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10-29-2022 02:17 AM |
When did you first notice Jon's voice had started to decline?
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Originally Posted by Alphavictim
(Post 1283085)
I got into the band towards the end of the Bounce era, and everybody on here was bitching how much Jon's vocals had deteriorated. So I was aware of a decline - the boxset afterwards which featured live shows with the octave drop for The Radio Saved My Life Tonight's chorus pretty much cemented that.
I remember the live vocals getting stronger around LH, and I'm pretty sure than Jon was very aware of a slight vocal decline around the These Days tour. There's a reason his solo record was much more low key (in both ways).
That didn't sell that well, and the TLFR versions were not popular. So back to the soaring highs again, even though he knew these were an issue for him.
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Same case here. I started listening to live shows and following the band in a time where vocal issues were already a problem.
If I had to set dates to Jon’s vocal decline, I’d first say the mythical Wembley ‘95. Sure, he could still reach the notes, and the energy was awesome, but Jon’s voice was quite thin in several songs.
Same for ‘96 shows. The band was perhaps at its tightest, but Jon’s voice wasn’t what it was until 1993.
After that, I think other progressive inflection points were Bremen 2003, Borgata 2004 and the last leg of HAND tour. After the Indian summer and great improvement on LH and The Circle eras, the next drop came with the Sandy relief concert in 2012 and the video of Jon in the studio recording What about now.
The final and definitive drop came after Richie left, and then it has keep going downhill, as we all know.
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