Hawkman Actually, it's not true. This was recorded in 1976. I don't know how about drinking, but Freddie didn't didn't start smoking until 1980. Plus, he was, like, 30 at the time of the record, so even if he was a heavy drinker (which I'm pretty sure he was NOT), I'd take an enormous amount of abusing alcohol to damage the voice at that age, thus making it pretty impossible. He did, however, develop voice nodules, which gave him a hard time singing live, but that didn't start to show up until 1977/78.
Pure natural untrained gift from birth. Open throat technique by nature or nurture. Either way want to sing like Freddy? Learn open throat technique and practice 2-3 hours a day 5-6 days a week for 3 years minimum and you'll be as close as your genetics will allow.
I thought the same... I stoped driving and listen to this very lapse 6 times before returning to the road. Then again in my house like a thousand times lol
@@shadowfiend0258 its cuz he sings too fucking good must be a deal with the devil that's why he died years later from aids but his lover died years and years later. I'm just kidding. He is the best singer tho
For most of queen's choral arrangements, the low parts are Brian May and the high parts are Roger Taylor. Freddie still kicks ass in the midrange though.
Most choral arrangements in queen's songs are just Freddie. The intro to Bohemian Rhapsody is entirely sung by him, even though the video shows the whole band singing, it's Freddy on multiple vocal tracks.
Neil Mcintosh She meant that because he wrote the song and saying that it’s his favourite, as opposed to all the other queen songs written with the band
I sometimes imagine him alive as a much older Freddie Mercury singing this under a spotlight. Greying hair, wrinkles maybe even a cane to add that exaggerated age. His tired body but his still iconic voice echoing across a large stage alongside the rest of Queen
He also hated being called Farrokh, which is hilarious considering the amount of armchair historians who like to tell us his name like it's something meaningful.
Is it just me who feels that this is incredibly... intimate? Candid? Like, you're listening to him giving his best at a practice you're not meant to be at. Imagine that you're this sound technician setting things up and hear Freddy belting away in the booth when you jack your headphones into the system. I think I would have just stopped and waited until he finished.
This is haunting. You can hear the passion and power in Freddies voice. You can feel the emotion and soul he puts into his voice and it gives me chills. Freddie was truly a gift to the world and to music, and the world may never see such talent and passion ever again; at least for a very long time. God save the Queen!
Ronniel Javier yeah it is scientifically proven that Freddie’s vibrato is a higher frequency than any other normal human being, so Freddie is a miracle
contraire to what a lot of people think, auto tune is not used to fix the voice; it's actually used to erase some of the noises that can be found sometimes in the audio (white noise) and irregularities in the music. so yes, freddie, as many other artists, used autotune.
there were no autotune-alike tools 'til the late 90-2000s autotune is a tool to make pitch correction and making vocal effects but I (as a producer) don't recommend using autotune to make pitch corrections, the best tool is melodyne
+jgroub1 You've got a point! He does his own version. He does not try to sound like Freddie. I think that Michael is great! I hope that more people will recognize his talent.
Listen to Exercise in Free Love. He sang Monserrat Caballé’s part on a tape and gave it to her. Three weeks later while performing in London , she surprised Freddie and dedicated the song to him as she sang it during her third encore.
It's said we'll be able to cure HIV soon. When time travel becomes a thing, somebody needs to slip the cure to him. I know, he probably refuses it, but still.
+usernamenotinvaild sadly that's not how cloning works :( while the clone would be genetically the same, environment and genetic diversity through crossing over would make the new clone a very different person.
If he gets cured then he wouldn't be dead now, alternatively it creates an alternative timeline where he never died. So either we don't invent timetravel and/or HIV cure or he's alive in an alternative timeline.
This is absolutely beautiful. You can tell who the real musical artists are when you hear these stripped away tracks. Freddie's tracks, the Beatles tracks... the songs you know and love become something magical hearing the pure power of the voices without the instruments and backing vocals. I get goosebumps hearing the power and emotions of Freddie's voice. There will never be another one like him, ever.
I am a big fan of Queen's music and Freddie Mercury, don't get me wrong...But all those people telling US that there's never gonna be anyone like him is pissing me off...of course, in terms of personality/character every person is a unique one, but in terms talent I don't think you can say such things. I think there are a lots of talented singers out there, there just not as much in the spotlight as they used to be in Freddie's time.
Jip Boersma Yeah, there is, but those people will never "make it", because music today isn't about being "talented". It's about "marketability". There are hundreds of videos here that feature some of the most talented people I've seen in a LONG time, and yet, they are stuck playing bars, or in their bedrooms/basements.
***** You're right about that. Think about NSYNC for a second. When they disbanded, Justin Timberlake became a star and now has his own media empire. JC Chasez, a far, FAR better singer than Justin, had one album which flopped and now he doesn't even sing anymore. It's a damn shame when you hear what he can do (You Ruined Me, You Don't Have to Be Alone, Dear Goodbye, etc). Talent gets you nowhere anymore.
Can anybody find me somebody to love? Ooh, each morning I get up I die a little Can barely stand on my feet (Take a look at yourself) Take a look in the mirror and cry (and cry) Lord, what you're doing to me (yeah yeah) I have spent all my years in believing you But I just can't get no relief, Lord! Somebody (somebody) ooh somebody (somebody) Can anybody find me somebody to love? I work hard (he works hard) every day of my life I work 'til I ache in my bones At the end (at the end of the day) I take home my hard earned pay all on my own I get down (down) on my knees (knees) And I start to pray 'Til the tears run down from my eyes Lord, somebody (somebody), ooh somebody (Please) can anybody find me somebody to love? Everyday (everyday) I try and I try and I try But everybody wants to put me down They say I'm going crazy They say I got a lot of water in my brain Ah, got no common sense I got nobody left to believe in Yeah yeah yeah yeah Oh, Lord Ooh somebody, ooh somebody Can anybody find me somebody to love? (Can anybody find me someone to love) Got no feel, I got no rhythm I just keep losing my beat (you just keep losing and losing) I'm OK, I'm alright (he's alright, he's alright) I ain't gonna face no defeat (yeah yeah) I just gotta get out of this prison cell One day (someday) I'm gonna be free, Lord! Find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love love love Find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love Somebody somebody somebody somebody Somebody find me Somebody find me somebody to love Can anybody find me somebody to love? (Find me somebody to love) Ooh (Find me somebody to love) Find me somebody, somebody (find me somebody to love) somebody, somebody to love Find me, find me, find me, find me, find me Ooh, somebody to love (Find me somebody to love) Ooh (find me somebody to love) Find me, find me, find me somebody to love (find me somebody to love) Anybody, anywhere, anybody find me somebody to love love love! Somebody find me, find me love
Freddie was the greatest showman. I was at the tribute concert and you knew he would have blown all the others clean out of the stadium with just his voice, he was absolutely mind blowingly brilliant and easily better than all of today's performers! He is so badly and sadly missed. What I would give to have him back!
3:55 - 4:03 THIS PART! always // suddenly, i remember the audience in the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert ("Somebody To Love" performance by Queen + George Michael) in 1992, and how they tried to sing that particular line in the same way as how Freddie did it. what a moment! ❤
I'm finding it hard to even breathe. He was so talented. He didn't need any auto tune like 90% of this generation's music needs. His voice gives me chills.
@@selty No, talent has obviously not died. But what people really mean is that back then, there simply was no autotune, so you are definitely hearing the real thing. Today, no matter how incredible the vocalist is, they absolutely, in almost all cases, use a certain amount of autotune. It's available, and it's used. So unless a live performance, there will most definitely be a certain amount of autotune involved, thus a less than pure performance.
I'm actually in love with this. He died 9 years before I was born and his music still gives me the chills. Queen will never die, more importantly Rock will never die. Freddie Mercury-Legendary even in his death. R. I.P Freddie♡♡♡
Same, he died 11 years before I was born and I only actually started to listen to queen a month ago and now I am purely in love with his voice and the harmonies. Bicycle race, and radio gaga are favourites
People have been using autotune for way longer than you'd like to believe. T pain bought it to everyones attention because he used it balls to the wall 'this is a sound in itself', but seriously man you'd be surprised how invisible it can be made by a skilled hand.
He got that rrrr in his voice that made him so special, and I just can’t create, it’s crazy, Listen the long “somebody to loveeeee” in slow motion, you can really hear that
He trully was a phenomenon, a force of nature that only comes maybe once in a thousand years. I wish I could have witness him at one of his concerts from the late 80's.
this voice is from another galaxy no one ever match this incredible and powerful demonstration that freddie mercury was the one ! what a talent!! songwriter, singer producer, and more and more, he is the talent made human being! freddie! genius, genius and more genius!!!!
Wow, so much amazing soul. A master of his voice. So much strength. This video is drop jaw amazing. I have to sing along and then find myself in disbelief as he powers away and hits a run of high notes. Like a Russian Mig trying to chase an SR-71. "WTF?" I can imagine the recording engineers just being blown away by what they were hearing through the monitors. I've got goosebumps all over me.
This was one of Freddie’s favorite songs, ode to Aretha Franklin, one of Freddie’s favorite singers. Brian May said if Freddie could have been Aretha, he would have. Another one of Freddie’s favorite songs is Dragon Attack, another great disco inspired song over-shadowed by Another One Bites The Dust, on the same album. The live video of Freddie singing Dragon Attack really shows him getting into the beat, only wearing tight pants and nothing else. He definitely had the moves. Luv u Freddie!
Freddie Mercury is one of the greatest singers of all time hands down. He's a Rock 'N' Roll singer with an Opera like voice, his voice is just beautiful. Much love to Freddie, he was misunderstood in his days but everybody came to love him because no matter what, he was a good person and he loved his fans and his friends and family, he pushed himself to do shows and appearances even when he had aids and was slowly passing away because he loved his fans. R.I.P. Freddie, we love you.