Freddie Mercury

[MrSmith]

'Made in Heaven' was a beautiful piece of work. Other than that, just tacky showmanship pop for the pre-pubescent. Vocal art needs way more than a good vocal range. Numerous examples demonstrate that.

 

[bradl]

'Made in Heaven' was a beautiful piece of work. Other than that, just tacky showmanship pop for the pre-pubescent. Vocal art needs way more than a good vocal range. Numerous examples demonstrate that.

Umm.. have you heard the 4 and 5 part harmonies and layered vocals that they've done on the bulk of their albums? Those were all 3 people (the bassist didn't sing)! And this was back when they had to run the tracks over and over and over until the tape was about to fall apart!

Brian May goes into great detail on this and his role in astrophysics from his PhD that he earned back in 2010.

http://www.npr.org/2010/08/03/128935865/queens-brian-may-rocks-out-to-physics-photography

Those guys could sing their arses off. The only ones that come close to doing it the way they did, was Def Leppard on the Hysteria album. Anything truer than that would be a real 5-part Harmony, which the Eagles brought to rock music.

BL.