Thanks for the quality bud

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*quality

>> ^kymbos:

Guys, this is all fine, but can we quickly devolve into a redundant "he's really good / no he's not - I know singing better than you" thread?
Thanks.


<MilkmanDan> That was really good! He does sound a lot like Freddie Mercury, but I know Bohemian Rhapsody better than Somebody to Love, so this time I could actually be sure that it was him singing and not just lip-synch.

<MilkmanDon> You ignorant blowhard! My tomcat yowling at the moon at night sounds more like Freddie Mercury! And I'd know, I've been playing the milk-bottle xylophone since I was 4 years old!



How was that @kymbos?

>> ^schlub:

I've heard this song SO many times that every nuance of it is imprinted perfectly in my memory. This guy does a pretty decent job but, he still misses the mark for sounding like Freddie. There are parts where he's really close but, mostly his voice is too "breathy". Very good attempt though!
Get your ears checked, MilkmanDan
>> ^MilkmanDan:
1) First, to my ear it is just so spot on that it seems almost unbelievable.
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I figured that someone who was a bigger Queen fan would have a much better read on it than I did; if, say, someone was covering Metallica I think I'd be better able to pick up differences. On the other hand, I'm not much of a musician myself (dabble / have fun playing bass and guitar, but not well and I can't sing for s#it) so I'd still trust an expert's ear over my own.

Still, I stand by my assessment that to my ear he sounds very much like Freddie Mercury, to the point that I originally thought it might be lip-synching (although I'm now willing to accept he was singing it himself). I wouldn't have bet my life on it or anything, so I don't feel compelled to "get my ears checked" -- but I take no offense to your suggestion. Just glad to hear your comment as someone who is better able to compare to the studio recording than I am.

I upvoted under the assumption that he was singing that himself -- but either A) he's really good at mimicking Mercury's voice, or B) he's really good at lip-synching it; so arguably either way is worth the upvote...

There are a few things that to me suggest that it might be faked though:
1) First, to my ear it is just so spot on that it seems almost unbelievable.
2) I'm not a huge Queen fan, so I can't compare in my memory to the studio recording of that song -- but again it sounds very "studio perfect" to me. I'd definitely trust the judgement of a Queen fan over my own on that though.
3) It would take some work to get a high quality (non-MIDI) recording of all of the song's tracks *minus* the vocal line (but including the backup vocals) for him to sing along to (ie. a karaoke version).
4) If you are *that* good, I think that you'd be likely to alter the lyrics slightly and/or mix up a medley that switches songs on the fly to show that you aren't just lip-synching. I don't know the original song well enough to say for certain that he isn't doing the first part of that, but it definitely isn't a medley.

Anyway, I don't want to be the "FAKE!" / "I've seen lots of Photoshops in my time...I can tell by the pixels" dude, but it does seem possible on this one. Enjoyed watching though, and that is what matters.

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edit - OK, I listened to the studio recording and there are enough small (tiny!) differences in a few areas that I'm tending to think that this is for real, and he just really is that good... Impressive!

I'm thinking he lip synched that flute music... save your quarter, boys and girls.

If you're going to be world-renowned for your shitty lip synching, at least know the words. Kid doesn't know half the damn words!

He's totally lip synching. Fake!

@deathcow, this is a terrible horrific event, but it does not belong in the terrible channel which is the most incorrectly used channel imo. The description of the channel is:

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Terrible! Who gave that a green light?
You know when you open some old milk, and the first thing you do is offer it to someone else saying "wow, this is nasty, smell it"... Yeah, those kind of videos.

Videos of terrible, awful What-Were-They-Thinking commercial/pop-culture products/releases. Terrible music videos, movies, TV show clips, toys, etc. Things that some corporate exec decided to actually give a green light. The sorts of things that you watch, and think "SOMEBODY should have known better that to release that". The stuff that's so bad, you can't help but share.

Not the place for bad youtube lip-synch videos, or other sub-standard amateur releases.
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@gwiz665 livemusic isn't appropriate either as no live music was played.

*nochannel *dark, *fear, *news, *death, *wtf

You must not have noticed the sarcasm button but I just wanted to point out I agree with ya in the first case the second one I mentioned however to me is understandable.
>> ^NaMeCaF:

>> ^ctrlaltbleach:
Right? So what if you only sound good from 25 takes pasted together in a studio with different filters to disguise the rest of it and people are so use to hearing commercialized recordings that a live musician would sound horrible to their ears.
Even worse who cares that if you have been on the road for months singing night after night until your voice is destroyed. People will still believe you can sing after you get on stage sounding like a live version of Bob Dylan.
>> ^NaMeCaF:
I dont see any point in lip-syncing what so ever. Anyone can sit there and and pretend to play the guitar and move their lips. Why not just perform it?


And this is exactly my problem. If you need 25 takes pasted together in a studio with different filters, you shouldn't be performing live at all. Play a fucking clip. It's bullshit. It's no different than Milli Vanilli. It aint really their voice/performance, but they lip synch to it and pretend it is.
Think about it. Would you be happy paying to see a live football match when instead you just get an edited replay?

>> ^ctrlaltbleach:

Right? So what if you only sound good from 25 takes pasted together in a studio with different filters to disguise the rest of it and people are so use to hearing commercialized recordings that a live musician would sound horrible to their ears.
Even worse who cares that if you have been on the road for months singing night after night until your voice is destroyed. People will still believe you can sing after you get on stage sounding like a live version of Bob Dylan.
>> ^NaMeCaF:
I dont see any point in lip-syncing what so ever. Anyone can sit there and and pretend to play the guitar and move their lips. Why not just perform it?



And this is exactly my problem. If you need 25 takes pasted together in a studio with different filters, you shouldn't be performing live at all. Play a fucking clip. It's bullshit. It's no different than Milli Vanilli. It aint really their voice/performance, but they lip synch to it and pretend it is.

Think about it. Would you be happy paying to see a live football match when instead you just get an edited replay?

Beautiful voice, if a bit different from what I'm sure most of us are used to. It has to take real control to project like that and hit those exotic vibratos.

But seriously... Lip synching is so 2010.

He needs some lip synch lessons... but this is pretty dang good.

>> ^silvercord:

http://videosift.com/video/DJ-Got-Us-Fallin-In-Love-USHER
I put this one up a month ago. Not as epic as 50 cent showing up in your bedroom, but the kid does a great job with Usher.


I think the USHER video is more enjoyable!

>> ^Payback:

Ya know, if I was going to get 50 Cent as backup to my video, I think I would CLEAN UP MY FUCKING ROOM FIRST!


Would he carE?

I guess I don't get it. What the fuck did I just watch besides terrible lip synching?