So-- because I find it marginally amusing-- I've been looking over youtube for Jon's last attempts at the famous screams in I'll Be There For You and Living in Sin.
The last one I can find for "Living in Sin" is 1993. But the comments say the audio has been replaced, which makes me wonder if it's not older. It sounds more like 89 Jon to me than 1993 Jon:
I found this from 1991:
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I found nothing from 1994-1999. Then this from 2000, and well, he skips and kinda makes some noises to cover the fact that he's not going to scream(preferable to him turning his back to the mic that he does these days):
I'll Be There For you makes more appearances during tours. The last scream I found is 2001:
Frankly, that's not really the same scream we saw through 96. You wouldn't want to show your grand kids that when feeling nostalgic.
Was 2001 the death of it? Richie started taking over on a lot of the tours. Any later sightings on either song?