That’s a dangerous one, because I always feel compelled to sing along and then I end up nearly hurting myself.
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Also risky to play outdoors because all the dogs in the neighborhood start barking.
Another one - “Baron Samedi” by 10CC, where the last syllable in this couplet soars upward and merges into an ungodly electronic shriek:
Take a sip of dripping red
Make it with the living deaaadeaaaaaeaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAD
The truly high notes on Bohemian Rhapsody (and a lot of the other stuff) is done by Roger Taylor, the singing drummer. For a guy who wore his testosterone on his sleeve he has the ability to hit higher notes than just about anyone.
Example: The ‘galileo’ bit in BR. Deep notes: Freddie. High notes: Roger.
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Roger goes even higher in '39. Ball-bustingly high.
Speaking of Styx, I just picked up Larry Gowan’s “Strange Animal” CD, and went to YouTube to watch him perform “A Criminal Mind.” I was surprised to see that it was him doing the very high voice at the end on the line “just like these prison walls.” I always thought it was a woman singing that, but he’s one of those guys who can sing obscenely high.
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I thought Dolly’s whole version of it was overall higher than Whitney’s. Whitney’s big note wasn’t crazy high. (She may have been, but the note wasn’t.)
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Two other Dolly Parton songs that I remember having high notes is the plaintive Jolene and Love is Like a Butterfly.
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Rob Halford (Judas Priest) in many songs - I’ve got “Exciter” playing right now for example and he sings the whole thing in a pretty high pitch, then at the end keeps ratcheting it up over and over again.
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Guitarists Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing were talking about that a while back. They said, (paraphrasing from memory) “We kept pushing him, telling him to ‘go higher! go higher! higher!’. And you know, he always did.”
Guinness says the Brazilian singer Georgia Brown holds the record for highest note and largest vocal range. There’s a link to a video of her in the wiki article (not to her record note, though).
The Darkness has quite a Freddy Mercury-esque lead singer. I’ve only heard one of their songs and it contains the lyrics, “I Believe in a Thing Called Love.” This guy can hit some serious high notes!
“Lovin’ You” by Minnie Ripperton. She hastened the move to solid state stereos in the 70’s when her extremely high pitched “AAahhhaaaahhhaaAAaaAAh” shattered glass electronic tubes in older hi-fi’s.
Dude, have you read any of the posts in this thread? The very first one says, in bold type, “Besides “Lovin’ You”- pop songs where the sings hits a really high note?”
