If you don't like Richie's voice...

I think the fact that I WROTE it clearly lets it be known that it's MY opinion. Funny, I don't see you telling the walter to put IMO in his post and it's no where in your previous post. So, what, only fans of Jon's voice have to clarify that what they say is opinion?

Becky

Aloha !

Jon can't hit the high notes anymore like he used to do. That's just true. Comparing the high notes from Say It Isn't So with the high notes from for example These Days is something totally different. They're not sang the same way. I do not know how to explain it in english, but we all know what I mean. (I Hope )

You're not one of those who think Jon's still able to reach the high notes from Prayer are you ? People who think that are just blind or well...deaf.

With the voice Jon has nowadays he is not able to sing Stranger In This Town anymore. With the voice he had in the Faith era he might have been able, though nowadays he's not able to sing such a song. Just like he isn't able to sing Rosie, Chained etc. Yes, he has been able to sing it, but nowadays he isn't.

Yes he might be able to do that to you, but that's just a matter of opinion. Richie ánd Jon can do that for me, for you it's 99% Jon who's able to do that.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

I doubt Jon could sing Guns N' Roses stuff like Sweet Child O'Mine.

No, I don't think Jon could still sing Prayer night after night the way he sang it in the 80s. But I don't think Richie could hit those notes night after night either. I doubt either one of them could reach those insane notes at the end of Runaway.



I'm sorry, but I just don't hear anything vocally outstanding in any of those songs. I don't think they'd provide any challenge for Jon. Would he sound just like Richie? No. Thank God. But it's not like Jon is going to perform any of those songs to settle our debate, now is it. So, we'll have to be content with speculation on both sides.

Well, no joke. Of course it's my opinion. Did I not say "reach MY heart"? What is it with people demanding that anyone who prefers Jon has to state it as opinion? But it's okay for people who prefer Richie to state it as fact? Obviously, we are all expression our opinions. When it comes to muscial taste, it's all a matter of opinion and no one is right or wrong, so much as we might like to think we are right are wrong. You might sit back and think my opinion is crazy, but I'm thinking the same of yours. Taste is subjective.

Becky

I agree with everything Becky has said!! Go Becky!!!

Well almost everything,lol I happend to love the way Jon sang "Try a little tenderness" and thought he sang it very well. - It gave me goosebumps anyway!

I can imagine Jon out of tune in EVERY song of Richie.
Richie´s voice is better, no question for me

IMO Richie's voice is suited to the type of music he play/sings in his solo
albums. I don't think that Jon could carry out some of Richie's songs, they
just would not sound the same !

Yes Jon could carry out the high notes previously, but if you look back at some of his more recent live performances - he has changed the style of
some of those songs to suit his voice.

But do you think Jon's able to hit them at all ? Richie is. Ofcourse not like he was in the 80's.

Jon's not able to do the scream Richie does before the solo in Rosie. There are a lot of powerfull screams in that song that Jon can't do.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Like I said, I don't think EITHER of them could hit those notes now. They're insanely high.


Pffffftttt. Jon is the KING of powerful screams. Hello. Keep the Faith. Richie hasn't done anything that powerful. Ever.

Excuse me.... IMO.

Becky

BTW... y'all do realize what a stupid conversation this has become, don't you? Jon isn't going to start singing Richie's songs and Richie isn't going to attempt the high notes in Prayer or Runaway anytime soon to settle this. He's not going to belt out any jungle noises in KTF either. It's all speculation on our parts.

Becky