This is why I love you Sam. You don't make singing a competition but something that's fun to do and everyone sounds different not because of talent. You're also really sweet and your videos are just so wholesome
Much of Marc's "sounds like Freddy" is just a happenstance of physiology. It wasn't til after years of hearing folks say "wow, you sound like Freddy Mercury" that he even started to listen to Queen. He's a natural mimic...he "does" a lot of other singers very well. But after being chosen to front the Queen tribute band, he naturally made the distince effort to sound like Freddy as much as possible :) To hear more of his "own" voice, you might want to do a comparison with his and Tom Waits version of "Take it With Me" Just a thought :) Marc is almost exclusively self taught...by listening to the radio, picking out bits he liked and trying to figure out how to do it.
I always find it amusing how many comments on Marc's "non Queen" covers still say he sounds like Freddie. Marc has a great ear for finding similar phrasing and styles to replicate instrumentation and vocals. "Playing by ear" as a method of learning singing and playing instruments (as opposed to classical training) doesn't seem to be recognized as much as it once was. That's a talent/skill on its own right.
@@ZENOBlAmusic But Freddie didn't always sound like himself either. Fans got confused who was singing ''Sheer Heart Attack" on News of the World. They sent in a question to the official Fan Club Magazine in 1977.
@@Leander_ Freddie sounded like himself because he was himself, he wasn't trying to sound like someone else. He could change his voice to create different sounds, but all of those sounds still belonged to him.
Freddiephiles are so obnoxious. And FYI Roger and Brian disagree with you ON THE SINGING QUESTION. For them it's ADAM, ALWAYS ADAM. Especially considering Freddie disrespected and destroyed his voice very early on and was unable to EVER do the extensive difficult performances that Lambert does hundreds of times in a row. OR doing 100 takes for one line in a studio album. But have fun pretending he seriously cared about his "VOCALS" in those shows lmfao.
I love Queen and Freddie, but I've also found Adam Lambert a fabulous singer and artist and I've had a chance to see him with Queen when they visited my country on a tour. Thank you for finding the uniqueness of everyone and not comparing (Adding to every single video of yours
"and I think it's important to let your opinion evolve about things". Say it louder for the people in the back! Imagine what a world it could be if everyone put that principle into practice.
Thank you for not trashing Adam. I love Freddie and feel he is the #1 singer of all time but I also enjoy Adam singing Queen! Too many people are mad at Queen and Adam for him working with Queen. He has said numerous times he is not trying to sound like Freddie, he want to sing it like himself!!! Good video
I'll tell you this much: I met Marc Martel YEARS ago when my brother's band played with his. He actually, for real sounds very similar to Freddie. This was over 10 years ago, so the Bohemian Rhapsody movie was nowhere on his horizon. He just genuinely sounds a lot like Freddie.
I've heard many people make this same comment about Marc. He clearly has some similar natural tonality, and has an ear for picking up the intricacies that highlight those similarities.
For me Freddie will always be the best rock/pop singer of his time but Adam and Marc are both extremely talented singers,and Adam has the stage presence and showmanship to match Freddie.I can't comment on Marc's showmanship as I have only seen him singing sat at a piano.I would love to hear your opinion on what effects if any,Freddie having his teeth made smaller/modified would have had on his singing voice.
I just love how this series has made Sam sing a lot more along with the songs... So good! Freddie's instrument was one of a kind... Adam make a good job not trying to initiate it, by taking the song to hinself and giving a new seasoning to it... Marc also make a good job by trying to imitate Freddie, for that's his goal: to reproduce the song... As Sam always says, we all have just different instruments and good or better is all about our goal while singing...
I would love to see Sam react to Adam Lambert singing 'Who wants to live forever' at the Isle of Wight festival. One of the most moving performances I've ever seen
@@blueterran9636 Blue you know very well that Freddie is a legend, Adam is not a replacement for Freddie he sings Queen's songs his own way. The Isle of Wight performance was out of this world and this time Adam sang it better than Freddie.
@@blueterran9636 Honestly I don't think the point is to beat anyone. It's a specifically beautiful performance I was referencing and to quote Roger 'I've never heard it sung like that. That's special'
I've seen Marc Martel a few times back in the day with his old Christian band "Downhere". I had never heard of these guys and one day, they happened to be the "praise band" at the church I'd been attending, playing a few of their own songs. Apparently, they would do that, go on a tour of bigger churches in the northwest US and play a regular show in the evening at the same place. Well, they were incredible and I say this as someone who can't really stand most Christian artists. And Marc's range meshed well with the other singer who took a lot of lower range stuff.
Or you could sign up for lessons 🤣 You’ll probably have to wait a while because he’s a popular guy. I’ve been trying and he hasn’t been accepting any new students 😭
I was born in 1985, and I've been a HUGE fan of Queen and other 80s rock bands from time I was like 5 or 6, ever since my dad would drill me on "who's this band?" "Who sings this?" "What's the name of the band members?" when I would go on the road with him as a Truck driver. And I'm sorry, but I do NOT like the sound that Adam Lambert gives to these songs. To me it sounds like he's trying to give them TOO MUCH of a "pop" or like that "Jazzy" sort of Aretha Franklin kind of sound. If that makes any sense, it's the best way I can put it into words to describe it. But it just doesn't sound right for the songs from the way Freddie intended them to sound. I mean he of course shouldn't try to BE Freddie, but at the same time he should endeavour to keep the ORIGINAL sound that Freddie gave them and NOT start adding his own flourishes and junk to change them.
I’m lucky enough to live in Alabama where Marc joins the Black Jacket Symphony several times a year to cover “night at the opera” cover to cover. They recently played an outdoor COVID-friendly gig a few miles from my house:) There’s so much talent around and I can’t wait- hear me- I. Cannot. Wait. Until ye olde plague relents and thusly sets us loose on the world to watch live music again. I’m ready to get sweaty with my cohorts and dance all night and go home, ears ringing, hearing only the vowels of words spoke to me, and skin buzzing from the amplifiers I stood too close to.
It'd be really cool to see you analyze Marc Martel singing Nessun Dorma. I think he achieves a pretty decent classical sound for someone who doesn't primarily sing classical music, and it'd be nice to have your input, since you have a more formal classical background.
The problem with Marc's Nessun Dorma is that he is copying Pavarotti. People who don't listen to opera don't realize, that Pavarotti actually performs Nessun Dorma in a subpar manner. Nessun Dorma was a role written for a dramatic or spinto tenor, the highest note only goes to B4, because the song is about power. Pavarotti was a lyric tenor who became a bit tired of the youthful highly romantic roles you find within the lyric tenor fach. The roles for dramatic tenors are generally more mature and powerful. Pavarotti pushed himself into these roles. This is not Marc's fault, but like Pavarotti he also just a lyric tenor, that should likely just stay away from Nessun Dorma. Compare Pavarotti's Nessun Dorma against a real dramatic spinto tenor: Pavarotti (no offence against Pavarotti he was a great lyric tenor but not suited for heavy roles): th-cam.com/video/otHFNxx2t0M/w-d-xo.html Franco Corelli - Nessun Dorma: th-cam.com/video/sE4EgIG0pew/w-d-xo.html
@@ZENOBlAmusic Yes, I am aware that the role of Calaf is better-suited for heavier tenor voices. In the case of Marc Martel, though, I'm not really worried about that. Marc Martel performed the song in the privacy of his own home, not in an opera house, so fach is irrelevant. and I am more interested in the modifications he makes in his own vocal mechanism when he's singing more classically-oriented songs.
@@ZENOBlAmusic And just because Pavarotti's voice is considered too light for the role of Calaf, doesn't mean that his performances of Nessun Dorma are "subpar." Sure, the role wasn't written for his type of voice, but who actually cares about that when you're listening to the song isolated from the rest of the opera.
@@BC08 To be fair to Zenobia, he did give the disclaimer that he meant no disrespect to Pav, who is obviously one of the best singers of all time. I wouldn't go as far as to call him a snob.
Freddie Mercury’s voice was one of a kind. He is irreplaceable. However “Somebody To Love” is an extremely difficult song to sing. You have to give kudos to anybody who does it
Marc's been told he sounded like Freddie before he ever did the Queen thing. Here's a song from his prior band: th-cam.com/video/3O0BfTOkGK8/w-d-xo.html he sounds more like himself, but you hear bits here and there. Also, check out his version of Nessun Dorma: th-cam.com/video/jlsprPFVXHA/w-d-xo.html
What I love the most about this video it's how much respecto you show to their respective voices because a lot of the time people get a little too critical when they put Freddie, Marc and Adam on the same video. This guy's are amazing singers and we should enjoy the possibility of listen what they do instead of attacking them constantly. And Sam seeing you smile and enjoy the music, and listening you sing it's always amazing !!! Happy 2021 🤗
thank you for not putting them against each other. Would love to hear your opinion on Adam singing The Show Must Go On from the new Queen + Adam Lambert album "Live Around The World"
@@AndrewCahill789 ...yes, it is stating the obvious. that's my point. idky everyone has to repeat it into infinity all the time as though Freddie's rep is being threatened haha.
@@curvytangerine so , you would rather no one say how good Freddie was then ? , i think its great that so many still say, this about him... Even younger generations.
I like Marc better. If someone actually sounds like Freddie it doesn't mean that ain't their voice 😒 I've heard the Marc guy sing some other songs other than Freddie's and he still sounds ALOT like him. I absolutely do not like the adam singing his songs it's just my preference.
@Jeanette Kejling You can't change the natural tone of voice, they have extremely similar sounding voices what you're saying is irrelevant & has nothing to do with his voice. I've seen 0 new outputs of music from Queen with Adam, he just cover's old queen songs also & Freddie's songs so guess he's also "copying Freddie". People like you won't acknowledge someone like Marc because they are not as "famous" or people are jealous of Marc for his gift so try in anyway to downgrade it. But if queen picked him everyone would be for it if not on board 10 times more, but I understand why they didn't cause his voice reminds them of their friend which would upset anyone. Adam isn't that bad of a singer just not someone I would like listening too cause it has a shrieking witch sound that I dislike. Adams style of singing is very unpleasant sounding.
Hey Sam, I don't know where to say it so let's try that here : would you consider doing some covers ? I really am curious to listen to your amazing voice in "real" condition ! :D Greetings from France ;)
You should make a reaction of Håkan Hellström! He’s super popular here in Sweden and very controversial because people say he can’t sing! It would be interesting to hear what you have to say about him!
Adam’s voice does sound “thinner” but it’s nice because he has so much comfort, confidence and power throughout his range. In my very seriously, non-professional opinion okurrr?
I love your reviews as well as all the teaching moments. Your videos are among the very few which actually teach and are objective instead of pointing fingers. Thank you for the lessons!
Sam, I love this for so many reasons. Thank you for not make it a competition between the singers. Each one is brilliant in his own rite. Loved hearing you being more "vocal", too. You'll have to treat us to a song one day. :)
I have gotten to see both Marc Martel w/ Black Jacket Symphony and Adam Lambert w/ Queen in concert and they are both amazing! Freddie was the one who set the standard obviously and I was never able to see him. However, my opinion is that Adam is one hell of a showman and tells you he's never going to be Feddie f'n Mercury. He has amazing technique and knows how to play his audience like a fine tuned violin. The end of his somebody to love in Nashville was some sort of breath control sorcery. Marc is phenomenal and has amazing presence but he's definitely more of a mimic and that was him the entire concert. He doesn't have the same stage presence or fine tuned artistry.
Oh, Angela! What artistry are we talking about here? Adam holding one note for 15 seconds? LOL You are easily impressed! I also have seen both Marc and Adam live multiple times. Marc is a fully-fledged musician who is busy creating music on stage live, Adam struts around , grabs his crotch and wails. Marc all the way! Again and again! He lacks absolutely nothing! The man is an astounding singer and musician! Who cares if he peacocks around batting his eyelashes!
Marc’s regular voice just naturally sounds like Freddie. He has other non queen songs he sings, and that’s just his voice. He does obviously put some of Freddie’s flavor on it when he does queen songs and actively tries to sound closer, but he just naturally has that similar voice. He is an incredible singer. He can do so much with his voice and has amazing control.
@@babooshka7601 Oh sweetie, you are the one who is fooled. I am not fooled. Other than his Christmas LP, how many of his recent LP’s were Queen covers? He think’s he’s Freddie. 😂 😂 😂
Hi Sam, I came to you channel by... I don't know how it ended up in my recommendation but here I am. I used to sing all the time when I was a kid and a teen, I did some minor recordings, sang at a choir, played the piano, guitar and drums. Now I haven't sung in 25 years since the one time someone put me down about my voice (wasn't hard enough for singing I guess). My voice is really out of practice and I'm scared to go to a choir and begin singing again. But your videos really make me think about picking it up as a hobby again. Thank you! Now I go back to binge-watching
You’re definitely one of my favourite voice coaches on TH-cam. I’ve a great teacher and I’m an operatic tenor but your knowledge of vowel modification (copertura) the larynx, jaw position, vertical vs horizontal space etc are pretty bang on.
99% was Freddie's voice, Marc was used where they had no original recordings like Happy Birthday, Smile audition and Love of My Life. They recorded a lot of stuff but ended up having enough of Freddie's original vocals to not need most of it. variety.com/2019/artisans/news/queen-freddie-mercury-1203131746-1203131746/
I think the comparison is silly. Freddie pioneered the vocals in a unique and audacious way. You make a Faberge eggs or a Mona Lisa …it’s a masterpiece You make copies that are sub par. You can do that all day long. Saw Marc this month and didn’t regret it. But there is only one Freddie.
Son todos unos payasos los que prefieren a Adam por sobre Marc. Tienen menos oído musical que mi abuela. Si quieren ver a una persona extravagante y ridícula en el escenario, actuando en vez de cantar vayan a un teatro. Si quieren escuchar buena música escuchen a Marc. Freddy era extravagante pero le salía naturalmente y era un obsesivo con su voz y la música. El señor Lambert es un pobre infeliz que se hace el millenials
@Sam Johnson love it when you demonstrate and sing along with the singers. It’s really helpful to hear your technique. It’d be cool if you did a video where you perform a piece and talk about the approach you take. Thanks for the video.
Freddie's voice is like a brass instrument; bell-like and resonant. The other two are like a woodwind instrument; reedy and piercing. Both Marc and Adam are brilliant but, Freddie is a rare cut above the rest. Great vid!
Yah. Since Freddie is no longer here, I'll take Marc over Adam any day. Also, Marc has never tried to 'impersonate' Fred. He was repeatedly told he sounded like him in his early days, and then Roger Taylor did a contest looking for Fred's sound in someone to keep their classic sound around for quality live performances. Hands down. Marc won. The rest is history. It's so fun to see him with his band mate counterparts in Marc's band. They tour worldwide, and we loved seeing them perform. I also saw Queen the same year, and far preferred Marc and his band. Sorry. Just not a fan of Adam's singing, he always sounds the same, and quite feminine. Freddie and Marc have a range of sounds from a deep, masculine rock sound to higher notes. Love those two!
So glad I found your channel through Roomie :) absolutely love your attitude towards singing, music and how wholesome but still professional you analyse people's singing. Soo nice 😇
I love listening to the original Queen recordings and live concerts and I also love Queen + Adam Lambert. Honestly I really like the way Adam performs the Queen songs. On STL and KQ Adam has turned them into awesomely fun songs to watch and listen to. On WWTLF and TSMGO Adam has turned them into masterclass performances. I think it is incredible that one band has been lucky enough to have two amazingly talented frontmen. Freddie who helped create a timeless catalog of music that has influenced multiple generations, and Adam who has helped keep Queen as one of the best live performance bands in the world.
The real answer to who sings this particular song the best is Freddie. How can it not be Freddie? Freddie wrote the song so he sings it with ownership. Freddie sings it with the most emotion bc he wrote it with his heart. The other two are just performing Freddie’s song. Sure they own their style and probably have some level of emotion tied to the song. But no one’s heart is tied to a song like the person who wrote it for themselves.
Crazy how Adam can show all his sass on stage. But even when Freddie isn't even trying, his strong presence can still be felt. While to Marc, I'm sorry he lacks presence.
Have you seen Martel live? I have, a few times. He maybe is lacking a great stylist, but the one thing he doesn’t lack is presence! The man holds an arena full of people in the palm of his hand. Lambert struggles to sell a hall without Maylor.
@@papabearM3 And I believe that. I'm just basing my judgement on this video and I can't feel any charisma or strong presence from him, but don't worry I believe that he got good presence on stage, plus he got greatttt vocals
@@fl-g15ramirezscullylou87 Mate, I don’t mean to grill you. Just informing you that judging someone on a single amateur video is a very limited way of thinking. At least see a few more videos in various settings to form your opinion, - if you can’t see a live show, -then, share it.
I would really like to hear your analysis of singer, Mike Patton. He has one of the largest vocal ranges recorded with no formal training and uses his entire body like an instrument. There are other vocal coaches that have reacted, but they do not go into any real depth.
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@@SamJohnsonVoice would it have ever been enough tho
Lol
Cheater!
This is why I love you Sam. You don't make singing a competition but something that's fun to do and everyone sounds different not because of talent. You're also really sweet and your videos are just so wholesome
Loved this! And love that you don't put them in a competition against each other, but look at their individual strengths and talents 💗
Much of Marc's "sounds like Freddy" is just a happenstance of physiology. It wasn't til after years of hearing folks say "wow, you sound like Freddy Mercury" that he even started to listen to Queen. He's a natural mimic...he "does" a lot of other singers very well. But after being chosen to front the Queen tribute band, he naturally made the distince effort to sound like Freddy as much as possible :) To hear more of his "own" voice, you might want to do a comparison with his and Tom Waits version of "Take it With Me" Just a thought :) Marc is almost exclusively self taught...by listening to the radio, picking out bits he liked and trying to figure out how to do it.
And for that, he’s a phenomenal talent none the less.
I always find it amusing how many comments on Marc's "non Queen" covers still say he sounds like Freddie. Marc has a great ear for finding similar phrasing and styles to replicate instrumentation and vocals. "Playing by ear" as a method of learning singing and playing instruments (as opposed to classical training) doesn't seem to be recognized as much as it once was. That's a talent/skill on its own right.
He does sound a bit like Freddie, but his own music does not sound that much like Freddie. He is obviously manipulating his sound a bit.
@@ZENOBlAmusic But Freddie didn't always sound like himself either. Fans got confused who was singing ''Sheer Heart Attack" on News of the World. They sent in a question to the official Fan Club Magazine in 1977.
@@Leander_ Freddie sounded like himself because he was himself, he wasn't trying to sound like someone else. He could change his voice to create different sounds, but all of those sounds still belonged to him.
Literally busted out laughing when Ariana Grande‘s face appeared on the screen! Lol
I must've missed it. Where?
Jonathan Henderson When he’s talking about doing the vocal runs without moving your mouth too much
@@jennifersantaguido2141 I'll double check. I probably missed it as I often creep down to read comments when the video's playing, lol.
Jonathan Henderson it’s actually on the computer screen to our left
@@jennifersantaguido2141 Gotcha. I saw it.
George Micheal sing this song (a live trubute) is amazing too.
Best Queen cover/tribute I've ever heard
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I would love to see a follow up including George. So brilliant!
YESSSS
George’s was sooooo wonderful. Seriously my favorite of the cover of this song.
Adam Lambert looks like he is having the best time. It’s contagious!
The answer to your question is Freddie. It’s always Freddie.
I was looking for this comment. The others are okay but Freddie was the whole package
@@plushpuppy32 "THE WHOLE PACKAGE"..... EXACTLY!
AGREED!
Thank you. They really could've just said Freddie is awesome and left it at that!
Freddiephiles are so obnoxious. And FYI Roger and Brian disagree with you ON THE SINGING QUESTION. For them it's ADAM, ALWAYS ADAM. Especially considering Freddie disrespected and destroyed his voice very early on and was unable to EVER do the extensive difficult performances that Lambert does hundreds of times in a row. OR doing 100 takes for one line in a studio album. But have fun pretending he seriously cared about his "VOCALS" in those shows lmfao.
that Ariana Grande face at 8:00 😂😂
that sent me 😂
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Fully sent me
I lost it. Hahahaha!
I love Queen and Freddie, but I've also found Adam Lambert a fabulous singer and artist and I've had a chance to see him with Queen when they visited my country on a tour. Thank you for finding the uniqueness of everyone and not comparing (Adding to every single video of yours
It’s crazy how it’s legit impossible to not smile listening to Freddie Mercury’s voice.
Its the sound version of watching liquid chocolate being poured from a height
Thank you darling
I thought it was ONLY ME!!
It’s crazy how millions of people legit don’t know what “legit” means.
"and I think it's important to let your opinion evolve about things". Say it louder for the people in the back! Imagine what a world it could be if everyone put that principle into practice.
we can only dream...
There will never be another Freddie, but Marc is my favorite ❤️
Thank you for not trashing Adam. I love Freddie and feel he is the #1 singer of all time but I also enjoy Adam singing Queen! Too many people are mad at Queen and Adam for him working with Queen. He has said numerous times he is not trying to sound like Freddie, he want to sing it like himself!!! Good video
I want to see Sam front a rock band. Those little bursts he gives us make me want to see/hear more!
I'll tell you this much: I met Marc Martel YEARS ago when my brother's band played with his. He actually, for real sounds very similar to Freddie. This was over 10 years ago, so the Bohemian Rhapsody movie was nowhere on his horizon. He just genuinely sounds a lot like Freddie.
I've heard many people make this same comment about Marc. He clearly has some similar natural tonality, and has an ear for picking up the intricacies that highlight those similarities.
Two words: George Michael. Sam, great analysis but please add something about that supernatural performance in one of your next videos.
Every time I see those videos of Freddie he just makes it look so effortless.
I loved this video omg but after had I to play this song in full! I was like nooo let Freddie sing! 😂🙌
Yessss..... Let Freddie SING! ;D
For me Freddie will always be the best rock/pop singer of his time but Adam and Marc are both extremely talented singers,and Adam has the stage presence and showmanship to match Freddie.I can't comment on Marc's showmanship as I have only seen him singing sat at a piano.I would love to hear your opinion on what effects if any,Freddie having his teeth made smaller/modified would have had on his singing voice.
As much as a good singer adam is I wouldn't say he has stage presence to match Freddie.
M M Maybe I worded it wrong.What I mean is he’s a showman and performer the same as Freddie was,obviously no one will ever match Freddie.
@@sarahwardle5556 that we can certainly agree on Sarah : )
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They all are showmen and performers. Marc is phenomenal in concert!
There is no way that Adam has the stage presence to match Freddie, he barely moves on stage.
Marc just does freddies vowel placements and stuff his voice just noturally sounds similar to freddie
I can't stand Adam at all as the lead singer of Queen. If it were something else I'm sure I wouldn't mind
I'm sure he must be there specifically to annoy you.
No one cares what you can't stand on
Nobody cares, especially Brian and Roger!!!
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Who cares about what Maylor care about? LOL
I just love how this series has made Sam sing a lot more along with the songs... So good!
Freddie's instrument was one of a kind... Adam make a good job not trying to initiate it, by taking the song to hinself and giving a new seasoning to it... Marc also make a good job by trying to imitate Freddie, for that's his goal: to reproduce the song... As Sam always says, we all have just different instruments and good or better is all about our goal while singing...
Love all three, but Freddie Mercury is a legend for a reason. Voices of all three are powerful but Freddie just leaves me breathless
You should look at George Michael singing it.
I would love to see Sam react to Adam Lambert singing 'Who wants to live forever' at the Isle of Wight festival. One of the most moving performances I've ever seen
No, thanks. No one will ever beat Freddie.
Blue Terran Can’t live in the past forever. Not healthy. They seem to be doing ok with Adam. There’s only going to EVER be one of anyone.
@@blueterran9636 I'm sorry, was anyone talking to you??
@@blueterran9636 Blue you know very well that Freddie is a legend, Adam is not a replacement for Freddie he sings Queen's songs his own way. The Isle of Wight performance was out of this world and this time Adam sang it better than Freddie.
@@blueterran9636 Honestly I don't think the point is to beat anyone. It's a specifically beautiful performance I was referencing and to quote Roger 'I've never heard it sung like that. That's special'
I've seen Marc Martel a few times back in the day with his old Christian band "Downhere". I had never heard of these guys and one day, they happened to be the "praise band" at the church I'd been attending, playing a few of their own songs. Apparently, they would do that, go on a tour of bigger churches in the northwest US and play a regular show in the evening at the same place.
Well, they were incredible and I say this as someone who can't really stand most Christian artists. And Marc's range meshed well with the other singer who took a lot of lower range stuff.
Another Downhere fan! Love those guys!
Awesome video! These three singers are all so talented.
I’d sell my kidney to have you as my vocal coach 😭
Or you could sign up for lessons 🤣 You’ll probably have to wait a while because he’s a popular guy. I’ve been trying and he hasn’t been accepting any new students 😭
I was born in 1985, and I've been a HUGE fan of Queen and other 80s rock bands from time I was like 5 or 6, ever since my dad would drill me on "who's this band?" "Who sings this?" "What's the name of the band members?" when I would go on the road with him as a Truck driver. And I'm sorry, but I do NOT like the sound that Adam Lambert gives to these songs. To me it sounds like he's trying to give them TOO MUCH of a "pop" or like that "Jazzy" sort of Aretha Franklin kind of sound. If that makes any sense, it's the best way I can put it into words to describe it. But it just doesn't sound right for the songs from the way Freddie intended them to sound. I mean he of course shouldn't try to BE Freddie, but at the same time he should endeavour to keep the ORIGINAL sound that Freddie gave them and NOT start adding his own flourishes and junk to change them.
So here's Queen 🤣
I’m lucky enough to live in Alabama where Marc joins the Black Jacket Symphony several times a year to cover “night at the opera” cover to cover. They recently played an outdoor COVID-friendly gig a few miles from my house:) There’s so much talent around and I can’t wait- hear me- I. Cannot. Wait. Until ye olde plague relents and thusly sets us loose on the world to watch live music again. I’m ready to get sweaty with my cohorts and dance all night and go home, ears ringing, hearing only the vowels of words spoke to me, and skin buzzing from the amplifiers I stood too close to.
It'd be really cool to see you analyze Marc Martel singing Nessun Dorma. I think he achieves a pretty decent classical sound for someone who doesn't primarily sing classical music, and it'd be nice to have your input, since you have a more formal classical background.
The problem with Marc's Nessun Dorma is that he is copying Pavarotti. People who don't listen to opera don't realize, that Pavarotti actually performs Nessun Dorma in a subpar manner. Nessun Dorma was a role written for a dramatic or spinto tenor, the highest note only goes to B4, because the song is about power. Pavarotti was a lyric tenor who became a bit tired of the youthful highly romantic roles you find within the lyric tenor fach. The roles for dramatic tenors are generally more mature and powerful. Pavarotti pushed himself into these roles. This is not Marc's fault, but like Pavarotti he also just a lyric tenor, that should likely just stay away from Nessun Dorma. Compare Pavarotti's Nessun Dorma against a real dramatic spinto tenor:
Pavarotti (no offence against Pavarotti he was a great lyric tenor but not suited for heavy roles):
th-cam.com/video/otHFNxx2t0M/w-d-xo.html
Franco Corelli - Nessun Dorma:
th-cam.com/video/sE4EgIG0pew/w-d-xo.html
@@ZENOBlAmusic Yes, I am aware that the role of Calaf is better-suited for heavier tenor voices. In the case of Marc Martel, though, I'm not really worried about that. Marc Martel performed the song in the privacy of his own home, not in an opera house, so fach is irrelevant. and I am more interested in the modifications he makes in his own vocal mechanism when he's singing more classically-oriented songs.
@@ZENOBlAmusic And just because Pavarotti's voice is considered too light for the role of Calaf, doesn't mean that his performances of Nessun Dorma are "subpar." Sure, the role wasn't written for his type of voice, but who actually cares about that when you're listening to the song isolated from the rest of the opera.
**Zenobia** Lol, snob alert. Let’s hear you do it instead
@@BC08 To be fair to Zenobia, he did give the disclaimer that he meant no disrespect to Pav, who is obviously one of the best singers of all time. I wouldn't go as far as to call him a snob.
Freddie Mercury’s voice was one of a kind. He is irreplaceable. However “Somebody To Love” is an extremely difficult song to sing. You have to give kudos to anybody who does it
Marc's been told he sounded like Freddie before he ever did the Queen thing. Here's a song from his prior band: th-cam.com/video/3O0BfTOkGK8/w-d-xo.html he sounds more like himself, but you hear bits here and there. Also, check out his version of Nessun Dorma: th-cam.com/video/jlsprPFVXHA/w-d-xo.html
@Jeanette Kejling Agreed. I didn't take time to choose one where he would, really. But he did say that in interviews.
No one is Freddie. No one is Michael. I would love more videos on Michael's vocals.
What I love the most about this video it's how much respecto you show to their respective voices because a lot of the time people get a little too critical when they put Freddie, Marc and Adam on the same video. This guy's are amazing singers and we should enjoy the possibility of listen what they do instead of attacking them constantly. And Sam seeing you smile and enjoy the music, and listening you sing it's always amazing !!! Happy 2021 🤗
thank you for not putting them against each other. Would love to hear your opinion on Adam singing The Show Must Go On from the new Queen + Adam Lambert album "Live Around The World"
Yes, that was stunning!
I think comparing George Adam and Marc would have been better because the last was more like George.
No one sounds like Freddie , lets be honest but both good singers
No one sounds "like" him. Rubbish.
oh my god, who cares that they don't sound like him lol. ofc they don't. all three of them are different human beings.
@@curvytangerine think you will find , i said both good singer's !!!!...
And saying no one sounds like Freddie , is just stating the obv.
@@AndrewCahill789 ...yes, it is stating the obvious. that's my point. idky everyone has to repeat it into infinity all the time as though Freddie's rep is being threatened haha.
@@curvytangerine so , you would rather no one say how good Freddie was then ? , i think its great that so many still say, this about him...
Even younger generations.
UGHH SO EXCITED! pressed on it within seconds of you uploading it. and I was studying! ❤️
Love all 3 of these guys! But would love to hear YOU!!! And your smile ❤️❤️❤️
I like Marc better. If someone actually sounds like Freddie it doesn't mean that ain't their voice 😒 I've heard the Marc guy sing some other songs other than Freddie's and he still sounds ALOT like him. I absolutely do not like the adam singing his songs it's just my preference.
@Jeanette Kejling You can't change the natural tone of voice, they have extremely similar sounding voices what you're saying is irrelevant & has nothing to do with his voice. I've seen 0 new outputs of music from Queen with Adam, he just cover's old queen songs also & Freddie's songs so guess he's also "copying Freddie". People like you won't acknowledge someone like Marc because they are not as "famous" or people are jealous of Marc for his gift so try in anyway to downgrade it. But if queen picked him everyone would be for it if not on board 10 times more, but I understand why they didn't cause his voice reminds them of their friend which would upset anyone. Adam isn't that bad of a singer just not someone I would like listening too cause it has a shrieking witch sound that I dislike. Adams style of singing is very unpleasant sounding.
I love Freddie so much. I wish he was still with us.
Freddie is a baritone, Adam and Marc are tenors.
I’m so excited for this video. I love Freddie Mercury. His voice is so versatile and beautiful.
Marc martel have same voice of freddie
Mariah carey vs whitney houston comparison? Maybe , when you believe song 🎵 🤔
I second this! Classic song! To this day I still cant believe how the producer pulled off the epic duet!
@@khairulbasirrudin732 yep , both the greatest female vocalists
I love this video and your breakdown and analysis of each performance and singer. Music is truly not a zero sum game!
Hey Sam, I don't know where to say it so let's try that here : would you consider doing some covers ? I really am curious to listen to your amazing voice in "real" condition ! :D
Greetings from France ;)
You should make a reaction of Håkan Hellström! He’s super popular here in Sweden and very controversial because people say he can’t sing! It would be interesting to hear what you have to say about him!
All three are amazing and unique
Unique? 2 unique singers, one copy.
Marc isn't unique but he's good, no hate really
Adam’s voice does sound “thinner” but it’s nice because he has so much comfort, confidence and power throughout his range. In my very seriously, non-professional opinion okurrr?
Adam's fan here! Anyone else?
Please do a review of George Michael's "Everything She Wants" live VH1 performance!
I love your reviews as well as all the teaching moments. Your videos are among the very few which actually teach and are objective instead of pointing fingers. Thank you for the lessons!
and Fred is the only one, there will be no substitute, in my opinon.
no one is trying to be one
Freddie in heaven: Oh please dahling this is a joke. No contest...
Sam, I love this for so many reasons. Thank you for not make it a competition between the singers. Each one is brilliant in his own rite. Loved hearing you being more "vocal", too. You'll have to treat us to a song one day. :)
I have gotten to see both Marc Martel w/ Black Jacket Symphony and Adam Lambert w/ Queen in concert and they are both amazing! Freddie was the one who set the standard obviously and I was never able to see him. However, my opinion is that Adam is one hell of a showman and tells you he's never going to be Feddie f'n Mercury. He has amazing technique and knows how to play his audience like a fine tuned violin. The end of his somebody to love in Nashville was some sort of breath control sorcery. Marc is phenomenal and has amazing presence but he's definitely more of a mimic and that was him the entire concert. He doesn't have the same stage presence or fine tuned artistry.
Oh, Angela! What artistry are we talking about here? Adam holding one note for 15 seconds? LOL You are easily impressed! I also have seen both Marc and Adam live multiple times. Marc is a fully-fledged musician who is busy creating music on stage live, Adam struts around , grabs his crotch and wails. Marc all the way! Again and again! He lacks absolutely nothing! The man is an astounding singer and musician! Who cares if he peacocks around batting his eyelashes!
Marc’s regular voice just naturally sounds like Freddie. He has other non queen songs he sings, and that’s just his voice. He does obviously put some of Freddie’s flavor on it when he does queen songs and actively tries to sound closer, but he just naturally has that similar voice. He is an incredible singer. He can do so much with his voice and has amazing control.
Adam is the master of voice control and he doesn’t have to pretend to be anyone else to have been the one chosen to front Queen.
@@sasha07775 He doesn't pretend to be anyone else? Keep on fooling yourself!
@@babooshka7601 Oh sweetie, you are the one who is fooled. I am not fooled. Other than his Christmas LP, how many of his recent LP’s were Queen covers? He think’s he’s Freddie. 😂 😂 😂
@@sasha07775 I guess you believe in conspiracies too. Typically for a glambert.
@@babooshka7601 🥱 😴 💤
Hi Sam, I came to you channel by... I don't know how it ended up in my recommendation but here I am. I used to sing all the time when I was a kid and a teen, I did some minor recordings, sang at a choir, played the piano, guitar and drums. Now I haven't sung in 25 years since the one time someone put me down about my voice (wasn't hard enough for singing I guess). My voice is really out of practice and I'm scared to go to a choir and begin singing again. But your videos really make me think about picking it up as a hobby again. Thank you! Now I go back to binge-watching
please react to marc martel i will always love you
You’re definitely one of my favourite voice coaches on TH-cam. I’ve a great teacher and I’m an operatic tenor but your knowledge of vowel modification (copertura) the larynx, jaw position, vertical vs horizontal space etc are pretty bang on.
You should have included George Michael’s version. Love it.
Freddie Mercury
Woah.... that wasn’t Freddie’s voice in Bohemian Rhapsody?! 😲 now I’m really impressed with the last dude
99% was Freddie's voice, Marc was used where they had no original recordings like Happy Birthday, Smile audition and Love of My Life. They recorded a lot of stuff but ended up having enough of Freddie's original vocals to not need most of it. variety.com/2019/artisans/news/queen-freddie-mercury-1203131746-1203131746/
I think the comparison is silly. Freddie pioneered the vocals in a unique and audacious way. You make a Faberge eggs or a Mona Lisa …it’s a masterpiece You make copies that are sub par. You can do that all day long. Saw Marc this month and didn’t regret it. But there is only one Freddie.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO REVIEW MARC MARTEL FOR SO LONG
Son todos unos payasos los que prefieren a Adam por sobre Marc. Tienen menos oído musical que mi abuela. Si quieren ver a una persona extravagante y ridícula en el escenario, actuando en vez de cantar vayan a un teatro. Si quieren escuchar buena música escuchen a Marc. Freddy era extravagante pero le salía naturalmente y era un obsesivo con su voz y la música. El señor Lambert es un pobre infeliz que se hace el millenials
Adam is first and foremost about the voice, you clearly know zilch about him with that comment.
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Tell him to fix his intonation!
@@papabearM3
You again, I don't need to tell him anything about singing thanks.
Could you please look at George Michaels live performance of the same song. 😊I don't think his version is appreciated enough.
Even George Michael who did a fantastic job at the tribute concert did not attempt to do the riff.
@Sam Johnson love it when you demonstrate and sing along with the singers. It’s really helpful to hear your technique. It’d be cool if you did a video where you perform a piece and talk about the approach you take. Thanks for the video.
I mean I trully love Freddie but Adam is amazing.❤❤❤Just about the same amount of charisma.
Freddie's voice is like a brass instrument; bell-like and resonant. The other two are like a woodwind instrument; reedy and piercing. Both Marc and Adam are brilliant but, Freddie is a rare cut above the rest. Great vid!
Actually Adam is the better singer than all of them. Only that run in the end proves it if one is factual and not diplomatic.
@@pankakesnotstellar But Adam has no knowledge of music styles.
peter pan
Here he goes again. No, he is not. He is a decent singer, but glorified to match the bill.
Jeanette Kejling
In your little world!
@@papabearM3 in queen world.
LOLOLOL 😂😂 07:52
Shady. I love it.
Thank you for being a teacher that encourages exploration. Got emotional towards the end 😥❤
Great analysis! Loved how you explained and demonstrated.
The editing on this video was A+++
Yah. Since Freddie is no longer here, I'll take Marc over Adam any day. Also, Marc has never tried to 'impersonate' Fred. He was repeatedly told he sounded like him in his early days, and then Roger Taylor did a contest looking for Fred's sound in someone to keep their classic sound around for quality live performances. Hands down. Marc won. The rest is history. It's so fun to see him with his band mate counterparts in Marc's band. They tour worldwide, and we loved seeing them perform. I also saw Queen the same year, and far preferred Marc and his band. Sorry. Just not a fan of Adam's singing, he always sounds the same, and quite feminine. Freddie and Marc have a range of sounds from a deep, masculine rock sound to higher notes. Love those two!
Sam freaking GETS IT in this video!!
The shade of putting ariana up when talking about extra jaw movements
Marc Martel definitely sounds just like Freddie.
So glad I found your channel through Roomie :) absolutely love your attitude towards singing, music and how wholesome but still professional you analyse people's singing. Soo nice 😇
Not even Freddie is Freddie live :P
Please get in touch I’d love to do some work with you on White Queen (Brian May) with your amazing voice
Adam Lambert is the best vocals, looks, humble
Laughed my ass off with the picture of Ariana Grande 🤣
I love listening to the original Queen recordings and live concerts and I also love Queen + Adam Lambert. Honestly I really like the way Adam performs the Queen songs. On STL and KQ Adam has turned them into awesomely fun songs to watch and listen to. On WWTLF and TSMGO Adam has turned them into masterclass performances. I think it is incredible that one band has been lucky enough to have two amazingly talented frontmen. Freddie who helped create a timeless catalog of music that has influenced multiple generations, and Adam who has helped keep Queen as one of the best live performance bands in the world.
The real answer to who sings this particular song the best is Freddie. How can it not be Freddie? Freddie wrote the song so he sings it with ownership. Freddie sings it with the most emotion bc he wrote it with his heart. The other two are just performing Freddie’s song. Sure they own their style and probably have some level of emotion tied to the song. But no one’s heart is tied to a song like the person who wrote it for themselves.
Just a two days ago I was listening to queen and now he is here 😂❤, so EXCITED!!🔥
Wow, what an amazing and totally unexpected reflection at the end. Love it! 🥰
Adam Lambert actually sounds closer to Led Zepellin, 80's hair metal, and modern power metal than Freddie.
I agree, he'd have killed it in the 80's hair metal era.
You are right.
Freddie is the best singer of all time
I really enjoy how you explain your reasoning behind your critiques...which are generally gentle suggestions on how to improve the singers techniques.
I didn’t want to say anything but ....... I win
I love that you worked zero sum game into this one. Well done.
I don't, because he's being diplomatic but I understand why needs to do it. It's pretty clear who is the best. Adam Lambert.
Crazy how Adam can show all his sass on stage. But even when Freddie isn't even trying, his strong presence can still be felt.
While to Marc, I'm sorry he lacks presence.
Have you seen Martel live? I have, a few times. He maybe is lacking a great stylist, but the one thing he doesn’t lack is presence! The man holds an arena full of people in the palm of his hand.
Lambert struggles to sell a hall without Maylor.
@@papabearM3 And I believe that. I'm just basing my judgement on this video and I can't feel any charisma or strong presence from him, but don't worry I believe that he got good presence on stage, plus he got greatttt vocals
@@fl-g15ramirezscullylou87
Mate, I don’t mean to grill you. Just informing you that judging someone on a single amateur video is a very limited way of thinking. At least see a few more videos in various settings to form your opinion, - if you can’t see a live show, -then, share it.
darn almost first
I would really like to hear your analysis of singer, Mike Patton. He has one of the largest vocal ranges recorded with no formal training and uses his entire body like an instrument. There are other vocal coaches that have reacted, but they do not go into any real depth.