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Location: Michigan | i cant believe how a person can keep a voice going for 30 years or so and still sound like you did when you were young ( a 20 year old ) and just starting out in the yes group.i always had a horrible singing voice ( as a 20 year old ) and now it has reached an all time horrific sound ( as a 55 year old ) according to the wife and i have to agree with her on it
.check out jon anderson at 50 something.GWB
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Location: south east Michigan | Yep... there is a guy who has still got it.
Unlike say... Burton Cummings and to some measurable extent, Roger Daltry. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Mick Jagger stil got it .. and John Fogerty. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Russell Hitchcock |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Bob Dylan still sounds the same too. |
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Location: London, UK | Shirley Bassey sounds EXACTLY like she did in her youth - and she's 70-something. Amazing! |
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Location: south east Michigan | Fogerty is a great example. |
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Location: Utica, NY | I'd say that Ann Wilson from Heart fits the bill as well. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | lots of people,
Vince Gill
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I think Justin Hayward and John Lodge (Moody Blues) voices sound as good as they did 40 years ago. Plus a ton more. |
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Location: Michigan | man julien lost his voice , doesn't sound at all like he used to. :eek: GWB
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Anybody heard Joe Cocker lately? |
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Location: Right now? | Anybody heard Joe Cocker lately?
Last I saw him was in the movie "Across the Universe". Movie makeup or not, he looked surprisingly good. It was fun seeing him in different characters and singing.
I think Robert Plant still sounds great and John Mellencamp, too.
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Location: Ohio | CLapton. Still the same after all these years...
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Location: SoCal | Sinatra's voice hasn't changed in almost 20 years.... |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | At least in the last 10 1/2 years! |
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Location: Omaha, NE | I saw The Who on some cable show a few months ago...Isle of Wight or something. Poor Daltry had absolutely no range at all. It was embarrassing to listen to.
Joe Cocker lost his voice before he started. |
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Location: Tennessee | Tom Petty |
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Location: Indiana | Jose Jimenez |
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Location: East Tennessee | Willie Nelson. |
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Location: nashville | Roger Played here in Nashville at the Ryman a few weeks ago. If it sold out it sold out Late. My guess is most of the screamers will lose it faster. ie James Taylor sounds exactly the same but JT hasnt strained a note in 40 yrs. But I do get the benefit of seeing some old timers at the Ryaman. The acoustic are the world finest and everybody brings their A game.. nobody wants to stink up the Ryman.
Saw Boz Scaggs a few Month ago, He still's got it. Saw Bonnnie Raitt a few weeks ago she still got it.
My vote for the Lost it award is Elton John and he lost it YEARS AGO. But still like to listen to the old stuff. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Capo Guy:
Willie Nelson. He's changed dramatically. He doesn't really sing anymore, he more just speaks his songs with rhythm...
A lot of singers are actually better sings from age 40-60. It's when you get past 65 and move towards and beyond 70 that changes really start happening... |
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Location: Michigan | i guess i would ask anybody who answered to this blog what has happened to your voice in the last 30 years ? is it better or worse ??? GWB |
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Location: SoCal | Better.... |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Better.... Yeah .. Better !! .. more .. experienced .. as in .. knowing/accepting .. " limits " ..
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Bruce Dickinson, Geoff Tate still have some of the best pipes in Rock, but the one that still amazes me is Ozzie. The guy can barely speak, but put a mic in his hand, and he just belts out this voice as good as ever.
Also, I must add to the list Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons who I saw last week just tear it up in Seattle. My first KISS concert. I've never been a KISS fan, but the opportunity came up and I wanted to see what all the fuss was. Well.. flat out.. best concert I have ever attended. No question... Flawless, amazing... walk out with mouth open... and the only thing that really surprised me was I expected it to be louder and was pleasantly surprised it wasn't... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Mr. Ovation:
The guy can barely speak, but put a mic in his hand, and he just belts out this voice as good as ever. Mel Tillis was like that |
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Location: Tennessee | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Originally posted by Mr. Ovation:
The guy can barely speak, but put a mic in his hand, and he just belts out this voice as good as ever. Mel Tillis was like that |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Voices really do change over the years, but professional training can minimize the effects of age and allow the singer to compensate in certain areas. Hitting a very hign note versus sustaining that high note is one example. Vibrato control is another. It isn't that big of a concern for pop voicing, but can be very important for a Broadway singer, and career ending for an opera singer. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Joni Mithchell is one whose voice has gotten better.
As for MY singing, well, it was never very good, but Vic is right. I know my limits and can usually work around songs that, a few years ago I wouldn't even bother trying. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Surprised no one mentioned Michael Jackson. I can't think of anyone else who went to such lengths to keep the voice he had as a kid. Wonders of modern medicine were bound to catch up to him. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | What about those who speak with a British or Austrailian accent, yet loose it when they sing? |
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Location: nashville | I sound just the same only difference is I use more hot water these days. |
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vocal voices that stay the same after 30 years amazing to me