"The Like In I Love You" Is Streaming
Paulos:
Quote from: Wirestone on July 13, 2010, 03:08:49 PM
Brian's voice is actually in decent shape -- not great, but nowhere near as bad as it could have been (and arguably better than it was 10 or 20 years ago). His tone and phrasing are better than they used to be, and his pitch -- well, some days are better than others. (See the other thread about Elton John -- he's five years younger than Brian and arguably has the voice in worse shape.)
Female performers tend to take better care of their voices, I think, and certainly jazz and standard-type singers like Ms. Clark often sing into their 80s with great accuracy and emotion (and Petula Clark is doing a lot of work in that performance to disguise any age in her voice -- she shouts instead of sings at one point, and her vibrato is a little wobbly, but the spirit and performance make it all fade away).
Have you head Joni Mitchells voice laltely? I heard her doing Big Yellow Taxi live a year ago or so and could not believe how worn and broken her voice sounded, her voice in the early 70s was a thing of almost overwhelming beauty, same can be said of Brian's 60's voice.
brother john:
Somebody famous who knows her who I can't remember but who I read about recently described her as 'one of the last Great Smokers', though I don't think she does now. She acknowledges that her voice has changed but (naively) doesn't ascribe it to smoking, which of course is the reason she hasn't got one any more. Brian should count himself lucky he has a voice at all.
Andrew G. Doe:
Sounds like something the Cros would say. :-D
Amy B.:
Quote from: Paulos on July 14, 2010, 09:25:25 AM
Have you head Joni Mitchells voice laltely? I heard her doing Big Yellow Taxi live a year ago or so and could not believe how worn and broken her voice sounded, her voice in the early 70s was a thing of almost overwhelming beauty, same can be said of Brian's 60's voice.
I heard her remake of "Both Sides Now," (which she admittedly recorded 10 years ago) and thought it was, in many ways, better than the original. Her older, husky voice made it incredibly effective.
hypehat:
Bob Dylan to thread!
But yes, Brian's voice is rather incredible considering the sheer hell he's subjected it to over the past 40 yearss - Dylan did barely half of what Brian did to himself and he can barely spit out the words nowadays.
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