Freddie Mercury + Montserrat Caballé, Barcelona

Freddie Mercury is better known for being the lead singer of Queen and Monserrat Caballé is a soprano.

They've made an album together Barcelona that was recorded between 1987 and 1988.
After the confirmation of Barcelona being the host of 1992 Summer Olympics, Mercury was contacted to write a theme for the games.

The idea was to create a duet with Montserrat, but since he was a long-time Montserrat and Opera admirer and she also recognized his talent, they've decided to work on an album together with Freddie Mercury and Mike Moran turning to the main songwriters.

The self-titled song Barcelona released in 1987 is a very good reflection of Mercury's love of opera - with his high notes - and Montserrat's opera soprano voice. This song is a very good example of a combination between pop and opera.
A nice thing to notice is the different approaches, when Mercury is focused to say each word, Caballé focuses on her vocal tone - making it a bit harder to understand, despite she sings in English and Spanish.

I had this perfect dream

Un sueño me envolvió

This dream was me and you

Tal vez estás aquí

I want all the world to see

Un instinto me guiaba

1 per week - Queen live @ Wembley Stadium, London , in 1986

This week Freddie Mercury would have been 65 years old. Therefore the choice for the band/artist to share with you wasn't difficult.
Considered by many one of the best male singers the industry of music has ever seen, although he always said he had none vocal training.

We are the champions was on of many songs Freddie wrote and has become an anthem for sporting victories.

And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I've come through
And we mean I to go on and on and on and on
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
'Till the end

He was definitely a champion

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Freddie Mercury, Living On My Own

Farrokh Bulsara, parsi born in Zanzibar, is better known for Freddie Mercury, the eternal Queen singer known for one of the most amazing and recognisable voices this world has ever seen.

In November 1991, the world received the news that this amazing performer had died of AIDS - disease confirmed by Freddie a day before his death, November 23.

Besides his successful career in the british band Queen, Freddie also had his solo career where for 2 different times Before Freddie's death - Mr. Bad Guy (1984), Barcelona (1988) album recorded with the opera singer Montserrat Caballé, which was Freddie's musical dream to singer with her and After Freddie's death - The Freddie Mercury Album (1992) and The Great Pretender (1992).

The song Living On My Own appears on three albums released the first Mr. Bad Guy released in 1984, then in 1992 on The Freddie Mercury Album released as a mix and on The Great Pretender released with the original version of the song.

The better known version is the mix released in 1993 by the No More Brothers.
Living On My Own video is a footage of Freddie Mercury's 39th birthday in 1985 in Munich.

"sometimes I feel nobody gives me no warning
find my head is always up in the clouds in a dream world
It's not easy living on my own"