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Originally Posted by rainsong
Seb, bootlegs are really not a great source on which to judge consistency IMO. the quality of them often varies depending on what was used to tape them from where the show was taped etc...
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Which counts for every tour, old or new.
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Originally Posted by rainsong
I'm not saying Jon doesn't have off nights he does. I'm not saying he doesn't struggle with his voice at times, he does. But he always has, it's not something new.
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Yes he has always struggled, but in the older days, he only struggled during a show when he had an offnight. Nowadays he struggles every show. That's the big difference.
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Originally Posted by rainsong
Overall, IMO, Jons voice has been more consistently good since KTF. Alot of the differences I hear now are due to a different style of song being written. Jon's voice range is lower no doubt about it, the high end vocals are just gone, period, but at the SE show last weekend when the mic and sound were working Jon's voice was very strong. He sounded excellent on HAND and much to my surprise they played the original version of Runaway in the encore, taken down an octave and Jon had no problem belting it out.
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Jon hasn't had a problem belting out Runaway since he stopped singing the high parts in the end. Runaway isn't such a difficult song to sing anyway.
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Originally Posted by rainsong
All I'm saying is that Jon and the band have gotten more consistent in the last 12 or 13 years than they were in the 80's when there were alot of very high highs and some pretty low lows at shows. I just think glorifying that era as always being great is untrue and unfair.
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It's not unfair. Yes they might be more consistent, but the overall level or performances is much lower than during the glory days from 91-96, or even the eighties. A not so good performance of the glory days is an alright show nowadays, when it comes to Jon. Also, it seems like you think that from 93 to now there's no difference, while there was a completely different singer on stage since the Crush Tour started.
Salaam Aleikum,
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