Seriously. Who is making these decisions?

[@TheRobreed3]

Pitch correcting Freddie Mercury is a crime against humanity.

[@loriematthews6418]

@@TheRobreed3 agree

[@ulrikesextro4187]

They wanted to reach perfection but they removed his soul and ruined it.

[@Fedorevsky]

Cruel and unusual punishment

[@chadbennett7873]

This is a situation where technology does NOT help. Whoever had the idea to pitch correct Freddie needs to never touch a board again.

[@AetherPavilion]

Insane. Auto-tune is the crack cocaine of current music production decision makers. They think it makes everything better, but in fact it destroys (music) lives.

[@simonmoore8776]

I can't even begin to understand how these so-called 'professionals' can't hear how awful and robotic the vocals sound when pitch-corrected, never mind these philistines are destroying the natural artistic content from the original artists!

[@mindtorquemusic]

They don't listen to music, they watch it ​@@simonmoore8776

[@jumpingpeppers2263]

I think record labels are doing this on purpose to quietly erase the humanity in older music, or bring the older music down to the same level as the stuff we get today.

[@RankedThreeGuys]

"If it ain't broke, fix it." - Record Labels, apparently

[@czerskip]

Except the rule they employ is: "if it ain't broken, break it."

[@andresilvasophisma]

If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.

[@davidsalaski9095]

Also, if it is broke, leave it alone.

[@rmoore1686]

They’re destroying songs by trying for perfection. We don’t want perfection. We want the singer’s voice.

[@loriematthews6418]

They are screwing up perfection, Freddie's voice IS perfection...

[@southerncatlady6680]

They are messing up songs. They became hits the way they already sounded. Good voices don't need pitch correction ever!

[@localbod]

Perfection or what is considered perfect is subjective. It's an absolute shame that this is happening and that the remaining members of Queen aren't trying to veto it. Perhaps they don't care.

[@poetsdreamsatc]

@@rmoore1686 I don’t want perfect. It’s the imperfection that makes the voices and the songs great. Wait till they screw with Kurt Cobains voice. He sang off key on purpose in a few songs.

[@Lilah1754]

@@localbod I don’t know? Hope that is not the case. I thought they wanted to keep their legacy going. Maybe they think pitch corrected Freddie will appeal to a younger generation. I don’t understand for sure.

[@anthonycullen8596]

Are they insane?? Who could honestly think that putting Freddie's voice through auto tune or pitch correct would make it "better". We loved his voice right up to 91 ( and beyond ) when none of these corrective applications were available!! Sacrilege. Great video Fil, the disbelief in your voice is hard not to notice but justified.

[@loriematthews6418]

@@anthonycullen8596 💯

[@loriematthews6418]

💯 percent...

[@Andy-lm2zp]

Bohemian Rhapsody, I believe had 150 harmonies, you have to be PRETTY accurate to do that!

[@FrankCastleThePunisher666]

Thanks for doing this Fill. I begged on Brian’s Instagram for the new release to not be pitch corrected (before the video was uploaded). Not that he would even see it or reply, but I just can’t believe how Brian and Roger would approve this. Its so upsetting

[@noahbodhi3751]

They sold their catalogue to Sony for 1 billion dollars. They're no longer in charge of what happens to it. It is upsetting, though, that they're talking about how great this release is. I wonder if a requirement for them to promote reissues was part of the deal with Sony?

[@FrankCastleThePunisher666]

@@noahbodhi3751 yes i know, but they have been pitch correcting Freddie even before selling to Sony. So it’s not a Sony thing, it’s something else.

[@mindtorquemusic]

​​@@FrankCastleThePunisher666just out of curiosity, when did they first pitch correct Freddie? Would love to know more history on this.

[@torunnowe8835]

They have done the one thing Freddy said not to do, make his music borring. So sad😢

[@ralphashford9022]

Freddie stacked the harmonies on Bohemian Rhapsody almost 50 years ago, using talent alone. Changing anything he sang, it makes it someone else. If you fix Jimmy Page's sloppiness on the early albums, it makes it something else. It doesn't need fixing. It needs lovin.'

[@safromnc8616]

For someone who has listened to much of this music my entire life - why is anyone so stupid as to believe people aren't going to notice ?

[@annmariering6606]

Wow, those philistines will ruin Freddie's legacy!! New listeners coming along now won't think he's anything special vocally, and that couldn't be further from the truth!! Keep doing what you're doing, Fil - not everyone can handle the truth, but it still needs to be told!

[@Lilah1754]

There is a new channel called Queen AI. It is mostly Freddie in AI videos, and the music is not Queens, but has been pitched corrected to sound like Freddie. Sad, as I think it makes a mockery of a talented band and it’s legacy.

[@mindtorquemusic]

​@@Lilah1754it should be shut down.

[@sarahm.5356]

Hold on to your CDs and vinyl. The library had them, too. Those are the only places I can hear the original Beatles recordings and the first CD mixes. .

[@jobogaert8514]

I just recently put on The Beatles on Spotify, I first thought something was wrong with my ears or at least with my memory of how The Beatles sounded...

[@Downhuman74]

Uh, where are you getting this? The 2009 remasters of the original stereo mixes of the Beatles catalog are still readily available on most streaming services - right alongside the recent Giles Martin remixes of their later albums. And for those albums, the 2009 remasters are usually available under a "Other Versions" section beneath the newer remixes (except for Revolver and the White Album where it's reversed and features the remix in that section). I've checked each one on KZbin Music just to be sure and they're all there. Apple Records has been very good about preservation of that particular catalog and they've never had any intention of having Giles Martin's new remixes supplant his father's original mixes. The 2009 remasters of the UK catalog - which includes both boxsets of the original UK Stereo and Mono mixes - are also still readily available for purchase on Amazon. So, let's not panic. Capitol is even readying a new mono vinyl boxset for release in November of the US versions of their early albums complete with the original 1960's US mixes.

[@mindtorquemusic]

Stop using Spotify!!

[@konstantia1607]

I LOVE how you care about the artist and his expression. Thank you, Fil❤

[@DerekADempsey]

There has been a tsunami of dishonesty and fakeness in ALL walks of life over the last 15-20 years. It’s just grown more acceptable over the last 3-5 years. It’s in movies, acting, singing, dancing, politics, advertising, food, social media, etc. I think it’s impossible to fight it because it’s the new handicap, if you can’t hit it, then get a foot up. Now EVERYONE is using the equivalent of “steroids” in their given profession or pastime. Another great video, Fil. Thanks.

[@marksmorphs]

The best way to describe what's happening with pitch correction is like cooking a steak and cutting off all the blackened parts because you want the meat to look and taste exactly the same all the way through. But those blackened end bits are what add to the flavor of the entire steak. You need little bits of these types of imperfections in order to create a meal that isn't "one note" as they say.... which ironically is the perfect metaphor for pitch correcting making a singer sound "one note"

[@MrJdsenior]

Not bad, actually.

[@952bj8]

To slightly modify the metaphor, it's like cooking the steak in a pan and throwing the pan into the dishwasher instead of making a delicious sauce from the fond in the pan.

[@actualGoesTo11]

As a massive Queen fan, this saddens me greatly. Seemingly wanting to rewrite history (all the inaccuracies in the film) and now pitch correcting vocals, all in the name of money. I know the back catalogue has been sold for a huge sum, so I’m unsure who is authorising all this stuff. If it is Brian May and Roger Taylor, shame on them. Great work as ever, Fil. Keep doing what you’re doing.

[@SpringNotes]

They sold their ownership of their songs ?!?

[@marksmorphs]

I listen to Frank Sinatra all day and I love how he was not perfect which is what I love about his voice. It makes him so unique to me in that way. They better never pitch correct my Frank!!!

[@actualGoesTo11]

@@SpringNotes To Sony for $1.2 billion.

[@marciebulsaraorcutt]

You brought up a good point: Since the Queen catalogue was sold to Sony… what does that mean re who has rights now to make alterations?

[@antiqueinsider]

Why is it not illegal to say it's the original recording without making it clear that it's 'enhanced'! I can't and won't listen to pitch-corrected tracks as it really offends my ear! It's like the Mona Lisa as a paint by numbers.

[@poetsdreamsatc]

I find it hard to believe Roger and Brian would even allow this.

[@bjornlangoren3002]

Pretty sure they would not approve. But they might not have a say in it.

[@MSCJC97]

@@bjornlangoren3002 I wonder why they wouldn't have a say in it, a bit baffling.

[@bobbycollins6783]

​@@MSCJC97 Maybe because they don't own the master's. So it's not up to them. It would be the label or publisher.

[@maisiesummers42]

Brian put out an instragram the day before telling everyone it was coming. He knew all about it.

[@MSCJC97]

@@bobbycollins6783 If that's the case, then that's a shame.

[@216trixie]

Imagine taking great works of art, paintings, and if we had some AI laser repainting technology and we could straighten out their lines and make the colors a little different and a little brighter and just oh so subtly change the original artist work. Wouldn't that be amazingly stupid and horrifying and evil?😢😢

[@kenwoodbury1888]

Are you nuts?? Don't give them any ideas. Next thing you know, van Gogh will be ruined forever., It's bad enough that some wack job threw soup on one.

[@budabk]

@@216trixie, I was thinking the same. Even those hating Picasso might object to "fixing" his faces.

[@eileencrys]

I mean, I compared it to that time they "restored" the Last Supper by painting on top of it. Sure, the colors and shapes looked brighter, but that wasn't Leonardo's work and everyone f*cking hated it, rightfully so.

[@216trixie]

@@eileencrys Amen

[@216trixie]

@@kenwoodbury1888 Right??

[@SpringNotes]

*It is a sacrilege to pitch correct Freddie's voice !*

[@mattfoley6082]

The music industry is shooting itself in the foot. They could sell MORE music if they offered a choice of "original" AND "pitch corrected". I don't understand what they are thinking by eliminating consumer choice.

[@CalJennings]

They’re trying to tell you what to think and what to like. Do not comply!

[@nickrider5220]

One of the greatest vocalists and performers and they pitch corrected it 😮 Surely the other band members haven't been made aware ? At least you're always real Fil 👍🏻

[@bobbycollins6783]

The other members of queen. don't own the song's. So would have no say in it.

[@cathyshaw-kalloo237]

Of course they're aware. They are PROUD of it. Brian has made several recent posts about how the entire first album is going to be remixed so it "sounds the way they wanted it to sound" back then. They are fully aware and on board with all of this.

[@veramilton833]

Fil, I am so happy you got into this issue so quickly after the release of this song! I agree it is absolute sacrilege to touch Freddie Mercury's work in any way! I am furious, being a huge fan of Freddie! Excellent analysis video! You are a genius in how you brought this video together! This is just like Freddie Mercury dying all over again. Thanks for bringing this to us, Fil! 🎸💜

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

You have become a powerful force against the greedy shenanigans (euphamism for criminal activity) of the music industry. There are lots of us that appreciate your knowledge and your efforts. Merci beaucoup.

[@bradwilliams7145]

Another great job, FIL! If they don't know what you know, they shouldn't be doing this injustice.

[@colinmcquaid7615]

I love that you jumped straight onto this within days of the song being released so we get your excellent analysis while we, as fans, are still fresh n our outrage as wht you rightly call sacrilige. Love your work Fil.

[@Harry-jz1dn]

Get a grip. I'm a hardcore queen fan since 91 and couldn't care less. New material at last. If you dislike it, listen to the original or one of the remasters done when they were rereleased

[@michaelsowden5892]

He is near 33 years gone. Let him RIP. Please.

[@Lilah1754]

Yes. Leave things alone. Queens legacy is just fine.

[@zephyrbear]

This is a tragic travesty! Freddie knew how to sing and never should have been pitch corrected! Somebody has taken serious liberties with the voice of a man no longer able to argue his corner. What on earth did Brian May and Roger Taylor think they were doing allowing this to happen, or don't they know about it? It is the official Queen channel so I would hope that they would have been aware of this and if so, shame on them!!!

[@bibistaufi2653]

I get goosebumps when hearing the original version, because he was soo great!!!

[@_whatsername1911]

I think that consistant "flat"/sharp is what makes that particular voice unique. You can't tell what it is by ear, just that it's a cool sound. Who the hell thinks its a good idea to mess with imperfect perfection????

[@tammydoolittle6054]

Hi Fil, it's a shame that producers pitch correct great artists' voices. I don't know why they think it makes their voices sound better. It makes their voices sound robotic and emotionless! Thank you for pointing all of this out to us! Congrats on getting another 1000 subscribers to your channel! You're the best! Rock!

[@dudmanjohn]

Producers not care about artists.

[@elizabethmiller7291]

Yeah, it's a shame. You want to know what is more of a shame? That real music lovers don't seem to care enough about what is happening to real music to do ANYTHING about it. Another day, another 1000 new subscribers to Fil's channel. And, yet, his vocal tuning petition languishes at just over 10,000 signatures. What is up with that? And, signing that petition is the absolute easiest thing for us to do. What saddens me to no end is the defeatist attitude of thinking there is nothing that we can do about any of this. :(

[@bogrot69]

"Pitch correction is killing music"

[@NeilTurnbull007]

Keep up the good work Fil !

[@markkinnish1196]

It’s getting crazy Fil totally agree I mean none of them need this even more so Freddie. Great update as always Fil

[@fwiffo]

"Gee, kids are really into vocaloids these days, how about we make Freddy Mercury sound like that. That will sell." - Some psychopath producer, probably

[@czerskip]

Sadly, the level of incompetence we're hearing here has spread to all industries. Incompetent corpo management hire the cheapest workforce possible, people with no imagination, no knowledge, no experience. Those of us who care are left heartbroken. 😔

[@dudmanjohn]

and replace people with AI bots. It's dystopian.

[@NanDee-jr4dq]

No soul

[@audibletapehiss3764]

Keep going, Fil. Please!!! This needs to be in front of as many eyes as possible, as soon as possible. The eyes of Brian and Roger need to be on this, asap. They could set a huge precedent for artists fighting back against this kind of ignorant corporate attack. And again, awareness to all artists going forward - you MUST get in writing that this cannot be done to your work without your permission, and it cannot be done after you've passed on.

[@cathyshaw-kalloo237]

they are already in on it - they're PROUD of this remix. The entire first album is going to be remixed and released as "Queen 1". Brian has made the announcement that this is the first album 'the way they wanted it to sound'.... they are fully aware.

[@cindi1313]

I totally understand your frustration with this now, Fil. That processing sound is so heavy on the new release and it really loses his personality. I wonder if with producers now it's a case of "when your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail." Maybe producers now are just so used to using pitch correction and not doing anything else, not looking at things more creatively like you are able to, that all they can think to do is pitch correct it. It's a shame. Really well done on this, Fil!

[@donnamorgantiderossette3693]

Maybe they are so used to pitch correcting the artists who actually need it that they don’t remember what a good singer’s voice sounds like and so they do for everyone now. 😮

[@qwinlyn]

@@donnamorgantiderossette3693that take has a bit of “back in my day” rose coloured glasses on it. There *are* good new singers, they just also get auto tuned even if they don’t need it. Let’s not discount people because they weren’t around during bell bottoms or hair bands.

[@marciebulsaraorcutt]

HEY Fil! THANK YOU SO MUCH for doing this!!! (I had left a comment asking you to analyze it, and I bet a lot of other folks did, as well.)

[@mattfoley6082]

Hundreds of black and white movies have been colorized. Plenty of people prefer the B&W version, which is still sold. Why is this concept so difficult for the music industry to understand?

[@douglasstruthers8307]

There must be a new generation of decision-makers that don't respect honesty and the genuine real thing. These same decision-makers may simply be more motivated by perceived $$$ and not the true beauty of music. Ripping the humanity out of music appears not to matter to them. Maybe they should go find another line of work. Thanks for posting.

[@musicman3569]

What an atrocious thing to do to Freddy! One thing I wanted to add into the discussion around this "perfect" tuning is a reminder that 12-tone equal temperament is actually a harmonic _compromise_ to maximize flexibility for modulation that is necessary for something like piano, but not for flexible pitch sources like the human voice. For example, major thirds are actually quite sharp of the true just intonation harmony, and a musician with good intonation sense will often go to the natural harmonizing frequency instead of sticking to the equal temperament for the sake of it. This will "appear" as a flat note on a grid, but will actually sound more in tune harmony wise in many cases. Another aspect is that moments of "flat" and "sharp" massively help to convey emotion. I think of it as sharpness adding emotional tension and flatness adding emotional release. I was recording a vocal with a high, gritty, belted note where I was actually singing it in tune with equal temperament, but ended up intentionally bending it sharp because it actually sound better to give the note its edge and sit on top of the music. And conversely flatness can be like a sigh or release that feels like "letting go" of something. Freddy was a master at those things. Anyway, thanks for the analysis and adding online information for the younger generation to at least consider the benefits of leaving things more natural. Outside of mainstream there are some great new musicians that do, so that part is encouraging. Cheers!

[@j.2036]

Wow musicman! Some science behind the magic. Well spoken. Thank you

[@adributu]

You’re a genius and such a good person!

[@GrymsArchive]

*WHY????* Never buy another bit of Queen Merch again. Queen went from *“No Synthesizers”* To *AI Pitch Corrected Horror*

[@podchauffe]

You’ve done the only right thing. It should have been done this way and no other. The track shines and Freddie’s voice breathes. Thank you for this video

[@Lilah1754]

As a Queen fan, this makes me sad. Was waiting for your analysis on this one Fil! Pitch correction so not needed. Don’t even get me started on the AI at end of video. Can’t believe Brian & Roger agreed to this. If so, do they think by pitch correcting Freddie, it will appeal to younger people? Hope they never pitch correct Queens Live Aid performance. Yes, Freddie had voice issues, but it didn’t take anything away from their performance. Just made it more real. I seen & heard this on Queens Official , and knew what was coming! Thanks Fil for this one.

[@joannmay-anthony1076]

I can't believe someone would pitch correct Freddy. His uncorrected voice is what made him!!!

[@bibistaufi2653]

Thank you so much for this video !!

[@DonnaleaSpencer]

In this case, based on interviews & posts they are making, Roger & Brian are aware of the changes made to this song. And aware of the AI video release as well. (I say "aware", but I don't know how much control they have over anything since they sold their catalog). For purists like me, it doesn't bode well for the rest of the album now entitled "QUEEN I". (so as to separate itself from the original "QUEEN").

[@hassejansson]

"pitch correct" is more like "pitch destroy"

[@debbier938]

Hi Fil, This was a cool analysis today! There is nothing quite as perfect as Freddy’s pure and natural voice! Thank you for bringing that to light. I found the what Freddy was actually hearing in his headphones and to what they pitch corrected him to was very interesting. I never thought about it that way, but it makes perfect sense! Nice job, hashing out all the details. You Are The Best! Debbie☮️

[@paulelverstone8677]

It's crazy, isn't it? I can only imagine - being the official Queen channel - that it has been pitch-corrected for the modern listener who is already conditioned to hear and accept pitch-corrected vocals and not the vocal we know from 40 odd years ago. But this then makes a mockery of what it was that made this voice so distinctive. I don't get it...

[@gwhnsa]

Brilliant analysis

[@tedhike6279]

Thank you

[@Anita-nita10]

"Displace one note and there would be diminishment", a quote from Amadeus. According to Reinhold Mack, Freddie saw that movie eight times. I can see why. Great job Fil. An experienced musician would've known what to do like you showed.

[@cathyshaw-kalloo237]

❤️ I did not know this piece of trivia, that is brilliant, and yes, so Freddie.

[@ExUSSailor]

This makes NO sense. Freddy's voice was as close to perfect as a voice could get.

[@jademusic1211]

Omg, leave Freddie alone!!😭😭💔💔 He was brilliant and I love his voice, and it's crazy how people in the industry think this is ok! Ugh!😤❤❤

[@stoicepictetus833]

It doesn't sound like him anymore. Sacrilege indeed, and somewhat heartbreaking. 😥😠

[@andresilvasophisma]

This is sacrilegious.

[@nigelstuart756]

Freddie at Live Aid. Dr told him not to perform because of throat infection. Freddie may not have been 100% but still blew everyone away with stunning performance. I hope nobody gets their grubby little "correcting" fingers on that anytime soon!!!

[@Lilah1754]

I hope they don’t! At least leave that one alone.

[@mindtorquemusic]

Give em time....

[@juliannewarren5466]

Freddie's voice in this song (in all the songs, tbh) is so expressive and rich. Yeah, how can the remaining members of Queen allow this to happen? Maybe they don't have enough control over the production? Or maybe they don't care anymore? That is depressing. I just recently re-watched concert in Wembley, now that was beautiful.

[@danehlers9989]

Hey FIL. A very famous producer said music is losing it's soul. 🤔 I sincerely believe that all these pitch correcting and auto tuning tech is sucking the essence out of vocal performances across the board. They're ruining a lot of music for myself and I'm proud to have a huge, unmolested physical collection of music that will stay forever untouched by "enhancing" it.❤ I was really wanting the new Queen 1 box set on CD but I'm concerned since its been remixed that it has been ruined.😮

[@_whatsername1911]

The question of who makes these decisions? - For the record, It was not me. Dear Lord it doesnt even look Like Roger, and doesnt sound like Freddie at all. Wth?

[@216trixie]

As a music lover and a professional musician I am saddened that I have lived long enough now to hear and see this pitch correcting nonsense. Unbelievable.😢😢😢😢

[@budabk]

"You're gonna need a bigger boat." An ad-libbed line in the movie "Jaws." Would anyone accept its replacement with the scripted line? No, of course not. Why, then, are these butherings of songs being accepted?

[@barackmycat9448]

Thanks Fil for getting out this disaster.

[@dcallan812]

Poor Freddy would be spinning in his grave. We have listened to him sing this song for years WITHOUT faffing about with vocals. Now it sounds AWFUL Thanks for sharing this mess of pitch correction.

[@mollysmith6055]

As music consumers in this digital age want to purchase music in it's original form how do they think they'll maintain sales when they make such alterations to it? I've wanted to add to my Queen collection but don't trust any digital purchases now.

[@bwpm1467]

Would love to see Brian's or Roger's response to this.

[@thedarkdefender7780]

They support it. I read the press release.

[@mindtorquemusic]

They're rubbing their cash right now.

[@eileencrys]

Unfortunately Brian seems pretty gullible, he spoke against AI and yet supports the video and this production, I wouldn't be surprised if someone convinced him it was good... Roger seems to care only about the drums tbh

[@cathyshaw-kalloo237]

they are PROUD of it. Brian has made blog posts and, I don't know maybe Instagram also, that they're thrilled with this and so excited for the remix of the whole first album ... it's "the way they had wanted the album to sound" . 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

[@sharonammirati2042]

Dystopian World, thanks for pushing back and keeping us informed...this is just terrifying... authenticity being stolen, its like plastc surgery for music...heart breaking. 💔

[@debmurray2734]

🥺 No no no this shouldn't be done to Freddie's beautiful voice

[@pauldavid9351]

Well done on this.

[@samsara1998]

I would imagine the original pitch of Freddie’s vocals beings consistently flat, was down to the tape running at a different speed, thus everything was pitched slightly off of concert standard

[@nowster]

“You can do anything with my work, but never make me boring.” Freddie.

[@Lilah1754]

To bad he didn’t say and don’t make it pitch corrected and pls. don’t AI me!!

[@trierf5882]

I put a great deal of effort trying to leave a legacy to my kids. Whether it’s financial, cultural, I try to expose my kids to as much of what the most inspiring people have achieved. Pitch correction ruins everything, so sad. As much as I love Queen, I can’t show my kids this Queen video. Modern pop music is not talent based and is why it won’t be relevant in 30-40 years. People are naturally drawn to talent that’s why older music catalogs are being sold for record amounts of money. Older music still accounts for most of streamed music. The decision to alter human talent with pitch correction will lead to a downfall of older music popularity in my opinion. The music industry is digging it’s own grave.

[@DuendeHr]

They are editing everything: music, music videos, movies, series, comedy shows, documentaries... Even books! This technocracy is sick! I buy physical media pre-2020 to preserve the heritage!

[@Fred4662]

Great analysis Fil, I really enjoy your videos and have learned a lot about why I am having so much trouble connecting to new music that plays randomly over Spotify and I seem to be stuck with mainly loving the songs of my youth, not a terrible thing I guess. I've been a Queen fan from the start, not sure why they are allowing this to happen.

[@anarwally]

People these days seem to ruin everything good and beautiful.

[@robvanschoonderwalt9781]

Totally feel your frustration… these amateurs, it’s horrible. What would be interesting to hear, something I haven’t seen you doing on your channel, is to play sections of a song together (the corrected and original version synchronized), so people can actually hear what you are showing them. You can instantly recognize how much tuning’s been done… Keep up your crusade!

[@jimfritz2087]

Destroying the arts . "To improve the arts ". Does that make sense to anyone ?

[@longsnapper5381]

Young people growing up with everything pitch corrected find it hard to listen to live uncorrected music that "doesn't sound like the record". I hear this a lot.

[@qwinlyn]

It’s been a thing since at least the 90s. I had friends *hate* going to live shows because they “sounded wrong” when they played something at all off the recording. Tempo, mixing, what have you. Not discounting the worseness of pitch correcting. It’s gross and shouldn’t happen, but let’s not say that it’s a new issue.

[@longsnapper5381]

@@qwinlyn I'm 65 ,boss. "Young people" means anyone younger than 62.

[@qwinlyn]

@@longsnapper5381 okay, but that's not far off of when I was talking about. You would have been 18 in 1977 (I did the math). Are you really trying to say that there weren't people at concerts back then complaining they didn't sound the same? Cause that just feels like nostalgia glasses and confirmation bias and my personal run ins with my parents friends (who are your age) tell me that feeling existed even back then. Has pitch correcting made it worse? Heck yeah. But it's not *new* and doesn't just apply to "young people."

[@longsnapper5381]

@@qwinlyn No one I have ever known complained that a live show didn't sound like the record back in the day LOL. We aren't stupid now and we weren't stupid then. You're trying to sound like you're the smartest guy on the internet and you're proving that you aren't.

[@qwinlyn]

​@@longsnapper5381If you think I'm trying to sound smart, so be it. I'm just hesitant to label something as a "younger people" problem when I've seen that it's not. I've known people of older generations who dislike live music cause it sounds wrong to them. And you've probably never talked to them because you have different likes than they do and gravitate towards people who share the same likes as you, just like all people do. To be more specific with this point in a hope you can understand where I'm coming from, I'll use myself as an example. I hate going to live theatre because it sounds "wrong" to my ears. I've been watching and listening to stage recordings my whole life, and consiously I understand that it's going to and should sound different, but it still sounds "wrong." None of that has anything to do with pitch correction and has everything to do with my brain. Are we to assume that I'm the only person ever to be *actually* unique or could we apply this to the past and assume that there have always been people who say a version sounds "wrong" to them. Going back far enough we can probbly be safe to assume that there were people who hated Person X in that opera, they can't hit the notes the same way Person Y does, or even a certain travelling band of minstrels that just didn't sound right. You are not wrong, pitch correction has made this substantially worse. But it's not exclusive to young people.

[@RonWesterbeek]

Thanks for posthumously taking his headphones off Fil , your adjustment is spot on ✌😅 Rock !

[@williamgeorgefraser]

There are singers you can recognise after 2 notes. Start pitch correcting them and they will all sound the same.

[@jessehutchings]

I'm not even a big Queen fan but any time I hear Freddy it is immediately self evident how absolutely fantastic he sounds in everything. 'Correcting' Freddy is just sacrilegious 😂

[@willemsma]

AIDS killed the Legend, the Man. Now Queen kills the Man's legacy. So sad

[@dianecourtney2724]

I understand everything you are saying. I’ve been dreading this day I knew they would do it. They have no soul. Annoying as hell EVEN IF they think Freddie’s voice is not perfect… nothing is perfect ! I liken it to that movie ‘ Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ after the people are replaced by the perfect being in the ‘ pod’ . I feel like screaming but why bother 😓😥😰 This is evil. ( will they paint over the Mona Lisa ? Her smile is slightly crooked )

[@HappyOne3]

Ridiculous! That is painfully obvious! Please tell me Brian May and Roger Taylor approved this. If they did SHAME on them. If not, can someone with connections reach them to let them know?

[@mindtorquemusic]

They sold their music for a billion dollars remember?

[@CardsbyMaaike]

Sounds to me a very young person is working, perhaps, his/her first job and as pitch correction is the "way to go" or first choice these days, this is what happens? but the band should have caught it. Thank you for making this video and yes, such an easy solution to change the frequency rather than all the vocals, but I guess one needs a good ear for that and not many have it, thank you

[@thop1984]

Do record producers actually believe that the public, when listening to Freddy, hears him being flat or sharp? I would contend only a very small minority of musicians would notice and even a smaller number would care. Most people appreciate the "originalness" of unique singers. It is part of the attraction to them as artists and that includes the variations they sing with. This trend to sanitize music is disgusting. Modern technology has hurt the ability to create great music, and has stained classics that have been altered. Stop it already.

[@moodyrick8503]

Roger Taylor does have big eyes. But it also looks like his iris has been blacked out. (making them look like shark eyes)

[@williamgeorgefraser]

It is now becoming apparent that this is down to sound engineers trying to justify their jobs. They are literally jobsworths who have to change something just to keep their job. They serve no useful purpose other than to be there and do something. When they retire, others will be empoyed to undo what they did. Just leave the bloody recordings as they were made. Those are what we have been listening to for years and we don't need some geek telling us that what we wanted to hear was wrong.

[@mindtorquemusic]

💯spot on.

[@dibutler9151]

I hate creepy pitch corrected or auto tuned soulless music. I want to hear guitar scratches, the occasional flats and sharps, the random amp feedback, or whatever. This is reality and reality feels good and comfy, not like this Uncanny Valley Freddie Mercury.

[@FifthBoy]

Reminds me of The Diva Dance from The Fifth Element. Synthesized recordings are all we are going to get from now on.

[@maisiesummers42]

When this came out, Reddit was full of very upset fans. The pitch correcting, the weird AI video... I cannot understand why they ruined this song.

[@dubstatic]

Maybe getting it ready for another floor cleaner advert...

[@Queenmagyarul]

Please, PLEASE, upload your version in full. Notify us before, so if it gets taken down eventually, we can listen to it before that😉.

[@DavidSchneiderIP]

Keep it up! Keep it real!

[@Sapfu100]

They pitch corrected FREDDIE??? I feel insulted. Damn, I feel violated.

[@jporter504]

Good points.

[@longcastle4863]

I keep waiting for the real musical artist today to stand up for themselves, but this hijacking of artists no longer able to advocate for themselves is way beyond the pale for me. Criminal, abusive, horrible..

[@fullmetalguy8357]

This was already an issue on the Live at the Rainbow '74 release in 2014. Gross levels of pitch correction were applied over the vocals, making it sound very unnatural. It's an even bigger shame to hear it being applied to studio recordings, especially on one of the first few Queen albums where Freddie had those gorgeous "crystalline" vocals. It's a mockery of his talent and skill he had as a vocalist.

[@spinny003]

I was waiting for you to cover this. Such a shame what they're doing.