QueenZone discussion #907994

mircal wrote: Freddie was a fantastic liver singer. Queen were a great band live. Not many bands can sound as good as queen when they are live. Look at the chili peppers, anthony has some shocking moments,,freddie,,, always 80 to 100% no errors. look at god know how many others artists dont hold up to there records, queen gave shows, i think this isnt even a worth while argument.

Knute wrote:

mircal wrote: Freddie was a fantastic liver singer. Queen were a great band live. Not many bands can sound as good as queen when they are live. Look at the chili peppers, anthony has some shocking moments,,freddie,,, always 80 to 100% no errors. look at god know how many others artists dont hold up to there records, queen gave shows, i think this isnt even a worth while argument.

That's just it. No one's arguing that point. Who doesn't think Freddie was great live? It's just the threadstarter trying to stir stuff up.

forever wrote: I think queen songs are hard to sing and when you think of the length of a live set, some singers have to pace themselves. Freddie had to do this because of the characteristics of his voice, whereas singers like Rodgers and Taylor can sing and scream all day without their voices changing, they will have very sore throats though. Also Freddie could sing various types of songs live, whereas Rodgers voice just doesn't suit alot of songs giving him less variation. I mean can you imagine Rodgers singing; save me, don't stop me now, white queen and love of my life and actualy sounding good to anyone? I think not!

Serry... wrote: IWTBF from all shows of Magic Tour isn't the best example of Freddie's live vocal abilities... IMHO.

Bobby_brown wrote: Freddie was great. Paul is great. The dificulties that Paul has when singing Queen songs are the same that Freddie would have if he tried to sing Paul´s songs. Two great artists. We don´t need to slag one of them to prove our point. They were both the best in their fields! Take care

Knute wrote: I have now heard a few singers come amazingly close to how Freddie sounded. One is Gary Mullins, and I saw a clip from a Queen cover band called 'Queen for a Day' doing Dead on Time and I was absolutely blown away by how good the singer was at mimicking Freddie. He had Freddie's sound and studio range on that tune nailed. He really almost out-Freddie'd Freddie IMHO. Check it out link

BernieW99 wrote: Well one sang the other just got rich off a dead guy!

on my way up wrote: I think Freddie was learning a lot about his voice in the period 71-early '77.He was very carefull during that period.He tried to sings as good as possible.I think he wasn't as energetic as in later years so he focussed more on his vocals(he had to becaue his voice wasn't yet as strong) For me , his first really great tour was the European 'A day at the races'tour. Shows like Bristol , Copenhagen, Glasgow, ...are really fantastic. I think The 'News of the world'tour was equally impressive.The north-american one aswell as the European tour from'78. At the end of 1978 , queen did the American jazz-tour and his voice wasn't in the great shape of previous tours(listen to montreal and chicago).By the time they came to Europe the next year , his voice was really tired and it only got worse(altough he still had acceptable shows).You have to listen to the japanese shows because they are great(the other members are on fire) but it were freddie's worst ever.His voice was just worn out!!! Then the band took a break. They recorded only a few songs(CLTCL and Save me) with their new producer and then they went on tour again. These shows would prove to be freddie's best in terms of range and guts. He did really go for the high notes during that tour.the existing bootlegs prove that. After this tour he had his golden era:'80-82.HE sang with power , guts , range! During that period he was really a GREAT LIVE VOCALIST!! But after that, his voice would never sound as strong again live:The period 84-86 was not good for freddie.His range was very often limited and his voice sounded raspy. That said, even during those years he had some outstanding moments. I'm totally in love with 5/9/1985.An incredible show by freddie. The first works tour show(brussels) is another example of freddie at his best! The magic tour was better than the Works tour altough he had some shows whee his voice sounded really tired.The very well-known Wembley show which was released officially is a very well-known example!!! But I will always defend the Leiden , Stockholm , Budapest and Vienna shows.These were a lot better. So, if you ask me :was freddie a great live-vocalist?yes , but not always.He had his flaws.

Bohemian Rahpsody wrote: Freddie gave a brilliant live performance at Wembley. He gave it emotion, and power, and raw strenght that came deep from within him, and this gets across on the record.

Serry... wrote: IWTBF from all shows of Magic Tour isn't the best example of Freddie's live vocal abilities... IMHO.

a bunny named Bubbles! wrote: Definitely not always at his best live, but certainly a crowd pleaser. Granted, he was no Tina Turner when it came to audience participation, but he came close.

MDNA wrote:

a bunny named Bubbles! wrote: Definitely not always at his best live, but certainly a crowd pleaser. Granted, he was no Tina Turner when it came to audience participation, but he came close.

Have you watched Live Aid?

Scott_Mercury wrote: but if Freddie would have ever got the amount of breaks during each show that PR gets, the overall sound of some of the vocals would have been less strained...especially on some of Freddie's tours where he may have played 4 nights a week, for 5 straight months....2+ hours a night, only break for 5 minutes during Brighton Rock. On ROTC, it seems like Paul's "on break" as much as he's on stage.

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

Scott_Mercury wrote: but if Freddie would have ever got the amount of breaks during each show that PR gets, the overall sound of some of the vocals would have been less strained...especially on some of Freddie's tours where he may have played 4 nights a week, for 5 straight months....2+ hours a night, only break for 5 minutes during Brighton Rock. On ROTC, it seems like Paul's "on break" as much as he's on stage.

Very interesting observation to keep in mind. Thanks for that.

Fenderek wrote: [/QUOTENAME How old was Freddie when touring, even in 1986? How old is Paul now?