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Originally Posted by symbeline
Jon recently said he wasn't depressed, only growing as a person or some kind of similar bullshit.
I think denial is still strong. Sure, "depression" is a blanket for many shitty feelings and it's used very liberally, but you don't do a personality 180, look like a deer caught in the headlights and as if you'd rather be somewhere else every single show night and call it improvement
At least stink eye thrower extraordinaire Jon had some damn passion inside and cared about the show, even when he was being a dick. This robo Jon is ****ing sad to watch.
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It's funny (and sad even more), I watched clips from Japan and Australia with my wife, who has some experience in that regard, and the first thing she said about Jon is "depression". In her view, that would explaind a great many things, and I tend to agree. His voice being shot to pieces I don't buy for a minute. For that, he's able to hit too many high notes he couldn't even in 2011. Maybe it's more that he's having to relearn how to sing the songs, because his voice has lowered quite a bit and the muscle memory doesn't really fit anymore. Combine that with being insecure and all that cluster**** about Richie, his daugther, the record company, and you've got someone hanging on to dear life at the mic, afraid of getting everything wrong, and in succession succeeding at that.
On a side note: we've been watching Munich 2011 again, and even there he still had the tendency to cling to the mic stand and make the "open arms" gesture after some difficult parts. So it's not all new, as I thought, it's only been getting worse... But, his body gesture was all different in 2011 (and even 2013, though then he already looked a bit like not really wanting to be there).