We Are The Champions- Stockholm 7th June 1986

From the very first show of the magic tour and Freddie's voice is very fresh indeed, to the extent where he even attempts and nails the high C in the first chorus just like Live aid just under a year earlier. One of my fave versions of this song.

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[Gregsynth]

On the second "FIGHT-ting," I hear someone in the crowd at 2:02 sing "FIGHT" in the right speaker, then it's Freddie in the middle channel hitting that C5!

OMG, my head fucking hurts!

[Gregsynth]

It's Freddie! Please tell me you can recognize that raspy, chest tone he is using (it's 1986)!

[sephiroth34567890]

@Gregsynth Ya see I did same thing just now and heard no extra Freddie's, I hear the crowd singing the higher note which isn't audable on your version because its obviously recorded closer to the speakers and is a higher quality, no doubt.

As I showed on Queenzone, the 3rd chorus is DEFFO not Freddie, you can hear him underneath the crowd singing the deeper note!

[sephiroth34567890]

@Gregsynth They don't, not really, though I can see why you'd say that, someone DOES hit the High C, but its deffo not Freddie, since you can HEAR him sing the note the same way he does normally, he sings the note the same way he does at Live aid, the first chorus High C, the second chorus is slightly lower (FighTING with the last half a touch higher then the first) and the third is lower again but more powerful.

[Gregsynth]

Then how come that "crowd" sounds just like Freddie on those notes then? lol

[Gregsynth]

I just took your bootleg, then fixed the tempo and pitch, then synched the two versions together: Your concert CLEARLY has additional C5s and they are Freddie's.

[Gregsynth]

He originally didn't SING those C5s (my bootleg), the C5s here are clearly Freddie, but Gypsy Eye clearly did some "editing." That label is known to fuck up bootlegs by adding hiss, and splicing notes/other concerts in their works.

[sephiroth34567890]

@Gregsynth Yeah, well the only to know is to play both versions at the very same time and try and synch up the speed/pitch to the other version, then you'll know exactly what differences there are!

Still loving this debate guys!

[sephiroth34567890]

@thebiggestqueenfan Unless I'm losing the plot Freddie doesn't sing any High C's after the first chorus, on the 2nd chorus he hits a fairly decent high note but unless we are hearing different things lol!

[thebiggestqueenfan]

@sephiroth34567890 The crowd??? It can

t be. Listen to 2:01, it is cleary Freddie's voice. Listen to the one at 2:32...that is not as obvious but it is just one voice so it cannot be the crowd