rainsong is right on with this one.

Jon is more consistent these days, he doesn't have such peaks and valleys in his performance as he used to. I taped a show in 87 where he sang about 1/2 the words, he was just too tired and exhausted vocally to perform.

We may not still get the WHAAAA---HOOOO in IBT4U but through years of vocal training he can still sing 96% of the band's hits and not have to take steroid shots in his throat as he did almost nightly for the second half of the slippery tour.

You have to realize that the Jovi's did 2 of the longest, hardest tours of all time back to back on the road basically from 1986-1990. It's frankly a bloody miracle Jon doesn't sound like Tom Keifer after that stretch.

Jon is a much better singer than he used to be, he has a mature discipline that keeps him able to rockand roll, from the pregame warmup to the restraint of not going 110% and losing his voice for 2 days after each show to the postgame warmdown.

Imagine how disapointed we would all be if Jon went Meatloaf on us - great pipes, great performer + vocal abuse = 10 years of silence + surgery + agony

I would rather hear Jon with whatever tricks and techniques he has to use to get by for the next 10 years than J-Lo for the next 10 minutes

Paragon

P.S. they do not use any recorded vocals at live concerts despite what some here may say.