Queen - Freddie Mercury - We Are The Champions - ISOLATED VOCALS
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- In this video we learn the intricacies that went into this master creation of vocal artistry - We are the Champions! Freddie Mercury's songwriting and singing at his peak.
Queen - Freddie Mercury - We Are The Champions - ISOLATED VOCALS
“We Are The Champions” was released as a double A-side single with “We Will Rock You” and because the two songs also flowed seamlessly, radio disc jockeys would almost always play the songs together.
Can you think of any other songs by the same artist that were actually separate but were often played or associated with each other? Share with me in the comments!
In this last video from my Queen-a-thon series we’ll explore Freddie’s use of passion and emotion accompanied by his own unique theatrics to help draw us into the storyline.
I’ll also explain the intricacy of the melodies and harmonies the band used and how they wove them in and out in the most amazing way.
Check it out!
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Freddie probably didn't realize that this song would be played worldwide at every sporting event. That's insane, it's like he wrote an anthem for the world lol.
Who could have imagined?
John Lennon could’ve imagined
That was the point of the song. It was written as an anthem.
I always found Freddie’s unpolished vibrato was so unique to his voice. It really gave him this vulnerable yet powerful sound. Delicate and true. Sometimes uniqueness is polished away by too much proper technique. Love your work Ken and just started your course!🙌🏼
His imperfections makes him big
Indeed!
Please do not finish this Queen-athon ! There a still Queen gems to be analysed 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻 Funny thing : I think that his stuffiness had positively impacted the uniqueness of his timber.
Thanks for the thoughts!
These guys harmonies are off the charts.
Thanks for listening! Rock on!
Great video. I love how Freddie's indomitable spirit comes through in his singing
Well said!
Iconic song in every way
I agree, Tyler.
I love this song, because Freddie was sticking it to all the doubters, the music media, and the music snobs, who just didn't get their music or couldn't put them in a box. I feel he includes us fans as Champions too, because some back then, thought we were kind of weird for being Queen fans. Love it.
Thanks for the visit!
Totally loving the QueenAThon! ✌️🎤🌈
Awesome!
He was not just a singer but a VOCAL MIRACLE (as well as an extraordinary man).
That's why Queen is our first inspiration and we dedicated several songs to them and him.
Great job Ken and we still love you, Freddie.
👑💛❤💚💙
Who doesn´t like this song? It ´s for everyone. The first song which was written by Freddie for the participation of the crowd was In The Laps Of The Gods. The live version from Hammersmith Odeon in London 1976 is beautiful, Freddie is so passionate and mesmerizing here, I love it. Thanks for your Queen reactions, great job
Thanks for the visit!
Good work Ken!
Keep it up
1st comment too :))
Almost! Thanks for listening!
@@kentamplin Always do Ken...keep up the great work!! I appreciate your effort. Thank you
Great!!I like this song a lot.This song is Amazing. Freddie Mercury was the champion.
Indeed!
Freddie Mercury era um monstro da voz
9:48 the background harmonies jesus christ theyre so good, so rich and dense
Rock on!
Beyond brilliant!
The whole thing!
Freddy,
You,
The Champions of the World
And the Analysis!
I can’t get enough!
Thanks for listening, Marion!
@@kentamplin I’m now on Bohemian Rhapsody.
I’m buying your class next, what a heck! I wanna sing! 😜
Also Sir check out Queen - The Fairy Fellers Master-Stroke, I think this is one of the most craziest and interesting Queen songs in terms of vocals and music! Your thoughts are very important on this one!
Thanks for the suggestion!
Freddie's amazing vocal abilities.
I admire this amazing vocals this amazing ability of Freddie Mercury.👑❤
what a video
learned and enjoyed a lot
loveeed it
You are amazing and 100%correct,he was quite the showman shooting ⭐.😁
Sure was!
I completely agree with you that singing is a kind of art, not a technology, and the technology services the art.
Another Queen! This group is amazing! Emotion and art on top. Love this series! Thanks sir Ken!
My pleasure!
He really was the best (and still is): songwriting, singing, conveying a message, passion, musicianship, performing. No one comes close
Thanks for listening! Rock on!
I enjoy your videos of these Queen songs. I guess something that is worth considering is that Freddie wasn't vocally trained, he developed his singing style himself, and in my view, that actually is the fact that made his sound so unique (along with his natural tone/range), as I've heard numerous classically trained vocalists sing Queen songs and they may be technically perfect, but they lack the emotion, impact, or distinctiveness of Freddie's vocal. The magic is often in the imperfections.
Rock on!
I love watching ur videos ken I learn a lot especially you always picked my favorite bands and songs
Happy to hear that!
Bro there is no one I mean no one like you who can break it down and keep it so real. I so appreciate this I already sent this to my 83 year old dad. He digs u bro. thanx
I appreciate that! Rock on to you and hi to your dad!
Love this series Ken.....looking forward to the next one
Awesome!
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Hi Bakyt! Thanks for the visit!
Freddie and Queen are one of the best champions of rock 🎸🎤🏆🎸
👍👍👍
Thanks for going through that so thoroughly! As always, I learned so much. I have learned more from you in the past few months than I have known in my life.
You’re very welcome!
Very cool analysis Ken.
Thanks for listening! Rock on!
Here we go again! 👑👑
Thanks for the visit, maestro!
@@kentamplin have a nice day 🥳
@@freddiemercury8405 You too!
Love you Darling Freddie 🥰🥰🥰
thanks Ken for uploading mutiple Queen songs and analyse them spot on!
Glad you like them!
@@kentamplin Yes, a lot Ken. Any chance doing a less commercial Queen song analyse like "Take my Breath Away' or "My melancholy Blues"? Perhaps to end this Queen series the last song Freddie did vocals to: Mother Love, such an emotional song! Thank you.
Absolutely love these isolated vocals with you....they're so much fun.
So glad you think so!
What a poetic ending to the video! Just love the passion you bring to the videos. Keep it up Ken!
This series was fun. You gave so much information. Great shirt too!❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Favorite video of 2021 so far. Thank you Ken!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This video was big time entertaining!! Omg I laughed out loud several times! Ken you ROCK!
Rock on!
Excellent job on breaking down the song. You know your stuff and your background backs it up. Singer, Guitarist, composer, vocal coach, producer and more? Impressive!
I totally agree with you that there is no coinsidence when it comes to that "taunting" melody in here. Brian has said several times that he is confident about Queen's catalogue because every song is so worked through. They experimented a lot before landing the version they thought worked best.
I appreciate that, Prenton!
It's gotta be said that the entire band (minus the bassist John) were really decent singers! Excellent harmonies! Brian and Roger's solo Queen songs are really good too! My favourites of each member are:
Roger - Drowse
Brian - Sail Away Sweet Sister
Thanks for the thoughts!
Sail away sweet sister is a great track.
Yes all of them are great singers. It's crazy how they could play and stay on pitch at the same time
wonderful explained.. makes this song even more interesting!! 👍
Great breakdown, 27 minutes flew by! So interesting your identification and insight into why things were done as they were done. 👍🏻
Hey Ken! You are a champion!!!😎
So are you, Jeff. So are you.
@@kentamplin Aaw thanks Ken.😎
You are doing such a very good stuff sir !!
Thanks a ton!
Really enjoying the Queen-A-Thon. Very interesting breakdown KTVA 🤟
Glad you enjoyed it!
I can sing this very well in our karaoke. I listen his song almost everyday. I listen verywell his everywords pronunciation and nose congestion. As a filipino. Music is life😁
This is such a popular song by queen Ken Freddie mercury sung it great and he is awesome a lot of people love him he did it great Freddie has his own style as well he was different I didn't notice he was congested and sounded like he had a cold when he is singing his vibrato is fast and jerky sounding but he got through it great always liked this song but anyways great video and great at explaining ken👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for watching, Cade!
Your welcome Ken glad I was watching buddy
Great job!
Thanks for the visit!
Yes! This has personal meaning to me x
Thanks for the visit, Mary!
@@kentamplin love to you Ken, the whole of the universe loves you🤟❤️🤟
Ken your Freddie vibrato impression is funny lol
😁
😂😂😂😂
You're absolutely right, back in the days Freddie had a lot of problems with his vocal cords due to a lack of technique.
It took years before he mastered his voice.
Thanks for watching, Antonio!
In my opinion, nasality is just part of what makes his voice great. He was not a trained singer after all and truthfully I can barely detect a nasal sound. Love how Freddie’s diction is so clear both vowels and consonants of the sung word can be heard. I would happily listen to more Freddy or Steve Perry vocal tracks. Earlier for music by Freddy and, older stuff, around the time of “Sun Shines Grey”, for Steve Perry. Good review Ken.
Thanks for the thoughts!
One of the most unique singers and composers that has ever been. I'm sure you get this a lot Ken. Where do you get all of your shirts?
From some guy on the corner...😆
@@kentamplin great 👍🏻 you support local businesses 💰
@@kentamplin LOL
His vibrato is really unique :)
Caprino! 🐐
Hearing you talk and give tutorials is one thing, watching the rest of your videos and learning you are a master of the voice is a hole other. Well met. I’ll be watching for a while cuz I want to learn how to sing properly
Go for it, Darth Sparrow13!
This format is really nice and informative. Thank you Ken :)
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Sure thing!
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Thanks for listening! Rock on!
Excellent!
Glad you liked it!
Freddie is the greatest rock front man of all time. Don't try this at home boys and girls unless your whole band can sing. You'll break something....most likely your heart.
They had something very special, Johnathon!
Hey ken nice 👍 choice
Hey, thanks!
This song ufff... One of my all time favourites.. its just has that positive impact, and you just wanna go and go... Very interesting breakdown Ken 👍
So glad you enjoyed it, Nino!
Freddy was truly a master.....
He surely was!
Very good video : and explanation of them. : )
Thank you, Henrik!
Ken your awesome
Thank you, Kenny!
I never noticed these much of technicalities while listening to it I liked it great stuff 👍👍
Awesome!
Great track. this is a perfect song itself.
👍
Nice choice 👍
Thanks 👍
I've saw some other comment about who you could do next after Queen-a-thon. I some suggest Steve Perry. I think that would be an excellent choice. He's another singer with a wide range of emotion in his singing. Who does sentimental better than that guy?
Great idea!
Hey Ken! Love the Queenathon! Can you react to Don’t Try So Hard by Queen
Thanks for the suggestion!
Some interesting things I have read about Freddy from various scientific study and analysis of his voice. I dont know if you mention it in this video as I havent watched it all yet but you have mentioned before how people think some singers are tenors but actually are high baritones ( such as yourself :) ).
I read the same about Freddy in an analysis some european vocologists ( i guess thats the term for those who study voice ). The analysis was pretty comprehensive given the fact that it was done after he died. They measured interviews and determined his median speaking frequency. They filmed at a very high frame rate his larynx movement. all kinds of things.
The most interesting was the frequency range and speed of his vibrato. it mentioned that illustrating the mathematical sine value of what would be a perfect vibrato would be a value of 1. Luciano Pavarotti for instance has very close to that. Mercury vibrato would have a sine value of .57. Which they said meant he was vibrating his vocals in ways other sings do not. They said he was vibrating ventricular folds along with regular vocal folds to produce a subharmonic vibrato in the same way Tuvan throat singers do. Also his vibrato frequency range was over 7hz and the average classically trained singer had a 4-6hz vibrato range.
Thanks for the interesting info. Rock on!
this series is good, dont stop so soon, and do more songs, also i expect soon to see here Steve Perry with isolated vocals
Glad you're enjoying it!
Hey Ken! Would love to hear your thoughts on Terry Reid ! 🙏
Thanks for the suggestion!
Excelente thank you
Glad you liked it!
Love your queen a thon!..
Would you do the national anthem analysis?...I cant seem to measure up ..lol
I've done one on Gladys Knight and Demi Lovato.
Amazing how "bad" he was sometimes. But still the greatest.
This band was a gang of geniouses
Thanks for listening! Rock on!
He without a doubt was one of the greatest performers ever!!!! Where he could get every one in the crowd interact with him! His songs will
Always live on ! He was just amazing person and the rest of the band queen was one the most unique bands in there songs with the opera sections n still rock n roll amazing n amazing job ken love the breakdown of the song 🎵
Rock on!
@@kentamplin always !!!!! 🤘
You are the best ❤
That’s kind of you!
I do notice the stuffiness after mention it, but since it seems to be in every recording could he might have had an unknown deviated septum. I was always that way and they found I had one. After I had surgery I sounded different. But seeing how he felt about his teeth and how he sang, he could have known of that too and opted to not have it corrected for the same reason. Just a thought.
Good point, Kathy!
Hi Ken.. not looking to hijack this topic, but how about isolating adam lambert? I'm super impressed by his range etc. but wonder what your thoughts may be. Too 'theatre', over pronounces? I don't know. but your take would be cool
We'll see!
Love your series. Still would love one on meat loaf.
Maybe one day!
That was cool you mentioned Marc Martel at the beginning. He is an amazing singer!
Yes he is!
brilliant analysis Ken of what some call the relationship between theory and practice. The more authority we gain over the "language" of the music (technical authority), the more freedom we have to be creative when sharing the music. And, oh yes, too much business these days cancelling the art of music with the commodification of the music. Have you considered analyzing some of the great women jazz singers? Sarah Vaughn, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Deedee Bridgewater, Carmen McRae, etc
Thanks for the visit!
Amazing video ken..the breakdown was fantastic..your voice even in a casual setting is awesome 🤙
I would love love love for you to do the song Gethsamene from Jesus Christ super star..it's a wonderful song and the lyrics and emotion really is something special.
Love your vids..highlight of my day..rock on 🤙
Thanks for the suggestion, Ayron!
Hey man, a song from his that I think would be extremely interesting to analyze would be exercises in free love which was his demo to monsterat caballe.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Great job buddy
Thanks for the visit!
Huge fan of QUEEN AND Freddy. I think part of today’s problem - even though it’s also a positive in many ways- is just how FAR technology HAS come ; where they put friggen auto tune or treatment on EVERY voice. My friend is a producer, he told me one time that the irony is that people with great voices typically don’t sound so good auto tuned. Whereas for lesser capable vocalists, hides flaws and improves theirs.
Have u heard of ‘The WANTED?’ Three sisters from Monterrey MX. Three piece band, drummer sings a lot of lead vocals. I’d love to hear your take. They are pretty impressive, did a Ted Talk a few years back and they were like 11, 14 and 15 years old.
Cool! I'll have to check them out.
@@kentamplin sweet!!! Enjoyed this video😀
@@kentamplin my BAD!!! It’s ‘THE WARNING’. My blonde roots are showing lol
Super lesson ! thanks !
Sure thing!
Your favourite song by Queen?
Nelly xx :)
Mine would be bohemian rhapsody first queen song me and my 10yr old son we would sing together every day lol after movie came out I got him into queen but by personal fav imo is don’t stop me now! What’s urs
Bohemian Rhapsody. It's epic.
@@kentamplin That's good. My favourite is: The Show Must Go On😊
Nelly xx :)
After SMGO this is another song with multitracks available which displays much more then Freddie's vocals
the guitar work is epic, a duet between Freddie and the Red Special.
Thanks for the thoughts!
Hey Ken,
I think it would be cool if you could analyze Jackson Browne. He is one of my all time favorites.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Ken... Do an analysis of Mike Patton's isolated vocal! 🙂
I might! Thanks for the visit!
@@kentamplin your job is awesome! Congratulations!
It's Nice lecture !!
Your video make me better singer
If I lived in america I would went to you for lesson
My English ability is not yet fluent
But I'm studing English everyday for understanding your lecture.
You are my best teacher
Thank you
I'll be here when you're ready!! kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
I think it's interesting that the nasality creates its own sort of compression, I think it's actually similar to lip rolling at limiting the air speed over the vocal chords, it feels similar to singing into a empty bottle of water. You almost have to sing like Freddy to ease the transition of the notes, a least in my own experience, I had to widen my vowels and consonants more than usual.
I would love to see you do good old fashion lover boy by queen. It gives of killer queen vibes and I love hearing what you have to say!
Thanks for the suggestion!
12:07 i also noticed that already many years ago... and always thought he did it on purpose :-)
but i'm only a listener (i'm not a professional but i make high end sound systems so i'm just good in listening) btw i love all the videos you post of your students .. really really great !! also for as examples for people like me.
I'm glad you enjoy the content, Roberto!
Hey Ken do you reckon you could do a video showing the difference with singing using reverb, chorus, echo, delay etc and how each one makes a difference to vocals
Thanks for the suggestion.
Can you do fall to pieces by velvet revolver?
Thanks for the suggestion!
Ken do you think Freddie's teeth had any influences on they way he enunciated words or phrases???? You do a amazing job dissecting a song 👍 Keep the videos coming.
I like that Roger says yeah we are the best and so what. They just had that arrogance and says change my mind.
No argument here. Rock on!
My lowest note C3
Highest note f4 which is so low ..
Practising to increase the vocal range
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