Talk:Freddie Mercury

4 octave range?????

Nobody has a four octave range. Celine Dion's biographies tell us she has a 5 or 6 octave range, as if 5 or 6 is just a little thing. Most of the greatest operatic singers have 2 octaves and maybe a little beyond. Pop/rock/whatever/commercial/industrial vocalists are always saying how big their range is, but they are at best an octave and a few notes. Pop singers have one register and do not combine chest, middle, and head registers. The women are all low chest register , and the men usually are all singing very high in their highest register. Pop singers all sing in the same area: a "sexless" range. Men and women sounding similar. And the range is about g below middle c, up to the e an octave above middle c. Rarely any higher or lower. So hyperbole works well to inflate the range. 4 octaves, my left foot. Low C, two ledger lines in the bass clef to two ledger lines above the treble clef? F M didn't sing any of those pitches and no other singer has ever done both. It is so ridiculous that I am amazed anyone would ever believe it, but so many people are musically illiterate now. Most people cannot read music, so they don't know what they are talking about. 68.71.8.57 (talk) 02:10, 6 September 2011 (UTC) Just looked at the article further: It tells us he sang LOW F to High Bb. Nope, not 4 octaves. OK it is 3 and 1/2. That is within reason. Falsetto at the top. and he probably had trouble bridging the gap between his man's voice and the falsetto at the high end. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.71.8.57 (talk) 02:20, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

That's not quite right. It's certainly true that in the pop music world ridiculous ranges are claimed, as if having more octaves somehow makes a singer more impressive. Nevertheless, it is incorrect to claim that nobody has a four-octave range. A few extraordinary singers (eg, Mado Robin) have reached four octaves at their extremes. As for opera singers, although it's possible to have a career with only two octaves, a typical professional opera singer is more likely to have two and a half, and three is not so rare. Accomplished falsettists generally have a range exceeding three octaves if you count all registers. It's also incorrect to say that pop singers' ranges are "at best an octave and a few notes". It's not uncommon for a pop singer to have a recorded range of two octaves. (For example, Billy Joel spans A3-G4 -- one step short of two octaves -- in a single song (Piano Man).) That said, the claims about Freddie Mercury's range in this article are silly; see discussion above. Iglew (talk) 09:09, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Whether or not he actually had a four octave range, the picture illustrating the "four octave range" isn't four octaves. It goes from an F to a B-flat--not an F. I don't know how to fix the picture, or I would.

Lazr75 (talk) 18:01, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

"gay as a daffodil"

i wanted to put a ^{[citation needed]}, but since he died today there are probably too many douchebag assholes around, vandalizing this article? anyway, he NEVER said "i'm as gay as a daffodil, my dear!". never. not once. this should not be in the article. 77.176.233.155 (talk) 22:16, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

While it is disputed whether he actually said the "gay as a daffodil" quote, he is widely believed to have said that, which this article reflects. While he certainly didn't shout his sexuality from the rooftops, he made no secret of it either. In interviews he simply refused to discuss the matter in detail. Leave it to readers to decide whether they believe he said these exact words or not, but the quote, rightly or wrongly, was often attributed to him, so it is justified to at least make mention of it. 67.177.228.64 (talk) 19:16, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Freddie's born name

Dear friend

I want to call your attention on Freddie's born name (see birth Certificate). It says Famokh, and not Farrokh, as wrongly written. Thanks for checking it out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.235.250.106 (talk) 10:52, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Sources? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.98.23.103 (talk) 23:53, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Origin

How can you say that he was born in Zanzibar and then a line below: origin-London, England, UK? This is a mistake. Origin means ( http://www.thefreedictionary.com/origin ) "The point at which something comes into existence or from which it derives or is derived." He was born in Zanzibar and that is where "he came to existence". Origin of THE BAND would be in the UK as that is where the band was formed.Mjblackfox (talk) 15:38, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

He came into notable existence in the UK, hence that is why it's his origin. --Nutthida (talk) 22:33, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Made In Heaven

I added a brief description of Queen "posthumous" album Made In Heaven--which featured Mercury's final work--which, like its title implies, is almost like a postscript from beyond the grave--to the "Legacy" section. (No, I don't include that characterization in the article.) Perhaps someone can elaborate on it a little further. I find it strange that the album was mentioned in the Queen article but not Freddie's.RobertGustafson (talk) 08:45, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Wan't Cliff Richard Britain's first Asian rock star?

Cliff Richard is Anglo-Indian, and he was a rock star long before Freddie Mercury. Also, Englebert Humperdinck is Anglo-Indian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.77.148.225 (talk) 04:40, 3 March 2012 (UTC)