BJFan99 |
06-15-2018 07:54 PM |
Wow - I just re-watched the Runaway performance from Prudential night #1 and became very sad once again:
https://youtu.be/cjftbMcwKZ0
I get that songs like Prayer, KTF, BOB, ITA, DC, TD and Always are hard for Jon, as quite many singers would probably find them vocally exhausting. That said, Runaway is a very, very easy song to sing if you take out the screams (which he hasn't done since the Slippery tour nonetheless). And... you get the point, probably.
I don't even know what to think of JBJ as a singer nowadays. It's like he absolutely nails two or three songs in every show and then absolutely butchers the remaining 20. Walleris' theory of Jon pushing it to 120% on certain songs clearly is valid, I guarantee that, and whenever he does so, he sounds a hell of a lot better (at least usually), but I still don't get why Jon can no longer carry even a simple tune on his regular level of effort. It's confusing.
PS. I still think he's the best frontman out there, which somehow makes it even sadder... it's like he's working his absolute hardest to impress and energize the crowd, but unfortunately, he's lost probably the biggest factor of his former epicness several years ago.
EDIT: Here's Jon giving his 150% and sounding exceptionally great for 2018 on BOR:
https://youtu.be/NQLwuqK0sss
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