Mercury solos again at the end of the song with a loose vocal reference to Duke Ellington’s ‘It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)’. It is a driving, high spirited and fearless vocal solo. Here, he employs scat singing and the opening syncopated repetition of a single note hints at Ella Fitzgerald’s influence. Mercury demonstrated his versatility, genre crossing and creative exploration on the 1985 song ‘Living On My Own’. His vocal timbre could depict a delicate vulnerability, especially with his falsetto, or use dynamic extremes to accentuate lyrics with screams and growls.Īlso read: Adele ‘30’: The Psychology of Why Sad Songs Make Us Feel Good
Strong musicianship, excellent pitch and vocal control enabled Mercury to draw on a broad array of note choices, dynamics, tone colours and vocal effects. Freddie acknowledged that perhaps his limited talent on the guitar helped shape the song: 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love took me five or ten minutes. A lyric rock tenor with over three octaves in range, Mercury could belt into his upper register with his signature fast vibrato, or use a controlled pure falsetto with smooth legato phrasing. He also banters with cheek and charm with the audience, impeded not a bit by the Covid-precautionary visor he hastily dons to take to the aisle.Technically masterful, Mercury possessed a voice that was powerful, agile, and highly expressive. He sings, as ever, like a dream, wrapping that rich voice around a gorgeous rendition of the soul classic Stay With Me Baby as pantomime cow Daisy is sold off.
There’s an Alpine milkmaid number one made from spoof shopping bags from the likes of Marks and Dentures, Shabitat and Badidas and another modelled on an entire crockery-bedecked Welsh dresser (“I’ve got very roomy drawers”). Rowe wears a series of extravagant outfits with stately aplomb. But it’s Rowe’s Dame who holds it all together, and it’s not until she turns up that the show really hits its stride.
Luckily, Rochelle Sherona’s Jack is on hand to save the day, while falling in love, via a beautifully belted out Motown duet, with Ellie Ruiz Rodriguez’s Jill.Īssistance comes from Julie Jupp’s tatty, magic-drained Fairy Fuchsia, who starts the story knackered and ends it in the pink and from a lovable Simple Simon, played with sweetness and impressive breakdancing chops by Hackney regular Kat B. A giant has stolen the magic harp that once brought tourists flocking, and his mean, green henchwoman Funella Fleshcreep (Zoe Curlett) has enforced austerity measures and cancelled Christmas. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Live at Wembley Stadium, 1986) Lyrics: This thing called love, I just can't handle it / This thing called love, I must get 'round to it / I ain't ready / Crazy. Courtesy of Cleo Pettitt’s glittery picture-book sets, we’re in Hackney-on-the-Verge, a quaint little town on its uppers.
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