is more than just great. Who else could make a non-Queen song, sound Queen (All The Young Dudes)? He kicks the rest of the world's ass. But, actually, I'm just trying to make people listen to Valens. I am extremely sure that you are a crazy schizoid homosexual moron that masturbates all day long while looking at Freddie's cock, and sticks candles up his very ass. You're not even qualified to be a human. Let alone being a musician, not even a sucky one (which is the kind you would be). I really hope your parents realize that their son is a moron, and kick you out of their house. Unless they're morons like you, which is possible. Now zip it, bitch! And listen to the people that actually have something useful to say, or at least something funny. You suck at living, go kill yourself. Enough said.

OMG SOME GUY FROM TREASURE MOMENT IS INSULTING ME I BETTER WRITE THAT DOWN ON MY BLOG! DID YOU HEAR THAT, SEBASTIAN? YOU CORRECTED BRIAN?? DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH!! CHECK THIS OUT!! A GUY FROM TREASURE MOMENT, THE VERY BEST BAND AFTER QUEEN, IS INSULTING ME THIS'S GOTTA BE WORTH A FORTUNE! Oh

Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote:

Sebastian wrote: I partially disagree there. I'm sure Elvis will still be remembered in hundreds of years in spite of not being a songwriter. On the contrary, very few will know about Jim Steinman (sadly, because he's a brilliant musician).

Very true. There are always exceptions, in everything!

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: you my friend should SHUT THE FUCK UP and dont ever compare freddie to him again.

Yes, your majesty.

Zebonka12 wrote: "You better believe it , Treasure Moment will be huge" I'm going to remember this.

Mercury SingerOfLife wrote: Phantom of the opera must be the worst song ive ever heard. Its soo obvious that he has tried to copy the structure of Bohemian rhap and he fails miserably.

Sebastian wrote: Not flawless at all, but certainly a better live singer than Lord Teeth.

Sebastian wrote: >
"> He had a most enviable vocal extension, with an outstanding range of three octaves and a major sixth, including his falsetto singing (F1 - D5).
Yes, but how often could he do those notes? Live, his range never was that large ... as some have mentioned here, sometimes it was merely an octave or a little more and that was it."
that was just a quote about his history as a singer in the studio. but yeah, he was often really ropey live. although apparently he hit a D5 during the impromptu at japan 85. thats RIDICULOUSLY high even for falsetto! mind u.... the more u hear it (its on andres website) the more it sounds like a complete fluke! especially since he wasn't on great voice in that gig!

Richy Mercury wrote: SIR GH SAID: I have never in my life seen more musically closed-minded people than I have here at Queenzone. Yes, Freddie was amazing in many ways, but he had his flaws, like anyone else. And there were plenty of other singers who were as good as Freddie in many ways, or even better. His voice in concert was AVERAGE a lot of the time. ACCEPT IT. He sang We Are The Champions and Bohemian Rhapsody like the record version once or twice out of 400-500 times. He just couldn't do it live.

maxpower wrote: I rest my case - what annoys about Queen fans is they think Freddie was untouchable listen to any live Thunder (if you aint got a clue who they are do some research) dvd/cd & you'll notice it is identical to studio version or as close as.. the reason I keep harping on about Danny Bowes is he & Freddie are my two favourite singers with Danny just edging it as far as live perfomances go in terms of singing, nothing else i.e. being able to hold 250000 people in palms of your hands etc..

Asterik wrote: The question for me is did Freddie's voice entertain? The answer is yes. Rich whoever they are, is completely missing the point- of course I would not expect those perfect vocals live, I wouldn't want perfect vocals live otherwise we're in MOR Barbara Steisand territory. Now the fact is, some nights it sounded strained but it was still powerful and it was still entertaining. At Wembley, for example he might have barked rather than sung but in a stadium with 75,000 people I'd take barking any day. That version of WWTLF was fantastic- the way he roared "don't touch my wounds with my finger tips" sounded much more spontaneous live. Yes, We Are the Champs was an effort but he held the final note with power and it was a highly charged perfomance. I tell you compared with Sting and phil Collins etc his live voice was great- really prominent (unlike Jagger's barely audible croak). I'm not sating he is infallible but it is that vulnerability in his live voice that I enjoy becasue just as it produced difficulties, it also produced the mighty roar on Under pressure at Wembley. So please stop trying to bring down a truly individual live vocalist because you are all completely missing the point.

Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote:

Richy Mercury wrote: SIR GH SAID: I have never in my life seen more musically closed-minded people than I have here at Queenzone. Yes, Freddie was amazing in many ways, but he had his flaws, like anyone else. And there were plenty of other singers who were as good as Freddie in many ways, or even better. His voice in concert was AVERAGE a lot of the time. ACCEPT IT. He sang We Are The Champions and Bohemian Rhapsody like the record version once or twice out of 400-500 times. He just couldn't do it live.

When did he do this?

Sebastian wrote: Not flawless at all, but certainly a better live singer than Lord Teeth.

lyricalassasin_77 wrote:

Sebastian wrote: Not flawless at all, but certainly a better live singer than Lord Teeth.

Lord Teeth huh? Why the hell are you on a Queen site if you want to ridicule Freddie? Could it be you have nothing better to do than beat a dead horse? That's the kinda comment somebody makes when they are losing an argument...Steve Perry?? ha ha...

Sebastian wrote: I don't want to ridicule Queen or any of the members (i.e. Lord Teeth, Dr Wig, Mr Bulldog-Face and The Duke Ostrich). But as said before, this is a discussion forum, not a worship one.

lyricalassasin_77 wrote:

Sebastian wrote: I don't want to ridicule Queen or any of the members (i.e. Lord Teeth, Dr Wig, Mr Bulldog-Face and The Duke Ostrich). But as said before, this is a discussion forum, not a worship one.

] Nobody is worshipping anybody you fool. But to sit there and make up goofy ass names for somebody is pretty damny childish......

maxpower wrote: ref the paul rodgers comparission with danny bowes, his actual favourite singer is stevie wonder & there's a element of steve marriott out of the small faces

<b><font color=B22222>daria wrote: In the post-war popular music genre, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and some other 50s music singers&performers are/were naturally technically better than Freddie and can be counted to the greatest voices of all time (note: in the post-war pop music genre). Freddie had an amazing voice and great talents, but he had no vocal training. If he would have been trained, he really could have sounded "like God". Or he would have become an opera singer.

Dusta wrote: I'm quite certain, were I to list them here, I'd be mocked mercilessly!