I am just sayin that Freddie Mercury is one of the best singers EVAH!

[Shell Beau]

For real tho!

Adam should have sang some Queen!

[Bunny]

1. Here here! Or is that hear hear!

I can never keep that shit straight! :D

[Tikki]

2. I love this song so much...I play it...

sparingly...because just the sight and sound of it makes me cry..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvB2MnIIdMw
I adored Freddie...my grandson, 6 years old, watches the Queen videos
with me and he thinks Freddie is really a Superhero...


Tikki

[bigwillq]

3. Hell yeah.

I agree with that one. :)

[Shell Beau]

4. I can see Adam being a lot like Freddie.

I see similarities in their style. And both are unbelievable singers.

[Mike 03]

5. I believe I agree. Whomever wrote those songs was very gifted.

If you have ever seen the chords for a song like "Killer Queen," they are so sophisticated and difficult, it really does merit one's admiration.

I can play the songs of almost any band I love, but I've never been able to play (very well) the work of Queen.

[Shell Beau]

7. That is one of my fave songs too!

Of course I have so many from Queen it is hard to even say.

[Mike 03]

6. Does anyone know if Mercury wrote the Queen songs? Or

to break it down, Lyrics, Chords, or both?

[Shell Beau]

8. Well I am about to Google and see.

I just read where Mercury wrote 10 out of the 17 songs on their greatest hits album!

[Mike 03]

9. LOL, I should have done that too. Sorry.

I agree, though, Queen had some amazing qualities that no other band I can even think of has had.

Great topic! Thank you.

[Shell Beau]

10. Here you go!

Songwriter
Mercury wrote ten out of the seventeen songs on Queen's Greatest Hits album: "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Seven Seas of Rhye", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy", "We Are the Champions", "Bicycle Race", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Play the Game".

The most notable aspect of his songwriting involved the wide range of genres that he used, which included, among other styles, rockabilly, progressive rock, heavy metal and disco. As he explained in a 1986 interview, "I hate doing the same thing again and again and again. I like to see what's happening now in music, film and theater and incorporate all of those things."<22> Compared to many popular songwriters, Mercury also tended to write musically complex material. For example, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is acyclic in structure and comprises dozens of chords.<23><24> "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", on the other hand, contains only a few chords. Despite the fact that Mercury often wrote very intricate harmonies, he also claimed that he could barely read music.<25> He wrote most of his songs on the piano and used a wide variety of different key signatures.<23>

[mitchum]

17. The arrangement that the band had was that whoever wrote the lyrics...

received songwriting credit.
This was suggested by Mercury. No surprise there. I'm only surprised that the rest of the band fell for that agreement.

[JitterbugPerfume]

11. Freddie Marcury was

the greatest,
I don't know who Adam is but if he is half the singer and showman Freddie was he is ok !

Barcelona is my favorite Freddie song

[Shell Beau]

12. He is on American Idol. He does have some pipes on him.

Not Freddie yet, but with lots time and a great band, it is possible.

[JitterbugPerfume]

13. thanks Shell

I will check him out

[liberaltrucker]

14. So right you are!

How unfortunate that he died not long before AZT was introduced.

:cry:

[Shell Beau]

15. I know! He was genius IMO. And unfortunately not too long for this world.

x(

[liberaltrucker]

16. That he was, and he had a LOT of prodigies around him

Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon.

I'll never forget an interview I heard with Brian many years ago
in which he said "The entire band was quite shocked when Freddie
brought a woman into the studio".

OMG, to have been a fly on the wall in that studio!



:)

[blogslut]

18. Mr. Mercury was also a hell of a composer and musician

One of the most unique voices ever.

When they held the tribute concert in his honor in 1992, it was somewhat satisfying to see the male singers struggling with their inability to match Freddy's style & vocal range.

The only singer who came close was Annie Lennox:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNG2z4wWkhA

[Zomby Woof]

19. He was also a pretentious, preening, pompous poser

Who makes Bono look meek and humble in comparison.

Most overrated singer in rock history.

[blogslut]

20. Okay

Who would you consider the finest singer?

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

21. I largely agree, Zomby.

My interest in Queen peaked at Queen II and was pretty well entombed by the time "Killer Queen" was a hit. I will more than readily grant their technical facility, Roy Thomas Baker's stunning production and the brilliance of Brian May's guitar playing, but if I wanted to listen to Liza Minnelli/Judy Garland style theatrics, I would have listened to them, not FM. Just not my thing; WAAY too campy, but for those who enjoy, fine.

[mitchum]

22. I also remember when they were a functioning band, and critically...

they were dismissed as a silly ridiculous over-the-top act with VERY STRONG FASCIST TENDENCIES.
They sold a lot of records then, but so did Foghat and Bad Company.
They have only achieved their current "greatness" status in the wake of Mercury's tragic demise.
Just as history gets revised, so does pop history.
Me? When it came to silly ridiculous over-the-top acts, I preferred The Sweet.

[Shell Beau]

23. Well I love him, and I love Queen so take that!!!

[Left Is Write]

24. He auditioned with Bohemian Rhapsody.