Singers whose voices have not aged well

toobluvr · « **Reply #20 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 04:17 pm »

Quote from: Goosepond on 12 Apr 2009, 05:30 pm

Name one that has????

Gene

I think Neil Young can still bring it.

And as previously mentioned, Mark Knopfler is still great.

mca · « **Reply #21 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 04:21 pm »

Lemmy.

Oh wait, he always sounded like that...

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #22 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 04:55 pm »

The ex-gravedigger and ex-fake rock singer Rod Steward owner of a snuffling, coarse and monotonic (comic ?) voice,
now selling zillions of CDs sing romantic Jazz songs... (sorry I will puke, bloaahhh...
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BrassEar · « **Reply #23 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 04:55 pm »

Stevie Nicks. Ouch!

Peter Gabriel has to sing in a completely different range now.

hmen · « **Reply #24 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 06:32 pm »

Quote from: FULLRANGEMAN on 13 Apr 2009, 04:55 pm

The ex-gravedigger and ex-fake rock singer Rod Steward owner of a snuffling, coarse and monotonic (comic ?) voice,
now selling zillions of CDs sing romantic Jazz songs... (sorry I will puke, bloaahhh...
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His new career singing standards is really a mystery to me.

ltr317 · « **Reply #25 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 07:37 pm »

Joan Baez and Marianne Faithful. Both lost their high range.

Freo-1 · « **Reply #26 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 08:54 pm »

Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel:

In a word, Ouch!

nathanm · « **Reply #27 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 10:50 pm »

The vast majority of artists should pack it in way before they usually do. But it's hard to begrudge someone for doing what they love doing. That's why recording is such a wonderful thing, you can suspend time and not have to deal with getting old and everything turning to shit. None of this do-the-high-notes-an-octave-lower or point-the-mic-at-the-audience-for-the-chorus stuff.