Barcelona (live) [Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe]

[jbe1967]

Saying this only once,,,I do not care if Mr Mercury is bi or homosexual,,,I love his music and when I die this is the only music that will be play at my funeral....................My son is under direct orders to play Another Bites the Dust..,as loud as he can because that is what I did...,I say a fitting end............

[wisetrucker]

Brilliant, thats all I can say.

[EveAffonso]

Is this real life, or is it just fant... Oops, playback?

[Nicolas1789k]

Is it playback or it's really in live?

[loveconverse18]

Once I was this video I undestrand why Barcelona won the Olimpic Games in 1992...

[Bigmackorgen]

Freddie Mercury. Over the top. Chills. Do one need to say more?

4:06 !!

[javitromba]

ESPECTACULAR!! ESCUCHAD EL SONIDO DESDE EL 5:05 HASTA EL 5:10. QUE GRANDE QUE ES LA MUSICA

[ladryp]

Freddy forever <3

[zeth2885]

Freddie is the QUEEN!

[Mahal027]

is it playback? i dont see any microphones

[gabiluz1796]

Allways crying with this song...

[indyracingnut]

I guess it's all over.....The fat lady definitely sang.

[Haltero56]

TOUT SIMPLEMENT MAGIQUE, AUTANT FREDDY QUE MONSERRAT CABALLE !!!

MAGNIFIQUE, QUELLES VOIX

[mariadelosangelesroc]

es maravillosa....!!! gracias.

[faouzi28061960]

Il se savait malade et condamné à plus ou moins long terme, il lui restait pourtant tant de choses à faire. Avec "Barcelona", il nous a prouvé et s'est prouvé à lui-même que son idéal musical était désormais réel : unir le rock, le pop et le classique.

Montserrat Caballe a accepté de chanter en duo avec Freddie parce qu'elle connaissait le potentiel artistique de Freddie. A ma connaissance, ce genre d'exploit vocal n'a jamais été renouvelé.

Il était, il est et sera pour toujours the King !

[Wess75018]

Bientot 20 ans que se son exise et toujours autant de frisson a l'ecouter

Freddie Mercury it's best singer  RIP

[racewars1982]

CHI SONO QUEI DUE CAZZO DI ERETICI CHE HANNO MESSO POLLICE IN GIù A FREDDIE? FREDDIE IS A KING!!!!

[caritogomez40]

VIVE JAMAS SE FUEEEEE INMORTAL FREDDIE DESDE BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA  POR SIEMPRE VIVA EL REYYYYYY

[mouloudo]

RIP TODAY!

[TantaloN]

Vaya fenómeno era Mercury, Dep

[caritogomez40]

@TantaloN 

[Oidualc8891]

4.38 Freddie's incredible high note!!!

[15501aryan]

Bravo Darling

[logandrummer]

Too bad was all lip synced, Freddy is my hero forever.

[Yo1969Yo]

@logandrummer Freddie was already sick and since it was an outdoor setting the decision was probably made for him not to sing in order to save his voice and for health reasons. But his physical appearance on stage is breathtaking. He had such charisma.

[PadmaBCN]

Mi ciudad favorita, mi lugar en el mundo, la única mujer de la que me enamoré...

[ozeratul]

Impressive, nothing compares to freddie mercury......nothing..

[ozeratul]

Impressive, nothing compares to freddie mercury......nothing

[MagesseT]

Beautiful!

[CrimsonCmdr]

2:57 to 3:16 is insane. 23 years later and we still haven't seen the likes of this again. Thanks for posting!

[Austinstarr79]

This music is a kind of magic!!!!

[lincsposter]

Freddie and Montserrat is there better? Stonking performance! Viva Espania Viva England! (Even if we do have a crap football team!) lol! Brilliant performance! In the words of Eurovision ... 12 points!

[maryawhiting]

wow! This is unbelievable. Amazingly gifted man!

[Sinn1980]

one of the most gifted musicians and showmen of all time, if you ask me...

[jumpyjedi]

never will and never willl again shall we have another freddy mercury!

[jbe1967]

I do not care who u r.....This video give me gooosebums....It is Freddy at his best...

[ladylaiho83]

Freddy is the KING!!

[zeth2885]

@ladylaiho83 No! he is the one and only QUEEN!

[mastersam23]

what u dont know is caballe didnt do ne singing, both parts were sung by freddie, hes just that good

[vins1979]

@mastersam23 Man, you made my day, Lol!

[kunopatatoes]

Deux très grandes étoiles, dieu que c'est beau, pleins d'émotions, deux voix cristallines... Je vous aime <3 <3 <3

[grahamt1978]

this guy is actually the greatest front man that ever lived,king fred

[Fiammargento]

someone know where freddie go back with vocal on caballè in this song?

[emilyisdenaam]

never forgetting

[vidwatcher20072006]

The reason Freddie Mercury here is miming to the recorded track is, Freddie Mercury could NEVER hit these high notes in Live concerts. Max note he could sing live was A#4. That's the real reason why he didn't sing this song live. He's not a true Tenor, only in a recording studio where he can sing a C5 200 times, but get it once. And it's a wrap. Freddie Mercury is not a True Tenor. He's a baritone who can hit tenor notes in studio but not live.

[Dagaman64]

Freddie has hit D5 live look up one vision wembley

[metalrr13]

Frddie is not a baritone you are mistaken, the reason that he was always dropping to lower octaves of the original songs was not because he can't sing them it's usually because as the 80s came about he lost his upper register due to incorrect technique through out his entire career, but i assure you he most certainly was a tenor, listen to live videos from the earlier part of the 70's

[vidwatcher20072006]

Your assurance means nothing at all. Who are you? Nobody. Montserrat Caballe herself said Freddie was a Baritone. In live shows, Freddie could only hit an A#4 max, and this includes 70s decade. A true tenor can sing C5, D5 night after night. Freddie was not a true tenor, though on albums, he sounded like one. Deal with the truth. He was a baritone.

[Gregsynth]

He was a verdi baritone with a tenor timbre.

[matherrjm]

What a sad person you are. But don,t worry, you're not alone. Freddie was great. And Monstserrat got Carreras going again. Don't you know anything?

[vidwatcher20072006]

Tell me what I stated that makes me a "sad" person? Is it my love for FACTS? Montserrat herself called Freddie mercury a "baritone". Freddie Mercury normally did not sing past an A#4 in live concerts. A true tenor would be able to sing Barcelona live without any problems. Freddie didn't because he couldn't. He's a baritone.

[matherrjm]

You're sad because you miss the point. Completely! What does it matter what Freddie sang - he was great. And Montserrat was greater still. Both cared more for others than themselves. Get used to it!

[Gregsynth]

You're kinda right and kinda wrong at the same time. Freddie suffered from vocal nodules since the mid 70s (due to improper technique and overuse), so yes he would avoid the highest notes live--but at times he would sing the higher notes.

[Gregsynth]

He didn't lose his upper register due to incorrect technique. He didn't even lose his upper register! He lost clarity due to his smoking habit and the abusive singing he did between 1984-1986. He got the clarity back by Innuendo though.

[metalrr13]

yes he did lose it because he strained...you don't lose your voice because you smoke...i know plenty of people who smoke and manage because they have proper technique...he did have horrible technique, he wasn't a technically good singer, he never had his upper register past late 1970's...not to say once in a while in the studio he would blow his voice out on something...but everyone did that back then. it doesnt make him any less amazing...he just had improper technique.

[Gregsynth]

If you are referring to his "upper register" as his high notes live, then he still had that intact in the early 80s. He started getting raspy due to the smoking (that didn't change his range), then he would just yell and scream (started on The Works Tour-WORSE on the Magic Tour) all the high notes. It was the abusive singing during the mid 80s that messed his live range up. Of course that started getting better in the late 80s, then by Innuendo, his voice was 100%!

[tjmmilburn2007]

well he sucks, that's why he lost his voice.

[Gregsynth]

I agree that Freddie's a baritone who sounds like a tenor, but honestly in all due respect, I don't think he's miming because he couldn't hit the notes. If he did sing it live, yes he would most likely lower the C5 to probably the G4, but I heard throughout videos of this era that he mimed this song because he had throat trouble or it had something to do with his AIDS.

[vidwatcher20072006]

Freddie at this time of his life began to suffer from the effects of AIDS, so I think what you say has a lot of merit. The song Barcelona is not that high. Its very similar to WATC in that the high note C5 is very brief and used sparsely, whereas the A#4 note is a frequent secondary high note. We know that he could hit an A#4 without a problem. So yes, I think you're correct, and I'm wrong to say he could not sing this live if he was healthy. Its too bad we couldn't hear him sing this live. :)

[Gregsynth]

I would love to hear Freddie sing this live. Also, depending on the era, it'll determine his ability to replicate the C5. A Freddie from the early 80s (The Game/Hot Space), would NAIL the song most likely but would have a slightly higher timbre. While a "Magic Era" Freddie would have the deeper huskier power, but most likely avoid the high note.

[vidwatcher20072006]

I think you're right...An early 80s Freddie Mercury could sing Barcelona live, but even in his ultimate prime years 1970s, he could never sing Journey songs. There's no way he could sing an E5 at the end of Separate Ways...(b4)NOOOOOO.(ending with e5). Nor could Freddie in his prime sing "Stone in Love" which has "hard" C5s. An easy C5 is like WATC/Barcelona, where it briefly hits the C5 in short bursts. A sustained and long C5 was and is out of Freddie's range.

[vidwatcher20072006]

"Stone in Love" is a very hard song to sing. I think if a singer can sing this in it's original key, he's a bonafide Tenor. The B4s and C5s are not short bursts but long, controlled, sustained notes. Very hard. So you see, not all C5s are the same. Just as not all D5s are the same. Freddie "singing" a D5 on One Vision in Wembley is not the same as Steve Perry hitting long and controlled D5s.

[Gregsynth]

I get what you are saying: There's a difference between "hitting" the note, and "sustaining" the note. I'm a high baritone and can "hit" a C5 (like in bohemian rhapsody), but there's NO WAY IN HELL I can sustain that same note on a journey song. That's the difference between Freddie's "tenor/baritone" voice live, and Steve/Arnel's voices. Freddie maybe able to sing up to a B4-D5 live, but since he's a baritone, he can't "sustain" that note like what a tenor does.

[vidwatcher20072006]

Yes, you got it 100%. Freddie could sing a long sustained G#4, and even an A#4. Not just sing it, but shape it like hitting a top spin or slice in tennis. In order to "shape" a note, you need to have reserve power, and control over that note. However, notes like C5 and D5 are difficult for Freddie to control. He can hit them bluntly yes, but not sing them with control, vibrato. And that is what separates baritones who can hit C5s, and true tenors who can awesomely shape C5s ie Bruno on FallenP.

[Gregsynth]

I think that's originally why I mislabeled Freddie as a tenor because he could "hit" the notes, but not "sustain" them, or "shape" them. I also think that's why some of my friends got my voice type mixed up: They thought I was a tenor because I could sing "high", but I told them that I wasn't because I couldn't sustain/shape them. What's your range anyway? I remember you saying that you were a lyric tenor.

[vidwatcher20072006]

I can sing "Stone in Love". My max is a C#5, but I don't think I'm a super tenor like Steve Perry/Arnel Pineda. At least not yet. Those guys have reserve range, like an extra two whole notes. But one thing I like about singing is that it's very much like martial arts. The more you "train", the better you get, like driving a motorcycle. And it's nice to see one's progress. I can basically sing Journey songs without any problem, but the higher notes like E5 have to be "yelled" out.

[Gregsynth]

Nice! Now it's my turn! LOL!

My full voice range is F2-C#5. I'm a high baritone (probably a light/lyric with extended range, not 100% sure). I usually keep my voice around Ab2-Bb4. After Bb4, I start "yelling out the notes." I can sing "Tie Your Mother Down" on the dot. I always go for the C5 on Bohemian Rhapsody and hit it most of the time. I'm trying to train myself to sing tenor.

You have a great range!

[vidwatcher20072006]

You're not bad for a "Baritone". LOL! J/k. Seriously. that's a great range you've developed. You should be proud.

[Gregsynth]

Thanks for the compliments! Ironically, I "trained" myself to sing buy listening to another "untrained" vocalist. Freddie Mercury! LMFAO!! Months ago, I could barely hit an A4, now it's easy! Now if I can hit a C5 without shouting...lol

[Gregsynth]

Journey songs are built for high-end tenors (Arnel) and Countertenors (Steve). I don't think a baritone/tenor mix singer like Freddie could sing it in it's original key--unless he drops all the high notes. lol

[Sambygirl]

L'emozione che si prova vedendo la fontana magica di Barcelona con in sottofondo questa magnifica canzone e "Who wants to live forever?" è unica

[FreddieMercuryOwns]

He was singing himself, i've been there. For real.

[vidwatcher20072006]

Then you along with everyone else in that concert who thought Freddie was singing live were fooled badly. Anyone can hear that the vocals are the same as on the Album. And you must be blind too because you failed to notice..no microphones! That is a dead giveaway, don't you think?

[Gregsynth]

I always knew he mimed the song though. :)

[Gregsynth]

I'll admit the first time I saw the videos of barcelona, I never noticed the lack of microphones. lol

[vidwatcher20072006]

LOL..my response about the microphones or lack thereof was directed to someone else who boasted "he was there and heard him sing live"....amazing feat don't you think to sing without a microphone...Freddie and Montserrat must have bigger voices than I thought!

[Gregsynth]

Oh, I thought you were talking to me! I gotta learn to read better! LMFAO!

[vidwatcher20072006]

Oops. There was someone who posted that he was there that day, and heard it live. But it must be on another barcelona video. My bad. Sorry for the confusion.

[Gregsynth]

No problem! lol

[FreddieMercuryOwns]

Ever heard of stage microphones? Didn't think so, cause you sound like you didn't really finish your school.

[vidwatcher20072006]

Please show me where in the video one can see these "stage" microphones. You have an entire video clip that is 5:46 minutes long of "LIVE" footage. You can even search all the other "live" performances in this concert. Show me ONE video frame that shows a microphone for Freddie Mercury or Montserrat Caballe.

[Gregsynth]

All of the Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe concerts were lip-synched.

[doehart]

SIMPLY BRILLIANT :)

[BKBlackDragon]

I forgot about it, but something is not right.

The opening ceremony for Barcelona was July 25th, 1992, while Freddie Mercury died on November 24th, 1991 ...

Cannot be a Live performance for the Opening Ceremony, but for sure got recorded

[8948204]

According to the biography that I saw on the Bio channel on Queen it said that he went & sang this show live then after this performance when he came home is when thing started going downhill with his sickness. This was a great show by him.

[Smatti82]

playback? o dal vivo? ma che importa...

ringrazio Dio che la abbiano cantata almeno una volta per poterla ascoltare all'infinito!!!!! che capolavoro...

freddie il più grande di sempre, immortale come la sua musica.

[ensabrenur]

immense voice on mercury

[oliverwilliamsimpson]

if he's singing where's the microphone?

[coreyagraph]

if it was, so what? during the inauguration, the quartet was pretaped. so what? weather conditions mess with your voice and the strings of instruments......the music is great, they are amazing. this is showbiz, folks

[akeel456]

it sounds exactly like the recorded version, I wouldn't be too surprised if he was lip syncing but who knows

[heet1291]

The Song Is Live In Barcelona 88 Freddy Mercury Does Not Lip Sing He Is A GoD A Legend

[uofmmido2]

this is not live,its to perfect,they must be lip singing.

[DMCoasters]

Freddy was too ill at the time to sing, he lost his voice right before the show :(

[TeamThriller]

No he didn't. Cause he made a whole album after this called Innuendo. He is actually singing this song. And its perfect cause Freddie is the BEST! :D

[DMCoasters]

Yes but I'm pretty sure he lost his voice at that time. At least that is what I have heard.

[akeel456]

How do you know?

[csheero]

music

[csheero]

i compaird the video and this EXACTLY the same

[ludwigwilborg]

this song sends creeps down my spine. It's so AMAZING!!!

Seriously, nothing can match Freddie Mercury.

They were wrong, Michael Jacksson never was, and should never be the king of pop. Freddie Mercury still is and will always be The definite KING of all music!!!!!!

[polas93]

You can't be more right then you! I just wish Freddie still was alive ='(

[Austinstarr79]

@ludwigwilborg I agree with you man!

Freddie was the king of the music for sure. No other man can compare with him!!!

[zeth2885]

@ludwigwilborg He Doesn't want to be the king! Because He is the QUEEN! God save the Queen!

[Bigmackorgen]

@ludwigwilborg Don't divide dom. They are both great on their own.

[3132no]

Inspirational. Iconic, tragic. RIP Freddie. What an amazing individual!

[The90Game]

Perfetto...

[GiUsEpPhE]

grande...ho sentito brividi lungo la schiena mentre ascoltavo questa canzone

[Kutzno]

Questo grandissimo evento è stato fatto a Barcellona nel 1987,vero?

[StudioFeniceImport]

8 Ottobre 1988 :)

[durudu87]

fantastico, fantastico, fantastico...

[upsitasss]

Freddie Mercury está genial en esta actuación, como en todas, pero, ¿nadie se ha fijado en Montserrat Caballé? Es impresionante.

[nata6690]

excelente.. mis respetos para ese grande

[08tyherr]

WOW

[GrandiLive]

freddie mercury un successo continuo! =)

[OMGoodnessMe]

October 8th 1988 was the last time Freddie Mercury performed on stage.

[OMGoodnessMe]

This was filmed on October 8, 1988. It was celebration of Olympics that were to be held there in 1992.

[Denousa]

and if not everything what is already written (take a look of comments) than look at the end of the song where they are both singing with open mouth but only her voice we hear:( That was probably few month before he died? It is year 1992.

[Denousa]

Of course it is! ciao:)

[Denousa]

yes..it is playback...unfortunately:( But he is king anyway. The other king is Tose Proeski...

[franci91]

it's not playback

[sidekickbob]

then where are there mics jackass

[meisterhaft]

such a beautiful song!

I burst into tears at the first note!

[kuriosidade]

biltiful fred forever

[blackrodimus]

This is the song of Kimi Raikkonen on Spanish Grand Prix in front of la cucaracha Alonso!

[Pentagonshark666]

Freddie was the king of world music.

[clicknatv]

play back_

freddie is dead

[Groneveltt]

No, it's playback. Freddie had troubles with his voice then, and didn't want to sing this live.

[Groneveltt]

No, it's playback. Freddie had troubles with his voice then, and he didn't want to sing this live.

[zusje17]

Where are the mics?How is it possible to hear them if there aren't any mics in front of them?Is this live?

[bishmilla1]

It never fails....everytime I watch this video, by the end, I am breathless and in tears!

[piergiorgiovico]

fantastica interpretazione!bye freddy e infiniti complimenti alla sir.ra montserat calle',grazie piergiorgio

[retroactive01]

Its say's "92" in the back because it was the theme song for the olympics in barcalona '1992'freddie died four months befor..Bye Freddie we miss you.

[doodz111]

Wow!

[kelotz07]

it is now well said: if freddie wants to sing opera, he will with no sweat!

[PoptartGod]

Why does it say Barcelona '92 in the background. Freddie was dead in '91.

RIP Freddie

[pmarsh1986]

This was 1988 to celebrate the arrival of the Olympic flag from Seoul.