12.6.13 Glee Tidbits
Dec 6, 2013 22:27:57 GMT -5
Post by Q3 on Dec 6, 2013 22:27:57 GMT -5
I'm interested to know how do you compare the objective criteria between Adam & Freddie? Have you seen Freddie live performances? Or that comparison just based on the YTs videos that are out there? If the comparison's based on YT videos of Freddie and Adam, there's 30years old gap of technology. Like Q3 said one's a weak poorly recorded Freddie's performance from the 80s and the other one's an HD videos.
I can't vouch for its accuracy, but this was a chart that someone on Adam Without Pity made up showing the range of a bunch of singers, including several Idols. Adam's high range and low range have a few notes on Freddie's.
I guess everyone is going to believe what they're going to believe. I think Adam is technically a better singer than Freddie. He's also a singer that I prefer to Freddie. But I don't deny that Freddie was a great singer. I just think that if Adam had come first, people would be saying, "This Freddie guy is good, but he's no Adam Lambert!"
The comment that I disagreed with was that Adam was a "better singer" than Freddie. Depending on how you define "technically better", I probably agree that Adam has better vocal technique. That is a very different thing than the initial comment that started this discussion. Adam is a trained vocalist and very accomplished, Freddie was not a trained vocalist.
The chart above is not accurate. Adam can hit a B2 and maybe an A2 -- but not E2. And he has hit many clean B5's which is not on the chart.
Freddie is usually listed as F2 - F5 plus F6 in falsetto. So the chart for him is pretty accurate. Some diehard fans give him an A#2 but it is and Nationalglampoon pointed the notes below F2 are very rough.
To me Adam and Freddie are very different vocalists but they have some things in common which is why Adam can sing many of the Queen songs so well and why he makes them so different. Both singers move effortlessly from one register to another. Both have excellent phrasing and are able to add emotion to almost every note. Both has excellent control of tempo. And both were able to alter their songs live in performance.
But they are really very different vocalists -- for starters, Freddie was a baritone, Adam is a tenor. And for all their similarities, Adam does not sound much like Freddie to me.
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For me, Adam has the voice that I love and the one that I have flown 1,000's of miles to hear. He has those clear, light, resonant high notes that seem to last forever. He sings like he was put on earth to create these notes. Plus, his falsetto is so strong -- it seems weird to call it a falsetto. He is a gifted vocalist who has worked very hard to become a great vocalist. His lower register is getting stronger -- I assume it is a combination of age and being in such good shape -- and he seems to be exploring what he can actually do with his voice. I think it is going to be a fun year.
