Jon`s voice is still powerfull today?

Originally Posted by toocool2111

Well see, the thing is, I really do believe that Jon still possesses the ability to reach some real high notes. But like another post said, I just think he stopped really trying. Obviously, as you get older, things like singing at the same level as you were in your younger days are harder to keep up with. And with the way Jon used to sing and hit some real high notes, if that's not practiced very often, especially when older, it's going to become extremely difficult to sing that way. And yes, the smoking has not helped either. At a younger age, those high notes definitely come more naturally, but as a person ages, a singer really has to give strong effort to hit the notes. And with Jon, it seems like as he realized those higher notes weren't an easy task to hit anymore, he pretty much stopped training his voice to go to that powerful level. It's like that with anything. I don't care how good you are at something, if you stop practicing it for a while, you're going to become rusty. And I think Jon's at the age where working to get the voice that he once had is just too much. Could he get his voice to the same level as before? I think he could. But, Jon and the band are such great entertainers that it's not really needed as much. Sure i'd love to hear Jon sing Always or Something to Believe In again as he once did. And as he may not be able to hit those high notes anymore, the notes he can hit sound extremely well and yes, he still possesses a powerful set of vocals.

Originally Posted by DevilsSon

There's a button on your keyboard with and <-| - mark on it. It's called "Enter". Press it every once in a while to make paragraph changes so Iceman could read your posts. Otherwise he won't stop bitching about it.

I had no problem reading your post, by the way. And, no, some notes that Jon hits don't sound great at all, and NO! "they" are not such good entertainers anymore. What is admirable still is that they give you a 3 hour show. Hat down for that!

Originally Posted by Wrath Mania

On a purely 'potency' discussion, JBJ's voice is certainly not what it was twelve years ago. He obviously struggles with high notes at times, and he'll occasionaly get nasally live (something that I firmly believe is linked to his smoking, which is why it wasn't an issue on the HAND tour). His vocal chords have seen a lot of miles.

With that said, do I prefer JBJ's voice to 90% of everything else out there? Absolutely. Does he still put out very impressive vocal performances live? Yes. There's no doubt his voice improved over the past 5 years, and even songs he struggled with on the HAND tour (Dry County and KTF) got progressively better as they kept playing them. And all the gigs for Lost Highway so far, he's sounded fantastic.

So in short, I think JBJ still has a stellar voice. Is it as potent as it was during the 90's? No. But he's made up for it by being versatile. The long note at the end of MAM or the acoustic renditions of Prayer show where he can compensate for not being able to burst into falsettos.

Of course, the fact he was dumb enough to start smoking is a big blotch.

Originally Posted by Bjx

Which the reason he can`t sing the high notes like before?, the cigarrete?, i don´t know!!

Originally Posted by Bjx

I don`t think that the age is a factor in losing voice, an example is Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler, he born in 1948 and in 19993 he`s 45 years old, Jon`s age, and hear the Aerosmith album "Get a Grip", it was released in 1993 and he sing with powerfull voice and screaming like he`s 20 years old!!