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Originally Posted by It's my faith
Yes. He sounds bad. But you are in a concert where there is noise from the people around who is singing like karaoke, Jon's voice is low in the mix, they have 4 backing vocalists and you watch a show with moving lights, moving platforms, moving guitarists (Phil X), moving percussionists (Everett) and some big screens. Also, when they play Bad Medicine or other hits, you jump around and sing along. You say 'f@ck it that's bad medicine baby OOOOH shake it up just like etc etc'.
He does sound bad. But you can't notice it because of the above. This is a big difference I personally experienced. I was having great (sober and not high) fun at the concert. When I get home, I opened youtube and was like WTF is this from tonight? Of course in youtube you are not jumping around and have a more careful listen, maybe the source is better than your ears had in the side of the stage where you were seated etc.
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While I agree that the factors mentioned can mask some of the flaws, you can't not notice it by now. You gotta be deaf in order not to hear that he has no voice left, even if you're there in person. When I saw them in Germany 2013 his vocal flaws were already noticeable and there he still was far above the level he has now. I had a great time and I'm not saying that people nowadays at concerts shouldn't, but even back then it was hard not to notice that he already had a hard time singing What The Water Made Me.
What I find funny is that I've read on multiple YT videos from the SWW tour that people had attended the gigs and were surprised as to how hoarse he had sounded. Given the energy level and showmanship they had back in the 80's, it was still obvious to fans, so I doubt that attendees don't notice it nowadays. Maybe we don't read much about it because they are the ones actually listening to the band and not surfing on social media raving about what a great time they're having
