Freddie Mercury's DEEP voice in Flick Of The Wrist

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[@SafiRo00]

he's a baritone, but he always liked to sing out his comfortable range, and he did it so well

[@SafiRo00]

@Kostadin Kokofrengo nop

[@CrissHW]

@@SafiRo00 the types of voice only aplicates in ópera singers

[@francopoveda4264]

@Kostadin Kokofrengo his speaking voice is baritone, so is a baritone

[@SafiRo00]

@@francopoveda4264 and not only that, after thousands of hours listening to him and all his concerts, one can notice what his comfortable range was and it was clearly a baritone range. He could move very well into higher notes though, and he did it soo well.

[@lerfarmasdoz4077]

Obviously a tenor

[@EPSk97]

I knew he could sing those notes but I've never actually heard them isolated. It's crazy how much he can do with his voice.

[@adonaiyah2196]

Its his original range

[@mo8239]

UH...IM- AHHH🤰🤰🤰🤰🤰🤰🤰

[@user-hy5jy7sf9j]

Wait thats crazy omg he can do that and the high notes

[@gokceralp]

i am a big fan of Freddie and i have the same vocal range with him, i can tell you singing those high notes and these low ones are not crazy, it's very normal and common for all talented singers ;) You ca check my KZbin channel where i sang some of Freddie songs in original tunes (no pitch or something)

[@anniegetchergun]

Freddie's natural tone.

[@Idk-ub2yw]

He is a tenor

[@anniegetchergun]

@@Idk-ub2yw 🤣🤣🤣

[@Idk-ub2yw]

@@anniegetchergun He is a spinto tenor.

[@anniegetchergun]

@@Idk-ub2yw No, his natural voice is baritone.

[@danielk.7221]

@@anniegetchergun if you know anything about singing or registers or vocal technique you would know that he isn't a natural baritone, yes his voice got really dark and his range got lower in the 80s but that's because of overuse, drinking, smoking, and nodules. an actual baritone would be able to hit low notes like in this video with a lot of support and power, and freddie doesn't hit these notes with a ton of power. it's double tracked which makes it sound stronger, but it's still breathy and weaker than what a baritone would be able to do

[@CEOof_pipbert]

Uggghhh his voice is so hottttt-

[@Anisabell2]

Great sound, power is your name Freddie 💖💖💖

[@betseyclark2832]

Enjoyed your reactions. My favorite Queen song is Flick of the Wrist. It's like a precurser to Death on Two Legs, describing the pitfalls of signing a contract with the wrong manager. Best seen live at the Rainbow, 1974.

[@FreddieBechiarelli]

J’adore le registre de Mercury est incroyable

[@bucho448]

Gods gift...

[@user-wk8nk8zx2o]

What a performance,❤

[@aurora7524]

I- yep I'm just gonna- 🤰

[@sunnytaylor1340]

*wheeze*

[@kylan_11]

Hey apprenciate the Freddie content, however it is clear that the audio track has been slowed down in the mixing process and so has gone one semitone down. This DID alter Freddie's tone giving him a darker, almost unrecognizable quality (used for effect in the backing vocals). If you play it 1 semitone up and at about 105% speed you get a pretty good idea on what the unaltered vocals sound like.

[@rogertayloRRR]

Someone should post the original

[@bonniedrouillard3963]

I think In, Stoned Cold Crazy, Freddie, offers those lower notes.

[@deakyscheeseontoast.x3051]

And like that- 🤰

[@DasTarD]

This is created by running the tape machine at a high speed, then record his vocal and turn it at a normal speed. This is also done with "In The Lap Of The Gods"

[@ProfDanielVargas]

No, that was done with "In the lap of the Gods" only. This was Freddie singing in his lower register for "Flick of the wrist", if you notice there are no pitch artifacts nor residual digital interference.

[@DasTarD]

@@ProfDanielVargasIt was not recorded digitally, I have the stem here, it is too low to be natural, on this album they played a lot with tape pitch.

[@ProfDanielVargas]

@@DasTarD You have the stem, then you must know. It doesn't sound like the "In the lap of the Gods" tracks; it shouldn't be difficult to notice if you also have the stems and multittacks for that and this song as well, play them side by side. About the digital naming, that'sthe nomenclature, that's how it's called if it was recorded after 1973. It's a digital recording, even if the technology doesn't match today's digital recording, all albums, after a certain time period, the literal vynil records say "digital recording" or something along those lines, look it up.

[@DasTarD]

@@ProfDanielVargas True but why would they use the same speed? But I believe this discussion is endless so no hate, just different ideas but we share the love for Queen. 😀

[@ProfDanielVargas]

@@DasTarD they're using it because they can, as simple as that, in fact itnmakes more sense.

[@GregoryBoyko]

He is a tenor. Even this is just a lower range of a tenor.

[@barrymitchell6444]

His lowest vocal was the Negro voice on Bring Back That Leroy Brown, on the same album. He was pretty good at mimicking accents.

[@thenickeroo2008]

in the song Bring Back That Leroy Brown you hear a deeper deeper tone of Fred

[@arinapankratova_]

Bring back that Leroy brown

[@luisxd3708]

Si llega a un C2

[@xd-qg5dz]

I think I was hearing B2 on the "double" at 0:07 . Is that correct?

[@luisxd3708]

low notes A2-B2

[@PencilllCase]

​@@luisxd3708YO I FOUND YA

[@ukmusicandvlogersstuff8293]

wow

[@AlejandraGarcia-ob3jy]

Por ahi escuche la nota mas baja de Freddie en coros es en somebody to love y se escucha asi en notas bajas

[@luisxd3708]

Freddie llegaba a notas muchisimo más bajas que en somebody to love Xd el llegaba a C2 Eb1 y D1 con facilidad men Xd

[@LiamPorter2005]

Freddie’s low note

[@PencilllCase]

I tought these notes were freddy mercury vocals slowed down with pitch and then made regular speed, but the there doesn't seem to be any voice effects, with the tembre sounds real. But freddy could easily sing those notes.

[@H3lluva.b1txh]

I THOUGHT IT WAS BRIAN?!

[@basstian]

Why on earth would it be Brian?

[@michelpuy]

So he could sing Elvis and The Strokes

[@johnalfredssonsfoottattoo]

Corpse husband who?

[@davidqvarford1566]

This isn't very low.

[@johnalfredssonsfoottattoo]

@@davidqvarford1566 it was a joke lol

[@davidqvarford1566]

@@johnalfredssonsfoottattoo ye I know I'm just saying that Corpse is like a bloody earthquake compared to this

[@johnalfredssonsfoottattoo]

@@davidqvarford1566 i know right

[@delainepep22]

This isn't Freddie

[@ambrosia9185]

Yes it is. He’s a baritone, he just sang out of his natural range most of the time.

[@yosh9433]

It was Elton John :p

[@kylan_11]

@@ambrosia9185 It is Freddie, but the vocal track has been slowed down in the studio Play it one semitone up at 105% speed if you wanna hear more or less what the original sounds like :)

[@frostmusicofficial]

@@kylan_11 No that's not what happened lmao. For these parts specifically, there are two vocal tracks singing the same line, the low part like in the video, and the higher part like you hear in the studio.

[@kylan_11]

@@frostmusicofficial ...Obviously he recorded the vocal track in the upper octave separately, yes, but the "low part" isolated in this video was recorded slightly faster (ONE SEMITONE UP originally) and then slowed down the tape so it matched the song's tempo and key. It was a widespread practice in those days and yes Queen has done it to, most notably "Goin' Back" by Freddie