I have never understood why Mike could sound so unbelievably nasal between 1982-2005ish then have his voice improve. Was he trying to sound that way? Did he just not care and sang off key ( that's the vibe I get from many of his 80s/90s performances)?
What blows my mind is that he does this stuff, but then says in Melody Maker(?) that Brian’s ‘88 album sounded like “sh*t” because of the arrangements and lyrics. After hearing this stuff I don’t think he was in any position to critique Brian’s work.
But yeah, I think Mike always had it in him to do songs like “Daybreak” and “All I Wanna Do” - he just chose not to use that voice often.
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