Wow, Mraz is great on his cover, but I wonder if he has the chops for the heavy side of Queen. I am not aware of, too many vocalists (Geoff Tate, Bruce Dickinson) that possess this octave range and ability. Besides should they really play with the idea of utilising a different vocalist, or would that be sacrilege? Time to start a new chapter & band. Leave the legend as is...
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Sorry... ran out of space. I also wanted to mention Sum 41 and 'Killer Queen.' I thought that was well done, too. Also, to be fair, the Rooney beginning to 'Death on Two Legs' sounded promising, but the sample never got to the lyrics.
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With only the samples to go on, this mostly serves to remind me that I'd forgotten what an incredible vocalist Freddie Mercury was. Few of these artists approach his performances ; they mostly sound flat and/or nasal. I thought Mraz did an admirable job with 'Good Old-Fashione d Lover Boy,' though. But even his (very pleasant; I like a lot of his stuff) voice comes across flat when compared to Freddie's originals. All that said, as an old Queen fan, I appreciate these tips of the hat to Queen.
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I didn't mind Killer Queen or either bohemian rhapsody but the rest are kind of insulting to freddy if you ask me
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Joss Stone did Under Pressure, I realize it didn't sound like the original but it's still great
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I disagree Lenny. Many songs can sound just as good in a different genre and sometimes even better such as Metallica's tribute to queen when they sang stone cold crazy
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This album needs to remember that were supposed to tribute queen, not just do their songs with a different genre.
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Are you kidding? I could barely tell that that wasn't Freddy singing at first. Jason Mraz did a wonderful job. Who ever was singing Under Pressure should just stop singing.
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All of these songs are great but none of them execpt for lover boy and the first bohemian rhapsody capture Queens essence so overall its not worth buying or listening to.
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My favorvite and I LOVE QUEEN, but I LOVE FREDDY EVEN MORE........ . . . . . .
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