Freddie’s Vocals Only
Freddie Mercury would have turned 74 years old on Saturday so we thought we’d look back at some isolated vocals from one of the greatest singers of all time and…
Freddie Mercury would have turned 74 years old on Saturday so we thought we'd look back at some isolated vocals from one of the greatest singers of all time and a tribute from Brian May
First check out this gem, "We are the Champions" in vocals only!
Check out this tribute from Brian May over the weekend.
Finally the raw vocals for Queen's "Somebody to Love" have been given to us! In the 5 minute song Freddie is heard without his band behind him and it is something you will listen to over and over again!
In 2016, a team of Austrian, Czech, and Swedish researchers went through hours of footage of Freddie to help explain his voice and this is what they found:
Based on 6 interviews, Freddie’s speaking voice and vocal frequency determined that he wasn’t the tenor we thought he was – he was a baritone.
He sang in sub-harmonics, a style not used by humans unless they’re Tuvan throat singers, which is one particular variant of overtone singing practiced by people in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Tuva and Siberia
Freddie’s vocal chords moved faster than those of most humans; in fact, it was determined that he had a faster vibrato than even Luciano Pavarotti, moving something in his throat that not even the opera singer could.
