What Makes Freddie Mercury (Queen) Great?
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Vocal Coach Breaks Down What Makes Freddie Mercury (Queen) Great?
0:00 - Introduction
0:33 - Range: Did Freddie's extra teeth give him extra range?
3:37 - Tone
5:08 - Vocal Damage and Nodules
10:11 - Vowels & Consonants
12:23 - Breath Support
13:34 - Emotional Expression
14:19 - Was Freddies Vibrato better than Pavorottis?
17:01 - Subharmonics, Distortion & Tuvan Throat Singing
22:14 - Staccato and Legato
22:58 - Freddie Mercurys Piano Playing
23:42 - Social Context: Freddie's impact on the world
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Links to the Full Clips
All Dead, All Dead (1977): ⢠Queen - All Dead, All ...
Don't Try Suicide (1980): ⢠Queen - Don't Try Suic...
It's Late (1977): ⢠Queen - It's Late (Off...
Get Down, Make Love (1979): ⢠Queen - Get Down, Make...
One Year Of Love (1986): ⢠Queen - One Year Of Lo...
Bohemian Rhapsody (1981 Rock Montreal): ⢠Queen - Bohemian Rhaps...
Killer Queen (1974): ⢠Queen - Killer Queen (...
Killer Queen (1981 Rock Montreal): ⢠5. Killer Queen - Quee...
These Are The Days Of Our Lives (1991): ⢠Queen - These Are The ...
Somebody To Love (1981 Rock Montreal): ⢠Queen - Somebody To Lo...
Another One Bites The Dust: ⢠Queen - Another One Bi...
Nessun Dorma (Pavorotti): ⢠Luciano Pavarotti sing...
We Are The Champions: ⢠Queen - We Are The Cha...
Somebody To Love Isolated Vocals: ⢠Queen - Somebody To Lo...
Radio Gaga (1986): ⢠Video
Once Human - Eye Of Chaos: ⢠Once Human "Eye Of Cha...
Haley Reinhart & Postmodern Jukebox (Creep): ⢠Creep - Vintage Postmo...
I was privileged to see Queen live and one thing should be noted was Freddie's physicality. He not just sang but was constantly in motion in a concert. he practically ran a marathon in every show.
The one aspect I felt the movie didn't show, how physically there Freddy was on stage, how much a physical presence he had.
Voice, stage presence, attitude, and confidence...put em all together and you're rocking 100,000 people at Wembley Stadium!!....thank you for everything Freddie! You are missed!
When Queen played there it was a capacity of 72-74,000. Still impressive, though not 100,000. Even now it has a capacity of 90,000.
Should have atleast mentioned Rio instead, 500, 000 were there
@@ninagray4441 Queen did play in front of 100,000 people, and even more (Rock in Rio, Hyde Park, Knebworth, some of their South Amercan concerts). But even if it wasn't exactly 100k, it's the magnitude that's impressive, not the specific number. Very few people can manage crowds that big, as Freddie and Queen could.
BEEETHHH!! THE BEST FREDDY 'S ANALYSIS I'VE EVER HEARD, AND UNDERSTAND WITH THE GRAPHICS AND YOUR EASY EXPLANATION, THANKS FOR THIS LOVELY VIDEO.
Wow, thanks! You are very welcome!
Yo, chill with the caps.
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Hello! I'm impressed by the voice of Freddie Mercury here speaking.: m.czcams.com/video/F0W9jEjrv4I/video.html
And right at the end, at minute 2:10 the deepest voice.
And I bring you these 3 videos of Freddie. The first one without a microphone, right at the end of his live career: m.czcams.com/video/q08iYImJfTk/video.html and This is the second video of an impressive improvisation: m.czcams.com/video/irUALvh4zps/video.html
And Freddie Mercury sustain his impressive voice, for example, at the beggining of this video: " Queen Dragon Attack Live in Buenos Aires, 3-1-1981".
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Beth's beauty roars!!!
On the side, Freddie has "IL VOCE", the voice.â¤â¤â¤
To me, the biggest thing that makes him great is th
at he's in love with the audience and loves communicating with them through music. If you have any kind of stage fright, it will show up almost immediately, but his willingness to share all of his talents erases fear and makes him stronger. Even when he was at the very end of his life, he still proposed himself up on the mixing board and did the very best he fould, and it showed.
great example of Freddie using distortion on his voice is "I want it all",more or less for the whole track he's super gravelly and it's wonderful :)
He sang a song for highlander movie which would give a metal kind of feel. It's Gimme the prize... You should give it a listen to it.
Because he's a talent that comes along once in life time.
once in several lifetimes!
Twice, actually. Search for Marc Martel, and enjoy your journey!
I cannot believe I just got done watching his live aid performance just now and thought âI havenât watched a Beth Roars video on him yet, I should see if there is oneâŚâ to only find out she posted this 55 mins ago lol.
Perfect timing!
And just like that, you won the internet for the day!
Fantastic break down.
It's refreshing to see someone that uses the more obscure Queen/ Mercury songs as opposed to the usual ones. They're great but there's also so many more in their vast catalogue.
Love love loved Freddy mercury plat his music all the time RIP super brilliant man
Wonderful job, as always - thank you!! I love that you end with the fact that Freddy was unapologetically himself - I think that was the cherry on top of his vocal abilities that made all the rest of it become legend
re-watching Queen's Live Aid concert is one of my go to's.
This is such a great in depth of analysis of Freddieâs legendary voice, I had always felt that his vibrato was very unique than others, now I know whyâŚ.and the distortion in his voice sounds very stylish to me, he had a very unique and recognisable tone of voice! He was truly born for music. I also like how you added visuals/animations/examples to help us understand better. Your videos are extremely detailed, it just shows how hard you work so I appreciate and thank you for that and for providing us with such great, informative and enjoyable content. Well, there will never be another Freddie Mercury for sure but he has and will continue to inspire so many of us to be like him and challenge ourselves to become the best version of ourselves like he was. I wonder how many more hits we would have if Freddie was here with us, that too with todayâs technology, he would have experimented and accomplished so much more, considering how great he was with layering so many beautiful sounding harmonies at that time. Iâd love to see this type of video on Mariah Careyâs voice if you want to make that, you can talk about her 5 octave vocal range, her nodules, her vocal prime/decline, her technique in beltingâŚmelismas..her incredible low notes and her musicality, and especially her elegant sounding whistle register, that would be a very interesting video to watch too cause sheâs extraordinarily skilled in my opinion. This was amazing!â¤ď¸
Totally agree with you.
Best Freddie Mercury breakdown Iâve ever seen, also he could sing great in any genre, even opera one of the most versatile singers ever
Didn't Brian May sing " all dead all dead" so this wasn't the best breakdown ever was it?
@@marktaylor3809 This was about Freddie
@@godfather53 Yes i know it was meant to be about Freddie but she mentioned "all dead all dead" and that was Brians song and he sung it. Freddie didn't sing one bit of it.
@@marktaylor3809 Freddie sang back up on that song.
Itâs his birthday today! I like the timing of the video, canât wait to watch this.â¨đđ
He would have been 75!
Happy Birthday Freddie! We love and miss you everyday!
Guys! I tried to cover their masterpiece Bohemian Rhapsody! Itâs not as amazing as this song of course, but it would mean the world to me if you saw. đ¤ I added my own harmonies and high notes to the cover.đ
Thanks Beth. That was an awesome analysis of the greatest front man of all time.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I always assumed that his voice was always healthy! Never knew some of his techniques were hindering him at times, but, you are so right that he did use his limitations as an advantage and worked around them. He was the best. Thanks for another great deep analysis Beth!
I think it is widely known that Freddie was a perfectionist. Brian May said in an interview that they weren't all that impressed with Freddies voice when they first met but Freddie improved over time through practice and always wanting to be perfect. I too could not imagine the world without his voice in it. Thankyou to Freddie and Queen for providing the soundtrack ro my life.
greatest vocalist of all time!
Grew up listening to Queen. Freddie was my hero.
Freddie was a real boxer in school as well. Great vid. I watched another vid that basically called his vibrato a mistake and then spent a lot of time talking about how he should have been singing like him. Thanks for a much better video.
I mean, part of the charm and uniqueness of Freddie's voice was that he was never properly trained vocally and did a lot of stuff by himself, so I can understand if a vocal coach said "this is how it should've been done". But again, if Freddie had the most proper technique and had been classically trained or whatever, maybe we wouldn't have had the Freddie Mercury that we all know and love.
Thank you for such a detailed analysis đ Freddie is a legend.
What an interesting break down of the technical side of singing
the end of your video brought tears to my eyes. i can confirm that Freddie's unapologetic display of his whole self was inspiring to those of us who were closeted and still figuring things out. i'm sure he still inspires people that way. love your videos, keep up the wonderful, amazing, fun work.
I felt the same about the end of the video - it was very well done! Though I'm a bit younger - Freddie passed away when I was a teen - I grew up on my parents' records from the 60s and 70s, and "Night At The Opera" had been one of my childhood faves. Learning that Freddie had been gay at a time that I was having serious issues with my gender and sexuality, and then seeing all the bands I loved, like Metallica, etc playing at the huge tribute show in his memory was really comforting and affirming. Learning that someone gay could not only be an incredible rock star, but such an influence and inspiration, loved by so many who didn't care about his sexuality. Freddie's part of the reason I've been able to be secure in being non-binary and queer, and not hiding a thing. He'll always be my Queen.
This was an amazing analysis of Freddie's vocals as well as an analysis of Freddie being Freddie. He was who he was and we all adored and miss him.
That was a great analysis of Freddie Mercury's voice. The best I've ever seen in fact. Thank you!
That was brilliant. Subscribed!
Also, I was incredibly impressed at the depth of research here. Multi tracks, live songs, solo material, and then spectral analysis, songwriting, and technique depth on every part of his vocal style. Just amazing and I was enthralled.
Such an abundance of wonderful analysis you've given us. I feel like I've just taken a really good class...and I guess I actually have. Thank you so much for this.
You're very welcome!
Great analysis!! Technical, descriptive⌠with just enough âloveâ of not only Freddieâs vocals.. but just âFreddieâ!!
Please do a Steve Perry Analysis as well in the future. Thank you.
Great video. It was really nice to hear such an in depth, knowledgeable and technical analysis of what made Freddie so amazing.
Thank you so, so, SO much for this video. I love Freddy and Queen, and I love everything you are doing. I refuse to watch anyone else react to or analyze Queen and Freddy Mercury, you are the only one getting close to being qualified to opine on them and that's the hill I'm willing to die on. You rock!
Very interesting! You made a few points at the end which reminded me of the commentary Roger & Brian did to the Montreal 81 concert. during BoRap they mention how Freddieâs emotions influenced his singing.
You mentioned one of my favorites, one year of love.
This video should have 1M views at least! Great job and thanks!!
A highly informative examination, followed by a lovely, warm, and endearing conclusion. Fabulous job.
Glad you enjoyed it!
That was an impressive breakdown of Mr Mercury, I'm sure more will come for years to come
Simply stunned at how comprehensive this analysis was. You are amazing. Roar indeed.
I found your commentary on tremolo very interesting. Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull utilized tremolo, particularly on One White Duck on Your Wall and Grace, and maybe a little on Baker St Muse from the Minstrel in the Gallery album, and itâs an approach Iâve never really heard anybody else like he does. I also think that vocally itâs the best album Ian has done and I would love to see your analysis of all three of those songs, especially Baker St Muse
Freddie was very magical ⤠some people are just sent. Is music is amazing I still listen to I'm.
WOW that was a A++ reactionâŚ.loved the visuals as well.
This was great! I love the discussion of his distortion / sub-harmonics. Thanks!
Hi Beth,
Iâve watched hundreds of channels I imagine, but Iâve never felt moved to subscribe to any one of them.
Watching this video, seeing your passion, knowledge and understanding of your expertise has persuaded me to subscribe for the first time ever.
You have truly earned it.
Cheers
Thank you John!
Love the conclusion. If there is anyone that can be said to have followed "you do you" to exceptional heights, it's Freddie.
Wow, what a a great video-- you outdid yourself on this one, you kept going in breadth and depth. I learn so much from you-- you are so knowledgeable and engaging and have such a great way of explaining complex subjects in a very understandable way, and your passion and enthusiam just oozes out of every pore! Love your channel!! I now appreciate Freddie Mercury in new ways! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Full analysis of Freddie Greatness, Grat work!. Beyond all the chapters in Freddie's life, I was always amazed by his strength to sing in Innuendo album, He loved LIFE so much to do that.
Never watched this channel but the intro roar made my day :D
You literally only youtuber who reacted to one year of love crescendo!đ
Fantastic technical run through of the greatest (in my humble opinion) singer i rock and pop that has ever lived and properbly ever will be.
I have seen him perform live 4 or 5 times and I have seen every public bit of video with him many times and your explanation on what makes him special and truly great gave me a lot and fill in some Blancs in my knowledge of him
Thank you
I was getting discouraged about singing, cuz I needed to lesrn a lot of things to sing as safe as possible. I watched this video, and it motivated me to keep practicing. still practicing, and I'm getting better!
Great analysis! I would have also mentioned his showmanship. He didn't just sing amazingly and play piano (and even occasionally guitar). He played the crowd like an instrument.
That was so interesting to watch !! Thank you so much for this video it was perfect !
His voice, but not just that. He was courageous. He took risks that others wouldn't. For example, he completely changed his look for no reason except to distinguish himself from other vocalists.
And that courage went on! He should be a role model for all of us.:)
Harmonics are fascinating, thanks for exploring Freddies. Maybe a whole video on vocal harmonics?
Great analysis of great Freddie Mercury's instrument
That was a wonderful analysis!! I didnât know what to expect but I was surprised in how thorough you were.
Well done, Beth!
So impressive Miss Beth. Your explanations were highly intriguing. Thank you!
WowâŚ. Just wow!!
That was amazing, now Iâm going to watch all the videos in this series
Fantastic video, thankyou! ive been in love with freddy's voice since i was a kid.
Thanks for this, his my favest among my faves...and now you're among my favest too ...You're the best, gorgeous!
Great video! Itâs my understanding that drummer Roger Taylor often would supply the very high falsettos on Queen records.
Roger is an alto, so sings very high for a male even before adding falsetto.
Whatâs also crazy is how you hear a difference in his songs from 1973-1980. Then into the late 80s when he was getting older. He had a deeper voice. And you can see when he was getting sicker his voice naturally was higher and brittle. Especially in these are the days of our lives and most importantly the show must go on.
What a wondefull tribute to Freddy's life and carreer.
Beth, that was a great analysis ... on many levels ! Thanks. Janey
I'm only 30 seconds in, pretty sure I'll enjoy this one a lot. But I wanted to say first that your hair looks absolutely amazing! :) Now on to the breakdown. I love Freddie and your vocal analyses so this should be good.
GREAT, GREAT.....GREAT!!!.....LOVED IT, Thank you.
Thank you Beth for dedicating a space to one of the best singers in history, could you make one about George Michael, he is also one of my favorite singers
I love how thorough you explain actually anatomically show everything!
Here via Tom Scott - love your video! I've always been fascinated by the almost supernatural allure of Freddy Mercury vocal analyses, and this has definitely been one of the best and most comprehensive I've come across!
Excellent video. Thanks, Beth!
GREAT video, Beth. Thank you!
great analysis!!
One of the best vocal analysis I've watched!
Such a great video, thanks for your hard work. that was awesome.
Love this!! Legend đĽ
This was very interesting, Freddie was so special.
What an awesome video. So many cool animations. Love went into this. It shows. I aporeciate it. Thank you so much.
Great video! A lot of of research was definitely necessary - I have to share it! Thank you, excellent work!
Thank you Beth, amazingly insightful and comprehensive.
Thank you for the wonderful video. I truly enjoy the way you explain things and even to such a non musically skilled person as myself, you really help me to understand the hows and whys.
Thanks Beth!
The graphs and video guides are awesome. Congrats!
This was awesome! Great analysis. I really appreciate your knowledge and opinion. Good job. Keep it up
You have outdone yourself once again! Thank you ever so much, Beth!!! đđđ
Amazing content. Plus your voice sounds charming!
Really interesting and informative Beth, really enjoyed this thank you.
excellent.
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one correction "Crazy Little Thing Calle Love" wasn't written on piano.
Peter Hince, the head of Queen's road crew, recalled to Mojo magazine September 2009: "The idea for the song came to him while he was in the bath. He emerged, wrapped in a towel, I handed him the guitar and he worked out the chords there and then. Fred had this knack of knowing a great pop song."
Incredible analysis! It was spot on! I quite liked the way you broke down all the aspects that made his voice iconic.. Kudos to you đđť
Yeah i really enjoyed. This was very good and clear analysis of an iconic voice and one that is dearly missed. So just keep doing what you are doing with the same passion. Whatever that may be! Yeah totaly love these ones!!
That was delightful. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
That was great! Thanks for that. đ
I'd love to see a video on old vs young voices and why some artists (Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey) retain a great voice into old age and others do not.
Great analysis! There are differing opinions about the nodules, some people who have worked with Queen said Freddie just experienced vocal cord swelling, that would recuperate with rest. I think his voice type also played a large influence in his change of voice. Male voices often needs time to gain depth, especially the heavier voiced tenors. Freddie Mercury was a Spinto tenor, they often begin as Lyric Tenors or Baritones, their voices needs time to gain enough depth and power. Heavier voiced tenors are rare in popular music, so they are often misunderstood. Even within opera they are very often misclassified. Some of the best Spinto, Dramatic and Heldentenor started off with different voice types, such Franco Corelli or Lauritz Melchior. These voices are very often classified incorrectly because they can often sing a few low notes quite good as well. I think most people who listen to Queen are very well aware that Freddie's voice did change a lot.
There is a Queen podcast with some people who have worked alongside the band for years. They have said that Freddie was diagnosed with nodules in 1975, but he went to see other specialists as well, they diagnosed him with swelling and warned that he would develop nodules if he did not get more vocal rest. And Freddie's style or technique also changed at the end of his life, he lost some power in his chest voice, so he started using far more mixed voice and head voice again.
I think one of the best features of Freddie Mercury's voice was his expression he used expression far more then most singers.
Wow!
â@@TheCosmicNote If you are perhaps a bit more interested about information about the nodules you can check out The Queen Podcast or The Queen Pod. I am not affiliated with them in any way, but it is very interesting if you like Queen one of the people on there is a trained opera singer. I think they discuss the nodule topic, with A Night at The Opera. Obviously a genre such as opera focuses more on voice types. You get Lyric tenors with light voices and you get Tenors with heavy voices. Male voices can take a lot of time to develop, . The lower frequencies in the voice takes the longest time. Bass voices especially just get better and better with age. Heavier voices or Dramatic voices have more lower frequencies in within their voices, that gives them a rich and full sound. it also often make their voices sound lower then it really is. In opera heavier voiced tenors are not used for heavy tenor roles until they have at least reached the age of 35 or older, they start off with Lyric Tenors or Lyric Baritones roles. You can listen to an example of Spinto Tenor Franco Corelli at the age of 35 his voice sounds very young and light, search for (Recondita Armonia - Franco Corelli (Very Young))
Then compare it to a later performance of the same aria, at an older age when his voice was fully developed, it is a massive difference in sound, his voice gained far more depth, richness. Search for (Franco Corelli Recondita Armonia Audio HQ)
Franco Corelli was enrolled into one of the best opera schools in Italy as a Lyric Baritone at first because he was quite good with low notes as well. These voices can cause a lot of confusion.
Freddie's voice gained more power and depth as he aged, but he never lost any range, in fact his range almost increased on the higher notes in the 80's, despite the deeper voice. I think that shows he was just developing into his correct voice as time went on. There are many examples of this in opera, but there are very few heavier voiced in popular music.
@@ZENOBlAmusic whoa Iâll totally check it out! Thanks for telling about this. I just like studying about voice types! And I love Queen a lot!
Excellent, and made with fondness and love.
This video was incredible, one of your best.
Wow, thank you!
This was a lovely video about Freddie, but Iâm most excited because I finally actually understand what vocal distortion is, and have an idea of how throat-singing works! You did a brilliant job with the explanation and examples, thank you!!
This analysis was great, I enjoyed it a lot, I suscribe! đ
Awesome, thank you!
A couple of great examples of Freddie's range are in my own opinion, first in Under Pressure with David Bowie when Freddie sings the line that goes my brains are on the floor.
Then the second example is his complete performance with Monserrat Caballe in Barcelona.
We had the same musical diet. Loved this video, and your interpretation.
Yes, Yes, Yes....YES .. thank you !!!! I've been a fan of Queen since 1974 and especially Freddie. Everything about him absolutely fascinates me. I have every studio album, several concert albums and several dvd concerts and have followed the changes in Freddie's voice over the years. I was fortunate to see Queen live in West Berlin in 1986, part of the Magic Tour. Not being musically / vocally trained i did not understand his unique vocals and the changes not just over the years but even from concert to concert in the same year. I understood the pressure he would have been under given the sheer workload due to the many tours and not resting enough between tours. You have explained it very well and now i get it. Thank you. At the very end you hit the nail on the head about why he was so unique and able to be himself and NOT allowing himself to be moulded by exterior expectations etc. Following Freddie over the years i could see the changes in him as he discovered his true self and allowed that to come out - he often said in interviews he didn't give a shit what people thought about him, he was being true and honest to himself and i believe people that do that are rare and unique and are often 'genius' and creative in their field albeit seen by many as 'weird' or 'eccentric', but it's these people that i admire and that fascinate me most. Another man similar albeit in a different field ( he was a scientist and the inventor of the PCR technology which is NOT a test and never was designed to test for infection / sickness as it can't tell you anything about that ) was Kary Mullis who passed away August 2019 - another example of a 'genius' who lived as himself and not as his peers / society wanted. Thank you so much.
You've put out some great videos, Beth, but that was the most interesting one yet.
Glad you think so!
That was fantastic